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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...