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Mozart: Missa Brevis in D major; Missa Brevis in B flat major; Regina Coeli / Elizabeth Cragg, Deborah Miles-Johnson, Daniel Auchinloss, Lawrence White

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Regina coeli, antiphon for soprano, chorus & orchestra, K. 127; Mass no 8 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major (missa brevis), K. 194 (K. 186h); Fantasia for Mechanica...
Performers: Auchincloss, Daniel; Cragg, Elizabeth; White, Lawrence [Baritone Vocal]; Winpenny, Tom
Conductors: Lucas, Andrew
Ensemble: ; St Albans Cathedral Choir

During his years in Salzburg, Mozart wrote a series of shorter mass settings, for which he drew on the models of his senior colleague Michael...continue...
Recording information: The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, St Albans, (07/18/2012-07/20/2012)....continue...

The Early Music Recordings of Ensemble Unicorn, Vol. 1

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Syrian Traditional: Dinaresade; Christmas Traditional: Edi Beo Thu, Hevene Queene, carol (English); Macedonian Traditional: Nevestinko oro; Leonel Power: Beata progenies, for 3 voices; Bulgarian Trad...
Performers: Landauer, Bernhard; Sykes, Belinda
Conductors: ; Posch, Michael
Ensemble: Ensemble Unicorn; Oni Wytars

Some of the Naxos label's best early music recordings available together at a great price!...continue...

My First Lullaby Album / Halasz - Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61; Song Without Words for piano no 36 in E major, Op. 67/6; Arnold Bax: Lullaby, for piano; Ig...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Gens, Veronique; Jando, Jeno; Linell, Dorothy; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Rickards, Steven; Steen-Nokleberg, Einar; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Veselka, Stefan; Wass, Ashley
Conductors: Breiner, Peter; Bramall, Anthony; Rahbari, Alexander; Clark, Keith; Judd, James; Casadesus, Jean-Claude

For centuries, babies and children all over the world have been rocked to sleep with a song to calm them. Whether parents sing or play,...continue...

Howard Blake: Passion Of Mary

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-04-27

Works: Howard Blake: The Passion of Mary, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 577; Songs (4) of the Nativity, Op. 415
Performers: Biazeck, Simon; Crawford, Peter; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Fallas, Richard; Renais, Ann de; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Blake, Howard

Howard Blake is a popular and prolific composer whose output includes film scores (not least the extraordinarily successful 'The Snowman'), choral, orchestral and instrumental works,...continue...
Recording information: 2009-08-12_2009-08-13 (08/12/2009-08/13/2009)....continue...

Artist Profile - Jeremy Summerly

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-10-27

Works: Jean Richafort: Christus resurgens; Adrian Willaert: Missa Christus resurgens, for 4 voices; Magnificat sexti toni; Ave Maria, gratia plena; Orlande de Lassus: Missa "Entre vous filles"; Infelix ego;...
Performers: Beckley, Lisa; Crawford, Peter; Gedge, Nicholas; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Summerly, Jeremy
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy
Ensemble: ; Royal Academy Consort

Sonic Rebellion - An Alternative Classical Collection [B&N exclusive]

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-08-25

Works: John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; Philip Glass: Concerto for Violin; Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"); George Antheil:...
Performers: Anthony, Adele; Berman, Boris; Crawford, Peter; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Mikkola, Laura; Nowacki, Piotr; Rehlis, Agnieszka; Zdunikowski, Adam
Conductors: Alsop, Marin; Yuasa, Takuo; Wit, Antoni; Spalding, Daniel; Edison, Noel; Summerly, Jeremy; ; Milanov, Rossen
Ensemble: ; Amici Ensemble; Forestare

The Best of Monteverdi

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-06-30

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin; Lamento d'Olimpia; Crudel, perché mi fuggi (Madrigals Book 2); Madrigals, Book 4; Cruda Amarilli (Libro 5); Lamento d'Arianna (Madrigals Book...
Performers: Bovo, Daniele; Carmignani, Alessandro; Costa, Paolo; Leoni, Carmen; Piantelli, Maurizio; Zanon, Vittorio
Conductors: ; Longhini, Marco; Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Capella Musicale di San Petronio; Concerto delle Dame di Ferrara; Delitiae Musicae; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) was a musical revolutionary who championed the new style of music that replaced intricate Renaissance counterpoint with the more theatrical music of...continue...

The Best of John Dowland

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-06-30

Works: John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; A Fancy; Solus cum sola, P 10; Come Again; Mr John Langton's Pavan, P 14; Doulands Rounde Battele Galyard, P 39; Say love if ever thou ditst find, D 58; Quee...
Performers: Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; King, Catherine; Linell, Dorothy; North, Nigel [Lute]; Richards, Steven
Conductors:
Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols

The Renaissance composer John Dowland (1563–1626) was the foremost lutenist and lute song composer of his generation. While renowned as the master of musical melancholy,...continue...

The Best of Purcell

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-06-30

Works: Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Jubilate Deo in D major; Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; Fantasia for 4 Viols in C minor, Z 738; Amphitryon, Z. 572, "The 2 Sosias"; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Blow up the trumpe...
Performers: Bern, Jeni; Bisatt, Susan; Bower, Nicole; Charlston, Terence; Engel, Norman; Geiger, Gyorgy; Guthrie, Thomas; Hock, Bertalan; Honeyman, Ian [Tenor Vocal]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; L...
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin; Glenton, Robert; Amps, Kym; ; Summerly, Jeremy
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble; Orchestra of the Golden Age; Oxford Camerata; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Recognised during his lifetime as a genius, Henry Purcell subsequently influenced countless classical composers from Handel to Britten. This delightful assortment of his best-known works...continue...

Haydn: Oratorios / Schuldt-Jensen, Spering, Rubens, et al

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-04-28

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2; The Seasons; Il Ritorno di Tobia, oratorio for 4 soloists, chorus & orchestra, H. 21/1
Performers: Borchev, Nikolay; Dahlin, Anders J.; Im, Sunhae; Invernizzi, Roberta; Karasiak, Andreas; Karthauser, Sophie; Kobow, Jan; MacLeod, Stephan; Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Rubens, Sibylla
Conductors: Spering, Andreas; Schuldt-Jensen, Morten
Ensemble: Cologne Vocal Ensemble; Leipzig Chamber Orchestra

Haydn's two great vocal masterpieces 'The Creation' (1796-8) and 'The Seasons' (1799-1801) have secured his place in the history of the oratorio. Here they are...continue...

200 Ans de musique à Versailles

20 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Antoine Boësset: Air qui produit tant de choses si belles; Ne délibérons plus; Jamais n'aurray-je le pouvoir; Plaignez la rigueur de mon sort; Suis-je pas misérable?; Ennuis...
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Antonini, Claire; Auvity, Cyril; Bazola, François; Bolton, Florence; Brossard, Cecile; Buet, Alain; Champion, Romain; Chauvin, Julien; Crocquenoy, Karine; Crossley-Mercer, Edwin; ...
Conductors: Stryncl, Marek; Schneebeli, Olivier; Niquet, Hervé; Cohën-Akenine, Patrick; Christie, William; Suhubiette, Joel; Pierlot, Philippe [Gamba]; ; Coin, Christophe; Minkowski, Marc; Rousset, C...
Ensemble: Accentus; Ausonia; Cambini Quartet; Cappella della Pietà de' Turchini; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Jacques Moderne Ensemble; La Parnasse Français; Le Cercle de l'Harmonie; Le Concert spirit...

In October 2007, the Centre Musical de Baroque de Versailles celebrated its 20th anniversary, together with the best French musicians around. To complete this anniversary,...continue...

American Classics - Ives: Songs Vol 5 - Premonitions, Requiem, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Charles Ives: Paracelsus; Peaks, song for voice & piano, S. 325 (K. 6B24); A Perfect Day; Pictures; Premonitions; Qu'il m'irait bien; The Rainbow; Religion; Remembrance; Requiem; Resolution; Rock of ...
Performers: Baty, Janna; Berman, Lielle; Bircher, David; Cabot, Jennifer Casey; Carfizzi, Patrick; Cavalieri, Michael; Dickson, Douglas; Gardner, Rob; Garritson, Laura; Howell, Ian; Jakubiak, Sara; Johnstone, Ry...

Lully: Armide LWV 71 / Brown, Houtzeel, Getchell, Loup, Sharp, Monoyios, Opera Lafayette, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Armide, LWV 71
Performers: Boute, Tony; Dubrow, Miriam; Getchell, Robert; Houtzeel, Stephanie; Loup, Francois; McCredie, Tara; McCulloch, Adria; Monoyios, Ann; Perry, Darren [Baritone]; Sharp, William [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Brown, Ryan

'Armide' represents the culmination of the long and fruitful career of Jean-Baptiste Lully, the most powerful musician at the court of Louis XIV and the...continue...

American Classics - Ives: Songs Vol 4 / Cabot, Berman, Plenk, Cavalieri, Penna, Dickson, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Charles Ives: Majority, for voice & piano, S. 294 (K. 6B65); Maple Leaves; Marie, I see thee, fairest one; Marie (II), song for voice & piano, S. 296/2 (K. 6B23b); Memories; Minnelied, song for voice...
Performers: Berman, Lielle; Cabot, Jennifer Casey; Carfizzi, Patrick; Cavalieri, Michael; Dickson, Douglas; Gardner, Rob; Garritson, Laura; Howell, Ian; Jakubiak, Sara; Kittelberger, Sumi; MacPherson, Ryan; Mumf...

American Classics - Ives: Songs Vol 3 - Harpalus, Hymn, Luck & Work, etc / Cabot, Berman, Plenk, Cavalieri, Penna, Dickson, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Charles Ives: Harpalus; He is there!; Her Eyes; Her gown was of vermilion silk; His Exaltation; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; Hymn; Hymn of Trust; Ein Ton; I knew and loved a maid; I travelled among...
Performers: Baty, Janna; Berman, Lielle; Bircher, Daniel Trevor; Cabot, Jennifer Casey; Carfizzi, Patrick; Cavalieri, Michael; Dickson, Douglas; Gardner, Rob; Howell, Ian; Kabaoka, Ayano; Kittelberger, Sumi; Mat...

Handel: Semele / Martini, Scholl, Schmidt, Popken, Frankfurt Junge Kantorei, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-07-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Popken, Ralf [Countertenor]; Schmidt, Julla; Schoch, Knut; Scholl, Elisabeth
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

Handel's oratorio 'Semele' was composed in 1743 and tells of a beautiful mortal (Semele), whose short but spectacular love affair with Jupiter, King of the...continue...

American Classics - Ives: Songs Vol 1/ Berman, Cabot, Carfizzi, Cavalieri, Gardner, Pittsinger, Plenk, Tarver, Wool, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Charles Ives: One, Two, Three; Abide with me, song for voice & piano, S. 205 (K. 6B12); Aeschylus and Sophocles, song for voice, piano & string quartet, S. 206 (K. 6B70); Afterglow, song for voice & ...
Performers: Berman, Lielle; Cabot, Jennifer Casey; Carfizzi, Patrick; Cavalieri, Michael; Dickson, Douglas; Gardner, Rob; Garritson, Laura; Howell, Ian; Jakubiak, Sara; Mumford, Tamara; Penna, J.J.; Phillips, Ma...

"What could be a better way of celebrating the Fourth of July than watching a parade, seeing the fireworks, and listening to songs of the...continue...

Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54 / Mallon, Albino, Brown, Modolo, Mahon, Aradia Ensemble, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-05-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54
Performers: Albino, Laura; Brown, Nils; Mahon, Peter; McLeod, Eve Rachel; Nedecky, Jason; Roach, Bud; Such, Jennie; Watson, Sean
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Baroque Ensemble

Handel's oratorio 'Israel in Egypt' was written three years before the 'Messiah' and, like the 'Messiah', is somewhat atypical of the composer's oratorios. Scored for...continue...

Handel: Hercules, HWV 60 / Martini, Wemyss, Sämann, Schoch, Kühn, Schneider, Junge Kantorei, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-05-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Hercules
Performers: Kühn, Liselotte; Kooij, Peter; Sämann, Gerlinde; Schneider, Frank; Schoch, Knut; Vitzthum, Franz; Wemyss, Nicola
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

Handel composed 'Hercules' for his 1744-45 oratorio season as the secular foil to one of his most ambitious sacred dramas, 'Belshazzar', hoping to repeat the...continue...

Purcell: Theatre Music, Vol 1 / Mallon, Aradia Ensemble

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Henry Purcell: Amphitryon, Z. 572, "The 2 Sosias"; Sir Barnaby Whigg, or, No Wit Like a Woman's, incidental music, Z. 589; The Gordian Knot Unty'd, incidental music, Z. 597; Circe, incidental music, ...
Performers: Aronoff, Neil; Bower, Nicole; Duyn, Brian; Jeffrey, Andrea; Kettrick, Michelle; Mahon, Peter; Tomkins, Giles
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

Written mostly during the last five years of his life, Purcell’s Theatre Music is a rich and varied collection of some of the composer’s finest...continue...

Haydn: Il ritorno di Tobia, etc / Spering, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-11-20

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Il Ritorno di Tobia, oratorio for 4 soloists, chorus & orchestra, H. 21/1
Performers: Borchev, Nikolay; Dahlin, Anders J.; Invernizzi, Roberta; Karthäuser, Sophie
Conductors: Spering, Andreas
Ensemble: Capella Augustina

Although Haydn’s place in the history of the oratorio has been secured by his great vocal masterpieces 'The Creation' and 'The Seasons', his first oratorio,...continue...

Dowland - Songs of Tears, Dreams and Spirits

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Lady if you so spite me, for voice, lute & bass viol (A Musical Banquet); In darkness let mee dwell; Melancholy Galliard; Say love if ever thou d...
Performers: Linell, Dorothy; North, Nigel [Lute]; Richards, Steven

"My colleague David Vernier rightly praised Nigel North's unhurried, sensitively inflected John Dowland interpretations... North's scholarly, extremely readable annotations and Naxos' roomy yet detail...continue...

The Very Best of Christmas

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9; F...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Bloss, Michael; Bungard, Jonathan; Davidson, Angus; Evanson, John; Houssart, Robert; Johnston, Raymond; Kertesi, Ingrid; Langridge, Philip; Lewis, J. Reilly; Mukk, József;...
Conductors: Hunt, Donald; ; Mallon, Kevin; Edison, Noel; Scribner, Norman; Rossiter, Grace; Sackett, Andrew; Robinson, Christopher; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Oberfrank, Géza; Krcek, Jaroslav; Schuldt-Jensen,...
Ensemble: Aradia Baroque Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Elora Festival Singers; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group; Hungarian Radio Chamber Choir; Leipzig Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Sy...

"Naxos' double-disc compilation, The Very Best of Christmas, presents an agreeable and balanced assortment of holiday favorites, with vocal and choral numbers assigned to the...continue...

Monteverdi: Madrigals Book 6 / Longhini, Delitiae Musicae

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-06-26

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna (Madrigals Book 6); Il sesto libro de madrigali; Una Donna fra l'altre honesta e bella vidi, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 6), SV 109; A Dio, Florida bella, m...
Performers: Bovo, Daniele; Carmignani, Alessandro; Costa, Paolo; Leoni, Carmen; Piantelli, Maurizio; Scavazza, Marco; Testolin, Walter; Zanon, Vittorio
Conductors: Longhini, Marco
Ensemble: Delitiae Musicae

"By not singing or playing an instrument, Marco Longhini can devote all his attention to conducting his first-rate Delitaiae Musicae ensemble. He can ask for...continue...

A KDFC Classical Christmas 3

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Traditional: Gabriel's message; Sans Day Carol; In dulci jubilo; King Jesus hath a garden; Fum, fum, fum; The first nowell; Angels from the realms of glory; ...
Performers: Bakkila, Ted; Baun, Nancy; Bloss, Michael; Botto, Louis; Bower, Michael; Burdick, Owen; Eaken, John; Freeman, Kevin; Hosea, Fred; Johnston, Raymond; Keller, Mark; Larsen, Terry; Maund, Peter; Pö...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas; ; Burdick, Owen; Krcek, Jaroslav; Scribner, Norman; Edison, Noel; McMane, Susan; George, Vance; Hunt, Donald; Hayman, Richard; Botto, Louis; Sutherland, Gavin; Sackett, Andrew; Bre...
Ensemble: American Bach Soloists; Berkeley Chamber Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Chanticleer; Eaken Piano Trio; Elora Festival Singers; Philharmoni...

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Higginbottom, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Brooks, Robert; Davies, Iestyn; Dougan, Eamonn; Jenkinson, Henry; Jones, Otta; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: New College Choir, Oxford

"In April and May of 1751, Handel is said to have led performances in London of "Messiah" using treble voices from the Chapel Royal for...continue...

Sacchini: Oedipe à Colone / Brown, Loup, Opera Lafayette

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-09-26

Works: Antonio Sacchini: Odipe à Colone
Performers: Blaise, Kirsten; Boute, Tony; Cave, Philip; Getchell, Robert; Kaminski, Jason; Kimple, Jonathan; Loup, Francois; Morgan, Kara; Paulin, Nathalie
Conductors: Brown, Ryan

Antonia Sacchini was one of the leading composers of Italian 'opera seria' of the late 18th century. 'Oedipe a Colone,' his last work, was extraordinarily...continue...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, et al / Waschinski, Chance, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina
Performers: Chance, Michael; Waschinski, Jorg
Conductors: Müller-Brühl, Helmut
Ensemble: Cologne Chamber Orchestra

The 18th century French writer, Charles de Brosses described Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater,' completed as the composer lay dying, as 'the master work of Latin music.'...continue...

Tavener: Lament for Jerusalem / Summerly, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-03-21

Works: John Tavener: Cosmic Lament 1
Performers: Crawford, Peter; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy
Ensemble: Choir of London

Sir John Tavener's Lament for Jerusalem, described by the composer as a mystical love song, brings together Christian, Judaic, and Islamic texts. Lament for Jerusalem...continue...

Discover - Early Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-01

Works: Ambrosian Chant: Antiphonae post Evangelium; Gregorian Chant: Adorabo, alleluia; Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo virtutum; Anonymous, 11th century French Polyphony: Viderunt omnes, 2 part organum (attrib....
Performers: Landauer, Bernhard; Linell, Dorothy; Richards, Steven; Rumsey, Shirley
Conductors: Turco, Alberto; Summerly, Jeremy; Pitts, Antony; Posch, Michael; Snellings, Dirk; ; Morel, Christine; Berger, Sven; Holten, Bo
Ensemble: Ars Nova Ensemble (Copenhagen); Capilla Flamenca; Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense; Ensemble Claude Goudimel; Ensemble Unicorn; Ensemble Villanella; In Dulci Jubilo Children's Choir; Nova Schola Greg...

The Medieval centuries sparked both the artistic Renaissance and the religious Reformation that followed. The time is rich with history but is it musically lost?...continue...

Carissimi: Jephte, Jonas / Consortium Carissimi

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte; Tra [Dai] piú riposti [remoti] abissi, serenata for 2 sopranos, bass, 2 violins & continuo; Jonas
Performers: Biscuola, Elena; Calciolari, Annamaria; Caristi, Nadia; Comeaux, Garrick; Contadin, Cristiano; Costa, Paolo; Eccher, Giuliano; Furnari, Fabio; Lea, Roberto; Pelliciari, Monica; Piantelli, Maurizio; P...
Conductors: Zanon, Vittorio
Ensemble: Consortium Carissimi

2005 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Carissimi, one of the early masters of the oratorio. 'The Story of Jephthah' is probably Carissimi's...continue...

Cavalli: Arias & Duets from Didone, Egisto, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Didone; Egisto; L' Ormindo, opera; Giasone; Calisto
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Banditelli, Gloria; Cecchetti, Mario; Doro, Gianluca Belfiori; Frisani, Rosita
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio
Ensemble: Mediterraneo Concento

This overview of Cavalli's operatic music paints a picture of both the nature of early opera and the composer's own talent. Although influenced by Monteverdi,...continue...

The English Song Series 9 - Britten

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Benjamin Britten: Canticle I; Canticle II, Op. 51 "Abraham and Isaac"; The Heart of the Matter, for tenor, narrator, horn & piano; Canticle III, Op. 55 "Still Falls the Rain"; Canticle IV; Canticle V
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Ellis, Osian; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Langridge, Philip; Lloyd, Frank [horn]; Ragin, Derek Lee

Britten's five 'Canticles' are marvelously vivid, intensely dramatic works. Although they were not designed to be performed together - they span virtually his whole career,...continue...

Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, Gloria, etc / Mallon, Aradia, et al

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Performers: Archibald, Jane; Boer, Michele de; Brown, Nils; Krause, Anita; Mahon, Peter; Tomkins, Giles
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Baroque Ensemble

Lefanu: Catena for Eleven Solo Strings, etc / Layfield

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Nicola Lefanu: Quartet for Strings no 2; Concertino for clarinet & string orchestra; Canción de la luna, for counter-tenor & string quartet; Catena for 11 solo strings
Performers: Clapton, Nicholas; Cole, Jo; Cooper, Mia; Cross, Fiona; Hunter, Joel; Jones, Helen
Conductors: Layfield, Malcolm
Ensemble: Goldberg Ensemble

The daughter of the composer Elizabeth Maconchy and Professor of Music at York University, Nicola Lefanu has composed come sixty works, orchestral, chamber, solo and...continue...

Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, Gloria, etc / Mallon, Aradia, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus in D major, RV 595; Nulla in mundo pax sincera in E, RV 630; Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & contin
Performers: Archibald, Jane; Brown, Nils; Deboer, Michele; Krause, Anita; Mahon, Peter; Tomkins, Giles
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

Volume 1 of Vivaldi's complete sacred music features the impressive if less familiar of the two settings of the 'Gloria, RV588'. With texts divided between...continue...

Handel: Gideon / Martini, Hannigan, Perillo, Wemyss, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-07-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Gideon, oratorio (compiled from the music of Handel by John Christopher Smith)
Performers: Cordier, David; Hannigan, Barbara; MacLeod, Stephan; Perillo, Linda; Schoch, Knut; Wemyss, Nicola
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

After Handel's death in 1759 his assistant, John Christopher Smith, continued the tradition of regular oratorio performances. Smith compiled new works, making use of the...continue...

Early Music - Schütz: German Requiem, etc / Helbich

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien (Funeral Music), for double chorus & continuo, SWV 279-281 (Op. 7); Die Sieben Worte unseres lieben Erlösers und Seeligmachers Jesu Christi; Die mit T...
Performers: Grobe, Ralf; Kaiser, Henning; Kobow, Jan; Maier, Ulrich; Pahn, Bettina; Röllecke, Beate; Voss, Henning; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble; Febi Armonici; Himlische Cantorey

"Wolfgang Helbich's array of singers is impressive, fresh-voiced, and responsive to ever textual nuance: tenors reassuringly lighten the weight of sin; basses stride out across...continue...

Life and Works - Mozart / Jeremy Siepmann, Nicholas Boulton

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Life and Works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, narration with musical examples; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet for piano in G major, K. 1 (K. 1e); Allegro for piano in G major (frag...
Performers: Bloch, Thomas; Borowska, Joanna; Carolis, Natale de; Chance, Michael; Coles, Priti; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Feldman, Jill [Soprano Vocals]; Frontiali, Roberto; Gunzenhauser, Stephen [Conductor]; ...
Conductors: ; Nerat, Harald; Ward, Nicholas; Hegyi, Ildiko; Grimbert, Jacques; Morandi, Pier G.; Antal, Mátyás; Wordsworth, Barry; Ligeti, András; Edlinger, Richard; Wildner, Johannes
Ensemble: ; Concentus Hungaricus; German Wind Soloists; Kodály Quartet; Oxford Camerata

Dominated and shaped by a highly intelligent but frustrated and ambitious father, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's story sees the development of a unique genius, from precocious...continue...

Early Music - Carmina Burana / Posch, Ambrosini, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-10-01

Works: Anonymous, Carmina Burana: Bacche, bene venies, CB 200; Axe Phebus aureo, CB 71; Clauso chronos, CB 73; Katerine Collaudemus, CB Supplementum 19; Fas et nefas, CB 19; Tempus transit gelidum, CB 153; ...
Performers: Landauer, Bernhard; Mentzel, Eric; Rabanser, Peter
Conductors: Posch, Michael
Ensemble: Ensemble Oni Wytars; Ensemble Unicorn

"Carmina Burana" literally means "Songs of Beunen". It is a collection of poems and songs in medieval Latin and Middle High German, found in the...continue...

Handel: Deborah / Martini, Scholl, Ducret, Zazzo, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-03-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Deborah, HWV 51
Performers: Draijer, Jelle; Ducret, Natacha; Schoch, Knut; Scholl, Elisabeth; Wolak, Ewa; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

"There is much to admire in Martini's spirited performance. Handel wrote the brief role of Sisera, the Canaanite commander, for a female alto, and Ewa...continue...

NARM Classical Sampler 2001 - A Classical Odyssey

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-03-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 18 no 2; Emmanuel Chabrier: Pièces pittoresques (10), for...
Performers: Carmignola, Giuliano; Chang, Han-Na; Cole, Naida; Dessay, Natalie; Downes, Lara [Piano]; Graham, Susan; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Lang Lang; Mayer, Albrecht; Scholl, ...
Conductors: Goodwin, Paul; ; Schermerhorn, Kenneth
Ensemble: Accademia per Musica; English Chamber Orchestra; Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Palestrina: Missa l'homme armé; Cavazzoni / Vartolo, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-02-01

Works: Girolamo Cavazzoni: Ricercar no 1; Intavolatura cioe recercari, canzoni, himni, magnificati, composti per...Book 1; Ricercar terzo; Ricercar no 4; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa "L'Homme arm...
Performers: Bez, Renzo; Carmignani, Alessandro; Donato, Vincenzo di; Foresti, Sergio; Goethem, Michel van; Scavazza, Marco; Tamminga, Liuwe; Vartolo, Sergio; Zanasi, Furio

Born in Italy in the 16th century, Palestrina ranks with Lassus and Byrd as one of the most important figures in the music of this...continue...

Caldara: Missa Dolorosa, Stabat Mater / Clemencic, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-08-01

Works: Antonio Caldara: Sant'Elena al Calvario; Stabat Mater; Sinfonia in E minor; Missa Dolorosa
Performers: Beasley, Marco; Dominguez, Rosa; Graudini, Alfredo; Piccollo, Silvia; Ragni, Nadia; Schofrin, Fabian; Serafini, Lia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Clemencic, René
Ensemble: Aura Musicale; Italian Switzerland Radio/TV Chorus

"The 'Stabat Mater' is an elaborate setting of the full poem which reveals Caldara's mastery both of homophonic and imitative writing. Chromaticism, suspension and instrumental...continue...

Early Music - La Rue: Easter Mass, etc / Sanvoisin, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-08-01

Works: Pierre de la Rue: Missa de Septem Doloribus beatissime marie virginis; Pater de celis Deus, motet for 6 voices; Missa Pascale; Vexilla regis / Passio Domini
Performers: Bourdin, Frédéric; De Kehrig, Guy; Lizère, Christophe; Nirouët, Jean; Olive, Christophe; Poncet, Christophe
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ars Antiqua de Paris

Pierre de La Rue wrote over 30 Masses, 24 motets and 37 chansons and was esteemed by his contemporaries for his mastery of counterpoint. The...continue...

The World of Early Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-12-13

Works: Gregorian Chant: Kyrie; In Paradisum Angeli; Hildegard von Bingen: O pastor animarum; Richard I Coeur-de-lion: Ja nuns hons pris, for consort; Walther von der Vogelweide: Palästinalied (Kreutzfa...
Performers: Cano, Carmen; Christie, James David; Landauer, Bernhard; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Payne, Joseph; Posch, Michael; Richards, Steven; Rumsey, Shirley; Schenale, Manuela; Wilson, Christ...
Conductors: Turco, Alberto; Randon, Alessio; Summerly, Jeremy; ; Holten, Bo; Wimmer, Thomas; Vartolo, Sergio; Morel, Christine; Fasolis, Diego; Bychkov, Semyon; Crees, Eric; Mallon, Kevin; Niquet, Hervé; Kr...
Ensemble: ; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Aradia Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Ensemble Unicorn; Les Voix Humaines; London Baroque; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble; Westra Aros Pijpare

Telemann: Musique de table [Tafelmusik] Vol 4 / Golden Age

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-07-20

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture, suite for 2 oboes, 2 violins, strings & continuo in B flat major (Tafelmusik III/1), TWV 5; Quartet for Flute, Violin, Cello, and Basso Continuo in E minor, TV 43 no...
Performers: Bishop, Julia; Blackadder, David; Bryson, Felicity; Edwards, Gavin; Foxwell, Heather; Glenton, Robert; Kershaw, Heather; Montgomery, Roger [horn]; Parker, Joanna; Robertson, Bernard; Robson, Christop...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Golden Age

"Despite [Telemann's] almost unbelievable musical fecundity, one finds a consistently high quality in his work. Each piece seems fresh, filled with alluring ideas...While Naxos's cycle...continue...

Early Music - Campion: Lute Songs / Rickards, Linell

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-03-24

Works: Thomas Campion: Come let us sound with melody the praises; Tune thy Musicke to thy hart; Come, you pretty false-ey'd wanton; There is none, O none but you; Sweet exclude me not nor be divided; I care...
Performers: Linell, Dorothy; Richards, Steven

Thomas Campion was a 16th century English poet, physician, soldier and musician. Humorous parody, moods of melancholy and love songs all are contained in a...continue...

Handel: Saul / Martini, Macleod, Cordier, Schoch, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-11-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul
Performers: Beekman, Marcel; Cordier, David; MacLeod, Stephan; McFadden, Claron; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Schoch, Knut; Schwarz, Gotthold
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

"Saul", composed in order to recoup losses from the disastrous opera season of 1738 was designed as a musical extravaganza to take the public by...continue...