Renaissance Period > Viola da gamba

The Voice of Emotion / Montserrat Figueras, Jordi Savall

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-03-13

Works: Spoken Word: Nunc iam cessit Pontus et omnis partitur leges / Vienient annis sæcula (from Act 2 of Seneca's "Mede; Berber Traditional: Amazigh Lullaby ("I met my big brother"); Sephardic Traditi...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Arruabarrena, Maite; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Barona, Enrique [Jarana]; Brandao, Eunice [Viola da Gamba]; Carnovich, Daniele; Casademunt, Sergi; Climent, Lambert; Coin, Christophe; Dí...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi;
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX ; Hespèrion XXI ; La Capella Reial de Catalunya

In November 2011, the music world suffered a huge loss with the passing of the great soprano Montserrat Figueras. Acclaimed in recent years for her...continue...
Recording information: 1978/2009....continue...

Luzzasco Luzzaschi: Concerto delle Dame

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-10-03

Works: Luzzasco Luzzaschi: Aura soave, for voice and continuo; O primavera gioventú dell'anno, for voice & continuo; Ch'io non t'ami cor mio, for voice & continuo; Toccata, for harp; Stral pungente d'a...
Performers: Cassinari, Francesca; Contadin, Cristiano; Galli, Emanuela; Graziolino, Marta; Mameli, Roberto [Soprano Vocal]; Palomba, Gabriele; Pozzi, Davide
Conductors: Cavina, Claudio
Ensemble: ; La Venexiana

Claudio Cavina and La Venexiana now return to the end of the 16th century, following the 'Poppea' of Monteverdi with the 'Artemisia' by Cavalli.

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Recording information: Chiesa de S. Giovanni, Pinerolo, Italy (08/2009)....continue...

Glosas: des Prez; Verdelo; de Rore; Parrilla / Vincent Parilla, recorder

1 CD / Carpe Diem / 2011-07-26

Works: Anonymous: De tous biens playne; Marchetto Cara: Chi me dara più pace; Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Per dolor mi bagno il viso, song; Luys de Narváez: Mille regretz (after Josquin), for vihu...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Andueza, Raquel; Garrido, Alvaro; Parrilla, Vicente; Rincon, Miguel
Conductors: Parrilla, Vicente
Ensemble: ; More Hispano

Vincent Parilla, together with his ensemble, More Hispano, explores the 16th century art of musical ornamentation, diminution and improvisation in this latest release. His virtuoso...continue...
Recording information: Oratorio de la Escuela de Cristo, Sevilla (Spain) (04/26/2009-04/29/2009)....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...

Miguel de Fuenllana: Orphénica Lyra 1554

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-03-03

Works: Miguel de Fuenllana: La Bomba, song (after Flecha); Passeavase el rey moro, for voice & vihuela; Buscad de oy mas, song (fragment from "La Justa") (after Flecha); Morenica, dame un beso, for voice & ...
Performers: Balestracci, Guido; Casademunt, Sergi; Fresno, Alba; Mayoral, David; Mena, Carlos [Countertenor Vocal]; Moreno, Jose Miguel; Paz, Fernando; Rial, Nuria

BBC Music Magazine
The singing of Nuria Rial and Carlos Mena makes this a constant delight. This is the Spanish Romantic guitar at the peak of...continue...
Recording information: Cuenca Iglesia de San Miguel, Spain (02/1999-03/1999); San Lorenzo de Escorial, Antigua Hospedería (02/1999-03/1999)....continue...

Celebremos el Niño / The Rose Ensemble

1 CD / The Rose Ensemble / 2009-09-08

Works: Juan García de Zéspedes: Convidando esta la noche, for chorus & ensemble; Hermoso amor, romance for 4 voices; Antonio de Salazar: Atención, atención, villancico for 5 voic...
Performers: Elhard, Julie; Rukavina, Phillip

Spanish composers who were born in Mexico or came to Mexico incorporated the vivid rhythms and energy of street and dance music in Mexico to...continue...
Recording information: Weber Music Hall, University of Minnesota Duluth (07/08/2005-07/10/2005)....continue...

Dutch Madrigals - Padbrue, Schuyt, Ban / Camerata Trajectina

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Cornelis Thymanszoon Padbrué: Sevenste kusjen, madrigal; Aen Roosemonds oogen, madrigal; Elfste kusjen, madrigal; Het minne-net, madrigal; Synphonia in nuptias Mathaei Steyn et Mariæ van Na...
Performers: Boer, Johannes; Braumann, Susanne; Hickethier, Hermann; Schul, Kees; van der Velden, Mieneke
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Ensemble: Camerata Trajectina

The Troubador & the Nun - Hildegard von Bingen, Dowland, etc / Tubb, et al

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Giraut de Bornelh: Reis glorios, monophonic alba; Hildegard von Bingen: Ave generosa; O clarissima mater, response; O viridissima virga; Beatriz de Dia: A chantar m'er de so qu'en no volria, song; An...
Performers: Fields, Michael; Hatcher, David; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]

Dowland: Lachrimae / Stene, Lislevand, Norsk Barokkorkester

1 Super Audio CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-06-30

Works: John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Second Booke of Songes; A Pilgrimes Solace; Fortune, P 62; Firste Booke of Songes; In darkness let mee dwell
Performers: Johnson, Andreas; Lislevand, Rolf; Stene, Randi
Conductors: Lislevand, Rolf
Ensemble: Norwegian Baroque Orchestra

Coprario: Funeral Teares, Songs of Mourning, Masques of Squires / Delafosse-Quentin, Bündgen, et al

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2009-05-12

Works: Giovanni Coprario: Songs of Mourning, for voice & chamber ensemble; Fantasie 3 (RC 8) for 3 voices; Fantasie 4 (RC 10) for 3 voices; The First of the Lords; Go, happy man, for voice & continuo; While...
Performers: Bolton, Florence; Bundgen, Paulin; Cassaigne, Remi; Delafosse-Quentin, Anne; Gaugler, Luc; Lewis-Cloue, Eleanor; Maillon, Angelique
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Ensemble: Ensemble Céladon ; Les Jardins de Courtoisie

During his lifetime, John Coprario (alias John Cooper, c. 1575-l626), enjoyed an enviable reputation and gained the distinction of being the favorite composer of King...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...

Mercurial Love - Dowland, Purcell / Jama Jandrokovic, Charles Weaver, et al

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Preludium, P 98; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Firste Booke of Songes; A Fancy; Second Booke of Songes; Can she excuse, P 42; Henry Purcell: A New Ground for Harpsichord i...
Performers: Jandrokovic, JAma; Stober, Carlene; Vinikour, Jory; Weaver, Charles

England in the 17th century boasted not only a musically sophisticated aristocracy but also a middle-class who were well acquainted with both poetry and music....continue...

The Elfin Knight / Joel Frederiksen, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-09-11

Works: English Traditional: Whittingham Fair, folk song ("The Elfin Knight"); Greensleeves, folk song; Go from My Window, folk song; Fortune My Foe; Scarborough Fair; Anonymous, English: Walsingham; Lord Da...
Performers: Evans, Timothy Leigh; Frederiksen, Joel; Marincic, Domen; Schwannberger, Sven; Weigl, Helmut
Conductors: Frederiksen, Joel
Ensemble: Ensemble Phoenix Munich

A basso with exceptional timbre, Frederiksen has done his homework and is now able to revive a whole host of folk ballads that are at...continue...

Echo de Paris - Parisian Love Songs 1610-1660 / Pitzl, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Accent / 2007-02-04

Works: Pierre Guédron: Quoy? faut-il donc qu'Amour
Performers: Contini, Luciano; Pitzl, Pierre; Sandlands, Hugh; Van Dyck, Stephan
Conductors: Pitzl, Pierre
Ensemble: Private Musicke

Slowly but surely ensembles are discovering the French music before Louis XIV, and of course it comes at no surprise that excellent music was played...continue...

Symphonia Angelica - Marenzio, De Monte, etc / Junghänel

1 CD / Accent / 2006-05-01

Works: Hubert Waelrant: Tra romor di tamburi; Vorrira morire à 4; Vorrira morire à 6; Mi voglio fare; Cornelius Verdonck: Donna bella e gentile; Luca Marenzio: Madrigals a 5, Book 2; Madrigals a 5...
Performers: Arruabarrena, Maite; Benet, Josep; Cabre, Josep; Junghanel, Konrad; Pols, Anneke; Valenta, Mira; Van Altena, Marius; Van der Meer, Richte; Van Laethem, Katelijne; Zwart, Titia de
Conductors: Junghänel, Konrad

Du Caurroy: Les Meslanges / Dadre, Doulce Mémoire

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-02-21

Works: Eustache du Caurroy: Meslanges de la musique, 10 psalm settings, 35 chansons, and 15 noels for 4-6 voices & instruments
Performers: Bolton, Florence; Bourin, Véronique; Frank, Elsa; Gaugler, Luc; Kandel, Lucien; Olry, Guillaume; Pacquier, Judith; Papasergio, Jérémie; Pontus, Marc; Primard, Hugues; Raisin-Dadr...
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Ensemble: Doulce Mémoire

Que le yable les emporte / Bernard Simard, Constantinople

1 CD / ATMA / 2005-11-01

Works: Traditional: Descendez à l'ombre; Rossignolet sauvage; Galant, tu perds ton temps; C'est la belle Françoise; Wedding Reel; Su'l carillon; Simone-Charlotte; La belle Hélène...
Performers: Jennejohn, Matthew; Miron, Normand; Ross, Guy; Söderström, Elin; Simard, Bernard; Tabassian, Kiya; Tabassian, Ziya
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Ensemble: Constantinople

Since its inception in 1998, Constantinople has performed original musical creations born of a cosmopolitan reflection on the transformation and integration of ancient music from...continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 3

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Anonymous: Allegro; Ludwig August Lebrun: Concerto for Oboe no 3 in D major; Sofia Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun; George Frederick Handel: Suite in G minor; Mariano Mores: Taquito militar; Mau...
Performers: Brüggen, Daniel; Cooper, Gary; Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Driever, Bertho; Dufour, Marc; Escalera, Katia; Gerritsen, Elsbeth; Giacometti, Paolo; Goldstein, Marleene; Groot, Peter de; Jacobs, ...
Conductors: ; de Vriend, Jan Willem; Reuss, Daniel; Dijkstra, Peter; Veldhoven, Jos van; Herbers, Werner; Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ebony Band; Florilegium Ensemble; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam; Netherlands Bach Society Baroque Orchestra; Netherlands Bach Society Choir; Ra...

International Record Review
This superb recital, aided by a crystal-clear SACD recorded sound (even the perfect place to make its acquaintance.
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Soror mea, sponsa mea / Cappella Artemisia

1 CD / Tactus / 2005-07-12

Works: Francesco Martini: Tota pulchra es, for vocal ensemble; Gregorian Chant: In odorem; Jam hiems transit, antiphon; Ista est speciosa, antiphon; Dum esset rex, antiphon; Vittoria Aleotti: Vidi speciosam...
Performers: Aureli, Miranda; Biscuola, Elena; Croce, Teresina; Fiori, Alessandra; Forlani, Frida; Moretti, Gloria; Oliva, Alida; Pasetto, Claudia; Piccinini, Monica; Smith, Candace; Testoni, Silvia; Vaccari, Pat...

Includes nigra sum sed formosa, motet (nanino); ecce tu pul by various composers....continue...

Die Spinne im Netz - Senfl, etc / Musicke & Mirth

1 CD / Raum Klang / 2005-02-07

Works: Alexander Agricola: Tandernaken; Cecus non judicat de coloribus; Jacobus Barbireau: Een vrolic wesen; Johannes Ghiselin: Een frouwelic wesen; Ludwig Senfl: Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein; Nun wöll...
Performers: Achtman, Jane; Klein, Irene; Maeseele, Wim; Podger, Julian; Tecardi, Silvia
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Ensemble: Musicke & Mirth

Musickes Sweetest Joyes / Jacobs, Linden, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2004-10-12

Works: Christopher Simpson: Prelude in D (The Division-Viol, 1665); Divisions for viola da gamba & continuo in D; Prelude [in E] (The Dicision-Viol, 1665); Division on a Ground in E minor, for viola da gamb...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Kooij, Peter; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]; van der Velden, Mieneke; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

The gentle melancholy which underlies the sound of the viola da gamba made it the instrument par excellence in 17th century England. Sadness was the...continue...

Entremeses Del Siglo De Oro. Hesperion Xxi/Savall

1 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2003-12-01

Works: Lope de Vega: Como retumban los remos; Lamento de Belisa; Enríquez de Valderrábano: Soneto VIII, for vihuela; Soneto XIII, for vihuela; Diego Ortiz: Passamezzo moderno; Recercada no 7; Anon...
Performers: Casademunt, Sergi; Coin, Christophe; Dickey, Bruce; Figueras, Montserrat; Gini, Roberto; Moreno, Jose Miguel; Pandolfo, Paolo; Savall, Jordi; Smith, Hopkinson
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: Hespèrion XX

Isaac: La Spagna / Da Col, Pandolfo, Tamminga, Odhecaton

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2003-02-07

Works: Heinrich Isaac: Missa "La spagna"
Performers: Da Col, Paolo; Pandolfo, Paolo; Tamminga, Liuwe
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Ensemble: Odhecaton Ensemble for Ancient Music

Ay que si! / Le Blanc, Eilander, Voix Humaines

1 CD / ATMA / 2002-05-01

Works: Manuel Machado: Dos estrellas le siguen, coplas a 4; José Marín: Mi señora Mariantaños, for voice & guitar (continuo); Ojos pues me desdeñais, for voice & guitar (continuo); ...
Performers: Eilander, Maxine; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Little, Margaret; Napper, Susan; Samman, Rafik
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Tromboncino: Dulces Exuviae / Baldassari, Les Nations

1 CD / Tactus / 2001-09-04

Works: Bartolomeo Tromboncino: Sú, sú, leva, alza le ciglia; A la guerra a la guerra; Vale diva, vale in pace; Hor che'l ciel e la terra; Deus in adiutorium; Occhi mei, lassi; Si è debi...
Performers: Baldassari, Maria Luisa; Biscuola, Elena; Crescimanno, Fabio; Croce, Rossella; Croce, Teresina; Favari, Andrea; Lupo, Luigi; Monkobodzky, Pamela; Muzzatti, Marco; Oliva, Alida; Pascucci, Massimo; Roc...
Conductors: Baldasarri, Maria Luisa
Ensemble: Ensemble Les Nations

Rossi: Primo Libro di Madrigali / Ut Musica Poësis, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2001-07-10

Works: Salomone Rossi: Piangete, occhi miei lassi, for 4 voices & continuo; O quante volt'invan, for 4 voices & continuo; Tanto è 'l martir d'amore, for 4 voices & continuo; Ohimé, se tanto amate,...
Performers: Chiocci, Francesca; Martinuzzi, Romano; Vieri, Valerio
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Ensemble: Ut Musica Poësis

Ancient Noëls / Maggie Sansone and Ensemble Galilei

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 1998-07-11

Works: Alfonso el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa María; Traditional: The Gloucester Wassail Song; Tomorrow shall be my dancing day; On Christmas Night "Sussex Carol"; O Bethlehem; Bethlehem's stall; A maiden...
Performers: Brooks, Jim; Diehl, Marcia; Harms, Ben; McCleod, Zan; Richards, Sue; Rideout, Bonnie; Sansone, Maggie; Surrick, Carolyn Anderson
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Ensemble: Ensemble Galilei

Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms and haunting medieval hymns bring to life images of desert landscapes, stone monasteries and the origins of Christmas. Maggie Sansone on...continue...

Dowland - Tears of the Muse / Taylor, Martin, Voix Humaines

1 CD / Atma / 1998-05-01

Works: John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Can she excuse, P 42; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Second Booke of Songes; Come Again; Go from my window, P 64; Tobias Hume...
Performers: Dowland, John; Les Voix Humaines; Little, Margaret; Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Napper, Susan; Taylor, Daniel; Taylor, Daniel [Vocals]
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Personnel: Daniel Taylor (alto, countertenor)....continue...

O'Carolan's Harp / Siobhán McDonnell, Claire Guimond, et al

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 1997-07-11

Works: Irish Traditional: Carrickfergus; Turlough O'Carolan: Lady St. John; Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill; Carolan's Concerto; Dr. John Stafford (Carolan's Receipt); Carolan's Quarrell with the Landlady (R...
Performers: Guimond, Claire; MacMillan, Betsy; McDonnell, Siobhan; Remillard, Chantal

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

Watkins Ale - Music of the English Renaissance

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1987-10-24

Works: Jean D'Estrée: Buffens; Anonymous: Nutmigs and Ginger; Grimstock; Pavane Quadro and Galliard; Singer's Jig; Howell's Delight; Unto the Prophet Jonas I Read; Watkins ale; John Johnson: Green ga...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne; Bass, Howard; Cudek, Mark; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn; Morgan, Anne Marie; Norman, Chris; Wiggins, Webb
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Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

The Baltimore Consort - "a group of highly skilled instrumentalists and singers who perform with an absorbing sense of style and involvement" (CD Review/UK) -...continue...

On the Banks of Helicon - Early Music of Scotland

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1986-11-08

Works: Anonymous: Over the hills; Kathren Oggie; In a garden so green; My heartly service; Scotch Cap; Flowers of the forest; Kilte thy coat, Magge; Canaries; I will not go to bed till I suld die; Jockey Lo...
Performers: Ballard, Mary Anne; Bass, Howard; Cudek, Mark; George, Edwin; Kosloski, Alice; LaRue, Custer; Lipkis, Larry; McFarlane, Ronn; Norman, Chris
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Ensemble: Baltimore Consort

The Baltimore Consort made its Dorian debut with this varied mix of early music from Scotland, ranging from hauntingly beautiful songs to rollicking fiddle tunes...continue...