Sempe, Skip

Rameau: Symphonies for Two Harpsichords / Pierre Hantaï, harpsichord; Skip Sempé, harpsichord

1 CD / Mirare / 2012-09-12

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes; Platée; Zoroastre; Dardanus; Zoroastre (Pieces de clavecin); Les Paladins; Pygmalion; Hippolyte et Aricie; L'Agaçante, for harpsichord, violin & vi...
Performers: Hantai, Pierre [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Sempe, Skip

The numerous instrumental pieces or symphonies found in the dramatic works of Rameau are remarkably effective when played on the harpsichord. The composer himself, with...continue...
Recording information: théâtre d'Arras (12/2011)....continue...

La Belle Danse: Lully, Marais, Muffat / Capriccio Stravagante

1 CD / Paradizo / 2011-12-13

Works: Marin Marais: Alcyone; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le Triomphe de l'Amour; Roland; Alceste; Atys; Les Plaisirs de L'Ile Enchantée; Armide; Le Grand Divertissement de Versailles; La Pastorale Comique; W...
Performers: Alunni, Benjamin; Buet, Alain; Sempe, Skip; Wanroij, Judith Van
Conductors: Sempe, Skip
Ensemble: ; Capriccio Stravagante Les 24 Violons

Skip Sempé, distinguished for many years as a master interpreter of the French classical harpsichord repertoire, has recently been hailed as "the quintessential ambassador of...continue...
Recording information: Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn (08/2010)....continue...

Duende - Scarlatti: Sonatas for 1 & 2 Harpsichords

2 CD / Paradizo / 2011-05-01

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 206/L 257; Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 443/L 418; Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 462/L 438; Sonata for Harpsichord in F major, ...
Performers: Alunni, Benjamin; Cheatham, Joshua; Fortin, Olivier; Gent, Sophie; Léonard, Julien; Martin, Julien; Sempe, Skip; Sherwin, Doron David; Wanroij, Judith Van
Conductors:
Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante

"Here, in 17 sonatas, Sempe lays bare Scarlatti’s Spanish soul with a visceral immediacy that should silence any scholarly sniper fire. Technically, it’s a tour...continue...

Consort Music & Airs for Flute - Holborne, Dowland, Scheidt, etc / Martin, Sempe, Capriccio Stravagante

1 CD / Paradizo / 2011-05-01

Works: Antony Holborne: Work(s); Pavans, Galliards, Almaines (65); Galliard; Heigh-ho holyday; John Dowland: Work(s); Firste Booke of Songes; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Jacob van Eyck: Work(s); Samuel Sche...
Performers: Cheatham, Joshua; Martin, Julien; Sempe, Skip
Conductors: Sempe, Skip
Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante

Capriccio Stravagante and Skip Sempe perform an irresistible selection of well and lesser-known Airs, Pavans, Galliards, and Masque dances by key composers of the Renaissance....continue...

La Pellegrina - Malvezzi, Marenzio, etc: Intermedii

2 CD / Paradizo / 2011-05-01

Works: Cristofano Malvezzi: Sinfonia à 6 no 1 from La Pellegrina (Primo Intermedio; Noi che cantando, à 8; Sinfonia à 6 no 2 from La Pellegrina (Primo Intermedio; Dolcissime sirene, à 6;...
Performers: Dyck, Stephan Van; Fajardo, Antoni; Leclair, Dorothée; Lesage, Vincent; Mauch, Monika; Novelli, Jean-François; Sempe, Skip
Conductors: Sempe, Skip

Rameau: La Pantomime, etc / Skip Sempé, et al

2 DVD Audio / Paradizo / 2011-05-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin; Minuet; La Dauphine, for harpsichord in G minor; Pièces de clavecin en concerts; La Livri, version for solo harpsichord (Pi&#...
Performers: Fortin, Olivier; Sempe, Skip

Marais, Sainte-Colombe: Pièces de viole; Hotteterre, Telemann / Cheatham, Léonard, Sempé

2 CD / Paradizo / 2011-05-01

Works: Marin Marais: Prélude, for viola da gamba & continuo in C minor (Pièces de viole, Book III, no 123); Fantaisie et double, for viola da gamba & continuo in C minor (Pièces de viole, Boo...
Performers: Cheatham, Joshua; Leonard, Julien; Sempe, Skip

In his first solo recording, Josh Cheatham demonstrates that a new generation of performers on the viola da gamba is ready to flourish. Launching directly...continue...

A French Collection - Marchand, Duphly, Couperin, Balbastre, Corrette, Royer / Sempé, Kennedy

1 CD / Paradizo / 2011-05-01

Works: Louis Marchand: Pièces de Clavecin, Livre 1 "Suite in D minor"; Jacques Duphly: La De Belombre, vivement (3e Livre); Les Grâces, tendrement (3e Livre); La Félix, noblement (2e Liv...
Performers: Sempe, Skip

This French collection is a kind of companion volume to the Rameau recording La Pantomime, and includes repertoire Skip Sempe has often performed in concerts,...continue...

Antico - Moderno / Doron Sherwin, Julien Martin, Josh Cheatham, Skip Sempe, Capriccio Stravagante

1 CD / Paradizo / 2011-05-01

Works: Francesco Rognoni: Variations on Palestrina's Pulchra es, for bass viola da gamba & continuo; Richardo Rogniono: Ancor che co'l partire, for viola bastarda (after Cipriano); Josquin Desprez: In te Do...
Performers: Cheatham, Joshua; Johannel, Francoise; Kiener, Evolene; Martin, Julien; Milne, Nick; Sablonniere, Marine; Sempe, Skip; Sherwin, Doron David
Conductors:
Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante; Capriccio Stravagante Recorders; Capriccio Stravagante Viols

The Italian madrigals and Franco-Flemish chansons on which the "diminution" repertoire was based included some of the most popular and memorable music of the 16th...continue...

Caro Amor/Various

2 CD / Sony Classical Import Import / 2009-03-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Alcina; Arminio; Poro; Rinaldo; Admeto; Serse; Rodelinda; Il Pastor Fido; Salomon; Semele; Radamisto; Giulio Cesare; Armida Abbandonata; Riccardo Primo; Messiah; C...
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Boldoczki, Gabor; Bostridge, Ian; Ciomei, Sergio; Dasch, Annette; Gadzala, Artur; Kasarova, Vesselina; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsi...
Conductors: Curtis, Alan; Bicket, Harry; Goodwin, Paul; Stephenson, Mark; Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: ; Hanover Band; Il Complesso Barocco; London Musici Chamber Choir

Versailles - L'île enchantée - Lully, etc / Sempé, et al

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Psyché, tragédie-ballet, LWV 45; Le bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43; Amadis, LWV 63; Jean-Henri d'Anglebert: Pièces de clavecin; Passacaille d'Armide, for harpsich...
Performers: Fortin, Olivier; Laurens, Guillemette; Moisio, Jasu; Sempe, Skip
Conductors: Sempe, Skip

Louis Couperin: Harpsichord Music / Skip Sempé

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Louis Couperin: Allemande for Harpsichord in A minor "L' Amiable"; Pavane for harpsichord in F sharp minor (Pièces de clavecin, no 120); Marin Marais: Prélude Le Soligni, for viola da gamba...
Performers: Sempe, Skip

De Murcia: Codex / Lislevand, Ensemble Kapsberger

2 CD / Naïve / 2005-08-16

Works: Santiago de Murcia: Fandango, for guitar; Folias gallegas, for guitar; Folias Españolas (Codex no 4); Saldivar Codex no 4; Jacaras (Codex no 4); Marizápalos; Tarantela I (Codex no 4); T...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Barreaux, Gerard; Flamer, Ami; Gastinel, Anne; Hantai, Pierre [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Hurel, Juliette; Korcia, Laurent; Leiseer, Moshe; Portal, Michel; Sanchez, Leonardo; Sav...
Conductors: ; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano; Doulce Mémoire ; Ensemble Kapsberger; Il Giardino Armonico; Matheus Ensemble; Rare Fruits Council

Orfeo Fantasia - Monteverdi, Hume, et al / Daniels, et al

1 Super Audio CD / ATMA / 2005-02-01

Works: Anonymous: Work(s); Le rossignol; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Tobias Hume: Captaine Humes Poeticall Musicke; Pierre Guédron: Quel espoir de guarir; Giulio Caccini: Le nuove musiche; Giovanni Pi...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Daniels, Charles; Fortin, Olivier; North, Nigel [Lute]; Sempe, Skip

Marcello: Salmi di Davide / Rinat Shaham, Fuoco e Cenere

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-11-01

Works: Benedetto Marcello: Estro poetico-armonico, psalm settings for vocal soloists & continuo, SF. 601-51; Sonata for 2 cellos & continuo in C minor, SF. 753 (Op. 2/2); Sonata for 2 cellos & continuo in B...
Performers: Fentross, Mike; Johannel, Francoise; Maurette, Arianne; Napper, Susan; Sempe, Skip; Shaham, Rinat

Evening Prayer - Purcell /Chanticleer, Capriccio Stravagante

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-10-07

Works: Henry Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord Alway, Z 49 "Bell Anthem"; Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z 50; I was glad when they said unto me, O Lord, Z 19; Oh Lord, rebuke me not, Z 40; Praise the Lord, O...
Performers: Fortin, Olivier; Johannel, Francoise; Napper, Susan; Sempe, Skip
Conductors: Sempe, Skip

The Grammy-Award winning, 12-member male vocale ensemble Chanticleer displays to advantage the sacred music of Henry Purcell: the towering genius of the English Baroque era....continue...

Pavana - The Virgin Harpsichord / Skip Sempé, Fortin, Hantaï

1 CD / Naïve / 2002-03-19

Works: William Byrd: Pavan & Galliard ("Sir William Petre"), for keyboard in G minor no 2, MB 3; Pavan & Galliard, for keyboard, Nos. 4a/4b, MB 4; Pavan and Galliards (2) in A minor no 2, MB 15 "The Earl of...
Performers: Hantai, Pierre [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Sempe, Skip

Dieupart: Les Six Suites / Colpron, Sempé, Napper

2 CD / ATMA / 2001-11-01

Works: Charles Dieupart: Suite for flute (or violin) & continuo no 1 in A major; Suite for flute (or violin) & continuo no 2 in D major; Suite for flute (or violin) & continuo no 3 in B minor; Suite for flu...
Performers: Colpron, Francis; Sempe, Skip