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The English Nightingale: Virtuoso Recorder Music from Reniaissande to Romantic / Piers Adams: recorder; Howard Beach: keyboards; David Watkin: cello

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-10-09

Works: Jacob van Eyck: Variations on "Wat Zal Men Op Den Avond Doen"; Der Fluyten Lust-hof; Giovanni Bassano: Divisions on Crecquillon's "Onques amour" for ensemble; William Croft: Sonata in G major; Arcang...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Beach, Howard; Watkin, David

Piers Adams is widely regarded as one of the greatest recorder players of our time. He has worked tirelessly to develop the recorder's repertoire and...continue...
Recording information: St. Dunstan's Church, East Cheam (11/1989)....continue...

Each Lovely Grace - William Corkine: The Second Booke of Ayres (1612) / Nadine Balbeis, soprano; Fernando Marin, viola da gamba

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-05-08

Works: William Corkine: Prelude for viol no 1; Shall a Smile, song; Fly Swift My Thoughts, song for voice & lute; Pavin; Downe, Downe Proud Minde, song; Away, call bach what you have said; Mounsiers Almaine...
Performers: Marin, Fernando [Lyra Viol]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Cantar Alla Viola

MusicWeb International, January 2012
This music is truly lovely, focused and - perhaps most noticeably - reflects many moods...But this is emphatically not a collection of...continue...
Recording information: Church of Santa Maria de Siurana (06/06/2011-06/09/2011)....continue...

Violino o Cornetto

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2011-02-08

Works: Giovanni Paolo Cima: Sonata for violin (or cornetto) & basso continuo; Sonata for violin, cello & harpsichord; Girolamo Frescobaldi: In partitura, il primo libro della canzoni ... no 3, canto solo, "...
Performers: Caudle, Mark; Caudle, Theresa; Miller, David; Ross, Alastair
Conductors: Caudle, Theresa
Ensemble: ; St. George's Canzona

Recording information: East Woodhay, Hampshire, England (11/24/2008-11/26/2008)....continue...

Voyage

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Leroy Anderson: Clarinet Candy; Niccolò Paganini: Caprice 24; Frédéric Chopin: Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 66, CT. 46; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Her...
Performers: Johnson, Emma [Clarinet]; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Wilson, Rolf
Conductors: Reynolds, Julian

Recording information: Angel Studios....continue...

Nightmare in Venice / Red Priest

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-06-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, Op. 3 no 8/RV 522; Robert Johnson / Nicholas Le Strange: English Fantasy Suite, for c...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Beach, Howard; Bishop, Julia; Carcassi, Tommaso; East, Angela; Walmsley, Peter
Conductors:
Ensemble: Red Priest

"Nightmare In Venice is a deliciously Baroque Halloween-fest if there ever was one. Replete with hissing and catcalls, this disc is a chiller... Image is...continue...

Priest on the Run - Vivaldi, Handel, etc / Red Priest

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-06-09

Works: Dario Castello: Sonata for 2 instruments & continuo no 3 in C major (Sonata Concertate II/3); Diego Oritz: Work(s); Georg Philipp Telemann: Trio for recorder (or flute), violin & continuo in A minor,...
Performers: Red Priest
Conductors:
Ensemble: Red Priest

"This group tears up the carpet, rattles the walls, and certainly will shake up its audience with rousing and original renditions of music by some...continue...
Red Priest's Priest on the Run was its first album, released in 1998 on Dorian Records with harpsichordist Julian Rhodes as a member of the group. Red Priest has since taken on its own destiny in term...continue...

Prima Voce - Spanish Songs / Victoria de los Angeles

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-03-11

Works: Enriqué Granados: Colección de tonadillas; Joaquín "Quinito" Valverde Sanjuán: Clavelitos!, for voice & piano; Jesús Guridi: Canciones castellanas (6); Joaquin Nin: C...
Performers: de los Angeles, Victoria; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Tarrago, Renata

This Prima Voce disc is a transfer of recordings made in the '50s that show Victoria de Los Angeles' voice in all its pristine, youthful,...continue...

Prima Voce - Clara Butt

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2004-03-02

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Favorita; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Sosarme, HWV 30; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Ludwig van Beethoven...
Performers: Ronald, Landon; Torrens, Grace
Conductors: Wood, Henry; Harty, Hamilton, Sir; Ketèlbey, Albert W.

Palestrina: Masses & Motets /Darlington, Christ Church Choir

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-09-04

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Laetamini in Domino, offertory for 5 voices (from Complete Offertories); Missa Ecco ego Joannes, for 6 voices; Justorum animae, offertory for 5 voices (from Complete...
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Christ Church Cathedral Choir

Palestrina came to be regarded as the supreme composer of church music - and so, for many, he remains to this day. Christ Church Cathedral...continue...

Legendary Cantors

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-10-17

Works: Jewish Traditional: Mi Sheoso nisim; Brich shmei; Halbein Chatoeinu; Veshomru; T' sur Yisroel; Umipnei chato'einu; Yaaleh V'Yoveh; Ato Y'Tzarto; Savel Zilberts; Kol Nidre (traditional Ashkenazic); Av...
Performers: Hershman, Mordechai; Kwartin, Zawel; Rosenblatt, Joseph; Sirota, Gershon; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Vigoda, Samuel

The art of the Cantor as it is now recognized, began some 250-300 years ago when the Baal Tefillah (Prayer Master) was inspired to embellish...continue...

Taverner: Ave Dei Patris Filia / Darlington, Christ Church

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-06-26

Works: John Taverner: Ave Dei patris filia; Dum transisset Sabbatum I; Dum transisset Sabbatum II; Audivi vocem de coelo; Kyrie "Leroy"; Alleluia, Veni electa mea; Magnificat a 5; Ex eius tumba
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Christ Church Cathedral Choir

Prima Voce - Alma Gluck

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-01-11

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Benjamin Godard: Jocelyn, Op 100; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Élégie; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Timbre d'Argent; Jean-Philippe Rameau: ...
Performers: Barone, Clement; Bourdon, Rosario; Chotzinoff, Samuel; Gluck, Alma; Lapitino, Francis J.; Rattay, Howard; Zimbalist, Efrem [Violin]
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Herbert, Victor; Hageman, Richard; Rogers, Walter B.

As in the similar case of John McCormack, it would be hard to exaggerate the extent of Gluck's popularity with the American public. It was...continue...

Prima Voce - Tito Schipa in Opera and Song

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; L'Amico Fritz; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amore, op...
Performers: Echantz, Jose; Gogorza, Emilio de; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Olivieri, Dino; Sabajno, Carlo; Bourdon, Rosario; Riccardo, Alberto Fernanco; Pasternack, Josef A.

A comprehensive survey of the Italian tenor's art, this set includes all three previous Prima Voca releases of Schipa. Included are arias and songs by...continue...

Byrd: Mass for Five Voices with the Propers for All Saints Day

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-08-11

Works: William Byrd: Gaudeamus omnes (from All Saints), motet for 5 voices (SSATB); Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB); Timete Dominum, motet for 5 voices (SSATB); Gradualia, Volume 1; Beati mundo corde, motet for 5...

Pygott: Missa Veni Sancte Spiritus; Mason / Darlington

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-01-26

Works: Richard Pygott: Missa Veni Sancte Spiritus; John Mason: O rex gloriose
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Christ Church Cathedral Choir

"Collectors of early sacred music will find this release a beautiful listening experience as well as an important amplification of our knowledge of the Tudor...continue...

European Choral Music 1525-1751 / Darlington, Christ Church

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-10-20

Works: Orlande de Lassus: Missa Qual donna attende a gloriosa fama, for 5 voices, H. vi/43; Tristis est anima mea; Cantiones sacrae à 6 (30); De profundis (6th part of Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales),...
Performers: Carwood, Andrew; Goode, David; McCarthy, Michael [Choral Conductor]; Millward, Philip

"Ultimately, the general high quality of these performances place Christ Church Cathedral Choir among the best interpreters of 16th-century polyphony." -BBC Music Magazine...continue...
Includes work(s) by Orlande de Lassus....continue...

The Dante Troubadours / Martin Best Medieval Ensemble

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Lamento di Tristano, estampie; Trotto (14th century); Salterello I (14th century); Laude Novella; Giraut de Bornelh: Leu Chansonet'e Vil; Si'us quer conselh, bel ami Alamanda; Ber...
Conductors: Best, Martin
Ensemble: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble

Christmas From Lichfield / Lumsden, Sharpe

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Peter Warlock: Bethlehem Down; Gerald Hendrie: There Is No Rose; John Linton Gardner: Tomorrow Shall Be...
Performers: Choir of Lichfield Cathedral; Lichfield Cathedral Choir; Lumsden, Andrew; Sharpe, Robert [Organ/Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Lumsden, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Lichfield Cathedral Choir

Presents an attractively representative collection of music for an English Christmas service by one of Britains finest choirs, accompanied by the world renowned Lichfield organ....continue...
Personnel: Andrew Lumsden (organ).

Recording information: Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England....continue...

Prima Voce - The Spirit of Christmas Past

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Hallelujah; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Hanns Eisler: The oldest Christmas stor...
Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Caruso, Enrico; Crooks, Richard [Tenor]; Destinn, Emmy; Erb, Karl; Gigli, Beniamino; Gluck, Alma; Hollister, Carroll; Laughton, Charles; Lehmann, Lotte; Lush, Ernest; Lutsky, Eugene;...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Rogers, Walter; O'Connell, Charles; Weigert, Hermann
Ensemble: Chorus; Orchestra

You are invited to be a guest at the 'Prima Voce' Christmas party! Includes seasonal songs, carols and readings from the greatest opera stars of...continue...

Thys Yool - A Medieval Christmas / Martin Best Ensemble

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); Judas and Wenceslas; Hyer matin; Thys Yool; Tapster, Drynker; Ja pour hyver; Gabriel fram evene king sewnt (Ang...
Performers: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble
Conductors: Best, Martin [Lute]
Ensemble: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble

'Thys Yool' is a four-part program of medieval music in which four images central to the Christmas story are brought together, moving through nativity songs...continue...
Personnel: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble (vocals, lute, psaltery); Lucie Skeaping (vocals, rebec, fiddle); David Corkhill (dulcimer, drums, bells); Jeremy Barlow (flute, pipe, recorder); Donna Deam (...continue...

My fayre ladye - Tudor Songs and Chant / Lionheart

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-06-01

Works: Sarum Consort: Quam pulcra es; Ibo michi ad montem mirre; Salve Regina misericordi; Tota pulcra es; Anima mea liquefacta est; Beata Dei genitrix; John Dunstable: Quam pulcra es, antiphon for 3 voices...
Performers: Johnson, Jeffrey [Bass Vocal]; Lipnik, Lawrence; Olund, John; Porterfield, Richard; Richards, Kurt-Owen; Rosser, Stephen
Conductors:
Ensemble: Lionheart

Palestrina: Mass for Pentecost, etc / Darlington, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Giovanni Palestrina: Missa "Dum complerentur"; Super flumina Babylonis; Exsultate Deo; Sicut cervus; O bone Jesu, exaudi me; Dum complerentur dies pentecostes
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Christ Church Cathedral Choir

Songs of Chivalry / Martin Best Mediaeval Ensemble

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Guillaume IX of Aquitaine: Estampie; The Song of Nothing; Huon D'Oisy: Coda; En L'Anque Chevaliers sont abaubi (In Times When Knights are Disconcerted); Thibault IV, King of Navarre: Tant ai amours; ...
Performers: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble
Conductors: Best, Martin [Lute]
Ensemble: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble

Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, Wales....continue...

Prima Voce - Beniamino Gigli Vol 2 1925-1940

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La Bohème; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; La traviata; Rigoletto; Ambroise Thoma...
Performers: de Luca, Giuseppe; Gigli, Beniamino

Taverner to Tavener - 5 Centuries of Music at Christ Church

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: John Taverner: Kyrie "Leroy"; King Henry VIII: Pastyme with good companye; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Richard Dering: Cantica sacra (21), Volume 1; Orlando Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David; John ...
Performers: Farr, Stephen
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Christ Church Cathedral Choir

Victoria: Missa Dum complerentur, etc / Stephen Darlington

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Missa "Dum complerentur"; Missa "Simile est regnum coelorum"; Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Christ Church Cathedral Choir

Oxford Church Anthems

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Charles Wood: O Thou, the central orb; Orlando Gibbons: Almighty and everlasting God; Herbert Howells: My eyes for beauty pine; Franz Schubert: Des Tages Weihe, D 763/Op. post. 146; Anton Bruckner: L...
Performers: Farr, Stephen

Forgotten Provence 1150-1550 / The Martin Best Consort

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Anonymous, French: Ne l'oserary-je, Voulez-vouz que je vouse dise?; Dessus la rive, carole in ballade form (from les Airs de Cerveau, 16th century); Vecy le mai; Alleluia Justus (School of St. Martia...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Martin Best Consort

Grainger: Country Gardens & other piano favourites / Jones

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Percy Grainger: Handel in the Strand; Bridal Lullaby; Country Gardens; The Gum-Suckers' March; My Robin is to the greenwood gone; Molly on the Shore; Irish Tune from County Derry "Danny Boy"; Ramble ...
Performers: Jones, Martin; Martin, Philip; McMahon, Richard