Since you are interested in Sacre Cantiones liber secundus, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: Matthias Goerne Schubert Edition 4: Heliopolis Matthias Goerne (baritone) Ingo Metzmacher (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "This is a simply unmissable recital, and for two prime reasons - the grave beauty of its programme and the corresponding beauty of the singer's voice." Gramophone Awards 2010 Finalist - Solo Vocal |
ZELENKA / BACH / LOTTI
Thomas Hengelbrock conducts Zelenka, Bach & Lotti Balthasar Neumann Ensemble & Choir, Thomas Hengelbrock [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "This is nothing short of revelatory." Gramophone Awards 2010 WINNER: Baroque Vocal |
GUASTAVINO / FLEURY / BUCHARDO / PIAZZOLLA / CARRILLO
Canciones Argentinas Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Marcos Fink (baritone) / Carmen Piazzini (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] 'A devastating selection of Argentinian songs from Bernada and Marcos Fink' (BBC Music Magazine Choral/Song recording of the Month May 2006) |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale (complete) Cantus Calln / Junghanel [ Harmonia Mundi Heritage / 3 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] Gramophone Award Winner 2002: Baroque vocal - "This set is a remarkable achievement. Anybody at all interested in Monteverdi's music will want to own it." |
CHARPENTIER
Lecons de Tenebres du Jeudy Sainct Concerto Vocale / Rene Jacobs (director) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 14/Jul/2001 ] Leçons de Ténèbres - a specifically French genre |
DESPRES / PIERRE de la RUE / JANEQUIN / BYRD / LASSUS / etc
Renaissance: Messes et Motets se la Renaissance: Renaissance Masses & Motets Ensemble Clement Janequin, Dominque Visse / Ensemble Organum, Marcel Peres / Ensemble Vocal Europeen [ Harmonia Mundi Century / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] The selection gives a fine introduction to the complex subject of the Renaissance mass. |
PALESTRINA
Palestrina - Missa Viri Galilaei Ensemble Organum, Paras, Ensemble Vocal Europaen, Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 2/Jul/2002 ] "The performances are simply splendid." (A.R.G.) |
HANDEL
Saul (Complete oratorio) Henry Waddington, Finnur Bjarnason, Michael Slattery, Emma Bell / RIAS-Kammerchor / Concerto Koln, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mund Heritage / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2015 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGHAZINE AWARD WINNER 2006: Best Baroue Vocal |
SCHOENBERG
Pierrot lunaire op.21 Marianne Pousseur (voice) / Ensemble Musique Oblique / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] Philippe Herreweghe was born in Ghent and studied the piano at the Conservatory there before going on to study medicine and psychiatry. While still at medical school he founded the Collegium Vocale of Ghent and attracted the attention of Nikolaus... |
SCHUBERT
Die schone Mullerin op.25 D.795 (1824) Werner Gura (tenor) / Jan Schultsz (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "A near perfect interpretation that finds a young tenor - with an extraordinarily beautiful voice - in total sympathy with the world of Schubert's most immediately enchanting song-cycle." (Gramophone) |