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MARCO ANTONIO CENTORIO
Centorio: Vocal and Instrumental Music Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Vercelli / Denis Silano (direction) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 4/Dec/2020 ] The first-ever album dedicated to the work of a master contrapuntalist of early-17th-century northern Italy. Who was Marco Antonio Centorio? Given how little attention has been paid to his music in modern times, a surprising amount is known about... |
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JOSEPH BODIN de BOISMORTIER
Boismortier: Chamber Music, The Court and the Village Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Boismortier (1689-1755) was a highly successful composer, active at the same time as Jean-Louis Rameau (1683-1764) during the Rococo era and the reign of Louis XV. He wrote over 100 compositions during his lifetime, and their characteristic lightness... |
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NICOLA FRANCESCO HAYM
Haym: Flute Music Cappella Musicale Enrico Stuart, Chiara Strabioli (flute & recorder), Romeo Ciuffa (flute & recorder) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] This recording presents all of Haym's surviving instrumental works assigned specifically to be played on the flute. His Opus 2 Nos. 6-9 are for two violins or flauti (recorders) and continuo, and No.12 is specifically for two flauti and continuo. Of... |
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Cappella Mus.S.Petronio/Vartol
Palestrina:peccantem Me Quo [ Naxos / CD ] |
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JAMES MACMILLAN
MacMillan: Consecration Cappella Nova; Alan Tavener [ Linn Records / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Cappella Nova has a longstanding reputation of championing contemporary music, and its latest album Consecration is no exception. Comprising world premiere recordings in a programme specially curated by Sir James MacMillan, it includes a very... |
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JAMES MACMILLAN
Who are these Angels? Cappella Nova, Alan Tavener [ Linn / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] "Cappella Nova present illuminating performances which perfectly capture MacMillan's profound sense of the sacred, but here the sense of looking back over the centuries is especially strong." Editor's Choice Gramophone March 2012 |
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JOHN TAVENER
Tavener conducts Tavener Cappella Nova, Alan Tavener (conductor) [ Linn Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] Sing as though you are in a state of grace: you won't know what that's like, but it's lovely. (John Tavener, 1990) |
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JAMES MACMILLAN
Alpha & Omega: Choral Music by James MacMillan Cappella Nova, Alan Tavener & James MacMillan, with Madeleine Mitchell (violin) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Dec/2013 ] After its 'undeniably beautiful' (The Financial Times) Linn debut and its 'excellently performed' (Fanfare) follow up, Cappella Nova releases a third volume of choral works by the leading contemporary composer, James MacMillan. Of the eight works... |
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Cappella Stravagante
Canta In Prato [ Profil / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] |
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WEBER
Der Freischütz (Complete opera recorded in 2001) Christian Gerhaher, Christoph Pregardien, Johanna Stojkovic / Cappella Coloniensis, Bruno Weil [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] Includes a three-language synopsis (English/French/German), full cast list and detailed track list. |
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GIOVANNI GIORGI
Ave Maria Chœur de Chambre de Namur / Cappella Mediterranea / Clematis / Leonardo Garcia-Alarcon [ Ricercar / CD - released 22/Jun/2011 ] A concertante Mass with soloists and instrumental accompaniment forms the centrepiece of this recording, although several motets from Giorgi's immense body of work are also included; one of these is the deeply moving Ave Maria that also provides the... |
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FRANCESCO MANCINI
12 Recorder Concertos Corina Marti (recorder) / Cappella Tiberina, Paolo Perrone, Alexandra Nigito [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] Here's a second release from Brilliant Classics of the Neapolitan musician Francesco Mancini (1672-1737), a leading light in his city's culture of composition and education as director of the Conservatorio di S Maria di Loreto, maestro of the Royal... |
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GIACOMO ANTONIO PERTI
Messa a 12 (with Colonna - Laudate Dominum) Color Temporis Vocal Ensemble, Choir and orchestra of The Cappella Musicale di San Petronio & Collegium Musicum Almae Matris Chamber Choir, Michele Va [ Dynamic Musica Antica / CD - released 3/Jan/2012 ] "Perti's music reveals a young and perceptive musical imagination, especially in the constellation of ever-changing solo-voice combinations and the rousing double fugue with which he brings the Mass to such a glorious conclusion. Lovers of Baroque... |
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Ens Clematis/Cappella Mediterr
Romero: Romerico Florido [ Ricercar / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] |
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VON BINGEN / STROZZI / FARRENC / SCHUMANN / BEACH / BACEWICZ / GUBAIDULINA / etc
Female Composers Ensemble San Felice, Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini, Cappella Artemisia, Canto Fiorito [ Naxos / 25 CD Box Set - released 9/May/2025 ] This remarkable set gathers many individual recordings of music by women composers, which Brilliant Classics has quietly yet actively championed in their catalogue for decades, uniting it with exciting new outings. |
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Gluck, Chr
Orfeo ed Euridice Fischer-Dieskau, Söderström, Pütz; Kölner Rundfunkchor, Cappella Coloniensis, Leitner [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/1995 ] |
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EDVARD GREIG
The Best Of Grieg Jenö Jandó (piano) Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Cappella Istropolitana, Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/1997 ] The best bits of Grieg across the vast Naxos catalogue. |
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EBERHARD
Piano Concerto 'Shadow Of The Swan' Halida Dinova (Piano) / St Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Tchernoushenko [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] St. Petersburg Cappella Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Tchernoushenko |
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ERNEST BLOCH
Concerto symphonique in B minor / Scherzo fantasque / Hiver-Printemps Halida Dinova (piano) / Symphony Orchestra of the State Academic Cappella of St Petersburg; Alexander Tchernushenk [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This is an important collection of Bloch's rarely recorded music for piano and orchestra. |
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SUSATO / DOWLAND / LOBO / MONTEVERDI / SCHUTZ / etc
Peter Paul Rubens - Music Of His Time Oxford Camerata / San Petronio Cappella Musicale Chorus / Rose Consort of Viols / San Petronio Cappella Musicale Soloists [ Naxos Educational Art and Music / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] Popular opinion has dealt harshly with Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640): there are too many gods and goddesses in his paintings and the women are too large. But through changing fashions, the strength and vigour of his work are still a marvel: in a... |