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Josquin Desprez - Music at the Sistine Chapel around 1490, Gaspar van Weerbeke, Bertrandus Vaqueras, and Marbrianus de Orto / Cut Circle

2 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2013-02-12

Works: Josquin Desprez: Honor, decus, imperium; Missa La sol fa re mi; Missa Fortuna desperata; Domine, non secundum peccata nostra, motet for 4 parts; Missa "L'homme armé" super voces musicales, for 4...
Performers: Anderson, Matthew; Buff, Carolann; Gerbi, Mary; Molomot, Marc; Sheehan, Aaron; Thompson, Sumner
Conductors: Rodin, Jesse
Ensemble: ; Cut Circle

This double CD centers on securely attributed music Josquin Desprez probably wrote in Rome, but contextualizes these pieces by presenting world-premiere recordings of nine works...continue...
Recording information: Church of the Redeemer, Boston, MA (2008-08-??&2010-08-??_2010-).

Includes il sera par vous (robert morton) / l'homme armé (g by various composers....continue...

Alfabeto Songs: Guitar Songs from the 17th century

1 CD / Accent Import / 2012-12-11

Works: Giovanni Stefani: Amante felice; Alma mia (Aria della Folia), song (from Scherzi amorosi); O voi ch'intorno al lagrimoso canto, song (from Concerti amorosi); Partenza, song (from Affetti amorosi canz...
Performers: Andueza, Raquel; Dlouhy, Theresa; Pitzl, Pierre
Conductors: Pitzl, Pierre
Ensemble: Private Musicke

Recording information: Bischöfliches Palais, St. Pölten, Austria (01/2012)....continue...

La Pellegrina - Intermezzi & Concertos by Malvezzi, Marenzio, Bardl, Perl et al. / Linde Consort

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Antonio Archilei: Dalle piú alte sfere (Aria d'Armonia), for voice & strings; Cristofano Malvezzi: Noi che cantando, à 8; Sinfonia à 6 no 1 from La Pellegrina (Primo Intermedio; Dolcis...
Performers: Algesten, Rune; Bartler, Annika; Bengtsson, Sven-Anders; Berg, Richard; Bergman, Brigitta; Braennstrom, Ingemar; Collden, Anders; Dahlin, Michael; Hagelin, Monika; Haking, Ingrid; Halldin, Kaysa; Joh...
Conductors: Linde, Hans-Martin
Ensemble: Linde Consort

Recording information: Martinskirche, Basel (06/28/1973-07/04/1973)....continue...

Pierre de la Rue: Portrait Musical / Capilla Flamenca

3 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2012-02-14

Works: Plainchant: Veni in altitudinem, introit; Plorans ploravit, gradual; Astat virgo, prosa; Eplurare et gaudere, communio; Ave Maria, gratia plena, tractus; Pierre de la Rue: Missa de Septem Doloribus b...
Performers: Bull, Stratton; Buys, Erik; Caals, Jan; Cat, Marnix de; de Man, Tom; de Winter, Stefaan; Degen, Ian; Demuyt, Bart; Denys, Tore Tom; Kale, Christopher; Mertens, Paul; Termont, Lieven; van den Bempt, P...
Conductors: Snellings, Dirk; Abeele, Hendrik Vanden
Ensemble: Capilla Flamenca; Psallentes

Pierre de la Rue was one of the most prolific composers of his generation and is thought to have been born in Tournai, a city...continue...

Vanishing Nordic Choral

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2011-03-29

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, sacred concerto for 4-part chorus, 2 violins, 2 violas, bassoon & c; Johannes Crüger: Wie soll ich Dich empfangen; Michael Praetorius: Psallite...
Performers: Adams, Lindsey; Blendulf, Joanna; Blosser, Daniel C.; Cain, Aaron; Crouch, Gabriel; Gerber, Thomas; Haynes, Abigail; Karosi, Balint; Walker, David; Westra, Mitzi
Conductors: Spray, Philip
Ensemble: ; Musik Ekklesia

Musik Ekklesia is a baroque period-instrument ensemble based in Indianapolis that draws leading players from around the United States and abroad. In this recording, old...continue...
Includes prelude no. 23 (nielsen) / vor gud han er så fast by various composers.

Includes prelude no. 6 (nielsen) / var hälsad, sköna morgon by various composers.

Includes...continue...

Christmas Carols

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Alick Rowe: Adam lay y bounden, carol; Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; People, Look East! (Besa...
Performers: Brown, Tim Brown; Challenger, Stephen; Corder, Ian; Crowhurst, Jeremy; Edwards, George; Field, Sebastian; Gowland, Stephen; Gregory, Anthony; Hereford Cathedral Choir; Hickey, George; Holland, Jonath...
Conductors: Massey, Roy

One of the top English Cathedral choirs sing a varied program of many popular carols for Advent and Christmastide together with lesser known ones particular...continue...
Personnel: John Stafford, George Edwards, Sam Johnson, Robert Thomas, Jr. (vocals); Tim Fulford Brown (tenor); Huw Williams (organ).

Recording information: Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Hertfo...continue...

Can She Excuse?

1 CD / Gramola / 2009-09-01

Works: Giovanni Coprario: Fantasia a 3; John Dowland: Clear or cloudy sweet as Aprill showring, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs); Can she excuse, P 42; Second Booke of Songes; Anonymous, Lumley Bo...
Performers: Dlouhy, Theresa
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Mikado

The young Austrian Renaissance music ensemble Mikado, built around recorder player Maja Osojnik (2008 Bank Austria Artist of the Year), presents music from the time...continue...
Recording information: Kollegium Kalksburg, Vienna (06/19/2008-06/23/2008)....continue...

Caccini: L'Euridice / Achten, Scherzi Musicali, et al

1 CD / Ricercar / 2009-01-13

Works: Giulio Caccini: Euridice, opera
Performers: Achten, Nicolas [Conductor]; Berten, Olivier; El-Bushra, Magid; Mecheken, Reinoud van; Renson, Laurence; Roy, Marie de; Vieslet, Céline
Conductors: Achten, Nicolas

Caccini's lyricism, emotion, and skilled vocal writing show clearly that his 'L'Euridice' is the true forerunner of Monteverdi's 'L'Orfeo'. Ricercar now proudly presents this world...continue...

Charles The Bold and The Music of The Court of Burgundy / Munrow, Norin, Cook, et al

1 CD / Raum Klang / 2008-07-01

Works: Guillaume Dufay: Gloria ad modum tubae; Magnanime gentis laudes; Se la face ay pale; Robert Morton: Il sera pour vous conbatu; Hayne van Ghizeghem: Amours amours; Antoine Busnois: Missa "L'homme arm&...
Performers: Ansorg, Susanne; Cook, Randall; Norin, Lena Susanne
Conductors: Munrow, David;
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London; Hilliard Ensemble; Les Flamboyants

Burgundian court culture is one of the finest that European cultural history has to offer. This CD offers a kaleidoscopic survey of the music of...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...

This England - Playford, Morley, et al / Folger Consort

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-04-01

Works: John Playford: The English Dancing Master; Thomas Morley: O mistress mine, where are you roaming; First Booke of Ayres; The First Booke of Consort Lessons (1599); Now is the gentle season, madrigal i...
Performers: Balestrieri, Amanda; Bleeke, Mark; Chancey, Tina; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Craig, Robert; Eisenstein, Robert; Gillespie, Wendy; Herreid, Grant; Hollinshead, Barbara; Kendall, Christopher; Lushin, Guy; Mi...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Folger Consort

The Folger Consort celebrates 30 years in residence at the Folger Shakespeare Library by giving early music lovers everywhere a wonderful present. This England: Music...continue...

Angels On High: A Robert Shaw Christmas

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-08-29

Works: Traditional: O come, O come Emmanuel; The first nowell; What is this lovely fragrance?; While by my sheep; Randall Thompson: Alleluia; Eric Harding Thiman: Carol of the Birds; Guillaume Costeley: All...
Performers: Blalock, David; Borland, William; Carter, Donna; Chandler, Janice; Elrod, Pam; Mackenzie, Norman; Mayer, Sean; Murray, Katherine; Nealon, Patricia; Remy, Elisabeth; Soles, Nanette; Spalinger, Anne-Ma...
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

Among the grand and brilliant choruses that are staple parts of any Robert Shaw Christmas concert are the quieter moments, lightly accompanied if at all,...continue...

Symphonia Angelica - Marenzio, De Monte, etc / Junghänel

1 CD / Accent / 2006-05-01

Works: Hubert Waelrant: Tra romor di tamburi; Vorrira morire à 4; Vorrira morire à 6; Mi voglio fare; Cornelius Verdonck: Donna bella e gentile; Luca Marenzio: Madrigals a 5, Book 2; Madrigals a 5...
Performers: Arruabarrena, Maite; Benet, Josep; Cabre, Josep; Junghanel, Konrad; Pols, Anneke; Valenta, Mira; Van Altena, Marius; Van der Meer, Richte; Van Laethem, Katelijne; Zwart, Titia de
Conductors: Junghänel, Konrad

Soror mea, sponsa mea / Cappella Artemisia

1 CD / Tactus / 2005-07-12

Works: Francesco Martini: Tota pulchra es, for vocal ensemble; Gregorian Chant: In odorem; Jam hiems transit, antiphon; Ista est speciosa, antiphon; Dum esset rex, antiphon; Vittoria Aleotti: Vidi speciosam...
Performers: Aureli, Miranda; Biscuola, Elena; Croce, Teresina; Fiori, Alessandra; Forlani, Frida; Moretti, Gloria; Oliva, Alida; Pasetto, Claudia; Piccinini, Monica; Smith, Candace; Testoni, Silvia; Vaccari, Pat...

Includes nigra sum sed formosa, motet (nanino); ecce tu pul by various composers....continue...

Clemens non Papa: Behold How Joyful / Rice, Brabant Ensemble

1 CD / Signum UK / 2004-09-01

Works: Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Ecce quam bonum; Missa "Ecce quam bonum"; Accesserunt ad Jesum; Nobilis illa inter septenas; Veni electa mea à 5; Pascha nostrum; Carole magnus eras
Performers: Carpenter, Josie; Gaunt, William; King, Thomas [countertenor]; Marsh, Dana; Sanderson, Gregory; Skelton, Kevin
Conductors: Rice, Stephen
Ensemble: Brabant Ensemble

Prioris: Requiem, Missa super "Allez Regrets" / Festa, et al

1 CD / Accent / 2004-07-08

Works: Johannes Prioris: Requiem Mass; Missa "Allez regrets"
Performers: Benet, Josep; Burgener, Audrey; Cabre, Josep; Lambauer, Bernd; Mauch, Monika; Pettersen, Laila Finvik; Rastbichler, Otto
Conductors: Festa, Roberto
Ensemble: Daedalus Ensemble

Willaert: Mottetti et Ricercari /Collarile, Hernández-Pastor

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2004-01-04

Works: Adrian Willaert: O magnum mysterium; Angelus Domini descendit; Ave regina caelorum; Inviolata, integra; O Domine Jesu Christe, adoro; Marco Antonio Cavazzoni: Recerchari, motetti, canzoni..., Book 1;...
Performers: Collarile, Luigi; Hernández Pastor, José
Conductors: Collarile, Luigi
Ensemble: Academia della Selva

Willaert, of Flemish origin, worked mainly in Italy in the second decade of the 16th century and is one of the most representative figures in...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-10-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Atalanta; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Der Messias; Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1; G...
Performers: Boyd Neel String Orchestra; Ferrier, Kathleen; Gilbert, Max; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; McCallum, David; National Symphony Orchestra;...
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Stiedry, Fritz; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Boult, Adrian; Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; Southern Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the most celebrated English Singers, contralto Kathleen Ferrior brought a unique level of musicianship and emotional commitment to everything she performed during her...continue...

Tromboncino: Dulces Exuviae / Baldassari, Les Nations

1 CD / Tactus / 2001-09-04

Works: Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Sú, sú, leva, alza le ciglia; A la guerra a la guerra; Vale diva, vale in pace; Hor che'l ciel e la terra; Deus in adiutorium; Occhi mei, lassi; Si è debi...
Performers: Baldassari, Maria Luisa; Biscuola, Elena; Crescimanno, Fabio; Croce, Rossella; Croce, Teresina; Favari, Andrea; Lupo, Luigi; Monkobodzky, Pamela; Muzzatti, Marco; Oliva, Alida; Pascucci, Massimo; Roc...
Conductors: Baldasarri, Maria Luisa
Ensemble: Ensemble Les Nations

Ockeghem: Missa Au travail suis, etc / Wickham, et al

1 CD / ASV / 2001-01-23

Works: Barbingant: Au travail suis, chanson; Johannes Ockeghem: Missa "Au travail suis", for 4 voices; Mort, tu as navré/Miserere, motet-chanson for 4 voices; Petite camusette; Permanente vierge/Pulchr...
Performers: Arnold, Jonathan; Ballard, Lucy; Blaze, Robin; Brett, Francis; Dougan, Eamonn; Freeman-Attwood, Jonathan; Lane, Carys-Anne; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Missin, William; Porter, Kim; Raskin, Tom; ...
Conductors: Wickham, Edward
Ensemble: The Clerks' Group

This is the final installment in the series of Johannes Ockeghem's sacred music from The Clerks' Group. The Clerks' Group specializes in early Franco-Flemish sacred...continue...

Festspieldokumente - Cavalieri: Rappresentazione / Salzburg

2 CD / Orfeo / 1999-06-02

Works: Emilio de' Cavalieri: La rappresentatione di anima e di corpo, musical morality play
Performers: Bomches, Helge von; Ellenbeck, Dieter; Fuchs, Gabriele [Soprano Vocal]; Hooley, William; Jahn, Gertrude; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Malm, Curt; Raninger, Walter; Sarroca, Suzanne; Simon, Joanna...
Conductors: Marzendorfer, Ernst

Stanford Archive Series Vol 4 / Ernestine Schumann-Heink

2 CD / Delos / 1998-01-01

Works: Adolf Mehrkens: Wie ein Grüssen, Op. 18; Luigi Arditi: Leggero Invisibile, for voice & orchestra; Franz Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen ("Vorüber, ach vorüber"), song for voice ...
Performers: Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Prince, Charles Adams; Schmidt, Alexander; Schumann-Heink, Ernestine; Wille, Stewart; Witherspoon, Herbert
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario

Prima Voce - The Spirit of Christmas Past

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Hallelujah; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Hanns Eisler: The oldest Christmas stor...
Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Caruso, Enrico; Crooks, Richard [Tenor]; Destinn, Emmy; Erb, Karl; Gigli, Beniamino; Gluck, Alma; Hollister, Carroll; Laughton, Charles; Lehmann, Lotte; Lush, Ernest; Lutsky, Eugene;...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Rogers, Walter; O'Connell, Charles; Weigert, Hermann
Ensemble: Chorus; Orchestra

You are invited to be a guest at the 'Prima Voce' Christmas party! Includes seasonal songs, carols and readings from the greatest opera stars of...continue...

The Secret Music of Luzzasco Luzzaschi / Musica Secreta

1 CD / Amon Ra (uk) / 1996-01-09

Works: Luzzasco Luzzaschi: Occhi del pianto mio; Aura soave; T'amo mia vita; O primavera; Toccata del quarto tono; I'mi son giovinetta; O dolcezze amarissime d'amore; Ch'io non t'ami cor mio; Non sa che sia...
Performers: Bonner, Tessa; Chateauneuf, Paula; LeBlanc, Suzie; Nichols, Mary; Roberts, Deborah; Toll, John
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musica Secreta

Some of the most florid and virtuosic music for voices ever written; commissioned by Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara in 1601 for his private trio...continue...

News of Great Joy / Anne Heider, His Majestie's Clerkes

1 CD / Centaur / 1993-10-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sussex carol; Francisco Guerrero: Canite tuba in Sion; Johann Eccard: Übers Gebirg Maria geht; Anonymous: I Sing of a Maiden; Nova radist' stala; Crestot: Tous les bourge...
Performers: Grober, James; McLean, Paul; Nicholson Weber, Anne; Nodine, Thomas; Reese, Eric; Reese, Martha; Sullivan, Terry; Wright, Kimberly
Conductors: Heider, Anne
Ensemble: His Majesties Clerkes

On the Banks of Helicon - Early Music of Scotland

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1986-11-08

Works: Anonymous: Over the hills; Kathren Oggie; In a garden so green; My heartly service; Scotch Cap; Flowers of the forest; Kilte thy coat, Magge; Canaries; I will not go to bed till I suld die; Jockey Lo...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne; Bass, Howard; Cudek, Mark; George, Edwin; Kosloski, Alice; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn; Norman, Chris
Conductors:
Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

The Baltimore Consort made its Dorian debut with this varied mix of early music from Scotland, ranging from hauntingly beautiful songs to rollicking fiddle tunes...continue...