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Purcell: Music for Pleasure and Devotion / Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Henry Purcell: The Indian Queen; Abdelazer; Gordian Knot Unty'd; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Fantasia upon a Ground in D major, Z 731; Close thine eyes and sleep secure, Z 184; Ground in Gamut for Harpsichor...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Andrews, Haden; Berridge, Simon; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bury, Alison; Campbell, Richard; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Earle, Richard...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Henry Purcell is regarded as the first great master of English Baroque music and his works find their best interpreters today in Andrew Parrott and...continue...
Recording information: 06/1985-03/1994....continue...

Giovanni Battista Buonamente: L'e' tanto tempo hormai - sonatas, canzonas and sinfonias / Helianthus Ensemble

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Giovanni Battista Buonamente: Sonata no 6 sopra "Rugiero" for theorbo, transverse flute & violin; Sonata Quinta a 2; Canzona a 4; Sonata no 9 sopra "Quello e' quel loco", for transverse flute & conti...
Performers: Centurioni, Olivia; Mascardi, Evangelina; Melendez, Josue; Morini, Guido
Conductors:
Ensemble: Helianthus Ensemble

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
...The Helianthus Ensemble perform on various combinations of anywhere from three to five instruments... This might be...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S. Sebastiano al Palatino - Roma (02/28/2012-03/03/2012)....continue...

Maurice Greene: Spenser's Amoretti (25 Sonnet Settings) / Benjamin Hulett, tenor; Luke Green, harpsichord, Giangiacomo Pinardi, theorbo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Maurice Greene: Spenser's Amoretti, song cycle for soprano & continuo
Performers: Green, Luke; Hulett, Benjamin; Pinardi, Giangiacomo

Master of the King's Music, Maurice Greene was an important figure in English music at the time of Handel. His sensitive settings of sonnets by...continue...
Recording information: Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, U.K. (02/20/2012-02/22/2012)....continue...

Francesco Maria Zuccari: Cello Sonatas / Renato Criscuolo, Musica Perduta

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Francesco Maria Zuccari: Sonata for Cello no 1 in D major; Sonata for Cello no 2 in B flat major; Sonata for Cello no 3 in G major; Sonata for Cello no 4 in A minor; Sonata for Cello no 6 in C major;...
Performers: Bagnai, Alberto; Carreca, Michele; Criscuolo, Renato; Marzetti, Luca [Cello]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musica Perduta

MVSICA PERDVTA proved these manuscripts of the Baroque Cello Sonatas to be by the hand of Francesco Maria Zuccari, organist and Maestro di Capella of...continue...
Recording information: Oratorio P.P. Barnabiti, Rome (05/31/2010-06/03/2010)....continue...

Robert de Visée: La Musique de la Chamber du Roy

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Robert de Visée: Suite for guitar no 7 in C major (Livre de Guittarre Dédié au Roy, 1682); Suite for guitar no 1 in A minor (Livre de Guitarre Dédié au Roy, 1682); Prelude in...
Performers: Contadin, Cristiano; Marchese, Massimo; Staropoli, Manuel

Recording information: Cripta delle Ancelle della Carità, Roma (02/26/2010-02/28/2010)....continue...

Carlo Sturla: Passio di Venerdi Santo

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Carlo Sturla: Passio di Venerdì Santo, Passione secondo Giovanni, for chorus & ensemble
Performers: Bagnoli, Lucia; Barbieri, Jonatha; Barbieri, Nicola; Bozzo, Patrizia; Cuneo, Luisa; Dalfino, Laura; Esposito, Emanuele; Figueroa, Eduardo; Gattino, Alessandra; Goidanich, Marlise; Gubri, Marianne; Me...
Conductors: Ferrari, Franco
Ensemble: Il Concento Ecclesiastico

Recording information: Chiesa del Convento de Santa Caterina, Genova (09/03/2006-09/05/2006)....continue...

Purcell: Songs

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-03-09

Works: Henry Purcell: Birthday Ode to Queen Mary, 'Come Ye Sons of Art, Away', 1694; Incassum, Lesbia, rogas, Z 383 "Queen's Epicedium"; Ode to St. Cecilia 'Welcome to all the pleasures', 1683; O solitude, ...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Chance, Michael; Cole, Maggie; Cole, Nigel [Theorbo]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands)

Spanning his short creative life, Purcell's Songs are a constant feature in his output. In between official Odes, the semi-operas and instrumental music is a...continue...

Vivaldi: 6 Concertos for Flute / Jennifer Stinton, et al

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-10-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 4...
Performers: Harper, Celia; Jeffrey, Robin; Stinton, Jennifer
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

This performance brings together a prominent virtuoso of the modern flute with a major conductor of the early-music movement in a unique collaboration. In addition...continue...

The Best of Monteverdi

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-06-30

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin; Lamento d'Olimpia; Crudel, perché mi fuggi (Madrigals Book 2); Madrigals, Book 4; Cruda Amarilli (Libro 5); Lamento d'Arianna (Madrigals Book...
Performers: Bovo, Daniele; Carmignani, Alessandro; Costa, Paolo; Leoni, Carmen; Piantelli, Maurizio; Zanon, Vittorio
Conductors: ; Longhini, Marco; Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Capella Musicale di San Petronio; Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara; Delitiae Musicae; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) was a musical revolutionary who championed the new style of music that replaced intricate Renaissance counterpoint with the more theatrical music of...continue...

Dornel: Livre de simphonies contenant 6 suittes en trio Op. 1 / Musica Barocca

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-07-29

Works: Louis-Antoine Dornel: Livre de simphonies contenant 6 suittes en trio...avec 1 sonate en quatuor, Op. 1; Suitte en Trio in A minor, for chamber ensemble
Performers: Buraglia, Mauricio; Estevez, Juan; Martinez, Maria; Silva, Lisete da; Stringfellow, Nicholas
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musica Barocca

Little is known about the French composer Louis-Antoine Dornel, who occupied several posts in Paris as an organist and as 'maitre de musique'. The few...continue...

Festal Mass at the Imperial Court of Vienna 1648 / Seymour

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2007-07-17

Works: Girolamo Fantini: Sonata Imperiale No 1 "Del Colloreto"; Missa Veni sponsa Christi; Sonata Imperiale No 2; Andreas Rauch: Attolite Portas; Jubilate Deo; Benedicite; Pater Noster; Cantate Domino; Giov...
Performers: Cable, Margaret; Collins, David; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daggett, Philip; Kampen, Anthony Van; Laird, Michael; Langford, Roger; North, Nigel [Lute]; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Seymour, Yvonne; Steel...
Conductors: Seymour, Peter
Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London; Yorkshire Baroque Soloists

The works on this record constitute a complete Mass likely heard shortly after the signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, celebrating the end...continue...

Lully: Petits Motets / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-07-11

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Omnes gentes plaudite, motet for 3 voices & continuo, LWV 77/10; Regina coeli, LWV 77 no 12; O sapientia in misterio, motet for 3 voices & continuo, LWV 77/11; Laudate pueri Domi...
Performers: Bellocq, Eric; Boyer, Marie; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Fauché, François; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Martin, Frédéric [Violin]; Steyer, Arlette; Zanetti, Moni...

Das Partiturbuch / Zincke, Ensemble Echo du Danube

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-05-16

Works: Antonio Bertali: Sonata à 4; Ciacona in C major, for solo violin & continuo; Sonata à 3, for 2 violins, bassoon & continuo in G major; Johann Michael Nicolai: Sonata à 2 in A minor, ...
Performers: Dücker, Michael; Johannsen, Rainer; Jopp, Martin; Kuhlmann, Jörn Sebastian; Schultheiss, Margit; Weimann, Alexander; Zincke, Christian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Echo du Danube

This fascinating collection of 17th century instrumental music, known as the 'Partiturbuch,' was assembled by Jacob Ludwig as a birthday present for his patron, Duke...continue...

Marais: Suites pour Viole de Gambe / Quintana, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-04-11

Works: Marin Marais: Suite for viola da gamba & continuo in D major (Pièces de viole, Book III, Nos. 40-58); Suite for viola da gamba & continuo in A minor (Pièces de viole, Book V, Nos. 1-16); Su...
Performers: Costoyas, Dolores; Cremonesi, Attilio; Quintana, Juan Manuel

BBC Music Magazine
Quintana offers accomplished and stylish interpretations of these glorious pieces, combining a lightness of touch in the dance movements with more vigorous, muscular...continue...

The Italian Dramatic Lament / The Catacoustic Consort

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; Madrigals, Book 9; Jacopo Peri: Al fonte, al prato; Lungi dal vostro lume; Se tu parti da me; Uccidimi, dolore; Johannes Hieronymus Kaps...
Performers: Leopold, Michael; Pappano, Annalisa; Webster, Catherine
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Catacoustic Consort

Written for courts and patrons whose pleasure it was to surround themselves with the finest artists of the time, the Lament was a popular genre...continue...

Discover - Music of the Baroque Era

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Rinaldo; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Suite no 7 (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Der Messias; Concerto Grosso in ...
Performers: Amps, Kym; Asch, David van; Bessette, Tracy Smith; Boog, Maya; Christie, James David; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Drahos, Bela [Flute/Conductor]; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Hoeren, Harald; Jand...
Conductors: Kopelman, Jozef; Antal, Mátyás; Summerly, Jeremy; Crees, Eric; ; Farnlof, Bertil; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Fasolis, Diego; Niquet, Hervé; Mallon, Kevin; Ward, Nicholas; Brembeck...
Ensemble: ; Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Verona; Aradia Ensemble; Capella Savaria; Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus; Oxford Camerata; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble; Sonatori de la ...

In popularity, Baroque music stands alone, written to glorify the finest courts of the western world. This release features over 2 hours of music on...continue...

Carissimi: Jephte, Jonas / Consortium Carissimi

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte; Tra [Dai] piú riposti [remoti] abissi, serenata for 2 sopranos, bass, 2 violins & continuo; Jonas
Performers: Biscuola, Elena; Calciolari, Annamaria; Caristi, Nadia; Comeaux, Garrick; Contadin, Cristiano; Costa, Paolo; Eccher, Giuliano; Furnari, Fabio; Lea, Roberto; Pelliciari, Monica; Piantelli, Maurizio; P...
Conductors: Zanon, Vittorio
Ensemble: Consortium Carissimi

2005 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Carissimi, one of the early masters of the oratorio. 'The Story of Jephthah' is probably Carissimi's...continue...

Murray Perahia Plays Bach

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-10-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044 "Triple Concerto"; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F majo...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob; Martín, Jaime; Perahia, Murray; Sillito, Kenneth
Conductors: Perahia, Murray
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

"These are old-fashioned performances using modern instruments and piano. Since the pianist is Murray Perahia, who could mind? His playing is plush, lively, and beautifully...continue...

Early Music - Monteverdi: Madrigals Book 1 / Longhini, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-02-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Ch'io ami la mia vita, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 1), SV 23; Se per havervi oimè , madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 1), SV 24; A che tormi il ben mio, madrigal for 5 vo...
Performers: Fanciullacci, Paolo; Piantelli, Maurizio
Conductors: Longhini, Marco
Ensemble: Delitiae Musicae

In the 'First Book', with its wonderful variety of light and shade, its highly effective unravelling of melodies and intricate harmonies and striking word-paintings, the...continue...

Classical Express - English Country Dances / Lawrence-King

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2002-11-01

Works: English Traditional: Tom Scarlett; Old Simon the King; The Bear's Dance; Hunsdon House; Sir Martin Marah's Jigg; Fy Nay, Prithee John!; The Mock Glory of the West; The Glory of the Sun; Faronell's Di...
Performers: Douglass, David; Lawrence-King, Andrew; O'Dette, Paul

"Entrancing" -Fanfare...continue...

Purcell: Songs and Airs / Nancy Argenta

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2001-06-05

Works: Henry Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z 406; Ah! How sweet it is to love, Z. 613/2; History of King Richard II, Z 581; Stript of their green our groves appear, Z 444; Tell me, some pitying a...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Huggett, Fiona; Jones, Trevor [Viol]; McKenna, Sophia; Nicholson, Paul [H...

Bach: Keyboard Concertos no 1, 2 & 4 / Perahia, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-03-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Harpsichord in E major, BWV 1053; Concerto for Harpsichord in A major, BWV 1055
Performers: David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Perahia, Murray
Conductors: Perahia, Murray
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

"...[Perahia's] recent performances and recordings clearly place him among the finest artists of our time. That's the case for his interpretations of Bach's keyboard music......continue...

Guitar Collection - Corbetta, Visée: Suites / Bellocq, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-02-12

Works: Robert de Visée: Suite for 2 theorbos in E minor; Suite for 2 theorbos in G major; Francesco Corbetta: La guitarre royalle dédiée au roy, 39 pieces for 1 and 2 guitars (1674); Concert ...
Performers: Bellocq, Eric; Moscardo, Massimo

Franceso Corbetta and his pupil Robert de Visse were the most influential guitarists and lutanists at the court of Louis XIV. Corbetta was a master...continue...

Miserere / Martin Neary, Westminster Abbey Choir

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-03-26

Works: Anonymous: Vexilla Regis prodeunt; Christus factus est; Popule meus; Christus factus est no 2; Quia eduxi te; Christus factus est no 3; Quid ultra debui; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei Deus; Antonio ...
Performers: Baker, Martin; Birchall, Simon; Farnsworth, Richard; Jeffrey, Robin; Lees, Michael; Martin, Alexander; Sneddon, Thomas
Conductors: Neary, Martin
Ensemble: Westminster Abbey Choir; Westminster Consort

"This strange but fascinating recording delves into one of the most mysterious stories of choral polyphony, the genesis of Allegri's Miserere...nobody with an interest in...continue...

Lawes: Consort Music for Viols, Lutes and Theorbos

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-12-13

Works: William Lawes: Consort Sett a 4 in G minor; Consort Sett a 5 in C major (no 5); Royal Consort in D Minor, for 2 Theorbos; Corant I for 2 Lutes; Divisions on a Pavan in G minor; Consort Sett a 5 in A ...
Performers: David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]

"If you don't yet own any William Lawes, this well-recorded disc is a must that you will not only account one of the best bargain...continue...

Music for Queen Mary - Henry Purcell

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-04-04

Works: Henry Purcell: I was glad when they said unto me, O Lord, Z 19; Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, Z 46; Stript of their green our groves appear, Z 444; Now does the glorious day appear (Ode for Queen Mar...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Chance, Michael; Chateauneuf, Paula; Kirkby, Emma; Prevost, Stephen le; Richardson, Stephen [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Neary, Martin
Ensemble: Choir of Westminster Abbey; New London Consort

This disc received a 1996 Grammy nomination for "Best Classical Album."...continue...

Vivaldi: Wind Concerti / Nicholas Kraemer

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-02-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Double Horn Concerto, for 2 horns, strings & continuo in F major, RV 539; Concerto for 2 Flutes in C major, RV 533; Sinfonia, for strings & continuo in D major, RV 122; Concerto for ...
Performers: Caister, Timothy; Dobing, Duke; Elsner, Kasia; Graham, Joanna; Hooker, Chris; Jeffrey, Robin; Kraemer, Nicholas; McQueen, Helen; Meeks, Michael; Rix, David; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Stirli...

A Portrait of Bach

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 1900-09-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 1 in G major, BWV 1027; Partita for Lute in E major, BWV 1006a; Concerto for Violin...
Performers: Abberger, John; Asperen, Bob van; Bylsma, Anner; Greenberg, David; Kirchhof, Lutz; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Lamon, Jeanne; Melsted, Linda; Nediger, Charlotte; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Tru...
Conductors: ; Bernius, Frieder; Leonhardt, Gustav
Ensemble: Concerto Cologne; Period Instrument Ensemble; Stuttgart Chamber Choir; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra