Britain’s King Charles II had a French-born mistress, Lady Louise. In their remarkable debut recording, Ensemble Leviathan explores music of her orbit and influence, from the ‘rustick’ to songs of madness and mourning.
King Charles’ Musical Mistress Read More »
Gambist Laura Jeppesen and theorbist Catherine Liddell revel in the nocturnal sounds of Marin Marais, mixing and matching movements from the composer’s different suites. What follows is a performance of alluring introspection and tenderness.
‘Marais at Midnight,’ Fit for a King Read More »
From the 17th century onward, choral music became the defining feature of the musical identity of Western Sephardic Jews.
Reflections on 400 Years of Sephardic Choral Music Read More »
The Orlando Consort, on the eve of their last-ever performance at the Boston Early Music Festival in June, have released Machaut in a breathtakingly beautiful new recording.
Machaut’s Remède de Fortune: Same Songs, Different Music Read More »
This path-breaking new book might be the definitive study of the technique, called ‘solmization,’ by which many 18th-c. musicians learned to read—and subsequently to perform, improvise and compose—melodic lines.
Ut, Re, Mi, Fa: A New Look at Learning in the 18th Century Read More »
