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... |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Moeran: Serenade and Rhapsodies Hugh Mackey (baritone) / The Renaissance Singers / Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] 'The performances under Vernon Handley… are absolutely splendid, and are warmly and spaciously recorded.' The Independent |
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. |
Music For Renaissance Instruments
Kagel / Collegium Instrumentale 1898 [ CD - released 14/Jun/1999 ] |
ORTIZ / SENFL / JANEQUIN / CASTELLO / MARINI / etc
Flute Music of the 16th & 17th centuries Nancy Hadden, Rachel Beckett, Lisa Beznosiuk, Janet See (renaissance flutes) Colin Tilney (harpsichord) Andrew Lawrence-King (harp) Erin Headley (gamb [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] 'Beautifully engineered ... and played by all concerned with effortless artistry, the music of Frescobaldi has rarely sounded as seductive as this' (International Record Review) |
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) |