A programme with recently released classical CDs. Early music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most beautiful early music and classical CDs for you.
1. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
– From Violin concerto in e minor Op. 64: dl.1 Allegro molto appassionata
Performed by: Isabelle Faust, viool. Freiburger Barockorchester conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado
(CD: ‘Violin Concerto’, Harmonia Mundi HMC 902325, 2017)
2. Marin Marais (1656-1728)
– From Suite in g minor 5th Book: Le tombeau pour Marais le Cadet
Performed by: Leif Henrikson, viola da gamba. Lars-Erik Larsson, theorbo
(CD: ‘Suites from Pièces de viole Livre V’, Daphne 1050, 2017)
3. Franz Xavier Richter (1709-1789)
– Oboe concero in g minor.
Performed by: Xenia Löffler, baroque oboe. Capricornus Consort Basel
(CD: ‘Sinfonias, Sonata & Oboe Concerto’, Christophorus 77409, 2017)
4. Niccolo Jommelli (1714-1774)
– Aria ‘Prigionier che fa ritorno’ (from the oratorio ‘Betulia Liberata’)
Performed by: Delphine Galou, alto. Academia Bizantina conducted by Ottavio Dantone
(CD: ‘Agitata’, Alpha 371, 2017)
5. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) / arr. Nicolas Chédeville (1705-1782)
– From Le Quattro Stagioni: ‘La Primavera’
6. Antonio Vivaldi
– Largo (II) from Concerto in g minor ‘La Notte’
Performed by: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien conducted by François Lazarevitch, recorder and musette de cour.
(CD: ‘Vivaldi’, Alpha 281, 2017)
