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Time of the Templars - Hildegard of Bingen, Vogelweide, etc / Derrick, Pitts, Summerly, Turco, Jeremy

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-05-27

Works: Walther von der Vogelweide: Palästinalied (Kreutzfahrlied) ("Nu alrest lebe ich mir werde"), song; Richard I Coeur-de-lion: Ja nuns hons pris, for consort; Blondel de Nesle: A l'entrant d'est&ea...
Performers: Cano, Carmen; Rumsey, Shirley; Schenale, Manuela
Conductors: Derrick, Graham; Posch, Michael; ; Summerly, Jeremy; Turco, Alberto; Pitts, Antony; Wimmer, Thomas
Ensemble: Accentus Austria (Early Music); Ensemble Oni Wytars; Ensemble Unicorn; Estampie; In Dulci Jubilo Children's Choir; Nova Schola Gregoriana; Oxford Camerata; Tonus Peregrinus

This 3 CD box takes the listener back to the Middle Ages, through Europe to the Holy Landin the footsteps of the Knight Templars. The...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

The World of Early Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-12-13

Works: Gregorian Chant: Kyrie; In Paradisum Angeli; Hildegard von Bingen: O pastor animarum; Richard I Coeur-de-lion: Ja nuns hons pris, for consort; Walther von der Vogelweide: Palästinalied (Kreutzfa...
Performers: Cano, Carmen; Christie, James David; Landauer, Bernhard; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Payne, Joseph; Posch, Michael; Richards, Steven; Rumsey, Shirley; Schenale, Manuela; Wilson, Christ...
Conductors: Turco, Alberto; Randon, Alessio; Summerly, Jeremy; ; Holten, Bo; Wimmer, Thomas; Vartolo, Sergio; Morel, Christine; Fasolis, Diego; Bychkov, Semyon; Crees, Eric; Mallon, Kevin; Niquet, Hervé; Kr...
Ensemble: ; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Aradia Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Ensemble Unicorn; Les Voix Humaines; London Baroque; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble; Westra Aros Pijpare