Heinrich Schütz and Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger were contemporaries, and were both of German parentage, but the similarity ends there! Schütz studied in Italy but spent most of his career in Germany, while Kapsberger was born in Italy, but was known as 'il Tedesco della Tiorba': the German of the theorbo. We'll hear music by both composers performed by Les Arts Florissants and L'Arpeggiata. 

• Heinrich Schütz    O Primavera    Les Arts Florissants
• Heinrich Schütz    Alma Afflitta    Les Arts Florissants
• Heinrich Schütz    Dunque addio, care selve    Les Arts Florissants
• Heinrich Schütz    Vasto mar    Les Arts Florissants
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger    Toccata 2a    Paul O'Dette, lute
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger    Bergamasca    Paul O'Dette, lute
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger    Cinta di Rose    Marco Beasley, tenor
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger    Sonino, scherzino    L'Arpeggiata
• Heinrich Schütz    Fuggi, fuggi    Les Arts Florissants
• Heinrich Schütz    Mi saluta costei    Les Arts Florissants
• Heinrich Schütz    Io moro, ecco ch'io moro    Les Arts Florissants
• Heinrich Schütz    Sospir, che del bel petto    Les Arts Florissants
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger    L'Arpeggiata    Christina Pluhar, theorbo
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger    Sinfonia 9    L'Arpeggiata
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger    Galliarda prima    L'Arpeggiata
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger    Sinfonia 18    L'Arpeggiata