Since you are interested in Odes to Saint Cecilia, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Sacred vocal music of Claudio Monteverdi Emma Kirkby, Ian Partridge, David Thomas / Parley of Instruments / Roy Goodman & Peter Holman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide 'One of the most beautiful records I have heard this year' (The Guardian) |
Catherine Bott (soprano) Rachel Brown (flute) / The Parley of Instruments Peter Holman, director
The English Orpheus Vol. 50-Orpheus with His Lute (Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne) [ Hyperion / CD - released 12/May/2004 ] "This is a tough challenge: 17 short songs, many by second-rank composers, entrusted to a single singer, leavened with an overture and a minor flute concerto. Yet the result is a triumph…Shakespeare doesn't come better than this." ***** Five Stars... |
MATTHEW LOCKE
Anthems, Motets and Ceremonial Music Choir of New College, Oxford / The Parley of Instruments / Edward Higginbottom, director [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 4/Oct/2005 ] 'Stylishly performed and intelligently directed' - Early Music |
HOOK / J C BACH / JOHN MAHON
English Classical Clarinet Concertos Colin Lawson, Michael Harris (clarinets, basset horns) / The Parley of Instruments / Peter Holman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] 'This is a really delightful collection of pieces. Both Lawson and Harris play superbly throughout, blending well together and displaying immaculate intonation' (BBC Music Magazine) |
CAZZATI / JACCHINI / STRADELLA / MELANI / SCARLATTI / TORELLI / etc
The fam'd Italian masters Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) Alison Balsom (trumpet) / The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman, organ [ Hyperion / CD - released 28/Mar/2003 ] This disc combines the talents of internationally-renowned Crispian Steele-Perkins, and Alison Balsom, a recent graduate currently taking the musical world by storm. Both are in radiant form in a collection of works from that era of Italian baroque... |
J.S. BACH
Wedding Cantata, Hunt Cantata & Ich habe genug Emma Kirkby (soprano) David Thomas, Jennifer Smith / The Parley of Instruments [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] 'Still by far the best version. The stronger sense of occasion is boosted by Peter Holman's inspired topping and tailing with sinfonias' (International Record Review) |
THOMAS LINLEY
Cantatas and Theatre Music Julia Gooding (soprano) Paul Goodwin (oboe) The Parley of Instruments Baroque Orchestra & Choir / Paul Nicholson [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 30/Aug/2006 ] 'An outstanding disc in a trail-blazing series: highly recommended' (BBC Music Magazine) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos Peter Holtslag (treble and sopranino recorders) / The Parley of Instruments / Peter Holman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'The flavour of the baroque strings is strong and unmistakeable, but of greater importance is the unerring preservation by the ensemble of every detail in Vivaldi's busy scores' (CDReview, USA) |
GERMAN 17th CENTURY CHURCH MUSIC
German Seventeenth-Century Church Music (Schutx, Buxtehude, JC Bach, Rosenmuller, Krieger, etc) Robin Blaze (countertenor) / The Parley of Instruments / Peter Holman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] 'For its combination of excitingly new repertoire and luminous instrumental textures this CD is a must-have for anyone who wants to understand the early baroque' (Early Music Quarterly) |