Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CD’s. In this episode new releases from Le Banquet Céleste, Andrea Landi & Stefano Zanobini and the foursome: Clare Wilkinson, Hille Perl, Veronika Skuplik and Andreas Arend.
1. Alessandro Stradella (1643-1682)
– First act from oratorio ‘San Giovanni Battista’ (listen to part II on 31 May 2020)
Performed by: Various soloists, Le Banquet Céleste led by Damien Guillon, harpsichord
(album: ‘San Giovanni Battista’, label Alpha, no. 579, 2020)
2. Henry Eccles (1670-1742)
– Sonata in G minor for violin and basso continuo
Performed by: Veronika Skuplik, violin. Hille Perl, viola da gamba. Andreas Arend, lute
(album: ‘Ballads within a dream’, label DHM, no. 190755982082, 2020)
3. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
– From: Duet mit zwei Augengläsern WoO 32: part II ‘Minuet’
Performed by: Andrea Landi, cello. Stefano Zanobini, viola
(album: ‘Colombes et Crocodiles’, label AntiquaNova, no. NA40, 2020)
4. Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
– ‘Music for a while’
Performed by: Clare Wilkinson, mezzo-soprano. Hille Perl, viola da gamba. Andreas
Arend, lute
(album: ‘Ballads within a dream’, label DHM, no. 190755982082, 2020)
