The World of Early Music: From the Middle Ages to the Dawn of the Enlightenment

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1▶CD: Medieval and Renaissance Music
2▼CD: The Baroque
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1Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo, Act II Scene 3: Ahi caso acerbo
baritone vocals:
Roberto Abbondanza
bass vocals:
Carlo Lepore (operatic bass), Gastone Sarti (bass-baritone) and Marcello Vargetto (bass)
countertenor vocals:
Alessandro Casari (counter-tenor), Gian Luigi Maria Ghiringhelli (counter-tenor) and Michel van Goethem (counter-tenor)
soprano vocals:
Rosita Frisani (soprano), Marinella Pennicchi (soprano) and Patrizia Vaccari (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Alessandro Carmignani (countertenor) and Giovanni Pentasuglia (tenor)
orchestra:
Cappella Musicale di San Petronio di Bologna
conductor:
Sergio Vartolo (Italian harpsichordist & conductor)
recording of:
Rappresentatione de Anima et de Corpo
composer:
Emilio de' Cavalieri (composer) (in 1600)
librettist:
Agostino Manni
Emilio de' Cavalieri2:27
2La favola d'Orfeo, Act 3: Possente spirto (excerpt)
vocals:
Alessandro Carmignani (countertenor)
conductor:
Sergio Vartolo (Italian harpsichordist & conductor)
performer:
Cappella Musicale di San Petronio di Bologna
partial recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto terzo. Possente spirto
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio (The Younger, c. 1573-1630)
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto terzo
Claudio Monteverdi3:04
3Arianna: Lament (excerpt)
vocals:
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
conductor:
Sergio Vartolo (Italian harpsichordist & conductor)
performer:
Soloists of the Cappella Musicale di San Petronio
partial recording of:
Lamento d’Arianna, SV 22
lyricist:
Ottavio Rinuccini (Italian Renaissance/Baroque poet and opera librettist)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
part of:
Stattkus-Verzeichnis (number: SV 22)
Claudio Monteverdi2:27
4Vespers, SV 206 No. 3: Nigra sum
choir vocals:
Scholars Baroque Ensemble (UK vocal & instrumental ensemble)
recording of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: III. Motetto "Nigra sum"
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi (Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player)
part of:
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206 (for chorus & instruments)
Claudio Monteverdi3:21
5Kleine geistliche Konzerte, Part 1 No. 8: Erhöre mich, wenn ich rufe, SWV 289
organ:
Laurence Cummings (harpsichordist, organist and conductor)
choir vocals:
Oxford Camerata (English chamber choir)
conductor:
Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
recording of:
Erhöre mich, wenn ich dich rufe, SWV 289
composer:
Heinrich Schütz (composer)
part of:
Schütz-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: SWV 289)
Heinrich Schütz2:57
6Sacrae Symphoniae, No. 6: Sonata pian'e forte à 8
brass:
London Symphony Brass
conductor:
Eric Crees (trombonist)
recording of:
Sonata pian' e forte à 8, Ch. 175 (Sacrae symphoniae, Liber 1)
composer:
Giovanni Gabrieli (composer)
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. 175)
part of:
Sacrae symphoniae, Liber 1
Giovanni Gabrieli5:08
7Terpsichore: Ballet der Baccanales / Ballet des feus / Ballet der Matelotz
orchestra:
Westra Aros Pijpare
recording of:
Terpsichore, No. 274: Ballet à 4 / No. 278: Ballet des Baccanales à 4 / No. 280: Ballet des Matelotz à 4 / No. 254: Ballet des coqs à 4
composer:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist)
part of:
Terpsichore, Musarum Aoniarum
Michael Praetorius3:21
8Echo Fantasia in A minor No. 3, D. 15
organ:
James David Christie (US organist)
recording of:
Echo Fantasia Aeolian A minor (D. 15 in Pieter Dirksen's collection)
composer:
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (composer and organist)
part of:
Sweelinck-Werke Verzeichnis (number: SwWV 275)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck4:15
9Captain Hume's Poeticall Musicke: The Spirit of Gambo: The Lord Dewys favoret
chitarra battente:
Stephen Stubbs (US early music lutenist)
harpsichord:
Réjean Poirier
lute:
Paul Audet
recorder:
Francis Colpron (flutist)
strings:
Les Voix humaines (French baroque ensemble, founded in 1995 by Christine Payeux)
countertenor vocals:
Daniel Taylor (Canadian countertenor)
recording of:
Captain Hume's Poeticall Musicke: The Lord Dewys favoret
composer:
Tobias Hume
recording of:
The Spirit of Gambo
composer:
Tobias Hume
Tobias Hume3:33
10Lamento della Madre Ebrea (excerpt)
orchestra:
Cappella Musicale di San Petronio di Bologna
conductor:
Sergio Vartolo (Italian harpsichordist & conductor)
recording of:
Lamento della Madra Ebrea
composer:
Antonio Cesti
Antonio Cesti3:49
11Ballet d'Alcidiane et Polexander: Air
producer:
Norbert Kraft (classical guitarist and producer) and Bonnie Silver (producer/engineer)
instruments:
Aradia Ensemble (from 1996-10-08 until 1996-10-10)
soprano vocals:
Mary Enid Haines (from 1996-10-08 until 1996-10-10)
conductor:
Kevin Mallon (conductor) (from 1996-10-08 until 1996-10-10)
recorded at:
Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (from 1996-10-08 until 1996-10-10)
recording of:
Ballet d'Alcidiane et Polexandre: Ritournelle et Recit de la Fortune chante par Mademoiselle Hilaire (from 1996-10-08 until 1996-10-10)
composer:
Jean‐Baptiste Lully (composer)
part of:
Ballet d'Alcidiane et Polexandre
Jean‐Baptiste Lully3:25
12Dido and Aeneas: When I am laid in earth
engineer:
Chris Craker (UK musician, producer, engineer and label manager) (from 1994-10-16 until 1994-10-18) and Simon Rhodes (senior recording engineer at Abbey Road Studios) (from 1994-10-16 until 1994-10-18)
producer:
Chris Craker (UK musician, producer, engineer and label manager)
orchestra:
Scholars Baroque Ensemble (UK vocal & instrumental ensemble) (from 1994-10-16 until 1994-10-18)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1997)
recorded at:
All Saints’ Church (East Finchley, London) in East Finchley, Barnet (London Borough of Barnet), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1994-10-16 until 1994-10-18)
partial recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
Henry Purcell3:57
13Missa Azzolina: Agnus Dei
choir vocals:
Le Concert Spirituel (French baroque ensemble) (from 1995-10-02 until 1995-10-05)
orchestra:
Le Concert Spirituel (French baroque ensemble)
conductor:
Hervé Niquet (conductor) (from 1995-10-02 until 1995-10-05)
recorded at:
Église Notre‐Dame du Liban in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 1995-10-02 until 1995-10-05)
recording of:
Missa Azzolina: Agnus Dei (from 1995-10-02 until 1995-10-05)
composer:
Orazio Benevoli (Franco-Italian composer)
part of:
Missa Azzolina
Orazio Benevoli2:07
14Messe Kyrie eleison: Kyrie
Marc‐Antoine Charpentier3:51
15I will sing unto the Lord, Z. 22
engineer:
John Taylor (classical producer/engineer, often associated with Naxos recordings)
producer:
Judy Lieber (producer) and Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
organ:
Laurence Cummings (harpsichordist, organist and conductor) (from 1994-06-09 until 1994-06-10)
choir vocals:
Oxford Camerata (English chamber choir) (from 1994-06-09 until 1994-06-10)
conductor:
Jeremy Summerly (conductor) (from 1994-06-09 until 1994-06-10)
recorded at:
Chapel of Hertford College, Oxford in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1994-06-09 until 1994-06-10)
recording of:
I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live, Z. 22 (from 1994-06-09 until 1994-06-10)
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 22)
Henry Purcell3:27
16Fantazia upon One Note in F major, Z. 745
strings:
Rose Consort of Viols
recording of:
Fantasia for strings upon one note, Z. 745
composer:
Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
part of:
Henry Purcell: An Analytical Catalogue of His Music (number: Z. 745)
Henry Purcell3:08
17Pièces de clavecin, No. 111: Menuet de Poitou et son Double in A minor
harpsichord:
Laurence Cummings (harpsichordist, organist and conductor)
recording of:
Menuet & double "de Poitou" (Gustafson 111)
composer:
Louis Couperin (composer)
part of:
Louis Couperin's Harpsichord Works (Gustafson numbering) (number: 111)
Louis Couperin2:17
18Pièces de clavecin, Volume 1 Book I No. 9: Les abeilles
harpsichord:
Laurence Cummings (harpsichordist, organist and conductor)
recording of:
Premier ordre de clavecin en sol mineur: No. 9. Les Abeilles
composer:
François Couperin (French composer of the Baroque era)
part of:
Premier ordre de clavecin en sol mineur
François Couperin1:26
19Magnificat Fuge No. 10, secundi toni, T. 133
harpsichord:
Joseph Payne (player of harpsichord, clavichord & organ)
recording of:
Magnificat secundi toni: Fugue no. 10 in G minor, P. 293, T. 133
composer:
Johann Pachelbel (composer)
part of:
Archive of Johann Pachelbel’s Works (Pachelbel catalogue by Hideo Tsukamoto) (number: T. 133), Thematic Catalogue of the Musical Works of Johann Pachelbel (Pachelbel catalogue by Jean M. Perreault) (number: P. 293) and Johann Pachelbel: Organist, Teacher, Composer, A Critical Reexamination of His Life, Works, and Historical Significance (Pachelbel catalogue by Kathryn Janes Welter) (number: PC. 302)
part of:
Compositionen zumeist Fugen über das Magnificat: II. Magnificat secundi toni
Johann Pachelbel1:37
20Chorale prelude in G minor "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland", BuxWV 211
organ:
Joseph Payne (player of harpsichord, clavichord & organ)
recording of:
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BuxWV 211
composer:
Dieterich Buxtehude (composer)
part of:
Buxtehude-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BuxWV 211)
Dietrich Buxtehude2:28
21Sonate da camera a tre in E minor, Op. 2 No. 4: Allemanda: Allegro - Grave - Adagio
engineer:
Hubert Geschwandtner (producer/engineer) (from 1990-10-21 until 1990-10-23)
producer:
Karol Kopernický (producer)
cello:
Ján Slávik (cellist) (from 1990-10-21 until 1990-10-23)
harpsichord:
Daniela Ruso (pianist and harpsichordist) (from 1990-10-21 until 1990-10-23)
violin:
Anna Hölbling (violinist) (from 1990-10-21 until 1990-10-23) and Quido Hölbling (violinist) (from 1990-10-21 until 1990-10-23)
recorded at:
Moyzesova sieň (Moyzes Hall) in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia (from 1990-10-21 until 1990-10-23)
recording of:
Sonate da camera a trè in E minor, op. 2 no. 4: II. Allemanda: Presto (from 1990-10-21 until 1990-10-23)
composer:
Arcangelo Corelli (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1685)
part of:
Sonata da camera a trè in E minor, op. 2 no. 4
recording of:
Sonate da camera a trè in E minor, op. 2 no. 4: III. Grave: Adagio (from 1990-10-21 until 1990-10-23)
composer:
Arcangelo Corelli (Italian baroque composer and violinist) (in 1685)
part of:
Sonata da camera a trè in E minor, op. 2 no. 4
Arcangelo Corelli3:54
22Il Barcheggio, Part I: Sinfonia in D major: III. Canzona / IV. Aria: Allegro
baroque trumpet:
Niklas Eklund (Swedish baroque trumpeter) and Edward H. Tarr (trumpet player)
viola da gamba:
Charles Medlam (cellist, viol player and conductor)
choir vocals:
London Baroque (founded 1978 by Charles Medlam)
soprano vocals:
Susanne Rydén (soprano)
recording of:
Il Barcheggio, Part I: Sinfonia in D major: III. Allegro ma non troppo
composer:
Alessandro Stradella (composer)
part of:
Il Barcheggio, Part I: Sinfonia in D major
recording of:
Il Barcheggio, Part I: Sinfonia in D major: IV. Allegro
composer:
Alessandro Stradella (composer)
part of:
Il Barcheggio, Part I: Sinfonia in D major
Alessandro Stradella2:58
23Concerto Grosso in G minor "Christmas Concerto", Op. 6 No. 8: Pastorale ad libitum: Largo
producer:
Hubert Geschwandtner (producer/engineer) (, from 1990-01 until 1990-06) and Karol Kopernický (producer) (, from 1990-01 until 1990-06)
cello:
Ľudovít Kanta (from 1990-01 until 1990-06)
harpsichord:
Daniela Ruso (pianist and harpsichordist) (from 1990-01 until 1990-06)
violin:
Quido Hölbling (violinist) (from 1990-01 until 1990-06) and Anna Hölblingová (violinist) (from 1990-01 until 1990-06)
orchestra:
Capella Istropolitana (from 1990-01 until 1990-06)
conductor:
Jaroslav Krček (Jaroslav Krcek) (from 1990-01 until 1990-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HNH International Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1990)
recorded at:
Moyzesova sieň (Moyzes Hall) in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj (Bratislava Region), Slovakia (from 1990-01 until 1990-06)
recording of:
Concerto Grosso in G minor, op. 6 no. 8 “Christmas Concerto”: VI. Pastorale (Largo) (from 1990-01 until 1990-06)
composer:
Arcangelo Corelli (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
part of:
Concerto Grosso in G minor, op. 6 no. 8 “Fatto per la notte di Natale” (Christmas Concerto)
Arcangelo Corelli4:20