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Monteverdi, Schutz, Buxtehude, Bach, Mendelssohn, Rutter / Hannover Children's Choir

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-09-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D-Dur, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Kantate; Magnificat in D-Dur, BWV 243, 1; Michael Praetorius: Jubilate Domino, motet à 9 (from Musae Sioniae); Venite, cantate ...
Performers: Fugiss, Carmen; Ingwersen, Kerstin [Oboe]; Perl, Hille; Smidt, Ulfert
Conductors: Breiding, Jörg
Ensemble: ; Concerto Palatino; Ensemble L'Arco; Hannover Children's Choir; Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble ; Musica Alta Ripa; Sirius Viols

Critics have applauded the Knabenchor Hannover's purity of sound, controlled sensuality, and profound musicianship since the group's inception. When director Jorg Breiding took over ten...continue...

Michael Praetorius: Michaelisvesper / Hille Perl & The Sirius Viols

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-03-27

Works: Gregorian Chant: Veni, Sancti Spiritus, antiphon; Dum praeliaretur Michael Archangelus; Gloria Patri, communio; Princeps gloriosissime; Anonymous, German: Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott; Wir danken ...
Performers: Barth, Markus; Eichhorn, Klaus; Habock, Dietrich [Viola da gamba]; Hakelberg, Dietrich [Zink]; Jackel, Michael; Mammel, Hans-Jorg; Paduch, Arno; Perl, Hille; Perl, Marthe; Peters, Nils Ole; Santana, ...
Conductors: Breiding, Jorg; Breiding, Jörg
Ensemble: ; Bremer Lautten Chor; Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble ; Knabenchor Hannover; Sirius Viols

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Recording information: St. Osdag, Mandelsloh, Germany (10/02/2008-10/05/2008)....continue...

The Voice of Emotion / Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-03-13

Works: Spoken Word: Nunc iam cessit Pontus et omnis partitur leges / Vienient annis sæcula (from Act 2 of Seneca's "Mede; Berber Traditional: Amazigh Lullaby ("I met my big brother"); Sephardic Traditi...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Arruabarrena, Maite; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Barona, Enrique [Jarana]; Brandao, Eunice [Viola da Gamba]; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Coin, Christophe; Dí...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi;
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

In November 2011, the music world suffered a huge loss with the passing of the great soprano Montserrat Figueras. Acclaimed in recent years for her...continue...
Recording information: 1978/2009....continue...

Striggio: 40 Part Mass

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-03-29

Works: Alessandro Striggio: Ecce beatam lucem; Missa "Ecco si beato giorno", for 40 voices; Fuggi, spene mia, intermedi; O giovenil ardire, intermedi; Altr'io che queste spighe, madrigal for 12 voices; D'og...
Performers: David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Headley, Erin; Long, Matthew [Vocals]; Sayce, Lynda
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert

A feast of Renaissance choral music from Italy and England, the album (and bonus DVD) reveals a work by the Italian Alessandro Striggio - believed...continue...
Recording information: All Saints, Tooting, London, England (09/23/2010-10/01/2010)....continue...

Fra' Diavolo: La Musica nelle Strade del Regno di Napole

1 CD / ACA-Arcana (Outhere) / 2011-01-11

Works: Francesco Spinello: Como sencza la vita; Giuseppe De Vittorio: Stornello, for voice & ensemble; Stu pettu è fattu cimbalu d'amuri, song; Sona a battenti, for voice & ensemble; Primo discanto, fo...
Performers: Beasley, Marco; Durante, Mauro [Percussion]; Elizondo, Luciana; Massa, Guisella; Mirra, Denise; Reche, Noelia Reverte; Vittorio, Pino de
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Ensemble: Accordone

Debut album on Arcana! Accordone has many prize-winning recordings on Alpha and Cypres to its credit, and now inaugurates its collaboration with Arcana. This landmark...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Maurizio, Gignese (Verbania) (10/07/2009-10/11/2009)....continue...

Es Stot ein Lind im Himelrich / Freiburger Spielleyt

1 CD / Ars Musici / 2009-11-17

Works: Gregorian Chant: Hodie scietis, introit (for Christmas Vigil Mass); German Traditional: Gottes Sohn ist Mensch geborn (Andernach); Sei Willekommen, Herre Christ; In einem krippfly lag ein kind; Anony...
Performers: Ortlieb, Marlies [Percussion]; Pelchat, Linda; Weber, Ekkehard
Conductors: Hug, Raimund
Ensemble: Freiburger Spielleyt

Recording information: Theodor-Egel-Saal, Ebnet, Freiburg, Germany (07/28/1998-08/01/1998)....continue...

D'Helfer: Requiem; Desprez: Messe de l'Homme Armé

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-11-17

Works: Spoken Word: Funeral drum; Funeral march; Funeral oration for Charles III of Lorraine; Gregorian Chant: Subvenite sancti Dei, antiphon in mode 4; Missa Aeterna Christi Munera (Mass for the Feast fo S...
Performers: Bernfeld, Jay; Chamboux, Jean
Conductors: Fabre-Garrus, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Les Sacqueboutiers

Multi award-winning French vocal ensemble, A Sei Voci, present a programme of music by Charles D'Helfer and Josquin des Prez. Recorded live in 1993 during...continue...

The Musical World of Jan Steen / Camerata Trajectina

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Jacob van Eyck: Lanterlu (from Van Eyck's der Fluyten Lust-Hof); Wel Jan Wat Drommel ('t Uitnement Kabinet II); Der Fluyten Lust-hof; Rosemont; De Tweede Licke-Pot (from Der Fluyten Lust-hof II); Dri...
Performers: Altena, Marius van; Beijer, Erik; Beijer, Laurens; Beijer, Steven; Beijer-Coenraads, Elizabeth; Boeken, Marten; Coolen, Saskia; Dijk, Ruud van; Duetschler, Ursula; Grethe, Mariken; Grijp, Louis Peter...
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Ensemble: Camerata Trajectina

Dutch Madrigals - Padbrue, Schuyt, Ban / Camerata Trajectina

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Cornelis Thymanszoon Padbrué: Sevenste kusjen, madrigal; Aen Roosemonds oogen, madrigal; Elfste kusjen, madrigal; Het minne-net, madrigal; Synphonia in nuptias Mathaei Steyn et Mariæ van Na...
Performers: Boer, Johannes; Braumann, Susanne; Hickethier, Hermann; Schul, Kees; van der Velden, Mieneke
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Ensemble: Camerata Trajectina

Obrecht: The Secular Works / Komrij, et al

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Jacob Obrecht: Tant que nostre argent dura, chanson for 4 voices; Waer sij di Han, chanson for 4 voices; Ic ret my uut spacieren, chanson for 4 voices; Den haghel ende, chanson for 4 voices; Marion l...
Performers: Banis, Marjan; Beekman, Marcel; Boer, Johannes; Borstlap, Freek; Coolen, Saskia; Honig, Bert; Verheij, Alide
Conductors: Komrij, Gerrit
Ensemble: Camerata Trajectina; La Caccia

Music of the Dutch Golden Era / Camerata Trajectina

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Constantijn Huygens: Erravi Domine, for vocal ensemble; Domine ne in furore tuo, for voice & continuo (Pathodia Sacra); Memor fui dierum antiquorum, for voice & continuo (Pathodia Sacra); Allemande, ...
Performers: Beijer, Erik; Borden, Barbara; Coolen, Saskia; Grijp, Louis Peter; Meel, Nico van der; Selfhout, Sjabbe van; Soethoudt, Matthy
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Ensemble: Camerata Trajectina

Ministriles Reales - Arrauxo, Cabe

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2009-04-14

Works: Anonymous, Canciero de Montecassino: La Spagna, basse dance; Collinetto, ballo, CM 22; Chiave, chiave, instrumental toccata, CM 131; Anonymous, French: Dit le Bourgignon; Juan del Encina: Quedate, Ca...
Performers: Brandao, Eunice; Casademunt, Sergi; Coin, Christophe; Dickey, Bruce; Duftschmid, Lorenz; Koopman, Ton; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Savall, Jordi; Smith, Hopkinson
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI

"Collections of Renaissance and early Baroque court music are always fun listening when they are as well-made as this one... A great deal of this...continue...

Venezia 1625 / Maurice Steger, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-04-14

Works: Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata for solo violin no 2 (Sonata seconda); Sonata for solo violin no 3; Sonata for solo violin no 4; Sonata for solo violin no 6; Marco Uccellini: Sinfonie boscareccie, ...
Performers: Barczi, Péter; Beuse, Christian; Borhi, Éva; Boysen, Thomas C.; Ciomei, Sergio; Frey, Sabrina; Kitaya, Naoki; Perl, Hille; Santana, Lee; Steger, Maurice; Temmingh, Stefan; Valli, Mauro

Venice, 1625: the city of the doges is one of the principal artistic centers of Europe. At the Cappella San Marco, a profoundly original style...continue...

In Darkness Let Me Dwell

1 CD / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-09-23

Works: John Dowland: Forlorn Hope Fancy; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Earl of Essex, his Galliard, for lute, P 89; A Pilgrimes Solace; Lachrimae antiquae novae, for 5 viols/violins & lute (from "Lachrimae");...
Performers: Mields, Dorothee; Perl, Hille; Santana, Lee
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Ensemble: Sirius Viols

Gramophone Magazine
Mields's slight accent aside, the songs are a pleasure to listen to: the voice - full yet light and with just a hint of...continue...
Recording information: St. Georgskirche, Sengwarden, Germany (11/19/2007-11/21/2007)....continue...

Dowland: In Darkness Let Me Dwell

1 CD / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-09-23

Works: John Dowland: Forlorn Hope Fancy; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Earl of Essex, his Galliard, P 42a; A Pilgrimes Solace; Lachrimae antiquae novae, for 5 viols/violins & lute (from "Lachrimae"); Third an...
Performers: Perl, Hille

Personnel: Dorothee Mields, Lee Santana ....continue...

The King's Singers Greatest Hits

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-02-05

Works: John Lennon: Penny Lane; Help!; Yesterday; Eleanor Rigby; Paul Simon: Bridge Over Troubled Water; The Sounds of Silence; John David: You Are the New Day; Lionel Richie: Three Times A Lady; Cy Coleman...
Performers: Baines, Michael; Barrueco, Manuel; Chase, Roger; Crayford, Marcia; Fraser, John; Fullbrook, Charles; Gerhardt, Emil; Hadden, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Hickox, Richard [Conductor]; Jackman, Bill; Kampen, ...
Conductors: Davis, Carl

The King's Singers are a unique group. Aside from their unusual voice distribution (2 countertenors, 1 tenor, 2 baritones and a bass), they have, over...continue...

Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore / Philip Pickett, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Michael Praetorius: Terpsichore
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Chateauneuf, Paula; Cheetham, Richard [trombone]; Eaton, Nigel; Finucane, Tom; Hamilton, Kenneth; Hunt, Richard; Isserlis, Anette; Kelly, Frances; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Nieman, Pau...
Conductors: Pickett, Philip
Ensemble: New London Consort

"The New London Consort, numbering forty players for this recording, presented Pickett the fullest possible range of period instruments indicated in Praetorius' 'Syntagma musicum', so...continue...

Christmas Carols / Andrew Parrott, The Taverner Consort

4 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: William Billings: Methinks I See a Heavenly Host; A Virgin Unspotted; John Foster: While shepherds watched their flocks by night (A 2nd Collection of Sacred Music. York, ca. 1820); Joan Cererols: Mar...
Performers: Ardagh-Walter, Patrick; Blackadder, David; Bonner, Tessa; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Carolan, Lucy; Carroll, Paul; Charlesworth, Stephen; Consort, Taverner; Cooper, Peter [violin]; Daniels, C...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Il Giardino di Giulio Caccini / Horvat, Pitarch, et al

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Giulio Caccini: Tu ch' hai le penne, amore, for voice & continuo; Le nuove musiche; Torna deh torna; Funeste piagge, for voice & continuo; A quei sospiri ardenti, for voice & continuo; Nuove musiche ...
Performers: Bellocq, Eric; Caillat, Bruno; David, Imke; Horvat, Marko; Maillon, Angélique; Maillon, Angelique; Pitarch, Olga

Teatro Lirico / Stephen Stubbs

1 CD / ECM Import / 2006-04-11

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Sonatas (12) for Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 5; Sonata for violin & continuo in F major, Op. 5/10; Teatro Lírico: Improvisation no 1, for ensemble; Improvisation no 2, fo...
Performers: Eilander, Maxine; Headley, Erin; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Valent, Milos
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Ensemble: Teatro Lírico (Ensemble)

"This characteristically imaginative disc from ECM announces its intentions right from the beginning with a snatch from somewhere in the middle of Corelli's 'La follia',...continue...

Love bade me welcome - Dowland, etc / Taylor, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-11-07

Works: Robert Jones: Though your strangeness frets my heart; My complaining is but feigning; Once did I serve a cruel heart; Sweet Kate; What if I seek for love of thee; Lie down poor heart; And is it night...
Performers: Bowman, James; Kelly, Frances; Kenny, Elizabeth; Levy, Mark; Taylor, Daniel [Countertenor]
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Ensemble: Theatre of Early Music

On this disc, counter-tenor Daniel Taylor and the Theatre of Early Music (also on the much praised BIS-CD-1346: Leons de Tnbres) have devised a program,...continue...

Ay que si! / Le Blanc, Eilander, Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 2002-05-01

Works: Manuel Machado: Dos estrellas le siguen, coplas a 4; José Marín: Mi señora Mariantaños, for voice & guitar (continuo); Ojos pues me desdeñais, for voice & guitar (continuo); ...
Performers: Eilander, Maxine; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Little, Margaret; Napper, Susan; Samman, Rafik
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Jan DeGaetani -Early Music Recital / O'Dette, Davidoff, West

1 CD / Bridge / 1999-03-23

Works: John Dowland: Firste Booke of Songes; First Book of Songs or Ayres; Whoever thinks or hopes of love for love, for 4 voices & lute (First Book of Songs); Can she excuse, P 42; Second Booke of Songes; ...
Performers: Davidoff, Judith; DeGaetani, Jan [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; O'Dette, Paul; West, Philip

Palestrina: Motets, Missa sine nomine / Fasolis, et al

1 CD / Arts / 1998-11-17

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Laudate Dominum omnes gentes, motet for 8 voices (from Motets Book II for 5, 6, & 8 voices); Sicut cervus; Nos autem gloriari oportet, motet for 4 voices; Stabat Mat...
Performers: Crivellaro, Paolo; Ghielmi, Lorenzo; Rasi, Alberto
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Italian Switzerland Radio/TV Chorus; Theatrum Instrumentorum

Dowland - Tears of the Muse / Taylor, Martin, Voix Humaines

1 CD / Atma / 1998-05-01

Works: John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Can she excuse, P 42; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Second Booke of Songes; Come Again; Go from my window, P 64; Tobias Hume...
Performers: Dowland, John; Les Voix Humaines; Little, Margaret; Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Napper, Susan; Taylor, Daniel; Taylor, Daniel [Vocals]
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Personnel: Daniel Taylor (alto, countertenor)....continue...

Quel Lascivissimo Cornetto... / Bruce Dickey, et al

1 CD / Accent Plus / 1996-01-09

Works: Tarquinio Merula: Sonata prima per violino o cornetto e basso; Cipriano de Rore: Angelus ad Pastores (motetto passeggiato da Giovanni Battista Bovicelli); Andrea Gabrieli: Caro dolce ben mio, perch&#...
Performers: Dickey, Bruce; Headley, Erin; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]

Hildegard von Bingen, Dunstable, Dufay / Helga Weber

1 CD / Christophorus / 1995-03-23

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: Caritas abundat in omnia; O virtus Sapientiae, antiphon; O quam mirabilis, antiphon; Hodie aperuit nobis; O virga mediatrix; O clarissima mater, response; O frondens virga, anti...
Performers: Groth, Hartwig; Jochens, Wilfried; Ros, Pere; Smith, Kevin [Countertenor Vocal]; Stampa, Ingrid; Weber, Helga
Conductors: Weber, Helga

Chominciamento di gioia / Ensemble Unicorn

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1994-09-19

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Chominciamento di gioia; Lamento di Tristano, estampie; Bellicha (British Library Ms. 29987); Tre fontane; Principio di virtú, istanpitta; Saltarello no 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987);...
Performers: Ambrosini, Marco; Delfino, Riccardo; Posch, Michael; Reithofer, Wolfgang; Wimmer, Thomas
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Ensemble: Ensemble Unicorn

For Lute & Bass Viol / Geneva Baroque Duo

1 CD / Gallo /

Works: Adrien le Roy: Passemezzo; Tourdion; Pierre Attaingnant: La Magdelena; Robert Ballard: Branles de Village; William Byrd: Browning a 5; The woods so wild, MB 85; Vincenzo Capirola: O mia cieca e dura ...
Performers: Rubin, Jonathan; Rubin, Sharyn
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Ensemble: Geneva Baroque Duo