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Heinrich Schütz: Zwoelf geistliche Gesänge / Rademann

1 CD / Carus / 2012-03-27

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass & continuo ad lib, SWV 420 (Op. 13/1); All Ehr und Lob soll Gottes sein, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass & continuo ...
Performers: Klein, Irene; Knebel, Sebastian
Conductors: Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: ; Dresden Chamber Choir

Together with Carus-Verlag Stuttgart, under the direction of Hans-Christoph Rademann, the Dresdner Kammerchor will realize the first complete recording of the works of Heinrich Schuetz...continue...
Recording information: Studio MDR, Leipzig, Germany (10/21/2009-10/25/2009)....continue...

Glosas: des Prez; Verdelo; de Rore; Parrilla / Vincent Parilla, recorder

1 CD / Carpe Diem / 2011-07-26

Works: Anonymous: De tous biens playne; Marchetto Cara: Chi me dara più pace; Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Per dolor mi bagno il viso, song; Luys de Narváez: Mille regretz (after Josquin), for vihu...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Andueza, Raquel; Garrido, Alvaro; Parrilla, Vicente; Rincon, Miguel
Conductors: Parrilla, Vicente
Ensemble: ; More Hispano

Vincent Parilla, together with his ensemble, More Hispano, explores the 16th century art of musical ornamentation, diminution and improvisation in this latest release. His virtuoso...continue...
Recording information: Oratorio de la Escuela de Cristo, Sevilla (Spain) (04/26/2009-04/29/2009)....continue...

Miguel de Fuenllana: Orphénica Lyra 1554

1 CD / Glossa Import / 2011-03-03

Works: Miguel de Fuenllana: La Bomba, song (after Flecha); Passeavase el rey moro, for voice & vihuela; Buscad de oy mas, song (fragment from "La Justa") (after Flecha); Morenica, dame un beso, for voice & ...
Performers: Balestracci, Guido; Casademunt, Sergi; Fresno, Alba; Mayoral, David; Mena, Carlos [Countertenor Vocal]; Moreno, Jose Miguel; Paz, Fernando; Rial, Nuria

BBC Music Magazine
The singing of Nuria Rial and Carlos Mena makes this a constant delight. This is the Spanish Romantic guitar at the peak of...continue...
Recording information: Cuenca Iglesia de San Miguel, Spain (02/1999-03/1999); San Lorenzo de Escorial, Antigua Hospedería (02/1999-03/1999)....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...

[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
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Ensemble: Palladian Ensemble

BBC Music Magazine
Sparkling playing with the sense of uninhibited joy which only technical mastery and unbridled imagination can generate.
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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

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

Petrucci - Harmonice Musices Odhecaton / Fretwork

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-09-09

Works: Anonymous, Spanish: La Spagna; Johannes Ghiselin: Fors seulement l'attente; Favus distillans; Alexander Agricola: Work(s); Tandernaken; Si dedero; De tous biens plaine; Jacob Obrecht: Fors seulement ...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Campbell, Richard; Gillespie, Wendy; Hodgson, Julia; Hunt, William; Pell, Susanna
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Ensemble: Fretwork

The second half of the British Viol ensemble Fretwork's debut for Harmonia Mundi is an effort of great discipline and loving critical attention to source material -- not to mention a specially commiss...continue...

Icon - Dame Janet Baker - The Beloved Mezzo Sings Mahler, Elgar, Berlioz, Chausson, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Richard Strauss: Lieder (5), Op. 32; Lieder (4), Op. 36; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (3), Op. 43; Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures,...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Isepp, Martin; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Spencer, Robert [Lute]; Whittaker, Douglas
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Leppard, Raymond; Menuhin, Yehudi; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

A new release in the recently-launched EMI Classics ICON Series, this 5-CD set is dedicated to Dame Janet Baker, long praised as one of the...continue...

Mercurial Love - Dowland, Purcell / Jama Jandrokovic, Charles Weaver, et al

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Preludium, P 98; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Firste Booke of Songes; A Fancy; Second Booke of Songes; Can she excuse, P 42; Henry Purcell: A New Ground for Harpsichord i...
Performers: Jandrokovic, JAma; Stober, Carlene; Vinikour, Jory; Weaver, Charles

England in the 17th century boasted not only a musically sophisticated aristocracy but also a middle-class who were well acquainted with both poetry and music....continue...

Purcell: Songs & Airs / Kirkby, Hogwood, Rooley, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Henry Purcell: Hark how all things in one sound agree (from "The Fairy Queen"), aria, Z. 629/47; Celebrate this festival (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), ode for 5 soloists, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2; ...
Performers: Campbell, Richard; Hogwood, Christopher [Conductor]; Kirkby, Emma; Mackintosh, Catherine; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]

Recorded in 1982, this collection of Songs and Airs by Purcell features world-renowned early music singer Emma Kirkby. It was produced during the ‘revival’ of...continue...

The Elfin Knight / Joel Frederiksen, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-09-11

Works: English Traditional: Whittingham Fair, folk song ("The Elfin Knight"); Greensleeves, folk song; Go from My Window, folk song; Fortune My Foe; Scarborough Fair; Anonymous, English: Walsingham; Lord Da...
Performers: Evans, Timothy Leigh; Frederiksen, Joel; Marincic, Domen; Schwannberger, Sven; Weigl, Helmut
Conductors: Frederiksen, Joel
Ensemble: Ensemble Phoenix Munich

A basso with exceptional timbre, Frederiksen has done his homework and is now able to revive a whole host of folk ballads that are at...continue...

Mater - Vladimir Godár: Stabat Mater, etc / Stryncl, Bittová

1 CD / ECM / 2007-04-10

Works: Vladimir Godár: Maykomashmalon der regen; Magnificat; Lullabies (4) for Alto/Bass and Strings; Ecce puer; Stabat Mater; Regina coeli
Performers: Bittova, Iva; Gulas, Peter; Kovac, Juraj; Nagy, Tibor; Nedorost, Luboslav; Sesták, Peter; Spissky, Peter; Trevor-Dúhová, Mária; Vacek, Premysal; Valent, Milos; Vrbincik, P...
Conductors: Stryncl, Marek
Ensemble: Bratislava Conservatory Choir; Solamente Naturali

"For Vladimir Godar, Iva Bittova is something of a muse. Once, when she asked him why he wanted to work with her so often, he...continue...

Tout passe - Chants d' Acadie / LeBlanc, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2007-04-01

Works: Traditional: Quand j'ai parti du Canada; La Nouvelle chanson de Terre-Neuve; Ton Bale; Bluebird; Annie, Annie; La pauvre Lisette; A Saint-Malo; Laridé de Pontivy; Rond de Loudéac; Les P...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Greenberg, David; LeBlanc, Suzie; MacMillan, Betsy; Mativetsky, Shawn; McGuinness, David; Norman, Chris

Soprano Suzie LeBlanc personifies the old saying that Acadians are born with songs in their veins and music in their fingertips. Known primarily for her...continue...

Tonos humanos - Marin, Ribayaz, Hidalgo, etc / Pitzl, et al

1 CD / Accent / 2005-02-07

Works: José Marin: No piense Menguilla ya; Ojos, pues me desdeñas; Aquella sierra nevada; Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz: Luz y norte musical; Francisco Guerau: Poema harmónico; Juan Hidalgo: Ay amor,...
Performers: Cabre, Josep; Contini, Luciano; Mauch, Monika; Myron, Richard; Pitzl, Pierre; Sandlands, Hugh
Conductors: Pitzl, Pierre
Ensemble: Private Musicke

Die Spinne im Netz - Senfl, etc / Musicke & Mirth

1 CD / Raum Klang / 2005-02-07

Works: Alexander Agricola: Tandernaken; Cecus non judicat de coloribus; Jacobus Barbireau: Een vrolic wesen; Johannes Ghiselin: Een frouwelic wesen; Ludwig Senfl: Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein; Nun wöll...
Performers: Achtman, Jane; Klein, Irene; Maeseele, Wim; Podger, Julian; Tecardi, Silvia
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Ensemble: Musicke & Mirth

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
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Ensemble: La Nef

The Soulful Bach and Telemann

1 CD / Centaur / 2004-01-03

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasias (12) for Violin solo; Essercizii musici, P 47; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 163, "Nur jedem das Seine!" BWV 163; Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedri...
Performers: Edberg, Allison Guest; Hashizume, Miho; Lichti, Daniel; McClain, Washington; Meints, Catharina; Morgan, Anne Marie; Ngai, Emlyn; Simon, Sandra; Wright, Elisabeth; Yelanjian, Sue

Haydn, Beethoven, et al / Janet Baker, Menuhin, Malcolm

1 CD / Testament / 2002-09-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, H 31a; Work(s); The Ploughman, folk song for voice, violin & keyboard, H. 31a/10; Ludwig van Beethoven: Polly Stewart, folk song for voice & piano trio, WoO 15...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Isepp, Martin; Malcolm, George; Menuhin, Yehudi; Pople, Ross; Spencer, Robert [Lute]; Whittaker, Douglas

"This reissue pairs two Dame Janet projects from different decades: 1975 recordings of Scottish songs, all arranged by Haydn and Beethoven, and a 1967 session...continue...

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...

On the Banks of Helicon - Early Music of Scotland

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1986-11-08

Works: Anonymous: Over the hills; Kathren Oggie; In a garden so green; My heartly service; Scotch Cap; Flowers of the forest; Kilte thy coat, Magge; Canaries; I will not go to bed till I suld die; Jockey Lo...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne; Bass, Howard; Cudek, Mark; George, Edwin; Kosloski, Alice; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn; Norman, Chris
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Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

The Baltimore Consort made its Dorian debut with this varied mix of early music from Scotland, ranging from hauntingly beautiful songs to rollicking fiddle tunes...continue...