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Couperin: Trois Lecons de Tenebres / The King s Consort, Carolyn Sampson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Susanne Heinrich

1 CD / Vivat / 2013-04-09

Works: François Couperin: Leçon de Ténèbres 1, for treble voice & continuo; Leçon de Ténèbres 2, for treble voice & continuo; Leçons de tenébres; Victoria, C...
Performers: Kielland, Marianne Beate; King, Robert; Sampson, Carolyn; Sayce, Lynda
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

Recording information: St Andrew's Church, Toddington, UK (03/05/2011-03/07/2011)....continue...

La Royalle: Music for Kings & Courtiers - works by De Visee; Le Roy; Corbetta; Brayssing; Hurel; Certon / Gordon Ferries: guitars, lute, theorbo

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2013-04-09

Works: Robert de Visée: Allemande la Royalle; Suite for theorbo in D minor; Adrian Le Roy: Pavane "Est il conclud," for lute; Gaillarde "Si Ie M'en Vois"; Almande tournée; Francesco Corbetta: Suit...
Performers: Ferries, Gordon

Gordon Ferries' fifth solo disc for Delphian spans two centuries of music for kings and courtiers. Performing on four instruments matched to the periods in...continue...
Recording information: St. Michael's Parish Church, Inveresk, Musselburgh, Sco (02/16/2012-02/17/2012)....continue...

Nodebog - Musical pleasures & divertissements from 18th C. Norway / Hans Olav Gorset (flute) & Friends

3 CD / 2 L Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Anonymous, Truels Johannesson Hvidt Music Book: Preludium for alto recorder; La Lovis, air for 2 recorders; Engelsk dants (English Dance), for alto recorder; Chavailer dantz, for alto recorder; Paspi...
Performers: Bothner-By, Cathrine [Soprano Vocal]; Gorset, Hans Olav; Innervik, Kjell Tore; Johansen, Lars Henrik [Harpsichord]; Lislevand, Andre [Viola da Gamba]; Lund, Vegard; Stene, Hakon Morch

NODEBOG presents musical pleasures and "divertissements" from 18th century Norway. These rediscovered treasures from the past can only be recreated through living performance today, here...continue...
Recording information: Jar Kirke, Oslo, Norway (02/2012)....continue...

Bach: Suites for baroque lute Nos. 1, 2, 3 / Hopkinson Smith

1 CD / Naïve / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1008; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Performers: Smith, Hopkinson

Smith returns to the masterpieces of Bach and records the renowned Suites BWV 1007, 1008 and 1009, transcribed by himself to the German theorbo. Along...continue...
Recording information: MC2: Grenoble (10/2012)....continue...

Schütz: St. Luke Passion; Die Sieben Worte / Hofbauer, Kunath, Kobow, Mathger, Rumpf

1 CD / Carus / 2013-02-26

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Die Sieben Worte unseres lieben Erlösers und Seeligmachers Jesu Christi; Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, SWV 447; St. Luke Passion, for soprano, alto, 3 tenors, 2 basses & ...
Performers: Hofbauer, Ulrike; Remy, Ludger; Santana, Lee
Conductors: Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: Dresden Kammerchor; Sirius Viols

Carus' sixth installment in the complete works of Heinrich Schütz is presented with the guiding principle "historically informed - interpreted today". The Dresdner Kammerchor performs...continue...
Recording information: Stadtkirche "Zum Heiligan Namen Gottes", Radeberg (04/17/2012-04/21/2012)....continue...

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...
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Gudmundur Högnason: Hymnodia Sacra / Carmina Chamber Choir; Nordic Affect; Árni Heimir Ingólfsson: director

1 CD / Smekkleysa / 2013-02-12

Works: Statius Olthof: Músíkulof, for chorus; Andi Guds eilífur er, song; Arni Heimir Ingólfsson: Eilíft lof med elsku hátt, song; Gudmundur Högnason: Heyr _ú, Guds b...
Performers: Blondal, Kristin Erna; Halldorsdottir, Marta Gudrun; Haroardottir, Guorun Hrund; Karlsson, Gudmundur Vignir; Loftsdottir, Hanna [Cello]; Nyhlin, Karl; Oskarsdottir, Gudrun; Stefansdottir, Halla Stein...
Conductors: Ingolffson, Arni Heimir
Ensemble: ; Nordic Affect

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
Most of the music is sung in unison or by a solo voice. Much of it sounds...continue...
Recording information: Langholtskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland (2009-06-29&2009-07-06_2009-)....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...

William Lawes: The Passion of Musicke / Sophie Gent: violin; Giovanna Pessi: triple harp; Eduardo Egüez: theorbo; Philippe Pierlot: viol

1 CD / Flora / 2013-01-08

Works: William Lawes: Consort for harp, bass viol, violin & theorbo no 1 in G minor; Corant for lyra viol (VdGS no 431); Consort for harp, bass viol, violin & theorbo no 4 in D minor; Divisions on a Pavan i...
Performers: Eguez, Eduardo; Gent, Sophie; Pessi, Giovanna; Pierlot, Philippe

On the death of William Lawes, King James I - who called him "The Father of Music" - observed several weeks of mourning. Lawes is...continue...
Recording information: Bra-sur-Lienne (08/2006)....continue...

Marin Marais: Folie - Suites for violin and basso continuo / Philippe Pierlot: bass viol; Rainer Zipperling: bass viol; François Guerrier: harpsichord; Eduardo Egüez: theorbo

1 CD / Flora / 2013-01-08

Works: Marin Marais: Suite en ré; Suite en La; Suite en Mi
Performers: Egüez, Eduardo; Guerrier, François

In the year 1700, Corelli published his Violin Sonatas Op. 5, without doubt the most important collection of instrumental music of the beginning of the...continue...
Recording information: l'Eglise de Basse-Bodeux (10/2011)....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...

Celine Scheen: Amarante / Eduardo Eguez; Philippe Pierlot

1 CD / Flora / 2012-11-13

Works: Nicolas Vallet: Prélude, for lute; La Mendiante fantaysye, for lute; Passemeze en b mol, for lute; Jean-Baptiste Besard: Ou luis tu soleil de mon ame, for voice & lute; Beaux yeux qui voyes cl...
Performers: Egüez, Eduardo; Scheen, Celine

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
...I didn't need to know what Ms. Scheen was singing to thoroughly enjoy her program of melancholy...continue...
Recording information: Bra-sur-Lienne (05/2010)....continue...

Murray Perahia: First 40 Years [63 CDs & 5 DVD-Videos]

73 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2012-11-06

Works: Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze for Piano, Op. 6; Fantasiestücke, Op. 12; Symphonic Etudes for Piano, Op. 13; Symphonic Etudes in Variation Form, WoO 6; Moderato; Songs (5) for voi...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Brainin, Norbert [Violin]; Cole, Vinson; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Cox, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fleming, Renée; Frank, Pamela; Glennie, Evelyn; Kremer, Gidon; Kroyt...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Perahia, Murray; Mehta, Zubin; Haitink, Bernard; ; Davis, Colin; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra

In recognition of his 40th anniversary with the label, Sony Classical is proud to present Murray Perahia: The First 40 Years. This limited edition box...continue...

Musici da Camera: Music from Eighteenth Century Prague - Vivaldi, Fasch, Caldara, Tuma / Sergio Azzolini, bassoon; Lenka Torgersen, violin; Helena Zemanová, violin

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-11-04

Works: Antonín Reichenauer: Quartet for violin, cello, bassoon & basso continuo in G minor, Rk 18; Trio Sonata for violin, cello & basso continuo in B flat major, Rk 20; Johann Friedrich Fasch: Quartet...
Performers: Brany, Ludek [Double Bass]; Carreca, Michele; Flekova, Hana; Grudule, Ilze [Cello]; Knebel, Sebastian; Kornfeld, Pablo; Krejca, Jan; Mascardi, Evangelina; Semerad, Vojtech; Stajnochr, Ondrej; Torgers...
Conductors: Semeradova, Jana
Ensemble: Collegium Marianum

Whereas Vivaldi needs no introduction whatsoever and other names (Caldara, Fasch, Tuma) are familiar to lovers of Baroque music, even specialists have only been getting...continue...
Recording information: Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels in Prague (2003-06-??&2005-09-??&2012-)....continue...

Gottfried Finger: The Complete Music for Viola Da Gamba Solo / Petr Wagner, viola da gamba; Ensemble Tourbillon

1 CD / Accent Import / 2012-11-04

Works: Gottfried Finger: Aria & Variations for viola da gamba & continuo in D major; Sonata for viola da gamba & continuo no 2 in D major; Sonata for viola da gamba & continuo no 3 in A major; Sonata for 2 ...
Performers: Cizmar, Jan [Baroque Guitar, Theorbo, Baroque Lute; Flekova, Hana; Swiatkiewicz, Marcin [Harpsichord, Organ]; Wagner, Petr
Conductors: Wagner, Petr
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Tourbillon

Coming from Moravia, composer and virtuoso Gottfried Finger was active throughout Europe. In the course of his life he worked in London, Munich, Vienna, Berlin...continue...
Recording information: The Baroque Assembly Hall of Tyrsuv dum, Prague, Czech (01/2012)....continue...

Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs by Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and George Frideric Handel / Patricia Petibon, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: José de Nebra: Vendado es amor, no es ciego; Henry Le Bailly: Yo soy la locura (Passacalle de La Folie); Anonymous: Cachua, improvisation on a melody recogida by Baltasar Martínez Compa...
Performers: Almada, Lincoln; Grare, Joël; Greenlaw, Kevin [Baritone vocal]; Hamon, Pierre; Mascardi, Evangelina; Petibon, Patricia; Rodriguez, Josias
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: ; La Cetra

Admired for her remarkable creative imagination and exemplary musicianship, soprano Patricia Petibon, in her newest album for Deutsche Grammophon, offers a treasure-trove of fascinating Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Martinskirche in Basel, Switzerland (02/2012)....continue...

The Lute Player and Other Songs / Theresia Bothe, vocals; Peter Croton, lutes, early-classical guitar, electric guitars, electric bass, vocals

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-10-17

Works: Peter Croton: The Lute Player, for voice & lute; Do I Dare, for voice & lute; Doubts, for voice & lute; Searching for Dalza, for voice & lute; Wandering Man, for voice & lute; Is it time to move on?,...
Performers: Baur, Samuel; Bothe, Theresia; Croton, Peter; Enderle, Chiara; Gierke, Karin von; Hayne, Darren

Recording information: Mid-Street Studios (2011); Ton-Art Digitalstudio, Basel, Switzerland (2011)....continue...

Una Follia di Napoli 1725 - Concertos and Sinfonias for recorder from 1725 / Maurice Steger, recorder

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-10-09

Works: Domenico Natale Sarro: Chamber Concerto for recorder, 2 violins, viola & continuo in A minor; Maurice Steger: Improvisation for recorder & ensemble on Alessandro Scarlatti's partita "Follia di Spagna...
Performers: Übellacker, Margit; Caminti, Daniele; Chen, Anais; Donatis, Fiorenza de; Gasser, Brigitte; Kitaya, Naoki; Marocchi, Stefano; Moretto, Vanni; Rognoni, Andrea; Steger, Maurice; Valli, Mauro
Conductors: Steger, Maurice

Among the many pilgrims who journeyed to Naples in the 'holy year' of 1725 was a certain Johann Joachim Quantz, who would later become the...continue...
Recording information: Reformed Church, Arlesheim, Switzerland (11/2011)....continue...

Baroque Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo; L' Incoronazione di Poppea; George Frederick Handel: Serse; Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Dixit Dominus; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Water Mu...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Auger, Arleen; Bianchini, Chiara [Violin]; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Caens, Thierry; Daniels, David; Deletre, Bernard; Desrochers, Isabelle; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Hantai, Jerom...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Norrington, Roger; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Reyne, Hugo; ; Christie, William; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Niquet, Hervé; Cohën-Akenine, Patri...
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Folies Françoises; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players; Trio Sonnerie

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Alessandro Scarlatti: Vespro della Beata Vergine / Vokalakademie Berlin

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-07-31

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus (no 1) (Psalm 109), for chorus & organ; Laudate pueri Dominum (no 2) (Psalm 112), for soprano, chorus, 2 violins, viola & continuo (incompl; Laetatus sum (no 1) (P...
Performers: Andersson, Magnus; Bush, James [Cello]; Erdmann, Sabine; Wittulski, Mirjam
Conductors: Markowitsch, Frank
Ensemble: ; Berlin Vocal Academy

The Vokalakademie Berlin under Frank Markowitsch release the debut recording of Scarlatti's seldom-recorded Vespers for the Blessed Virgin. The five-voice works contained therein were scattered...continue...
Recording information: Evangelischen Johannesstift, Berlin (01/05/2012-01/08/2012)....continue...

Venice By Night - Concertos & Sinfonias by Pollarolo, Albinoni, Vivaldi, Veracini, Lotti / Mhairi Lawson, soprano; Simon Munday, trumpet; Peter Whelan, bassoon

1 CD / Avie Records / 2012-07-10

Works: Anonymous: Si la gondola avarè; Cara Nina el bon to sesto, for soprano & guitar; No stè a condanarme, for soprano & continuo; Carlo Francesco Pollarolo: La Vendetta d'Amore; Tomaso Albinoni...
Performers: Chandler, Adrian; Chateauneuf, Paula; Lawson, Mhairi; Munday, Simon; Whelan, Peter
Conductors: Chandler, Adrian
Ensemble: La Serenissima (Orchestra)

Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima's 10th release for Avie - coinciding with the label's 10th anniversary - has all the hallmarks that have made the...continue...
Recording information: Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, England (02/14/2012-02/07/2012)....continue...

Recitar Cantando / Morini, Beasley, Accordone

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Cherubino Busatti: Angela siete; Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata no 16 for violin, 2 cornettos, harp & continuo; Sonata no 8 for 2 violins & continuo; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Madrigals, Book 7...
Performers: Beasley, Marco; Morini, Guido; Pavan, Franco; Rocco, Stefano
Conductors: Morini, Guido;
Ensemble: Accordone

J.S. Bach: Three Concertos; Trio Sonata / Avi Avital, mandolin

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in D minor (reconstruction), BWV 1052R; Concerto for Oboe in G minor, BWV 1056; Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Sonata for flu...
Performers: Ad-El, Shalev; Avital, Avi; Givol, Ira; Zakai, Ophira [Lute]
Conductors: Ad-El, Shalev;
Ensemble: Kammerakademie Potsdam

The New York Times recognizes Avi Avital for his "exquisitely sensitive playing" and "stunning agility".

These gifts, and his commitment to expanding the expressive possibilities of

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Recording information: Funkhaus Berlin Nalepastraáe, Saal (09/2011/10/2011)....continue...

Portrait of François Couperin - Suites for viola de gamba & keyboard / Emmanuelle Guigues, Bruno Procopia

1 CD / Paraty / 2012-06-12

Works: François Couperin: Suite 2, for viola da gamba & continuo (Pièces de viole); La Manon, for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin, I, 1ère ordre); La Garnier, for harpsichord (Pi...
Performers: Abramowicz, Sylvia; Cassaigne, Remi; Guigues, Emanuelle; Procopio, Bruno

Paraty Records offers homage to François Couperin on this disc, which includes two suites for viola da gamba and basso continuo, the fourteenth Royal Concert,...continue...
Recording information: Chaumont-en-Vexin, France (10/2009)....continue...