Since you are interested in Pictures at an Exhibition (with Stravinsky - Rite of Spring), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
El canto de Auroros (Traditional Polyphony in Murcia) Alia Musica, Miguel Sanchez [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] A collection derived from ancient musical traditions where groups of men sing a variety of religious texts, including polyphonic greetings to the "Virgen de la Aurora", from vespers until dawn, first released in 1998. |
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WILLIAM BYRD
Masses for 3, 4 & 5 voices Deller Consort / Alfred Deller [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 11/Apr/2006 ] Alfred Deller was born 31 May 1912 at Margate, England. |
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PURCELL
King Arthur (complete) Deller Consort / The King's Musick, Alfred Deller - director [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 20/May/2011 ] It was with Henry Purcell, the greatest of 17th century English composers that the semi-opera, that specifically English genre, reached its apogee. |
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ANONYMOUS / BYRD / CUTTING / JOHNSON / MORLEY / etc
Shakespeare Songs Desmond Dupre-lute, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller-director [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] There can be no doubt that music played a considerable role in Shakespeare's plays, although very little of it has survived. |
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SCHUTZ
The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ on the Cross Ensemble Clement Janequin / Les Saqueboutiers de Toulouse / Visse [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 11/May/2003 ] a serene meditation which the music raises to the level of contemplation |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Provencal Organs Francis Chapelet / Michel Chapuis / Lucienne Antonini / Rena Saorgin [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Mar/2007 ] Between the beginning of the 15th century and the death of Henry IV (1610) the polyphonists of the Dukes of Burgundy took the works of the Franco-Flemish School as far afield as Italy and Spain. In the wake of the musicians followed the... |
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BRAHMS
Quintets Op.111 & 115 Garard Caussa (viola) Michel Portal (clarinet) / Melos Quartett [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Aug/2001 ] The supreme masterpiece among his chamber works featuring the clarinet, this sublime opus 115 is undoubtedly one of the composer's most popular works. |
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MONTEVERDI
Lamento d'Arianna Helga Maller-Molinari / Concerto Vocale / Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 20/Mar/2007 ] The Lamento d'Arianna was incontestably Monteverdi's most famous composition during his own lifetime, and he himself considered it to be the only one worthy of leaving to posterity. |