DCD 041 - Solo Sounds from Musica Rediviva

This program we continue our showcase of new releases from the Swedish record label Musica Rediviva. In this podcast we have two solo artists: Ryosuke Sakamoto and Hans Faguis.

Sakamoto is a gifted young lutenist, and his debut recording "Travels with My Lute" give us a musical journey through both time and space. Sakamoto plays selections from various composers throughout Europe (space). These works range from the renaissance all the way up to the 20th Century (time).

We also feature selections from Faguis' Bach recital at the newly-restored Leufsta Bruk Church organ. This magnificent instrument was built by Johan Niclas Cahman, Sweden's foremost organ builder of the 1700's (and the subject of another Musica Rediviva release).

- Ralph

This program we play:

John Dowland: Fantasia
Ryosuke Sakamoto, lute
Musica Rediviva

Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545
Hans Faguis, organ
Musica Rediviva

Sylvius Leopold Weiss: Passacaglia
Ryosuke Sakamoto, lute
Musica Rediviva

Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasie in G major, BWV 572
Hans Faguis, organ
Musica Rediviva

Claude Debussy: La fille aux Cheveaux (arr. Sakamoto)
Ryosuke Sakamoto, lute
Musica Rediviva

DCD 040 - New Sounds from Musica Rediviva

Musica Rediviva just sent us a bunch of new releases -- so many that we're dividing them up between two episodes. For our 40th episode, we feature selections from "Sounds of Transparence" and "From Castle and Cottage."

At first blush you might think an album of contemporary music would have nothing in common with a collection of baroque works, but in this case you'd be wrong.

Both releases present new sounds and new sound combinations. The sound of marimba, organ and flute playing together is certainly unusual. But as the Tribukait/Petterson/Berg Trio ably demonstrates, it's an interesting and oftimes beautiful combination of instruments.

Torbjörn Näsbom and Andreas Edlund present another unusual combination of instruments in a different fashion. Their new release, "From Castle and Cottage" take a traditional Swedish folk instrument, the nyckelharpa, pair it with a small harpsichord and give a fresh sound to some music from the Baroque period.

New sounds indeed!

- Ralph


This program we play:

CPE Bach: Sonata in C major (originally for viola da gamba and basso continuo)
Torbjörn Näsbom, nyckelharpa; Andreas Edlund, cembalo
Musica Rediviva

Ole Lutzow-Holm: Rhyme and Pairs for marimba
Daniel Berg, marimba
Musica Rediviva

Marin Marais: La rêveuse (originally for viola da gamba and basso continuo)
Torbjörn Näsbom, nyckelharpa; Andreas Edlund, cembalo
Musica Rediviva

Staffan Storm: Tre canti del giardino in rovina for flute, marimba and organ
Tribukait/Petterson/Berg Trio
Musica Rediviva


Olof Jansson: Church March
Torbjörn Näsbom, nyckelharpa; Andreas Edlund, cembalo
Musica Rediviva

Henrik Strindberg: Modell 2 for flute, marimba and piano
Tribukait/Petterson/Berg Trio
Musica Rediviva