Pierwsza księga madrygałów włoskiego kompozytora renesansowego Luca Marenzio w wykonaniu włoskiego zespołu La Compagnia del Madrigale.
John Blow i “Ode On The Death Of Mr. Henry Purcell” w wykonaniu Alfreda Dellera i Marka Dellera wraz z Deller Consort i Stour Music Festival Orchestra w 2008 roku, wydane nakładem Harmonia Mundii. Tracklista: 1. Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell by John Blow 2. Marriage Ode by John Blow 3. Chloe found Amyntas lying by John Blow
Dyrygent John Eliot Gardiner, pionier i jeden z wiodących przedstawicieli ruchu, który przywrócił nam barokowe arcydzieła, zebrał wspaniałych solistów oraz znakomity Monteverdi Choir, aby dokonać jednego z pierwszych historycznie poinformowanych nagrań muzyki Purcella. Dwie płyty, które prezentujemy, zdobyły wiele nagród i stały się światowymi bestsellerami (ponad 400 000 egzemplarzy „Music for the funeral of Queen Mary” oraz ponad 200 000 egzemplarzy „Hail! Bright Cecila”).Tracklista:CD 1Hail! Bright Cecilia1. Symphony 2. Hail! Bright Cecilia 3. Hark! hark! Each tree 4. ’Tis Nature’s voice 5. Soul of the world! 6. Thou tun’st this world below 7. With that sublime celestial lay 8. Wondrous machine! 9. The airy violin 10. In vain the am’rous flute 11. The fife and all the harmony of war 12. Let these among themselves contest13. Hail! Bright CeciliaCD 2Come ye Sons of Art1. Overture2. Come ye Sons of Art 3. Sound the trumpet4. Come ye Sons of Art5. Strike the viol 6. The day that such a blessing gave 7. Bid the Virtues 8. These are the sacred charms 9. See Nature, rejoicing Music for the funeral of Queen Mary10. March 11. Man that is born of a woman 12. Canzona 13. In the midst of life we are in death 14. Canzona 15. Thou know’st, Lord, the secrets of our hearts 16. March
The award-winning Cardinall’s Musick have finally completed their Byrd series, and now look outside the British isles to a composer who had to wait for a long time for his genius to be fully recognised, although he was well known to his contemporaries, and produced a considerable output. Guerrero was born in 1528 in Seville, the city that was to remain at the centre of his entire life. His early training came from his brother Pedro and it is thought that he was a chorister at the magnificent Cathedral in Seville with its sumptuous music foundation. Guerrero himself states that he studied with Morales, and it was Morales who recommended the young musician for the post of maestro de capilla at Jaén Cathedral in 1546 – a short-lived appointment. The main work on this disc is the gloriously sunny and joyful Missa Congratulamini mihi. Based on an Easter motet by Crecquillion (also recorded here), it is full of the voluptuous exuberance of the Paschal season. The five-part texture, with two treble parts, adds to the shining sound. Also included are a number of Easter motets. Maria Magdalena et altera Maria and Post dies octo are highly descriptive, narrative works, highly contrasted in mood and texture. The four other pieces on this disc show various facets of Guerrero’s mastery. Dum esset rex (in honour of Mary Magdalene) is similar to a spiritual madrigal whilst the eight-part Ave Maria is a sonorous double-choir plea to the Virgin. The two settings of Regina caeli (the Marian antiphon to be sung during Eastertide) both use a plainsong cantus firmus as their starting point. The older sounding, four-part version uses a minor-mode motif whilst the eight-part setting uses the more traditional plainsong melody woven into an exuberant and joyful Easter statement.
Album prezentuje chóralną muzykę z XIV, XV, XVI i XVII wieku kompozytorów z Francji, Włoch i Hiszpanii. Machaut skomponował swój kanon dla katedry w Reims, podczas gdy Palestrina, Allegri, Morales i Josquin napisali swoje utwory dla Kaplicy Sykstyńskiej w Watykanie.Utwory wykonuje słynny zespół: Tavener Choir, Consort & Players, założony przez Andrew Parrota w 1973 roku.Tracklista:CD 11. Introitus - Gaudeamus omnes in Domino2. Kyrie3. Gloria4. Oratorio5. Epistulum6. Graduale - Audi filia7. Alleluia - Nativitas gloriosae virginis Mariae8. Sequentia - Hac clara die9. Evangelium10. Credo11. Offertorium - Diffusa est gratia12. Praefatio - Andrew Parrott13. Sanctus et Benedictus14. Pater noster - Andrew Parrott15. Agnus Dei16. Communio - Diffusa est gratia17. Postcommunio18. Ite missa estCD 21. Stabat Mater2. O beata et benedicta et gloriosa Trinitas3. Arr Keyte: Miserere4. Jubilate Deo5. Lamentabatur Jacob6. Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes7. Pater noster / Ave Maria
Koncerty na skrzypce i orkiestrę weneckiego kompozytora okresu baroku Antonio Vivaldiego. Wykonawcy to francuska skrzypaczka Amandine Beyer i zespół Gli incogniti.
Tracklista: 1. Ouverture I in A minor 2. Ouverture II in B flat major 3. Ouverture III in C major 4. Ouverture IV in D major 5. Ouverture V in F major 6. Ouverture VI in G minor
Tradycja muzyczna Grecji na przestrzeni wieków. Na płycie muzyka grecka od starożytności i cesarstwa bizantyjskiego aż do czasów współczesnych. Wykonawcy to Hristos Tsiamulis, Dimitris Psonis i Pedro Estevan.
Tracklista:1. Missa "L'homme armé": Kyrie 2. Missa "L'homme armé": Gloria 3. Missa "L'homme armé": Credo 4. Missa "L'homme armé": Sanctus 5. Missa "L'homme armé": Agnus Dei 6. Missa quinti toni: Kyrie 7. Missa quinti toni: Gloria 8. Missa quinti toni: Credo 9. Missa quinti toni: Sanctus 10. Missa quinti toni: Agnus Dei
Tracklista: 1. Omnes gentes 2. Canzon Decimaquarta 3. A nima mea liquefacta est 4. Percussit Saul mille 5. Toccata 6. Egredimini et videte 7. Canzon Terza 8. Ornaverunt faciem templi 9. Canzon ariosa 10. A ve virgo 11. Canzon Terza 12. Virgo decus nemorum 13. Canzon Settimadecima 14. Hodie completi sunt 15. T occata Terza 16. Quaeramus cum pastoribus