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MONTEVERDI
Lamento d'Arianna Helga Maller-Molinari / Concerto Vocale / Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Mar/2007 ] The Lamento d'Arianna was incontestably Monteverdi's most famous composition during his own lifetime, and he himself considered it to be the only one worthy of leaving to posterity. |
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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No 3 / 12 Contretanze / etc Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Manze [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] Emerging from a dark depression, Beethoven chose art rather than death, thus embracing a notion of destiny and heroism which links him to heroes of the past - and of his present. The Eroica Symphony, dedicated initially to Napoleon, and ultimately... |
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BEETHOVEN / MOZART / SCHUMANN
Hermann Baumann: Horn Master & Teacher Hermann Baumann / Eva Maria Gorres / Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen [ Harmonia Mundi DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] One of a series edited by François Manceaux & Olivier Bernager in partnership with Arte & France Musique, uncovering great musicians of our time. |
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Herreweghe/Collegium Vocale
Bach: Himmelfahrts-Oratorium [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
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Hiller/Hilliard Ensemble
Sumer Is Icumen In [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
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TRADITIONAL
Medieval English Music: Anonymous 14th- and 15th-century masters Hilliard Ensemble [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "The performances… match the beauty of the music… a sound of remarkable purity. Their ensemble singing is perfection itself, and each part is exquisitely phrased." - Stereo Review |
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ORTHODOX CHANT
Orthodox Chant: Orthodox Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "The choir...sing with exceptional blend and purity of tone" (The Absolute Sound) |
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Hillier/His Majesties Clerkes
Early American Choral Music [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 12/Mar/2001 ] |
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His Majestie's Clerkes, Hillier
Billings - Early American Choral Music Vol. 1 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/May/2001 ] 'highly recommended.' - Chicago Tribune |
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RAMEAU
Rameau 1764-2014 [10 CD boxed set] Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Isabelle Poulenard, Howard Crook, Jerome Correas / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "These could be creaking performances after the passage of so much time but they're not are they, they're still vital and this set as a whole makes a very cost effective guide for anyone who's got a Rameau shaped hole on their record shelves" CDRevie |
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Huelgas Ensemble
Various: Art Of The Cigar [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Apr/2011 ] |
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DUFAY
O Gemma Lux - Complete Isorhythmic Motets Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (Pre 1700) - A sumptuous farewell to the musical Middle Ages. |
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LASSUS / PALESTRINA / ASHEWELL
La Quinta Essentia Huelgas Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Jan/2014 ] "Huelgas Ensemble here produce a really amazing range of sounds, full and rich and yet wonderfully translucent. There can be few better ways to introduce oneself to the music of Thomas Ashewell. Paul van Nevel and his singers mine his expressive... |
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LUDWIG DASER
Daser: Polyphonic Masses Huelgas-Ensemble (early music ensemble) Paul Van Nevel [ Deutche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] "this larger ensemble creates a rich, wellbalanced sound which at times I found attractively wistful...I'm already looking forward to the next volume." Gramophone Award WINNER 2023 - Early Music |
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ANONYMOUS / GERARDE / DESPREZ / LASSUS / etc
Le Chant de Virgile Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "Sung with such exquisite fluency, the Huelgas Ensemble under Van Nevel conveys the excitement of an epoch that yielded some of the most beautiful combinations of poetry and music." - The Observer (13 Jan 2002) |
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JEAN RICHAFORT
Richafort: Requiem Mass Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] We possess many works by Jean Richafort, but very little biographical information on the composer. In the 16th century he was the object of veneration and admiration. The great Ronsard himself spoke of him in the most enthusiastic terms, and most of... |
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CIPRIANO de RORE
Missa Praeter rerum serium Huelgas-Ensemble / Paul Van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (Feb 2003) |
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W.A. MOZART
A Little Night Music: Eine kleine Nachtmusic / Symphony No. 29 in A major, I Filarmonici di Bologna / Angelo Ephrikian (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/May/2003 ] "Delightful" - Classic CD |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Cantatas for Esterhazys Sunhae Im, Johanna Stojkovic (sopranos) Max Ciolek (tenor) / VokalEnsemble KAln / Cappella Coloniensis / Andreas Spering [ Harmonia Mundi Haydn Edition / CD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: REISSUE CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - "The music is so enjoyable, the performances so good, and the sound so exemplary that it can be warmly recommended to anyone interested in vocal music from the mid-18th Century." - American Record... |
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J.S. BACH
Trauerode BWV 198 / Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 78 Ingrid SchmithAsen, Howard Crook, Peter Kooy, Charles Brett / La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Whatever the occasions for which they were written (a tribute to a dead queen, or a chorale cantata), the two works on this recording have one subject in common: death and the soul's salvation. Performed in 1727 in memory of the sorely mourned... |