TRADITIONAL
Silent Night - Early Christmas Music and Carols Arianna Savall (voice, Baroque triple harp, Renaissance harp) Petter Udland Johansen (voice, hardingfele, mandolin) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] "Silent Night may be a conventional title, but the sounds of this Hirundo Maris disc are anything but…Even that over-roasted old chestnut 'Stille Nacht' sounds fresh in their crystalline arrangement." BBC Music |
Capriccio Stravagante; Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra; Capriccio Stravagante Les 24 Violons; Skip Sempé
Skip Sempé: Memorandum XXI [ Paradizo / 5 CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Paradizo features the recordings of Skip Sempé as solo harpsichordist, chamber musician, conductor and director of the ensembles that he founded: Capriccio Stravagante, the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra and Capriccio Stravagante Les 24... |
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra; Skip Sempé
Terpsichore: Muse of the Dance [ Paradizo / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Paradizo features the recordings of Skip Sempé as solo harpsichordist, chamber musician, conductor and director of the ensembles that he founded: Capriccio Stravagante, the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra and Capriccio Stravagante Les 24... |
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra; Skip Sempé; Collegium Vocale Gent
La Pellegrina: Intermedii 1589 [ Paradizo / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] Paradizo features the recordings of Skip Sempé as solo harpsichordist, chamber musician, conductor and director of the ensembles that he founded: Capriccio Stravagante, the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra and Capriccio Stravagante Les 24... |
JOHN DOWLAND
Semper Dowland Semper Dolens Josa Miguel Moreno ((Renaissance lute) Eligio Quinteiro (theorbo & gittern) [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Musicology apart, this is a breathtaking collection which should become a benchmark in Dowland's already ample discography. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Canticum Canticorum: Spanish polyphonic settings from the Song of Songs Orchestra of the Renaissance / Richard Cheetham (director) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Orchestra of the Renaissance, Richard Cheetham (director) & Michael Noone (guest conductor) |
Renaissance
Dreams & Omens [ Repertoire / CD - released 9/May/2011 ] |
Renaissance
Illusion [ Esoteric Recordings / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] |
Renaissance
In the Land of the Rising Sun [ Repertoire / 2 CD - released 9/May/2011 ] |
Renaissance
Live at Carnegie Hall [ Repertoire Records / 2 CD - released 3/Aug/2009 ] Available for the first time on CD, this is the definitive audiophile version of the legendary Renaissance recording. The two disc set includes amazing renditions of their most famous songs, accented with a stunning symphonic orchestra and an... |
Renaissance
Novella [ Repertoire Records / CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] |
Renaissance
Renaissance [ Esoteric Recordings / CD - released 29/Nov/2010 ] |
Renaissance
A Song for All Seasons [ Repertoire Records / CD - released 19/Sep/2011 ] |
Renaissance
Tuscany [ Repertoire / CD - released 9/May/2011 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Songs for William Shakespeare Sara Stowe (Soprano) Matthew Spring (Lute, cittern, hurdy-gurdy) Sharon Lindo (Renaissance violin, recorder, pipe and tabor) [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] The finest songs from Shakespeare's plays, from Johnson's arrangement of 'Where the bee sucks' in 'The Tempest' to Morley's famous version of Feste's song 'O mistress mine', from 'Twelfth Night'. Carefully researched and played on instruments of the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music ofthe Spanish Renaissance Shirley Rumsey (voice, vihuelas, lute, renaissance guitar) [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "A most remarkable voice." Northern Echo |
BUXTEHUDE
Das Jungste Gericht Ulrike Hofbauer (sop) Monika Mauch (sop) Harry van der Kamp (bass) Hans-Jorg Mammel (ten) / Weser-Renaissance / Manfred Cordes (dir) [ CPO / CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] Weser-Renaissance Bremen, Manfred Cordes |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
In Pastures Green: A meditatrion in Psalms, Poems and Music The Victoria Singers / English Renaissance / The choir of Magdalen College / The choir of Norwich Cathedral [ Songs of Praise / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] A treasury of favourite psalms, poetry and music, from the immortal 23rd psalm to Thomas Hardy's poignant evocations of English country churches, complemented by music such as Vaughan Williams' magnificent 'Tallis' fantasia. |
Weser Renaissance/Cordes
Praetorius: Ostermesse [ Cpo / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] |