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Nodebog - Musical pleasures & divertissements from 18th C. Norway / Hans Olav Gorset (flute) & Friends

3 CD / 2 L Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Anonymous, Truels Johannesson Hvidt Music Book: Preludium for alto recorder; La Lovis, air for 2 recorders; Engelsk dants (English Dance), for alto recorder; Chavailer dantz, for alto recorder; Paspi...
Performers: Bothner-By, Cathrine [Soprano Vocal]; Gorset, Hans Olav; Innervik, Kjell Tore; Johansen, Lars Henrik [Harpsichord]; Lislevand, Andre [Viola da Gamba]; Lund, Vegard; Stene, Hakon Morch

NODEBOG presents musical pleasures and "divertissements" from 18th century Norway. These rediscovered treasures from the past can only be recreated through living performance today, here...continue...
Recording information: Jar Kirke, Oslo, Norway (02/2012)....continue...

Celine Scheen: Amarante / Eduardo Eguez; Philippe Pierlot

1 CD / Flora / 2012-11-13

Works: Nicolas Vallet: Prélude, for lute; La Mendiante fantaysye, for lute; Passemeze en b mol, for lute; Jean-Baptiste Besard: Ou luis tu soleil de mon ame, for voice & lute; Beaux yeux qui voyes cl...
Performers: Egüez, Eduardo; Scheen, Celine

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
...I didn't need to know what Ms. Scheen was singing to thoroughly enjoy her program of melancholy...continue...
Recording information: Bra-sur-Lienne (05/2010)....continue...

Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs by Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and George Frideric Handel / Patricia Petibon, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: José de Nebra: Vendado es amor, no es ciego; Henry Le Bailly: Yo soy la locura (Passacalle de La Folie); Anonymous: Cachua, improvisation on a melody recogida by Baltasar Martínez Compa...
Performers: Almada, Lincoln; Grare, Joël; Greenlaw, Kevin [Baritone vocal]; Hamon, Pierre; Mascardi, Evangelina; Petibon, Patricia; Rodriguez, Josias
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: ; La Cetra

Admired for her remarkable creative imagination and exemplary musicianship, soprano Patricia Petibon, in her newest album for Deutsche Grammophon, offers a treasure-trove of fascinating Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Martinskirche in Basel, Switzerland (02/2012)....continue...

Recitar Cantando / Morini, Beasley, Accordone

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Cherubino Busatti: Angela siete; Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata no 16 for violin, 2 cornettos, harp & continuo; Sonata no 8 for 2 violins & continuo; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Madrigals, Book 7...
Performers: Beasley, Marco; Morini, Guido; Pavan, Franco; Rocco, Stefano
Conductors: Morini, Guido;
Ensemble: Accordone

Lars Wivallius: Ack, Libertas! Songs from the 17th Century / Martin Bagge, vocals; Mikael Paulsson, theorbo

1 CD / Footprints / 2012-04-24

Works: Swedish Traditional: Ack libertas, du ädla ting!; Klagevisa över denna torra och kalla vår; Min hjärtans tröst och lilja; Gustavus ein Schwed geboren; Som en sjöman uti...
Performers: Bagge, Martin; Paulsson, Mikael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Mare Balticum

Lars Wivallius (1605 - 69) was one of Sweden's most talented poets in the 17th century, but he was also quite a rascal. Many a...continue...
Recording information: Yllan, Kristianstad, Sweden (03/30/2011-04/01/2011)....continue...

Music for a While: Songs by Henry Purcell / Maarten Koningsberger, baritone; Fred Jacobs, Theorbo

1 Super Audio CD / Quintone / 2012-02-28

Works: Henry Purcell: O! Fair Cedaria, Z. 402; Music for a while; My heart, whenever you appear, song, Z. 399; I resolve against cringing, song, Z. 386; Ah! how pleasant 'tis to love, for soprano & continuo...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Koningsberger, Maarten

"Perfect Purcell on a superlative release chock-full of treasures... . add to the aforementioned Jacob's utterly sympathetic theorbo accompaniments and you have one of the...continue...
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Noel: Music for the Season by Charpentier, Fauré, Gounod, Poulenc, Langlais et al.

1 CD / Westminister Choir College / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: In Nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Canticum; Christmas Traditional: Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (French); Bring a Torch, ...
Performers: Aronson, Justine; Batsios, Alexandra; Carruth, Amy; Cowan, Ken; Cowan, Lisa; Davis, Trey; Edmonds, David [Percussion]; Gillespie, Fiona; Heijink, Hank; Jackson, Chris [Bass vocals]; Larmore, Jennifer...
Conductors: Miller, Joe
Ensemble: ; Westminster Choir

Praised by American Record Guide as the "gold standard for American academic choirs," the Westminster Choir has performed and recorded with virtually every major orchestra...continue...
Recording information: The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine and St. G (04/2010)....continue...

Claudio Monteverdi: Arie e Lamenti; Madrigali Guerrieri et Amorosi / Montserrat Figueras

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2011-11-08

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 9; Madrigals, Book 7; Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; Madrigals, Book 10; Salve, O regina; O quam pulchra es, amica mea, motet for solo tenor, SV 317; E...
Performers: Carnovich, Daniele; Climent, Lambert; Duftschmid, Lorenz; Figueras, Montserrat; Garrigosa, Francesc; Koopman, Ton; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Lislevand, Rolf
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: ; La Capella Reial de Catalumya; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

The Arie e Lamenti and Madrigali Guerrieri et Amorosi, originally released separately in 1990 and 1994, firmly established Montserrat Figueras as one of the finest...continue...

Handel: The Occasional Songs /Kirkby, Daniels, Miller, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Airs (7) françois, HWV 155; Sans y penser; Quand on suit l'amoureuse loi; Der Mund spricht zwar; Dicente mis ojos; Beneath a shady willow; Chloe, you're witty; Di gode...
Performers: Butterfield, Adrian; Carwood, Andrew; Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Davies, Simon; Kirkby, Emma; Miller, David [Lute/Guitar]; Nicholson, Paul; Sharman, Katherine; Thorpe, William

Monteverdi: A Trace of Grace / Michel Godard, Steve Swallow, et al.

1 CD / Carpe Diem / 2011-09-27

Works: Michel Godard: Pur ti miro, song for voice & ensemble (after Monteverdi); L'Abbesse, song for voice & ensemble; Soyeusement, for ensemble; A Trace of Grace, for ensemble; Zefiro torna, song for voice...
Performers: Godard, Michel; Helstroffer, Bruno; Laurens, Guillemette; Murgia, Gavino; Paccoud, Fanny

In the tradition of "Le Concert des Parfums", "Monteverdi", a brainchild of Michel Godard, was also recorded in the magical abbey of Noirlac, France, during...continue...
Recording information: Abbaye de Noirlac (06/01/2011-06/04/2011).

If you get to thinking there's nothing new under the sun, try this release by French serpent player Michel Godard. (And if the ...continue...

Cuando muere el sol

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-04-19

Works: Sebastián Durón: Diferencias sobre la gaita, for ensemble; Vuela mariposa, for ensemble; Pues me pierdo; Ay galán de mi vida, song; Obra de sexto tono, for harpsichord; Cuando muere el...
Performers: Green, Brooke; Hughes, Colleen; Keller, Josh; Navarro, Julian; Rubis, Erica; Serrano, Carlos; Serrano, Jairo; Wright, Elisabeth; Zuluaga, Angelique
Conductors:
Ensemble: Música Ficta (Colombia)

Recording information: Saint Meinrad Archabbey, Saint Meinrad, IN (11/01/2007-11/05/2007)....continue...

Now What Is Love? Aspects of Love in the 17th Century

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Robert Jones: Now What Is Love; Luigi Rossi: Guardatevi olà nemica io sono, for voice & continuo; Anonymous, Italian: Occhi belli, song; Alessandro Piccinini: Toccata no 1 (from Intavolatura di ...
Performers: Mason, Barry [Guitar/Lute]; Simpson, Glenda

Recording information: Valley Recordings, Littleton-on-Severn, England (04/1990)....continue...

The Musical Life of Samuel Pepys

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Matthew Locke: Gavotte, for viol consort (from Drexel Ms.); Brawles; Pietro Reggio: Arise, ye subterranean Winds; Giacomo Carissimi: Lucifero, caelestis olim, motet for bass, soprano & continuo; Samu...
Performers: Compton, Jane; Harper, Celia; Jeffrey, Robin; Skeaping, Roderick; Thorp, William; Watkin, David; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]

Recording information: Valley Recordings (06/1989)....continue...

Ravish'd With Sacred Extasies / Gillian Keith, soprano

1 CD / Coro / 2010-09-14

Works: Henry Purcell: A Morning Hymn (Thou wakeful shepherd), Z. 198; How long, great God, Z 189; Tell me, some pitying angel, Z 196 "Blessed Virgin's Expostulation"; Lord, what is man?, Z 192; Sleep, Adam,...
Performers: David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Thomas, Elin Manahan

CORO continues its work with the rising stars of the early music world on this brand new recording by two of The Sixteen's principal members...continue...
Recording information: St John's Church, Loughton, Essex (11/2009)....continue...

Stuart Age Music: Tunes from Troubled Times

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: English Traditional: Work(s); When the King Enjoys His Own Again, folk song; Johney Cock Thy Beaver; The Witches (from Anne Cromwell's Virginal Book, 1638); I Serve a Worthy Lady, song; The Jolly Bar...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Spring, Matthew; Stobart, Henry; Stowe, Sara
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sirinu

Francesca Caccini

1 CD / Analekta / 2010-03-23

Works: Francesca Caccini: O vive rose, canzonetta for voice & continuo; Non sò se qual sorriso, canzonetta for voice & continuo; Rendi alle mie speranze il verde, for voice & continuo; Io veggio i camp...
Performers: Beausejour, Luc; Bergeron, Sylvain; Keesmaat, Amanda; Mercer, Shannon [Soprano]

Francesca Caccini, or "La Cecchina", was a Florence-born composer. Soprano Shannon Mercer reveals herself has the perfect performer of her vocal oeuvre, heartfelt baroque music...continue...
Recording information: l'Eglise St. Sugustin de Mirabel, Quebec, Canada (11/02/2009-11/04/2009)....continue...

Purcell: Songs

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-03-09

Works: Henry Purcell: Birthday Ode to Queen Mary, 'Come Ye Sons of Art, Away', 1694; Incassum, Lesbia, rogas, Z 383 "Queen's Epicedium"; Ode to St. Cecilia 'Welcome to all the pleasures', 1683; O solitude, ...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Chance, Michael; Cole, Maggie; Cole, Nigel [Theorbo]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands)

Spanning his short creative life, Purcell's Songs are a constant feature in his output. In between official Odes, the semi-operas and instrumental music is a...continue...

With Endless Teares - Johnson, Lawes, Humphrey, Purcell [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Robert Johnson: Have you seen but a white lily grow?; Woods, rocks and mountains; With endless tears, for voice, lute & continuo; Come hither you that love; Come heavy sleep, for treble voice and lut...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

Johannette Zomer and Fred Jacobs started recording a series of programs devoted to 17th Century monody for which their research has unveiled many hidden treasures....continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Deventer, The Netherlands (12/2008)....continue...

The Lute Is a Song / Edin Karamazov

1 CD / Decca Import / 2009-10-20

Works: Leo Brouwer: Paisaje Cubano con Rumba, for 4 guitars; Sting: Alone with my thoughts this evening, song; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Henry Purcell: Dido and...
Performers: Fleming, Renée; Karamazov, Edin; Scholl, Andreas; Sting
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kaliopi

Established as today's most exciting and charismatic player of the lute, Edin Karamazov, the featured lutenist of Sting's best-selling album 'Songs from the Labyrinth' now...continue...
Personnel: Edin Karamazov (electric guitar, archlute, theorbo); Renée Fleming (soprano); Andreas Scholl (countertenor).

Recording information: Friendship 7 Studio, Kiedrich, Germany; Legac...continue...

False Consonances of Melancholy / Matteis, Beyer, Barciela, Lopes, Incogniti

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2009-10-13

Works: Nicola Matteis: Work(s); Diverse bizzarie Sopra la Vecchia Sarabanda o pur Ciaccona (from Ayres for the Violin); Aria amorosa; The False Consonances of Musick; Musica grave (from Ayrs for the Violin)...
Performers: Barciela, Baldomero; Beyer, Amandine; Lopes, Ronaldo [Guitar]; Romano, Frank
Conductors: Beyer, Amandine
Ensemble: Gli Incogniti

Amandine Beyer, who released a beautiful interpretation of Vivaldi's Four Seasons in 2008, now tackles some unknown pieces of Nicola Matteis....continue...
Recording information: Monastère de Tibaes (03/16/2009-03/20/2009)....continue...

La Barcha d'Amore / Jordi Savall, et al

1 CD / Alia Vox / 2009-08-11

Works: Giacomo Gorzanis: La Barcha del mio amore; Giulio Caccini: Amor ch'attendi; Alme luci beate; Non ha'l ciel; Biagio Marini: Passacalio; Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Samuel ...
Performers: Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Clancy, Robert; Climent, Lambert; David, Imke; Duftschmid, Lorenz; Figueras, Montserrat; Garrigosa, Francesc; Kiehr, Maria Cristina [Soprano Vocal]; Koopman, To...
Conductors: ; Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; Le Concert des Nations

La Barcha d'Amore is a specially-priced collection of vocal and instrumental music inspired by mythology and 17th-century European love poetry. The album's selections are taken...continue...

Dowland: Lachrimae / Stene, Lislevand, Norsk Barokkorkester

1 Super Audio CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-06-30

Works: John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Second Booke of Songes; A Pilgrimes Solace; Fortune, P 62; Firste Booke of Songes; In darkness let mee dwell
Performers: Johnson, Andreas; Lislevand, Rolf; Stene, Randi
Conductors: Lislevand, Rolf
Ensemble: Norwegian Baroque Orchestra

[The Venice Collection] - An Excess of Pleasure & The Winged Lion / Palladian Ensemble

2 CD / Linn Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Marco Uccellini: Sonate, arie et correnti, Op 3; Sonate, arie et correnti, Op. 3; Sonate, correnti et arie, Op 4; Nicola Matteis: Ayres for the Violin; Ayres for the Violin, Book 4; Matthew Locke: Br...
Performers: Carter, William; Levine, Joanna; Podger, Rachel; Thorby, Pamela
Conductors:
Ensemble: Palladian Ensemble

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And I remain - 3 Love Stories - Camus, Dowland, Peri, etc: Lute Songs / Tsatsanis, Lenti

1 CD / Origin Classical / 2009-02-17

Works: Michel Lambert: Doux charmes du printemps; Le Printemps et L'amour; Sébastien Le Camus: Ah! Que vous estes heureux; Laissez durer la nuit; Que Ta Voix Divine Me Touche!; Robert de Visée: Ch...
Performers: Lenti, John; Tsatsanis, Linda

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: Schneebeli, Olivier; Stryncl, Marek; 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...

Alveri: Mia vita, mio bene; Gasparini, etc / Katschner

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Francesco Gasparini: E più dolce, aria; Vorresti o labro amante; Penso, ma mi confondo, aria; Antonio Caldara: Nigella e tirsi, pastorale for 2 voices & orchestra; Giovanni Battista Alveri: Mi...
Performers: Andersen, Ditte; Hallenberg, Ann; Katschner, Wolfgang

"Mia vita, mio bene"- the title penned by the composer Giovanni Alveri is a perfect description of the arias and cantatas on this compilation. Just...continue...

Firenze 1616 - Belli, Caccini, Malvezzi, Saracini

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2008-03-11

Works: Claudio Saracini: Io moro, aria for voice & continuo; Giulio Caccini: Tutto'i di piango, solo madrigal for voice & continuo; Non ha'l ciel; Ineffabile Ardore (Final chorus Il Rapimento di Cefalo); Le...
Performers: Bucher, Aurore; Druet, Isabelle; Dumestre, Vincent; Marzorati, Arnaud; Padaut, Catherine; Poul, Camille; Roche, Philippe; van Elsacker, Jan
Conductors: Dumestre, Vincent
Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

This record delves into the ideology and the aesthetics of the early baroque to reveal a subtle and brotherly alliance between intellect and feeling. As...continue...

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

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Vêpres pour Saint Louis

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Guillaume Gabriel Nivers: Suite for organ on the 1st tone; Fugue grave, for organ; Prelude for organ on the 2nd tone; Anonymous, French: Deus in adjutorium (faux-bourdon); Marc-Antoine Charpentier: D...
Performers: Buet, Alain; Desenclos, Frederic; Lusson, Matthieu; Perrot, Benjamin; Saito, Yuka; Salles, Alexandre
Conductors: Schneebeli, Olivier
Ensemble: Versailles Baroque Music Center

Handel: Neun Deutschen Arien / Sampson, King's Consort

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-07-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: German Arias (9); In den angenehmen Büschen (German Aria no 8), hymn for soprano & continuo, HWV 209; Sonata for Oboe and Basso Continuo in F major "Hautb. Solo del Sr. ...
Performers: Bellamy, Alexandra; Degand, Stephanie-Marie; Jonathan Cohen [Cello/Conductor]; King, Robert; Sampson, Carolyn; Sayce, Lynda

"Carolyn Sampson beautifully expresses inward rapture and outward joy, and she is touchingly wistful in 'Süsser Blumen'. She is nicely matched by the violin of...continue...

Crazy - Vivaldi, Handel, etc / I Furiosi

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2007-05-05

Works: Dario Castello: Sonata no 10 for 2 Treble Instruments and Bassoon; John Eccles: The Comical History of Don Quixote; Francesco Maria Veracini: Sonatas (12) accademiche for Violin and Basso Continuo, O...
Performers: Deak, Felix; Harris, Lucas [lute]; McLaughlin, Gabrielle; Nosky, Aisslinn; Wedman, Julia
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Furiosi

They may look like a pop, rock, or crossover group, but don't be fooled! 'I Furiosi' is one of the hottest new baroque ensembles on...continue...

17th Century Italian Music - Cima, et al / Ensemble L'Albera

1 CD / La Ma De Guido / 2007-05-01

Works: Giovanni Stefani: Bella mia, questo mio core; Giovanni Paolo Cima: Sonatas (6) "Concerti ecclesiastici"; Marco da Gagliano: Alma mia, dove te'n vai; Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 9; Vincenzo Ca...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Budo, Carles; Domenech, Jordi; Pares, Sara; Parron i Conus, Salvador; Solinis, Enrike
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble L'Albera

In contrast to the more experimental works, the 17th century saw a great proliferation of published editions of strophic songs, composed in a much more...continue...

Improvisando / Pandolfo, Morini, Boysen, Scheen, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2006-11-12

Works: Anonymous: Toccata; Guardame las vacas; Passamezzo; Canario; La Spagna; Passamezzo moderno; La folia; Girolamo Dalla Casa: Anchor che col Partire; Giovanni Bassano: Divisions on "Anchor che col parti...
Performers: Boysen, Thomas; De Carlo, Andrea; Garrido, Alvaro; Gelis, Marie; Morini, Guido; Pandolfo, Paolo; Scheen, Celine

After nearly two years of silence, Paolo Pandolfo gathers round him a group of friends in order to create something which has practically been lost...continue...

Purcell: Sacred Music, etc / Timothy Brown, Michael Chance

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Henry Purcell: Te Deum and Jubilate in D major, Z 232; My beloved spake, Z 28; O God, thou art my God, Z 35; Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Z 25; Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z 50; Hear my ...
Performers: Bennett, Mark; Boothby, Richard; Brown, Jonathan; Bryans, Ron; Carter, William; Chance, Michael; Cole, Maggie; Da Costa, Neal Peres; Dexter, Keri; Howes, Robert; Kenny, Elizabeth; Laird, Michael; Man...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy
Ensemble: Baroque Brass of London; Clare College Choir

The Italian Dramatic Lament / The Catacoustic Consort

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; Madrigals, Book 9; Jacopo Peri: Al fonte, al prato; Lungi dal vostro lume; Se tu parti da me; Uccidimi, dolore; Johannes Hieronymus Kaps...
Performers: Leopold, Michael; Pappano, Annalisa; Webster, Catherine
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Catacoustic Consort

Written for courts and patrons whose pleasure it was to surround themselves with the finest artists of the time, the Lament was a popular genre...continue...

Caccini: Nuove Musiche; Piccinini / Zomer, Jacobs

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Giulio Caccini: Amor, io parto; Mentre che fra doglie e pene, for voice & continuo; Filli, Mirando il cielo; Nuove musiche e nuova maniera de scriverle; Fortunato augellino; Vaga su spin'ascosa, for ...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

Guilio Caccini was most likely born in Rome and rose to prominence as a composer in Florence under the Medicis. Caccini's most influentail work was...continue...

Music for a while - Baroque Melodies / von Otter, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-11-09

Works: Benedetto Ferrari: Amanti, io vi so dire, for voice & continuo; Girolamo Frescobaldi: Arie musicali Bk.1 no 15, Se l'aura spira, in 3 sections for solo voice; Giulio Caccini: Dovrò dunque morire...
Performers: Ericson, Anders; Lindberg, Jakob; Vinikour, Jory; von Otter, Anne Sofie

'Music for a While' is a beautiful album with delightful repertoire from the Baroque era, including songs and instrumental interludes. Von Otter is accompanied by...continue...

My Love is like a Red, Red Rose - Chansons de Robert Burns

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-09-01

Works: Robert Burns: Craigieburn Wood; Comin thro' the rye; Roslin Castle; O my luve's like a red, red rose; The White Cockade; Let Me In This Ae Night; Traditional: Charlie is my darling; When o'er the hil...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Gignac, Claire; Graham, Patrick; Grenon, Robin; Guay, Elise; Hall, Meredith; MacMillan, Betsy
Conductors:
Ensemble: La Nef

Dolcissimo sospiro

1 CD / 2 L Records / 2004-03-30

Works: Sigismondo d'India: Le musiche, book 1; Le musiche, book 5; Biagio Marini: Natività di Cristo, canzonetta for voice, violin & continuo; Tarquinio Merula: Canzonetta spirituale sopra "Alla Nanna"...
Performers: Ad-El, Shalev; Lund, Vegard; Tone Wik

Purcell: Complete Secular Solo Songs / King's Consort, et al

3 CD / Hyperion / 2004-01-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Draw near, you lovers, song for soprano & bass, Z. 462; While Thirsis, wrapt in downy sleep, song, Z. 437; Love, thou canst hear, tho' thou art blind, song, Z. 396; I loved fair Celia,...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; George, Michael; Gritton, Susan; King, Robert
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

'...Barbara Bonney verse charme sur charme, et cette parade émotive, tantôt sucrée tantôt salée, tantôt rustique tantôt savante, tantôt d'amour tant&...continue...

La Folia - Corelli, Marais, et al / Savall, Lislevand, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2003-04-01

Works: Anonymous, Cancionero de Palacio: Rodrigo Martinez, villancico; Diego Ortiz: Recercada No 4 sobre la Folía; Recercada no 8 sobre La folia; Antonio de Cabezón: Romance; Juan del Encina: Hoy ...
Performers: Behringer, Michael; Estevan, Pedro; Gonzalez-Campa, Adela; Lislevand, Rolf; Savall, Arianna; Savall, Jordi

Classical Express - English Country Dances / Lawrence-King

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2002-11-01

Works: English Traditional: Tom Scarlett; Old Simon the King; The Bear's Dance; Hunsdon House; Sir Martin Marah's Jigg; Fy Nay, Prithee John!; The Mock Glory of the West; The Glory of the Sun; Faronell's Di...
Performers: Douglass, David; Lawrence-King, Andrew; O'Dette, Paul

"Entrancing" -Fanfare...continue...

Move Now with Measured Sound

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-12-01

Works: Thomas Campion: It fell on a sommers daie; I care not for these ladies; My sweetest Lesbia, let us live and love; Leave prolonging thy distress, for voice & bass viol; Fire, fire, fire, fire loe here...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Levy, Mark [Viol]

"Thomas Campion was a Renaissance man, trained in law and medicine, and highly skilled as a poet and musician. Robin Blaze and his team arein...continue...

Lanier: Hero and Leander / Paul Agnew, Christopher Wilson

1 CD / Metronome / 2001-07-30

Works: Nicholas Laniere: Hero's Complaint; Weep no more my wearied eyes; Neither sighs, nor tears, nor mourning; Stay, silly heart, and do not break; Qual musico gentil
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Wilson, Christopher

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

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...
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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...

Lamenti - Monteverdi, Vivaldi, et al / Von Otter, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-09-14

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 7; Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; Antonio Bertali: Lamento della Regina d'Inghilterra; Giovanni Legrenzi: Balletti e correnti a 5, Op. 16; Antonio Viva...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob; Mollenbeck, Markus; Selig, Franz-Josef; von Otter, Anne Sofie
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Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln

"The vocal selections on this remarkable disc are all examples of the 17th Century fascination with lamentation--for lost life or love--asan art form. They are...continue...

La Folia - Corelli, Marais, et al / Savall, Lislevand, et al

1 CD / Alia Vox / 1999-02-01

Works: Anonymous, Cancionero de Palacio: Rodrigo Martinez, villancico; Diego Ortiz: Recercada No 4 sobre la Folía; Recercada no 8 sobre La folia; Antonio de Cabezón: Romance; Juan del Encina: Hoy ...
Performers: Behringer, Michael; Estevan, Pedro; Gonzalez-Campa, Adela; Lislevand, Rolf; Savall, Arianna; Savall, Jordi

[Savalls] ability to make the music seem as spontaneous and full of fantasy as the improvisatory practice from which the endless chameleon-like variations by Corelli...continue...

Purcell: Tis Nature's Voice, Songs, Elegies / Jacobs, et al

1 CD / Accent / 1999-01-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Music for a while; Not all my torments can your pity move, Z 400; Bonduca, Z 574; Pious Celinda goes to pray'rs, Z. 410; Incassum, Lesbia, rogas, Z 383 "Queen's Epicedium"; Ah! cruel n...
Performers: Jacobs, René; Junghanel, Konrad; Kuijken, Wieland [Cello, Viola da Gamba]

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A Quiet Conscience / Burrowes, Scott, Miller

1 CD / Guild / 1998-11-01

Works: Anonymous: Miserere, My Maker; Thomas Campion: Author of light, revive my dying spright; Never weather-beaten saile more willing bent to shore; William Byrd: Fantasy, for keyboard in D minor, MB 46; ...
Performers: Burrowes, Connor; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Scott, John