Since you are interested in Vespro solenne: Venetian Solemn Vespers for the Birth of Louis XIV, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ANONYMOUS
Ecole de Notre Dame: Mass for Christmas Day Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Marcel Peres and Ensemble Organum, relive Mass for Christmas Day as it was sung in the prestigious setting of the School of Notre Dame in paris, the cradle of western polyphony. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
El canto de Auroros (Traditional Polyphony in Murcia) Alia Musica, Miguel Sanchez [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] A collection derived from ancient musical traditions where groups of men sing a variety of religious texts, including polyphonic greetings to the "Virgen de la Aurora", from vespers until dawn, first released in 1998. |
J.S. BACH
Italian Concerto BWV 971 etc Kenneth Gilbert - harpsichord [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] Exercise into a genuine musical game between nations… |
ROSSINI
Stabat Mater Krassimira Stoyanova / Petra Lang / Bruce Fowler / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Marcus Creed [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Marcus Creed favours period instruments and a chamber choir, and with sound that is lucid and spacious the results are highly appealing." Five Stars BBC Music Magazine |
CHARPENTIER
Oratorios: Caecilia, virgo et martyr; Filius prodigus; Magnificat Les Arts Florissants / William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 16/Jun/2003 ] Superb examples of Charpentier's individual qualities: an acute sense of the word and an unprecedented dramatic effectiveness. |
CHOPIN / RICHARD STRAUSS
Sonatas for cello and piano Lluas Claret (cello) Alain Planes (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi musique d'abord / CD - released 4/Apr/2005 ] "Both Claret and Planès are virtuoso performers and I find their interpretations both convincing and engaging." (Fanfare) |
HANDEL
Trio Sonatas Op.2. London Baroque / C. Medlam [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 16/Jun/2003 ] Aside from the technical and descriptive considerations, it is in letting oneself be carried away by the nobility and the elegance of the style, the refreshing rhythmic vitality and the sensuous charms of some of the slow movements, that one most... |
Michel Portal - clarinet, Ensemble Musique Vivante, Diego Masson
Boulez - Domaines [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] Domaines can now be seen as one of the key works of the 20th century |