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 |
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
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. |
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 |
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
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 |
Weser-Renaissance
Hammerschmidt: Sacred Works [ Cpo / CD - released 29/Sep/2003 ] |
Weser-Renaissance/Cordes
Festive Hanseatic Music [ Cpo / CD - released 31/Dec/2001 ] |
Weser-Renaissance/Cordes
Gabrieli:madrigals & Canzoni [ Cpo / CD ] |
Weser-Renaissance/Cordes
Praetorius:vesper Music On St [ Cpo / CD ] |
Weser-Renaissance/Cordes
Schutz: 15 Secular Vocal Works [ Cpo / CD ] |
Renaissance
Live In Chicago [ Floating World / CD - released 4/Oct/2010 ] |
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... |
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... |
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 |
Renaissance
Prologue [ One Way / CD ] Direct American import |
GUERRERO
Missa Surge propera and motets for voices and winds Sydney Chamber Choir / Orchestra of the Renaissance / Michael Noone [ ABC / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] 'Behold Francisco Guerrero, in whose compositions are found such elegant craftsmanship and such graceful counterpoint; whose pen has given us works of such lasting merit and universal significance, that no future age may ever produce a master who... |
RENAISSANCE
AWAKENING (MIXED BY DAVE SEAMAN) [ 2 CD ] |