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Music for winds arr. from Byrd, Pärt / Kai Wessel, alto; Calefax Reed Quintet

1 CD / MD&G / 2013-04-23

Works: William Byrd: Senex puerum portabat, motet for 5 voices (SATTB); Work(s); Senex puerum portabat; Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB); Arvo Pärt: Magnificat Antiphons (7), for chorus; Arbos, for 7 recorder...
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Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

When it comes to melody, the uncompromising linear clarity and chamber-style flexibility enjoyed by reed instruments give them a big advantage over choirs and orchestras....continue...

Machet die Tore weit - Choral and Organ music for Advent and Christmas / Kay Johannsen, organ

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-10-16

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); Michael Praetorius: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Brightly Shines the Morning Star) (from the Polyhymnia caduc; Den d...
Performers: Aures, Michael [Drums]; Johannsen, Kay; Kartmann, Daniel; Lauxmann, Balduin; Mycka, Katarzyna
Conductors: Homburg, Rainer Johannes
Ensemble: ; Handel's Company; Stuttgarter Hymnus Childrens Choir

Recording information: Christuskirche, Stuttgart-Gänsheide (06/02/2011-06/05/2011)....continue...

Arp-Schnitger-Organ Norden, Vol. 3 - works by Bach, Bohm, Buxtehude, Scheidt, Mozart / Agnes Luchterhandt & Thiemo Janssen

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-07-17

Works: Anonymous, Suzanne van Soldt Manuscript: Brande Champanje, for keyboard; Samuel Scheidt: Hymn on "Veni Creator Spiritus"; Dietrich Buxtehude: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BuxWV 140; Te Deu...
Performers: Janssen, Thiemo; Luchterhandt, Agnes; Neumann, Sven

The Arp Schnitger organ in St. Ludger's Church in Norden numbers among the most important baroque instruments of its kind and has remained practically unchanged...continue...
Recording information: Ludgerikirche Norden (11/14/2011-11/16/2011)....continue...

Heinrich Scheidemann: Organ Works / Leo Van Deselaar - Organ of Pieterskerk, Leiden

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-06-19

Works: Hans Leo Hassler: Verbum caro factum est; Heinrich Scheidemann: Intavolierung ('auff 2 Clavier Pedaliter') der Motette 'Verbum caro factum est' von Hans Leo Hassler; Fantasia for organ in D, WV 83; K...
Performers: Doeselaar, Leo Van

Recording information: Pieterskerk in Leiden (10/13/2011-10/15/2011)....continue...

Organ Tablature from Klagenfurt: Senfl; De Sermisy; Des Prez; De La Rue; Verdelot, et al. / Manfred Novak, organ

2 CD / MD&G / 2011-11-22

Works: Ludwig Senfl: Preambulum à 6, for organ; De profundis; Nisi Dominus, psalm motet for 5 voices; Claudin de Sermisy: Le content est riche; Manfred Novak: Exercitatio bona, setting of an anonymou...
Performers: Novak, Manfred

Recording information: Hofkirche Innsbruck (04/2011)....continue...

Sweelinck: Organ Works, Vol. 1

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2011-06-14

Works: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Toccata for organ no 1 in D minor, SwWV 285; Echo Fantasia for organ no 2 in D minor, SwWV 261; Ik heb den Heer lief (Psalm 116, J'aime mon Dieu), variations for organ, SwW...
Performers: Vogel, Harald

A four-hundred-year-old swallow's nest organ from the Renaissance era has survived in St. Mary's Church in Lemgo, and its few missing pipes have been precisely...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Marien, Lemgo, Germany (11/11/2010-11/12/2010)....continue...

Eccard: Mein Schönste Zier / Motets and canticas

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2011-05-03

Works: Johannes Eccard: Zu dieser österlichen Zeit, for 6-part chorus; Missa "Mon coeur se recommende à vous", for chorus; Übers Gebirg Maria geht; Zacharias war ganz verstummt, for chorus; F...

Johann Eccard was one of the leading sacred composers around 1600, and even today his works are found in well-known collections of Protestant church music....continue...
Recording information: Kloster Cismar (10/22/2010-10/24/2010)....continue...

Blue Hour / works for flute & piano

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-01-25

Works: Zequinha de Abreu: Tico-Tico no Fubá, for voice & ensemble; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Richard Adler: Hernando's Hideaway; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; Basque Traditional: A...
Performers: Blau, Andreas; Heilmann, Hendrik

At the age of twenty Andreas Blau was already the solo flutist in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He made countless recordings and concerts with Herbert...continue...
Recording information: Ehem. Ackerhaus der Abtei Marienmünster (09/21/2009-09/23/2009)....continue...

Per Flauto / Ganassi Consort Köln.

1 CD / MD&G / 2011-01-25

Works: Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata no 15a for violin (or cornetto) & basso continuo (from "Sonate à 1, 2, 3..."); Bartolome de Selma y Salaverde: Canzona; Susanne Un Jour; Girolamo Frescobaldi: I...
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Ensemble: Ganassi Consort Köln

A gem from the early days of digital recording technique is heard here in new guise. MDG has blown its own archival dust from a...continue...
: Christine Kyprianides, Eberhard Zummach, Cordula Breuer, Joachim Vogelsänger.

Recording information: Ev. Kirche Hohnrath (1988)....continue...

In Dulci Jubilo / Choral music for Christmas

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-11-09

Works: Friedrich Silcher: Wie soll ich dich empfangen, for chorus; Herbei, o ihr Gläub'gen; Christmas Traditional: Es kommt ein Schiff geladen, carol (German); Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht (Echo Ca...
Conductors: Straube, Jörg;
Ensemble: ; North German Figuralchor

During the first half of the twentieth century songbooks were published in order to promote sacred and secular choral song among the general population. The...continue...
Recording information: St. Osdag Church, Mandelsloh, Germany (08/27/2009-08/29/2009)....continue...

SCENE Jewels from a German Christmas / Kabitz, Wachowski, Würzburg Bach Choir

1 CD / MD&G / 2008-11-11

Works: Recorded Sound: Bells; Gerd Wachowski: Christmas March, improvisations on German carols for organ; Improvisation on "Ihr Kinderlein kommet", for organ; Christmas Chorale Preludes, for organ; Improvis...
Performers: Wachowski, Gerd
Conductors: Kabitz, Christian
Ensemble: Würzburg Bach Choir

On this CD all-time favorite Christmas and Advent carols and hymns such as "Macht hoch die Tur," "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" (Lo, How a...continue...

Faces of a Woman / Tapestry

1 CD / MD&G / 2008-01-08

Works: Marcos Krieger: Lyula, lyulyala, for chorus; Serbian Traditional: Prozor na ocima (A window for her eyes), for chorus; Dom Dinis: Non sei como me alv'a, cantiga; Traditional: Rainha Santa Isabel, rom...
Performers: Brewer, Diana; Buff, Carolann; Catt, Cristi; Freiberg, Sarah; Kammen, Shira; Monahan, Laurie [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tosic, Daniela; Yee, Darrick

The Boston Based all woman, early music group Tapestry returns with their second release for MDG! The ensemble covers a broad musical territory ranging from...continue...

Stoltzer: Erzurne dich night / Bruser, Josquin Capella

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-08-22

Works: Thomas Stoltzer: Super salutem et omnem pulchritudinem, for 5 voices; O admirable commercium; Psalm 37 "Erzürne Dich Nicht"; Psalm 11 "In Domino confido"; Psalm 13 "Herr, wie lange willst du mei...
Conductors: Brüser, Meinolf

Thomas Stolzer was a 16th century composer from Hungary whose music is seldom performed or recorded, making this release a welcome addition to fans of...continue...

Encores - Bach, Haydn, et al / Leipzig String Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-07-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 12 in C minor, D 703/Op. posth "Quartettsatz"; Hugo Wolf: Intermezzo for string quartet in E flat major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich...
Performers: Rohde, Hartmut
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Ensemble: Friedrich Wilhelm Rodding

"Here are the "usual suspects": the Schubert Quartettsatz (Quartet 12), which works as a brilliant opening for the program, a beautiful reading of the Beethoven...continue...

SCENE Bach, Byrd, Weckmann, et al / Luchterhandt, Janssen

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2006-04-18

Works: Matthias Weckmann: Magnificat in the 2nd Tone; William Byrd: Pavan & Galliard ("Passamezzo"), for keyboard in G minor no 1, MB 2; Dietrich Buxtehude: Canzona for Organ in C major, BuxWV 166; Gelobet ...
Performers: Janssen, Thiemo; Luchterhandt, Agnes

Northern Germany was a center of organ design in the 17th century and this SACD records one of the surviving organ gems of that area...continue...

Bull: Walsingham Organ & Keyboard Works / Rampe

1 CD / MD&G / 2006-02-21

Works: John Bull: Praeludium for keyboard in A minor, MB 84; Walsingham, for keyboard, MB 85; Christe Redemptor omnium, for organ; Præludium in C major, for keyboard; My Jewel for keyboard; Lord Lumley...
Performers: Rampe, Siegbert

John Bull is regarded by some as the Franz Liszt of the 16th century, and his eccentric lifestyle and virtuosic compositions make the comparison an...continue...

SCENE Lamentationes / Josquin Capella

1 CD / MD&G / 2005-05-24

Works: Costanzo Festa: Lamentationes Hieremiae Prophetae, for 3-7 voices; Johannes Ockeghem: Missa pro defunctis; Nicolas Gombert: Musae Jovis for 6 voices
Conductors: Brüser, Meinolf

The Josquin Capella was founded in 1994 and consists of members from the Netherlands, Germany and England. They specialize in music from the high Renaissance...continue...

Cancion y Danza - Bach, Sor, Mendelssohn, etc / Bungarten

1 CD / MD&G / 2004-09-21

Works: Joaquín Turina: Sevillana, fantasia for guitar, Op. 29; Luis de Milán: Fantasía for vihuela No 1; Julio S. Sagreras: El Colibri; Roberto Baden-Powell: Retrato Brasileiro (Brazillian Po...
Performers: Bungarten, Frank

Organ Landscape - Mecklenburg / Martin Rost

2 CD / MD&G / 2003-09-23

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BuxWV 155; Auf meinen lieben Gott, BuxWV 179; Daniel Erich: Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, choral prelude for organ; Nikolaus Hasse: Chor...
Performers: Rost, Martin

Includes 1. unser herrscher, unser könig, choralvorspiel (c by various composers....continue...

Reflections - Crossing the Border - British Flute Music

1 CD / MD&G / 2002-09-24

Works: Daniel Dow: Sir John Stewart of Grandtully's Reel, strathspey; The Whisky, strathspey; The Lads with the Kilts, jig; I Love the Youth, reel; Miss Charter's Reel; Francesco Geminiani: Auld Bob Morrice...
Performers: Wolf, Axel

SCENE Praetorius: Christmas Motets, Chorale Concertos

1 CD / MD&G / 2001-10-23

Works: Michael Praetorius: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (from the Polyhymnia caduceatrix); Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Puer natus in Bethlehem; Missa gantz Teudsch (Polyhymnia Caduceatrix); Vom Himmel h...
Performers: Brutscher, Markus; Geitner, Petra; Hirtreiter, Andreas; Kogel, Tilman; Leibundgut, Michael; Mammel, Hans-Jorg; Mehltretter, Florian; Schonberger, Birgit; Seidenbusch, Helmut; Seifert, Rainer
Conductors: Raml, Franz
Ensemble: Hassler Consort

"...These were some of the most popular cantiones of the fifteenth century, some of them macaronic (mixing Latin and vernacular phrases), and the duality was...continue...

SCENE 600 Years - Music from Six Centuries / Calefax Reed

1 CD / MD&G / 2001-03-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Claude Debussy: La plus que lente; Marko Tajcevic: Balkan Dances (7), for piano; Ton Ter Doest: Mars (March), for winds; Billy Strayhorn: Lush Li...
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Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

"Unlike previous Calefax recordings...this 15th-anniversary collection is designed to show the diversity of its programmes...The highlights for me are the two most recent works, 'Seven...continue...

Organ Landscape - Salzburg / Florian Pagitsch

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-10-24

Works: Heinrich Finck: Ich wird erlost, for keyboard; Paul Hofhaimer: Nach Willen Dein; Mein einigs A, for clavichord; Froh bin ich dein, for keyboard; Gottlieb Muffat: Toccata for organ no 4 in E minor; Ca...
Performers: Pagitsch, Florian

Un soir à la cour - Lute Songs & Lute Music / Wessel, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 1999-10-19

Works: Anonymous: Ma belle si ton ame; Gabriel Bataille: Qui veut chasser une migraine, air à boire for voice & lute; Ma bergère non légère; Antoine Boësset: Un Jour Amarill...
Performers: Wedemeier, Ulrich; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]