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Often described as ‘music for amateurs’, sometimes used (or misused) towards purely commercial ends, Orff’s Carmina Burana was clearly ready for a new approach, a sort of revivifying, thorough rethinking. This has now been done, thanks to Jos van Immerseel and the absolutely exceptional musical team that he assembled.

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - De orgel- en klavecimbelwerken I - Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam (2013) {3CD Set Glossa GES922408-NL}
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Classical / Renaissance / Baroque / Organ / Harpsichord / Vocals

During the Sweelinck year 2012, Harry van der Kamp formed Geseeldo Consort Amsterdam Het Sweelinck Monument by recording all the vocal works of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. But the monument (HSM) is not complete. There are also organ and harpsichord works by Sweelinck that Sweelinck has written especially in later life. In 2012 and 2013, eight prominent organists and harpsichordists recorded works by Sweelinck on various historical organs and harpsichords in the Netherlands and Germany.

The celebration of the Nativity has always been a source of inspiration for composers. The different elements of the evangelical narrative evoke numerous images: tender feelings before the Baby Jesus; the gentleness of his mother, the Virgin Mary; the procession of the three Wise Men; the angelic choirs in Heaven; and these shepherds gathered in the manger. All that appears in the musical repertoire linked to this holiday, as well as the presence of colourful instrumentations and themes connected to folk traditions. This set, released by Ricercar, brings together all these elements, drawn from the repertoires of the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott: Luther and the Music of the Reformation - Vox Luminis (2017) {2CD Ricercar Official Digital Download RIC 376}
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Classical / Baroque

A two-CD set devoted to the Lutheran liturgical repertory from Martin Luther himself to Heinrich Schütz. The first disc comprises compositions specific to the Lutheran liturgy: Deutsche Messe, Deutsches Magnificat, Deutsche Passion (the first German polyphonic Passion, by Joachim von Burck) and even a reconstruction of a Deutsches Requiem drawn from polyphonic works that set the same texts as those Brahms was later to use for his Deutsches Requiem.

Given the considerable number of recordings that have tried to place Renaissance compositions within the context for which they were written, it is odd that the same has so rarely been done for Bach. After all, most of Bach's output consists of Gebrauchsmusik, music written for daily use. This release by Scotland's historical-instrument Dunedin Consort and its leader John Butt shows the possibilities of this approach.