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Songs for Christmas and Advent from the renaissance and early baroque / Stimmwerck

1 CD / Christophorus / 2012-10-06

Works: Samuel Scheidt: O Jesulein zart (arranged on the basis of an original figured bass by J.S. Bach); Gregorian Chant: O clavis David, antiphon, Mode 2; Fit porta Christi pervia, 4 part cantio; O Adon...
Performers: Ebert, Michael; Eglhuber, Christoph [Renaissance Guitar]; Gramá, Nele; Waldek, Reinhild
Conductors:
Ensemble: Stimmwerck

The vocal ensemble Stimmwerck supported by harp, lute and organ - has, with great scholarship, compiled a program of music for Advent and Christmas from...continue...

The Queenes Good Night - English Renaissance Music for Harp & Lute / Marie Nishiyama, harp; Rafael Bonavita, lute

1 CD / Christophorus / 2012-10-06

Works: Anonymous, English: Callinoe; Hey, Robin; Bergamasca; La Rossignol, for 2 lutes (from the Jane Pickering Lute Book); Thomas Robinson: Passamezzo Galliard, for lute; Plaine Song; Twenty waies; Queene'...
Performers: Nishiyama, Marie

The reign of Elizabeth Tudor (15581603) brought with it a period of splendor for England, within which the lute experienced its moment of glory. In...continue...

Luther in Rome - A "soundtrack" to Luther's stay in Rome / Concerto Romanum - Alessandro Quarta

1 CD / Christophorus / 2012-09-06

Works: Petrus Roselli: Missa Baysez moy; Anonymous, Italian: Occelino, song; Seria il mio servir felice, song; Il barcho del mio amore, for ensemble; Jesu sommo conforto; Charitate amore Dei, hymn; Dolce Di...
Conductors: Quarta, Alessandro
Ensemble: Concerto Romano

"A hell on earth" Martin Luther is said to have called the city of Rome in connection with his pilgrimage there in 1511. Was he...continue...

Heinrich Isaac: Missa Paschalis

1 CD / Christophorus / 2012-03-07

Works: Heinrich Isaac: Resurrexi et adhuc/Tecum sum, introit for 6 voices; Missa Paschalis, mass for 6 voices; Mass Proper for Easter, for 4 voices (Choralis Constantinus no 54); Credo, for 4 voices (Jena, ...
Conductors: Rombach, Wilfried

An outstanding musical personality of the period around 1500, Heinrich Isaac (c 1450-1517) was one of the most universal and versatile of all the earlier...continue...
Recording information: Church of Sts. Peter & Paul, Mössingen, Germany (04/24/2003-04/26/2003)....continue...

Le Maitre de "Fricassee": Secular Music of Jean Japart

1 CD / Christophorus / 2011-11-03

Works: Anonymous, French: L' homme armé (Monodie); L'homme armé, for 4 voices (attrib. to Josquin Desprez); J'ay pris amour; Jean Japart: Il est de bonne heure né / L'homme armé;...
Performers: Feyfar, Michael; Janssens, Els
Conductors: Form, Michael
Ensemble: Les Flamboyants

Jean Japart remains one of the great unknowns of the Franco-Flemish school of the late 15th century, despite the fact that his music contains unexpected...continue...
Recording information: Temple St. Jean, Mulhouse, France (06/23/2010-06/29/2010)....continue...

Amor Vincit Omnia: Medieval Love Songs / Regina Kabis, Manuela Mohr, Marc Lewon, Baptiste Romain, Murat Coskun

1 CD / Christophorus / 2011-09-02

Works: Beatriz de Dia: A chantar m'er de so qu'en no volria, song; Ab joi e ab joven m'apais, song; Marc Lewon: Stampida Codaxa, for ensemble; Martin Codax: Cantigas (7) de Amigo, song cycle for voice and a...
Performers: Kabis, Regina
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble A Chantar

Medieval poets took the famous words by Virgil as their motto for an entire literary era: "Amor vincit omnia" (Love conquers all). This aphorism shaped...continue...
Recording information: Ev. Bergkirche, Nimburg am Kaiserstulh (07/13/2010-07/15/2010)....continue...

Les Fantasies de Josquin

1 CD / Christophorus / 2011-06-04

Works: Josquin Desprez: Ile fantazies de Joskin, for instruments for 3 parts; La plus des plus, song for 3 parts; Chanson for 4 parts; De tous biens pleine, motet for 3 parts; De tous biens pleine, motet fo...
Performers: Darbellay, Noelle-Anne
Conductors: Lewon, Marc
Ensemble: Ensemble Leones

The debut CD of Ensemble Leones is devoted to one of the greatest composers involved in the initial blossoming of instrumental music: Josquin Desprez (c1450-1521)....continue...
Recording information: Heilig Kreuz Kirche Binningen-Bottmingen, Basel, Switze (02/22/2010-02/25/2010)....continue...

Tomás Luis de Victoria, Gregorio Allegri: La Capella Sistina - Lamentazioni perla Settimana Santa

1 CD / Christophorus / 2011-04-03

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae, lamentation for 4 voices; Et egressus est, lamentation for 4 voices; Lectio III, Feria V in Cona Domini. Iod - Manum suam misit hostis; Cogit...

Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) is considered a major Spanish composer and one of the most prominent musical figures of the Late Renaissance alongside Palestrina...continue...
Recording information: Ev. Kirche Reutlingen-Gönningen (2009-07-25&2010-09-07_2010-)....continue...

Silent Night: Traditional Christmas Music / Concilium Musicum, Vienna

1 CD / Christophorus / 2010-11-05

Works: Christmas Traditional: Quem pastores laudavere (Hohenfurth Manuscript, 1410); Die Hirten auf dem Felde (As Lately We Watched) (Austrian, 19th c. carol); Still, weil's Kindlein schlafen will (German);...
Performers: Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Equiluz, Manfred
Conductors: Angerer, Paul
Ensemble: Concilium Musicum, Vienna

Vocal and instrumental music for the Christmas season, arranged and programmed by Paul Angerer....continue...
Recording information: Wien....continue...

A Minstrel Christmas / Spielleyt Early Music Freiburg

1 CD / Christophorus / 2010-11-05

Works: Christmas Traditional: Tag und Nacht war gleich entfernet, carol (German); Laßt uns das Kindlein wiegen, carol (German); Schlaf mein Kindelein; Zu Bethlehem geboren, carol (German); Es kommt ei...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Spielleyt

Instrumental music and Christmas carols from the Strassburger Gesangbuch collection of 1697, performed in the style of the time with basso continuo by the Freiburger...continue...
Recording information: Martinskirche Mühlheim (06/11/2010-06/13/2010)....continue...

Leonhard Paminger: Sacred Vocal Works

1 CD / Christophorus / 2010-10-13

Works: Leonhard Paminger: Domine, ne in furore tuo, for chorus; Descendi in hortum meum, for chorus; Virgo prudentissima, for chorus; Sicut lilium inter spinas, for chorus; Disce crucem, for chorus; In exit...
Performers: Vocal], David Erler [Alto

"Stimmwerck's performances elevate this project to a perceptibly higher level: tuning, ensemble co-ordination and tone are of a very high order, and Franz Vitzhum, the...continue...
Recording information: Auferstehungskirche im Evang. Diakoniewerk Schwäbisch H (04/20/2010-04/23/2010)....continue...

La Contenance Angloise: English Style In 15th Century Burgundy

1 CD / Christophorus / 2010-08-27

Works: Gilles de Bins dit Binchois: Ave Regina caelorum, antiphon for 3 voices, K. 32; Te Deum laudamus, for 3 voices, K. 48; Guillaume Dufay: Ave Regina caelorum, antiphon for 4 voices; O tres piteulx, can...
Performers: Ehrsam, Gregor
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chant 1450

Recording information: Kirche St. Germanus, CH-Seewen SO (08/11/2009-08/15/2009)....continue...

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sacred Madrigals

1 CD / Christophorus / 2010-07-08

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Le Vergine, motet cycle for 5 voices (from Madrigals Book I); Missa Ave regina cælorum, for 4 voices; Gregorian Chant: Ave Regina caelorum, antiphon in Mode 6

Recording information: Kath. Stadtpfarrkirche St. Johannes, Tübingen (09/29/2000-10/03/2000)....continue...

Hildegard von Bingen & Her Time

1 CD / Christophorus / 2009-12-01

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: O magne pater, antiphon; O eterne Deus; Ave generosa; O frondens virga, antiphon; O felix anima, response for St Disibod; Ave Maria, O auctrix, response; O quam mirabilis, antip...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble für fruhe Musik Augsburg

The great mystic, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) is one of the most important personalities in the religious life of the Middle Ages. She wrote many...continue...
Recording information: Wallfahrtskirche Violau....continue...

Palestrina: Cantantibus organis, etc / Rombach, Ensemble Officium, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Christophorus / 2008-04-11

Works: Giovanni Palestrina: Cantantibus organis; Canticum Canticorum; Magnificat primi toni; Dum aurora finem daret
Conductors: Rombach, Wilfried
Ensemble: Ensemble Officium

In around 1580, Rome's most important musicians joined forces in the 'Compagnia dei Musici di Roma' under the patronage of the Pope. Masterminded by the...continue...

Auf Jakobs Wegen / Augsburg Early Music Ensemble

1 CD / Christophorus / 2004-07-08

Works: Anonymous: Ad te levavi; Wer das Elend bauen will; Estampies real; Uterus hodie virginis floruit; Gregorian Chant(s); Ecce letantur omnia; Congaudeant catholici; Dum pater familias; Heinrich Finck: S...
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Ensemble: Augsburg Early Music Ensemble

Lasso: Lagrime di San Pietro, Melancholia / Procter

1 CD / Christophorus / 2004-06-04

Works: Orlande de Lassus: Lagrime di San Pietro
Conductors: Procter, Michael
Ensemble: Ensemble Hofkapelle

Missa in Granada c. 1520 / Vellard, et al

1 CD / Christophorus / 2004-05-01

Works: Francisco de Peñalosa: O Domina sanctissima; Pater noster; Jesu nostra redemptio
Conductors: Vellard, Dominique
Ensemble: Cantus Chamber Formation

Hoyoul: Sacrae cantiones / Procter, Ensemble Hofkapelle

1 CD / Christophorus / 2001-02-03

Works: Balduin Hoyoul: Sacrae cantiones
Conductors: Procter, Michael
Ensemble: Ensemble Hofkapelle

"...There are no great revelations here, but the music is an honest quality-level of the last great phase of polyphonic writing. Hoyoul seems to have...continue...

G. Forster: Teutsche Liedlein / I Ciarlatiani

1 CD / Christophorus / 2000-09-19

Works: Caspar Othmayr: Ich kam für einr fraw wirtin hauá; Wolauf, gut gsel, von hinnen; Entlaubt ist vns der walde; Glück mit der zeyt (after Sebastian Ochsenkhun); Non argus, largus, for 4...

"...[This] circle of composers known as the 'Song Masters of Heidelberg' are central to the history of the 'Tenor Lied', a genre of secular song...continue...

D. Scarlatti: Stabat Mater; Allegri: Miserere, etc

1 CD / Christophorus / 2000-07-25

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, for double chorus & continuo in C minor; Marc' Antonio Ingegneri: Tenebrae factae sunt; Claudio Monteverdi: O bone Jesu, O piissime Jesu, motet for 2 sopranos, SV 31...
Conductors: Weinberger, Gerhard
Ensemble: German Bach Soloists

Zeit der Dämmerung - Die Wurzeln der Musik

1 CD / Christophorus / 1999-11-04

Works: Anonymous: Misericordia Domini; Veni creator; Salve Regina [Medieval]; Ave maris stella; Estampie; Carmina burana; Alle psallite cum luya; The Play of Daniel; Lamento di Tristano et La Rotta; Trotto;...
Performers: Böhm, Bernhard; Hübscher, Jürgen
Conductors: Nonn, P. Nikolaus; Joppich, Godehard; ; Ruhland, Konrad; Procter, Michael; Klebel, Bernhard
Ensemble: Augsburg Early Music Ensemble; Choir of the Benedictine Abbey Munsterschwarzach; Ensemble Hofkapelle; Estampie; Heinrich Isaac Ensemble Karlsruhe; Helga Weber Ensemble; I Ciarlatani Ensemble; Kö...

Sacred Music of the Middle Ages / Konrand Ruhland, et al

1 CD / Christophorus / 1996-02-09

Works: Anonymous, French: O Maris, maris stella; Anonymous: O Miranda Dei Karitas; Salve Mater Salut; Ifera; Kyrie; Veni virgo beatissima; Brumans Est Mors; Gaudens in Domino; Fulgent nunc; Anonymous, Germa...
Conductors: Ruhland, Konrad
Ensemble: Capella Antiqua München

Martin Luther and the Music / Klebel, Musica Antiqua Wien

1 CD / Christophorus / 1995-12-01

Works: Johann Walter: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott; Fugues (26) on the 8 tones; Beati Immaculati; Wach auf, wach auf, du deutsches Land; Gregorian Chant: Pange lingua gloriosi, hymn in mode 4; Ludwig Senfl...

The Ancient Miracles / Ensemble für Frühe Musik Augsburg

1 CD / Christophorus / 1995-08-28

Works: Mönch von Salzburg: Caldy valdy; Anonymous: Tempus transit gelidum - Vrowe ih pin dir undertan; Wer das Elend bauen will; Resurgentis Domini; Anonymous, Spanish: Rodrigo Martinez; Oswald von Wol...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble für fruhe Musik Augsburg

"Question: does this disc work as a teaser for other Ensemble Fur Fruhe Musik recordings or as a satisfying program in its own right? Answer:...continue...

Hildegard von Bingen, Dunstable, Dufay / Helga Weber

1 CD / Christophorus / 1995-03-23

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: Caritas abundat in omnia; O virtus Sapientiae, antiphon; O quam mirabilis, antiphon; Hodie aperuit nobis; O virga mediatrix; O clarissima mater, response; O frondens virga, anti...
Performers: Groth, Hartwig; Jochens, Wilfried; Ros, Pere; Smith, Kevin [Countertenor Vocal]; Stampa, Ingrid; Weber, Helga
Conductors: Weber, Helga

Taizé - Songs, Chants, Bless the Lord / Norman Morris, et al

1 CD / Christophorus / 1995-03-13

Works: Andraé Crouch: Bless the Lord, spiritual; Anonymous: Kyrie; In the Lord; My Soul Is At Rest; Jesus Your Light; My Soul Is Yearning; Within Our Darkness; Watch & Pray; Adoramus Te Domine; Allel...
Performers: Cox, David; Morris, Michael; Over, Simon; Roberts, Paul

Lute Music from the Renaissance / Riccardo Correa, et al

1 CD / Christophorus / 1994-04-01

Works: Hans Judenkünig: Ain hoff dantz mit zway stimen; Mag ich unglück nit widersten; Rossina ain welscher dantz; Mein hertzigs; Kalata ala spagnola; Ellend bringt peyn; Simon Gintzler: Ricercare...
Performers: Correa, Riccardo; Koch, Hans Michael