van Elsacker, Jan

La Fiesta de Pascua en Piazza Navona - works by Victoria, Palestrina, Giovanelli, Bendinelli, Razzi, Asola et al.

2 CD / Lauda Musica / 2012-08-14

Works: Ruggiero Giovannelli: Jubilate Deo for chorus; Jacobus de Kerle: Domine, quid multiplicati sunt, psalm for 5 voices; Te Deum laudamus, hymn for 6 voices; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Haec dies, ...
Performers: Allsopp, David; Arejula, Jesus Garcia; Cuesta, Gabriel Diaz; Cuevas, Javier Jimenez; Dalheim, Ingeborg; Gamez, Gerardo Lopez; Mulroy, Nicholas; Neeves, Helen; Savage, Richard; Skidmore, Greg; van Els...
Conductors: Recasens, Albert
Ensemble: La Grande Chapelle

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
The performances, too, are superb. La Grande Chapelle is a group of fifteen singers and thirteen instrumentalists...continue...
Recording information: Augustinus Miziekcentrum, Amberes (2011-09-20_2011-09-23&2012-)....continue...

Pierre de la Rue: Portrait Musical / Capilla Flamenca

3 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2012-02-14

Works: Plainchant: Veni in altitudinem, introit; Plorans ploravit, gradual; Astat virgo, prosa; Eplurare et gaudere, communio; Ave Maria, gratia plena, tractus; Pierre de la Rue: Missa de Septem Doloribus b...
Performers: Bull, Stratton; Buys, Erik; Caals, Jan; Cat, Marnix de; de Man, Tom; de Winter, Stefaan; Degen, Ian; Demuyt, Bart; Denys, Tore Tom; Kale, Christopher; Mertens, Paul; Termont, Lieven; van den Bempt, P...
Conductors: Snellings, Dirk; Abeele, Hendrik Vanden
Ensemble: Capilla Flamenca; Psallentes

Pierre de la Rue was one of the most prolific composers of his generation and is thought to have been born in Tournai, a city...continue...

Monteverdi & Marazzoli: Combattimenti

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2011-01-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Hor che'l ciel e la Terra; Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Madrigals, Book 8; Marco Marazzoli: La fiera di Farfa, intemezzo opera
Performers: Arnould, Benoit; Druet, Isabelle; Goubioud, Serge; Lefilliatre, Claire; Mauillon, Marc; Primard, Hugues; Salvan, Oliver Martin; van Elsacker, Jan
Conductors: Dumestre, Vincent
Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

After years of research and musical maturation, Alpha presents Combattimenti! Here, Vincent Dumestre performs the world premiere on disc of La Fiera di Farfa, accompanied...continue...
Recording information: Chapelle de l'Hôpital Notre-Dame du Bon-Secours, Paris (10/2009)....continue...

Il Canto D'Orfeo

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2010-03-09

Works: Francesco Rasi: O che felice giorno, madrigal; Antonio Brunelli: La pastorella, madrigal; Marco Uccellini: Sonate, arie et correnti, Op. 3; Stefano Landi: Labri soavi, madrigal; Giovanni Maria Nanino...
Performers: Lefilliâtre, Claire; van Elsacker, Jan
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Ensemble: Il Trionfo Del Tempo

The greatest of all musical myths tells how the Thracian singer Orpheus lost his beloved Eurydice to death, saved her from the underground world, and...continue...
Recording information: VRT Studio Toots, Brussels, Belgium (12/04/2008-12/06/2008)....continue...

In the Front Line - Hollanders / Huijbregts, et al

3 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Herman Hollanders: Parnassus ecclesiasticus, Op. 1; Jubilus filiorum Dei, for voice & continuo
Performers: Beemt, John van den; Bemt, Paul van den; Bouw, Arwen; Hilhorst, Kees; Huijbregts, Ruud; Meijer, Michiel; Ooijen, David van; Ramselarr, Bas; Ruymbeke, Hilde van; Schillebeeckx, Lief; Spanjaard, Caroli...

"This music follows the character of the stile moderno, the familiar Italian sound of the early-baroque period. Solo works sound like opera arias, where passages...continue...

Teatro d'amore - Monteverdi: Zefiro torna, etc / Christina Pluhar, L'Arpeggiata

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Work(s); Madrigals, Book 9; L'Incirinazione Di Poppea; Scherzi musicali, volume 1; Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Interrotte speranze, eterna fede; Chiome d'oro, Canzonetta ...
Performers: Achten, Nicolas [Conductor]; Arminshaw, Lauren; Auvity, Cyril; Fernandes, Joao; Jaroussky, Philippe; Rial, Núria; Riener, Michaela; Toth, Zsuzsanna; van Elsacker, Jan
Conductors: Pluhar, Christina
Ensemble: L'Arpeggiata

This exciting new release is the debut Virgin Classics recording of the vocal & instrumental group L'Arpeggiata, led by harpist and lutenist extraordinaire Christina Pluhar....continue...

Landi: La Morte d'Orfeo / Lasserre, Auvity, Laurems, Visse, et al

2 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2008-05-13

Works: Francesco Usper: Sonata à 8; Stefano Landi: La Morte D'Orfeo, opera; Biagio Marini: Per ogni sorte di strumenti musicale, Op. 22; Canzon nona a due chori; Dario Castello: Sonate concertate in st...
Performers: Auvity, Cyril; Bucher, Aurore; Buffiere, Geoffrey; Dazin, Bertrand; Guillon, Damien; Kempenaers, Cecile; Laurens, Guillemette; Lesage, Vincent; Renson, Laurence; van Elsacker, Jan; Vieslet, Celine; V...
Conductors: Lasserre, Françoise
Ensemble: Akademia Ensemble

Firenze 1616 - Belli, Caccini, Malvezzi, Saracini

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2008-03-11

Works: Claudio Saracini: Io moro, aria for voice & continuo; Giulio Caccini: Tutto'i di piango, solo madrigal for voice & continuo; Non ha'l ciel; Ineffabile Ardore (Final chorus Il Rapimento di Cefalo); Le...
Performers: Bucher, Aurore; Druet, Isabelle; Dumestre, Vincent; Marzorati, Arnaud; Padaut, Catherine; Poul, Camille; Roche, Philippe; van Elsacker, Jan
Conductors: Dumestre, Vincent
Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

This record delves into the ideology and the aesthetics of the early baroque to reveal a subtle and brotherly alliance between intellect and feeling. As...continue...

Scarlatti: Stabat Mater; Esteves: Missa / Van Nevel

1 CD / Accent / 2007-06-01

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Stabat Mater; Joao Rodrigues Esteves: Missa for 8 Voices
Performers: Hermans, Elisabeth; Scheifes, Lidewy; Stinders, Herman; Van der Meer, Jacques; Van Elsacker, Jan
Conductors: Van Nevel, Erik
Ensemble: Currende Instrumental Ensemble; Currende Vocal Ensemble

Fiocco: Missa Solemnis, Ave Maria, etc / Peire, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-04-01

Works: Joseph-Hector Fiocco: Missa Solemnis for 7 voices & 7 instruments in D major; Ave Maria, for voice & ensemble; Homo Quidam, for 4 voices & ensemble
Performers: Coppe, Hilde; Crabben, Jan Van der; de Reyghère, Greta; Mechelen, Werner van; Snellings, Dirk; van Elsacker, Jan
Conductors: Peire, Patrick
Ensemble: Collegium Instrumentale Brugense

"The music falls easily and pleasantly on the ear. It doesn't have many arresting or highly original ideas, but it is skilfully and very professionally...continue...