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Motets by Giovanni Croce; Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Gabrieli and Giovanni Bassano / Cappella Marciana

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Giovanni Croce: Exaltabo te, Domine, for 4 voices; Voce Mea; O Sacrum Convivium; Laudans exultet, for 8 voices; Ecce panis angelorum, for 8 voices; Missa sopra la battaglia, for 8 voices; Adrian Will...
Conductors: Gemmani, Marco
Ensemble: Cappella Marciana

This release celebrates the rich musical heritage of St Mark's Basilica through a selection of liturgical works written by composers employed at the cathedral during...continue...
Recording information: Basilica Di San Marco, Venice, Italy (10/10/2009-10/15/2009)....continue...

Cavazzoni, Gabrieli: Ricercars; Canzonas / Sergio de Pieri, Organ of the Basilica dei Frari, Venice

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Andrea Gabrieli: Ricercar del duodecimo tono, for organ (from "Ricercari...libro secondo"); Toccata del decimo tono, for organ (from "Intonationi d'organo..."); Il terzo libro de ricercari; Giovanni ...
Performers: Pieri, Sergio de

Keyboard music was rarely printed for most of the 16th century, but in an attempt to provide for amateurs, printers began publishing arrangements of popular...continue...
Recording information: Basilica Dei Frari, Venice, Italy (07/10/1983-07/15/1983)....continue...

Songs of the World / Stefano Sciascia, double bass; Mara Corazza, piano

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Spanish Traditional: Cancion de amor; Pablo Casals: El cant del ocells; Teiichi Okano: Oboro-zukiyo; Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Yoshihiro Utsumi: Aijyou, song; Korean ...
Performers: Corazza, Mara; Sciascia, Stefano

Bassist Stefano Sciascia gives us a rare glimpse of the double bass as an expressive soloistic instrument in a recital of music from countries around...continue...
Recording information: Atmosfere Studio, Conegliano, Treviso, Italy (04/10/2002-04/16/2002)....continue...

Laudate Dominum - works for choir by Biffi, Croce, Gabrieli, Galuppi, Lotti, Monteverdi et al. / Antonio Lotti Vocal Ens.

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Ego sum qui sum, motet for 8 voices; Giovanni Croce: In spiritu humilitatis; Hans Leo Hassler: Verbum caro factum est; Antonino Biffi: Te Lucis ante terminum; Claudio Monteverdi: B...
Performers: Mukhambet, Dinara [Soprano (Vocal)]; Ruffatti, Alessio [Bass (Vocal)]; Siega, Davide [Tenor (Vocal)]
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Ensemble: Complesso Vocale e Strumentale Antonio Lotti

In a striking new disc the lens is turned on music written by composers who held important positions at one of the most important landmarks...continue...
Recording information: Madonna dell'Orto, Venice, Italy (01/20/2000-01/25/2000)....continue...

In Taberna: Medieval Songs and Dances / Corte Antica, Francesco Bisetto, narrator

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Niccolò de' Rossi: Paduanus for ensemble; Anonymous, Italian: Tre fontane; Saltarello; Anonymous, Trouvères: A l'entrada del temps clar; Anonymous, Manuscrit du Roi: La Septime Estampie...
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Ensemble: Corte Antica

Detailing a multitude of recited, sung and played works, this absorbing release offers a fascinating insight into the rich world of medieval entertainment. Combining anonymous...continue...
Recording information: Palazzo Morello, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy (05/15/2000-05/24/2000)....continue...

Venetian Sacred Music for the 9th to the 17th Century - Cavalli, Monteverdi, Grandi, Legrenzi, Rovetta, et al.

3 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Messa concertata, for 8 voices & instrumental ensemble; Alma redemptoris mater; Gregorian Chant: Christus natus est nobis; Midnight Mass; Emitte Angelum Tuum; Kyrie-Qui Prophetice;...
Conductors: Rebeschini, Carlo; Lera, Luigi; Roveri, Maria Silvia; Pitton, Luigi
Ensemble: Chorus sine nomine; La Stagione Armonica; Nova Cantica

This 3-CD set celebrates the rich musical legacy of one of Venice's most iconic landmarks, St. Mark's Basilica. The compilation contains works dating from the...continue...

Frederica von Stade in Duets, Arias, Scenes & Songs

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Botschaft ("Nelken wind ich und Jasmin"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liedersp; Das Glück (" Vöglein vom Zweig"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album...
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Brehm, Alvin; de Peyer, Gervase; Glickman, Loren; Katz, Martin; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Lesser, Laurence; Maria, Joel Del; Phillips, Daniel; Schwarz, G...
Conductors: Bernardi, Mario; Davis, Andrew

Born in 1945, Frederica von Stade - who auditioned for the Met on a $50 bet - is considered one of the world's most accomplished...continue...
Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (08/1977/07/1978); National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada (08/1977/07/1978); Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (08/1977/07/1978); Columbia...continue...

Giovanni Gabrieli: Missa Dominicalis / Pierpaolo Turetta, organ of St. Mark's, Venice

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Andrea Gabrieli: Missa domenichal, mass for organ
Performers: Florjac, Ivan; Turetta, Pierpaolo

Newton Classics presents its 100th release - a new recording featuring Gabrieli's 'Missa Dominicalis.' This is a vibrantly composed, performed and recorded example of a...continue...
Recording information: Basilica Di San Marco, Venice, Italy (04/05/2008-04/10/2008)....continue...

Brumel: Missa 'Et ecce terrae motus'; Sequentia 'Dies irae' / Huelgas Ensemble

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Antoine Brumel: Missa "Et ecce terrae motus"; Dies irae
Conductors: Van Nevel, Paul
Ensemble: ; Huelgas Ensemble

The most famous work of this 15th-century French polyphonist, the "Earthquake Mass" is named after a plainchant, but perhaps also refers to the nickname given...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of the Irish College, Leuven, Belgium (05/18/1990)....continue...

Loeki Stardust Collection [4 CDs]

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Tarquinio Merula: La Ghiradella, canzona for consort; La Merula, canzona for consort; Gioseffo Guami: La Bastina, canzona a 4 for consort; La Brillantina, canzona for consort; La Gentile, canzona a 4...
Conductors: ; Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

'If there is a better recorder ensemble than the ALSQ I have yet to hear it, and here it is reproduced with as splendid sound...continue...

Allegri: Miserere / Stephen Cleobury

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Exsultate Deo; Peccantem me quotidie; Tu es Petrus, motet for 7 voices (from Motets Book I); Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus à 8; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Lauda S...
Performers: Wright, Andrew
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen

This CD makes a soundtrack to the great theatre that was Roman worship in the 16th and 17th centuries, providing nearly 50 minutes of uplifting...continue...
Recording information: Westminster Cathedral, London, England (06/1982)....continue...

Byrd, Taverner: Masses and Motets

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: William Byrd: Mass for 3 Voices; Mass for 4 Voices; Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB); The Great Service; Ave verum corpus; John Taverner: Kyrie "Leroy"; Mass "The Western Wind", for 4 voices; Dum transisset...
Conductors: Willcocks, David

American Record Guide - William J Gatens
These are remarkable performances that are well worth hearing if only as examples of a choral sound that is...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of King's College, Cambridge....continue...

Tallis: Spem In Alium; Lamentations / Cleobury

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Lamentations (Set 1); Lamentations (Set 2); Videte miraculum; Dum transisset Sabbatum; Honor, virtus et potestas, motet for 5 voices, P. 237; Loquebantur variis linguis
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen

Thomas Tallis's masterpiece Spem In Alium and other responsorial works and lamentations are performed by the quintessential exponents of English music, the Choir of King's...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of King's College, Cambridge (07/1989)....continue...