Medieval Period > Percussion

Hamelin Anno 1284: Auf den Spuren des Rattenfängers

1 CD / Christophorus / 2012-05-26

Works: Wizlâv III von Rügen: De Unghelarde heft ghemaket ene senende wise, song; Nach der Senenden; De voghelin untphat des lechten meyien scin, song (a.k.a. Od zielonego gaju); Ich warne dich; Ic...
Performers: Cecere, Giuseppe Paolo; Reithofer, Wolfgang

The figure of the mysterious flautist who according to legend enticed the children away from the town of Hamelin with his music in the year...continue...
Recording information: W*A*R Studio, Vienna, Austria (12/20/2011-12/21/2011)....continue...

Deo Gratias Anglia: Sacred Polyphony / Ensemble Céladon

1 CD / Aeon / 2012-05-08

Works: Anonymous: Agincourt Hymn; Now wolde y fayne; Anonymous, English: Angelus ad Virginem; Pray for Us, Thou Prince of Peace, hymn; Dou way, Robin / Sancta mater gracie, motet; Perspice Christicola (tune...
Performers: Bündgen, Paulin; Bernatene, Ludwin; Coutouly, Clara [Vocals]; Delafosse, Anne; Guern, Nolwenn Le
Conductors: Bündgen, Paulin
Ensemble: Ensemble Céladon

From 1337 to 1453, France and England waged a ruthless combat, with the Hundred Years' War plunging Europe into violence and horror. Yet far from...continue...
Recording information: Notre Dame Church, Centeilles, France (06/23/2010-06/26/2010)....continue...

The Christmas Album / Libera boy choir

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; In...
Performers: Ashley, Charlotte; Coates, Sam; Collins, Luke; Crawley, Ben; De Menezes-Wood, Jakob; Fontannaz, Daniel; Geraghty, Steven; Ingles, Freddie; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; May, Elizabeth; McCarthy...
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert

The Arts Desk
The singing is generally great - you can detect a very slight rough edge to the boys' sound which is exactly as it...continue...
Recording information: The Music Place, London, England (05/2011-07/2011).

For an act famed for their angelic vocals and heart-warming celestial sound, it's a surprise that The Christmas Album ...continue...

Merry Christmas: World Famous Carols / Bambini Di Praga

1 CD / Supraphon / 2011-11-03

Works: Anonymous, Czech: Cas radosti, veselosti (Time of Joy, Time of Good Cheer) (Tranovsky Hymnal 45); Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Svatou dobu jiz tu máme (Moravian);...
Performers: Bouskova, Jana; Celbova, Sarka; Havrankova, Veronika; Kalvachova, Katerina; Kovandova, Katerina; Palickova, Jitka; Puterova, Jana; Stedra, Irena; Svoboda, Jiri; Valkova, Julie; Vitova, Veronika
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bambini Di Praga

On 28 June 2011 a significant chapter in the history of Czech music closed with the passing of a legend: after 38 years the Bambini...continue...
Recording information: Czech Radio Studio, Prague, Czech Republic (06/1998)....continue...

Amours Me Fait Desirer - Machaut, Landini, Wolkenstein

1 CD / Talanton / 2011-11-03

Works: Anonymous: Alleluya; Istanpitta Gaetta; Francesco Landini: Non avrà mai pietà, ballata for 3 voices, S. 144; Che pena è questa al cor, ballata for 3 (or 2) voices, S. 162 (2 versions);...
Performers: Bohm, Rainer; Burggaller, Hans-Jurgen; Jaenicke, Dagmar; Kopcke, Maria; Priess, Petra
Conductors: Böhm, Rainer
Ensemble: Ensemble Alta Musica

The fourteenth century was a time of important innovations; notation harmony, polyphony and developments in rhythm. Alta Musica was founded in 1985 to promote the...continue...
Recording information: Andreaskirche Berlin (2003-09-15_2003-09-17&2004-)....continue...

The Christmas Album / Libera boy choir [Deluxe Edition]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; In...
Performers: Ashley, Charlotte; Coates, Sam; Collins, Luke; Crawley, Ben; De Menezes-Wood, Jakob; Fontannaz, Daniel; Geraghty, Steven; Ingles, Freddie; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; May, Elizabeth; McCarthy...
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert

The Arts Desk
The singing is generally great - you can detect a very slight rough edge to the boys' sound which is exactly as it...continue...
Recording information: The Music Place, London, England (05/2011-07/2011).

For an act famed for their angelic vocals and heart-warming celestial sound, it's a surprise that The Christmas Album ...continue...

O viridissima virga: Music from the Middle Ages

4 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-10-25

Works: Meister Rumelant: Got in vier elementen; Got in vil hohen vreuden saz; Die tenschen morder, song; Got herre almechtich, song; Alle kvninge, vursten, herren, ritter!, song; Daz Gedeones wollenvlivs, s...
Performers: Davis, Helen; Hoxbro, Poul
Conductors:
Ensemble: ALBA Ensemble

Today the Middle Ages is found to be particularly fascinating in all of its facets - some 500 hundred years after the period came to...continue...

Minstrel's Musicke: Medieval Songs & Dances / Banks, Spring, Lindo, Wesseling

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-10-25

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarello no 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987); La Manfredina; Saltarello no 2 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Christmas Traditional: Angelus ad virginem (English); Hyer matin; Anonymous: Amoroso for flu...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Wandor, Michelene; Wesseling, Lisette

The music of medieval minstrel for voice, harp, pipe, tabor & drum. Lively & cheerful dances, songs, reflective ballads played on authentic instruments from the...continue...

Sing Noel: A European Christmas Revels

1 CD / Revels Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Pierre Passereau: Il est bel et bon; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, incidental music for voices & orchestra; Traditional: Bourrée en Étoile; Muwashah Jalla Men Qad Sawarak; Darj Bayyati...
Performers: Catt, Cristi; Coffin, David; Cole, Julian; Davidson, Hannah; Desbois, Jack; Epstein, Jerome; Fleagle, John; Fuchs, Lee; Gulley, Laura; Jaffe, Jamie; Mackay-Smith, Kyla; McNutt, Salome Sandoval; Meyer...
Conductors: ; Gay, David; Langstaff, John; Epstein, Jerome; Humez, Roberta; Emlen, George
Ensemble: ; Sharq Ensemble

Celebrate the holidays with this new collection of medieval and Renaissance processionals, hymns, carols, songs and dances from France and Spain, and a taste of...continue...
Recording information: Futura Productions, Roslindale, MA....continue...

Sing We Now of Christmas / Taylor Festival Choir, Eric Whitacre

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Work(s); In the Bleak Midwinter (Welsh); Sing We Now of Christmas (Noel Nouvelet); The Wexford Carol ("Good People All, This Christmastime") (Enniscorthy Carol) (Irish); Covent...
Performers: Carroll, Liz; Conant, Susan; Doyle, John [Celtic]; Hightower, Mark; Ivory, Beth; Jobe, Richard; Khoma, Natalia; Lee, Benjamin; Mallon, Danny; Masie, Matt [Percussion]; Miller, Kori; Robertson, Kim; T...
Conductors: Taylor, Robert

The Taylor Festival Choir offers an annual Celtic Christmas presentation in Charleston, South Carolina and with this recording, brings it into the listener's living room....continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, South C (2010-06-17&2010-06-19&2010-)....continue...

A Mediterranean Christmas / Cohen, Boston Camerata, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Turkish Traditional: Taksîm Farahfaza, for oud & ensemble; Alfonso X: Cantiga de Santa María 51, A Madre de Deus; Cantiga de Santa María 100, Santa Maria, strela do dia; Cantiga de San...
Performers: Ayad, Hayet; Azema, Anne; Bares, Equidad; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Harley, Anne; Razgui, Boujemaa; Roustom, Kareem
Conductors: Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata; Sharq Ensemble

This CD is a natural follow-up to the Boston Cameratas popular Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, American, and French Christmas CDs that are holiday best sellers. On...continue...

Latitude 37

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Laura Vaughan: Passamezzo antico, improvisation for ensemble (after Diego Ortiz); Folias, improvisation for ensemble (after Alessandro Piccinini); Amarilli mia bella, improvisation for ensemble (afte...
Performers: Blét, Guy Du; Martyn-Ellis, Simon; Rickard, Simon; Stagg, Siobhan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Latitude 37

Recording information: Iwaki Auditorium (2010-08-29&2010-08-31_2010-)....continue...

Guillaume de Machaut: The Motets / Ensemble Musica Nova

2 CD / Aeon / 2011-07-12

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: S'il estoit nulz/S'amours tous/Et gaudebit; Qui es promesses de Fortune/Ha, Fortune! trop suis mis loing/Et non est qui adjuvet; He, Mors, com tu es haïe/Fine Amour, quie m...
Performers: Bauer, Martin; Bernartene, Patrick; Bihan, Gwenael; Fourquier, Marion; Guimaraes-Peres, Lucas
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Musica Nova

Since the beauty, richness, and diversity of such an oeuvre made it impossible to choose amongst the 23 motets by the Canon of Reims, the...continue...
Recording information: Pigna (Haute-Corse) (04/07/2002-04/13/2002)....continue...

Je Chanterai la Joie ...

1 CD / Gallo / 2011-05-10

Works: Recorded Sound: Je chanterai la joie, beginning of concert at Temple de Champel, Geneva; Anonymous, English: Psalm 137 (138) In the presence of the angels, I will bless you, O Lord; Traditional Spiri...
Performers: Bailey, Anthony; Bakemhe, Claudia; Bakemhe, Diane; Buser, Felix; Bush, James [Cello]; Choir, Jonas; Cruz, Gaetan Da; Davies, Billy; Efua; Emery, Liselotte; Favre-Bulle, Pierre; Garling, Stefi; Garlin...

The Jonas Foundation operates programs in music for underprivileged youth in London, France, Berlin, Tbilissi, Switzerland and Armenia. This recording is a compilation of various...continue...

Tristan et Iseult / Cohen, von Ramm, Azéma, Ledriot, Boston Camerata

1 CD / Erato / 2010-11-16

Works: Anonymous, French: Tristan et Iseult, strophic lai (Vienna, B.N., ms. 2542); Le lai du chevrefeuille; Jehan Bodel: Les un pin verdoiant, dance; Anonymous, German: Gottes namen varen wir; Anonymous, C...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Hargis, Ellen; Hite, William; Ledroit, Henri; Lundahl, Steven; Morrison, Richard; Stillman, Dan
Conductors: Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

Songs of Mary: Devotional Music and Chants

1 CD / Sounds True/ada / 2010-09-28

Works: Anonymous, Cantigas de Santa Maria: Virgen Madre gloriosa (from Cantigas de Santa Maria 340); Santa Maria Looei, e Loo e Looarei (Cantiaga no 200); Anonymous, French: Quant voi la fleur nouvele; Toma...
Performers: Braslavsky, Catherine; Catherine Braslavsky Ensemble; Cunningham, Ruth; Fradon, Amy; Guerguerian, River; Heidemann, Stephanie; Lambert, Blandine; Last, Julie; Lincoln, Susan; Ouannoughi, Nadine; Riai...

Middle Ages Music

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: Verbum patris humanatur (conduit); Guillaume de Machaut: Douce dame jolie, pour Dieu; Se je souspir parfondement, virelai for 2 voices; Comment qu'a moy lonteinne, virelai for ...
Performers: Player, Steve

Guillaume de Machaut: Le Remède de Fortune

2 CD / Eloquentia / 2009-12-08

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Qui n'aroit autre deport, lai for voice; Tels rit au main qui au soir, complainte for voice; Joie, plaisance; En amer a douce vie; Dame de qui toute ma joie vient, ballade for 4...
Performers: Biffi, Vivabiancaluna; Goubioud, Serge; Hamon, Pierre; Maillon, Angélique; Mauillon, Marc; Vistorky, Emmanuel
Conductors: Hamon, Pierre

Guillaume de Machaut is famous chiefly for his Messe de Nostre Dame, the earliest known complete setting of the Ordinary of the Mass attributable to...continue...
Recording information: La Chapelle Jesus-Enfant, Paroisse Sqainte-Clotilde, Pa (11/2008)....continue...

Christmas Spirit

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2009-12-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily ...
Performers: Groller, Richard; Mathiesen, Steven [Percussion]; Spear, Kevin [Percussion]; Vought, Michael

The Mainstreet Brass perform holiday classics and future favorites for brass quintet. Formed in 1986, Mainstreet Brass has performed for enthusiastic audiences at arts festivals,...continue...
Recording information: First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem, PA (02/27/2009-03/01/2009)....continue...

Cantique de Noël - Beautiful Songs of Christmas / Michael Calmès, John Finney

1 CD / Centaur / 2009-11-01

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Christmas Traditional: This is the truth sent from above (English); Quelle est cette odeur agr&...
Performers: Calmès, Michael [Tenor Vocal]; DiPerna, Gary; Finney, John; Hudde, Hermann

With a voice praised as "beautiful" -; "thrilling" -; and "rich" -; tenor Michael CalmEs has achieved a distinguished record of performances in concerts, recitals,...continue...
Recording information: Blink Music Studios, Cambridge, MA (07/2008-08/2008)....continue...

Estel De Mar: Llibre Vermall de Monserrat

1 CD / Christophorus / 2009-11-01

Works: Anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat: O Virgo splendens, canon for 3 voices (Llibre Vermell); Stella splendens in monte, virelai for 2 voices (Llibre Vermell); Laudemus virginem, canon for 3 voice...
Performers: Bothwell, Malcolm; Hoefener, Kristin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Kantika (Vocal Ensemble)

Montserrat monastery had been a well-known place for the veneration of the Virgin in the 13th and 14th centuries, also being home of the Llibre...continue...
Recording information: Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, France (07/2009)....continue...

Music from the Time of Columbus /Pickett, New London Consort

1 CD / Linn Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Anonymous: Viva el Gran Re Don Fernando; Como No le Andare Yo (Colombina Songbook); Perdi la Mi Rueca; Al alva venid buen amigo; Dale, Si le das; Anonymous, Spanish: A los maytines era (Cancionero Mu...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Finnis, Catherine; Finucane, Tom; Henderson, Stephen; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Levine, Joanna; Levy, Mark [Viol]; Pickett, Philip

Mediterranea / Alla Francesca

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2009-06-09

Works: Guiraut Riquier: Aissi quon es sobronrada; Ghirardello da Firenze: I' vo' bene a chi vol bene a me, ballata; Carlo Rizzo: Oh bel visino tanto angelicato; Anonymous, Italian: Or piangiamo che piange M...
Performers: Hamon, Pierre; Lesne, Brigitte; Rizzo, Carlo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Alla Francesca

Ever since antiquity, the shores of the Mediterranean have assembled men and women who share a cultural heritage with multiple resonances. These pieces say something...continue...

Det Brinner en Stjarna - Christmas Carols

1 CD / Nosag / 2009-01-01

Works: Traditional: In dulci jubilo; O come, O come Emmanuel; Jord och himmel syng i dag; Gustaf Nordqvist: Jul, jul stralande jul; Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28; John Jacob Niles: I wonder...
Performers: Andersson, Lars; Dirke, Boel; Lindskog, Ingrid; Mansson, Goran; Ryden, Susanne; Thur, Gabriella
Conductors: Borjeson, Kerstin
Ensemble: Hagersten Motet Choir of Stockholm; Stockholm Chamber Brass

A Boston Camerata Christmas / Joel Cohen

3 CD / Erato / 2008-11-18

Works: Anonymous, American: Watchman of Zion, hymn; Kingsbridge, hymn; Bozrah, hymn; A Christmas Hymn; The Heavenly Courtier, hymn; Slow Traveller, hymn; Benjamin Franklin White: Baptismal anthem; Christmas...
Performers: Atlan, Francoise; Azema, Anne; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Fleagle, John; Frederiksen, Joel; Fulton, Cheryl Ann; Hargis, Ellen; Hildebrand, Herman; Hite, William; Isherwood, Nicholas; Kale, Christophe...
Conductors: Cohen, Joel [Early Music];
Ensemble: Boston Camerata; Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble; Mediterranea Camerata

Praise Him

1 CD / Deseret Book / 2008-09-30

Works: Martin Luther: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Ein feste Burg); Henry George Ley: Fight the good fight with all thy might, hymn (tune Rushford) (New English Hymnal, 359); Robert H. Young: Who Is He In ...
Performers: Barrett, Dan [Trombone]; Bartholomew, Jeffrey; Bean, Adam; Bergman, Jason; Bowman, Jonathan; Brough, Ron [Percussion]; Busch, Morgan; Chang, Ben; Cox, Erin; Culatta, Shaundra; Davis, Rob; Homer, Kate...
Conductors: Hall, Rosalind; Workman, Timothy

At last! The powerful, melodic, youthful BYU Men's Chorus returns to the world of CDs with Praise Him. You'll hear timeless gems such as "A...continue...

Invocation to the Night / Figueras, Savall, Hespèrion XXI, Le Concert des Nations, et al

2 CD / Alia Vox / 2008-09-09

Works: Sephardic Traditional: Durme, hermosa donzella, traditional lullaby (Rhodes); Quando el rey Nimrod; Anonymous, Villancico: Ay luna que reluzes; Cristóbal de Morales: Officium Defunctorum; Bartom...
Performers: Arruabarrena, Maite; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Banditelli, Gloria; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Costa, Paolo; Dalal, Yair; Diaz-Latorre, Xavier; El Maloumi, Driss; Estevan, Pedr...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX; Hespèrion XXI; Le Concert des Nations

"This production has great sound all through, and performances are stunning... Alia Vox is a model of production values; while others cut, they offer book...continue...

Ludus Danielis - The Play of Daniel / The Dufay Collective, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-08-12

Works: Anonymous, Egerton Manuscript 2615: Ludus Danielis (The Play of Daniel), medieval mystery play
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Brough, Harvey; Ellis, Vivien; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Lewin, Giles [Violin/Bagpipe]; Lyons, William; Pell, Susanna; Phillips, Tom [Tenor Vocal]; Pott, Charles; Potter, John [Te...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dufay Collective

"The singing and instrumental playing are first rate, as we expect from these forces, and I have to say that the way instruments are used...continue...

A Cello Christmas /Geoffrey Simon, London Cello Sound, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Daryl Runswick: Introit; Christmas in America Medley; An Olde English Christmas Medley; Christmas Traditional: God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Gaudete (Swedish); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (...
Performers: Colwell, Cathy; Cox, Allan; Cullington, Paul; Dall'Olio, Gabriella; Dixon, Chris; Dobell, Mark; Elms, Roderick; Feile, Matthias; Gledhil, Rachel; Hibbert, Fiona; Knussen, Kenneth; Sinclair, Cameron; ...
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey
Ensemble: Clare College Choir; London Cello Sound members; London Philharmonic Cellos

Christmas favorites presented with an amazing blend of velvet and virtuosity! Conductor Geoffrey Simon and arranger Daryl Runswick combine Cala's "London Sound" series concept with...continue...
Personnel: Mark Dobell (tenor); Fiona Hibbert (harp); Chris Vanderspar, Paul Watkins (cello); Roderick Elms (celesta); Paul Cullington (double bass); Allan Cox (drums); Rachel Gledhill (percussion)....continue...

Carmina Gallica - 12th Century Latin Songs / Guerber, et al

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Hildebert of Lavardin: Promissa mundo gaudia, conduit; Pierre de Blois: Vitam duxi, chanson; Sevit aure spiritus, chanson; Spoliatum flore pratum, chanson; Anonymous: Mundi princeps eicitur, rundellu...
Performers: Boulay, Raphael; Guerber, Antoine; Lund-Lavoipierre, Aï; Rigaud, Jean-Paul
Conductors: Guerber, Antoine
Ensemble: Diabolus in Musica

Go tell it on the Mountain! / Smith, Grace Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2007-09-01

Works: Gerald Near: The Best of Rooms; Traditional: Go tell it on the mountain; O, Mary and the Baby, Sweet Lamb; Good King Wenceslas; Infant holy, infant lowly; The hills are bare at Bethlehem; James Bassi...
Performers: Dent, Timothy; Edwards, Matthew; Luedecke, Alison; Schoenbrun, David
Conductors: Smith, Jeffrey
Ensemble: Grace Cathedral Choir San Francisco

Music for Emperor Charles V - Josquin, etc / Gerchen, et al

1 CD / Coviello / 2007-04-05

Works: Anonymous: Dit le burguygnon; Cancionero de Upsala; L'homme armé; Tourdion; L'amor, dona, ch'io te porto; Ay luna que reluzes; Propinan de melyor; Requiem aeternam; Michael Praetorious: Pavane...
Performers: Bäuml, Katharina; Bahr, Birgit; Gerchen, Matthias; Hills, Annette; Knebel, Sebastian; Reimers, Detlef; Thiele, Nora
Conductors:
Ensemble: Capella de la Torre

The emphasis of this new recording is on ceremonial wind music, which was popular, particularly in Spain, at spiritual and secular events alike. However, the...continue...

Odyssey

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-01-30

Works: Bernart de Ventadorn: Non es meravelha s'eu chan; Juan del Encina: Hoy comamos y bebamos, for 4 voices; Irish Traditional: She Moved through the Fair, folk song; English Traditional: Once I Had a Swe...
Performers: Bielefeld, Bob; Dillard, Ray; Dyer, Max; Gay, Martha; Pando, Stefano; Phyfe, Owain; Smith, Malcolm
Conductors:
Ensemble: New World Renaissance Band

Simply Christmas - Home for the Holidays

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-09-26

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); As I out rode this enderes night (The Coventry Shepherds' Carol) (16th century); I Wonder As I Wa...
Performers: Cafe; Douglas, Bill; Galway, James [Flute]; Gomez, Eddie [Bassist]; Mitchell, Emily; Petri, Michala; Samuels, Dave; Shinozaki, Ayako; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]; Wall, Jeremy
Conductors: ; Pople, Ross; Neary, Martin; Georgiadis, John
Ensemble: Canadian Brass; London Festival Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra

Includes work(s) by Christmas Traditional....continue...

Trumpet Voices / Neal Bernsten

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-10-11

Works: Gottfried Reiche: Abblassen for brass; Alfonso X: Cantiga de Santa María 166, Como poden per sas culpas os omes seer contreitos; Johann Ernst Altenburg: Concerto for 7 trumpets & timpani; Leos J...
Performers: Adams, Timothy; Berntsen, Neal; Franz, Gretchen; Snitkovsky, Natasha; Sullivan, Peter

Neal Berntsen of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Symphony Brass is equally at home in any musical setting. Whether performing with such major orchestras...continue...

Martin Codax: Cantigas de amigo / Mouton, Fin' amor

1 CD / Musica Ficta / 2005-06-01

Works: Alfonso el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa María; Martin Codax: Cantigas (7) de amigo
Performers: Baete, Thomas; Grebil, Michael; Libert, Vincent; Matras, Carole; Mouton, Bernard
Conductors: Mouton, Bernard
Ensemble: Fin' amor

Family Carols / Willcocks, Bach Choir, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-05

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); The First Nowell (English); A Maiden Most Gentle (French); The Gloucester Wass...
Performers: Bates, Nigel; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Scott, John
Conductors: Willcocks, David
Ensemble: Fanfare Trumpeters; Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

The Bach Choir's Family Carols is a fairly standard choral Christmas album. There are no twists and turns in the arrangements, and the carols are all quite familiar. That's not a bad thing, however, i...continue...

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

Puer Natus in Bethlehem, Alleluia! / Elmer Iseler Singers

1 CD / CBC Records / 2004-07-20

Works: Eleanor Daley: Ave maris stella, for chorus; The Huron Carol, set for chorus; Derek Holman: Gaudete!, for chorus, flute, cello, organ & percussion; Alexander Tilley: In the Bleak Mid-winter, for chor...
Performers: Borys, Roman; Briggs, Kimberly; Coulter, Nick; Duggan, Mark; Hargrove, Graham; Larkin, Mathew; Shulman, Suzanne; Terry McKenna [Lute/Guitar]
Conductors: Adams, Lydia
Ensemble: Elmer Iseler Singers

Il Laudario Cortonese no 91, 13th Century / Lasarte, Eresmin

1 CD / Gallo / 2003-09-01

Works: Anonymous: Dammi conforto; Altissima luce col grande splendore; Ave, vergene gaudente; O divina virgo fiore; Fami cantar l'amor di la beata; Laude novella sia cantata; Dal ciel venne messo novello; C...
Performers: Polonska, Elena; Quellier, Isabelle
Conductors: Lasarte, Nekane
Ensemble: Eresmin Chamber Choir

Songs from the Taverne

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-01-01

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Saltarello no 1 (GB-LBl Add.29987); La Manfredina; Saltarello no 2 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Anonymous, English: Angelus ad Virginem; Sumer is icumen in; Brawle, for ensemble; Anonymous...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Lindo, Sharon; Spring, Matthew; Wandor, Michelene; Wesseling, Lisette

Ballads and songs from the time of Chaucer. Lively and cosmopolitan, these songs and ballads are performed in an authentic style using period instruments. The...continue...
Includes estampie(s) real by Anonymous, Manuscrit du Roi....continue...

Renaissance Faire / St Louis Brass Quintet

1 CD / Summit Records / 2001-03-01

Works: Michael Praetorius: Volta; Ballet des feus; Spagnoletta (Terpischore, 27); Ballet des coqs, for 5 part instrumental ensemble (Terpsichore, 254); Ballet and Double Branle; Anonymous, Italian: Canzon "...
Performers: Butters, Steven
Conductors:
Ensemble: St. Louis Brass Quintet

Fascinating Rhythms / Saint Louis Brass Quintet

1 CD / Summit Records / 2000-06-26

Works: Anthony Plog: Animal Ditties no 8 for Brass Quintet; Anonymous: Saltarello; Canción de la virgen que Parió; Si la noche se hace oscura; Ay luna que reluzes; Riu, riu, chiu; E la don don...
Performers: Bacon, Thomas [horn]; Dean, Allan; England, Wilber; Jernigan, Melvyn; Perantoni, Daniel; Sasaki, Ray
Conductors:
Ensemble: St. Louis Brass Quintet

Diáspora Sefardí / Savall, Figueras, Hespèrion XXI, et al

2 CD / Alia Vox / 2000-03-01

Works: Traditional: El Moro de Antequera; Levantose el Conde Niño; Por allí pasó un cavallero; El rey que tanto madruga; Yo m'enamori; El hermano infame; A la una; Anonymous: El sue&nti...
Performers: Díaz-Latorre, Xavier; Dalal, Yair; Estevan, Pedro; Figueras, Montserrat; Karamazov, Edin; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Memelsdorff, Pedro; Olavide, Begoña; Savall, Arianna; Savall, Jordi; Zuc...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

The Cross of Red / New Orleans Musica da Camera

1 CD / Centaur / 1998-08-27

Works: Anonymous: Dum pater familias; Estampie Aiguebelle et nota; Parti de mal; Estampies real; Ar ne kuth ich sorghe non; Cuers desirous apaie; Bele Doette; Saltarello; Sia laudato San Francesco; Guillaum...
Performers: Hutton, Richard; LeBlanc, Stuart; Liuzza, Roy; Schenck, Ben; Scheuermann, Milton G., Jr.; St. Julien, Thaïs; Wauchope, Betty
Conductors:
Ensemble: New Orleans Musica da Camera

Song of Songs - Come into my Garden / Tapestry

1 CD / Telarc / 1998-06-23

Works: Ivan Moody: Canticum canticorum I; Anonymous: Yo m'asento en mi ventana; Rex Salomon; Uri Tsafon; Shir Hashirim; Hinach Yafah; Yonati B'chagvey; Osculetur me; Hishbati Etchem; Dilectus Meus; Kol Dodi...
Performers: Catt, Cristi; Kammen, Shira; Monahan, Laurie; Morales-Ramirez, Sandra; Tosic, Daniela
Conductors: Monahan, Laurie
Ensemble: Tapestry

Dream Season - The Christmas Harp / Yolanda Kondonassis

1 CD / Telarc / 1997-09-23

Works: Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditional: What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); The First Nowell (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); O Sleep, My Pretty Baby, carol (...
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Konje, Jurij; Konje, Yuri

"With 'Dream Season,' I set out to assemble a collection of carols that would capture some of the tranquillity, warmth, innocence, and optimism that make...continue...
Personnel: Yolanda Kondonassis (harp); Jurij Konje (percussion).

Recording information: Lenna Hall, Chautauqua, NY (03/24/1997-03/28/1997).

Dream Season: The Christmas Harp is an enchan...continue...

Cantigas de Amigo / Ensemble Alcatraz, KITKA

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1996-07-13

Works: Alfonso X: Cantiga de Santa María 380, Sen calar; Cantiga de Santa María 11, Macar ome per folia; Cantiga de Santa María 10, Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores; Pascual Veiga: Albo...
Performers: Bonnett, Leslie; Cion, Shira; Crowther, Catherine Rose; Dietrich, Deborah; Fulton, Cheryl Ann; Graffagna, Juliana; Higginson, Kit; Kammen, Shira; Kutulas, Janet; Maund, Peter; Moorhead, Ann; Morris, ...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Alcatraz

Abide With Me - 50 Favourtie Hymns

2 CD / Decca Import / 1996-06-03

Works: John Goss: Hymn; Henry Purcell: Christ is made the sure foundation; Melchior Teschner: All glory, laud and honor; Edward Miller: Hymn; New English Hymnal: The Day of Resurrection! (tune Ellacombe), n...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Anderson, Alexander; Blades, James; Blyth, Bruce; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Bowen, John; Brown, Wilfred; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Choir, Paisley Abbey; Cleobury, Stephen [...
Conductors: Smart, Charles; Hill, David

Personnel: Heather Harper (soprano); Neil Mackie , Wilfred Brown, John Bowen (tenor); Roland Roberts (baritone); Hervey Alan (bass voice); Bruce Blyth (treble); Stephen Cleobury (descant); Timothy B...continue...

Troubadour Music from the 12th & 13th Centuries / Zuchetto

1 CD / Gallo / 1995-08-18

Works: Raimbaut D'Aurenga: Ar resplan la flors enversa; Peire Vidal: Mos cors s'alegr'e s'esjau; Arnaut Daniel: En cest sonet coind'e lèri; Lo ferm voler; Raimon de Miraval: Chans, quan non es qui l'en...
Performers: Brient, Patrice; Khoudir, Jacques; Zuchetto, Gerard