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Music for a While: Songs by Henry Purcell / Maarten Koningsberger, baritone; Fred Jacobs, Theorbo

1 Super Audio CD / Quintone / 2012-02-28

Works: Henry Purcell: O! Fair Cedaria, Z. 402; Music for a while; My heart, whenever you appear, song, Z. 399; I resolve against cringing, song, Z. 386; Ah! how pleasant 'tis to love, for soprano & continuo...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Koningsberger, Maarten

"Perfect Purcell on a superlative release chock-full of treasures... . add to the aforementioned Jacob's utterly sympathetic theorbo accompaniments and you have one of the...continue...
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With Endless Teares - Johnson, Lawes, Humphrey, Purcell [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Robert Johnson: Have you seen but a white lily grow?; Woods, rocks and mountains; With endless tears, for voice, lute & continuo; Come hither you that love; Come heavy sleep, for treble voice and lut...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

Johannette Zomer and Fred Jacobs started recording a series of programs devoted to 17th Century monody for which their research has unveiled many hidden treasures....continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Deventer, The Netherlands (12/2008)....continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 5

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in A major, K 429/L 132; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199...
Performers: Adlam, Derek; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Feng, Ning; Giacometti, Paolo; Hoppe, Thomas; Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Jarnot, Konrad; Lazic, Dejan [Piano]; Mees, Reinhild; Podger, Rachel [Violin]; Qiao, Ta...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván;
Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet; Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Budapest Festival Orchestra; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); Netherlands Bach Society

Channel Classics' fifth mid-priced Super Artists on Super Audio sampler could not be more varied. The musical selections on this disc travel from Bach to...continue...

Caccini: Nuove Musiche; Piccinini / Zomer, Jacobs

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Giulio Caccini: Amor, io parto; Mentre che fra doglie e pene, for voice & continuo; Filli, Mirando il cielo; Nuove musiche e nuova maniera de scriverle; Fortunato augellino; Vaga su spin'ascosa, for ...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

Guilio Caccini was most likely born in Rome and rose to prominence as a composer in Florence under the Medicis. Caccini's most influentail work was...continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 3

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Anonymous: Allegro; Ludwig August Lebrun: Concerto for Oboe no 3 in D major; Sofia Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun; George Frederick Handel: Suite in G minor; Mariano Mores: Taquito militar; Mau...
Performers: Brüggen, Daniel; Cooper, Gary; Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Driever, Bertho; Dufour, Marc; Escalera, Katia; Gerritsen, Elsbeth; Giacometti, Paolo; Goldstein, Marleene; Groot, Peter de; Jacobs, ...
Conductors: ; de Vriend, Jan Willem; Reuss, Daniel; Dijkstra, Peter; Veldhoven, Jos van; Herbers, Werner; Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ebony Band; Florilegium Ensemble; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam; Netherlands Bach Society Baroque Orchestra; Netherlands Bach Society Choir; Ra...

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Musickes Sweetest Joyes / Jacobs, Linden, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2004-10-12

Works: Christopher Simpson: Prelude in D (The Division-Viol, 1665); Divisions for viola da gamba & continuo in D; Prelude [in E] (The Dicision-Viol, 1665); Division on a Ground in E minor, for viola da gamb...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Kooij, Peter; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]; van der Velden, Mieneke; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

The gentle melancholy which underlies the sound of the viola da gamba made it the instrument par excellence in 17th century England. Sadness was the...continue...

Splendore di Roma / Johannette Zomer, Fred Jacobs

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2003-11-01

Works: Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger: Dove mi lasci; Già risi del mio mal; Cinta di rose; Pargoletto son io; Toccata for lute no 3 (from D'intavolatura di Lauto, 1611); Work(s); Canzone prima; Toccata...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]