Since you are interested in Sonatas for Viola da Gamba, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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MONTEVERDI
Il settimo libro de madrigali, 1619 'Concerto' La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa La Venexiana Monteverdi Madrigals / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "still has no serious rival as a recording of the collection as a whole." BBC Music |
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MONTEVERDI
Il terzo libro de madrigali, 1592 La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa La Venexiana Monteverdi Madrigals / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "I find La Venexiana's darker hues and dramatic but not histrionic approach to be unbeatable." Gramophone |
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MARENZIO
Nono Libro de Madrigali (9th Book of Madrigals) La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] |
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GESUALDO
Quarto Libro di Madrigali (Fourth Book of Madrigals) La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "This exquisitely modulated Italian ensemble is wonderfully discriminating, extracting the eloquence of the mercurial lines and unobstrusively seeking architectural sense behind the text... Book 4 is heady stuff, indeed" Winner Early Music, The... |
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LUCA MARENZIO
Sesto Libro de Madrigali [Sixth Book of Madrigals] La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa Cabinet / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] Recorded in Roletto (Chiesa della BV al Colletto), Italy, Feb 2001 |
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GESUALDO
5th Book of Madrigals La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina (director) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] La Venexiana continue their acclaimed series of recordings of the complete Madrigals of Gesualdo da Venosa with this stunning recording of Book 5. |
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MONTEVERDI
Scherzi Musicali (1632) La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina (director) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "It is a strange album of "musical jokes" that ends with one of the most heart-rending outpourings of grief ever written for the theatre: the Lamento d'Arianna...Here, in a discreet "orchestration" by Cavina, it is the climax of a programme by the... |
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CHARPENTIER
Lecons de Tenebres de la Semaine Sainte de 1692 Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - June 2002 |
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CHARPENTIER
Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy Le Concert Spirituel. Directed by Herva Niquet [ Glossa Cabinet / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Hervé Niquet here rescues an almost unknown mass by Charpentier |
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M. A. CHARPENTIER
Lecons de Tenebres Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet [ Glossa Cabinet / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] recorded Église Notre Dame du Liban, Paris, March 2001 |
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CHARPENTIER
Missa Assumpta Est Maria Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "…is musically and interpretatively satisfying. Le Concert Spirituel possess a fluency which complements the graceful eloquence of Charpentier's style." BBC Music Magazine, June 2009 **** |
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CHARPENTIER
Te Deum / Dixit Dominus / etc Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "even for those who have a Te Deum or two in their collection, Niquet's reading of it is another…as limpid and lithe a performance of the piece as you are likely to hear. Good recorded sound and balance make this a disc to have." Gramophone Magazine,... |
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BACH / MOZART / PETRINI / MEYER / KRUMPHOLTZ
Les Harpes du Ciel Mara Galassi, Gabriella Bosio, harps [ Glossa Cabinet / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] The first solo CD of the harpist Mara Galassi - A magnificent surprise that affords us both a reencounter and moments of secret pleasures. |
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J. S. BACH
Flute Concertos Marcello Gatti (traverso) / Ensemble Aurora, Enrico Gatti (director) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "Marcello Gatti, Michele Barchi and the single strings of Ensemble Aurora are all superb, playing with grace and style. This disc is very warmly recommended." Gramophone Magazine, April 2009 |