Gateway to Classical Music, Volume 1

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1▼CD: Early Music
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Six Medieval Tunes
instruments:
Syntagma Musicum (Dutch early music ensemble)
conductor:
Kees Otten (recorder / conductor)
[anonymous]5:35
2Cantiga de Santa María no. 10: Rosa das rosas
instruments:
Ars Musicae de Barcelona (Spanish/Catalan medieval music ensemble)
conductor:
Enric Gispert
recording of:
Cantiga de Santa María no. 10 "Rosa das rosas e Fror das frores"
composer:
Alfonso X el Sabio (Spanish/Castillian medieval monarch & composer)
part of:
Cantigas de Santa Maria (number: 10)
part of:
Cantigas de Santa María
Alfonso X el Sabio2:42
3Cantiga de Santa María no. 139: Maravillosos e piadosos
instruments:
Ars Musicae de Barcelona (Spanish/Catalan medieval music ensemble)
conductor:
Enric Gispert
recording of:
Cantiga de Santa María no. 139 "Maravillosos e piadosos"
composer:
Alfonso X el Sabio (Spanish/Castillian medieval monarch & composer)
part of:
Cantigas de Santa Maria (number: 139)
part of:
Cantigas de Santa María
Alfonso X el Sabio2:12
4Codex Faenza: Kyrie
instruments:
Syntagma Musicum (Dutch early music ensemble)
conductor:
Kees Otten (recorder / conductor)
[anonymous]1:14
5Sanctus, Bibl. Nat. It. 568
instruments:
Syntagma Musicum (Dutch early music ensemble)
conductor:
Kees Otten (recorder / conductor)
Lorenzo da Firenze3:21
6Flos florum
instruments:
Syntagma Musicum (Dutch early music ensemble)
conductor:
Kees Otten (recorder / conductor)
recording of:
Flos florum
composer:
Guillaume Dufay (French 15th century composer)
Guillaume Dufay4:32
7Messe de Nostre Dame: Gloria
instruments:
Taverner Consort
choir vocals:
Taverner Choir
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor)
recording of:
Messe de Nostre Dame: II. Gloria
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Guillaume de Machaut (French medieval poet & composer)
part of:
Messe de Nostre Dame
Guillaume de Machaut4:03
8Quam pulcra es, MB 44
vocals:
The Hilliard Ensemble (British male vocal quartet)
conductor:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music)
recording of:
Quam pulchra es, JD 44
composer:
John Dunstable (English Renaissance composer)
John Dunstable2:48
9Requiem (Missa pro defunctis): Kyrie
vocals:
The Hilliard Ensemble (British male vocal quartet)
conductor:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music)
Johannes Ockeghem4:39
10Absalom, fili mi
producer:
Gerd Berg (producer)
choir vocals:
The Hilliard Ensemble (British male vocal quartet) (from 1983-02-14 until 1983-02-16)
vocals:
The Hilliard Ensemble (British male vocal quartet) (from 1983-02-14 until 1983-02-16)
conductor:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music) (from 1983-02-14 until 1983-02-16)
chorus master:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1984) and Virgin Classics Ltd. (not for release label use! for copyrights use) (in 1996)
recorded at:
Temple Church in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1983-02-14 until 1983-02-16)
recording of:
Absalon, fili mi (from 1983-02-14 until 1983-02-16)
composer:
Josquin des Prez (Franco-Flemish renaissance composer)
Josquin des Prez4:27
11[untitled]
instruments:
Syntagma Musicum (Dutch early music ensemble)
conductor:
Kees Otten (recorder / conductor)
Wilhelmus Legrant2:09
12Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen
choir vocals:
RIAS Chamber Choir (German chamber choir)
conductor:
Günther Arndt (choral conductor)
recording of:
Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Heinrich Isaac (Flemish Renaissance composer)
Heinrich Isaac3:43
13O magnum mysterium
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
O magnum mysterium
composer:
Tomás Luis de Victoria (Spanish Renaissance composer) (in 1572)
Tomás Luis de Victoria4:10
14Motets, Book III: Hodie Christus natus est
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina2:16
15Ricercar
brass:
Brass Ensemble ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
organ:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
conductor:
Denis Stevens (musicologist, co-founder of The Ambrosian Singers)
Andrea Gabrieli2:27
16Symphonia Sacrae Liber Secundus: Buccinate in neomenia tuba à 19, C 84
instruments:
String and Brass Ensemble ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
organ:
Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
conductor:
Denis Stevens (musicologist, co-founder of The Ambrosian Singers)
recording of:
Buccinate in neomenia tuba à 19, Ch. 84 (Sacrae symphoniae, Liber 2)
composer:
Giovanni Gabrieli (composer) (in 1615)
part of:
Giovanni Gabrieli: A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Guide to the Source Materials and Translations of his Vocal Texts (Charteris [Ch.]) (number: Ch. 84)
part of:
Sacrae symphoniae, Liber 2
Giovanni Gabrieli4:20
17Toccata no. 5 in G major
organ:
Fernando Germani (organist)
Girolamo Frescobaldi3:40
18Scherzi musicali: Zefiro torna
harpsichord:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist)
tenor vocals:
Hugues Cuénod (Swiss tenor) and Gerald English (English tenor)
orchestra:
Bath Festival Orchestra
conductor:
Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist)
Claudio Monteverdi7:29
19First Booke of Songes: Now O Now
vocals:
The Hilliard Ensemble (British male vocal quartet)
conductor:
Paul Hillier (conductor, music director and baritone, specializes in early music and contemporary art music)
recording of:
The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, No. 6: "Now, o now I needs must part"
composer:
John Dowland (composer and lutenist) (in 1597)
part of:
The First Booke of Songs or Ayres
John Dowland4:42
20Terpsichore, no. 286: Passameze à 6
instruments:
Early Music Consort of London
conductor:
David Munrow (UK early music historian & musician)
recording of:
Terpsichore, no. 286: Passameze à 6
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist)
part of:
Terpsichore, Musarum Aoniarum
Michael Praetorius1:32
2▶CD: Baroque
3▶CD: Classical
4▶CD: Late Classical to Early Romantic

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ASIN:US: B000002SCD [info]