Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CDs. For this episode, Koudstaal chose the newest albums by Les Épopées, Les Muffatti, I Disinvolti and Ensemble Molière.
1. Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
– Grand motet “Exaudit te Dominus”
Performed by: Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles and Les Épopées conducted by Stéphane Fuget
(CD: ‘Lully – Te Deum’, Château de Versailles CVS 117, 2024)
2. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1758)
– Brandenburgs concerto no. 5 in D major BWV 1050
Performed by: Sophie Gent, 1st violin. Bertrand Cuiller, harpsichord. Frank Theuns, traverso. Les Muffatti
(CD: ‘Bach Triple’, Ramée RAM2301, 2024)
3. Giovanni Valentini (ca. 1582-1649)
– Motet “Vulnerasti cor meum”
4. Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634)
– Motet “Descendi in hortum meum”
Performed by: ensemble I Disinvolti
(CD: ‘Vulnerasti cor meum’, Arcana A562, 2024)
5. Jean de Cambefort (ca. 1605-1661)
– From Ballet Royal de la Nuit: Récit de la Nuit “Languissante clarté, cachez-vous dessous l’onde”
Performed by: Ensemble Molière
(CD: ‘The King’s Playlist’, LINN CKD 738, 2024)
