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Musici da Camera: Music from Eighteenth Century Prague - Vivaldi, Fasch, Caldara, Tuma / Sergio Azzolini, bassoon; Lenka Torgersen, violin; Helena Zemanová, violin

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-11-04

Works: Antonín Reichenauer: Quartet for violin, cello, bassoon & basso continuo in G minor, Rk 18; Trio Sonata for violin, cello & basso continuo in B flat major, Rk 20; Johann Friedrich Fasch: Quartet...
Performers: Brany, Ludek [Double Bass]; Carreca, Michele; Flekova, Hana; Grudule, Ilze [Cello]; Knebel, Sebastian; Kornfeld, Pablo; Krejca, Jan; Mascardi, Evangelina; Semerad, Vojtech; Stajnochr, Ondrej; Torgers...
Conductors: Semeradova, Jana
Ensemble: Collegium Marianum

Whereas Vivaldi needs no introduction whatsoever and other names (Caldara, Fasch, Tuma) are familiar to lovers of Baroque music, even specialists have only been getting...continue...
Recording information: Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels in Prague (2003-06-??&2005-09-??&2012-)....continue...

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...

Francesco Maria Zuccari: Cello Sonatas / Renato Criscuolo, Musica Perduta

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Francesco Maria Zuccari: Sonata for Cello no 1 in D major; Sonata for Cello no 2 in B flat major; Sonata for Cello no 3 in G major; Sonata for Cello no 4 in A minor; Sonata for Cello no 6 in C major;...
Performers: Bagnai, Alberto; Carreca, Michele; Criscuolo, Renato; Marzetti, Luca [Cello]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musica Perduta

MVSICA PERDVTA proved these manuscripts of the Baroque Cello Sonatas to be by the hand of Francesco Maria Zuccari, organist and Maestro di Capella of...continue...
Recording information: Oratorio P.P. Barnabiti, Rome (05/31/2010-06/03/2010)....continue...

Italian Concertos & Sonatas

3 CD / Challenge Classics / 2011-11-08

Works: Giovanni Benedetto Platti: Concerto for cello & strings in C major; Concerto for cello & strings in C minor; Nicola Porpora: Concerto for cello & strings in A minor (previously attrib. to Nicola Fior...
Performers: Franenberg, Robert [Violin]; Henstra, Siebe; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Swarts, Lucia; Van der Meer, Richte
Conductors: Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]

This three-disc set of superb 18th century Italian cello music features Boccherini, one of the most important composers for cellists. Lucia Swarts' passion for this...continue...

Volkslieder, Vol. 3

1 CD / Carus / 2011-06-28

Works: August Harder: Geh' aus mein Herz, for voice & keyboard; Anonymous, Lochamer Liederbuch: All mein Gedanken, die ich hab; Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio: Verstohlen geht der Mond auf (The mo...
Performers: Armbruster, Frank; Bach, Franz; Beeftink, Eildert [Piano]; Bringolf, Anne; Busch, Christine; Genz, Christoph; Hartmann, Stephan; Holscher, Anne-Maria; Iven, Christiane; Jancevskyte, Irina; Kaleschke,...
Conductors: ; Etzold, Klaus-Jürgen; Bischoff, Carola; Utz, Markus
Ensemble: ; Deitsch; Wir Kinder vom Kleistpark

In 2008, concert and opera singer Cornelius Hauptmann in collaboration with Carus Verlag initiated the charitable "Lieder Project" aimed to further music education for children,...continue...

Carlo Sturla: Passio di Venerdi Santo

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Carlo Sturla: Passio di Venerdì Santo, Passione secondo Giovanni, for chorus & ensemble
Performers: Bagnoli, Lucia; Barbieri, Jonatha; Barbieri, Nicola; Bozzo, Patrizia; Cuneo, Luisa; Dalfino, Laura; Esposito, Emanuele; Figueroa, Eduardo; Gattino, Alessandra; Goidanich, Marlise; Gubri, Marianne; Me...
Conductors: Ferrari, Franco
Ensemble: Il Concento Ecclesiastico

Recording information: Chiesa del Convento de Santa Caterina, Genova (09/03/2006-09/05/2006)....continue...

Hasse: Cleofide / William Christie

4 CD / Capriccio / 2011-03-29

Works: Johann Adolf Hasse: Cleofide
Performers: Imamura, Yasunori; Reperant, Yvon; Rousset, Christophe [Harpsichord/Conductor]
Conductors: Christie, William

After many years this famed world premiere recording of Hasse's 1731 opera is back and available for international sale. With a well-known cast including Emma...continue...
Recording information: Schulzentrum Lindlar, Cologne, Germany (05/1986)....continue...

French Baroque / Dorothee Oberlinger, recorder; Ensemble 1700

1 CD / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Import / 2011-02-01

Works: Michel Blavet: Concerto for flute & orchestra in A minor, "A 4"; Jean Hotteterre: La Noce Champêtre ou l'Himen Pastoral; Jacques Hotteterre: L'Art de Préluder sur la Flûte Traversiere,...
Performers: Alpert, Lorenzo; Balzereit, Iris; Boysen, Thomas; Deuter, Florian; Ghielmi, Vittorio; Koppenwallner, Angela; Lazarevitch, Francois; Niesemann, Michael; Oberlinger, Dorothee; Prada, Rodney; Puliaev, A...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble 1700

Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, Germany (04/26/2010-04/29/2010)....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...

Musik für Viola d'Amore / Anne Schumann

1 CD / Genuin / 2010-11-16

Works: Franz Simon Schuchbauer: Trio for 2 viola d'amore & continuo in A Major; Johann Peter Guzinger: Suite for viola d'amore & continuo in A Major; Anonymous: Trio for 2 viola d'amore & continuo in D Majo...
Performers: Burmann, Petra; Knebel, Sebastian; McGillivray, Alison; Schumann, Anne; Voigt, Klaus

Recording information: Refektorium des Klosters Michaelstein (02/15/2010-02/18/2010)....continue...

Esprit - Zen

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, RV 728; L'Olimpiade, RV 725; Franz Schubert:...
Performers: de la Salle, Lise; Gastinel, Anne [cello]; Guy, François-Frederic; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Lislevand, Rolf; Mingardo, Sara; Say, Fazil; Smith, Hopkinson; Sokolov, Grigory
Conductors: ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Equilbey, Laurence; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Kapsberger; Ensemble Matheus; Mosaïques String Quartet

Bon: Six Sonatas for Flute and Basso Continuo / Moroni, Poz, Aureli, Accurso, Rocco, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2009-03-10

Works: Anna Bon di Venezia: Sonata for flute & keyboard no 2 in F major, Op. 1/2; Sonata for flute & keyboard no 1 in C major, Op. 1/1; Sonata for flute & keyboard no 4 in D major, Op. 1/4; Sonata for flute...
Performers: Accurso, Fabio; Aureli, Miranda; Poz, Claudia; Rocco, Stefano
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Oberon

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...

Hasse: Sonatas of the Galant Time / Umbach & Consorten

1 CD / Aeolus / 2006-09-01

Works: Johann Adolf Hasse: Solos (6) for Flute/Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 5; Sonatas (12) for Flute and Basso Continuo, Op. 1
Performers: Rothert, Daniel; Umbach, Elke Martha; Weidenfeld, Axel; Westermann, Klaus; Zincke, Christian
Conductors: Umbach, Elke Martha
Ensemble: Umbach & Consorten

Johann Adolf Hasse was born into a North German family of Protestant church musicians. He started his career as a singer in Hamburg and Brauschweig...continue...

Michel Corrette: Le Phénix, etc / Musica Franca

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2006-03-01

Works: Michel Corrette: Le Phénix, concerto for 4 bass viols, cellos or bassoons & continuo in D major; Les Délices de la Solitude, 6 sonatas for cello, viol, bassoon & continuo, Op. 20; Concerto ...
Performers: Jackson, Fraser [Bassoon]; Jackson, Nadina Mackie; Jenkins, Paul; Lussier, Mathieu; McLean, Kathlene; Terry McKenna [Lute/Guitar]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musica Franca

"The six sonatas are wonderful little gems of music. The fourth one is my favorite, partly because it is in B-flat, a particularly resonant key...continue...

Corette: Les Délices de la solitude / Les Voix Humaine

1 CD / ATMA / 2006-02-01

Works: Michel Corrette: Les Délices de la Solitude, 6 sonatas for cello, viol, bassoon & continuo, Op. 20; Le Phénix, concerto for 4 bass viols, cellos or bassoons & continuo in D major
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Little, Margaret; Lussier, Mathieu; Orden, Kate van
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Michel Corrette was born in Rouen on April 10, 1707. His father, Gaspard, began his education. Though holding many posts as an organist for 50...continue...

"Bass"ically French - Marais, et al / Springfels, McCraw

1 CD / Centaur / 2005-04-03

Works: André Danican Philidor: Suite for 2 bass instruments & percussion in E flat major; Marin Marais: Suite for 2 treble instruments & continuo in G minor (Pièces en trio); Suite for 2 treble in...
Performers: Collins, Keith; Marsh, Anna; McCraw, Michael; Rozendaal, John Mark; Springfels, Mary; Trompeter, Craig; Wead, Adam; Weiss, Barbara

Arie Antiche

1 CD / Philips Import / 2004-11-09

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Vittoria, vittoria, mio core; Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, RV 738; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Orfeo; Giuseppe Giordani: Caro mio ben, for voice & piano (or ...
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Latchem, Malcolm; Sillito, Kenneth
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

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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

The Seasons in Zurich / Ford, Purcell Singers, et al

1 CD / Guild / 2003-06-01

Works: Johannes Schmidlin: Hymnus auf die Allmacht, Weissheit und Güte Gottes, cantata; Hans-Jakob Ott: Lob-Gesang auf die Vier Jahrs-Zeiten, cantata; Johann Caspar Bachofen: Irdisches Vergnügen i...
Performers: Deats, Gareth; Franklin-Kitchen, Elisabeth; Howarth, Robert; Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; May, Catherine; Wells, Stephen
Conductors: Ford, Mark
Ensemble: Purcell Singers

The attraction of the seasons as subject matter for Bachofen, Ott and Schmidlin is a symptom of a subtle shift that was taking place, away...continue...

Classical Kirkby - Orpheus & Corinna / Kirkby, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-10-09

Works: Henry Lawes: Legousin hai gunaikes, for voice & lute; Away, away, Anacreon, for voice & lute; Anacreon's Ode, call'd The Lute (Greek text), for voice & lute; Anacreon's Ode, call'd The Lute (English ...
Performers: Rooley, Anthony [Lute]

"All are sung with Kirkby's customary radiance of voice, technical agility and interpretative intelligence. I am sure the Classical Association would have been impressed by...continue...

Reflections - Crossing the Border - British Flute Music

1 CD / MD&G / 2002-09-24

Works: Daniel Dow: Sir John Stewart of Grandtully's Reel, strathspey; The Whisky, strathspey; The Lads with the Kilts, jig; I Love the Youth, reel; Miss Charter's Reel; Francesco Geminiani: Auld Bob Morrice...
Performers: Wolf, Axel

Hasse: Bella mi parto, etc / Wessel, Musica Alta Ripa

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-05-23

Works: Johann Adolf Hasse: Ah, troppo è ver!, cantata for alto voice, 2 violins, viola & continuo; Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo no 4, Op. 3/4; Bella, mi parto, a Dio, canata for alto voice & co...
Performers: Bundies, Ursula; Lohr, Bernward; Rohrig, Anne; Teichmanis, Juris; Wedemeier, Ulrich; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa

"...In general, Hasse's music has a lyrical elegance and flow that helps to account for the popularity he enjoyed in his lifetime. The well of...continue...

Le Roi s'amuse - Leclair, Boismortier, Corrette /Florilegium

1 CD / Channel Classics / 1998-08-01

Works: Jean-Marie Leclair: Ouvertures (3) et sonates en trio (3), Op. 13; Deuxième récréation de musique d'une exécution facile, suite for 2 flutes (or violins) & continuo in; Joseph Bod...
Performers: Costa, Neal Peres da; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; McDonald, Anna; Pauley, Scott; Podger, Rachel [Violin]; Rogers, Jane; Yeadon, Daniel

Southwest Sweden - its Musical Heritage, Vol. 3

1 CD / Proprius / 1996-02-01

Works: André Campra: L'Europe galante; Hésione, opera; Robert de Visée: Preludes for guitar; Pierre Verdier: Gavotte; Anonymous: Siö Combatt; Gavotte de luth; Nicolas Renier: Amans, sur ...
Performers: Ek, Helena; Kihlstrand, Sofi; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindgren, Sten; Sunesson, Tore