Galilei, Vincenzo

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Latitude 37

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Laura Vaughan: Passamezzo antico, improvisation for ensemble (after Diego Ortiz); Folias, improvisation for ensemble (after Alessandro Piccinini); Amarilli mia bella, improvisation for ensemble (afte...
Performers: Blét, Guy Du; Martyn-Ellis, Simon; Rickard, Simon; Stagg, Siobhan
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Ensemble: Latitude 37

Recording information: Iwaki Auditorium (2010-08-29&2010-08-31_2010-)....continue...

Music from a Tudor Court

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-04-26

Works: John Dowland: My Lord Willobes Wellcome Home, P 66; Robin, P 70; Thomas Robinson: Plaine Song; A Toy; Fantasy; Twenty waies; John Danyel: A Fancy, for 2 lutes; Francis Pilkington: Echo & Fancy; Anony...
Performers: Sayce, Lynda; Spring, Matthew

Delicate lute duets which conjure images of a courtly scene. This collection of Tudor music for two lutes includes works by the important and famous...continue...

Striggio: 40 Part Mass

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-03-29

Works: Alessandro Striggio: Ecce beatam lucem; Missa "Ecco si beato giorno", for 40 voices; Fuggi, spene mia, intermedi; O giovenil ardire, intermedi; Altr'io che queste spighe, madrigal for 12 voices; D'og...
Performers: David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Headley, Erin; Long, Matthew [Vocals]; Sayce, Lynda
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert

A feast of Renaissance choral music from Italy and England, the album (and bonus DVD) reveals a work by the Italian Alessandro Striggio - believed...continue...
Recording information: All Saints, Tooting, London, England (09/23/2010-10/01/2010)....continue...

The Golden Century

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-12-21

Works: Francesco Spinacino: Work(s); Joan Ambrosio Dalza: Work(s); Vincenzo Capirola: Et in Terra Pax, for lute; Pavana ala Francese, for lute; Francesco Canova da Milano: 6 Fantasias; Alberto da Ripa: Wor...
Performers: Rinehart, Alan

Christmas Meditation / Concertos, Airs and Sacred Works from Baroque & Classical times [5 CDs]

5 CD / Capriccio / 2010-11-16

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through the Thorn); Süsser die Glocken nie klingen, carol (Austrian); Heil'ge Nacht auf...
Performers: Achim, Erzsébet; Bálint, János; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Buchner, Roland; Cordier, David; Dicke, Peter; Eisenberg, Matthias; Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Glaetzner, Burkhard; H...
Conductors: Flämig, Martin; Erxleben, Michael; Bohme, Frank; Marschik, Peter; Tarr, Edward H. [Trumpet]; ; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Rolla, János [Violin]; Winschermann, Helmut; Eschenburg, Hartwig; B...
Ensemble: ; Budapest Strings; Capella Savaria; Cappella Coloniensis; Concerto Köln ; Das kleine Konzert; Dresden Baroque Soloists; German Bach Soloists; Hr-Brass; New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig; Phil...

American Record Guide
The selections are well chosen... and nicely sequenced; most of the performances are quite competent and appealing. Sound, while variable, is generally good...
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Guitarre - Greatest Works / Barbara Richter, Monika Rost, Dieter Rumstig

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Vincenzo Galilei: Couterpoint for two guitars; Luys de Narváez: Diferencias (7) for guitar on "Guárdame las vacas"; Diferencias (3) de un otra parte; Cancion del emperador, for vihuela; Bax...
Performers: Feldmann, Klaus; Feldmann, Rainer; Funke, Christian; Haupt, Eckart; Ragossnig, Konrad; Richter, Barbara; Rost, Jurgen; Rost, Monika; Schreier, Peter; Zumstieg, Dieter

Music for Lute, Guitar & Mandolin by Vivaldi, Logy, Carulli, Bach, Fasch, et al.

3 CD / Vox Classical / 2008-07-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for lute in G minor, BWV 995; Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Jan Antonín Losy: Partita for guitar; Ferdinando Carulli: C...

Voyage

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-12-11

Works: Ferdinando Carulli: Allegretto; Waltz for guitar in D major, Op. 101/3; Waltzes (3) for Guitar and Piano, Op. 32; Fernando Sor: Work(s); Mauro Giuliani: Studies for the Guitar, Op. 1; Work(s); Dionys...
Performers: Lee, Ronny

The Art of Melancholy / Festa, Daedalus Ensemble

2 CD / Accent / 2007-01-05

Works: John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Giovanni Maria Trabaci: Conzonanze stravaganti; Gagliarda quinta cromatica a 5 detta "La Trabacina"; Girolamo Frescobaldi: Il primo libro di capricci fatti s...
Performers: Cabre, Josep; Sandilands, Hugh
Conductors: Festa, Roberto
Ensemble: Daedalus Ensemble

Roberto Festa and his Ensemble Daedalus present a masterly expressive picture of melancholy in 16th and 17th century music....continue...

Ancient Airs & Dances / Paul O'Dette, Rogers Covey-Crump

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-05-01

Works: Simone Molinaro: Ballo detto il Conte Orlando, for lute; Saltarello del predetto ballo; Vincenzo Galilei: Polymnia; Anonymous: Italiana (La Volta), for lute; Chilesotti Lutebook; Mascherada; Campanae...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Holloway, John; North, Nigel [Lute]; O'Dette, Paul

'A delightful record' (Gramophone)...continue...

Segovia - Bach, Villa-Lobos, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Granados

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-06-24

Works: Vincenzo Galilei: Pieces (6) for guitar (arr. A. Segovia); Robert de Visée: Suite for guitar no 9 in D minor (Livre de Pièces pour la Guittarre, 1686); Livre de guittarre dédié...
Performers: Segovia, Andres

"This recording enshrines the complete programme of a recital the great guitarist gave, at the peak of his career, during the 1955 Edinburgh Festival, when...continue...

Liona Boyd - Miniatures for Guitar

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2000-09-12

Works: Anonymous: Jeux interdits; Francisco Tárrega: Adelita; Cajita de Musica for guitar; Lagrima; Work(s); Pavane for guitar; Catalan Traditional: El noy de la mare, folk song; Matteo Carcassi: Etude...
Performers: Boyd, Liona [Guitar/Composer]

This set of miniatures for classical guitar will appeal to many who love the sound and emotion of the instrument. With no tune longer than...continue...

Saturn and Polyphony / Roberto Festa, Ensemble Daedalus

1 CD / Accent / 2000-04-15

Works: Anonymous: Cor mio volonturioso; Josquin Desprez: Plaine de dueil, song for 5 parts; Luys de Narváez: Cancion del emperador, for vihuela; Cipriano de Rore: O sonno, madrigal; Juan Blas de Cast...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Daedalus

"Roberto Festa has taken a unique but certainly not unwarranted approach to the music of the Renaissance and early baroque...The performances here are extremely well...continue...

The Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar / The Romeros

1 CD / Philips / 1997-05-13

Works: Spanish Traditional: Sevillanas; Enriqué Granados: Goyescas; Federico Moreno Torroba: Llamada; Sonatina for guitar; Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7; Fernand...
Performers: Romero, Angel [Guitar]; Romero, Celedonio; Romero, Celin; Romero, Pepe
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Ensemble: Los Romeros

Archguitar Renaissance / Peter Blanchette, Virtual Consort

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1995-04-18

Works: Pierre Attaingnant: Pavane; Tous mes Amis (from 18 basse danses); Basse danses (18); La Brosse, for diverse instruments; Recoupe; La Roque; La Magdalena; Anonymous, Polish: Dance; Jakub Reys: Courant...
Performers: Blanchette, Peter

Folie Douce - Renaissance Improvisations / Doulce Mémoire

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1994-08-16

Works: Michael Praetorius: Terpsichore; La Rosette; Pavane d'espagne; Pierre Francisque Caroubel: Bransle Gay double 8 (3) (from Terpsichore, 1612); Anonymous, Terpsichore: Ballet 264, 1, 2 & 3; Courante 15...
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Ensemble: Doulce Mémoire

The Ensemble's specialty is revealing the forgotten arts of embellishment and improvisation in Renaissance music. Their "sweet folly" leads them to a style that is...continue...

La Serenissima II -Lute Music in Venice 1550-1600 / Lindberg

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1993-07-01

Works: Bernardino Balletti: La Moretta; Represe; Francesco Canova da Milano: Fantasia No 42; Fantasia No 38; Fantasia for lute No 30; Fantasia no 31; Giacomo Gorzanis: Recercar; Pass'e Mezo Anticho; Padovan...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob