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Couperin: Mass for the Parishes; Mass for the Convents / Gruppo Vocale Armoniosoincanto

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: François Couperin: Mass for Organ no 1 "à l'usage ordinaire des paroisses"; Chromorne sur la taille-Gloria
Performers: Falcioni, Adriano
Conductors: Radicchia, Franco
Ensemble: ; Gruppo Vocale Armoniosoincanto

François Couperin, the most important member of the renowned Couperin dynasty, is the foremost composer of the French Baroque. A prodigiously talented keyboard player, he...continue...
Recording information: Church of Santa Maria della Neve, Senigallia, Italy (02/2012-03/2012)....continue...

Carols from Kings / Stephen Cleobury, King's College Choir

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Rejoice and Be Merry; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); King Jesus Hath A Garden (Dutch); Infant Holy, Infant Lowly ...
Performers: Goode, David; Knight, Alexander; Todd, Nicholas
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, is one of the world's most beloved choral groups. Each Christmas Eve millions across the globe tune in to...continue...
Recording information: La Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France (08/02/1994-08/03/1994)....continue...

Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 / Invernizzi, Banditelli, Fasolis, Dawson, Pregardien

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

The importance of Bach's B Minor Mass is difficult to over-estimate: some consider it the most quintessential work of Bach, a summing up of his...continue...
Recording information: Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, Lugano, Switzerland (06/03/1997)....continue...

Stabat Mater - works by Pergolesi, Palestrina, Vivaldi, Haydn, Dvorak, Boccherini [4 CDs]

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Antonio Vivaldi: Amen; Franz Joseph Haydn: Stabat Mater, H 20 bis; Antonin Dvorák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58/B 71; ...
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Håkan; Anlauf, Richard; Bishop, Julia; Borg, Kim; Brown, Timothy [Choral Conductor]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Laki, Krisztina; Levine, Joanna; Levy, Mark [Viol]; Parker, Joanna; ...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Leusink, Pieter Jan; Bernius, Frieder; Smetacek, Vaclav; Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: ; Choir of Clare College Cambridge; Holland Boys Choir; Netherland Bach Collegium; Prague Philharmonic Choir; Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

This release is dedicated to some of the most famous settings of the Stabat mater, revealing the genre's varying treatment by composers over the centuries....continue...

Salve Regina del Signor Monteverdi - Newly discovered pieces by Monteverdi and Frescobaldi / Il Pegaso; Maurizio Croci, organ

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Regina Caeli, motet for 3 voices & organ; Salve Regina (III), for 3 voices (from Selva morale e spirituale), SV 285; Salve Regina, motet for tenor, SV 327; Selva morale e spiritua...
Performers: Croci, Maurizio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Il Pegaso

Claudio Monteverdi and Girolamo Frescobaldi were two of the most influential musical figures in 17th century Italy. This new recording celebrates the influence that these...continue...
Recording information: Basilica of the Holy Trinity, Bern (02/21/2012-02/23/2012)....continue...

In festo angelorum - A journey through Spanish, Portuguese & Italian Baroque sacred music / Monica Piccinini, soprano; Manuel Vilas, Spanish baroque harp

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Giovanni Maria Pagliardi: Ad'arma, ad bella, motet; Jose de Vaquedano: Matribus suis dixerunt, lamentation; Fabrizio Fontana: Ricercare for keyboard no 11; Domenico Mazzocchi: Amar a Dios por Dios, m...
Performers: Piccinini, Monica

A delightful recording of the intimate, yet powerful combination of soprano and baroque harp, in a journey through Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Baroque music, Dramatic...continue...
Recording information: San Vincente de Pombeiro, Lugo (07/2008)....continue...

In Paradisum: Spiritual Classical Melodies by Faure, Mozart, Franck, Bruckner, Mahler et al. / various British choirs

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Vesperae solennes de confessore; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Pani...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Camerata Academica Wurzbu; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Dixon, Alistair
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzbu

This sublime compilation will take listeners on a journey through some of the most profound classical music ever written, demonstrating the wealth of inspiration that...continue...

Brahms: German Requiem / Mari Anne Häggander, soprano; Siegfried Lorenz, baritone

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert
Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Like all great music, Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem contains a universal message that goes beyond the circumstances of the work's conception, which is beautifully communicated...continue...
Recording information: Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig (10/1985)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies / Sawallisch, Markiz

7 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Sympho...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Markiz, Lev
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Sinfonietta Amsterdam

Featuring the some of the best possible performances, the 5 "big" symphonies are performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (a Mendelssohn specialist)....continue...

Adios Mi Amor: Duets for Vihuelas / Delitiae Musicae

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Francisco Guerrero: Si tus penas no pruevo, for voices (from Canciones y Villanescas espirituales); Nino Dios d'amor herido; Adiós mi amor, for ensemble; Huyd, huyd, o çiegos amadores; ...
Performers: Nieto, Manuel Minguillon; Sanchez, Jesus [Flute]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Delitiae Musicae

A fascinating evocation of a 16th century Spanish court, where noblemen and women expressed their feeling in music of a wide range of emotions, from...continue...
Recording information: St. Andrew's Church, Toddington, Gloucestershire, Engla (08/05/2010-08/07/2010)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works / Chamber Choir of Europe [8 CDs]

9 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Psaume 42; Psalm 95 ("Come Let us Sing"), for tenor, chorus & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 46; Psalm 98 ("Sing to the Lord"), for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in D major, ...
Performers: Allert, Lydia; Bittner, Anja; Bittner, Manfred; Duskova, Alice; Fischesser, Christof [Bass Vocals]; Heilmann, Heike; Holzle, Gerhard; Karl, Nathalie; Kremer, Annemarie; Labitzke, Petra; Leja, Alena; ...
Conductors: Matt, Nicol
Ensemble: ; Chamber Choir of Europe

A Jew who converted to Protestantism, Mendelssohn was a prolific composer of sacred music and made important studies of J.S Bach that were instrumental in...continue...

Mozart; Requiem; Masses, Vespers, Sacred Choral works / Chamber Choir of Europe

11 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 243; Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacra...
Performers: Bittner, Anja; Bittner, Manfred; Farcas, Valentina; Fischesser, Christof [Bass Vocals]; Fischesser, Marietta; Haller, Benoit; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Kremer, Annemarie; Labitzke, Petra; Matt, Nicol; Morv...
Conductors: Matt, Nicol

Mozart may have written masses of masses as a professional obligation, but that doesn't mean they are merely workaday music. These works tend towards a...continue...

J.S. Bach: Chorales / Chamber Choir of Europe

7 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata, BWV 40; Seelen-Bräutigam, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 409 (BC F173); Cantata, BWV 187; Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 41...
Performers: Halobek, Jorg; Hummer, Heike; Rothbauer, Martina; Sagasser, Robert; Wollenschlager, Jens
Conductors: Matt, Nicol
Ensemble: Chamber Choir of Europe

Here perhaps is the very heart of Bach; a palpable demonstration of his heritage and impact. His endless inventiveness in taking old hymn tunes devised...continue...

Choral Classics: Choral Classics from Cambridge / Corydon Singers

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Super flumina Babylonis; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Robert Ramsey: How Are the Mighty Fallen; Thomas Weelkes: When David heard; Thomas Tallis: Lamenta...
Performers: Brown, Jonathan [Organ]; Carter, William; Dexter, Keri; English, John; Kenny, Liz; Manze, Andrew; Marcus, Marshall; Masters, Rachel; Pearce, Richard; Quinney, Robert; Schlapp, Jan; Vivian, James; War...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Cleobury, Stephen; Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

This 5 disc set showcases the celebrated choral music tradition of Cambridge's Clare College, King's College and St John's College. Featuring a collection of popular...continue...

Palestrina: Masses; Lamentations of Jeremiah; Stabat Mater / Pro Cantione Antiqua [5 CDs]

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Gregorian Chant: Ecce venit Dominator Dominus, introitus; Omnes de Saba venient, gradual; Reges Tharsis et insulae, text and short responsory; Vidimus stellam, communio; Gaudeamus omnes, introit; Pro...
Conductors: Brown, Mark; Turner, Bruno

Palestrina is a towering figure of the Renaissance and ranks as one of the great composers. His output of over 100 masses, 250 motets and...continue...

Choral Classics: O Magnum Myseterium / Finck, Ockeghem, Gombert, Brumel

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Guillaume Dufay: Missa Ecce ancilla Domini, for 4 voices; Johannes Ockeghem: Missa pro defunctis; Missa prolationum, for 4 voices; Gloria from Cuiusvis toni a 4; Josquin Desprez: Missa da pacem, for ...
Conductors: Gottwald, Clytus
Ensemble: ; Schola Cantorum Stuttgart,

Music in 14th century Europe was dominated by composers working in the Netherlands, Belgium and Northern France. Dufay of Cambrai went to Italy in the...continue...
Recording information: Villa Berg, Stuttgart, Germany....continue...

Hildegard von Bingen: O Orzchis Ecclesia / Barbara Zanichelli, soprano

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: Work(s); De Libro divinorum operum; O nobilissima viriditas; O vos imitatores; O felix anima, response for St Disibod; Plainchant: Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis, Offertoire;...
Performers: Peri, Giulia; Putignano, Letizia; Ramazzini, Cristina; Torii, Noriko; Zanichelli, Barbara
Conductors: Bardazzi, Federico
Ensemble: Ensemble San Felice

Hildegard of Bingen, also known as Saint Hildegard, was a writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, abbess, visionary and polymath. One of the few female composers...continue...
Recording information: Church of San Zanobi, Casignano (10/2007)....continue...

Ockeghem: Missa de Plus en Plus; Chansons / Orlando Consort

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Johannes Ockeghem: Missa "De plus en plus", for 4 voices; Presque transi; Prenez sur moi vostre exemple; O rosa bella; Aultre Vénus estes; Petite camusette; Tant fuz gentement resjouy; Mort, tu ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orlando Consort

Johannes Ockeghem was one of the most influential and respected composers of his day, and was friends with great contemporaries such as Dufay and Binchois....continue...
Recording information: St. Osdag Kirche, Mandelsloh, Neustadt, Germany (03/05/1996-03/08/1996)....continue...

Berlioz: Requiem / Eliahu Inbal/Franckfurt Radio SO, Keith Lewis, tenor

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts)
Performers: Lewis, Keith
Conductors: Inbal, Eliahu
Ensemble: Hamburg North German Radio Chorus

Composed in 1837, Berlioz's Requiem Mass is one of the composer's best-known works. Listen as the voices of tenor, Keith Lewis, the Chor des NDR...continue...
Recording information: Alte Oper Grankfurt (1988)....continue...

Fauré: Requiem / Lucia Popp, Simon Estes, Colin Davis - Staatskapelle Dresden

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden

Composing his requiem after a period of intense grief, Fauré's Requiem differentiates itsef from the work of his contemporarie's by its serenity. The Requiem is...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Secular Choruses

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Evening, for male chorus (poss. spurious); Autumn, song for voice & piano (16 Children's Songs), Op. 54/14; Child's Song, song for voice & piano (Children's Songs), Op. 54/...
Performers: Azovski, Andrei; Kortchak, Dimitri; Kravtchenko, Tamara; Michina, Anette; Savelieva, Natalia; Trifonova, Vera

Recording information: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia (02/1997)....continue...

Liszt: Transcendental Etudes / Campanella

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Franz Liszt: 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante, S139/R2b; Phantasiestück über Motive aus Rienzi, transcription for piano (after Wagner), S. 439 (LW A200); O du mein holder Abendste...
Performers: Campanella, Michele

A Handel Portrait

42 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Handel - Bourée; Concerto for Oboe no 3 in G minor, HWV 287; C...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Balzereit, Charlotte; Borgstede, Michael; Bosgraaf, Erik; Brett, Charles; Bury, Alison; Carolan, Lucy; Comberti, Micaela; Corti, Francesco; Gati, Istvan; Grafova, M...
Conductors: Clark, Robert Haydon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Haenchen, Hartmut; Lubbock, John; Szostak, Zdzislav; Rolla, János [Violin]; Vitale, Marco; Matt, Nicol; ; Willcocks, David; Wentz, Jed; Cleobury, St...
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Consort of London; L'Ecole d'Orphée ; Musica ad Rhenum

A wider survey of Handel’s output could scarcely be imagined, making this the perfect introduction to one of 'our' musical geniuses, whether you are English,...continue...

Beethoven Edition: Complete Works / Grumiaux, Haitink, Vienna PO, Schiff et al.

86 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Altvater, Tobias; Amadeus Webersinke; Ander, Eva; Bartel, Reinhold; Berkes, Kalman; Bischoff, Joachim; Bittner, Manfred; Boensch, Cornelius; Bourve, Antonia; Brendel, Alfred; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Bryn...
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert; Stein, Horst; Oskamp, Gerard; Haitink, Bernard; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bünte, Carl-August; Semkov, Jerzy; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Marriner, Sir Neville; Koch, Helmut; Batz...
Ensemble: ; Berliner Solisten; Borodin Trio; Brahms-Trio; Erben-Quartett; European Chamber Soloists; Members of the MDR Leipzig Radio Chorus; Members of the Orchestra da Camera di Genova (Memb; Ottetto Italiano

Guillaume de Machaut: Sacred and Secular Music; Messe de Nostre Dame

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame; Le Judgement du Roi de Navarre; Dame, vostre doulz viaire, virelai for voice; Amours qui ha le povoir/Faus samblant/Vidi dominum, motet for 3 voices; Je vi...
Performers: Bonnardot, Emmanuel; Cook, Randall; Hamon, Pierre; Lablaude, Anne-Marie; Lesne, Brigitte; Tachikawa, Akira; Vellard, Dominique

In Paradisum / Spiritual Classical Music

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Gio...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzburg

In Paradisum is back by popular demand! The most moving, serene, peaceful and comforting choral classics: In Paradisum, includes a breathtaking selection of well-loved spiritual...continue...

Morales: Mass / Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-12-07

Works: Francisco Guerrero: Cançión a 6; Cançión "Subiendo amor" a 5; Cançión "Todos aman" a 5; O Doctor optime, motet for 6 voices; Philippe Rogier: Ecce sacerdos magnus, for 5...
Performers: Clarkson, Julian; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Lyons, William; Pott, Charles; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

In 1545 a very sick Cristobal de Morales left Rome where he had contracted malaria, and travelled back to his hometown of Toledo in Spain....continue...
Recording information: 06/1995-10/1995....continue...

Schubert: Vocal Duets, Trios & Quartets

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Franz Schubert: Hermann und Thusnelda ("Ha, dort kömmt er"), song for voice & piano, D. 322; Antigone und Oedip, D 542/Op. 6 no 2; Cronnan ("Ich sitz' bei der moosigten Quelle"), song for voice ...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Laubenthal, Horst R.; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schreier, Peter

Schubert’s solo lieder made his reputation as a composer and overshadowed his subsequent work for two or more voices. Although meant for music making in...continue...

Bach: Motets

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, motet for chorus, BWV 225 (BC C1); Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226; Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227; Fürchte dich nicht, ich bi...
Conductors: Matt, Nicol

These 7 pieces are Bach’s complete output for German motets – as opposed to what he composed as Cantatas, over 200 works! This recording was...continue...
Recording information: Civic Hall, Murrhardt, Germany (07/2007)....continue...

Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia / Paul McCreesh/Gabrieli Players

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; My beloved spake, Z 28; O sing unto the Lord, anthem for soprano, alto, tenor, 2 basses, chorus, 2 violins, viola & organ, Z
Performers: Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Jones, Susan Hemington; Podger, Julian; Purves, Christopher
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

In 1692 the 'musical society', a group of musicians and amateur including the publisher John Playford, initiated a specifically British annual celebration to celebrate St...continue...
Recording information: Brinkburn Priory, Weldon, Northumberland, England (07/1994)....continue...

Jean Gilles: Messe des morts / Philippe Herreweghe, et al

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Jean Gilles: Requiem (Messe des morts); Michel Corrette: Le Carillon des Morts
Performers: Hill, Martyn; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Nirouet, Jean; Rodde, Anne-Marie; Studer, Ulrich
Conductors: Goebel, Reinhard

Jean Gilles, born in Avignon in 1668, enrolled in the cathedral school in Aix-en-Provence. Under the tutelage of Guillaume Poitevin, who nurtured his unmistakable talents,...continue...
Recording information: Karmelieter Kerk, Ghent, Belgium (01/1981)....continue...

Haydn: Complete Scottish Songs / Anderson, MacDougall, Haydn Trio Eisenstadt

18 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Scottish Folksong, H 31a; Up in the Morning Early, Hob. 31a no 28; Her absence will not alter me ("Tho' distant far from Jessy's charms"), folk song for voice, violin; The Ploughm...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Eisenstadt, Haydn Trio; MacDougall, Jamie

This box set brings together for the first time all Haydn's Scottish and Welsh folksong settings - a grand total of 429 songs. Why, at...continue...
Recording information: Haydn Hall, Esterházy Palace, Eisenstadt, Austria (05/2003-??/2008)....continue...

Classical Top 100

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto for Flute "Il Gardellino"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Carnival of the Animals; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata, K. 331; Eine ...
Performers: Austbo, Hakon; Boer, Harmen de; Crombach, Sara; Geiger, Gyorgy; Goldstein, Misha; Grafova, Maria; Grauwels, Marc; Groop, Monica; Han, Derek; Hoek, Martijn van den; Holbling, Anna; Jerie, Marek; Jones...
Conductors: Warchal, Bohdan; Clark, Robert Haydon; Bátiz, Enrique; Ermler, Mark; ; Robev, Georgi; Sándor, János; Kosler, Zdenek; Heyerick, Florian; Davis, Carl; Lenárd, Ondrej; Vandernoot, An...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London; London Baroque; Musica ad Rhenum; New York Harp Ensemble

This set is newly compiled, choosing the 100 very best tracks in the best available performances, including London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Carl...continue...

Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Gregorian Chant: Video caelos apertos (Graduale Triplex, Solesmes); Verbum caro factum est (Antiphonarium Ordinis Praedicatorum); Kyrie eleison (Gradual Simplex); Nonne sic oportuit... Christus Jesus...

This CD, a recording made in 2005, provides a selection of chant depicting the perception of Christ according to the Church in the 1st to...continue...
Recording information: Protestant Christian Church, Voorst, The Netherlands (08/23/2005-09/29/2005)....continue...

Purcell: Songs

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-03-09

Works: Henry Purcell: Birthday Ode to Queen Mary, 'Come Ye Sons of Art, Away', 1694; Incassum, Lesbia, rogas, Z 383 "Queen's Epicedium"; Ode to St. Cecilia 'Welcome to all the pleasures', 1683; O solitude, ...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Chance, Michael; Cole, Maggie; Cole, Nigel [Theorbo]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands)

Spanning his short creative life, Purcell's Songs are a constant feature in his output. In between official Odes, the semi-operas and instrumental music is a...continue...

Passion: A Passion Music By Palestrina

15 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-03-09

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Super flumina Babylonis; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Robert Ramsey: How Are the Mighty Fallen; Thomas Weelkes: When David heard; Thomas Tallis: Lamenta...
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Hakan; Anlauf, Richard; Bishop, Julia; Brown, Timothy [Choral Conductor]; Fischesser, Christof [Bass Vocals]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Labitzke, Petra; Laki, Krisztina; Levine, Joanna;...
Conductors: Messori, Matteo; Cleobury, Stephen; Brown, Timothy; Schafer, Wolfgang; Bernius, Frieder; Matt, Nicol

This stunning 15 CD collection contains some of the greatest sacred music ever written! From the great Lamentations of Byrd, Tallis and Palestrina, the listener...continue...

Tallis: Spem In Alium; Music For Queen

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Absterge Domine; I call and cry to thee; In manus tuas; Discomfort them, O Lord, for 5 voices (contrafacta of Absterge Domine); Domine, quis habitabit, motet (psalm) for...

Thomas Tallis served four English monarchs during his long life. A Catholic, he survived the tumultuous religious and political upheavals and persecutions of Edward VI...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude's, Hampstead, England (11/13/2000-11/15/2000)....continue...

Desprez: Motets

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Josquin Desprez: Inviolata, integra et casta es, motet for 5 parts; Ut Phoebi radiis, motet for 4 parts; De profundis, motet for 5 parts; Christi, Fili Dei, motet for 4 parts (7th part of motet cycle...

The earliest mention of Josquin is as a singer in Aix en Provence in 1475. In a short time he would gain a reputation for...continue...
Recording information: St. Osdag Kirche, Mandelsloh, Neustadt, Germany (04/1999)....continue...

Monteverdi: Tasso Madrigals / Rinaldo Alessandrini, Camerata Italiano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Al lume delle stelle
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Monteverdi's madrigals are among the very finest examples of the genre, and he was among the last composers that brought the form to its pinnacle....continue...

Frescobaldi: Masses Vol 3 / Sergio Balestracci, La Stagione Armonica, et al

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-07-14

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Messa sopra l'aria di Fiorenza; Fiori musicali di diverse compositioni
Conductors: Balestracci, Sergio
Ensemble: La Stagione Armonica

Although Frescobaldi was one of the earliest composers to make keyboard compositions his specialty, he was also expected to provide vocal and choral works for...continue...

Media vita - Gregorian Hymns on Death and Resurrection / Stan Hollaardt, Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-06-02

Works: Anonymous: Media vita
Conductors: Hollaardt, Stan
Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus

The Schola Cantorum Karolus Magnus was founded in 1988 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The Schola aims to promote the authentic performance of Gregorian chant as...continue...

Bach Family Motets / Timothy Brown

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-06-02

Works: Johann Christoph Bach: Lieber Herr Gott, wecke uns auf; Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben; Der Gerechte, ob er Gleich zu zeitlich stirbt; Ich lasse dich nicht; Fürchte dich nicht; Johann Bach: Uns...
Performers: Dexter, Keri; Gough, Helen; Kenny, Elizabeth
Conductors: Brown, Timothy
Ensemble: Clare College Choir

The Bach dynasty produced an astonishing number of fine musicians. The great Johann Sebastian towers over them all, and his sons, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Johann...continue...

Verdi: Requiem / Marinov, Nedialkova, Ninova, Doikov, Ponorski, et al

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-05-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Doikov, Roumen; Nedialkova, Daniela; Ninova, Ivanka; Ponorski, Emil
Conductors: Marinov, Ivan
Ensemble: Choir and Orchestra of The Sofia Opera

Mozart: Requiem / Matt, Heuvelmans, Werner, Morvaj, Pfeiffer, et al

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-05-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626
Performers: Heuvelmans, Pamela; Morvaj, Robert; Pfeiffer, Thomas; Werner, Barbara
Conductors: Matt, Nicol;
Ensemble: Chamber Choir of Europe; Pforzheim Southwest German Chamber Orchestra

Monteverdi: Madrigals Book 5 / Le Nuove Musiche

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 5; Madrigals, Book 6
Performers: Albanez, Regina; Baker, Matthew [Bass Voice]; Etxabe, Jon; Koetsveld, Krijn; Mignaco, Valeria; Naessens, Hugo; Ryan, Josie
Conductors: Koetsveld, Krijn
Ensemble: Le Nuove Musiche

In the 16th century madrigals were all the rage, and the country where the genre was perfected was Italy. The motet had reached Italy from...continue...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina
Performers: Bishop, Julia; Brown, Timothy [Organ]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Levine, Joanna; Levy, Mark; Parker, Joanna; Whiskin, Peter; Zazzo, Lawrence

Venetian Vespers / Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, et al

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-01-27

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Intonationi d'organo; Surrexit Christus; Canzoni et sonate (21); Hic est filius Dei; Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; Regina coeli; Dulcis Jesu patris imago; Toccata a 4, C237; Symphonia...
Performers: McCreesh, Paul; Roberts, Timothy
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul;
Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players

Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort and Players have become famous for their recreations of the great liturgical set pieces of the Venetian 16th and...continue...

Mélodies sans paroles - Saint-Saëns / Schneemann, Giacometti

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Le lever de la lune; La feuille de peuplier; Tristesse; La mort d'Ophélie; Aimons-nous; L'attente; Mélodies persanes (6), Op. 26; Chanson triste; La cloche; L'...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo; Schneemann, Bart

Mendelssohn never added the words to his Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words). Bart Schneemann did the opposite with Saint-Saens' melodies (songs). He simply took...continue...

Palestrina: Il primo libro di madrigali / Concerto Italiano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Giovanni Palestrina: Deh, or foss'io; S'il disse mai; Queste saranno ben lacrime; Che non fia che giammai; Rime, dai sospir miei; Lontan dalla mia diva; Nessun visse giammai; Il primo libro di madrig...
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Carnovich, Daniele; Cavina, Claudio; Damiani, Andrea; Maletto, Giuseppe; Naglia, Sandro
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

Giovanni Palestrina is one of the giants of late Renaissance music. Probably better known for his religious works he also composed a large number of...continue...

Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli: Music for One & Two Organs / Tagliavini, Tamminga

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; Fuga noni toni; Toccata del secondo tono; Canzoni (6), 1608; Lieto godea; Toccata primi toni; Ricercar primo toni; Andrea Gabrieli: Intonationi d'organo;...
Performers: Tagliavini, Luigi Ferdinando [Organ]; Tamminga, Liuwe

Andrea (Uncle) and Giovanni (nephew) Gabrieli have had a great impact on Italian Renaissance music. Especially their works for cori spezzati (double-choir) - 'inherited' from...continue...