I, Leopold

Music for Two Organs / Priuli, Valentini, Ebner, Froberger, Felician, Kerll, Poglietti, Techelmann / David Blunden and Johannes Strobl, organ

1 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2012-11-13

Works: Giovanni Priuli: Civitas beata Ierusalem, motet for 8 voices & continuo; Canzona seconda, for 8 voices & continuo; O quam dulcis, motet for 8 voices & continuo; Giovanni Valentini: Canzon à 6 fo...
Performers: Blunden, David; Strobl, Johannes

The atmosphere of music that surrounded the Hapsburg court of the 17th century, headed by musical monarch Leopold I, fostered great creativity, most particularly around...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Church of Muri (07/29/2011-07/31/2011)....continue...

Wien Am Hofe Leopolds I / Legrenzi, Biber, Fux, Schmelzer, Leoplod I. / Nikolaus Harnoncourt

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Johann Joseph Fux: Concentus musico-instrumentalis, VI; Giovanni Legrenzi: Sonata à 4, for 2 violins & viola da brazzo, Op. 10/6; Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Mensa Sonora; Johann Heinrich Sc...
Performers: Deroubaix, Jeanne
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien

Virgin Classics presents Rediscorvieries - a brand new series devoted to the finest classical recordings that are no longer in print. The first edition is...continue...
Recording information: Sinfonia-Studio, Vienna (06/16/1963-06/21/1963)....continue...

Biber: Vesperae longiores ac breviores

1 CD / Carus / 2011-05-31

Works: Ruprecht Ignaz Mayr: Domine ad adjuvandum me festina, for 4 voices & continuo; Sancta Maria, mater Dei, motet; Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Dixit Dominus, vesper-psalm for soloists, chorus, orches...
Performers: Chester, Derek; Fraser, Stephen; Howell, Ian; Hughes, Mellissa; Mealy, Robert; Williams, Douglas [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Carrington, Simon
Ensemble: Yale Collegium Players

"This is an amalgam of little-known music by Biber and others. Carrington deftly brings outs the music's strengths." -BBC Music Magazine...continue...
Recording information: St. Mary's Church, New Haven, Connecticut / St. Michael (12/05/2004-12/07/2004)....continue...

Schmelzer, Legrenzi, Valentini: Works For Viola Da Gamba Consort

1 CD / CPO / 2010-06-29

Works: Anonymous: Fantasia in G, for 4 viola da gambas (Partiturbuch Ludwig, MS. Wolfenbüttel); Capriccio for 4 violas da gamba in F major (Partiturbuch Ludwig) (attrib. Froberger); Suite for lute in B...
Performers: Mertens, Klaus
Conductors: Eckert, Simone
Ensemble: Hamburger Ratsmusik

The Habsburg Emperors, famous for their successful marriage politics, were also great lovers or art and music. Emperor Leopold I in Vienna, an avid musician,...continue...
Recording information: Refektorium Münster Heilsbronn (01/13/2009-01/16/2009)....continue...

Auf Wiener Art - Music from the Habsburg Imperial / Jardin Secret

1 CD / Coro / 2009-10-13

Works: Antonio Cesti: Il pomo d'oro, opera in a prologue & 4 acts; Francesco Cavalli: Giasone; Jacques de Saint-Luc: Tombeau de François Ginter; Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Stärcke der Lieb; Joha...
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Ensemble: Le Jardin Secret

A brand-new recording from the supremely talented young group that brought us last year's Musique pour Mazarin, this superb new disc contains music that is...continue...

Charpentier: Rendez-mois mes plaisirs, etc; Tunder, Grandi, Monteverdi, etc / Ledroit, Ricercar Consort

1 CD / Ricercar / 2009-03-10

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Rendez-moi mes plaisirs, air for alto (or countertenor) & continuo, H. 463; Orphée descendant aux enfers, cantata for 3 voices, instruments & continuo, H. 471; Airs on ...
Performers: Bona, Jacques; Foccroulle, Bernard; Ledroit, Henri; Malfeyt, Philippe; Mey, Guy de; Pierlot, Philippe
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Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

Henri Ledroit personifies both the joy of singing and the intelligent delivery of the text, and these qualities, combined with his richly warm and delicate...continue...

Stabat Mater - Sances, Ziani & Schmelzer / Mena, et al

1 CD / Mirare / 2008-01-08

Works: Giovanni Felice Sances: Stabat mater dolorosa; Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sacro-profanus Concentus Musicus no 8, sonata a 5 in G major; Duodena Selectarum Sonatorum no 9, trio sonata for 2 violins, v...
Conductors: Pierlot, Philippe
Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

As a sequel to their acclaimed recording of the 'Stabat Mater' settings by Vivaldi and Pergolesi, Carlos Mena and the Ricercar Consort led by Philippe...continue...

Christmas in Old Austria / Clemencic, Clemencic Consort

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Anonymous, Austrian: Psalmus instrumentaliter, for ensemble; Weyhnachtgsang no 1, hymn (Geistliche Nachtigall, Vienna, pub. 1648); Mittit ad Virginem, hymn (Geistliche Nachtigall, Vienna, pub. 1648);...
Performers: Clemencic, Rene; Kummer, Eberhard; Landauer, Bernhard; Pitzl, Pierre; Reithofer, Wolfgang
Conductors: Clemencic, René

The feast of Christmas in Old Austria was more colorful, more vivid, and for the most part more pious than it is today. Christmas matins...continue...