Max Gazze' LA Matematica Dei Rami

Hasse was 52 when he composed the Mass in D minor recorded here, but in every way – in form, affect, and aesthetics – Hasse belongs more to the generation of the much younger Haydn than to that of Bach. His Mass in D minor is thoroughly a work of the Enlightenment: symmetrical, lucidly rational, celebratory rather than penitent, 'public' rather than personal, a concert of elegant music rather than an outpouring of spiritual energy. It's not as great a work as Bach's – let us not be unclear about that – but it's a wonderful composition in its own way. If you have heard and appreciated the Haydn and Mozart masses, you'll find this mass quite as excellent as those. In fact, Hasse's mass sounds very much like Haydn at his best, in the masses that Haydn wrote 40-some years later for Esterhazy occasions.

From Ockeghem born around 1420 to Lassus dead in 1594 via Josquin des Prés, this 8-CD collection presents almost two centuries of masterworks from one of the most extraordinary musical school, that could be compared to the Italian Renaissance in architecture or painting. The Hilliard Ensemble, founded by Paul Hillier in 1974 has championed this music with all the virtues of their instantly recognizable style and with a clarity and cleanness of timbre that are matchless.

Argentinean group Vox Dei started playing by the end of the 1960s. After signing up to independent label Mandioca, the band released "Azucar Amarga" and "Presente" in 1969; a year later, they issued the album Caliente. Vox Dei's conceptual album La Biblia, released in 1971, consolidated the band as one of the major local rock numbers. When Juan Carlos Godoy decided to leave the act, Ignacio Smilari joined in. Soon after Jeremias, Pies De Plomo came out, Vox Dei participated in a movie called Rock Hasta Que Se Ponga El Sol. In 1974, guitarist Carlos Michelini replaced Ricardo Soulé. The group disbanded after a live performance at Buenos Aires' Obras Sanitarias in 1981, returning in 1988 to make a new record called Tengo Razones Para Seguir.

"Foreign Masters", an album that celebrates the profound influence of immigrant composers on 18th-century London, transforming it into the cultural capital of the world, is set to release this September. This collection features exquisite music for recorder and harpsichord, showcasing the brilliance of composers who brought their European heritage to London. Performed by Max Volbers, a prizewinner of the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb and one of the most versatile young musicians in early music today, the album promises to captivate listeners with it's artistry and historical depth. Immerse yourself in the works of legendary composers such as Georg Friedrich Handel, Arcangelo Corelli, Giuseppe Sammartini, James Paisible, Giovanni Carbonelli, Giuseppe Alberti, Johann Pepusch, and more. Each piece is a testament to the rich, multicultural tapestry that shaped London's musical landscape.

La Bocca Della Verita is the next new name from the Italian progressive rock scene. The style of music which can be heard on their compositions can be labelled as retro progressive rock. In every way they look back at the beautiful musical period of progressive rock released in the seventies. All of the bands they covered at first can be heard on this almost 80 minutes long album. But also acts such as Yes and King Crimson could have been an inspiration for the musicians. The two keyboard players easily step into the footsteps of Tony Banks, Rick Wakeman and the late Keith Emerson. Also the bassist knows how to sound like the late Chris Squire. As for the lead guitarist it wasn't easy to compare him with anyone. But he comes close to Steve Hackett and Robert Fripp. Highly recommended to those who adore the progressive rock made in the seventies.

This double album accompanies the eponymous book by Anthony M. Cummings, Music in Golden-Age Florence, 1250-1750 (University of Chicago Press, Chicago & London 2023). They are designed to enable readers and listeners to enter the sound world of late-medieval and early-modern Florence.Despite the enviable place Florence occupies in the historical imagination, its music-historical importance is not as well-understood as it should be. Yet if Florence was the city of Dante Alighieri, Niccolo Machiavelli, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Galileo Galilei, it was also the birthplace of the Renaissance madrigal, opera, and the piano. Our goal in assembling this set of recordings, which survey the principal surviving genres of music in Florence in the half-millennium between c. 1250 and c. 1750, was to provide a "virtual" evocation of the extraordinary musical culture of golden-age Florence, one of unsurpassed importance. Through the integration of the contents of the book and the CDs, and leveraging text, image, musical notation, and sound, we offer our listeners the possibility of a fascinating metaphoric time travel.

"Foreign Masters", an album that celebrates the profound influence of immigrant composers on 18th-century London, transforming it into the cultural capital of the world, is set to release this September. This collection features exquisite music for recorder and harpsichord, showcasing the brilliance of composers who brought their European heritage to London. Performed by Max Volbers, a prizewinner of the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb and one of the most versatile young musicians in early music today, the album promises to captivate listeners with it's artistry and historical depth. Immerse yourself in the works of legendary composers such as Georg Friedrich Handel, Arcangelo Corelli, Giuseppe Sammartini, James Paisible, Giovanni Carbonelli, Giuseppe Alberti, Johann Pepusch, and more. Each piece is a testament to the rich, multicultural tapestry that shaped London's musical landscape.