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Maurice Greene: Spenser's Amoretti (25 Sonnet Settings) / Benjamin Hulett, tenor; Luke Green, harpsichord, Giangiacomo Pinardi, theorbo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Maurice Greene: Spenser's Amoretti, song cycle for soprano & continuo
Performers: Green, Luke; Hulett, Benjamin; Pinardi, Giangiacomo

Master of the King's Music, Maurice Greene was an important figure in English music at the time of Handel. His sensitive settings of sonnets by...continue...
Recording information: Britten Studio, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, U.K. (02/20/2012-02/22/2012)....continue...

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...

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...

Dornel: Livre de simphonies contenant 6 suittes en trio Op. 1 / Musica Barocca

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

Works: Louis-Antoine Dornel: Livre de simphonies contenant 6 suittes en trio...avec 1 sonate en quatuor, Op. 1; Suitte en Trio in A minor, for chamber ensemble
Performers: Buraglia, Mauricio; Estevez, Juan; Martinez, Maria; Silva, Lisete da; Stringfellow, Nicholas
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Ensemble: Musica Barocca

Little is known about the French composer Louis-Antoine Dornel, who occupied several posts in Paris as an organist and as 'maitre de musique'. The few...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...

Das Partiturbuch / Zincke, Ensemble Echo du Danube

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-05-16

Works: Antonio Bertali: Sonata à 4; Ciacona in C major, for solo violin & continuo; Sonata à 3, for 2 violins, bassoon & continuo in G major; Johann Michael Nicolai: Sonata à 2 in A minor, ...
Performers: Dücker, Michael; Johannsen, Rainer; Jopp, Martin; Kuhlmann, Jörn Sebastian; Schultheiss, Margit; Weimann, Alexander; Zincke, Christian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Echo du Danube

This fascinating collection of 17th century instrumental music, known as the 'Partiturbuch,' was assembled by Jacob Ludwig as a birthday present for his patron, Duke...continue...

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
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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...

Discover - Music of the Baroque Era

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

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Rinaldo; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Suite no 7 (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Der Messias; Concerto Grosso in ...
Performers: Amps, Kym; Asch, David van; Bessette, Tracy Smith; Boog, Maya; Christie, James David; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Drahos, Bela [Flute/Conductor]; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Hoeren, Harald; Jand...
Conductors: Kopelman, Jozef; Antal, Mátyás; Summerly, Jeremy; Crees, Eric; ; Farnlof, Bertil; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Fasolis, Diego; Niquet, Hervé; Mallon, Kevin; Ward, Nicholas; Brembeck...
Ensemble: ; Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Verona; Aradia Ensemble; Capella Savaria; Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus; Oxford Camerata; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble; Sonatori de la ...

In popularity, Baroque music stands alone, written to glorify the finest courts of the western world. This release features over 2 hours of music on...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...

Early Music - Monteverdi: Madrigals Book 1 / Longhini, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-02-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Ch'io ami la mia vita, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 1), SV 23; Se per havervi oimè , madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 1), SV 24; A che tormi il ben mio, madrigal for 5 vo...
Performers: Fanciullacci, Paolo; Piantelli, Maurizio
Conductors: Longhini, Marco
Ensemble: Delitiae Musicae

In the 'First Book', with its wonderful variety of light and shade, its highly effective unravelling of melodies and intricate harmonies and striking word-paintings, the...continue...

Guitar Collection - Corbetta, Visée: Suites / Bellocq, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-02-12

Works: Robert de Visée: Suite for 2 theorbos in E minor; Suite for 2 theorbos in G major; Francesco Corbetta: La guitarre royalle dédiée au roy, 39 pieces for 1 and 2 guitars (1674); Concert ...
Performers: Bellocq, Eric; Moscardo, Massimo

Franceso Corbetta and his pupil Robert de Visse were the most influential guitarists and lutanists at the court of Louis XIV. Corbetta was a master...continue...

Lawes: Consort Music for Viols, Lutes and Theorbos

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-12-13

Works: William Lawes: Consort Sett a 4 in G minor; Consort Sett a 5 in C major (no 5); Royal Consort in D Minor, for 2 Theorbos; Corant I for 2 Lutes; Divisions on a Pavan in G minor; Consort Sett a 5 in A ...
Performers: David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]

"If you don't yet own any William Lawes, this well-recorded disc is a must that you will not only account one of the best bargain...continue...

Vivaldi: Wind Concerti / Nicholas Kraemer

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-02-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Double Horn Concerto, for 2 horns, strings & continuo in F major, RV 539; Concerto for 2 Flutes in C major, RV 533; Sinfonia, for strings & continuo in D major, RV 122; Concerto for ...
Performers: Caister, Timothy; Dobing, Duke; Elsner, Kasia; Graham, Joanna; Hooker, Chris; Jeffrey, Robin; Kraemer, Nicholas; McQueen, Helen; Meeks, Michael; Rix, David; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Stirli...