Countertenor > Medieval Period

Ave Maria / Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, Daniel Taylor

1 CD / Analekta / 2012-11-27

Works: Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; Hildegard von Bingen: Ave generosa; Claudio Montev...
Performers: Chantal-Fortin, Andre-Nicolas; de Villers, Victor Guilhe la Combe [Boy Soprano]; Keesmaat, Amanda; Lefèvre; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Taylor, Daniel;
Ensemble: Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal; Theatre of Early Music

Recording information: Multi-Media Room, Schulich School of Music, Mcgill Univ (05/15/2010-05/16/2010); St. Augustin de Mirabel, Quebec, Canada (05/15/2010-05/16/2010); St. Matthias' Church, Westmount...continue...

Alfred Deller - Portrait of a Legend: Opera & Stage; Sacred Song; Solo Song; Folksong [4 CDs]

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Indian Queen, Z 630; Olinda in the shades unseen, song, Z. 404; Thus to a ripe, consenting maid (from "Old Bachelor"), so...
Performers: Arditti, Irvine; Bevan, Maurice; Buttrey, John; Chapuis, Michel; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupré, Desmond; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Elliott, R...
Conductors: Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: Deller Choir; Deller Consort; Jaye Consort of Viols; King's Musick; Stour Music Festival Chorus; Stour Music Festival Orchestra

An inspired and always deeply moving artist, Alfred Deller was not only one of the greatest countertenors of all time but also an exceptional musician...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...

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...

Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas / Mouton, Gabrieli, Praetorius and Guerrero

1 CD / Chanticleer/Naxos / 2011-11-15

Works: Jean Mouton: Ave Maria Virgo Serena, for 5 voices; Jacobus Handl: Canite Tuba in Sion; Andrea Gabrieli: Quem vidistis, pastores, motet for 8 voices; Michael Praetorius: In dulci jubilo; Psallite unig...
Performers: Albinder, Frank; Bakkila, Ted; Baum, Kevin; Daniel, Mark; Fitch, Ken [Counter Tenor Vocals]; Freeman, Kevin; Gibler, Tim; Jennings, Joseph; Keller, Mark; Maund, Peter [Percussion]; Rickards, Steven; ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chanticleer

Our Heart's Joy is an uplifting celebration of the music of Christmas, including works ranging from Renaissance motets to African-American spirituals and traditional carols. These...continue...

Medieval Christmas / Orlando Consort

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Anonymous, Winchester Troper: Christe redemptor, 2-part kyrie; Quem lohannes, troped agnus from a Christmas Mass; Alleluia V. Dies sanctificatus, organum for 2 voices; Anonymous, Aquitanian Repertory...
Performers: Dobell, Mark; Greig, Donald; Harre-Jones, Robert; Smith, Angus
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orlando Consort

Recording information: St. Mary's Parish Church, Haddington, East Lothian, Sco (11/2005)....continue...

Oswald von Wolkenstein: Fröhlich, Zärtlich, Lieplich

1 CD / Raum Klang / 2011-11-03

Works: Oswald von Wolkenstein: Vil lieber Grüss; Wach auff mein hort!; Frölich zärtlich lieplich; Mich tröst ein adeliche mait; Ain graserin durch külen tau, K 85; Frolichen so well...
Performers: Boll, Agnes; Forster, Markus; Heinrich, Gernot; Oswald, Hermann
Conductors: Posch, Michael
Ensemble: Ensemble Unicorn

Oswald von Wolkenstein is today considered to be one of the most important songwriters of European literature in the Middle Ages.

Ensemble Unicorn has made early...continue...
Recording information: Wiener Hofburgkapelle (01/26/2009-01/30/2009)....continue...

Three Ravens / Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies / Folksongs by Alfred Deller with Desmond Dupré, lute

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-09-13

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; The Cuckoo; How Should I Your True Love Know?, folk song; Sweet Nightingale (Down in Those Valleys Below), folk song; The Oak and the Ash (North Coun...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond

Alfred Deller's two most famous LPs now remastered from the original master tapes and released onto one single disc. The master of the folksong tradition....continue...

Johannes Ciconia: Opera Omnia / La Morra, Diabolus Musica

2 CD / Ricercar / 2011-09-13

Works: Johannes Ciconia: Una panthera, madrigal for 3 voices; Sus une fontayne, for 3 voices; Che Nel Servir Anticho for 3 voices; Le ray au soleyl; Caçando un giorno; Per Quella Strada Lactea for 2 vo...
Performers: Boulay, Raphael; Cabrer, Javier Robledano; Germond, Olivier; Janssens, Els; Jarvelainen, Hanna; Kopli, Eve; Lund-Lavoipierre, Ai; Marti, Corina; Nadau, Estelle; Perez, Guillermo; Roche, Philippe; Rum...
Conductors: Gondko, Michal; Marti, Corina; Guerber, Antoine
Ensemble: ; Diabolus in Musica; La Morra

Active in Venice and Padua at the beginning of the 15th century, Johannes Ciconia was undoubtedly the most important composer of this transitional period. Born...continue...
Recording information: Collégiale de Champeaux (01/2010); Künstlerhaus, Alte Kirche, Boswill (01/2010); Collégiale de Champeaux (09/2010); Künstlerhaus, Alte Kirche, Boswill (09/20...continue...

The Voice, Vol. 2 / Andreas Scholl: The Art of Folksong & Baroque Cantatas

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: Oswald von Wolkenstein: Ach senliches leiden; Nu rue mit Sorgen; Kum, liebster Man; John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; First Book of Songs or Ayres; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Can she...
Performers: Guilmette, Helene; Markl, Markus; Scholl, Andreas
Conductors: Young, Crawford; ; Dantone, Ottavio; Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: ; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto di Viole; Shield of Harmony

Gilles: Requiem / Joel Cohen

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Gregorian Chant: Requiem aeternam, introit in mode 6 (Liber Usualis 1807a); Absolve, Domine, animas omnium, tractus in mode 8 (Liber Usualis No 1809); Dies irae, dies illa, sequence in mode 1; Vere d...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Hite, William; Mason, Jean; Nirouet, Jean
Conductors: Laplénie, Michel; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]
Ensemble: Boston Camerata; Ensemble de Tambours Provencaux

Jean Gilles' Messe des Morts (Requiem Mass) was one of the most famous and frequently-heard works of eighteenth-century France. Thanks to the Esemble Sagittarius and...continue...
Recording information: Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (07/16/1989-07/17/1989); Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, Aix en Provence (08/08/1992)....continue...

Guillaume de Machaut: Sacred and Secular Music; Messe de Nostre Dame

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame; Le Judgement du Roi de Navarre; Dame, vostre doulz viaire, virelai for voice; Amours qui ha le povoir/Faus samblant/Vidi dominum, motet for 3 voices; Je vi...
Performers: Bonnardot, Emmanuel; Cook, Randall; Hamon, Pierre; Lablaude, Anne-Marie; Lesne, Brigitte; Tachikawa, Akira; Vellard, Dominique

Songs to Mary: Marian Motets / Robert Crowe

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2011-02-22

Works: Gregorian Chant: Ave Maria, antiphon; Alessandro Grandi: O quam tu pulchra es, motet for voice & continuo; Tota pulchra es amica mea, motet for voice & continuo; Virgo prudentissima, motet for voice ...
Performers: Crowe, Robert; Eberth, Michael

All of these pieces were recorded using editions of original manuscripts....continue...
Recording information: Himmelfahrtskirche München-Sendling (02/01/2010-02/05/2010)....continue...

The St. Emmeram Mensural Codex

1 Super Audio CD / Aeolus / 2011-01-11

Works: Johannes Brassart: Christi nutu sublimato, motet; Johannes Roullet: Sanctus, trope (Crux columpna preelecta); Reginaldus Liebert: Agnus dei, fauxbourdon for vocal ensemble; Gilles de Bins dit Binchoi...
Performers: Berben, Leon; Burchards, Edzard; Hartkopf, Christof; Holzle, Gerhard; Rumbold, Ian; Schmidl, Marcus; Vitzthum, Franz; Wenk, Klaus
Conductors:
Ensemble: Stimmwerck

The St. Emmeram Codex is one of the very few large manuscripts of polyphonic music to have survived in Western Europe from the late Middle...continue...
Recording information: Klosterkirche Windberg / Bogen (08/2007)....continue...

Tristan et Iseult / Cohen, von Ramm, Azéma, Ledriot, Boston Camerata

1 CD / Erato / 2010-11-16

Works: Anonymous, French: Tristan et Iseult, strophic lai (Vienna, B.N., ms. 2542); Le lai du chevrefeuille; Jehan Bodel: Les un pin verdoiant, dance; Anonymous, German: Gottes namen varen wir; Anonymous, C...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Hargis, Ellen; Hite, William; Ledroit, Henri; Lundahl, Steven; Morrison, Richard; Stillman, Dan
Conductors: Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

Oswald Von Wolkenstein: Songs of Myself

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-04-13

Works: Oswald von Wolkenstein: Es feugt sich; Herz, müt, leib, sel; Frölich, zärtlich, lieplich, K 94; Di molen van pariis; Mi, mi, sol, fa; Grasselick lif; Durch Barbarei, Arabia; Ach senlic...
Performers: Scholl, Andreas
Conductors:
Ensemble: Shield of Harmony

Few composers could have boasted quite such a colorful existence as the medieval poet and sometime diplomat Oswald von Wolkenstein (c.1376-1445). Having grown up in...continue...
Recording information: St. Valentinus Church, Kiedrich, Germany (06/2009)....continue...

French and Italian Discoveries 1200-1700 / Alfred Deller, Deller Consort, et al

6 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-08-11

Works: Anonymous: Pater noster commiserans, conductus; Alleluja christus resurgens with clausula, Mors (Hallelujah for the fourth Sunday after Easter); Hoquetus; Amor potest conqueri, motet; El Mois de mai;...
Performers: Brown, Wilfred; Cantelo, April; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; Gabb, Harry; Leonhardt, Gustav; Leonhardt, Marie; Malcolm, George; McLoughlin, Eileen; Scheiwein, Robert; Ward, David
Conductors: ; Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien; Deller Consort; London Chamber Players

These landmark recordings of French and Italian Renaissance music led the Early Music movement into previously uncharted territory. These ground breaking recordings of Monteverdi, including...continue...

Carmina burana / Clemencic Consort

1 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2009-06-30

Works: Anonymous: Carmina burana
Performers: Ambrosini, Marco; Clemencic, René; Forster, Markus; Kummer, Eberhard; Reithofer, Wolfgang; Vasseghi, Esmail; Wimmer, Thomas; Zosso, René
Conductors: Clemencic, René
Ensemble: Clemencic Consort

Alfred Deller - The Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 3 - Christmas Carols & Motets

4 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-10-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: Pat-a-Pan (Burgundian); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Coventry Carol (2); Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582); Hajej, nynej, Jezishku (Rocking Carol) (Czech); The First Nowe...
Performers: Deller, Alfred
Conductors:
Ensemble: Deller Consort

Alfred Deller set the standard for countertenors for many years. His voice was very light with a wonderful lyric quality. He was most effective in...continue...

Alfred Deller Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 1 - Folk Songs and Ballads / Deller Consort

7 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-07-22

Works: Henry Purcell: Man is for the woman made, Z. 605/3; Sir Walter enjoying his damsel, catch for 3 voices, Z. 273; To thee and to a maid, catch for 3 voices, Z. 283; Fie, nay prithee, John, catch, ZD 10...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond; Sheppard, Honor
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Chamber Players

For the first time ever, the complete Vanguard recordings of the groundbreaking early music artist Alfred Deller will be made available in six deluxe boxed...continue...
Personnel: Alfred Deller & the Deller Consort (countertenor); Desmond Dupre (guitar, lute)....continue...

Remembrance - d' Épinal, de l' Escurel, etc / Alexandre and Emilia Danilevski, Ensemble Syntagma

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2008-05-13

Works: Gautier d'Espinal: Aÿmans fins et verais, estampie; Quand je voi l'erbe menue, chanson; Desconfortez et de joie parti, chanson; Puis qu'il m'estuet de ma dolour, chanson; Aÿmans fins et ver...
Performers: Cantor, Annemieke; Coppenolle, Pascale Van; Danilevski, Alexandre; Danilevski, Anna; Stasiaczyck, Benoit; Stilz, Bernard; Tachikawa, Akira; Xiaobo, Peng
Conductors: Danilevski, Alexandre
Ensemble: Ensemble Syntagma

Contrary to many medieval music performances with very short pieces in a variety of settings and tempi, this CD contains pieces with an average length...continue...

The Art of Alfred Deller - Classic Vanguard Recordings

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-03-04

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; The Cuckoo; The Oak and the Ash (North Country Maid), folk song; King Henry, folk song; Greensleeves, folk song; Scottish Traditional: Barbara Allen,...
Performers: Bergmann, Walter; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; Leonhardt, Gustav
Conductors: ; Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: ; Deller Consort; Ensemble of Baroque Instruments; Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V

"Alfred Deller's singing is beguiling and timeless; (Purcell) "Music for a while" (is) from a number of songs which exhibit his essential mastery: everything from...continue...

Mater matris Christi - Obrecht, etc / Bäuml, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Coviello / 2007-11-03

Works: Anonymous: Carmen no 1; Gaudeamus omnes; Carmen in fa; Alleluia Anna mater eximia; Luce lucens in aeterna; Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis; Carmen no 2; Lucis huius festa; Salve Regina "Annaberg ms...
Performers: Adler, Gesine; Erler, David; Gahler, Stephan; Gerchen, Matthias; Reim, Sebastian; Schmidt, Johannes
Conductors: Bäuml, Katharina
Ensemble: Capella de la Torre

Capella de la Torre is a group of musicians who have made a name for themselves as specialists in historical performance practice. The ensemble's aim...continue...

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

Constantinople

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-09-04

Works: Anonymous, Cancionero de Palacio: Ya soi desposado, Oy comamos y bebamos; Gillebert de Berneville: De moi doleros vos chant; Anonymous, Manuscrit du Roi: La Septime Estampie Real; Chastelain de Couci...
Performers: Atlan, Francoise; Azema, Anne; Constantinople; Shbeir, Ghada; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Tabassian, Kiya;
Ensemble: Constantinople; En Chordais; Ensemble En Chordais

Personnel: Ghada Shbeir, Francoise Atlan, Anne Azema, Daniel Taylor (vocals)....continue...

The Water is Wide and other Lute Songs / Perrin, Parsons

2 CD / Meridian / 2007-07-10

Works: British Isles Traditional: The Water Is Wide, folk song; English Traditional: Scarborough Fair; Through Bushes and through Briars; Lillibulero, lute song; The Turtle Dove; The Three Ravens, folk song...
Performers: Parsons, David; Perrin, Nigel

Nigel Perrin sang with the legendary King's Singers from 1968 to 1980. He initially left the group to work for the Church Army in an...continue...

El siglo de oro / Lionheart

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-03-13

Works: Francisco Guerrero: Ojos claros y serenos; Sanctissima Maria; Sancta et immaculata; Pan divino, gracioso; Pastor, quien madre virgen; O Virgen; Qué te daré, Señor?; Anonymous: Ro...
Performers: Johnson, Jeffrey; Lipnik, Lawrence; Olund, John; Porterfield, Richard; Richards, Kurt-Owen; Ryan-Wenger, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Lionheart

Lionheart is one of America's leading ensembles in vocal chamber music. Acclaimed for its "smoothly blended and impeccably balanced sound" (The New York Times), Lionheart...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...

Constantinople / Taylor, Azéma, Atlan, Shbeir, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2006-07-01

Works: Anonymous, Cancionero de Palacio: Ya soi desposado, Oy comamos y bebamos; Gillebert de Berneville: De moi doleros vos chant; Anonymous, Manuscrit du Roi: La Septime Estampie Real; Chastelain de Couci...
Performers: Atlan, Francoise; Azema, Anne; Constantinople; Homsy, L'Ensemble en Chordais et Imane; Shbeir, Ghada; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Tabassian, Kiya
Ensemble: Constantinople; En Chordais

"This album is a sampler of tracks from previous releases by Constantinople, the Canadian early music ensemble that specializes primarily in music from areas surrounding...continue...

Angel Voices - Collection for Christmas / Western Wind

1 CD / Western Wind / 2006-04-01

Works: William Billings: Boston; Bethlehem; Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); The Cherry Tree Carol; If Anybody Ask You (Spiritual); Anonymous: I Believe This Is Jesus; Includemur n...
Performers: Arnold, Johanna; Bennett, Lawrence; De Ruitaer, Albert; Karpienia, Joseph; Lee, William Lyon; Levine, Elliot Z.; Rowe, Cheryl Bensman; Rowell, Mary L.; Western Wind; Zukof, William
Conductors:
Ensemble: Western Wind

An inspiring collection of medieval, renaissance, early American, and contemporary music celebrating the holiday - a treasury of familiar and rare holiday musical treats!...continue...
Personnel: Johanna Arnold (soprano); Lawrence Bennet, William Lyon Lee (tenor); William Zukof (countertenor); Albert De Ruiter (bass voice); Mary L. Rowell (violin).

Recording information: Rutg...continue...

O Western Wind / Western Wind Vocal Ensemble

1 CD / Western Wind / 2006-04-01

Works: Robert Dennis: O Western Wind; Anonymous, English: Sumer is icumen in; Anonymous: Flos Regalis, for 4 voices; Irme quiero; Ay luna que reluces, villancico; Miraculous Love's Wounding; I Believe This ...
Performers: Arnold, Johanna; Bennett, Lawrence; Clark, Phyllis Elaine; Guth, John; Herreid, Grant; Lee, William Lyon; Levine, Elliot Z.; Maloney, Robert; Rowe, Cheryl Bensman; Western Wind; Zukof, William
Conductors:
Ensemble: Western Wind

Personnel: Phyllis Elaine Clark (soprano); Lawrence Bennet, William Lyon Lee (tenor); William Zukof (countertenor); Elliot Levine (baritone); John Guth (guitar).

Recording information: Kampo Cu...continue...

Sound in Spirit / Chanticleer

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Jan Gilbert: NightChants, theatrical vocal work; Nectarie Vlahul: Axion estin os alethos makarizein; Joseph Jennings: Sound in Spirit, for vocal ensemble; Beata, for vocal ensemble (after Gregorian C...
Performers: Alatorre, Eric; Antin, Jesse; Barnett, Steve [Choral Music]; Bischoff, John; Brenner, Eric S.; Chanticleer; Hostetter, Dylan; Howell, Ian; Jennings, Joseph; Johns, Ben; Lichtenauer, Michael; Maguire,...

Chanticleer has a repertoire spanning ten centuries from Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony, Romantic art song, Jazz, spirituals, contemporary and world music. Founded in 1978, they...continue...

Homenaige al Misteri d'Elx - La Vespra / Savall, et al

1 CD / Alia Vox / 2004-06-01

Works: Anonymous, Catalonian: El Misteri d'Elx, mystery play in 2 parts for the Feast of the Assumption
Performers: Bertin, Pascal; Carnovich, Daniele; Climent, Lambert; Diaz-Latorre, Xavier; Figueras, Montserrat; Garrigosa, Francesc; Guglielmi, Luca; Hernandez, Mercedes; Hernandez-Pastor, Josep; Olavide, Begona; ...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya

"AliaVox's detailed, widely dynamic sonics are gorgeous, though the engineering admittedly is often equally subordinate to the play, with balances that favor the artificial impact...continue...

Music of the Middle Ages Vol 1 - Troubadour & Trouvère Songs

1 CD / Lyrichord / 2004-04-06

Works: Giraut de Bornelh: Reis glorios, monophonic alba; Guiraut Riquier: Ples de tristor, marritz e doloiros; Arnaut Daniel: Chanson do-ill mot son plan e prim; Bernart de Ventadorn: Can vei le lauzta move...
Performers: Barab, Seymour; Oberlin, Russell

1+1 Monastic Chant / Paul Hillier, Theatre of Voices

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-11-01

Works: Anonymous, Aquitanian Repertory: Resonemus hoc natali; Gregorian Chant: Natus est rex; Anonymous, Medieval Hungarian Polyphony: In hoc anni circulo; Albertus Parisiensis: Cogaudeant Catholici (from C...
Performers: Bennett, Alan; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Hargis, Ellen; Hillier, Paul; Richards, Steven

Tête á Tête - Vivaldi: Vêpres pour la Nativité de la Vierge

2 CD / Naïve / 2003-10-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Antienne; Antonio Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus in D major, RV 595; Laudate Pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for voice, strings & continuo in C minor, RV 600; In exitu Israel in C major, RV 604; ...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Dawson, Lynne; Elwes, John; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy

This recording reconstructs a service of 'Vespers for the Nativity of the Virgin' employing works composed at that time. The office consists of five psalms...continue...

Folksongs / Alfred Deller, Mark Deller, Desmond Dupré

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-07-01

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; The Oak and the Ash (North Country Maid), folk song; Lord Rendall, folk song; The Tailor and the Mouse, folk song; Down by the Salley Gardens, folk s...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupré, Desmond

Blue - Music of The Gothic Era / London Early Music Consort

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-08

Works: Léonin: Magnus Liber Organi (attrib.); Pérotin: Viderunt omnes; Sederunt principes; Anonymous, German: Alle, psallite cum luya; Anonymous: Amor potest conqueri, motet; S'on me regarde; ...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Hill, Martyn; James, David; Nixon, John; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Shaw, Geoffrey
Conductors: Munrow, David
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London

"This is a very special album. It should be treasured." -Stereo Review "A fascinating selection of 39 marvelous pieces in vivid performances by skilled singers...continue...

Alleluia Nativitas - Medieval Christmas / Orlando Consort

1 CD / Metronome / 2001-07-30

Works: Anonymous: Novus annus hodie, for 3 voices; Mater Dei salus rei, in 2 part polyphony; In sompnis mira, in 3 parts; Huic et placuit, in 3 parts; Flos Regalis, for 4 voices; Anonymous, French: Ut iam c...
Performers: Daniels, Charles; Greig, Donald; Harre-Jones, Robert; Orlando Consort; Smith, Angus; Smith, August

Personnel: Charles Daniels, Angus Smith (tenor).

Recording information: Aosis Studio, Camden Town, London, England (02/26/1990/02/27/1990)....continue...

Dunstable: Missa Rex Seculorum, etc / The Orlando Consort

1 CD / Metronome / 2001-07-30

Works: John Dunstable: Missa "Rex seculorum"; Ave maris stella, MB 35; Gloria; O crux gloriosa, MB 53; Descendi in ortum meum, MB 73; Speciosa factor est, MB 50; Veni Sancte Spiritus à 4, MB 32; Alba...
Performers: Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Greig, Donald; Harre-Jones, Robert; Smith, Angus
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orlando Consort

The Voice / Andreas Scholl

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-01-01

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; Scottish Traditional: Barbara Allen, folk song; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Antonio Vivaldi: Cessate omai cessate, RV 684; Amen; Jo...
Performers: Gasser, Brigitte; Heumann, Friederike; Markl, Markus; Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Scholl, Andreas; Schröder, Karl-Ernst; Verzier, Alix
Conductors: Banchini, Chiara; Herreweghe, Philippe;
Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Ensemble 415

"It's a voice that has no artificial edge or unsteadiness (an unfortunate feature typical of many "made" countertenors) because, according to Scholl himself, this is...continue...

The Old Hall Manuscript / Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-05-16

Works: Queldryk: Gloria; Anonymous: Pia Mater; Nesciens Mater; Post Missarum Solennia; Byttering: Nesciens Mater; En Katerine Solennia; Thomas Damett: Beata Dei Genitrix for 3 voices; Salve Porta Paradisi f...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Hillier, Paul; James, David; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Stafford, Ashley

The "Old Hall" manuscript is the earliest important collection of English music to include the names of many of its composers. This recording will be...continue...

Daniel Taylor - Portrait

1 CD / ATMA / 2000-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; Come Again; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; H...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Brault, Oliver; Cartier, Pierre; Haynes, Bruce; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Moran, Christine; Napper, Susan; Plouffe, Helene; Poirier, Rejean; Scott Me...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

"...Taylor has made several solo recodings and this appealingly assembled disc contains items from four of them. All but one of the pieces belong to...continue...

Officium / Jan Garbarek, The Hilliard Ensemble

1 CD / ECM / 1999-11-16

Works: Cristóbal de Morales: Parce mihi domine; Anonymous: Primo tempore; Jadrensis Codex; Regnantem sempiterna; Procedentem sponsum; Pulcherrima rosa; De spineto nata rosa; Credo; Virgo flagellatur;...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Garbarek, Jan; James, David [Countertenor]; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]; Potter, John [Tenor]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble

Star of the Magi / Le Blanc, Taylor, Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 1999-11-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Joseph est bien marié; Coventry Carol (2); Riu, riu, chiu!, carol (Spanish); Nowell; Tarqui...
Performers: LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

"As many times as I've heard the medieval carol 'There is no rose', it still works its mysterious magic--and especially so when performed as beautifully...continue...

Mnemosyne / Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble

2 CD / ECM Import / 1999-10-05

Works: Traditional: Quechua Song; Remember me my dear; Eagle Dance; Mascarades; Thomas Tallis: O Lord, in thee is all my trust; Antoine Brumel: Agnus Dei; Hildegard of Bingen: O ignis spiritus Paracliti; Ve...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Garbarek, Jan; James, David [Countertenor]; Jones, Gordon [Baritone]; Potter, John [Tenor]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hilliard Ensemble

Early Music - The Black Madonna / Posch, Ensemble Unicorn

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-03-27

Works: Anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat: Cuncti simus concanentes; Mariam Matrem Virginem, virelai for 3 voices (Llibre Vermell); O Virgo splendens, canon for 3 voices (Llibre Vermell); Los Set gotxs...
Performers: Landauer, Bernhard; Sykes, Belinda
Conductors: Posch, Michael
Ensemble: Ensemble Unicorn

One of the most significant centers of pilgrimage during the Middle Ages was the Monastery of Montserrat, near Barcelona, Spain, with its miraculous Black Madonna....continue...
Recording information: W.A.R. Studio, Germany (05/17/1996-05/21/1996)....continue...

Song of the Troubadours and Trouvères / Becker, Eisenstein

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 1997-11-01

Works: Marcabru: Pax in nomine Domini; Bernart de Ventadorn: Non es meravelha s'eu chan; Peire Vidal: Anc no mori per amor ni per al; Anonymous, Trouvères: A l'entrada del temps clar; Pensis, chief enc...
Performers: Becker, Peter

My fayre ladye - Tudor Songs and Chant / Lionheart

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-06-01

Works: Sarum Consort: Quam pulcra es; Ibo michi ad montem mirre; Salve Regina misericordi; Tota pulcra es; Anima mea liquefacta est; Beata Dei genitrix; John Dunstable: Quam pulcra es, antiphon for 3 voices...
Performers: Johnson, Jeffrey [Bass Vocal]; Lipnik, Lawrence; Olund, John; Porterfield, Richard; Richards, Kurt-Owen; Rosser, Stephen
Conductors:
Ensemble: Lionheart

English Folksongs & Lute Songs / Andreas Scholl

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1996-08-01

Works: John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; First Book of Songs or Ayres; The Lady Russells Paven, P 17; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Second Booke of Songes; Say love ...
Performers: Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Scholl, Andreas