Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]

Elizabethan Christmas Anthems / Byrrd, Holborne, Tomkins, Gibbons, et al.

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Orlando Gibbons: This is the record of John; In Nomine a 5, no 2, for viols, MB28; See, see, the word is incarnate; William Byrd: Christe qui lux a 4, for instrumental consort no 3; Fantasia a 5, for...
Performers: Bryan, John; Crum, Alison; Daniels, Charles; Eckersley, Kate; Greig, Donald; Little, Elizabeth [Viola, Bass Viol, Strings, Viol; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; van Evera, Emily; Wistreich, Richard [Bass...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols

Recording information: Forde Abbey, Somerset, England (11/1989)....continue...

A Golden Treasury of Renaissance Music

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Henry VIII, King of England: En vray amoure, for 4 voices; Christopher Tye: In Nomine a 5 ("Crye"); William Cornysh: Adieu, mes amours; Anonymous, English: Watkin's Ale, song; Work(s); William Byrd: ...
Performers: Cassidy, Jennie; Chateauneuf, Paula; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; North, Nigel [Lute]; Roberts, Deborah [Soprano Vocal]; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: ; Wood, James
Ensemble: ; Fretwork; Musica Antiqua of London; Musica Secreta; The York Waits

Includes work(s): baisez moi à 3 (adrian willaert) / j'ay l by various composers.

Includes work(s): todos los biennes del mundo (joan del enc by various composers....continue...

The Musical Life of Samuel Pepys

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Matthew Locke: Gavotte, for viol consort (from Drexel Ms.); Brawles; Pietro Reggio: Arise, ye subterranean Winds; Giacomo Carissimi: Lucifero, caelestis olim, motet for bass, soprano & continuo; Samu...
Performers: Compton, Jane; Harper, Celia; Jeffrey, Robin; Skeaping, Roderick; Thorp, William; Watkin, David; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]

Recording information: Valley Recordings (06/1989)....continue...

Old Christmas Return'd

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Philippe Le Chancelier: Gabriel Fram Heven-King; Michael Praetorius: Work(s); Christmas Traditional: Seven Joys of Mary (English); Joseph, lieber Joseph mein (Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine), carol (Ger...
Performers: Bayley, Tim; Jeffrey, Robin; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors:
Ensemble: The York Waits

Recording information: Forde Abbey, Chard, Dorset, England (02/1992)....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...

Santa Cecilia - Haydn, Handel, Purcell / Parrott, Ledger, Corboz, et al

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-05-19

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; George Frederick Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass"), H. 22/5
Performers: Allan, Thomas; Burgess, Sally; Chance, Michael; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Fink, Marcos; Fournier, Brigitte; George, Michael; Gr...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Taverner Consort

Handel shares his anniversary year with two other composers who hold a prominent place in the musical pantheon, Henry Purcell (born 1659) and Josef Haydn...continue...

New Fashions of London circa 1500 / Redbyrd

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Thomas Ravenscroft: New Oysters, round for 4 voices; Three Blinde Mice, for consort; A Round of Three Country Dances in One, for consort; Well fare the nightingale; Come, Follow Me; Browning Madame, ...
Performers: Brough, Harvey; Freymuth, Dirk; Hadden, Nancy; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Santana, Lee; Tindemans, Margriet; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Hadden, Nancy
Ensemble: Circa 1500; Red Byrd

Gesualdo: Quinto libro dei madrigali / Anthony Rooley, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigals for 5 voices, Book 5
Performers: Cornwell, Joseph; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Kirkby, Emma; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Rooley, Anthony [Lute]
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke

The fifth out of six books of madrigals here exemplifies the free style of the ‘seconda prattica', employing an outstanding range of inventive harmony and...continue...

Christmas Carols / Andrew Parrott, The Taverner Consort

4 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: William Billings: Methinks I See a Heavenly Host; A Virgin Unspotted; John Foster: While shepherds watched their flocks by night (A 2nd Collection of Sacred Music. York, ca. 1820); Joan Cererols: Mar...
Performers: Ardagh-Walter, Patrick; Blackadder, David; Bonner, Tessa; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Carolan, Lucy; Carroll, Paul; Charlesworth, Stephen; Consort, Taverner; Cooper, Peter [violin]; Daniels, C...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Best 100 Carols

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); O...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Charlesworth, Stephen; Chilcott, Bob; Clarvis, Paul;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Rutter, John; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Tunick, Jonathan; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hughes, O...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

2007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time...continue...

Odes to Saint Cecilia - Draghi, Blow / Holman, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-05-08

Works: Giovanni Battista Draghi: From harmony, from heav'nly harmony; John Blow: The Glorious Day is Come, ode for St. Cecilia's Day (1691), for soloists, chorus & ensemble
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Chance, Michael; Cornwell, Joseph; Koc, Jozik; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Holman, Peter
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

'As ever, the disc is a revelation ... Once heard this infectious music is not easily forgotten, which is a tribute to the enthusiasm and...continue...

Linley: The Shakespeare Ode / Nicholson, Parley

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Thomas Linley: Lyric Ode on the Fairies, Aerial Beings and Witches of Shakespeare (The Shakespeare Ode, 1776)
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Gooding, Julia; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Nicholson, Paul

'There are few discs I expect to enjoy half as much in this year's listening. Very enjoyable, unpretentious music; a disc very well worth trying'...continue...

Collectors Edition - Handel: Oratorios / Hogwood, et al

8 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Athalia, HWV 52; Esther; La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo, HWV 47
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Aled; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Kirkby, Emma; Kwella, Patrizia; Nelson, Judith [Soprano Vocal]; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Rolfe...
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Christ Church Cathedral Choir

Christopher Hogwood and The Academy of Ancient Music have made a number of distinguished recordings of the music of Handel. Handels most popular oratorio, Messiah,...continue...

Penny Merriments - Street Songs of 17th Century Europe

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Anonymous, English: The Courtiers Health, or The Merry Boys of the Times (tune Come Boys Fill Us a Bumper); The Country Lass (tune Cold and Raw/Stingo); The Crost People, broadside ballad (a.k.a. "A ...
Performers: Skeaping, Lucie; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]; Wootton, Douglas
Conductors:
Ensemble: City Waites

The songs on this recording were the pop music of their day. Churned out by anonymous hacks, often working from dingy rooms at the back...continue...

Monteverdi: Il Ballo dell'Ingrate, etc / Holman, Red Byrd

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-08-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi... Libro ottavo
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Pierard, Catherine; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Seers, Mary [Soprano Vocals]; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Holman, Peter
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

'One of the most perfect CDs ever made. Unsurpassable: glorious music, superb performances and hair-raising sound. The performers, engineers, and Hyperion Records deserve the highest...continue...

Trio - Handel: Belshazzar / Pinnock, Rolfe-Johnson, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-06-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Coe, Jane; Gooding, Julia; Ledingham, Iain; Pinnock, Trevor; Robbin, Catherine; Robertson, Bernard; Robertson, Nicholas; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Ten...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: English Concert Choir

This set, Trevor Pinnock's recommended recording of Belshazzar includes an all-star cast and has a full and well-balanced sound....continue...

Cavalli: Xerse / Jacobs, Nelson, Gall, Concerto Vocale

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2000-11-14

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Xerse, opera
Performers: Bach, Gottfried; Dieltiens, Roel; Elwes, John; Fauche, Francois; Feldman, Jill [Soprano Vocals]; Gall, Jeffrey; Jacobs, Rene; Junghanel, Konrad; Mellon, Agnes [Soprano Vocal]; Mey, Guy de; Nelson, Ju...
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale

"Xerse" was written using the libretto that Handel also used, 84 years later. The text adopted here is that of its premiere in Venice in...continue...

Purcell: Odes for St. Cecilia'a Day, etc / Taverner Consort

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 1999-06-08

Works: Henry Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures, Z 339 "Ode for St Cecilia's Day"; In the midst of life; Bid the virtues; Music on the Death of Queen Mary (Funeral Sentences / The Queen's Epicedium); Fai...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Chance, Michael; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; George, Michael; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Kirkby, Emma; Smith, Kevin [Countertenor Vocal]; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]; va...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Taverner Choir, Consort & Players; Taverner Consort

Monteverdi: Madrigals / Anthony Rooley, Consort of Musicke

2 CD / Decca Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 4, for 5 voices, SV 75-93; Con che soavità, labbra odorate, madrigal for soprano and instruments (from Book 7), SV 139; Madrigals, Book 8; Madrigals, Book 7...
Performers: Cornwell, Joseph; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Holden, Poppy; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Kirkby, Emma; Milne, John; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]; Tubb, Evelyn [Soprano Vocals]; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocal...
Conductors: Rooley, Anthony
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke

Moody: Passion and Resurrection / Reuss, Red Byrd, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-04-01

Works: Ivan Moody: Passion and Resurrection, oratorio
Performers: LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Reuss, Daniel
Ensemble: Red Byrd

'Intensely spiritual, but also readily accessible in its gentle simplicity to the average listener . . . A strange work, filling the uncertain ground between...continue...

A Golden Treasury of Elizabethan Music /Broadside Band et al

1 CD / Amon Ra (uk) / 1996-02-20

Works: Anonymous, English: Sellengers Round, roundel for lute (or consort); Bergamasqa, dance melody for lute (or consort); Orlando Gibbons: This is the record of John; Robert Parsons: In nomine à 5;...
Performers: Burnett, Richard [Piano]; Daniels, Charles; Eckersley, Kate; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Roberts, Deborah [Soprano Vocal]; Skeaping, Lucie; Weigand, George; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Broadside Band; Rose Consort of Viols; Sneak's Noyse

Hark how the wild musicians sing - Symphony Songs of Purcell

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-01-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Hark Damon, hark, song for 2 sopranos, bass, chorus, 2 recorders, 2 violins & continuo, Z. 541; How pleasant is this flowery plain, song for soprano, tenor, 2 recorders & continuo, Z. ...
Performers: Gooding, Julia; Holman, Peter; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Smith, Angus; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Holman, Peter
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

"The remarkably blended, spirited performance by the Red Byrd vocal ensemble is a delight, and the Parley of Instruments charmingly captures the spirit of the...continue...

Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae / Purcell Quartet, Kirkby, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-01-01

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae, Book 2, motets (27) for voices, instruments & continuo, SWV 341-367 (Op. 10)
Performers: Daniels, Charles; Kirkby, Emma; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Perry, Nicholas; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Vocal], Nigel Rogers [Tenor; West, Jeremy; Wistreich, Richard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

Three, Four & Twenty Lutes / Lindberg, Meunier, North, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-23

Works: Giovanni Antonio Terzi: Canzone a 8 for 4 lutes & voice; Giovanni Pacolini: Passemezo di Zorzi, for 3 lutes; Passemezo della Battaglia, dance for lute(s); Passamezzo milanese; Anonymous: Temprar pote...
Performers: Badley, Bill; Chateauneuf, Paula; Covey-Crump, Rogers; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Fields, Michael; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Lindberg, Jakob; Long, Peter; Meunier, Ro...
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Vocalsoloists