Flecha, Matheo

On Christmas Night / works by Rutter, Burton, Mathias, Darke and Poston

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-10-25

Works: John Rutter: What sweeter music; Christmas Traditional: Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); ...
Performers: Challenger, John [Organ]; Clapham, Geoffrey; Gregory, Julian; James, Freddie [Organist]; Leslie, Huw; Macdonald, Basil; Neill, Henry
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew
Ensemble: St John's College Choir cambridge

A joyous celebration of music for the festive season! This disc was recorded in the College Chapel in full surround-sound, and recreates to a spectacular...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (01/14/2011-01/16/2011)....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...

Renaissance / Berlin Saxophone Quartet

1 CD / CPO / 2011-03-29

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Ricercare 5th tone (doubtful); Ricercare 1st tone (doubtful); Heinrich Isaac: La mi la sol, in 4 parts (playable by instruments); Insprugk, ich muss dich lassen; Fam...

Early Music with Modern Instruments The Berlin Saxophone Quartet's interpretation of The Art of Fugue has been in the cpo catalog for 19 years and...continue...
: Christof Griese, Theo Nabicht, Clemens Hoffmann, Friedemann Graef.

Recording information: RBB, Saal 3 (11/24/2009-11/27/2009)....continue...

Dinastia Borja (The Borgia Dynasty / Hespèrion XXI.

3 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2010-09-14

Works: Traditional Arabic-Andalusian: Billadi Askara Min adbi Llama, traditional mowachah; Anonymous: Le Ductia; Viva el Gran Re Don Fernando; Fortuna Desperata; Un Cavalier Di Spagna, for consort; Fanfare;...
Performers: Elmalich, Lior; Figueras, Montserrat; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Mayoral, David; Nedyalkov, Nedyalko; Vilamajo, Luis; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

To coincide with the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Borgia, Fourth Duke of Gandia, Jordi Savall and Alia Vox offer this visually...continue...

Best 100 Carols

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); O...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Charlesworth, Stephen; Chilcott, Bob; Clarvis, Paul;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Rutter, John; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Tunick, Jonathan; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hughes, O...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

2007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time...continue...

Christmas Carols / Andrew Parrott, The Taverner Consort

4 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: William Billings: Methinks I See a Heavenly Host; A Virgin Unspotted; John Foster: While shepherds watched their flocks by night (A 2nd Collection of Sacred Music. York, ca. 1820); Joan Cererols: Mar...
Performers: Ardagh-Walter, Patrick; Blackadder, David; Bonner, Tessa; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Carolan, Lucy; Carroll, Paul; Charlesworth, Stephen; Consort, Taverner; Cooper, Peter [violin]; Daniels, C...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Metamorphoses of Faith / Savall, Figueras, et al

1 CD / Alia Vox / 2006-09-12

Works: Bartomeu Càrceres: Valencian Song of the Sibyl; Josquin Desprez: Mille regretz, song for 4 parts; Cristóbal de Morales: Missa "Mille regretz"; Luys de Narváez: Cancion del emperador, f...
Performers: Clos, Marc; Figueras, Montserrat; Guglielmi, Luca; Hamon, Pierre; Savall, Arianna; Savall, Ferran; Savall, Jordi
Conductors: Savall, Jordi
Ensemble: ; Hespèrion XXI

Jordi Savall presents a collection of tracks from his many acclaimed recordings that illustrate the evolution of religious faith in the Baroque era, as illustrated...continue...

¡Aye de Mi! - Music for Vihuela & Voice / Frank Wallace

1 CD / Centaur / 1992-03-01

Works: Giacomo Fogliano: L'amor, dona, ch'io te porto (Recorder consort version); Alonso: Niña, Erguídeme los Ojos; Tres Moricas m'Enamoran; Luys de Narváez: Diferencias on "Conde Claros" for...
Performers: Wallace, Frank [Classical Guitar]