Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CDs. In this episode we will look at 3 new releases by Julien Prégardien, Gwendoline Blondeel & Les Épopées, gambist Myriam Rignol and lutist Eduardo Egüez.
1. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
– Prologue and first act from ‘L’Orfeo – Favola in musica’
Performed by: Gwendoline Blondeel, sopranp and Julien Prégardien, tenor, among others. Choir and orchestra Les Épopées conducted by Stéphane Fuget
(cd: ‘Monteverdi L’Orfeo, Château de Versailles CVS103, 2024)
2. Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Forqueray (1699-1782)
– Suite no. 2 in G major (From ‘Pièces de viola avec Basse Continuo’, 1747)
Performed by: Myriam Rignol, viola da gamba (I). Pau Marcos Vicens, viola da gamba (II). Gabriel Rignol, lute. Julien Wolfs, harpsichord
(2-cd: ‘Forqueray Intégrale des Pièces de Viole’, Château de Versailles CVS120, 2024)
3. Francesco Canova (1497-1543)
– Fantasia 21
4. Rogier Pathie (ca. 1540-na 1564)
– Madrigal ‘D’amour me plains’
Performed by: Eduardo Egüez, 6 course renaissance lute. La Compagnia del Madrigale (4)
(cd: ‘O felici occhi miei’, Glossa GCD 923541, 2024)
