Bass Baritone > Renaissance Period

A Romantic Songbook - Songs by Loewe, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann / Thomas Quasthoff, baritone; Justus Zeyen, piano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Du bist die Ruh, D 776/Op. 59 no 3; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Im Frühling, D 882/Op. 101 no 1; Auf der Bruck, D 853; Im Abe...
Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; Zeyen, Justus

First Choice features top artists - in the first batch, Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Anna Netrebko,...continue...
Recording information: Bavaria Musikstudios, Munich (11/2003)....continue...

From bottom of my heart - Most Beautiful German Hymns [3 CDs]

3 CD / Carus / 2012-04-24

Works: Anonymous, German: Aus meines Herzens Grunde, hymn; Nun ruhen alle Wälder, hymn; O selige Nacht, hymn; Christi Mutter stand mit Schmerzen, hymn; Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, hymn; Christ is...
Performers: Dahlmann, Thilo; Johannsen, Kay; Mertens, Klaus; Payer, Gotz; Sandhoff, Ruth; Wegener, Sarah; Weller, Andreas

For many, hymns are a part of early childhood experiences. Their texts and melodies can accompany people throughout their whole lives. Even when memory fades,...continue...

David Hobson + Teddy Tahu Rhodes: Deluxe Edition

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Rodgers: Carousel; Welsh Traditional: Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night), folk song; Stephen Adams: The Holy City; John Newton: Amazing Grace; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice ...
Performers: Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu
Conductors: Noble, Guy

Recording information: Eugene Goossens Hall of the Australian Broadcasting Cor (11/26/2011); Melbourne Recital Centre, Australia (11/26/2011); Eugene Goossens Hall of the Australian Broadcasting Cor (...continue...

Time Traveller: The Italian Renaissance - Palestrina, Gabrieli, Monteverdi et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli; Magnificat, Tone 7 (unspecified of 4 settings); Andrea Gabrieli: Gloria a 16; Giovanni Gabrieli: Omnes gentes plaudite manibus; Dulcis Jesu pat...
Performers: Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bonner, Tessa; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kirkby, Emma; Pott, Charles; Robertson, Nicholas; Thomas, D...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Brown, Timothy; McCreesh, Paul; Parrott, Andrew; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Taverner Players

An exuberant period of rebirth, emerging from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance brought an artistic flowering exemplified in the glories of Italy: painting, sculpture, architecture,...continue...

Ars Nova / A History of Music Century Vol 6

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Anonymous, French: In mari miserie, motet (Le Roman de Fauvel); Verses 149-168, ballade (Le Roman de Fauvel); Ad solitum vomitum, motet (Le Roman de Fauvel); J'ai fait nouveletement, motet (Le Roman ...
Performers: Antoniak, Mieczyslaw; Benet, Josep; Bothwell, Malcolm; Liendo, Pedro; Pérès, Marcel [Choral Conductor]; Richard, Frederic; Vandersteene, Zeger
Conductors: Clemencic, René; Pérès, Marcel; ; Memelsdorff, Pedro; Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: Anonymous 4; Clemencic Consort; Ensemble Organum; Mala Punica; The Hilliard Ensemble

Jewish Baroque: Venice, Mantua & Amsterdam, 1623-1774

1 CD / Buzz / 2012-01-10

Works: Salomone Rossi: Kaddish (from The Songs of Solomon); 'Al naharót bavél (Psalm 137) à 4; Lemí ehpóts (Wedding Ode) à 8; Christian Joseph Lidarti: Ester Oratorio; Anonymou...
Performers: Beelen, Marine; Bouche, Marieke; Boyer, Magali [Cello]; Brossard, Cecile [Photography]; Caron, Claire; Cirasse, Genevieve; De Valera, Alex; Duthuille, Laura; Ensemble Texto; Fonnard, Elodie; Gauvrit,...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Texto

This album, the tenth volume in the Musical Heritage of the Jews of France collection released by the Fondation du Judaïsme Français, was recorded on...continue...
Recording information: l'Église Évangélique Allemande de Paris, Paris, France (04/14/2010)....continue...

The Renaissance of Italian Music (The National Gallery Collection)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-29

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; Beata es a 8; Hodie gloriosa; Magnificat, Tone 7 (unspecified of 4 settings); Andrea Gabrieli: Misaa, for 5 to 16 voices; Giovanni Gabrieli: Omnes gentes pla...
Performers: Bonner, Tessa; Cornwell, Joseph; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Harre-Jones, Robert; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hurley, David; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Kirkby, ...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Brown, Timothy; McCreesh, Paul; ; Parrott, Andrew; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

The Renaissance Period was a vibrant time when knowledge and fine arts flourished. In this beautiful 2-CD set, EMI Classics presents a collection of works...continue...

Lamentations: Holy Week in Provence / Joel Cohen - Boston Camerata

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Guillaume Bouzignac: Heu! Unus ex vobis me tradet hodie, motet; Ha! Plange, motet; Jean de La Ceppede: Mais qui vous meut, Seigneur; Carpentras: Vexilla regis; Jean Gilles: Première Lamentation ...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Guttry, Paul; Hite, William; Jodry, Frederick [Choral Conductor]; Kale, Christopher; McCabe, Daniel
Conductors: Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

This 1994 re-release is a beautiful presentation, conducted by Joel Cohen, and featuring vocalists such as Ann Azéma, Frederick Jodry, William Hite, Christopher Kale, Daniel...continue...
Recording information: Campion Centre, Boston, USA (04/1994)....continue...

Enchanted Way

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-06-15

Works: John Andrew Stevenson: The Last Rose of Summer, song; Irish Traditional: Raglan Road; Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; She Moved through the Fair, folk song; Scottish Traditional: Over the Sea...
Performers: Bowman, Calvin; Delbridge, Lerida; Evans, Dave; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Ireland, Helen; Kelly, Paul; Maunder, Janine; Tomkins, Matthew; Wood, Michelle [Cello]
Conductors: Northey, Benjamin

Recording information: Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank, Melbourne (09/2009-12/2009)....continue...

Hindemith: Monteverdi's Orfeo

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2010-06-08

Works: Spoken Word: Interview with Paul Hindemith on his recording of the Symphony "Mathis der Maler"; Giovanni Gabrieli: Symphoniae Sacrae; Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Benton, Patricia; Foster, Norman; Graf, Uta; Guthrie, Frederick; Hermann, Dagmar; Iriarte, Ana Maria; Kmentt, Waldemar; Mertz, Wolfram; Paulee, Mona; Schretter, Gertrud; Sinimberghi, Gino; Strohbauer...
Conductors: Hindemith, Paul

Recording information: Grossen Konzerthaussaal, Wien (06/03/1954)....continue...

In the Front Line - Hollanders / Huijbregts, et al

3 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Herman Hollanders: Parnassus ecclesiasticus, Op. 1; Jubilus filiorum Dei, for voice & continuo
Performers: Beemt, John van den; Bemt, Paul van den; Bouw, Arwen; Hilhorst, Kees; Huijbregts, Ruud; Meijer, Michiel; Ooijen, David van; Ramselarr, Bas; Ruymbeke, Hilde van; Schillebeeckx, Lief; Spanjaard, Caroli...

"This music follows the character of the stile moderno, the familiar Italian sound of the early-baroque period. Solo works sound like opera arias, where passages...continue...

Lassus, Agricola, Arcadelt, Morales: Lamentation Jeremiae prophetae / Egidius Quartet, Gregoriana Vocal Ensemble

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Alexander Agricola: Lamentations of Jeremiah à 4; Cristóbal de Morales: Officium defunctorum; Jacques Arcadelt: Lamentationes Jeremiae, for 4 and 5 voices in 3 books, S. 10/25-27; Orlande...
Performers: Ramselarr, Bas

Long Joy, Brief Languor

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-06-23

Works: Anonymous, English: Quem malignus spiritus, responsory; Missa "Quem malignus spiritus"; Ave Maria Dominus tecum; Ave Maria virgo serena; Ecce virgo concipiet; Ave regina caelorum
Performers: Anderson, Michael Alan; Fredel, Andrew P.; Schola Antiqua of Chicago
Conductors: Bower, Calvin M.

A Medieval Christmas / Pro Cantione Antiqua

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2007-10-09

Works: Anonymous, English: Ductiae; Orientis partibus; This Yol, carol; Beata viscera (Worcester Fragments, late 13th C.); Quene Note, carol; Anonymous, Notre Dame School: Alle Psallit, Alleluja; Anonymous,...
Performers: Brett, Charles; Etheridge, Brian; George, Michael; Griffett, James; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Penrose, Timothy
Conductors: Brown, Mark
Ensemble: English Medieval Wind Ensemble

Music from Magdalen - Sheppard, Davy, Mason / Christophers

1 CD / Coro / 2007-05-08

Works: Plainchant: Magnificat Antiphon--Inclita sancte (Mode 1); Magnificat antiphon-- In diebus illis (Mode 7); John Sheppard: Magnificat a.4 (Mode 1); O happy dames; Laudem dicite Deo, for five voices; In...
Performers: Arnold, Jonathan; Beer, Stuart; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Oxley, James; Roy, David
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Magdalen Collection

Magdalen College, oxford was a center of excellence in the sixteenth century, with three of the era's greatest composers-John Sheppard, Richard Davy, and John Mason-holding...continue...

The Castle of Fair Welcome - Late 15th Century Courtly Songs

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-03-20

Works: Robert Morton: Le Souvenir de vous me tue, for 3 voices; Que pourroit plus faire une dame, for 3 voices; Plus j'ay le monde, for 3 voices; Johannes Regis: Puisque ma damme / Je m'en voy, for vocal co...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Ardagh-Walter, Patrick; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Ross, Gill; Wilson, Christopher [Lute]
Conductors: Page, Christopher
Ensemble: Gothic Voices

'The sound is beautifully carved out, and the ensemble includes some of Britain's finest singers' (Gramophone)...continue...

Rise, O My Soul - Ward, et al / Christopher Jackson, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-03-01

Works: Orlando Gibbons: O all true faithful hearts; See, see, the word is incarnate; Fantasias (9) à 3; Glorious and powerful God, anthem for voices; John Ward: Prayer is an endless chain, anthem for...
Performers: Auclair, Martin; Brown, Nils; Magistry, Marie; Richard, Normand; Therrien, Carole
Conductors: Jackson, Christopher
Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

'Rise, O my soul' features the combined forces of Le Studio de musique ancienne de Montreal and Les Voix humaines viol consort performing a selection...continue...

English Church Music - Byrd, Humphrey, Gibbons

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-11-14

Works: William Byrd: Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB); Regina coeli, motet for 3 voices (SAT); Propers for the Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for 5 voices (Gradualia, Book 1); Ave regina caelor...
Performers: Bhattacharya, Robi; Connolly, Stephen [Bass Vocals]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Deam, Donna; Hardy, Jonathan; Harpin, William; Harrold, Steven; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hickman, Michael; Minter, Drew [Counter...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas; Ives, Bill Grayston
Ensemble: Fretwork; Romanesca

"Considerable care has been taken in this recording to illuminate every detail." -Gramophone...continue...

Gothic Voices - Gramophone Award Winners Collection

3 CD / Hyperion / 2006-10-10

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: Columba aspexit; Ave generosa; O ignis spiritus Paracliti; O Jerusalem aure civitas; O Euchari in leta via, sequence for St Eucharius; O viridissima virga; O presul vere civitat...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Breen, Kevin; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kirkby, Emma; Milner, Howard; Nixon, Leigh; Parrott, Andrew

This new mid-priced offering three celebrated discs, each one a Gramophone Award winner, newly presented in an attractive box with full documentation in English, French...continue...

Christmas in Old Austria / Clemencic, Clemencic Consort

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Anonymous, Austrian: Psalmus instrumentaliter, for ensemble; Weyhnachtgsang no 1, hymn (Geistliche Nachtigall, Vienna, pub. 1648); Mittit ad Virginem, hymn (Geistliche Nachtigall, Vienna, pub. 1648);...
Performers: Clemencic, Rene; Kummer, Eberhard; Landauer, Bernhard; Pitzl, Pierre; Reithofer, Wolfgang
Conductors: Clemencic, René

The feast of Christmas in Old Austria was more colorful, more vivid, and for the most part more pious than it is today. Christmas matins...continue...

The Da Vinci Collection

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-05-16

Works: Guillaume Dufay: Missa L'Homme armé, for 4 voices; Ce moys de may, rondeau for 3 voices; Johannes Ockeghem: Ma bouche rit, chanson for 3 voices; Missa prolationum, for 4 voices; Josquin Despre...
Performers: Balloy, Philippe; Beavan, David; Becu, Wim; Bona, Jacques; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Brookes, Oliver; Chance, Michael; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dani...
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Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London; Ensemble Gilles Binchois; Ricercare-Ensemble für Alte Musik, Zürich; The Hilliard Ensemble

Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor / Mackenzie, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-02-28

Works: Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!; John Tavener: Song for Athene; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Maurice Duruflé: Motets (4) on Gregorian themes, Op. 10; Aaron Copland: Motets (4),...
Performers: Baxter, Jeffrey; Blalock, David; Darst, Steven; Gunter, Timothy W.; Hansen, David; Hiles, Nin; Jacobs, Celia; Lockhart, Arietha; Lower, Robert; Mayer, Sean; Morrow, James; Ozcomert, Stephen; Rader, L...

For the first time in Telarc's long and fruitful association with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, it will release here the first recording by the ASO...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor / Mackenzie, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2006-02-28

Works: Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!; John Tavener: Song for Athene; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Maurice Duruflé: Motets (4) on Gregorian themes, Op. 10; Aaron Copland: Motets (4...
Performers: Baxter, Jeffrey; Blalock, David; Darst, Steven; Gunter, Timothy W.; Hansen, David; Hiles, Nin; Jacobs, Celia; Lockhart, Arietha; Lower, Robert; Mayer, Sean; Morrow, James; Ozcomert, Stephen; Rader, L...

The Complete New English Hymnal Vol 14 / Sarah MacDonald

1 CD / Priory / 2004-03-02

Works: Orlando Gibbons: Hymnes and Songs; Traditional: Southwold; Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; A. Gregory Murray: My soul is a thirst for God; William Horsley: Belgrave; Anonymous: Jesu...
Performers: Clark, Daveth; Herbert, Charlotte; Jones, Oliver [Jazz]; Morgan, Ann; Morgan, Timothy; Tomalin, Marcus
Conductors: MacDonald, Sarah
Ensemble: Selwyn College Choir

Sacred & Secular Music from 6 Centuries / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-02-01

Works: Hermanus Contractus: Salve Regina; Godefroy De St Victoire: Planctus Ante Nescia; Guillaume de Machaut: Quant je sui mis su retour, virelai for voice; Guillaume Dufay: Vergene bella, cantilena motet ...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; George, Michael; Hillier, Paul; James, David; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]

'Something no lover of early music or admirer of this group should miss' (American Record Guide)

'Music making of the highest order. Everything shows them at...continue...

Byrd: Complete Gradualia Vol 1 / Turner, William Byrd Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-07-01

Works: William Byrd: Suscepimus Deus, motet for 5 voices (SATTB); Gradualia ac cantiones sacrae, liber primus, for 3-5 voices; Sicut audivimus, motet for 5 voices (SATTB); Senex puerum portabat, motet for 5...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Chance, Michael; Cordier, David; George, Michael; Roberts, Deborah [Soprano Vocal]

"Full of fine singing, both by the full choir and by the strong team of soloists. As a work of reference this disc is superb."...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

The Caged Byrd / I Fagiolini, Concordia, Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-09-16

Works: William Byrd: Liber primus sacrarum cantionum; Crowned with flow'rs and lilies, consort song for voice & viols; Pavan & Galliard ("Sir William Petre"), for keyboard in G minor no 2, MB 3; O quam glor...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Brook, Roderick; Crookes, Anna; Lane, Carys-Anne; Roberts, Richard Wyn; Smith, Nicholas Hurndall; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wilson,...
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert;
Ensemble: Concordia Orchestra; I Fagiolini

"...What a pleasure to run into [I Fagiolini] again in Byrd, the mother's milk of English choral singers...the disc is a pleasure. This is a...continue...

Songs With A Touch Of Bass / Stoffel, Masciadri, Frazier

1 CD / ACA Digital / 1996-10-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6; Pilgrim's song; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Alceste, LWV 50; Samuel Barber: Songs (4), Op. 13; American Traditional: Shenandoah, folk song;...
Performers: Frazier, Ivan; Masciadri, Milton; Stoffel, David

Les Tres Riches Heures du Moyen Age - A Medieval Journey

6 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1995-11-01

Works: Byzantine Chant: Alleluia. Tropaire de la venue de l'époux (Holy Monday); Innani'Uchachidu khidraka - Exapostilarion de l'Office de Mardi Sant; The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom; Anonymou...
Performers: Angelopoulos, Lycourgos; Balloy, Philippe; Benet, Josep; Bothwell, Malcolm; Breitschopf, Hans; Brisset, Laurence; Cabre, Josep; Casabianca, Gilberte; Casalonga, Nicole; Clemencic, Rene; Deller, Alfre...
Conductors: ; Pérès, Marcel; Deller, Alfred; Dobszay, László; Clemencic, René; Springfels, Mary; Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: Anonymous 4; Clemencic Consort; Deller Consort; Ensemble Organum; L'Ensemble de la Paix; Les Pages de la Chapelle; Newberry Consort; Schola Hungarica; The Hilliard Ensemble

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...