Nobilissimo Istromento

The Italian Renaissance is the golden age of the lute. In quality and quantity, the lute pieces from this period are comparable to the piano works of the 19th century. Most of the works selected for this recording are by Francesco da Milano, an extraordinary virtuoso and gifted composer who was also known as "Il Divino" (the Divine), an epithet he shared with Michelangelo and Monteverdi. In...

Contrafacta. Pergolesi-Iribarren. Stabat Mater-Motets

Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater was extremely popular throughout Europe soon after it was composed in 1736. Countless printed and handwritten versions of this work, which was considered the stylistic ideal of sacred music in the 18th century, can be found in libraries all over the world. There are five manuscript copies of the Stabat Mater in the archives of Málaga Cathedral. This recording presents a...

Nonetto

In 1959, two composers wrote nonets: Nino Rota’s melodic Nonetto, on which he would continue to work for almost 20 years, and Bohuslav Martinů’s farewell chamber music piece, a nonet, which he composed as a last piece to satisfy his longing for his homeland. Eisler did not compose his nonet in his native country either, but arrived in Mexico in 1941 as a refugee from the Nazis. There he wrote...

Schubert. The Small Song Cycles

In addition to his famous large-scale song cycles, Schubert also composed and published numerous smaller song compilations. Some of these “miniature cycles” consist of songs written at different times and under different circumstances, but which Schubert himself assembled on the basis of thematic and textual connections. The selected cycles appeared in print during Schubert’s publishing career...

Claviorganum. Handel Concertos & Sonatas

As the name suggests, a claviorganum is a keyboard instrument with a harpsichord and an organ section, which can be played individually or together on one or two manuals. While this instrument may seem like a curiosity today, many sources confirm that "curiosities" were rather the norm on the European continent from the 15th to the 17th century. There was a variety of different keyboard...

Vivaldi. Concerti Particolari

Vivaldi’s Concerti Ripieni are probably the most unusual works written by the Venetian composer. Some of these pieces, however, are particularly exceptional for various reasons, especially considering the artistic environment in early 18th century Venice. This recording presents Vivaldi’s most brilliant and at the same time bizarre works from this genre. These compositional experiments are...

Bach Partitas BWV 825-830

The Partitas are the first work for harpsichord published by Johann Sebastian Bach. Between 1726 and 1730, the partitas were published separately, one per year, before being brought together in a single collection in 1731. Shortly after his appointment of Cantor of the Leipzig Thomaskirche, Bach decided to devote his Opus I to a fashionable genre: the harpsichord suite, a series of dances of...

The Flemish Connection. Frederik Neyrinck. Vol. 1

The paths of I SOLISTI and Frederik Neyrinck first crossed in 2011. The ensemble immediately recognised the artistic talent of the Flemish composer and together they set up a long-term collaboration. The fruits thereof can be heard on this album, which consists exclusively of works by Neyrinck, written especially for the ensemble. This CD also marks a new chapter in their ongoing partnership,...

Il Violoncello di Corelli

Il violoncello di Corelli leads us to the origins of the solo cello literature – although one should actually use the term violone. In fact, the cello, as we know it today in its standard form, had many different sizes before its current proportions became generally established. Some instruments were larger, and the smaller ones were referred to by the diminutive form of the term violone –...

On the Breath of Angels

During the height of its popularity, from the mid-16th century into the 18th, the cornetto was frequently depicted in art as an instrument of angels. Paintings, sculptures, and engravings abound in which the cornetto takes a prominent place among choirs of angelic musicians, usually paired with at least one voice and with other instruments such as the organ, viol, lute, harp, violin and...

Antonio Vandini. Complete works.

In Antonio Vandini: Complete Works, cellist Elinor Frey and Passacaille Records present the six sonatas and one concerto of one of the most noteworthy and fascinating Italian cellist-composers of the 18th century. Antonio Vandini’s works span from 1717 in Venice (just a few years before he taught at the La Pietà school alongside the legendary Vivaldi) to about the 1750s when his last sonatas...

Brahms 4 Hands

Brahms composed only a small number of original works for piano four hands, but arranged almost all of his chamber music and orchestral works for this instrumentation. He played most of them immediately after their completion with Clara Schumann and greatly appreciated her opinion. In his Hungarian Dances Brahms brilliantly transformed original Hungarian melodies and rhythms into multi-coloured...

Nunc Dimittis. Early music from the Düben Collection

Dominik Wörner (bass-baritone) and the Kirchheimer DübenConsort he founded focus in this recording on twelve pieces from the famous Düben collection and document in an exemplary way the enormous versatility of this unique collection, which was only discovered by chance in the 19th century. Ten composers from Schütz (his Nunc dimittis can be heard in an arrangement by Gustav Düben) to...

L'Arte della Scordatura

With this CD, violinist Mayumi Hirasaki, who has been Concerto Köln’s concertmaster since 2011, explores the chameleon-like possibilities of her instrument: when playing with scordatura, instead of the usual fifths interval between the violin strings, an alternative is used in which at least one string is tuned to a different pitch. This results in completely new sonic and harmonic...

Stille Klagen: Bach, Telemann, Buxtehude

Deep remorse and the longing for divine redemption are two of the central topics in the cantatas of Northern German Baroque composers. Griet De Geyter and Il Gardellino have selected three exemplary works in this genre by Dieterich Buxtehude, Georg Philipp Telemann and Johann Sebastian Bach, giving special emphasis to the clearly led voice and striking expressivity of the young Belgian soprano....

Hymnos. Benjamin Britten: Canticles and Purcell...

Without doubt, Benjamin Britten (1913-76) left an indelible impression on every genre of 20th century English music. However, it is his smaller scale vocal repertoire that is particularly fascinating. Featuring three of Britten’s “Canticles” as well as a selection of his best realizations (or “arrangements,” if you will) of songs by Henry Purcell (1659-95), this recording represents the mature...

VIENNA 1905-1910. Schoenberg, Webern, Berg: String...

The Richter Ensemble performs music from the 17th to the 20th century exclusively on gut strings and uses its experience with historical performance practice to heighten the sense for the development of musical language over the centuries. The ensemble is passionately dedicated to the music of the Second Viennese School and, based on its research, has decided that the time is ripe to steer the...

Ysaÿe. Six sonates

When Eugène Ysaÿe composed his cycle of 6 sonatas op. 27 for solo violin in June 1923, gut strings were still very common and highly appreciated - statements by contemporary violinists such as Mischa Elman, Toscha Seidel and Jacques Thibaud confirm this. However, neither the dedicatees of Eugène Ysaÿe’s solo sonatas nor other contemporaries made recordings of these works. Martin Reimann has now...

Beethoven Sonata Lunatica

Vienna. 1803. George Bridgetower, a violinist of Afro-European descent, causes furore with his virtuosity and captivates Beethoven, who writes a devilish and magnificent sonata for his unique and exotic character. Despite the premiere’s enormous success performed by both of them, an unfortunate comment by the violinist about one of the composer’s female friends leads to this famous sonata being...

Nature's secret whispering

Gabrieli : Dialoghi Musicali - Liuwe Tamminga & Leo...

In the present recording, the organists Liuwe Tamminga and Leo Van Doeselaar have selected eleven double-choir instrumental pieces (from Giovanni Gabrieli. This selection of eight-to-twelve-part pieces, performed on two of the most beautiful and suitable organs for this repertoire—the two magnificent organs of the San Petronio Basilica in Bologna (unfortunately no comparable organs have...

CPE BACH LUCAS PASSION

Pedro Rabassa - Astro Nuevo

The Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, in collaboration with several universities, researches valuable repertoire linked to the history of Andalusia. This Proyecto Atalaya has already produced a series of CDs with unknown jewels, which have been released on Passacaille. On this new album called Astro Nuevo we can rediscover works by Pedro Rabassa (1683-1767). As a faithful musical partner of the...

Bach - The Well Tempered Clavier - Michel Kiener - 4CD

BACH sonatas for violin and basso continuo

Sebastian Bach composed many works for violin (besides the pieces for organ and harpsichord, the two instruments he mainly played). He had learned to play the violin as a child and knew its characteristics perfectly well. Unfortunately, the manuscripts of many of his compositions were lost after his death: the three sonatas for violin and basso continuo BWV 1021, 1023 and 1024 are today a small...

BACH SONS • Controcorrente Orchestra

Symphonies of Bach’s Sons by the Controcorrente Orchestra: a new dynamic Italian Baroque Orchestra makes its debut with not mainstream symphonies! As the name indicates, they choose to swim against the current and explore hidden gems of the repertoire. But not only are they original, young, and full of dynamic energy, but the result is also simply stunningly good and makes this music come alive...

Seicento: The Virtuoso Early Italian Violin

Small size, four gut strings, a short bow were at beginning the ingredients of the magic. Such magic happened in Italy, the cradle of the violin, during the seventeenth century. “Seicento!” is therefore a multifaceted time-travel through the Early Baroque, from Venice to Sicily, exploring the wonders of the first violin virtuosos and their dexterous-passionated playing. A collection of music...

Jomelli: Requiem and Miserere

Niccolò Jommelli was one of the most sought after composers of his time, but finally accepted to become musical director at the court of Stuttgart in 1753. Three years later he composed his Requiem to commemorates the recent death of the Duchess von Württemberg, mother of his patron, the Duke Carl Eugen.. Despite the fact that Jommelli owed his fame almost exclusively to his operas during his...

VIVALDI VIOLIN SONATAS - Isabella Bison

This recording presents 5 violin sonatas by Vivaldi that Pisendel took with him to Dresden after his stay in Venice. We know that Vivaldi wrote these extremely virtuoso sonatas for himself around 1710. The recording also presents a world première recording of a chamber concerto for violin and t movements for violin and basso continuo with cello concertato (RV 252 and RV 7a) which are also world...

A late medieval mass on the RYSUM ORGAN

Works by Johann Walter, Hans Buchner, Josquin Desprez, Nicolaus Cracoviensis, Heinrich Finck, Nicolaus Cracoviensis, Heinrich Isaac, Tylman Susato and from the Cracow Tablature, the Tablature of Joannes de Lyublyn, the Oldenburg Tablature, the Buxheim Organ Book and the Adam Ileborgh Tablature. In the German village of Rysum, in East Frisia, a precious instrument is preserved: an ancient organ,...

Tartini - Nardini : Arco Magno/ Marie Rouquié

On tackling the works of Giuseppe Tartini, a player immediately notices an inconsistency: Tartini was a major personality of his period, a virtuoso violinist, a prolific composer, an excellent teacher – and his music is hardly ever performed today. He was called maestro delle nazioni, for he trained the great violinists of the Classical period from throughout Europe; he also left behind an...

Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco: Cello Sonatas - Elinor...

Passacaille Records and cellist Elinor Frey, with harpsichordist Federica Bianchi, lutenist Giangiacomo Pinard, and cellist Mauro Valli, present the first recording of cello sonatas by Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco (1710-1805). Dall’Abaco’s sonatas are full of cantabile melodies with the lightness of folk songs, passagework that demands brilliance and facility, and extraordinary slow movements...

Into Nature: Vivaldi Four Seasons and other sounds...

Giuseppe Porsile - Cantatas - La Cicala - Stefanie True

Giuseppe Porsile (1680-1750) was born in Napels, worked in Barcelona and moved on to Vienna where he worked at the imperial court till 1750. Beside opera's Oratoria, Masses and instrumental works he wrote a considerable number of beautiful chamber cantatas. This Cd presents some of the most beautiful examples of his work. This is the third production of Inês d'Avena for Passacaille in which she...

IL SUD | Seicento violin music in Southern Italy | Exit

We may wonder whether the violin was a northern Italian invention, for the instrument was also to be heard in the great cities of southern Italy at an early stage, from the beginning of the 17th century onwards. Certain southern Italian composers had clearly understood that the instrument was unequalled in its ability to express emotion allied to virtuosity, including Montalbano in Palermo,...

Jean Cras - La Flûte de Pan : Oxalys Ensemble and...

Leuven Chansonnier VOL. 1| Sollazzo Ensemble

Cantate violini! | Florid early baroque songs and...

Unique on today’s musical stage, this ensemble, composed of six violins, from bass to soprano, breathes life into a forgotten practice from the musical history of the 16th century. Concerts, balls, processions, entertainments, improvisations, choreographed ballets… This concert is a journey through time, to rediscover the sound of baroque violins and viols. The deep, luminous sonorities of Les...

NARVÁEZ | Los libros del delphin | Xavier Díaz-Latorre

the Six Books of the Dolphin of Music for Vihuela (Valladolid, 1538) is the second collection published in the Iberian Peninsula dedicated in its entirety to music for vihuela, or vihuela and voice

HAYDN IN SEVILLA: TRAUERMUSIK - Orquesta Barroca de...

The musical styles of Europe  always arrive a bit later in Spain, but with the avantage that they are  transformed to full maturity. This cd shows a unique version of how a symphony by Haydn was transformed for a performance in the Cahedral of Sevilla. But the real interest are the till yet unrecorded masterpieces by Antonio Ripa and Joseph Barrera. As always Enrico Onofri ensures a top...

ADAMO & EVA | Josef Mysliveček | il gardellino

Full of fire, spirit, and life”: this description of the Bohemian composer Josef Mysliveček’s character was made by none other than Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his younger contemporary. Mysliveček (1737-1781) spent his entire career in Italy and committed himself to the life of a freelance composer: he obstinately refused to accept any type of employment in permanent service. Not only did he...

C.P.E BACH CELLOCONCERTOS - CHRISTOPHE COIN -...

During the four years between 1750 and 1753, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach composed three concertos for the violoncello with strings and basso continuo. The A minor concerto (Wq.170/H.432) and the B- flat major concerto (Wq.171/H.436), were written in Berlin in 1750 and 1751, respectively, while the A major concerto (Wq.172/H.439) is dated 1753 in Potsdam

Bach French Suites IV-VI and Toccatas | Lorenzo Ghielmi

SEIS CAPRICHOS : SPANISH GUITAR MUSIC AROUND 1930 -...

Spanish Guitar music from around 1930 with works dedicated to Regino Sáinz de la Maza (1896-1981). Yiannnis Efstathopoulos performs with an historical informed approach, using a Spanish guitar modelled on the type that was used around 1930 with gut strings. this results in highlighting each string’s individual character and the delicate balance between the high and low strings. Works by Julián...

J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations - Sungyun Cho

Tchaikovsky Roccoco Varations and PianoTrio Op. 50-...

Péches d'opéra | Rossini, Salons & Horn Virtuosi

After a very successful lifetime, albeit marked by long years of physical and psychological suffering, Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) chose Passy, on the outskirts of Paris, as the place to spend the final years of his life. Here Rossini recovered his health and began composing again after years of inactivity. During these years, in addition to the wonderful Petite Messe solennelle, he wrote...

Frescobaldi: Organ Works & Motets • Lorenzo Ghielmi,...

Songs by Henry Lawes

Songs by Henry Lawes sung together with preludes for the lute by John Wilson. Henry Lawes and John Wilson – friends and colleagues at Oxford, both members of the King’s Musick and both appointed to the Chapel Royal – make a beautiful pairing of musicians for this recording. Following the emotional thoughts of a young man, perhaps vainly in love with a woman beyond his social status, this...

Die Stille Nacht

Artist(s):Peter Kooij, L'Armonia Sonora, Mieneke van der Velden Composer:Georg Philipp Telemann

A Due Viole

Artist(s):Stefano Marcocchi and Simone Laghi Composer:Emanuele Barbella

Chamber Music with Friends

Oxalys is one of Belgium leading chamber music groups who specialises in the repertoire of the 20th century.

Ignazio Cirri: Six sonatas Op. II • Sezione Aurea

World Premiere recording of the Six Sonatas for harpsichord with violin accompaniment of Cirri. Ignazio Cirri was maestro di cappella from 1759 at the Cathedral of Santa Croce, now the Duomo in Forlì. In that same year he was granted entrance to the Philharmonic Academy in Bologna.  It is not certain whether his teachers included Giovanni Battista Martini who was only five years older. It is...

Pièces pour Théorbe et Guitare

Artist(s):Xavier Dìaz Latorre Composer:Robert de Visée

Partite Modenese :

Artist(s):Cappella Estense - Maximliano Segura Sánchez - Cristina Grifone - Panos Iliopoulos Composer:Scarlatti, Vitali, Giannotti, degli Antonii, Colombi, Gaffi

Music at the court of Jaén - Orquesta Barroca de...

Artist(s):Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla - Enrico Onofri Composer:Juan Manuel de la Puente (1692 - 1753)

Estro Vivaldiano

Artist(s):Mensa Sonora - Gabriel Grosbard Composer:VIvaldi, Gentili, Albinoni, Schreyfogel, Bicajo, Ziani

PARIS 1804 | Music for horn & strings

Artist(s):Alessandro Denabian - Quartetto Delfico Composer:Cherubini - Reicha - Dauprat

Arde El Furor - Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla - Maria...

Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, Diego Fasolis, Maria Espada, José Hernàndez Pastor with Andalusian Baroque Cantatas from Iribarren and Torrens.

Flute Quartets & Clarinet Quartet

Artist(s):Oxalys - Toon Fret - Nathalie Lefèvre Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Stolen Roses

Artist(s):Xavier Díaz-Latorre, 13 course Lute Composer:Bach - Biber - Telemann

Un cornetto a Roma

Artist(s):Lambert Colson & inAlto - Bernard Foccroulle Composer:Giralomo Frescobaldi, Dostanzo Festa, Ercole Pasquini...

Organ Works: World première recording!

Artist(s):Liuwe Tamminga Composer:Puccini

Early Modern English Music : 1500 - 1550

Artist(s):Tasto Solo - Guillermo Perez, David Catalunya, Angélique Mauillon Composer:

Fioré - Cello Sonatas and Arias

Artist(s):Elinor Frey, Suzie Leblanc, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Esteban La Rotta Composer:Angelo Maria Fiorè (1660-1723), Marc’Antonio Ziani, Carlo Monza, Paolo Magni (1650 ca. - 1737)

Enrico Onofri - Bach: Sonatas & Partitas BWV...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sei Solo for unaccompanied violin figure amongst the baroque works on which the performance traditions of the 19th and 20th centuries weigh most heavily. Rediscovered halfway through the 19th century after having been forgotten for more than a century, these works quickly entered the repertoire of works performed by violinists during the Romantic period: from that moment...

Discovering the Piano

Artist(s):Linda Nicholson Composer:Scarlatti, Handel, Paradisi, Giustini, Soler, Platti,

Chamber Music

Artist(s):OXALYS Composer:Joseph Jongen

Schütz and his Legacy

Artist(s):Alice Foccroulle, soprano and Ensemble Inalto/ dir. Lambert Colson Composer:Schütz,Pohle, Theile, Weckmann, Bernhard, Schop

DEUXIÈME LIVRE DE SONATES

Artist(s):Anaïs Chen, Maria Gonzàlez, Daniel Rosin: Ensemble Daimonion Composer:François Francoeur

Breathtaking

Artist(s):Bruce Dickey Hana Blažíková Composer:Cazzati, Corradini, Palestrina, Sances, Merula, Tsoupaki a.o.

Bach Concertos

Artist(s):La Divina Armonia - Lorenzo Ghielmi Composer:J.S. Bach

Pièces de Clavecin

Artist(s):Aurélien Delage Composer:Couperin

Mannheim Cellists

Artist(s):Marco Testori - Davide Pozzi Composer:A. Filz - J.B.Triklir - J.C.Schetky - P.Ritter

Octet, Rondino and Quintet for Winds and Pianoforte

Artist(s):il Gardellino & Arthur Schoonderwoerd Composer:Ludwig van Beethoven

Brahms - Piano Works - Piet Kuijken

Artist(s):Piet Kuijken on Pianoforte J.B. Streicher N° 6680 (1868) Composer:Johannes Brahms

Voyage au pays du tendre

Artist(s):Oxalys ensemble Composer:Debussy, Martin, Caplet, Pierné

Violin Sonatas vol.2

Artist(s):Enrico Onofri - Ensemble Imaginarium Composer:Arcangelo Corelli

Naples 1759

Artist(s):Inês d'Avena, La Cicala Composer:Pullj - Durante- Mancini

Die Kunst der Fuge

Artist(s):Martha Cook Composer:J.S.BACH

Italian Mandolin Sonatas

Artist(s):Duilio Galfetti & Luca Pianca Composer:Scarlatti, Piccone, Sammartini

Le Chant de Leschiquier:

Artist(s):Tasto Solo - Guillermo Perez - diapason d'or! Composer:Binchois, Dunstable, Dufay

Pièces de clavecin en concerts

Artist(s):Sunyun Cho, Ryo Terakado, Kaori Uemura, Jan De Winne Composer:Jean-Philippe Rameau

Fahrende Gesellen

Artist(s):Oxalys & Dietrich Henschel Composer:C. Debussy, A. Zemlinsky, F. Busoni, G. Mahler

Liederkreise

Artist(s):José Pizarro, David Aijón Composer:Robert Schumann

Berlin Cello Sonatas

Artist(s):Elinor Frey, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Marc Vanscheeuwijck Composer:C.F. Abel, J.C.F. Bach, C.Ph.E. Bach, F. Benda, J.Ph. Kirnberger, C.H. Graun

Dolce Napoli

Artist(s):Inês d'Avena, La Cicala Composer:N. Fiorenza, F. Mancini, F. Rosa, L. Leo, P. Pullj, D. Sarri

The Musical Offering, BWV 1079

Artist(s):Jan De Winne, Vittorio Ghielmi, Sophie Gent, Lorenzo Ghielmi Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach

Toccata and Fugue

Artist(s):Enrico Onofri Composer:Bach - Tartini - Telemann - von Biber

Cantatas for Bass

Artist(s):Dominik Wörner - il Gardellino Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach

Forqueray Le Diable

Artist(s):Vittorio Ghielmi, Rodney Prada, Luca Pianca, Lorenzo Ghielmi Composer:Antoine & Jean-Baptiste Forqueray

'Schlage doch gewünschte Stunde':

Artist(s):Il Gardellino, Säman, Guillon, Kobow, Wörner Composer:J.S. Bach, G.F. Telemann, G.M.Hoffmann

violin sonatas

Artist(s):Enrico Onofri- Ensemble Imaginarium Composer:Tartini, Veracini, Mossi, Bonporti

Folias

Artist(s):Lydia Maria Blank Composer:J.B.J. Cabanilles, F.C. de Arauxo, J. Ximénez, P.Bruna

Guerau

Xavier Diaz-Latorre, baroque guitar performs the complete works Francisco Guerau

"Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal"

Artist(s):il Gardellino Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach

La Voce del Violoncello

Artist(s):Elinor Frey Composer:Gabrieli, Dall'Abacco,Vitali, Supriani

Cello Sonatas

Artist(s):Marco Testori Composer:Carlo Graziani

Pieces de Clavessin

Artist(s):Aurélien Delage, harpsichord Composer:Geoffroy

Incoerente Duo

Alessandro Tampieri & Giorgio Dellarole : an unusual combination of baroque violin and accordeon but the result is stunning and very convincing. Musical fireworks with Bach, Corelli and Dario Castello.

Verdi the Organist

Artist(s):Liuwe Tamminga Composer:Giuseppe Verdi

Organ Concertos volume 2

Artist(s):Lorenzo Ghielmi,Paulo Grazzi & La Divina Armonia - DIAPASON D'OR! Composer:Handel

Violin Sonatas opus V

Artist(s):Enrico Onofri - Imaginarium ensemble Composer:Arcangelo Corelli

Piano Duets

Artist(s):Alexei Lubimov - Alexei Grotz Composer:Franz Schubert

Codex Tarasconi 'diminuito'

Artist(s):I Fedeli - Josué Mélendez Composer:Palestrina,Willaert, De Rore,Bassano...

Sonatas for Viola da Gamba

Artist(s):Vittorio and Lorenzo Ghielmi Composer:Johann Sebastian Bach

Canzoni

Artist(s):Liuwe Tamminga, Bruce Dickey and Doron Sherwin Composer:Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/57 - 1612)

Un dolce affanno: Music for and by the Emperors at...

The prodigious flowering of musical culture in the Imperial Court of Vienna in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is undoubtedly a phenomenon unique in the history of the city: four successive emperors were themselves in their leisure time active musicians, and also enjoyed an excellent reputation as composers! This Cd shows us their musical world, with music both by the emperors and by...

Italian Concert - French Suites I-III

Artist(s):Lorenzo Ghielmi Composer:Bach

Capricci (1624)

Artist(s):Liuwe Tamminga Composer:Girolamo Frescobaldi

C.P.E. BACH : Oboe Concertos Wq 164 & 165 / Sinfonia...

The concertos for oboe and strings Wq 164 and 165 are transcriptions of harpsichord concertos which Bach made in Berlin in 1765: they were very probably performed at a private concert at the court of Frederick the great, which counted a number of excellent oboist among its musicians, like Joachim Wilhelm Dobbert and Johann Christina Jacobi: Bach adapted the harpsichord scores particularly well...

Richard Strauss - Music for wind instruments

Artist(s):Octophoros, Paul Dombrecht Composer:Strauss

Joys amors chants

Artist(s):Ensemble Cantilena Antiqua - Stefano Albarello Composer:Berenguer de Palol

La Bella Minuta

Artist(s):Bruce Dickey, Liuwe Tamminga, C. Pasetto, L. Bortolotto, A. Rasi, M. C. Cleary Composer:Guami, Trabaci,Luzzaschi, Barbarino...

Barbarian Beauty

Artist(s):Vittorio Ghielmi,Dorothee Oberlinger & Il Suonar Parlante Orchestra Composer:G.P. Telemann; J.G. Graun; A. Vivaldi; G. Tartini

Lamentationes

Artist(s):Il Gardellino, Marcel Ponseele Composer:Bach - Zelenka

EPOS

Artist(s):Cantilena Antiqua/ Stefano Albarello Composer:

Sonatas for Harpsichord

Artist(s):Nicolau De Figueiredo Composer:Carlos Seixas

Le Fils des Etoiles / Diapason découverte!

Artist(s):Alexei Lubimov Composer:Erik Satie

Quartets for Flute, viola, cello and pianoforte

Artist(s):Jan De Winne, Marten Boeken, Roel Dieltiens, Shalev Ad-El Composer:Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Bach and the clavichord

Artist(s):Jovanka Marville Composer:J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Fryderyk Chopin : Complete works for cello and piano

Artist(s):Sergei Istomin & Viviana Sofronitsky Composer:Fryderyc Chopin

Ricercari (1615)

Artist(s):Liuwe Tamminga on the organs of San Petronio, Bologna - Diapason d'or feb 2011! Composer:Girolamo Frescobaldi

Triosonatas for organ

Artist(s):Lorenzo Ghielmi Composer:J.S.Bach

De Profundis

Artist(s):il Gardellino- Marcel Ponseele Composer:Bach - Graupner

Corelli's Legacy

Artist(s):Riccardo Minasi, Musica Antiqua Roma Composer:Carbonelli, Mossi, Catrucci, Locatelli, Montanari

Harpsichord Sonatas

Artist(s):Nicolau De Figueiredo Composer:Johann Christian Bach

Terzetti

Artist(s):Andrássy Trio Composer:Graupner -Druzetschky - Sussmayer - Mozart

Joseph Haydn Celloconcertos

Sergei Istomin, cello  Apollo Ensemble - direction David Rabinovich 

Passio secundum Joannem

Artist(s):La Divina Armonia, dir.Lorenzo Ghielmi - world premiere recording Composer:Francesco Feo

Thomas Tallis's Secret Garden

Artist(s):Ensemble européen William Byrd; dir. by Graham O'Reilly Composer:Thomas Tallis

Pro defunctis :

Artist(s):Paul Dombrecht / Il Fondamento / La Sfera del Canto Composer:Alphonse d' Eve - Pietro Torri

GIANTS

Artist(s):Margret Koll and Luca Pianca Composer:Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Bach

Johannespassion

Artist(s):Il Fondamento Paul Dombrecht Composer:J.S. Bach

Meyster Ob Allen Meystern

Artist(s):Tasto Solo Guillermo Perez/DIAPASON D'OR! Composer:Buxheimer Orgelbuch

La force et la douceur

Artist(s):Vittorio Ghielmi and Luca Pianca Composer:Marin Marais

Desire- Mein Verlangen

Artist(s):il Gardellino - Marcel Ponseele Composer:

Sonatas

Artist(s):Nicolau de Figueiredo, harpsichord Composer:Joseph Haydn

BACH : Leipzig Chorales - Lorenzo Ghielmi

Lorenzo Ghielmi performs the Leipzich ChoralesBWV 651–668, which are a set of chorale preludes for organ prepared by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig in his final decade (1740–1750), from earlier works composed in Weimar, where he was court organist. The works form an encyclopaedic collection of large-scale chorale preludes, in a variety of styles harking back to the previous century, that Bach...

Concertos for organ and violin

Artist(s):La Divina Armonia, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Stefano Barneschi Composer:Joseph Haydn

Giacomo Puccini the organist/DIAPASON D'OR!

Artist(s):Liuwe Tamminga Composer:PUCCINI

Fiorenzo Maschera Libro primo de canzoni da sonare

Artist(s):Liuwe Tamminga Composer:

The six wives of Henry VIII

Artist(s):Flanders Recorder Quartet, Patrick Van Goethem Composer:Piet Swerts

Katerina Chrobokova

Artist(s): Composer:C.P.E. Bach, J.B. Vanhal, Georg Muffat, L.N. Clérambault, Baldassare Galuppi

Mendelssohn: Complete works for cello and Pianoforte

Artist(s):Sergei Istomin & Viviana Sofronitski Composer:Felix Mendelssohn

Guerra Amorosa

Artist(s):Georg Nigl, Luca Pianca, Vittorio Ghielmi Composer:Purcell, Monteverdi, Haendel

Harpsichord sonatas and Fandango

Artist(s):Nicolau De Figueiredo Composer:Antonio Soler

J.S. Bach Chamber Music

Artist(s):Lorenzo Ghielmi, Jan De Winne, Isabella Bison, Vittorio Ghielmi Composer:

Ein newgeordent künstlich Lautenbuch

Artist(s):Bart Roose, renaissance lute Composer:Hans Neusidler

Organ concertos opus 4

Artist(s):Lorenzo Ghielmi, Margret Köll, Luca Pianca & La Divina Armonia Composer:Georg Frederic Handel

Music in Rome circa 1640

Artist(s):Ensemble Européen William Byrd - Graham O'Reilly,musical director - Yannick Varlet, organ Composer:Carissimi, Marazzoli,Quagliati, Rossi, Frescobaldi

TRIO'S

Just like most German composers of his time, Telemann was very well acquainted with the stylistic developments in the other European countries, Italy and France in particular, and in his own compositions he assimilated the various national styles: the Lully Ouverture, the stylized French dances and the Italian trio sonata and concerto. Telemann’s contribution to these forms and genres was...

Galant Court Music

Artist(s):Il Fondamento & Paul Dombrecht (solo Composer:Johann Heinichen

Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV 351,

Artist(s):Il Fondamento & Paul Dombrecht Composer:Georg Friedrich Händel

Vivaldi Concertos for Oboe - Paul Dombrecht & Il...

Artist(s):Il Fondamento Paul Dombrecht Composer:Antonio Vivaldi

PRAGUE 1723 (code:9524)

Artist(s):Il Fondamento & Paul Dombrecht Composer:Jan Dismas Zelenka

Petrus Phalesius

Artist(s):Peter van Heyghen, artistic Director Composer:

De Profundis Miserere & Requiem (code: 9528)

Artist(s):Il Fondamento Paul Dombrecht Composer:Jan Dismas Zelenka

Ouvertures

Artist(s):Il Fondamento Paul Dombrecht Composer:G. Ph. Telemann

Early Symphonies

Artist(s):Il Fondamento Paul Dombrecht Composer:W.A. Mozart

Jean de Castro

Artist(s):Capilla Flamenca - more Maiorum - Piffaro - Trigon Composer:Jean de Castro

Music for Candlemas

Artist(s):TRIGON (Margot Kalse - Jos Somsen - Penny Turner) Composer:

Pro defunctis

Artist(s):Il Fondamento Paul Dombrecht Composer:Frans-Joseph Krafft

Sevilla circa 1560

Artist(s):Carlos Sandúa Composer:

Alexander Utendal & Philippus de Monte

Artist(s):Capilla Flamenca Oltremontano Composer:Alexander Utendal & Philippus de Monte

Watermusic Suites (Code 9513)

Artist(s):Il Fondamento & Paul Dombrecht Composer:Händel-Telemann

ouverture La Bourse & Suites

Artist(s):Il Fondamento & Paul Dombrecht Composer:G. Ph. Telemann

Venetian Music of the 17th century

Artist(s):Les Enemis Confus Composer:G. Picchi, B. Marini, F. Turini

Ouvertures

Artist(s):Il Fondamento & Paul Dombrecht Composer:Johann Joseph Fux

Medieval Music in English manuscripts

Artist(s):Flyleaves Composer:

Mastery and admiration

Artist(s):Halcyon Ensemble Composer:

Mozart piano works

Artist(s):Michel Kiener Composer:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ouvertures & Sinfonias

Artist(s):Il Fondamento & Paul Dombrecht Composer:Carl Friedrich Abel

Telemann : Oboe- & oboe d'amore concerti

Artist(s):Il Fondamento and Paul Dombrecht (solo) Composer:G. Ph. Telemann

Leuven Chansonnier VOL. 1| Sollazzo Ensemble

On the Breath of Angels

During the height of its popularity, from the mid-16th century into the 18th, the cornetto was frequently depicted in art as an instrument of angels. Paintings, sculptures, and engravings abound in which the cornetto takes a prominent place among choirs of angelic musicians, usually paired with at least one voice and with other instruments such as the organ, viol, lute, harp, violin and...

Jomelli: Requiem and Miserere

Niccolò Jommelli was one of the most sought after composers of his time, but finally accepted to become musical director at the court of Stuttgart in 1753. Three years later he composed his Requiem to commemorates the recent death of the Duchess von Württemberg, mother of his patron, the Duke Carl Eugen.. Despite the fact that Jommelli owed his fame almost exclusively to his operas during his...

Seicento: The Virtuoso Early Italian Violin

Small size, four gut strings, a short bow were at beginning the ingredients of the magic. Such magic happened in Italy, the cradle of the violin, during the seventeenth century. “Seicento!” is therefore a multifaceted time-travel through the Early Baroque, from Venice to Sicily, exploring the wonders of the first violin virtuosos and their dexterous-passionated playing. A collection of music...

NARVÁEZ | Los libros del delphin | Xavier Díaz-Latorre

the Six Books of the Dolphin of Music for Vihuela (Valladolid, 1538) is the second collection published in the Iberian Peninsula dedicated in its entirety to music for vihuela, or vihuela and voice

A late medieval mass on the RYSUM ORGAN

Works by Johann Walter, Hans Buchner, Josquin Desprez, Nicolaus Cracoviensis, Heinrich Finck, Nicolaus Cracoviensis, Heinrich Isaac, Tylman Susato and from the Cracow Tablature, the Tablature of Joannes de Lyublyn, the Oldenburg Tablature, the Buxheim Organ Book and the Adam Ileborgh Tablature. In the German village of Rysum, in East Frisia, a precious instrument is preserved: an ancient organ,...

Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco: Cello Sonatas - Elinor...

Passacaille Records and cellist Elinor Frey, with harpsichordist Federica Bianchi, lutenist Giangiacomo Pinard, and cellist Mauro Valli, present the first recording of cello sonatas by Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco (1710-1805). Dall’Abaco’s sonatas are full of cantabile melodies with the lightness of folk songs, passagework that demands brilliance and facility, and extraordinary slow movements...

Pièces pour Théorbe et Guitare

Artist(s):Xavier Dìaz Latorre Composer:Robert de Visée

Nobilissimo Istromento

The Italian Renaissance is the golden age of the lute. In quality and quantity, the lute pieces from this period are comparable to the piano works of the 19th century. Most of the works selected for this recording are by Francesco da Milano, an extraordinary virtuoso and gifted composer who was also known as "Il Divino" (the Divine), an epithet he shared with Michelangelo and Monteverdi. In...

Contrafacta. Pergolesi-Iribarren. Stabat Mater-Motets

Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater was extremely popular throughout Europe soon after it was composed in 1736. Countless printed and handwritten versions of this work, which was considered the stylistic ideal of sacred music in the 18th century, can be found in libraries all over the world. There are five manuscript copies of the Stabat Mater in the archives of Málaga Cathedral. This recording presents a...

Nonetto

In 1959, two composers wrote nonets: Nino Rota’s melodic Nonetto, on which he would continue to work for almost 20 years, and Bohuslav Martinů’s farewell chamber music piece, a nonet, which he composed as a last piece to satisfy his longing for his homeland. Eisler did not compose his nonet in his native country either, but arrived in Mexico in 1941 as a refugee from the Nazis. There he wrote...

Schubert. The Small Song Cycles

In addition to his famous large-scale song cycles, Schubert also composed and published numerous smaller song compilations. Some of these “miniature cycles” consist of songs written at different times and under different circumstances, but which Schubert himself assembled on the basis of thematic and textual connections. The selected cycles appeared in print during Schubert’s publishing career...

Claviorganum. Handel Concertos & Sonatas

As the name suggests, a claviorganum is a keyboard instrument with a harpsichord and an organ section, which can be played individually or together on one or two manuals. While this instrument may seem like a curiosity today, many sources confirm that "curiosities" were rather the norm on the European continent from the 15th to the 17th century. There was a variety of different keyboard...

Vivaldi. Concerti Particolari

Vivaldi’s Concerti Ripieni are probably the most unusual works written by the Venetian composer. Some of these pieces, however, are particularly exceptional for various reasons, especially considering the artistic environment in early 18th century Venice. This recording presents Vivaldi’s most brilliant and at the same time bizarre works from this genre. These compositional experiments are...