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Twenty-Five Years! - Marais, Charpentier, Handel, Purcell et al. / Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

2 CD / Glossa / 2012-10-06

Works: Pierre Bouteiller: Missa pro defunctis; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Missa Assumpta est Maria; Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy; Messe à huit voix; Te Deum à huit voix; George Frederick Handel: Mus...
Performers: Bayodi, Hanna; Christoyannis, Tassis; Cornwell, Joseph; d'Oustrac, Stéphanie; Duthoit, Marie Louise; Fernandes, Joao; Gens, Véronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Mechaly, Galle; Mercer, Shan...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra

26 years ago, Hervé Niquet recalls having become so incensed with the disparaging remarks directed at French music and the Lamentations of Jean Gilles in...continue...

Música En Tiempos De Goya / Marta Almajano, Emilio Moreno

1 CD / Glossa / 2012-08-01

Works: José Castell: Seguidillas; Pablo Esteve y Grimau: Agraviado Arianate; Antonio Guerrero: Ruisenor que volando; Blas de Laserna: Ay, cupidillo; Francesco Corselli: Lamentacion no 2; Nicola Confort...
Performers: Almajano, Marta
Conductors: Moreno, José Miguel
Ensemble: La Real Cámara

"...this is indisputably Almajano's disc, and one need only to listen to the three delightful popular songs that open the selection to be reminded that...continue...

Il Canto della Sirena: Cantate Napoletane dell' eta barocca

3 CD / Glossa / 2011-11-03

Works: Italian Traditional: Tarantella del Gargano; Giuseppe Tricarico: Sdegno, campion audace, for voice & orchestra; Francesco Provenzale: Squarciato appena havea, for voice & orchestra; Care selve amati ...
Performers: Andalo, Roberta; Invernizzi, Roberta; Ippolito, Antonella; Totaro, Rosario; Vittorio, Pino de
Conductors: Florio, Antonio
Ensemble: I Turchini

During the early 1990s Antonio Florio made substantial discoveries in the field of Baroque repertoire from Naples.

Glossa are delighted to be bringing back into circulation...continue...

André Campra: Gli Strali d'Amore, drama with music / La Risonanza

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-10-03

Works: Louis-Nicolas Clérambault: Sonata La félicité; Chaconne (Simphonia V); Fabio Bonizzoni: Gli strali d'Amore, opera
Performers: Auvity, Cyril; Invernizzi, Roberta
Conductors: Bonizzoni, Fabio
Ensemble: La Risonanza

Fabio Bonizzoni has come up with another immaginative and enticing programme for his latest Glossa release, creating an Italian "pastiche" drama with music by André...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata, Brunello, Italy (11/2010)....continue...

Luzzasco Luzzaschi: Concerto delle Dame

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-10-03

Works: Luzzasco Luzzaschi: Aura soave, for voice and continuo; O primavera gioventú dell'anno, for voice & continuo; Ch'io non t'ami cor mio, for voice & continuo; Toccata, for harp; Stral pungente d'a...
Performers: Cassinari, Francesca; Contadin, Cristiano; Galli, Emanuela; Graziolino, Marta; Mameli, Roberto [Soprano Vocal]; Palomba, Gabriele; Pozzi, Davide
Conductors: Cavina, Claudio
Ensemble: ; La Venexiana

Claudio Cavina and La Venexiana now return to the end of the 16th century, following the 'Poppea' of Monteverdi with the 'Artemisia' by Cavalli.

They put...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa de S. Giovanni, Pinerolo, Italy (08/2009)....continue...

Handel in Italy

2 CD / Glossa / 2011-07-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tra le fiamme, HWV 170; Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV 134; Il delirio amoroso, HWV 90; Figlio d'alte speranze, HWV 113; Diana cacciatrice, HWV 79; Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, HW...
Performers: Bauer, Thomas E.; Bonizzoni, Fabio; Fernandez, Yetzabel Arias; Invernizzi, Roberta
Conductors: Bonizzoni, Fabio
Ensemble: La Risonanza

For the second "Glossa Portrait" release the spotlight falls upon a singer who, since the 1990s, has been excelling in broad swathes of Italian Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di San Salvatore, Rodengo Saiano, Brescia, Italy (06/2008/06/2009); Saint Michel en Thiérache, France (06/2008/06/2009); Chiesa di San Salvatore, Rodengo Saiano, Bre...continue...

Chansons au Luth: Songs and Instrumental Pieces from the Renaissance / Claudine Ansermet, Paolo Cherici

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-07-03

Works: Anonymous, French: J'ay pris amour; Fortune, laisse moy; Pierre Attaingnant: L'espoir; La Brosse, for diverse instruments; La Magdalena; Guillaume Morlaye: Fantasie, for lute; Thomas Crecquillon: A v...
Performers: Ansermet, Claudine; Cherici, Paolo

Recording information: Pugnano, Pisa, Italy (03/1999)....continue...

Tenebrae: Music for Holy Week in Naples

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-04-03

Works: Cristofaro Caresana: Lectio 3 del Giovedì Santo a voce sola con violini; Lectio 3 del Venerdì Santo a voce sola con violini; Giuseppe A. Avitrano: Sonata no 6, for 3 violins & continuo "La ...
Performers: Varriale, Valentina
Conductors: Florio, Antonio
Ensemble: I Turchini

With Tenebrae Antonio Florio continues on his journey of exploration of the Neapolitan Baroque, now appearing on Glossa, with a timely release of Lamentations of...continue...
Recording information: Sala del Vasari, Chiesa di S. Anna dei Lombardi, Naples (10/2010)....continue...

Agostino Stefanni: Duetti da Camera

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-03-03

Works: Agostino Steffani: Begl'occhi, oh Dio, non piú; Porto L'alma incenerita, for 2 voices & continuo; Dimmi, dimmi Cupido; Occhi, perchè piangete?; Crudo amor, morir mi sento; Sol negl'occhi de...
Performers: Bertini, Rossana; Cavina, Claudio; Costoyas, Dolores; Cremonesi, Attilio; Galassi, Mara; Quintana, Juan Manuel
Conductors: Cremonesi, Attilio
Ensemble: Arcadia

Recording information: Chiesa di San Martino in Ladino, Forlì, Italy (06/1994)....continue...

De Vitae Fugacitate

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-03-03

Works: Adam Krieger: Der Liebe Macht herrscht Tag und Nacht, aria; Ihr bleibet nicht Bestand verpflicht, aria; Der Unbestand ist ihr verwandt, aria; Verliebet sein macht groáe Pein, aria; Der hat ges...
Performers: Balconi, Roberto; Bertini, Rossana; Cavina, Claudio
Conductors: Gini, Roberto
Ensemble: Concerto delle Viole

BBC Music Magazine
Claudio Cavina's plangent countertenor is a fine match for the mournful sound of the viols...
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Recording information: Villa Pirelli, Induno Olana, Varesse, Italy (08/1992)....continue...

Cristofaro Caresana: L'Adoratione de' Maggi

1 CD / Glossa / 2010-10-10

Works: Cristofaro Caresana: La Veglia, Cantata a 6 voci con violini "Per la Nascita di Nostro Signore"; Demonio, Angelo e Tre Pastori, Cantata a 5 voci e instrumenti "Per la Nascita del Verbo"; Pietro Andre...
Performers: Mineccia, Filippo; Naviglio, Giuseppe; Schiavo, Maria Grazia; Totaro, Rosario; Varriale, Valentina; Vittorio, Giuseppe De
Conductors: Florio, Antonio
Ensemble: I Turchini

Founded in 1987, the baroque orchestra I Turchini and its vocal soloists connected with the Centro di Musica Antica Pietà de' Turchini in Naples have...continue...
Recording information: Centro di Musica Antica Pietà dei Turchini, Naples (12/2009)....continue...

Purcell: King Arthur / Niquet, Labin, Santon-Jeffery, Fernandes [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Glossa / 2009-12-05

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628
Performers: Fernandes, Joao; Labin, Ana Maria; Mauillon, Marc; Ruvio, Melodie; Santon-Jeffery, Chantal; Vidal, Mathias
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel

For its first DVD release Glossa has chosen a veritable spectacular, combining the strong creative ideas represented by one of its established artistic teams in...continue...
Run Time: 122 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
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Mozart: Music for Horn / McFadden, Wieringa, DeStrube, Bruggen, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2009-10-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 12 Duos for 2 horns, KV 487 (496a); Quintet in E flat for horn, violin, 2 violas and bass, KV 407 (386c); Mitridate, re di Ponto, KV 87 (74a); Concerto for Horn in E flat, KV...
Performers: Bruggen, Albert; Destrube, Marc; Franenberg, Robert; McFadden, Claron; Moreno, Emilio; Swierstra, Staas; Wieringa, Erwin; Zwart, Teunis van der
Conductors: Brüggen, Frans

Of the various wind instruments, it was the natural horn which proved to be the one most favored by Mozart in his solo instrumental music....continue...

Monteverdi: Scherzi Musicali

1 CD / Glossa / 2009-07-05

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 7; Madrigals, Book 9; Scherzi musicali, volume 2; Madrigals, Book 10; La mia turca che d'amor, madrigal for solo voice, SV 310; Voglio di vita uscir, madrigal for ...
Performers: Galli, Emanuela
Conductors:
Ensemble: La Venexiana

In a certain way, this new disc from La Venexiana can be thought of as having the qualities of a pause or "interval" following the...continue...

Charpentier: Missa Assumpta est Maria, etc / Hervé Niquet, Le Concert spirituel, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2009-04-13

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Missa Assumpta est Maria, H 11; Domine salvum fac regem, H 303; Domine salvum fac regem, H 291; Motet a voix seule, H 361; Symphony pour un reposoir, H 508; O salutaris Host...
Performers: Arnould, Benoît; Bayodi, Hanna; Champion, Romain; Geslot, François-Nicolas
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert spirituel

Herve Niquet returns to the sacred music of the French Baroque in the grand manner: the ceremonial masterpiece of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's concertante 'Missa Assumpta est...continue...

Italian Cantatas Vol 4 / Bonizzoni, Rial, Schiavo, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2008-10-04

Works: George Frederick Handel: Arresta il passo, HWV 83 "Aminta e Fillide"; Clori, mia bella Clori, HWV 92
Performers: Rial, Nuria; Schiavo, Maria Grazia
Conductors: Bonizzoni, Fabio
Ensemble: La Risonanza

Two new voices join Fabio Bonizzoni's project of recording the entirety of the cantatas with instrumental accompaniment which Handel composed when in Italy. Sopranos Nuria...continue...

Lully: Prosperine / Niquet, Haller, Auvity, et al

2 CD / Glossa / 2008-09-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Prosperine, LWV 58
Performers: Arnould, Benoît; D'Oustrac, Stéphanie; Geslot, François-Nicolas; Haller, Salome; Staskiewicz, Blandine; Tauran, Bénédicte; Thébault, Hjördis
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert spirituel

"They are all fine vocalists, experts in the style, and are so convincing in their parts that it is difficult to single out individuals among...continue...

Monteverdi: Primo & Nono Libro dei Madrigali / La Venexiana

1 CD / Glossa / 2008-05-15

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 1; Madrigals, Book 9
Performers: Bellotto, Matteo; Cassinari, Francesca; Cavina, Claudio; Fontana, Anna; Giordani, Raffaele; Graziolino, Marta; Maletto, Giuseppe; Mameli, Roberta; Palomba, Gabriele; Ragni, Nadia
Conductors: Cavina, Claudio
Ensemble: La Venexiana

In completing their masterful Monteverdi Edition, Claudio Cavina and La Venexiana have returned to the beginning – to the 'Madrigali a cinque voci... Libro primo'...continue...

Platinum - Quadrivium - Dufay: Motets Vol 1 / Maletto, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2008-04-11

Works: Guillaume Dufay: Salve flos Tusce gentis; Apostolo glorioso; Imperatrix angelorum; Alma redemptoris mater no 1; Alma redemptoris mater no 2; Gaude virgo mater Christi; Ecclesie militantis; Anima mea ...
Performers: Cavalio, Livio; Dancheva, Alena; Fabris, Laura; Ferrarini, Gianluca; Fomina, Svetlana; Furnari, Fabio; Graziolino, Marta; Koll, Margaret; Magnano, Guido; Maletto, Giuseppe; Martin, Sveva; Morini, Mau...
Conductors: Maletto, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Cantica Symphonia

The cube made with matches which appears on the cover of this disc, showing on flames in the inside of the digipak and afterwards completely...continue...

Marais: Sémélé / Niquet, Mercer, Tauran, Azzaretti, et al

2 CD / Glossa / 2008-04-11

Works: Marin Marais: Sémélé
Performers: Azzaretti, Jael; Dahlin, Anders J.; Mercer, Shannon [soprano]; Tauran, Bénédicte; Thébault, Hjördis
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert spirituel

Sunday Times
Niquet's Concert Spirituel revels in this wonderfully representational music; the cast, headed by Shannon Mercer in the title role, with Thomas Dolié as Jupiter...continue...

Handel: Italian Cantatas Vol 3 / Bonizzoni, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2008-02-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Qual ti riveggio, oh Dio, HWV 150 "Ero e Leandro"
Performers: Milanesi, Raffaella; Vitale, Salvo
Conductors: Bonizzoni, Fabio
Ensemble: La Risonanza

On the third installment in Fabio Bonizzoni's survey of the secular cantatas with instrumental accompaniment, composed by Handel during his stay in Italy, are a...continue...

Gioseffo Zarlino: Canticum canticorum Salomonis, etc / Noone

1 CD / Glossa / 2008-01-04

Works: Gioseffo Zarlino: Veni Sancte Spiritus
Performers: Chambers, Mark; Davidson, Grace; Gibbs, Charles; Martin, David [countertenor]; Smith, Angus; Trevelyan-Jones, Warren; Wilkinson, Clare
Conductors: Noone, Michael
Ensemble: Plus Ultra

"Each piece on Glossa's Gioseffo Zarlino: Canticum Canticorum Salomonis, like expertly composed Renaissance sacred music should, lifts the listener up and lets them gently down....continue...

Monteverdi: Quinto libro deo mardigali / Cavina, etc

1 CD / Glossa / 2007-11-03

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 5
Performers: Carnovich, Daniele; Cavina, Claudio; Fontana, Anna; Giordani, Raffaele; Graziolino, Marta; Maletto, Giuseppe; Mameli, Roberta; Ragni, Nadia
Conductors: Cavina, Claudio
Ensemble: La Venexiana

"Claudio Cavina and La Venexiana have supplieda performance that both presents the clarity of Monteverdi's musical conception and conveys the passion of these evocative poems....continue...

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Cavina, La Venexiana

2 CD / Glossa / 2007-06-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Bellotto, Matteo; Caccamo, Giovanni; Cavina, Claudio; De Liso, Marina; Di Donato, Vincenzo [Tenor]; Galli, Emanuela; Guadagnini, Mirko; Lo Monaco, Jose Maria; Sakurada, Makoto; Vitale, Salvatore
Conductors: Cavina, Claudio
Ensemble: La Venexiana

"Glossa's Orfeo is a scrupulously and beautifully produced limited edition, published in book format. Everything about its production, from the quality of its binding and...continue...

Destouches: Callirhoé / Niquet, d'Oustrac, et al

2 CD / Glossa / 2007-05-06

Works: André Destouches: Callirhoé
Performers: Auvity, Cyril; D'Oustrac, Stephanie; Delaigues, Renaud; Fernandes, Joao; Perruche, Ingrid; Revidat, Stephanie
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert spirituel

Andre Cardinal Destouches... not exactly a name that automatically generates much recognition these days. Possibly, we might locate him among other composers from the early...continue...

Improvisando / Pandolfo, Morini, Boysen, Scheen, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2006-11-12

Works: Anonymous: Toccata; Guardame las vacas; Passamezzo; Canario; La Spagna; Passamezzo moderno; La folia; Girolamo Dalla Casa: Anchor che col Partire; Giovanni Bassano: Divisions on "Anchor che col parti...
Performers: Boysen, Thomas; De Carlo, Andrea; Garrido, Alvaro; Gelis, Marie; Morini, Guido; Pandolfo, Paolo; Scheen, Celine

After nearly two years of silence, Paolo Pandolfo gathers round him a group of friends in order to create something which has practically been lost...continue...

Le Cantate per il Cardinal Pamphili - Handel / Invernizzi

1 CD / Glossa / 2006-09-02

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tra le fiamme, HWV 170; Nel dolce dell'oblio, HWV 134 (Pensieri notturni di Filli); Da quel giorno fatale, HWV 99 "Il delirio amoroso"; Figlio d'alte speranza, HWV 113
Performers: Bonizzoni, Fabio; Centurioni, Olivia; Dell'Agnello, Caterina; Ferri, Rebeca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Lehmann, Isabel; Moretto, Vanni; Plantier, David; Rodolfi, Emiliano; Rosa, Gianni de; Talo, Elena
Conductors: Bonizzoni, Fabio
Ensemble: La Risonanza

The chamber cantata flourished in Italy as a counterpart to public opera and oratorio, cultivated by aristocratic patrons for their personal enjoyment. Perhaps because of...continue...

Desmarest: De profundis, Cum invocarem, etc / Niquet, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2005-10-07

Works: Henry Desmarest: De profundis; Veni Creator; Cum invocarum
Performers: Arnould, Benoît; Bayodi, Hanna; Droy, Sébastien; Geslot, François-Nicolas; Piérot, Alice; Révidat, Stéphanie
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert spirituel

Gramophone Magazine
Desmarest's melodic mind is arguably at its most fertile in the Veni Creator. The textures of the instrumental ensemble, especially the violin and recorder...continue...

Halffter: Don Quijote / Halffter-Caro, Ramón, Baquerizo

2 CD / Glossa / 2005-06-04

Works: Cristobal Halffter: Don Quijote
Performers: Baquerizo, Enrique; Gerico, Santiago Sanchez; Hassler, Ana; Latorre, Fernando; Martinez, Alicia; Masino, Fabiola; Ramon i Monzo, Josep-Miquel; Rodriguez, Maria; Roldan, Javier; Santamaria, Eduardo; T...
Conductors: Halffter-Caro, Pedro
Ensemble: Madrid Symphony Orchestra; Spanish National Chorus

In 2000, Madrid's Teatro Real hosted the premiere of 'Don Quijote' under the musical direction of Pedro Halffter and Herbert Wernicke as stage director. It...continue...

Música en el Quijote - Milán, etc / Moreno, Orphénica Lyra

1 CD / Glossa / 2005-05-01

Works: Luis de Milan: Libro de música de vihuela de mano intitulado El maestro; Anonymous: Cancionero musical de Palacio; Si d'amor pena sentis; No hay que decirle el primor; Qué bonito ni&nti...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Andueza, Raquel; Domènech, Jordi; Garrido, Alvaro; Moreno, José Miguel; Paz, Fernando; Quinteiro, Eligio; Rial, Nuria
Conductors: Moreno, José Miguel
Ensemble: Orphénica Lyra

Gesualdo: Qiuinto libro di madrigali / Cavina, La Venexiana

1 CD / Glossa / 2005-04-01

Works: Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigals, Book 5
Performers: Bertini, Rossana; Carnovich, Daniele; Cavina, Claudio; Coladonato, Valentina; Maletto, Giuseppe; Naglia, Sandro
Conductors: Cavina, Claudio
Ensemble: La Venexiana

"...The present ensemble ranks with the finest of the new Italian early-music groups, elegant in style, varied in expression, lovely in vocal sound... These madrigals...continue...

Los Siglos de Oro Vol 1 - Morales in Toledo / Noone, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2005-04-01

Works: Cristóbal de Morales: Asperges me domine à 5; Et factum est, postquam; Sacris solemniis iuncta sint; Justi confitebuntur...Eripe me Domine; Urbs beata Jerusalem; Nova resultent gaudia; ...
Performers: Brook, Matthew; Chambers, Mark; Davidson, Grace; Dougan, Eamonn; Gibbs, Charles; Hamilton, Susan; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Martin, David [countertenor]; Phillips, Tom [tenor]; Smith, Angus; Tr...
Conductors: Noone, Michael
Ensemble: Plus Ultra

"... The performance was recorded in the church of St. Jude-on-the-Hill in London, a gloriously spacious acoustic; it does not, though, veil the transparency of...continue...

Purcell: King Arthur / Niquet, Gens, Bayodi, Jarrige, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2004-07-08

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628
Performers: Auvity, Cyril; Bayodi, Hanna; Cornwell, Joseph; Gens, Veronique; Harvey, Peter; Jarrige, Beatrice
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert spirituel

BBC Music Magazine
None of the spoken dialogue is included in this new recording of Purcell's music - brought to life with energy and a pleasing...continue...

Platinum - Bach - De Occulta Philosophia / Kirkby, Moreno

1 CD / Glossa / 2004-04-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Performers: Kirkby, Emma; Mena, Carlos; Moreno, José Miguel

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / Niquet, Pudwell, Harvey, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2001-05-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Duthoit, Marie Louise; Haller, Salome; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Marie, Nicolas; Pudwell, Laura; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus