New Releases in Early Music
This episode features new recordings of works by the relatively little-known Baroque composers Samuel Capricornus and Johann Joseph Wilsmayr, alongside the beautiful music of Jheronimus Vinders. On one album, Louise Ayrton’s violin takes centre stage; on the other, it is the voices of Cappella Pratensis that lead the way.
Anonymous
- Laetabundus exsultet fidelis
Performers: Cappella Pratensis, directed by Tim Braithwaite, with Wim Diepenhorst (organ)
(CD: Rex regum – An Imperial Christmas: The Den Bosch Choirbooks, Vol. 5, Challenge Classics CC72881, 2026)
Samuel Capricornus (1628–1665)
- Prothimia suavissima, Book 2 (1672): Sonata No. 3
- Movement I
- Movement II
Performers: Aurora Germanica, directed by Louise Ayrton
(CD: Aurora Germanica, Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS172, 2026)
Jheronimus Vinders (16th century)
- Missa Fit porta Christi pervia
- Kyrie
- Gloria
Performers: Cappella Pratensis, directed by Tim Braithwaite
(CD: Rex regum – An Imperial Christmas: The Den Bosch Choirbooks, Vol. 5)
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr (1663–1722)
- Partita for Violin No. 1 in A major, Artificiosus concentus pro camera (1715)
- Prelude
- Aria
- Sarabande
- Gavotte
- Minuet
- Aria
- Minuet
- Gigue
- Finale
Performer: Louise Ayrton, violin
(CD: Aurora Germanica)
Anonymous
- Puer natus est nobis
- Viderunt omnes
- Omnes nu laet ons Gode loven
Performers: Cappella Pratensis, directed by Tim Braithwaite
(CD: Rex regum – An Imperial Christmas)
Additional work
Josquin des Prez (1450–1521)
- Pater Noster
Performer: Wim Diepenhorst, organ
(CD: Rex regum – An Imperial Christmas)
