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Deo gracias Anglia! - Medieval English Carols; The Trinity Carol Roll / Andrew Lawrence-King; Michael Grebil; Pamela Thorby

1 CD / Obsidian Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Christmas Traditional: Hail Marye Ful of Grace, carol (English); Nowel, Nowel, Nowel, carol (English); Now May We Syngyn, carol (English); Be Mery, Be Mery, carol (English); Nowell Sing We, carol (En...
Performers: Grebil, Michael; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Thorby, Pamela
Conductors: Skinner, David
Ensemble: Alamire

The Trinity Carol Roll (Trinity College, Cambridge) is the earliest known source for the English polyphony carol. The thirteen works preserved therein include the patriotic...continue...
Recording information: The Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge (09/01/2011-09/03/2011)....continue...

I Dilettosi Fiori - Late 14th Century Instrumental Music / Corina Marti, flutes & clavisimbalum

1 CD / Ramee / 2012-04-10

Works: Paolo da Firenze: Era Venus al termin, madrigal for 2 voices; Anonymous, Italian: Aquila altera (after Jacopo da Bologna); Indescort (diminution from the Codex Faenza on the anonymous ballad "A disco...
Performers: Marti, Corina; Meyer, Ernst; Musch, Monika
Conductors: Marti, Corina

The late 14th-century instrumental music that forms the core of this release comes from the two most important surviving sources of this repertoire: the London...continue...
Recording information: l'Eglise de Basse-Bodeux (04/2010/03/2011)....continue...

The Christmas Album / Libera boy choir

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; In...
Performers: Ashley, Charlotte; Coates, Sam; Collins, Luke; Crawley, Ben; De Menezes-Wood, Jakob; Fontannaz, Daniel; Geraghty, Steven; Ingles, Freddie; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; May, Elizabeth; McCarthy...
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert

The Arts Desk
The singing is generally great - you can detect a very slight rough edge to the boys' sound which is exactly as it...continue...
Recording information: The Music Place, London, England (05/2011-07/2011).

For an act famed for their angelic vocals and heart-warming celestial sound, it's a surprise that The Christmas Album ...continue...

Amours Me Fait Desirer - Machaut, Landini, Wolkenstein

1 CD / Talanton / 2011-11-03

Works: Anonymous: Alleluya; Istanpitta Gaetta; Francesco Landini: Non avrà mai pietà, ballata for 3 voices, S. 144; Che pena è questa al cor, ballata for 3 (or 2) voices, S. 162 (2 versions);...
Performers: Bohm, Rainer; Burggaller, Hans-Jurgen; Jaenicke, Dagmar; Kopcke, Maria; Priess, Petra
Conductors: Böhm, Rainer
Ensemble: Ensemble Alta Musica

The fourteenth century was a time of important innovations; notation harmony, polyphony and developments in rhythm. Alta Musica was founded in 1985 to promote the...continue...
Recording information: Andreaskirche Berlin (2003-09-15_2003-09-17&2004-)....continue...

The Christmas Album / Libera boy choir [Deluxe Edition]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; In...
Performers: Ashley, Charlotte; Coates, Sam; Collins, Luke; Crawley, Ben; De Menezes-Wood, Jakob; Fontannaz, Daniel; Geraghty, Steven; Ingles, Freddie; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; May, Elizabeth; McCarthy...
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert

The Arts Desk
The singing is generally great - you can detect a very slight rough edge to the boys' sound which is exactly as it...continue...
Recording information: The Music Place, London, England (05/2011-07/2011).

For an act famed for their angelic vocals and heart-warming celestial sound, it's a surprise that The Christmas Album ...continue...

Minstrel's Musicke: Medieval Songs & Dances / Banks, Spring, Lindo, Wesseling

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-10-25

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarello no 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987); La Manfredina; Saltarello no 2 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Christmas Traditional: Angelus ad virginem (English); Hyer matin; Anonymous: Amoroso for flu...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Wandor, Michelene; Wesseling, Lisette

The music of medieval minstrel for voice, harp, pipe, tabor & drum. Lively & cheerful dances, songs, reflective ballads played on authentic instruments from the...continue...

Sing Noel: A European Christmas Revels

1 CD / Revels Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Pierre Passereau: Il est bel et bon; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra; Traditional: Bourrée en Étoile; Muwashah Jalla Men Qad Sawarak; Darj Bayyati...
Performers: Catt, Cristi; Coffin, David; Cole, Julian; Davidson, Hannah; Desbois, Jack; Epstein, Jerome; Fleagle, John; Fuchs, Lee; Gulley, Laura; Jaffe, Jamie; Mackay-Smith, Kyla; McNutt, Salome Sandoval; Meyer...
Conductors: ; Gay, David; Langstaff, John; Epstein, Jerome; Humez, Roberta; Emlen, George
Ensemble: ; Sharq Ensemble

Celebrate the holidays with this new collection of medieval and Renaissance processionals, hymns, carols, songs and dances from France and Spain, and a taste of...continue...
Recording information: Futura Productions, Roslindale, MA....continue...

Music from the Court of Burgundy / Works by Ciconia, Dufay, Pullois, Binchois, Agricola, et al.

1 CD / Yarlung / 2011-09-27

Works: Johannes Pullois: Gloria, for chorus; Guillaume Dufay: Urbs beata Ierusalem, hymn for 3 voices; Anonymous, French: A cheval, tout homme à cheval, song; La franchoise nouvelle, for ensemble; Jo...
Performers: Gilbert, Adam Knight; Gilbert, Rotem; Milliken, Doug; Nagy, Debra
Conductors: Gilbert, Adam Knight; Gilbert, Rotem
Ensemble: ; Ciaramella

Ciaramella plays brilliantly on shawms, sackbuts, bagpipes and recorders - this is some of the best Renaissance wind playing in the world. Their new recording...continue...
Recording information: Alfred Newman Hall, University of Southern California, (06/09/2008-06/16/2008)....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...

Game of Love in Medieval France / Anne Azema, soprano

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Moniot d'Arras: Ce fu en mai; Thibaud de Champagne: Amors me fait conmencier, song; Anonymous, French: L'on dit q'amors est dolce choser; Lai del Kievrefuel; Margot, Margot, grief sunt li mau d'amer,...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Bisson, Noel; Fleagle, John; Jousselin, Catherine; Kammen, Shira; Lepkoff, Jesse; Mealy, Robert; Santaniello, Ellen; Tindemans, Margriet
Conductors: Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

Works by Thibault de Champagne, Moniot d'Arras, Jehannot de l'Escurel, Adam de la Halle, Guillaume d'Amiens, Jean de Flagy, Guillaume le Vinier, Anonymous....continue...
Recording information: Campion Center, Weston, MA (01/20/1996-01/25/1996)....continue...

Provence Mystique: Sacred Songs Of The Middle Ages / Anne Azema, soprano

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Bohemian Plainchant: Audi tellus; Anonymous, Aquitanian Repertory: Clara sonent organa; Gaucelm Faidit: Ar levatz sus, francha corteza gens!; Anonymous, French: Tantost com fon al loc vengutz (from t...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Brisset, Laurence; Coene, Annelies; Higginson, Kit; Jousselin, Catherine; Mourey, Pasquale; Tindemans, Margriet
Conductors:
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

12th and 13th Century meldoies and texts from Southern France and Spain, by Peire Cardenal, Guilhem Figueira, Peire Espanhol, Alfonso el Sabio and others....continue...
Recording information: Abbaye de Gellone, Saint-Guilhem-le-Déser, France (07/11/1998-07/18/1998)....continue...

Guillaume de Machaut: The Motets / Ensemble Musica Nova

2 CD / Aeon / 2011-07-12

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: S'il estoit nulz/S'amours tous/Et gaudebit; Qui es promesses de Fortune/Ha, Fortune! trop suis mis loing/Et non est qui adjuvet; He, Mors, com tu es haïe/Fine Amour, quie m...
Performers: Bauer, Martin; Bernartene, Patrick; Bihan, Gwenael; Fourquier, Marion; Guimaraes-Peres, Lucas
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Musica Nova

Since the beauty, richness, and diversity of such an oeuvre made it impossible to choose amongst the 23 motets by the Canon of Reims, the...continue...
Recording information: Pigna (Haute-Corse) (04/07/2002-04/13/2002)....continue...

Nell' Autumno di Bisanzio: Guillaume Du Fay azischen Orient und Okzident

1 CD / Talanton / 2011-07-03

Works: Johannes Le Grant: Se liesse; Guillaume Dufay: Ce jour de l'an; Seigneur Leon, vous soyes bienvenus, rondeau for 4 voices (attributed); Vassilissa ergo gaude; C'est bien raison de devoir essaucier; L...
Performers: Baka, Theodora; Kountouras, Dimitris; Kyriakakis, Giorgos
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ex Silentio

Recording information: Andreaskirche Berlin Wannsee (02/04/2010-02/07/2010)....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

Antico - Moderno / Doron Sherwin, Julien Martin, Josh Cheatham, Skip Sempe, Capriccio Stravagante

1 CD / Paradizo / 2011-05-01

Works: Francesco Rognoni: Variations on Palestrina's Pulchra es, for bass viola da gamba & continuo; Richardo Rogniono: Ancor che co'l partire, for viola bastarda (after Cipriano); Josquin Desprez: In te Do...
Performers: Cheatham, Joshua; Johannel, Francoise; Kiener, Evolene; Martin, Julien; Milne, Nick; Sablonniere, Marine; Sempe, Skip; Sherwin, Doron David
Conductors:
Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante; Capriccio Stravagante Recorders; Capriccio Stravagante Viols

The Italian madrigals and Franco-Flemish chansons on which the "diminution" repertoire was based included some of the most popular and memorable music of the 16th...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

Ghiradello da Firenze: Madrigali, Cacce, Ballate

1 CD / Nuova Era / 2010-05-25

Works: Ghirardello da Firenze: Per non far liet'alcun; Allo spirar dell'arie brun; I' vo' bene a chi vol bene a me, ballata; Donna, l'altrui mirar che fate; Cacciando un giorno alla vaga foresta; Si forte v...
Performers: Hoffmann, Bettina; Sardelli, Federico Maria
Conductors:
Ensemble: Modo Antiquo

Recording information: Oratorio di S. Francesco Poverino, Firenze, Italy (08/1991); Villa "La Quiete" Firenze (08/1991); Oratorio di S. Francesco Poverino, Firenze, Italy (10/1992); Villa "La Quiete" ...continue...

Garden of Early Delights / Thorby, Lawrence-King

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2010-03-23

Works: Diego Ortiz: Trattado de glosas; Jacob van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-hof; Dario Castello: Sonate concertate in stil moderno Book 2; John Dowland: Second Booke of Songes; Third and Last Booke of Songes; ...
Performers: Lawrence-King, Andrew; Thorby, Pamela

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...

Hildegard von Bingen - The Dendermonde Codex / Dous Mal Ensemble

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-11-10

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: O frondens virga, antiphon; De Sancta Maria; Ave Maria, O auctrix, response; O eterne Deus; O clarissima mater, response; O gloriosissimi lux vivens, antiphon for the angels; Cu...
Performers: Coen, Bart [Recorder]; Fennely, Liam [fiddle]; Van Laethem, Katelijne [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dous Mal (ensemble)

Recording information: Begijnhofkerk, Dendermonde, BE (11/01/2001-11/02/2008)....continue...

Estel De Mar: Llibre Vermall de Monserrat

1 CD / Christophorus / 2009-11-01

Works: Anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat: O Virgo splendens, canon for 3 voices (Llibre Vermell); Stella splendens in monte, virelai for 2 voices (Llibre Vermell); Laudemus virginem, canon for 3 voice...
Performers: Bothwell, Malcolm; Hoefener, Kristin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Kantika (Vocal Ensemble)

Montserrat monastery had been a well-known place for the veneration of the Virgin in the 13th and 14th centuries, also being home of the Llibre...continue...
Recording information: Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, France (07/2009)....continue...

The Troubador & the Nun - Hildegard von Bingen, Dowland, etc / Tubb, et al

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Giraut de Bornelh: Reis glorios, monophonic alba; Hildegard von Bingen: Ave generosa; O clarissima mater, response; O viridissima virga; Beatriz de Dia: A chantar m'er de so qu'en no volria, song; An...
Performers: Fields, Michael; Hatcher, David; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]

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

Music from the Time of Columbus /Pickett, New London Consort

1 CD / Linn Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Anonymous: Viva el Gran Re Don Fernando; Como No le Andare Yo (Colombina Songbook); Perdi la Mi Rueca; Al alva venid buen amigo; Dale, Si le das; Anonymous, Spanish: A los maytines era (Cancionero Mu...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Finnis, Catherine; Finucane, Tom; Henderson, Stephen; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Levine, Joanna; Levy, Mark [Viol]; Pickett, Philip

Greensleeves: Music For Recorder and Harp

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-03-21

Works: Conrad Paumann: Mit Ganczen Willen Wunsch Ich Dir, chorale prelude for organ; Ellend du hast umbfangen mich, chorale prelude for organ; Anonymous, Lochamer Liederbuch: Wilhelmus Legrant; Guillaume Du...
Performers: Billy Taylor; Geert Van Gele

God shall be praised - Music from Lüne Convent / Ulrike Volkhardt, et al

1 CD / Cantate / 2009-02-13

Works: Anonymous: Procedentem sponsum; Cantate Domino canticum novum; Ad te levavi; Ibant parentes Iesu; In omnibus requiem quesivi; Suscepimus Deus; Tribus miraculis; Puer nobis nascitur; Factus est Dominu...
Performers: Volkhardt, Ulrike
Conductors: Volkhardt, Ulrike
Ensemble: Devotio Moderna

Ensemble Devotio Moderna perform modern interpretations of long forgotten musical manuscripts from the middle ages discovered in the libraries of German convents. For these recordings...continue...

Schoeller: Hypnos linea; Hamon, Machaut, Lavista, etc / Hamon, Biffi, Grébel, et al

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2009-02-10

Works: Philippe Schoeller: Hypnos linea V, for tenor recorder; Hypnos linea II, for voice (or flute); Armenian Traditional: From Early Morning, ritual song; Pierre Hamon: Ritual 1, for gaita hembra (female ...
Performers: Biffi, Vivabiancaluna; Grebil, Michael; Hamon, Pierre; Wright, John

Pierre Hamon presents medieval repertoire (Brittany, Guillaume Machaut), a Sefarad song, an Armenian melody, traditional Colombian themes, and contemporary pieces of Philippe Schoeller and Mario...continue...

Ludus Danielis - The Play of Daniel / The Dufay Collective, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-08-12

Works: Anonymous, Egerton Manuscript 2615: Ludus Danielis (The Play of Daniel), medieval mystery play
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Brough, Harvey; Ellis, Vivien; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Lewin, Giles [Violin/Bagpipe]; Lyons, William; Pell, Susanna; Phillips, Tom [Tenor Vocal]; Pott, Charles; Potter, John [Te...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dufay Collective

"The singing and instrumental playing are first rate, as we expect from these forces, and I have to say that the way instruments are used...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...

Faventina / Pedro Memelsdorff, Mala Punica

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: Anonymous, Codex Faenza: Kyrie cunctipotens genitor Deus, intabulation (ff. 79r-79v); Kyrie cunctipotens genitor Deus, intabulation for keyboard (ff. 88r-90r); Gloria, intabulation (ff. 90r-92v); Fon...
Performers: Memelsdorff, Pedro
Conductors: Memelsdorff, Pedro
Ensemble: Mala Punica

Mala Punica (the pomegranates) is a vocal and instrumental ensemble entirely devoted to a repertoire that has been called "the avant-garde of the European middle-ages"....continue...

Heu, fortuna / La rota

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-10-30

Works: Gillebert de Berneville: Au noviau temps que yvers se debrise, for vocal ensemble; Philippe de Vitry: Aman novi/Heu, fortuna subdola/Heu me; Tribum/Quoniam secta/Merito hec patimur, motet; Tobie Mill...
Performers: Barnes, Sarah; Brûlé, Émilie; Miller, Tobie; Rotta, Esteban La
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble La Rota

La Rota is a Montreal-based quartet that has garnered acclaim for its creative presentation of medieval music, and consists of Sarah Barnes (soprano), Tobie Miller...continue...

Heaven

1 Super Audio CD / Aliud / 2007-07-30

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Lamento di Tristano, estampie; Saltarello; Aurelio Virgiliano: Ricercata, for viola bastarda & lute; Jacob van Eyck: Variations on "Wat Zal Men Op Den Avond Doen"; Johann Sebastia...
Performers: Moelker, Bo; Moelker, Merel; Moelker, Ronald [Recorder]; Read, Andrew [Conductor]; Van Wezel, Karin

Recording information: Nederlands Hervormde Kerk Kolham (08/02/2005/08/03/2005)....continue...

Music for Emperor Charles V - Josquin, etc / Gerchen, et al

1 CD / Coviello / 2007-04-05

Works: Anonymous: Dit le burguygnon; Cancionero de Upsala; L'homme armé; Tourdion; L'amor, dona, ch'io te porto; Ay luna que reluzes; Propinan de melyor; Requiem aeternam; Michael Praetorious: Pavane...
Performers: Bäuml, Katharina; Bahr, Birgit; Gerchen, Matthias; Hills, Annette; Knebel, Sebastian; Reimers, Detlef; Thiele, Nora
Conductors:
Ensemble: Capella de la Torre

The emphasis of this new recording is on ceremonial wind music, which was popular, particularly in Spain, at spiritual and secular events alike. However, the...continue...

Odyssey

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-01-30

Works: Bernart de Ventadorn: Non es meravelha s'eu chan; Juan del Encina: Hoy comamos y bebamos, for 4 voices; Irish Traditional: She Moved through the Fair, folk song; English Traditional: Once I Had a Swe...
Performers: Bielefeld, Bob; Dillard, Ray; Dyer, Max; Gay, Martha; Pando, Stefano; Phyfe, Owain; Smith, Malcolm
Conductors:
Ensemble: New World Renaissance Band

The Art of the Recorder / David Munrow

2 CD / Testament / 2005-06-14

Works: Anonymous, English: English Dance (13th century); English Te Deum; Estampie from the Robertsbridge fragment; Anonymous, Italian: Saltarellos 1-4 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Jacques Barbireau: Een Vroylic Wes...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brookes, Oliver; Burrowes, Norma; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Hill, Martyn; Hogwood, Christopher; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Lumsden, Alan; Munrow, David; Reid, ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: David Munrow Recorder Consort; Early Music Consort of London

David Munrow established his Early Music Consort of London in 1967 and much of his later work was based around this ensemble, with James Bowman,...continue...

Martin Codax: Cantigas de amigo / Mouton, Fin' amor

1 CD / Musica Ficta / 2005-06-01

Works: Alfonso el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa María; Martin Codax: Cantigas (7) de amigo
Performers: Baete, Thomas; Grebil, Michael; Libert, Vincent; Matras, Carole; Mouton, Bernard
Conductors: Mouton, Bernard
Ensemble: Fin' amor

Songs from the Taverne

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-01-01

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarello no 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987); La Manfredina; Saltarello no 2 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Anonymous, English: Angelus ad Virginem; Sumer is icumen in; Brawle, for ensemble; Anonymous...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Wandor, Michelene; Wesseling, Lisette

Ballads and songs from the time of Chaucer. Lively and cosmopolitan, these songs and ballads are performed in an authentic style using period instruments. The...continue...
Includes estampie(s) real by Anonymous, Manuscrit du Roi....continue...

Diáspora Sefardí / Savall, Figueras, Hespèrion XXI, et al

2 CD / Alia Vox / 2000-03-01

Works: Traditional: El Moro de Antequera; Levantose el Conde Niño; Por allí pasó un cavallero; El rey que tanto madruga; Yo m'enamori; El hermano infame; A la una; Anonymous: El sue&nti...
Performers: Díaz-Latorre, Xavier; Dalal, Yair; Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Karamazov, Edin; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Memelsdorff, Pedro; Olavide, Begoña; Savall, Arianna; Savall, Jordi; Zuc...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

Patchwork / Hesperus

1 CD / Koch International / 2000-01-25

Works: Anonymous: Llibre Vermell de Montserrat; Traditional: Morning Blues; Ballad of Little Sadie; Alta Trinita; Railroadin' Through the Rocky Mountains; Drunkard's Lament; Hobokentanz; The Devil and the F...
Performers: Chancey, Tina; Hutton, Bruce; Reiss, Scott
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hesperus Ensemble

Early Music - Music of the Troubadours / Unicorn, Oni Wytars

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-04-01

Works: Berenguer de Palol: Tant m'abelis; Ai tal domna; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Ara Lauzatz; Giraut de Bornelh: Non posc sofrir qu'a la dolor; Reis glorios, monophonic alba; Peire...
Performers: Ambrosini, Marco; Posch, Michael
Conductors: Posch, Michael
Ensemble: Ensemble Unicorn; Oni Wytars

Using the ideals of courtly love as their inspiration, the troubadours provided a window on the lives, preoccupations and obsessions of the Middle Ages. The...continue...
Recording information: W*A*R* Studio, Vienna, Austria (06/04/1996-06/06/1996)....continue...

Fruit of a Different Vine / Alison Melville, Alayne Hall

1 CD / ATMA / 1999-04-01

Works: Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina for recorder (or flute) & piano, Op. 13; Hans Ulrich Staeps: Reihe kleiner Duette; Sonata for alto recorder & piano in E flat major; Paul Hindemith: Trio for recorders; Walt...
Performers: Hall, Alayne; Melville, Alison; Michaud, Natalie; Savage, Colin

The Cross of Red / New Orleans Musica da Camera

1 CD / Centaur / 1998-08-27

Works: Anonymous: Dum pater familias; Estampie Aiguebelle et nota; Parti de mal; Estampies real; Ar ne kuth ich sorghe non; Cuers desirous apaie; Bele Doette; Saltarello; Sia laudato San Francesco; Guillaum...
Performers: Hutton, Richard; LeBlanc, Stuart; Liuzza, Roy; Schenck, Ben; Scheuermann, Milton G., Jr.; St. Julien, Thaïs; Wauchope, Betty
Conductors:
Ensemble: New Orleans Musica da Camera

Ancient Noëls / Maggie Sansone and Ensemble Galilei

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 1998-07-11

Works: Alfonso el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa María; Traditional: The Gloucester Wassail Song; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; On Christmas Night "Sussex Carol"; O Bethlehem; Bethlehem's stall; A maiden...
Performers: Brooks, Jim; Diehl, Marcia; Harms, Ben; McCleod, Zan; Richards, Sue; Rideout, Bonnie; Sansone, Maggie; Surrick, Carolyn Anderson
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Ensemble: Ensemble Galilei

Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms and haunting medieval hymns bring to life images of desert landscapes, stone monasteries and the origins of Christmas. Maggie Sansone on...continue...

Ars Subitlior

1 CD / Linn Records / 1998-01-01

Works: Magister Grimace: A L'Arme, A L'Arme, virelai for 4 voices; Borlet: He, Tres Doulz Roussignol Joly for 4 voices; Anonymous, Ivrea Codex: Or sus, vous dormés trop; Jehan Vaillant: Par maintes foy...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Finucane, Tom; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Levy, Mark [Viol]; Pickett, Philip
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Ensemble: New London Consort

Sing We Noel / Joël Cohen, Boston Camerata

1 CD / / 1997-09-11

Works: Christmas Traditional: Nowel; Ad cantus leticie, conductus (12th c., English); Angelus ad virginem (English); Synge We to Thys Mery Cumpane, carol (English); Gabriel fram evene king sewnt (Angelus ad...
Performers: Armstrong, Nancy; Baker, Mark; Boston Camerata; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Fithian, Bruce; Hallmark, Rufus; Jeppesen, Laura; Klebanow, Susan; Linfield, Nicholas; Roth, Kenneth; Stevens, Charles Robert
Conductors: Cohen, Joel [Early Music]
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

This selection includes two spoken word tracks in which Nicholas Linfield reads the texts "Iesu Sweete Sone Dere (14th cent. English)" and " Make We Mere As We May (16th cent. English)."

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Landini and his time / Ensemble Alba Musica Kyo

1 CD / Channel Classics / 1997-07-01

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarellos 1-4 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Lamento di Tristano, estampie; Francesco Landini: Gran pianto a gli ochi, ballata for 3 voices, S. 128; Conviensi a fede, ballata for 3 voices,...
Performers: Fukuzawa, Hiroshi; Kitazato, Taka; Satoh, Toyohiko
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Ensemble: Alba Musica Kyo

Cantigas de Amigo / Ensemble Alcatraz, KITKA

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1996-07-13

Works: Alfonso X: Cantiga de Santa María 380, Sen calar; Cantiga de Santa María 11, Macar ome per folia; Cantiga de Santa María 10, Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores; Pascual Veiga: Albo...
Performers: Bonnett, Leslie; Cion, Shira; Crowther, Catherine Rose; Dietrich, Deborah; Fulton, Cheryl Ann; Graffagna, Juliana; Higginson, Kit; Kammen, Shira; Kutulas, Janet; Maund, Peter; Moorhead, Ann; Morris, ...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Alcatraz

A Dance in the Garden of Mirth / The Dufay Collective

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-11-01

Works: Anonymous: Istanpita Ghaetta; Istampitta; Istampita Isabella; Danse, French 13th Century; Trotto-Salterello (Italian 14th Century); Salterello, Italian 14th Century; Anonymous, Manuscrit du Roi: La U...
Performers: Bevan, Paul; Lewin, Giles [Violin/Bagpipe]; Lyons, William; Mizraki, Raphael; Pell, Susanna; Skuce, Peter

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

Bright Day Star / Baltimore Consort

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1990-08-21

Works: William Sandys: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; Traditional: Cherry Tree Carol; The Wren Song; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; The Old Year now away is fled; Christmas Day in da Mornin'; Wir singen dir...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne; Cudek, Mark; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn; Norman, Chris; Wiggins, Webb
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Ensemble: Baltimore Consort