Corelli's Legacy

Bach. Goldberg Variations

With this disc, Swiss harpsichordist Michel Kiener presents his interpretation of the Goldberg Variations, one of Bach’s absolute masterpieces. Kiener completed both his piano and harpsichord studies at the Geneva Conservatoire, where he won the prize of virtuosity in both disciplines. He perfected his art with Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam and was laureate of the Bruges International...

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...

violin sonatas

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

Violin Sonatas opus V

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

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...

Early Modern English Music : 1500 - 1550

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

Ouvertures

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

Ricercari (1615)

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

Italian Concert - French Suites I-III

Artist(s):Lorenzo Ghielmi Composer:Bach

Leuven Chansonnier VOL. 1| Sollazzo Ensemble

Pièces pour Théorbe et Guitare

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

Guerau

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

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...

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 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...

Jean de Castro

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