BEIRACH | HUEBNER | MRAZ — Round About Monteverdi (2003) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Following early interpretations of the music of Béla Bartók and Federico Mompou, pianist Richie Beirach is once again joined by violinist Gregor Huebner and bassist George Mraz for a series of stunning interpretations of classical music, though most of this CD is devoted to the compositions of early Baroque composer Claudio Monteverdi. The mournful opener, Lamento d'Arianna, is the only remaining fragment of Monteverdi's lost opera Arianna. Beirach opens Don Carlo Gesualdo's Responsorium No. 5 (from his Sabato Sancto) alone, then ducks out as the bowed strings work their magic. Palestrina's Chant opens elegantly, then Mraz switches to a pizzicato line, with Huebner gradually making his way from the outer fringes, with Beirach eventually adding a passionate improvisation. Beirach's moving improvisation of Monteverdi's Orfeos Lament is spacious, followed by a brief fantasy upon the theme featuring wild pizzicato violin and occasionally hand-muted piano in an intense setting. Mraz, who assisted Beirach and Huebner with their arrangements, is solely responsible for Fantasy on Fili Mi, Absalon, a composition by Heinrich Schütz. Rarely heard unaccompanied on bass, Mraz makes the most of this opportunity with a powerful effort. No exploration of Baroque music is complete with venturing into the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, and Mraz's solo improvised introduction to Siciliano is every bit as powerful. He accompanies Beirach's brilliant improvisation, though the theme is never stated until Huebner joins in, taking the music down paths its composer could have never imagined. This outstanding release will cause more than a few jazz fans to search out classical recordings of these timeless works if they aren't already familiar with them. Ken Dryden
Tracklist :
1    Lamento D'Arianna 1:31
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach
Arranged By [Arrangement With Enormous Help From] – George Mraz
Composed By – Claudio Monteverdi
2    Responsorium #5 4:18
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach
Arranged By [Arrangement With Enormous Help From] – George Mraz
Composed By – Carlo Gesualdo
3    Eja Mater Fons Amoris 5:50
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach
Arranged By [Arrangement With Enormous Help From] – George Mraz
Composed By – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
4    Chant 4:56
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach
Arranged By [Arrangement With Enormous Help From] – George Mraz
Composed By – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
5    Ben Mio, Rimanti In Pace 4:35
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach
Arranged By [Arrangement With Enormous Help From] – George Mraz
Composed By – Claudio Monteverdi
6    Orfeos Lament 7:27
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach
Arranged By [Arrangement With Enormous Help From] – George Mraz
Composed By – Claudio Monteverdi
7    Fantasy On Orfeos Lament 1:14
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach
Arranged By [Arrangement With Enormous Help From] – George Mraz
Composed By – Claudio Monteverdi
8    Fantasy On Fili Mi, Absalon 2:48
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – George Mraz
Composed By – Heinrich Schütz
9    Dialog Orfeo Messanger 4:18
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach
Arranged By [Arrangement With Enormous Help From] – George Mraz
Composed By – Claudio Monteverdi
10    Around Dialog Orfeo Messanger 3:07
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach
Arranged By [Arrangement With Enormous Help From] – George Mraz
Composed By – Claudio Monteverdi
11    Sancta Mater, Istud Agas 6:06
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach
Arranged By [Arrangement With Enormous Help From] – George Mraz
Composed By – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
12    Siciliana 5:59
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach
Arranged By [Arrangement With Enormous Help From] – George Mraz
Composed By – Johan Sebastian Bach
13    Fantasy On Lamento D'Arianna 4:31
Arranged By [Arrangement By] – Gregor Huebner, Richie Beirach
Arranged By [Arrangement With Enormous Help From] – George Mraz
Composed By – Claudio Monteverdi
Credits :
Artwork [Coverart ©] – Mimmo Paladino
Bass – George Mraz
Piano – Richie Beirach
Violin – Gregor Huebner

PALESTRINA • BYRD • DUFAY • DUNSTABLE • JOSQUIN • DOWLAND - Music Of The Renaissance (Pro Cantione Antiqua) (1976) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

ANON.
1    Lamento Di Tristano - Rotta    
JOHN DUNSTABLE  
2    Veni, Sancte Spiritus
ANON.
3    Istampita Cominciamento di Gioia    
GUILLAUME DUFAY
4    Flos Florum    
5    Alma Redemptoris mater    
ANON.
6    Basse Danse La Brosse - Tripla - Tourdion    
7    Basse Danse La Gatta    
8    Basse Danse La Magdalena    
JOSQUIN DESPREZ
9    Deploration Sur La Mort D'Ockeghem    
ANON.
10    Passamezzo D'Italye - Reprise - Gaillarde    
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA
11    Super Fluminas Babylonis    
JOHN DOWLAND
12    Fantasia    
WILLIAM BYRD
13-16    Missa Tres Vocum    

PRO CANTIONE ANTIGUA

FLANDERS RECORDER QUARTET : Early Italian Recorder Music • English Consort Music (2006) 2CD / APE (image+.cue), lossless

EARLY ITALIAN RECORDER MUSIC

GIOVANNI BATTISTA RICCIO
Sonata A 4
DARIO CASTELLO
Sonata 15 / Sonata 16
GIANBATTISTA GRILLO
Canzona II A 8
GIOVANNI GABRIELI
Canzon Seconda / Canzone II A 8 / Canzon Prima 'La Spiritata'
GIROLAMO FRESCOBALDI
Capriccio (Di Obligo Di Cantare) / Caprioccio (Sopra La Bassa Fiamenga)
GIOVANNI PICCHI
Canzon 19 A 8
COSTANZO PORTA
Girometta A 8
GIOVANNI MARIA TRABACI
Canzona Franzesa Settima Cromatica
GIOSEFFO GUAMI
Canzon 25 A 8
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA
Ricercar Del Terzo Tuono
TARQUINIO MERULA
Canzona La Merula

Ensemble – Flanders Recorder Quartet
Harpsichord – Guy Penson
Tenor Vocals – Guy De Mey
Viola da Gamba – Kaori Uemura, Philippe Pierlot, Piet Stryckers, Sophie Watillon

BROWNING MY DERE - ENGLISH CONSORT MUSIC

WILLIAM BYRD
The Leaves Be Greene / In Nomine I / In Nomine I / In Nomine IV
CHRISTOPHER TYE
In Nomine Reporte / In Nomine Crye / In Nomine Re La Re / Sit Fast
HENRY STONINGS
Browning my dere
CLEMENT WOODSTOCK
Browning My Dere
JOHN DOWLAND
Lacrimae Antiquae / Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall / The Earle Of Essex Galiard / Semper Dowland Semper Dolens / The King Of Denmarks Galiard
JOHN BALDWINE
A Browninge Of 3 Voc. / Proporcions To The Mimum / Cookow As I Me Walked
ELWAY BEVIN
Browning
JOHN WARD
Fantasia
RICHARD DERING
Fantasia
JOHN OKEOVER
Fantasia
THOMAS SIMPSON
Canzon

Ensemble – Flanders Recorder Quartet
Recorder – Marion Verbruggen

PFITZNER / PALESTRINA: Musical legend in three acts [Kubelik] 1973 / FLAC

Tracklist :

Hans Pfitzner (1869 – 1949)

Palestrina – Musical legend in three acts

Friedrich Lenz, Adalbert Kraus, Karl Kreile, Josef Weber, Anton Rosner, Gudrun Rosner-Greindl, Bernd Weikl, Heribert Steinbach, …

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Josef Schmidhuber

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik

O Púbis da Rosa