Macque, Giovanni de

1600 / Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-02-28

Works: Anonymous: Fantaisie for string ensemble "Les pleurs d'Orphée ayant perdu sa femme"; Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon no 1 ("La Spiritata"), for 4 parts, C. 186; Tarquinio Merula: La Chremasca (Libro I...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

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This collection focuses largely on works by lesser-known composers such as Zanetti, Merula and Salvatore, but includes two standout works in the "Fantaisie" attributed...continue...
Recording information: Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra, Rome, Italy (03/2011)....continue...

Musica Vaticana: Choral music by Pitoni, de Lassus, Ugolini, Benevoli, et al.

1 CD / ATMA / 2011-09-27

Works: Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni: Dixit Dominus, motet for 16 voices & basso continuo; Orlande de Lassus: Domine quid multiplicati sunt, motet for 12 voices, M. xxi (S. xxi/135); Vincenzo Ugolini: Missa Beata...
Conductors: Jackson, Christopher;
Ensemble: Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal

Featuring rare polychoral compositions by great Renaissance composers is Musica Vaticana, the latest release from vocal ensemble Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal. Embodying the...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada (01/09/2009-01/13/2009)....continue...

Lettere Amorose / Magdalena Kozená, mezzo

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-22

Works: Filippo Vitali: O bei lumi, for voice & ensemble (Musiche a una e due voci, Book 2); Sigismondo d'India: Crud'Amarilli (from "Libro Primo de Madrigali a Cinque Voci); Ma che? Squallido e oscuro, for ...
Performers: Kozena, Magdalena
Conductors: Pitzl, Pierre
Ensemble: Private Musicke

Magdalena Koená explores the early Italian Baroque music of Monteverdi and his contemporaries with rewarding results. Inspired by the improvisational nature of much of this...continue...
Recording information: Potsdam, Nikolaisaal (09/2009-10/2009)....continue...

Canzoni alla Francese

1 CD / Cornetto-Verlag / 2010-06-08

Works: Adriano Banchieri: La Feliciana a 4; L'Alcinagina, song; Giovanni de Macque: Canzoni alla francese (4), W 45; Canzona alla francese 2, for keyboard; Canzona alla francese 3, for keyboard; Canzona all...
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Ensemble: Cornettinuo

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Grand Tour: Music from 16th and 17th Century Italy, Spain and Germany

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-05-11

Works: Giovanni Battista Buonamente: Sonata a Sei; Canzona a 6; Biagio Marini: Sinfonia grave "La Zorzi", for chamber instruments & continuo; Sonata a quattro tromboni, for chamber instruments & continuo; S...
Performers: Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]; Staff, David; West, Jeremy
Conductors:
Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

"This is everything a grand tour should be: educating, entertaining and enriching. Well worth exploring." - BBC Music Magazine...continue...
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De Vlaamse Polyfonie / Van Nevel, Currende Consort, et al

1 CD / Eufoda / 2009-09-01

Works: Giovanni de Macque: Canzoni alla francese (4), W 45; Capriccio sopra re fa mi sol; Canzona alla francese 2, for keyboard; Adrian Willaert: Ave virgo sponsa, motet for 6 voices (Motecta liber primus);...
Conductors: Van Nevel, Erik
Ensemble: Currende Consort

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

L'Organo di Novalesa - Pasquini, Rossi, etc / Utz

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-10-09

Works: Bernardo Pasquini: Bergamasca for organ; Michelangelo Rossi: Toccata for Harpsichord no 7 in D minor; Toccate e corenti d'intavolatura; Partita sopra la Romanesca; Girolamo Cavazzoni: Intavolatura ci...
Performers: Utz, Markus

This collection, published in Venice in 1635, is a veritable compendium of the most popular organ genres and forms of the time....continue...

Mosaic - New Interpretations of Early Music / Duende Trio

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2007-07-01

Works: Adam de la Halle: Work(s); Anonymous, French: L'homme armé, chanson; Giovanni de Macque: Consonanze stravaganti, W 37; Anonymous: Santa Maria Sempr Os Seus Ajuda; Sephardic Traditional: Esta mon...
Performers: Agrell, Jeffrey; Mazunik, Evan; Selinger, Gil
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duende

The Duende Trio have set out to discover the future through the past. They have taken a wide variety of early music as sources for...continue...

17th Century Italian Music - Cima, et al / Ensemble L'Albera

1 CD / La Ma De Guido / 2007-05-01

Works: Giovanni Stefani: Bella mia, questo mio core; Giovanni Paolo Cima: Sonatas (6) "Concerti ecclesiastici"; Marco da Gagliano: Alma mia, dove te'n vai; Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 9; Vincenzo Ca...
Performers: Alqhai, Fahmi; Budo, Carles; Domenech, Jordi; Pares, Sara; Parron i Conus, Salvador; Solinis, Enrike
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble L'Albera

In contrast to the more experimental works, the 17th century saw a great proliferation of published editions of strophic songs, composed in a much more...continue...

The Harp of Luduvico / Andrew Lawrence-King

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-10-10

Works: Alonso de Mudarra: Tres libros de musica en cifras; Divisions on Spagnoletta-- Improvisations; Luis de Milán: Fantasia de consonancias y redobles; Divisions on the Spanish Pavan. . . Improvisati...

"This is a quite stunning record. Treat yourself to it, even if it means pawning something you can live without." -Gramophone...continue...

Full of Colour / V. Ghielmi, E. Reijseger, Suonar Parlante

1 CD / Winter & Winter / 2006-08-08

Works: Vittorio Ghielmi: St. Paul's Steeple Division, for viol consort (after John Playford); The Morning Dew (Sunrise and Dance), for viol consort; Jupiter, for viol consort (after Antoine Forqueray); Elwa...
Performers: Reijseger, Ernst
Conductors:
Ensemble: Concerto di Viole

Born in Milan, Italy, in 1968, Vittorio Ghielmi won two major prizes in viola da gamba playing in 1995 and 1997. Since then he has...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

Medici Harpsichord Book / Aapo Hakkinen

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2006-05-01

Works: Luigi Rossi: Passacaille del Seignour Louigi, for harpsichord (from the Bauyn Manuscript); Giovanni de Macque: Gagliarda prima, for harpsichord; Gagliarda seconda, for harpsichord; Ricercare on three...
Performers: Häkkinen, Aapo

The Library of the Florence Conservatory of Music contains a little manuscript book of harpsichord music which until now has remained almost entirely overlooked. Inside...continue...

Basilicata - A Musical Journey in the Kingdom of Naples

1 CD / Accent / 2003-06-06

Works: Leonardo Leo: La pastorella commattuta; Bernardo Storace: Selva di varie composizioni d'intavolatura per cimbalo ed organo; Girolamo Frescobaldi: Partita sopra "Aria di Follia"; Gaetano Greco: Aria i...
Performers: Tamminga, Liuwe

The Age of Extravagance / West, Roberts, Chateauneuf, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 1998-04-01

Works: Francisco Correa de Arrauxo: Quarto tiento de medio registro de tiple de séptimo tono (Libro de tientos y discursos, no 28), for; Glosas sobre "El canto Lhano de la Inmaculada Concepción," ...
Performers: Chateauneuf, Paula; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]; West, Jeremy

'Abandon yourself to the brilliant and expressive playing of Jeremy West' (Early Music Today)

'Outstanding' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Virtuoso playing such as this is not...continue...