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Viola d'amore solo - works by Giuseppe Colombi, Angelo Morigi, Christian Petzold, Pedro Lopes Nogueira / Valerio Losito, viola d'amore

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Anonymous: Ave Maris Stella; Suite for viola d'amore in D minor (Klagenfurt manuscript); Partita for viola d'amore in D major; Nitida stella, for viola d'amore; Giuseppe Colombi: Scordatura for violi...
Performers: Losito, Valerio

This release celebrates the d'amore's versatility of sound by bringing together some of its finest Baroque repertoire. Beginning with the Ave Maris Stella, an ancient...continue...
Recording information: Santa Maria in Vallicella, Refettorio del Borromini (Sa (01/07/2012-02/09/2012)....continue...

Carols from Kings / Stephen Cleobury, King's College Choir

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Rejoice and Be Merry; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); King Jesus Hath A Garden (Dutch); Infant Holy, Infant Lowly ...
Performers: Goode, David; Knight, Alexander; Todd, Nicholas
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, is one of the world's most beloved choral groups. Each Christmas Eve millions across the globe tune in to...continue...
Recording information: La Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France (08/02/1994-08/03/1994)....continue...

Misterio: Ritual Music for an Uncertain Age / Sandra Pirruccio, flute; Francesco Chirivì, transverse flute;, Margherita Scafidi, harp; Marco Ciannella, piano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Gaspare Spontini: Notturno concertante for oboe, flute & orchestra; Hector Berlioz: L' enfance du Christ, Op. 25; Marco Ciannella: Suite for flute & piano; Miserio for flute & orchestra no 1; Miserio...
Performers: Chirivi, Francesco; Ciannella, Marco; Kazarian, Artaches; Pirruccio, Sandra; Scafidi, Margherita
Conductors: Chirivì, Francesco; Chirivi, Francesco
Ensemble: Accademia Barocca Dorica; International Ensemble de Córdoba

This CD presents an original selection of works by composers associated with Freemasonry: Spontini, Berlioz, Clementi, Sibelius, Puccini, Ciannella. Although comprising highly varied music that...continue...
Recording information: Ancona, Italy (04/09/2011-04/11/2011); Córdoba, Spain (04/09/2011-04/11/2011); Pesaro, Italy (04/09/2011-04/11/2011); Ancona, Italy (04/12/2011-04/13/2011); Córdoba, S...continue...

Palestrina: Masses; Lamentations of Jeremiah; Stabat Mater / Pro Cantione Antiqua [5 CDs]

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Gregorian Chant: Ecce venit Dominator Dominus, introitus; Omnes de Saba venient, gradual; Reges Tharsis et insulae, text and short responsory; Vidimus stellam, communio; Gaudeamus omnes, introit; Pro...
Conductors: Brown, Mark; Turner, Bruno

Palestrina is a towering figure of the Renaissance and ranks as one of the great composers. His output of over 100 masses, 250 motets and...continue...

Choral Classics: Choral Classics from Cambridge / Corydon Singers

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Super flumina Babylonis; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Robert Ramsey: How Are the Mighty Fallen; Thomas Weelkes: When David heard; Thomas Tallis: Lamenta...
Performers: Brown, Jonathan [Organ]; Carter, William; Dexter, Keri; English, John; Kenny, Liz; Manze, Andrew; Marcus, Marshall; Masters, Rachel; Pearce, Richard; Quinney, Robert; Schlapp, Jan; Vivian, James; War...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Cleobury, Stephen; Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

This 5 disc set showcases the celebrated choral music tradition of Cambridge's Clare College, King's College and St John's College. Featuring a collection of popular...continue...

Hildegard von Bingen: O Orzchis Ecclesia / Barbara Zanichelli, soprano

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: Work(s); De Libro divinorum operum; O nobilissima viriditas; O vos imitatores; O felix anima, response for St Disibod; Plainchant: Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis, Offertoire;...
Performers: Peri, Giulia; Putignano, Letizia; Ramazzini, Cristina; Torii, Noriko; Zanichelli, Barbara
Conductors: Bardazzi, Federico
Ensemble: Ensemble San Felice

Hildegard of Bingen, also known as Saint Hildegard, was a writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, abbess, visionary and polymath. One of the few female composers...continue...
Recording information: Church of San Zanobi, Casignano (10/2007)....continue...

Guillaume de Machaut: Sacred and Secular Music; Messe de Nostre Dame

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame; Le Judgement du Roi de Navarre; Dame, vostre doulz viaire, virelai for voice; Amours qui ha le povoir/Faus samblant/Vidi dominum, motet for 3 voices; Je vi...
Performers: Bonnardot, Emmanuel; Cook, Randall; Hamon, Pierre; Lablaude, Anne-Marie; Lesne, Brigitte; Tachikawa, Akira; Vellard, Dominique

Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Gregorian Chant: Video caelos apertos (Graduale Triplex, Solesmes); Verbum caro factum est (Antiphonarium Ordinis Praedicatorum); Kyrie eleison (Gradual Simplex); Nonne sic oportuit... Christus Jesus...

This CD, a recording made in 2005, provides a selection of chant depicting the perception of Christ according to the Church in the 1st to...continue...
Recording information: Protestant Christian Church, Voorst, The Netherlands (08/23/2005-09/29/2005)....continue...

Media vita - Gregorian Hymns on Death and Resurrection / Stan Hollaardt, Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-06-02

Works: Anonymous: Media vita
Conductors: Hollaardt, Stan
Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus

The Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus was founded in 1988 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The Schola aims to promote the authentic performance of Gregorian chant as...continue...

Venetian Vespers / Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, et al

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-01-27

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Intonationi d'organo; Surrexit Christus; Canzoni et sonate (21); Hic est filius Dei; Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; Regina coeli; Dulcis Jesu patris imago; Toccata a 4, C237; Symphonia...
Performers: McCreesh, Paul; Roberts, Timothy
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul;
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players

Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort and Players have become famous for their recreations of the great liturgical set pieces of the Venetian 16th and...continue...

Imago Christi - Images of Christ in Gregorian Chants

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Anonymous: Gregorian Chant(s)
Conductors: Hollaardt, Stan
Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus