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50 Best Chillout Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 3 in D, BWV 1068; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV 1056; ...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Donohoe, Peter; Farr, Stephen; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Gavrilov, And...
Conductors: Handford, Maurice; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Warren-Green, Christopher; Olah, Erno; Norrington, Roger; Trevor, Kirk; Sawallisch, ...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Ahn Trio; Fretwork; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3 CD set contains 50 tracks of classical chill out music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Performed by some of...continue...

Dowland: Tunes of Sad Despaire - a collection of songs / Dominique Visse, countertenor; Renaud Delaigue, bass; Eric Bellocq: lute, orpharion

1 CD / Satirino / 2013-02-12

Works: John Dowland: Firste Booke of Songes; Second Booke of Songes; What if a day, ballad setting for lute, P 79 (possibly spurious); Second Booke of Songes or Ayres; A Pilgrimes Solace; Lachrimae or Seave...
Performers: Bellocq, Eric; Delaigue, Renaud; Visse, Dominique [Countertenor Vocal]
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Ensemble: Fretwork

This recording fulfills one of Dominique Visse's life ambitions, which dates from the late 1970s and the period during which he studied and worked with...continue...

Thomas Weelkes: Grant the King a long life - English Anthems & Instrumental Music

1 CD / Obsidian Records / 2012-04-24

Works: Thomas Weelkes: Hosanna to the Son of David; Pavane no 1 for 5 viols; What joy so true, anthem for 5 voices & organ; All people clap your hands, for 5 voices; Voluntaries (2) for keyboard; Lord, to t...
Performers: Atkinson, Benjamin; Smith, Daniel [Organ]
Conductors: Skinner, David
Ensemble: Fretwork

Thomas Weelkes was a notorious drunkard and blasphemer, in regular conflict with the authorities of Chichester Cathedral where he was organist, Informator Choristarum, and a...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, England (07/04/2011-07/06/2011)....continue...

Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart: Tudor & Jacobean Music / Stile Antico, Fretwork

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-02-14

Works: Thomas Tomkins: O Praise the Lord All Ye Heathen; When David heard; John Amner: O Ye Little Flock, verse anthem for 4 & 6 voices; A Stranger Here; John Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas; Robert Ra...
Performers: Benjamin, Emilia; Hymas, Benedict
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Ensemble: Fretwork

On Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart, the choral ensemble Stile Antico, joined by the acclaimed viol consort Fretwork, explores a long neglected repertory: the...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London (02/2011)....continue...

16th Century Music for Viols / Fretwork

1 CD / Regis Records / 2011-08-06

Works: Thomas Tallis: In Nomine no 1; Solfaing Song à 5; Fantasy for Keyboard; In Nomine no 2; Libera nos, salva nos, for 5 viols; John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Lachrimae antiquae novae, ...
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Ensemble: Fretwork; Rose Consort of Viols

Two of the UK's finest early music ensembles give performances of Tallis, Dowland, Tye, Parsons, Preston, Ferrobosco, Byrd and Bull. Repertoire includes Dowland's Lachrimae and...continue...

In Nomine

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Thomas Tallis: In Nomine no 1; Solfaing Song à 5; Fantasy for Keyboard; In Nomine no 2; Libera nos, salva nos, for 5 viols; Christopher Tye: In Nomine a 5 ("Crye"); In Nomine a 5 ("Trust"); Wi...
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Ensemble: Fretwork

A Golden Treasury of Renaissance Music

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Henry VIII, King of England: En vray amoure, for 4 voices; Christopher Tye: In Nomine a 5 ("Crye"); William Cornysh: Adieu, mes amours; Anonymous, English: Watkin's Ale, song; Work(s); William Byrd: ...
Performers: Cassidy, Jennie; Chateauneuf, Paula; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; North, Nigel [Lute]; Roberts, Deborah [Soprano Vocal]; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: ; Wood, James
Ensemble: ; Fretwork; Musica Antiqua of London; Musica Secreta; The York Waits

Includes work(s): baisez moi à 3 (adrian willaert) / j'ay l by various composers.

Includes work(s): todos los biennes del mundo (joan del enc by various composers....continue...

50 Best Baroque

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Solomon; Messiah; Water Music; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Henry Purcell: Abdelazar, or The Moor'...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bussi, Marcello; Cole, Maggie; d'Auvergne, Orchestre; Danby...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Auriacombe, Louis; Christophers, Harry; Sav...
Ensemble: ; Capella Agostino Steffani; Circa 1500; Europa Galante; Fretwork; Il Seminario Musicale; Melante Amsterdam; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Tomkins: These distracted times, etc / Skinner, Sutton, Fretwork, et al

1 CD / Obsidian Records / 2009-04-28

Works: Thomas Tomkins: Work(s); Almighty God, the Fountain of All Wisdom, for 5 voices & organ; Hear my prayer, O Lord; The Heavens Declare, for chorus; Fifth Service; A Fancy "for Two to Play" in A minor, ...
Performers: Sutton, Jamal
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Ensemble: Fretwork

The political intrigue of the early 17th century culminated with the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the beginning of the Commonwealth led by...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...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...

I Heard a Voice - The Music of the Golden Age

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-23

Works: Thomas Weelkes: Alleluia, I heard a voice; When David heard; Most mighty and all-knowing Lord; Hosanna to the Son of David; In nomine no 1 à 4; Orlando Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David; O ...
Performers: Brett, Oliver; McMunn, John; Stevens, Peter
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: Fretwork; King's College Choir, Cambridge

This disc features a selection of gorgeous anthems from the Tudor times from some of the period's most prestigious composers. The Choir of King's College,...continue...

Byrd: Second Service & Consort Anthems / Ives, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-09-11

Works: William Byrd: Arise O Lord, why sleepest thou, anthem for 5 voices (SAATB); O God that guides the cheerful sun, anthem for 6 voices (SS solo, AT (or A) B (or T) B) & 5 viols; Alack, when I look back,...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Leonard, Ryan; Roberts, Stefan
Conductors: Ives, Bill Grayston
Ensemble: Fretwork; Magdalen College Choir Oxford

In Magdalen College Choir's second collaboration with Fretwork, music director Bill Ives explores the rich Anglican repertoire of William Byrd. A Catholic able to deftly...continue...

English Church Music - Byrd, Humphrey, Gibbons

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-11-14

Works: William Byrd: Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB); Regina coeli, motet for 3 voices (SAT); Propers for the Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for 5 voices (Gradualia, Book 1); Ave regina caelor...
Performers: Bhattacharya, Robi; Connolly, Stephen [Bass Vocals]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Deam, Donna; Hardy, Jonathan; Harpin, William; Harrold, Steven; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hickman, Michael; Minter, Drew [Counter...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas; Ives, Bill Grayston
Ensemble: Fretwork; Romanesca

"Considerable care has been taken in this recording to illuminate every detail." -Gramophone...continue...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Alcina, HWV 34; Jeremiah ...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Andre, Maurice; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Blyt...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Pau...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Ag...

The Cries of London / Hillier, Fretwork, Theatre of Voices

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-06-13

Works: Orlando Gibbons: The Cryes of London, consort song in 2 sections for 5 voices & 5 viols; Fantasia a 3 (Music for the Double Bass), no 4, MB19; Go from my window, variations in 6 parts for viols, MB40...
Performers: Torp, Else
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Ensemble: Fretwork

In this lively and varied collection, Paul Hillier leads Theatre of Voices and viol consort Fretwork in a selection of settings from 'The Cries of...continue...

In utero - Music for My Baby

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-07-13

Works: Claude Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Gabriel Faur...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Biesebender, Volker; Bruder, Klaus; Fernow, Wolfgang; Gens, Veronique; Tomter, Lars Anders; Vignoles, Roger; Warren-Green, Christopher
Conductors: ; Warren-Green, Christopher; Brown, Iona; Pesek, Libor; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Rees, Jonathan; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: Avodah Trio; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Borodin String Quartet; English Chamber Orchestra; Fretwork; Harmoniemusic of London; London Chamber Orchestra; Nash Ensemble; Northern Sinfonia; Norwegian Ch...

In Nomine - English music for Viols / Fretwork

1 CD / Amon Ra (uk) / 1996-01-09

Works: Thomas Tallis: In Nomine no 1; Solfaing Song à 5; Fantasy for Keyboard; Libera nos, salva nos; In Nomine no 2; Thomas Preston: O lux beata Trinitas for 3 Viols; John Taverner: In Nomine &agrav...
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Ensemble: Fretwork

The Early Byrd Vol 1 / I Fagiolini, Fretwork, Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-05-23

Works: William Byrd: Attollite portas (also anthems; Triumph with pleasant melody voices, consort song for voices & 4 viols; O Lord, how vain; All in a garden green, MB 56; Domine secundum actum meum, motet...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Crookes, Anna; Lane, Carys-Anne; Roberts, Richard Wyn; Yates, Sophie
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Ensemble: Fretwork

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
This disc adopts an imaginative approach to programming Byrd's music by presenting works in different genres grouped together to demonstrate a single...continue...