Musica Fiata

Heinrich Schutz: Funeral Music & Motets / Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben, Musica Fiata

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-04-23

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Das ist je gewiálich wahr, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, bass & continuo, SWV 388 (Op. 11/20; Wie habe ich dein Gesetze so lieb (Psalm 119; Das Wort ward Fleisch ...
Performers: Allmendinger, Simeon [Boy Alto]; Altinisik, Levin [Boy Soprano]; Demel, Delix [Bass Vocal]; Haberland, Felix [Tenor Vocal]; Heller, Moritz [Boy Soprano]; Lauxmann, Balduin; Malik, Julian [Boy Soprano...
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: Musica Fiata

The court of the Venetian Doges was of legendary magnificence. Princes who desired some of this splendor for their own courts sent their artists and...continue...
Recording information: Christuskirche Stuttgart (04/20/2012-04/23/2012)....continue...

Johann Rosenmuller: Sonatas 1682 / Musica Fiata

1 CD / CPO / 2013-01-29

Works: Johann Rosenmüller: Sonata no 9 à 5 in D major (Nürnberg 1682); Sonata no 5 à 3 (Nürnberg 1682); Sonata no 12 à 5 in D minor (Nürnberg 1682); Sonata no 7 à 4 i...
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: Musica Fiata

Rosenmueller's 1682 sonatas, although written after he returned to Germany, clearly show the fruits of the nearly 25 years he spent in Venice. To quote...continue...
Recording information: Germanisches National museum, Nürnberg, Germany....continue...

Giovanni Valentini: Musiche Concertate 1619 / Wilson, La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata

1 CD / CPO / 2011-09-27

Works: Giovanni Valentini: Deh fuggite gl'amori, song for 9 voices; E partito il mio bene, song for 8 voices; Orsa bella crudele, song for 6 voices; Fra bianchi gigli, madrigal for 7 voices (Concerto Madrig...
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: Musica Fiata

Giovanni Valentini from Venice is regarded as a pupil of Giovanni Gabrieli, who imparted more than just the basic tools of the musical trade to...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (04/23/2009-04/25/2009)....continue...

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-01-25

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Selva morale e spirituale; Heinrich Schütz: Fili mi, Absalon, SWV 269 (Op. 6); Heu mihi, Domine, motet for soprano, al...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Flowers, Suzanne; George, Michael; Griffett, James; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Tracey, Bradford
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Ensemble: London Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble; Musica Fiata; Restoration Academy

A sublime re-issue featuring some of the finest vocal performers in early music. Monteverdi’s masterpiece of sacred music is joined by an essential selection of...continue...

Monteverdi: Vespro della beata vergine SV206

2 CD / Ars Musici / 2010-06-29

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Magnificat (I), for 8 voices, 2 violins and 4 violas/trombones (from Selva morale e spirituale), SV
Conductors: Hennig, Heinz; Henning, Heinz
Ensemble: Collegium Aureum; Musica Fiata

Recording information: Galeriegebäude Herrenhausen (07/06/1979)....continue...

Förtsch - Sacred Concertos / Roland Wilson, La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata

1 CD / CPO / 2009-01-27

Works: Johann Philipp Förtsch: Du heiden Trost, cantata for chorus & ensemble; Kommt, lasset uns gehen gen Bethlehem, cantata for chorus & ensemble; Wer Jesum liebt, cantata for chorus & ensemble; Herr...
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: Musica Fiata

Fortsch, a native of Franconia, made his way to Hamburg by way of Bayreuth. After initially working as a librettist in Hamburg, he then went...continue...
Recording information: Hauptkirche St. Nikolai, Hamburg (10/26/2007)....continue...

Buxtehude: Eine Lübecker Abendmusik / Roland Wilson, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2007-08-28

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Benedictam Dominum, for SSATB & SATB voices, 2 violins, violone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, bombarde,; Gott hilf mir, BuxWV 34; Wie wird erneuet, wie wird erfreuet, for SSATTB voice...
Performers: Mauch, Monika; Petitlaurent, Stephanie
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: La Capella Ducale; Musica Fiata

Scheidt: The Great Sacred Concertos / Musica Fiata, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2007-03-27

Works: Samuel Scheidt: Wies Gott gefällt, for choir & orchestra, SSWV 188-190; Kommt her, ihr gesegneten, dialogus for 3 voices & orchestra, SSWV 220; Freue dich des Weibes deiner Jugend, for 4 voices,...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Brutscher, Markus; Friedrich, Wolf Matthias; Jochens, Wilfried; Mauch, Monika; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: Musica Fiata

"This excellent CD offers us a chance to hear some of Scheidt's less well-known compositions performed with elegance and passion under the rubric of sacred...continue...

Carissimi: Oratorios / Wilson, Musica Fiata, Capella Ducale

1 CD / CPO / 2005-04-19

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Regina Hester; Dialogo del Gigante Golia, oratorio for soprano, bass & continuo; Interfecto Sisara, oratorio for 6 voices, 2 violins & continuo; Diluvium universale
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Jochens, Wilfried; Mauch, Monika; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: Musica Fiata

Carissimi is known as the first great master of the oratorio. These oratorios are important rediscoveries and welcome additions to the repertoire. Carissimi was a...continue...

Pachelbel: Easter Cantatas / Roland Wilson, Capella Ducale

1 CD / CPO / 2004-04-01

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Ingressus; Christ lag in Todesbanden, sacred concerto for 4 voices, 2 violins, 3 violas, bassoon & continuo, T.; Lobet den Herrn, sacred concerto for 5-part chorus, 2 flutes, bassoo...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Mauch, Monika
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: Musica Fiata

"Collectors of early-music recordings will recognize the names of a few singers, but they are really team personnel rather than stars, and they blend beautifully,...continue...

Förster: Vanitas vanitatum / La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata

1 CD / CPO / 1999-07-01

Works: Kaspar Förster: Domine, Dominus noster, à 10; Vanitas vanitatum, KBPJ 46; Sonata à 7, for 2 cornets, bassoon, 2 violins, viola & violone; Viri Isrealite (Dialogus de Judith et Holofern...
Performers: Jochens, Wilfried; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: Musica Fiata

Kaspar Forster has remained another virtual unknown among the listening public at large. The Oratorios by Forster recorded here, point to very close ties to...continue...

Bertali: Sonate Festive / Roland Wilson, Musica Fiata

1 CD / CPO / 1998-08-01

Works: Antonio Bertali: Sonata à 14, "S. Placidi"; Sonata à 4 (12); Sonata à 9 due cori; Ciaconna for violin, keyboard & chitarrone; Sonata à 3 (10); Sonata à 15, "S. Leopoldi"; Son...
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Ensemble: Musica Fiata

"There is nothing in the entire world quite like late Renaissance-early baroque music, especially when it is of the 'festive' type, as on this release...Musica...continue...