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Arie Antiche - songs by Caccini, Strozzi, Blow, Purcell, Notari, Sacacini, Lawes, Carissimi et al. / Emma Kirkby, soprano

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-06-05

Works: Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche); Johann Nauwach: Fantasy on Caccini's "Amarilli mia bella", for voice & lute; Tempesta di dolcezza; Angelo Notari: Fan...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]

Recording information: Forde Abbey, Dorset (01/1992)....continue...

Jewish Baroque: Venice, Mantua & Amsterdam, 1623-1774

1 CD / Buzz / 2012-01-10

Works: Salomone Rossi: Kaddish (from The Songs of Solomon); 'Al naharót bavél (Psalm 137) à 4; Lemí ehpóts (Wedding Ode) à 8; Christian Joseph Lidarti: Ester Oratorio; Anonymou...
Performers: Beelen, Marine; Bouche, Marieke; Boyer, Magali [Cello]; Brossard, Cecile [Photography]; Caron, Claire; Cirasse, Genevieve; De Valera, Alex; Duthuille, Laura; Ensemble Texto; Fonnard, Elodie; Gauvrit,...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Texto

This album, the tenth volume in the Musical Heritage of the Jews of France collection released by the Fondation du Judaïsme Français, was recorded on...continue...
Recording information: l'Église Évangélique Allemande de Paris, Paris, France (04/14/2010)....continue...

Canzone e Cantate / Franco Fagioli, countertenor - Vivaldi, Handel, Paisiello, et al.

1 CD / Carus / 2011-07-26

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Arie musicali Bk.1 no 15, Se l'aura spira, in 3 sections for solo voice; Arie musicali Bk.2 no 9, A miei pianti, al fine un di, aria for solo voice; Claudio Monteverdi: Scherzi ...
Performers: Fagioli, Franco; Frezzato, Marco; Halubek, Jorg; Pianca, Luca

Recording information: Hans-Rosbaud-Studio, Baden-Baden, Germany (06/14/2010-06/19/2010)....continue...

The Gentleman's Flute

1 CD / Oehms / 2010-10-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo for a Flute; Alcina for a Flute; Giulio Cesare in Egitto for a Flute; Saul; Amadigi di Gaula; Sonata for Recorder and Basso continuo in G minor, HWV 360/Op. 1 no 2; A...
Performers: Marincic, Domen; Temmingh, Stefan; Watts, Lyndon; Watts, Olga; Wolf, Axel

This CD features Handel arias in 18th century arrangements for recorder and basso continuo. The arias of the 'newest' Handel operas were analogous to pop...continue...
Recording information: Malteserstift St. Joseph, Starnberg, Germany (04/12/2010-04/15/2010)....continue...

Handel: Lucrezia - Italian Cantatas For Contralto & BC

1 CD / Ludi Musici / 2009-12-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dolc' e pur d'amor l'affanno, cantata, HWV 109a; Siete rose ruggiadose, cantata for alto & continuo, HWV 162; Qualor crudele, si ma vaga Dori, cantata for soprano, HWV 151; F...
Performers: Fentross, Mike
Conductors: Fentross, Mike;
Ensemble: Sfera Armoniosa

The philosophy of the label Ludi Musici is to bring to the attention of the public unusual and varied repertoire from the fields of early...continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinde Gemeente Kerk, Haarlem, The Netherlands (11/25/2008-11/27/2008)....continue...

Daniel Purcell: Brotherly Love

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Daniel Purcell: Virtue in Danger, Suite for voice, recorders, violins & continuo; By silver Thames' flow'ry side, cantata for soprano & continuo; Work(s); Symphonie Song; When Daphne first her Shephe...
Performers: Adams, Piers; Devine, Steven; Fields, Michael; Hatcher, David; Murphy, Emma; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sprezzatura

Sweelinck: Choral Works Vol 2 / Herreweghe, Phillips, et al

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Incontinent que j'eu ouï (Psalm 122), for 4 voices; Psalm 42; Vide homo, quae pro te patior; Psalm 43; Non omnis qui dicit mihi Domine, motet for 5 voices & continuo (...
Performers: Bremer, William; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Toet, Charles; van Dael, Lucy; Van der Meer, Richte; Winsemius, Bernard; Zwart, Titia
Conductors: Boeke, Jan; Herreweghe, Philippe; Phillips, Peter
Ensemble: ; Netherlands Chamber Choir

Handel's Harp / Maxine Eilander, Cyndia Sieden, Stephen Stubbs, Seattle Baroque Orchestra

1 CD / ATMA / 2009-08-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Esther; Saul; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Giulio Cesare; Rinaldo; Concertos (6) for Organ, Op. 4; Alexander Balus
Performers: Eilander, Maxine; Sieden, Cyndia; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Conductors: Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Ensemble: Seattle Baroque Orchestra

Handel's complete music for harp on a single CD for the first time. Handel used the harp in everything from operas and oratorios to adaptations...continue...

Sacred Concerti - Schutz, Schein, Michael, Reymann / Hadden, Ensemble Circa 1500

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-06-09

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Siehe wie feine und lieblich ists; Anima mea liquefacta est; Heinrich Scheidemann: O Gott, wir dancken deiner Güt; Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr; Johann Hermann Schein...
Performers: Addison, Susan; Harris, Lucas [Lute]; Holman, Sally; Honeyman, Ian [Tenor Vocal]; Howarth, Robert; Levin, Esther; Mackintosh, Catherine; Podger, Julian; van Evera, Emily; Walker, Elizabeth; White, Em...

A unique collection of music by the most important German composers of the early baroque, examples of concertos written for small ensembles of singers and...continue...

Buxtehude: Geistliche Kantaten / Junghänel, Cantus Cölln

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-09-09

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Herzlich lieb, hab ich dich o Herr, BuxWV 41; Gott hilf mir, BuxWV 34; Nun danket alle Gott, BuxWV 79; Ich suchte des Nachts, BuxWV 50; Fürwahr, er trug unsere Krankheit, Buv...
Performers: Bruns, Kerstin; Jochens, Wilfried; Junghanel, Konrad; Schreckenberger, Stephan; Turk, Gerd; Westhoff-Duppmann, Hedwig
Conductors: Junghanel, Konrad
Ensemble: Cantus Cölln

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri / Rademann, et al

1 CD / Carus / 2008-01-01

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75
Performers: Baumgartl, Margret; Deuter, Daniel; Dressler, Benjamin; Duecker, Michael; Hasselt, Michaela; Hunger, Tobias; Laake, Juliane; Muller-Mohr, Matthias; Pank, Renate; Schlegel, Katharina; Schneider, Alexa...
Conductors: Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: Dresdner Kapellknaben

Carus' survey of Buxtehude's vocal works continues. For the Passion celebration of 1680, he composed his greatest oratorio-like work, 'Membra Jesu nostri', dedicated to his...continue...

New Seasons

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-05-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in G minor, Op. 2/8, HWV 393 (doubtful); Rinaldo; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; MEDLEY; Suite for Harpsichord in E...
Performers: Gauci-Ancelin, Matthieu; Haufa, Jakub; Krupa, Arkadiusz; Mayer, Albrecht; Pianca, Luca; Razynska, Monika; Santana, Guilhaume

When the subject turns to oboists, his name is now de rigeur: Albrecht Mayer. His playing has both listeners and critics raving, with expressions like...continue...

Caldara: The Card Game / Julianne Baird, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-09-01

Works: Antonio Caldara: Il Giuoco del quadriglio, cantata for 4 sopranos; Sonata da camera for 2 violins & continuo no 4, Op. 2/4; Lungi dal' idol mio, cantata for soprano & continuo; Vicino a un rivoletto...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Comparone, Elaine; Djerejian, Patrice; Fiacco, Arthur J. Jr.; Heimes, Laura; Moe, Karla; Pannill, Judith; Willard, Jerry
Conductors: Alltop, Stephen
Ensemble: Queen's Chamber Band

Zipoli: Cantate e Sonate / Fedi, Cozzolino, Hoffmann, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2004-03-02

Works: Domenico Zipoli: Dell'offese a vendicarmi chiamo all'armi; Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major; Sonate d'intavolatura; Mia bella Irene
Performers: Cecchi Fedi, Elena; Cozzolino, Luigi; Fedi, Alfonso; Hoffmann, Bettina; Lastraioli, Gian Luca

Scarlatti: Agar et Ismaele Esiliati / Seattle Baroque

1 CD / Centaur / 2004-01-03

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Agar et Ismaele esiliati
Performers: Eilander, Maxine; Fogarty, Melissa; Gauvin, Karina; Lane, Jennifer; Schenkman, Byron; Stubbs, Stephen; Tindemans, Margriet; Watson, Nathaniel
Conductors: Matthews, Ingrid
Ensemble: Seattle Baroque Orchestra

Alessandro Scarlatti composed the oratorio Agar et Ismaele Esiliati in 1683 under the patronage of the Swedish Queen Christina, for whom he served as 'maestro...continue...

History of Classical Music

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-08-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Chant for Good Friday; Anonymous: Ambrosian Chant for Epiphany; Je Ne Puis . . . Amors Me Tienent . . . Veritatem, for consort; Oy voy; Hildegard von Bingen: Work(s); Pérotin: P...
Performers: Éder String Quartet; Biret, Idil; Cuckston, Alan; Elsner, Kasia; Fawkes, Richard; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Hill, Peter H.; Jandó, Jenö; Kliegel, Maria; Kodaly Quartet; La Scol...
Conductors: ; Antal, Mátyás; Warchal, Bohdan; Kraemer, Nicholas; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Gmür, Hanspeter; Ward, Nicholas; Wordsworth, Barry; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kosler, Zdenek;...
Ensemble: ; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Capella Istropolitana; Capella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna; Ensemble Unicorn; Gothic Voices; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus; In Dulci Jubilo Childre...

Gade: The Crusaders / Rasmussen, Rorholm, Westi, Cold

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1990-06-01

Works: Niels Gade: The Crusader, Op. 50
Performers: Cold, Ulrik; Rorholm, Marianne; Westi, Kurt
Conductors: Rasmussen, Frans
Ensemble: Aarhus Symphony Orchestra; Canzone Choir; Da Camera Vocal Ensemble; Kor 72

Ronn McFarlane - The Renaissance Lute

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1990-02-02

Works: Anonymous: Branle; Branle Gay; Haullberroys; Bei Sankt Jakob vergibt man Pein und Schuld; Galliard; Und were er nit erstanden; Der Hoff dantz; Elslein, lieb(st)es Elselien in 4 versions; Adrian Le Ro...
Performers: McFarlane, Ronn [Lute]

On this recording, Ronn McFarlane has brought together a collection of pieces that capture some of the variety and range of styles of the Renaissance...continue...

Schnittke: Faust Cantata, Ritual / DePreist, Segerstam

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1900-01-11

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Faust Cantata; Ritual; (K)ein Sommernachtstraum; Passacaglia
Performers: Bellini, Mikael; Blom, Inger; Cold, Ulrik; Devos, Louis
Conductors: DePreist, James; Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Malmö Symphony Chorus ; Malmö Symphony Orchestra