Viola > Renaissance Period

Gudmundur Högnason: Hymnodia Sacra / Carmina Chamber Choir; Nordic Affect; Árni Heimir Ingólfsson: director

1 CD / Smekkleysa / 2013-02-12

Works: Statius Olthof: Músíkulof, for chorus; Andi Guds eilífur er, song; Arni Heimir Ingólfsson: Eilíft lof med elsku hátt, song; Gudmundur Högnason: Heyr _ú, Guds b...
Performers: Blondal, Kristin Erna; Halldorsdottir, Marta Gudrun; Haroardottir, Guorun Hrund; Karlsson, Gudmundur Vignir; Loftsdottir, Hanna [Cello]; Nyhlin, Karl; Oskarsdottir, Gudrun; Stefansdottir, Halla Stein...
Conductors: Ingolffson, Arni Heimir
Ensemble: ; Nordic Affect

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
Most of the music is sung in unison or by a solo voice. Much of it sounds...continue...
Recording information: Langholtskirkja, Reykjavik, Iceland (2009-06-29&2009-07-06_2009-)....continue...

Petit Noel / Alain Lefevre, Quatuor Philippe Dunnigan

1 CD / Analekta / 2012-11-27

Works: Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Norbert Glanzberg: Noel c'est l'amour, carol; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis); Mykola Leont...
Performers: Bock, Marieve; Dunnigan, Philippe; Lefevre; Misbakhova, Elvira; Prevost, Christian [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Philippe Dunnigan

Recording information: Saint-Benoît de Mirabel Church (09/2011)....continue...

Cafe Musica!

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-05-01

Works: Carlos Gardel: Por una cabeza, tango for voice & chamber orchestra; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Schön Rosmarin, for violin & piano; Caprice Viennois; Jay Ungar: Ashokan Farewell; Franz Schubert:...
Performers: Olson, Esther [Violin]; Olson, Isaac [Composer]; Olson, Matthew [Violin]; Stein, Jane [Harp]

Recording information: Room With A VU, Orcas Island, WA....continue...

Jewish Baroque: Venice, Mantua & Amsterdam, 1623-1774

1 CD / Buzz / 2012-01-10

Works: Salomone Rossi: Kaddish (from The Songs of Solomon); 'Al naharót bavél (Psalm 137) à 4; Lemí ehpóts (Wedding Ode) à 8; Christian Joseph Lidarti: Ester Oratorio; Anonymou...
Performers: Beelen, Marine; Bouche, Marieke; Boyer, Magali [Cello]; Brossard, Cecile [Photography]; Caron, Claire; Cirasse, Genevieve; De Valera, Alex; Duthuille, Laura; Ensemble Texto; Fonnard, Elodie; Gauvrit,...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Texto

This album, the tenth volume in the Musical Heritage of the Jews of France collection released by the Fondation du Judaïsme Français, was recorded on...continue...
Recording information: l'Église Évangélique Allemande de Paris, Paris, France (04/14/2010)....continue...

Aled's Christmas Gift / boy soprano

1 CD / Demon Tv / 2010-12-07

Works: Buddy Greene: Mary, Did You Know?, song; William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; John Goss: See Amid the Winter's Snow, for cho...
Performers: Aitken, Rob; Ashley, Charlotte; Beston, Simon; Brown, Zoe; Coates, Sam; Crawley, Ben; Flanaghan, Katie; Hale, Simon; Hughes, Emilia; Jones, Aled; Kelly, John; Lole, Simon; May, Elizabeth; Palliser, U...

Recording information: Coombehurst Studio, Kingston University, London; FX YourSpace Studios, London; Greendale Studios, London, England.

Responsible for one of the most iconic and enchanting C...continue...

String Quartet Christmas

3 CD / Listen / 2010-09-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Angels From the Realms Of Glory; Deck the Halls (Welsh); An...
Performers: Bodnar, Nina; Delmoni, Arturo [Violin]; DePasquale, Ellen; Figueroa, Rafael; Lipkina, Natasha; Maddon, Danielle; Mitchell, Emily; Murdock, Katherine; Romanul, Alexander; Rosen, Nathaniel; Smith, Timo...

Enchanted Way

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-06-15

Works: John Andrew Stevenson: The Last Rose of Summer, song; Irish Traditional: Raglan Road; Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; She Moved through the Fair, folk song; Scottish Traditional: Over the Sea...
Performers: Bowman, Calvin; Delbridge, Lerida; Evans, Dave; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Ireland, Helen; Kelly, Paul; Maunder, Janine; Tomkins, Matthew; Wood, Michelle [Cello]
Conductors: Northey, Benjamin

Recording information: Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank, Melbourne (09/2009-12/2009)....continue...

Violist

1 CD / Pitch / 2010-04-13

Works: Harry Partch: I am a Peach Tree, for viola & vocals; The Potion Scene, for adapted viola & intoning voice, chromelodeon, kithara, bass marimba, marimba; A Midnight Farewell, for viola & vocals; Viol...
Performers: Auerbach, Dan; Bolotowsky, Andrew; Borden, Meredith; Evans, Greg [Horn]; Merkel, Clemens; Reinhard, Johnny; Reuling, Jeroen; Solberg, Anastasia; Suzuki, Michiiyo; Verheijden, Dorian

Senza Continuo: Bassano, Hume, Marais, Etc.

1 CD / ATMA / 2010-03-30

Works: Jean de Sainte-Colombe: Préludes (3) in D minor, for viola da gamba; Machy: Suite for viola da gamba no 4 in G major; Aurelio Virgilliano: Ricercata per viola bastarda; Giovanni Bassano: Ricerca...
Performers: Little, Margaret

A chamber musician at heart, this is Margaret Little's first adventure in recording solo repertoire. To bring out all the rich sonorities of her beautiful...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada (03/02/2009-03/04/2009)....continue...

Air: A Baroque Journey

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-03-16

Works: Andrea Falconieri: Ciaccona (from Il primo libro de canzoni); La suave melodia y su corrente; Passacalle; George Frederick Handel: HWV 437; Diego Ortiz: Recercada no 2; Biagio Marini: Passacalio; Nic...
Performers: Bezuidenhout, Kristian; Borrani, Lorenza; Conway, William; Eaton, Steuart; Gould, Lucy; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Jonathan Cohen [Cello/Conductor]; Maass, Stefan; Rath, Stephan; Senft, Enno; Sorensen, H...

'Air' sets out to trace a baroque journey. It is the story of four unique composers, three of whom were virtuoso violinists - Falconiero, Matteis...continue...
Recording information: Nimbus Records, Wyastone (06/2009)....continue...

Alto/Multiples

2 CD / Aeon / 2010-03-09

Works: Paul Hindemith: Sonata for solo viola, Op. 25/1; Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Sonata, for solo viola; Luciano Berio: Sequenza VI for Viola solo; Gérard Grisey: Prologue, for viola & resonators; Emman...
Performers: Desjardins, Christophe

Amazing Grace: The Great Songs of Inspiration

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-11-17

Works: Richard Rodgers: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin', song (for the musical Oklahoma!); Carousel; Climb Ev'ry Mountain; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; G. S. Scofield: Battle Hymn of the Republic; Giuli...
Performers: Best, Roy; Bibeau, Maxime; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Connelli, Judi; Drury, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Forsyth, Nicole; Goto, Aiko; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Johnston, Suzanne; Kenny, Yv...
Conductors: Noble, Guy; Silverstein, Joseph; Williams, Lyn; Weymark, Brett; Challender, Stuart; Hill, David; Rose, Barry; ; McPhee, George; Greene, Andrew; Marin, Ion; Walker, Antony; Rieu, André
Ensemble: ; Army Reserve Pipes & Drums; Australian Federal Police Pipes and Drums & Friend; Cantillation; Ensemble Cymru

In the Front Line - Hollanders / Huijbregts, et al

3 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Herman Hollanders: Parnassus ecclesiasticus, Op. 1; Jubilus filiorum Dei, for voice & continuo
Performers: Beemt, John van den; Bemt, Paul van den; Bouw, Arwen; Hilhorst, Kees; Huijbregts, Ruud; Meijer, Michiel; Ooijen, David van; Ramselarr, Bas; Ruymbeke, Hilde van; Schillebeeckx, Lief; Spanjaard, Caroli...

"This music follows the character of the stile moderno, the familiar Italian sound of the early-baroque period. Solo works sound like opera arias, where passages...continue...

Ministriles Reales - Arrauxo, Cabe

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2009-04-14

Works: Anonymous, Canciero de Montecassino: La Spagna, basse dance; Collinetto, ballo, CM 22; Chiave, chiave, instrumental toccata, CM 131; Anonymous, French: Dit le Bourgignon; Juan del Encina: Quedate, Ca...
Performers: Brandao, Eunice; Casademunt, Sergi; Coin, Christophe; Dickey, Bruce; Duftschmid, Lorenz; Koopman, Ton; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Savall, Jordi; Smith, Hopkinson
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI

"Collections of Renaissance and early Baroque court music are always fun listening when they are as well-made as this one... A great deal of this...continue...

Classical Moments / Amy Dorfman, John Mock, et al

2 CD / CD Baby / 2009-03-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("F...
Performers: Angel, David [Violin]; Catchings, John; Davidson, David [Violin]; Dorfman, Greg; Estill, Cynthia; Greer, Gerald; Horton, leslie; Levin, Lee; Levine, Sam [Sax/Flute/Horn]; Mock, John; Osiel, Marianne;...

Christmastide

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-11-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Ave Maria; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); César Franck: Panis angelicus; Max Reger: M...
Performers: Appleman, Abraham; Capalbo, Michele; Drake, Victoria; Fader, Oren; Heiss, David; Lionti, Vincent; Mason, Eric; Miller, Dan; Mortimore, Stephanie; Yajima, Mineko
Conductors: Contino, Fiora

Charles The Bold and The Music of The Court of Burgundy / Munrow, Norin, Cook, et al

1 CD / Raum Klang / 2008-07-01

Works: Guillaume Dufay: Gloria ad modum tubae; Magnanime gentis laudes; Se la face ay pale; Robert Morton: Il sera pour vous conbatu; Hayne van Ghizeghem: Amours amours; Antoine Busnois: Missa "L'homme arm&...
Performers: Ansorg, Susanne; Cook, Randall; Norin, Lena Susanne
Conductors: Munrow, David;
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London; Hilliard Ensemble; Les Flamboyants

Burgundian court culture is one of the finest that European cultural history has to offer. This CD offers a kaleidoscopic survey of the music of...continue...

Miserere

1 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2008-05-13

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Work(s); Thomas Weelkes: When David heard; Robert Ramsey: How Are the Mighty Fallen; Henry Purcell: Lord, how long wilt thou be angry?, Z...
Performers: Brown, Jonathan [Organ]; Carter, William; Kenny, Liz; Manze, Andrew; Marcus, Marshall; Schlapp, Jan; Ward-Clarke, Jenny
Conductors: Brown, Timothy

The King's Singers Greatest Hits

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-02-05

Works: John Lennon: Penny Lane; Help!; Yesterday; Eleanor Rigby; Paul Simon: Bridge Over Troubled Water; The Sounds of Silence; John David: You Are the New Day; Lionel Richie: Three Times A Lady; Cy Coleman...
Performers: Baines, Michael; Barrueco, Manuel; Chase, Roger; Crayford, Marcia; Fraser, John; Fullbrook, Charles; Gerhardt, Emil; Hadden, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Hickox, Richard [Conductor]; Jackman, Bill; Kampen, ...
Conductors: Davis, Carl

The King's Singers are a unique group. Aside from their unusual voice distribution (2 countertenors, 1 tenor, 2 baritones and a bass), they have, over...continue...

Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore / Philip Pickett, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Michael Praetorius: Terpsichore
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Chateauneuf, Paula; Cheetham, Richard [trombone]; Eaton, Nigel; Finucane, Tom; Hamilton, Kenneth; Hunt, Richard; Isserlis, Anette; Kelly, Frances; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Nieman, Pau...
Conductors: Pickett, Philip
Ensemble: New London Consort

"The New London Consort, numbering forty players for this recording, presented Pickett the fullest possible range of period instruments indicated in Praetorius' 'Syntagma musicum', so...continue...

Muzyka Dawnej Europy: Niemcy - Polska

1 CD / Dux (Poland) / 2007-11-27

Works: Valentin Haussmann: Polish Dance ("Durch Lieb bin ich gar schmertziglich"), for voice & continuo; Neue artige und liebliche Täntze (1598); Heinrich Albert: Laát uns meiden, was nur leiden...
Performers: Adamus, Jan Tomasz; Boreczko-Dal, Kira; Dumanowski, Jacek; Stawicka, Urszula; Trybulec, Ireneusz; Trybulec, Marta; Wislocki, Jacek; Zurek, Laszek
Conductors:
Ensemble: Camerata Cracovia

Serenade / Timothy Seelig, Turtle Creek Chorale

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2007-05-08

Works: Eric Helmuth: Everyone Sang, for choir; How sweet the moonlight, for choir; Karl Jenkins: Adiemus, for female voices & orchestra; Stephen Paulus: Loving Kindness, for chorus; Morten Lauridsen: Les ch...
Performers: Demer, Thomas; Fratena, Roger; Hannigan, Erin; Nostbakken, Kari; Pettys, Delmar; Spencer, Antoine; Stahler, Dawn; Steffens, Peter; Swanson, Kristen
Conductors: Seelig, Timothy

This word brings to mind the image of a young swain, standing at nighttime below his true love's window passionately wooing his beloved with romantic...continue...

The Devil's Dream / Ghielmi, Pianca, Gibelli

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-12-12

Works: Solomon Eccles: A Ground; Thomas Robinson: Plaine Song; Queene's good night; Fantasy; Thomas Ford: Why not here, M. Crosse his choice; Cate of Bardy, The Queenes Jig; John Dowland: My Lord Willobes W...
Performers: Ghielmi, Vittorio; Gibelli, Graciela; Noir, J.D.; Pianca, Luca

In this their third collaboration with harmonia mundi, Luca Pianca and Vittorio Ghielmi perform English music from the time of Elizabeth I. As with their...continue...

Mozart, Schubert, Dvorák / Lionel Tetris

4 CD / Biddulph / 2006-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in E major, K 542; Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K 498 "Kegelstatt"; Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in G major, K 564; ...
Performers: Hobday, Ethel; Kiddle, Frederick B.; Leger, Frank St.; Rosovsky, Zoia; Sammons, Albert; Tertis, Lionel

Today violists the world over think of Lionel Tertis as the man who brought the hitherto humble viola into the limelight and made it into...continue...

Transfiguration

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-07-04

Works: Samuel Adler: Into the Radiant Boundaries of Light, for viola & guitar; Henry Purcell: Work(s); Victor Kioulaphides: Suite, for viola & guitar; John Dowland: Firste Booke of Songes; Think'st thou the...
Performers: Deubner, Brett [Viola]; Kenniff, Christopher

Teatro Lirico / Stephen Stubbs

1 CD / ECM Import / 2006-04-11

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Sonatas (12) for Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 5; Sonata for violin & continuo in F major, Op. 5/10; Teatro Lírico: Improvisation no 1, for ensemble; Improvisation no 2, fo...
Performers: Eilander, Maxine; Headley, Erin; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Valent, Milos
Conductors:
Ensemble: Teatro Lírico (Ensemble)

"This characteristically imaginative disc from ECM announces its intentions right from the beginning with a snatch from somewhere in the middle of Corelli's 'La follia',...continue...

KDFC - A Classical Christmas 2

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-09

Works: J. Scott Irvine: A Hannaford Christmas Flourish; Christmas Traditional: Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella ("Un flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle"); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Sans Day Carol; No&...
Performers: Bodnar, Nina; Burdick, Owen; Delmoni, Arturo [Violin]; Fenstermaker, John; Howard, Leslie; Lipkina, Natasha; Nishizaki, Takako; Rosen, Nathaniel; Shapiro, Marc [Piano]
Conductors: ; George, Vance; Bartle, Jean Ashworth; Krcek, Jaroslav; Lenárd, Ondrej; Antal, Mátyás; Breiner, Peter; Baker, Martin; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Edison, Noel; Burdick, Owen
Ensemble: ; Aureole Trio; Baltimore Consort; Capella Istropolitana; Elora Festival Singers; Hannaford Street Silver Band; Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; San Francisco S...

The Flying Dutchman

1 CD / Polydor Import / 2004-11-02

Works: Julius Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68; Traditional: Snowwaltz, for orchestra; Abe Holzmann: Blaze Away, for pops orchestra; Albert W. Ketèlb...
Performers: Berpols, Mireille; Bolle, Nathalie; Coenen, Jack; Colen, Pierre; Collem, Chaja van; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Custers, Linda; Das, Monica; Derwahl, Tanja; Detry, Stephanie; Diederen, Roger;...
Conductors: Rieu, André

Import edition includes three bonus tracks over the US edition. The classical violinist and Europe's "King Of The Waltz" takes you on a listening journey...continue...

Shushan The Palace

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-05-04

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Jane Siberry: A Star Shall Rise Up Out of Jacob (after Mendelssohn)...
Performers: Benson, Sally; Dube, Martine; Friedman, Mark; Geggie, John; Hutchenreuther, David; Kiesewaiter, Peter; Kiesewalter, Tob; Kirwan, Jill; Lafrance, Manon; Lane, Christopher; Roe, Jim; Roseman, Leah; Sar...

Building on an international reputation as one of the great creators and innovators in contemporary popular music, legendary Canadian artist Jane Siberry goes a step...continue...
Personnel: Jane Siberry (vocals, keyboards); Mark Friedman , Martine Dubé (violin); Sally Benson (viola); Peter Kiesewalter (clarinet, keyboards); Jim "Eno" Roe (oboe); Chris Lane, Manon Lafrance...continue...

William Primrose - The Early Recordings - Violin and Viola

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-02-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 2 in A major, BWV 1015; Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in ...
Performers: Gauntlett, Ambrose; Goossens, Sidonie; Menges, Isolde; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morris, G. O'Connor; Primrose, William; Templeman, H.G.; Ticehurst, John

Holidays

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-06-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Flute and Strings no 1 in D major, K 285; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Antonio Vivaldi: Conce...
Performers: Cox, Alan; Johnstone, Duncan; Levitan, Dan; Meir, Giddeon; O'Connor, Sharon; Rubin, Nathan; Shallenberger, Jim

Mimi's Classical Favorites

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-05-20

Works: Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Jules Massenet: Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera "Thaïs"); Léo Delibes: Lakmé...
Performers: Cogan, Dmitri; Dye, Mimi

Menus and Music - Afternoon Tea Serenade - Bach, Fauré, Debussy, etc / San Francisco Silverwood Ensemble

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-04-02

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in E flat major, BWV 1031; Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16; Pavane, Op. 50; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: D...
Performers: Kleinbart, Melissa; McKenzie, Julie; O'Connor, Sharon; Rakitchenkov, Olga; Rodriguez, Carla Maria
Conductors:
Ensemble: San Francisco Silverwood Ensemble

In My Heart -17th & 18th Century Italian Songs /Ramón Vargas

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-01-21

Works: Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche); Giacomo Carissimi: Vittoria, vittoria, mio core; Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Pompeo; L'honestà negli amori; Anton...
Performers: Anderson, John; Black, Nigel; Bucknall, Nicholas; Chu, Katherine; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Garland, Roger; Lale, Peter; Laurence, Christopher; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Pyatt, David [Horn]; Vargas, Ramon ...

Personnel: Ramón Vargas (tenor); Paul Willey, Rolf Wilson, Roger Garland (violin); Peter Lale, Bruce White (viola); Tony Pleeth (cello); Paul Edmund-Davies (flute); Nicholas Bucknail (clarinet);...continue...

Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church [with Bonus DVD]

1 CD / Columbia/Legacy / 2002-11-26

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem; Irish Traditional: My Lagan Love; She Moved through the Fair, folk song; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; César Franck: Panis angelicus; John Newton: Amazing Grace; Danny...
Performers: Atkins, Jane; Church, Charlotte [Vocals]; Cook, Jesse; Davies, Gareth; Davies, Rhodri; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Foster, David; Gaitsch, Bruce; Gilman, Billy [Country Vocals]; Graham, Janice; Groban, Josh...
Conductors: Edwards, Sian; Wright, Gavyn

Personnel includes: Charlotte Church (vocals); Billy Gilman, Josh Groban (vocals); Michael Thompson (guitar); Janice Graham (violin); Jane Atkins (viola); Tim Hugh (cello); Steve Mac (piano, keybo...continue...

Capriccio Stravagante Vol 2 / Purcell Quartet, Wooley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-11-20

Works: Alessandro Stradella: Sinfonia 17; Giovanni Battista Vitali: Passagallo Primo, for 2 violins, viol (or spinet), Op. 7; Passagallo secondo, for 2 violins, bass violin & organ, Op. 7; Capriccio sopra d...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob; Rogers, Jane; Wooley, Robert
Conductors:
Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

"More extraordinarily dramatic secular music from 16th-century Italy. Energy and exuberance bring its skeletal notation vividly to life in captivating colours - solo keyboards, conventional...continue...

Lullabies - A Songbook Companion / Baird, Tenenbaum, Kapp

1 CD / Essay / 2001-11-01

Works: Welsh Traditional: Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night), folk song; American Traditional: All the Pretty Little Horses, folk song; By'm Bye, traditional lullaby; Anonymous: All Night, All Day; Armeni...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Kapp, Madeline; Kapp, Richard [Conductor]; Tenenbaum, Mela

Personnel: Richard Kapp (piano); Madeline Kapp, Julianne Baird (vocals); Mela Tenenbaum (violin, viola).

Recording information: Purchase College, New York, NY (05/08/1997-05/09/1997)....continue...

Gesualdo - Prince of Madrigalists / Craft, Horne, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-03-17

Works: Carlo Gesualdo: T'Amo mia vita, la mia cara vita, madrigal for 5 voices (Book 5), W. 5/79; Or che in gioia credea, madrigal (Book 4), W. 4/33; Chiaro risplender suole, madrigal for 5 voices (Book 6),...
Performers: Babitz, Sol; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Levitt, Richard [Tenor Vocals]; Martin, Grace Lynne; Robinson, Richard; Schaeffer, Ralph; Scharbach, Charles; Thomas, Milton; Wilson, Eugene

Mystery Classics

1 CD / Delos / 1996-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Tone-Pictures (3), arranged for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, doubl...
Performers: Bae, Ik-Hwan; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Britton, David; Doppmann, William; Frank, Pamela; Kavafian, Ani; Lash, Warren; Li, Honggang; Li, Wei-Gang; Neubauer, Paul; Noehren, Robert; Rockmore,...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; ; de Carvalho, Eleazar
Ensemble: ; Sequoia String Quartet; Shanghai Quartet

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
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Unicorn

Black Angels

1 CD / / 1990-07-03

Works: George Crumb: Black Angels (Images I), for electric string quartet; Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; István Márta: Doom. A Sigh, for voice & Roumanian folk ensemble; Charles Ives: They Are...
Performers: Dutt, Hank; Harrington, David; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Sherba, John [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

Black Angels is one of Kronos' finest works, a haunting cycle of compositions thematically linked by their relationships to war and brutality. The title piece, composed by George Crumb in response to ...continue...