Medieval Period > Harpsichord

On a Cold Winter's Day - Early Christmas music and carols from the British Isles / Quadriga Consort

1 CD / Carpe Diem / 2012-10-30

Works: Christmas Traditional: Wassail Song ("Here We Come a-Wassailing"), carol (a.k.a. "Here We Come a-Caroling"); The Huron Indian Carol ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime"), carol (Quebecois); Wie schon l...
Performers: Newerkla, Nikolaus
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Ensemble: Quadriga Consort

As the cold and bleak winter days descend upon us, the Quadriga Consort presents long forgotten carols and age-old tunes of the festive season. With...continue...
Recording information: Gertrudskirche, Gars am Kamp, Austria (05/03/2012-05/06/2012)....continue...

A Brandenburg Christmas

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-11-29

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; Hildegard von Bingen: O ecclesia oculi tui; Christmas Traditional: Angelus ad virginem (English); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emm...
Performers: Dwyer, Bryony; Dyer, Paul; Ellis, Samantha; Everingham, Craig; Hayton, David; Leonard, Christina; Montgomery, Belinda; Prickett, Louise; Sanchez, Richard; Thomas, Meinir Ann
Conductors: Dyer, Paul

MusicWeb International, November 2012
This seasonal offering reveals the quirky programming policy of artistic director Paul Dyer...I'm not sure anyone else has ever dared programme Angelus...continue...
Recording information: City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney (12/18/2010)....continue...

Antico - Moderno / Doron Sherwin, Julien Martin, Josh Cheatham, Skip Sempe, Capriccio Stravagante

1 CD / Paradizo / 2011-05-01

Works: Francesco Rognoni: Variations on Palestrina's Pulchra es, for bass viola da gamba & continuo; Richardo Rogniono: Ancor che co'l partire, for viola bastarda (after Cipriano); Josquin Desprez: In te Do...
Performers: Cheatham, Joshua; Johannel, Francoise; Kiener, Evolene; Martin, Julien; Milne, Nick; Sablonniere, Marine; Sempe, Skip; Sherwin, Doron David
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Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante; Capriccio Stravagante Recorders; Capriccio Stravagante Viols

The Italian madrigals and Franco-Flemish chansons on which the "diminution" repertoire was based included some of the most popular and memorable music of the 16th...continue...

Carlo Ignazio Monza: Harpsichord Music

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2009-12-08

Works: Carlo Monza: Harpsichord suite in E major; Harpsichord suite in C minor; Harpsichord suite in D major; Harpsicord suite in C major; Prelude & Fugue in F minor, for harpsichord; Prelude in C minor (al...
Performers: Charlston, Terence

Terence Charlston studied organ and harpsichord at Oxford and in London. He has toured extensively within Europe as well as to Japan, the U.S. and...continue...
Recording information: St Andrew, Bramfield, Hertfordshire, UK (10/2005)....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...

Elizabethan Love Songs - Dowland, Rosseter, etc / Hugues Cuenod, Claude Jean Chiasson

1 CD / Lyrichord / 2008-06-17

Works: Philip Rosseter: When Laura Smiles; John Bull: Italian Galliard; Robert Jones: Go to bed, sweet muse; Sweet Kate; Robert Johnson: Alman for lute; Orlando Gibbons: Pavane and Galliard "Lord Salisbury"...
Performers: Brink, Robert; Chiasson, Claude Jean; Cuenod, Hugues; Pinkham, Daniel [Organ]; Zighera, Alfred

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...

Mater matris Christi - Obrecht, etc / Bäuml, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Coviello / 2007-11-03

Works: Anonymous: Carmen no 1; Gaudeamus omnes; Carmen in fa; Alleluia Anna mater eximia; Luce lucens in aeterna; Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis; Carmen no 2; Lucis huius festa; Salve Regina "Annaberg ms...
Performers: Adler, Gesine; Erler, David; Gahler, Stephan; Gerchen, Matthias; Reim, Sebastian; Schmidt, Johannes
Conductors: Bäuml, Katharina
Ensemble: Capella de la Torre

Capella de la Torre is a group of musicians who have made a name for themselves as specialists in historical performance practice. The ensemble's aim...continue...

Rossi: Toccate & Corrente / Jörg-Andreas Bötticher

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Michelangelo Rossi: Toccate e Correnti d'Intavolatura d'organo e cembalo; Partita sopra la Romanesca; Toccata for Harpsichord no 7 in D minor; Corrente No 7; Toccata No 8; Corrente No 8; Corrente dec...
Performers: Botticher, Jorg-Andreas

The Art of the Recorder / David Munrow

2 CD / Testament / 2005-06-14

Works: Anonymous, English: English Dance (13th century); English Te Deum; Estampie from the Robertsbridge fragment; Anonymous, Italian: Saltarellos 1-4 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Jacques Barbireau: Een Vroylic Wes...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brookes, Oliver; Burrowes, Norma; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Hill, Martyn; Hogwood, Christopher; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Lumsden, Alan; Munrow, David; Reid, ...
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Ensemble: David Munrow Recorder Consort; Early Music Consort of London

David Munrow established his Early Music Consort of London in 1967 and much of his later work was based around this ensemble, with James Bowman,...continue...

Songs of Celebration - Frescobaldi, etc / Irma Rogell

1 CD / Afka / 2005-01-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Loeillet: Suite for harpsichord (or spinet) no 5 in F major; Girolamo Frescobaldi: Work(s); Gisbert van Steenwick: Peur Natus in Bethlehem, for Harpsichord; Heiligh, Saligh Bethlehem, f...
Performers: Rogell, Irma

La Mer jolie - Chants d'Acadie / Suzie LeBlanc

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-08-01

Works: Traditional: Le long de la mer jolie; Reels Côté-Benoît-LeBlanc; Avec un avocat; Bransle de Poitou; Valses Benoît; Jolis Bois; La belle se promène; Medley Guinchard; Le mari ...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Chartrand, Pierre; Greenberg, David; LeBlanc, Suzie; MacMillan, Betsy; McGuiness, David; Norman, Chris

Music for Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain / Munrow, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2004-04-01

Works: Anonymous, Cancionero de Palacio: Donde se sufre, Juana; Work(s); Guarda, donna, el mío tormento; Ave Virgo, gratia plena; Dios te salve, Cruz preciosa; Alonso: La tricotea Samartín &ag...
Performers: Bernard, Paul; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Hill, Martyn; Hogwood, Christopher; Laird, Michael; Munrow, David; Shaw, Geoffrey; Spencer, Robert; Taylor, James; Tyler, James; Van Der Beek, Andrew
Conductors: Munrow, David
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London

Christmas at Trinity / Burdick, The Choir of Trinity Church

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-10-01

Works: Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Traditional: Sans Day Carol; I saw three ships; Infant holy, infant lowly; Gabriel's message; Angels from the realms ...
Performers: Bartram, Amy; Burdick, Owen; Copeland, Joshua; Hoyt, Ann; Jamison, Barbara Lynne; Lippold, Richard; Sands, Stephen
Conductors: Burdick, Owen
Ensemble: Trinity Church Choir, New York

The choir at Trinity Church, Wall Street, led by Owen Burdick has here recorded a truly delightful disc of Christmas favorites, book-marked by the traditional...continue...

The Age of Extravagance / West, Roberts, Chateauneuf, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 1998-04-01

Works: Francisco Correa de Arrauxo: Quarto tiento de medio registro de tiple de séptimo tono (Libro de tientos y discursos, no 28), for; Glosas sobre "El canto Lhano de la Inmaculada Concepción," ...
Performers: Chateauneuf, Paula; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]; West, Jeremy

'Abandon yourself to the brilliant and expressive playing of Jeremy West' (Early Music Today)

'Outstanding' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Virtuoso playing such as this is not...continue...

Gaudete / Härlig är Jorden

1 CD / Proprius / 1993-05-19

Works: Christmas Traditional: Work(s); Låt oss fröjdas (Let Us Rejoice), carol (Swedish); Ordet är nu vordet kött (The Word Is Now Made Flesh), carol (Swedish); Gladelig vi nu sjüng...
Performers: Bergstrom, Ulf; Hagegard, Hakan; Haggmarl, Anita; Langebo, Karin; Ohrwall, Anders; Olsson, Ingrid; Petersen, Alf; Rondin, Mats; Ronneback, Tore; Sandstrom, Yngve; Tornros, Anita