The Garden at Night. Renaissance and baroque music with a nocturnal atmosphere.
1. Anonymous Sephardic (Rhodes).
– Durme, durme, hermosa donzella.
Montserrat Figueras, soprano. Jordi Savall, viol. Arianna Savall, Gothic harp. Pedro Estevan, percussion.
(AV 9861A)
2. Cristobal de Morales.
– In Primo Nocturno – Lectio II.
La Capella Reial de Catalunya led by Jordi Savall.
(AV 9861A)
3. John Dowland.
– A Dream.
Hopkinson Smith.
(Naïve E 8896)
4. Tomás Luis de Victoria.
Missa O magnum mysterium:
– Sanctus.
– Benedictus.
– Agnus Dei.
Carlos Mena, countertenor. Juan Carlos Rivera, vihuela. Francisco Rubio Gallego, cornetto.
(HMI 987042)
5. Josquin des Pres/Tielman Susato.
– Mille regretz – Les miens aussi brief.
Capilla Flamenca led by Dirk Snellings.
6. Richard Farrant (ca.1525-1580).
– O Jove, from stately throne.
Steve Dugardin, countertenor. Flanders Recorder Quartet.
7. Diego Ortiz.
– Recercada segunda sobre ‘O felici occhi miei’.
Marion Verbruggen, Flanders Recorder Quartet, recorder.
(nos. 5, 6 and 7: ‘Magic’ OPS 30-272)
8. Anonymous (England, late 16th century).
– In Paradise.
Michael Chance, countertenor. Fretwork.
(VC 5 45007 2)
9. Robert Jones.
– And is it night? Are they thine eyes that shine?
David Cordier, countertenor. Tragicomedia led by Stephen Stubbs.
(CDA 66335)
10. Richard Mico (ca.1590-1661).
– Fantasia no. 13.
Concerto di Viole.
11. Robert Johnson (1583-1633).
– Care-charming sleep.
Andreas Scholl, countertenor. Julian Behr, lute.
12. Patrick Mando (ca.1600).
– Like as the day.
Andreas Scholl, countertenor. Concerto di Viole.
(nos. 10, 11 and 12: HMC 901993)
13. Clément Janequin.
– Toutes les nuits tu m’es présente.
Le Poème Harmonique.
(ALPHA 901)
14. Marc Antoine Charpentier.
– Nuit (In nativitatem Domini canticum).
Le Concert des Nations led by Jordi Savall.
(AV 9861B)
