LA FOLIA

1490 - 1701

Corelli - Marais - Maring y Coll - Ortiz - Anonymous

Rolf Lislevand - guitar, theorbo, vihuela 

Michael Behringer - clavecin, organ

Arianna Savall - harp

Bruno Cocset - bass viol

Pedro Estevan - percusion

Adela Gonzalez-Campa - castanets, grelots 

Jordi Savall - viola da gamba, direction

 

Alia Vox 
 

OLLABELLE
Ollabelle

DMZ - Columbia

UNE DOUCEUR VIOLENTE
17th century Lute Music
Jacques de Gallot - Pierre Gallot - Charles Mouton
Anthony Bailes - lute

Rameé

PENGUIN EGGS
Nic Jones

Shanachie

MY LADYE NEVELLS BOOKE

William Byrd

Elizabeth Parr - harpsichord

 

Naxos

TAKE TEN
Paul Desmond - alto saxophone 
Jim Hall - guitar

RCA Victor

LE VOYAGE DE SAHAR

Anouar Brahem - oud

Francois Couturier - piano

Jean-Louis Matinier - accordion

 

ECM

THE WAY UP

Pat Metheny Group

 

Nonesuch

THE AYNSLEY DUNBAR RETALIATION
The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation

Not Bad Records
via Liberty 

MISSA MEDIA VITA IN MORTE SUMUS
Nicolas Gombert
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

FIGURES OF HARMONY

Codex Chantilly C.1390

>Balades a Ill Chans

>Fleurs de Vertus

>En Doulz Chastel de Pavie 

>Corps Femenin

Ferrara Ensemble

Crawford Young - direction

 

Arcana - outhere 

4 disc box set

BOSSA ANTIGUA
Paul Desmond - alto saxophone
Jim Hall - guitar

RCA Victor

UTOPIA TRIUMPHANS
The Great Polyphony of the Renaissance
Thomas Tallis - Costanzo Porta - Josquin Desprez - Johannes Ockeghem - Pierre de Manchicourt - Giovanni Gabrieli - Allesandro Striggio
Huelgas Ensemble
Paul Van Nevel - director

Sony Vivarte 

CRYE

Melancholy in Late 16th Century English Music

Anthony Holborne - Christopher Tye - Richard Sumarte - Tobias Hume - Henry Stonings - Thomas Tallis - Robert Johnson - Thomas Weelkes - William Lawes

Concordia - viols

- Mark Levy

- Joanna Levine

- Catherine Finnis

- Jonathon Manson

- Emilia Benjamin

with Gary Cooper - virginals, organ 

Metronome

PASSENGERS
The Gary Burton Quartet
with Eberhard Weber

ECM

A ROYAL SONGBOOK

Spanish Music from the time of Columbus
Various and Anonymous Composers

Geraldine McGreevy - soprano

Jacob Heringman - vihuela, lute, guitar 

Musica Antiqua of London

Philip Thorby - director

Naxos

SKULL & ROSES
Skullfux
The Grateful Dead

Warner Bros.

VISIONS AND MIRACLES
Gallician and Latin Sacred Songs from 13th-century Spain
Cantigas de Santa Maria - Las Huelgas Codex
Ensemble Alcatraz

Nonesuch

QUATUOR POUR LA FIN DU TEMPS
(Quartet for the End of Time)
Olivier Messiaen
Trio Wanderer
Pascal Moraguès - clarinette

Harmonia Mundi

 L'HOMME ARMÉ

A musical journey into the music of the Court of Burgundy in the 15th century.

Alexandre Agricola - Antoine Busnois - Gilles Binchois - Guillaume Dufay - Johannes Ockeghem - John Dunstable - Josquin des Pres - Robert Morton

Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal

Andrew McAnerney - director

 

ATMA Classique

GOLDBERG VARIATIONS

J.S. Bach

Arranged for viols by Richard Boothby

Fretwork 

Harmonia Mundi

EL GRIAL

Medieval music and literature on the Theme of the Holy Grail

Various and Anonymous

Capella de Ministrers

Carles Magraner - director

CdM

STABAT MATER
O quam tristis et afflicta fuit illa benedicta, mater Unigeniti!
Gregorian Chant - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Arvo Pärt - John Browne
Taverner Consort and Choir
Fretwork
Andrew Parrott - director

Virgin Classics

ST MATTHEW PASSION
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Johann Sebastian Bach
Peter Harvey - bass

Susan Bickley - mezzo soprano

Magdalena Kozena - mezzo soprano

Stephan Loges - bass

Deborah York - soprano

Mark Padmore - tenor 

Julia Gooding - soprano 

James Gilchrist - tenor
Gabrieli Players
Paul McCreesh - conductor

Archiv

PASSIO
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem
Arvo Pärt
The Hilliard Ensemble
– Rogers Covey-Crump - tenor
– Lynne Dawson - soprano
– Michael George - bass
– David James - counter tenor
– Gordon Jones - baritone
– John Potter - tenor
Catherine Duckett - bassoon
Elizabeth Layton - violin
Melinda Maxwell - oboe
Elisabeth Wilson - cello
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - organ
Western Wind - choir/chorus
Paul Hillier - conductor

ECM New Series

TENEBRAE RESPONSORIA
Don Carlo Gesualdo
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

LAMENTA
The Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah
Ferrabosco the Elder - Thomas Tallis - Antoine Brumel - Robert White - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
The Tallis Scholars
Peter Philips, director

Gimell

MUSIC FOR HOLY WEEK
Anonymous
In Proportional Rhythm
Schola Antiqua
Barbara Katherine Jones, John Blackley - directors

L'Oiseau Lyre Florilegium

LUKAS-PASSION
Heinrich Schütz
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Paul Hillier - director

Dacapo

THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH
Thomas Tallis
The Hilliard Ensemble

ECM New Series

TROUBADOUR'S SONGS & JONGLEURS' DANCES
Thibaut de Champagne, Bernard de Ventadorn, Gaucelm Faidit, Beranguier de Palol, Anonymous
Millenarium

Ricercar

LAMENTATIONS
Holy Week in Provence
Bouzignac - Ceppede - Carpentras - Gilles - Vitre - Godolin - Gregorian chant
Schola Cantorum of Boston
Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen - director

Apex

LACHRIMÆ
John Dowland
Thomas Dunford - lute, direction
Ruby Hughes - soprano
Reinoud Van Mechelen - tenor
Paul Agnew - tenor
Alain Buet - bass

Alpha

THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH
Vladimir Martynov
The Sirin Choir
Andrey Kotov - conductor

Brilliant Classics

LESSONS FOR CONSORT, LUTE, CITTERN, AND ORPHARION

Anthony Holborne

Anthony Bailes - lute, orpharion

Anthony Thomas - cittern

Michel Piguet - blockflöte

Ensemble Ricercare, Basel

 

Schola Cantorum Basiliensis - Documenta

Harmonia Mundi

COLOURS IN THE DARK
The Instrumental Music of...
Alexander Agricola
Ensemble Leones
Marc Lewon - director

Christophorus

STEAL AWAY
Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs
Charlie Haden - double bass 
Hank Jones - piano


Verve

AT THE GATES OF PARADISE
John Zorn
John Medeski - piano, organ
Kenny Wollesen - vibes
Trevor Dunn - bass
Joey Baron - drums

Tzadik

RETROUVÉ & CHANGÉ
Seven Strings and More
Sainte Colombe
Hille Perl - viola da gamba
Andrew Lawrence-King - harp, Irish harp, organ
Lee Santana - archlute, baroque lute, theorbo

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

ESTAMPIE
A New Interpretation of the Oldest Preserved Instrumental Music of the Occident
Estampies Royales, Manuscrit du Roi, Frankreich, ca. 1290-1310
Ensemble Nu:n

Edition Raumklang

THE ART OF FUGUE
J. S. Bach
Brecon Baroque
Rachel Podger - violin, director
Johannes Pramsohler - violin, viola
Alison McGillivray - cello
Marcin Świątkiewicz - harpsichord

Channel Classics

WOOD
Brian Bromberg - double bass

A440

MY LADYE NEVELLS BOOKE

William Byrd

Elizabeth Parr - harpsichord

 

Naxos 

 

3-CD set

DANSE ROYALE
French, Anglo-Norman, and Latin Songs and Dances from the 13th Century
Ensemble Alcatraz

Elektra Nonesuch

GOLDBERG-VARIATIONEN
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gustav Leonhardt - cembalo

Telefunken Das Alte Werke

BEING DUFAY
Music based on vocal fragments by Guillaume Dufay
Ambrose Field - composer, electronics
John Potter - tenor

ECM New Series

CRYE

Melancholy in Late 16th Century English Music

Anthony Holborne - Christopher Tye - Richard Sumarte - Tobias Hume - Henry Stonings - Thomas Tallis - Robert Johnson - Thomas Weelkes - William Lawes

Concordia - viols

- Mark Levy

- Joanna Levine

- Catherine Finnis

- Jonathon Manson

- Emilia Benjamin

with Gary Cooper - virginals, organ 

Metronome

SHADES OF JADE
Marc Johnson - double-bass
Joe Lovano - tenor saxophone
John Scofield - guitar
Eliane Elias - piano
Joey Baron - drums
Alain Mallet - organ

ECM

CŒUR

French Courtly Songs from the Late 16th Century

Various Composers

Le Poéme Harmonique

Vincent Dumstre - Renaissance guitar, theorbe, arrangement, direction

 

Alpha

OF RIVERS AND RELIGION – AFTER THE BALL

OF RIVERS AND RELIGION
John Fahey and his Orchestra
John Fahey – guitar
Chris Darrow – guitar, dobro, fiddle, mandolin
Joel Druckman – double bass
Jack Feierman – trumpet
Ira Nepus – trombone
Joanne Grauer – piano, calliope
Nappy La Mare – banjo
Alan Reuse – banjo
Joe Darensbourgh – clarinet

Reprise – BGO Records

AFTER THE BALL
John Fahey and his Orchestra
John Fahey – guitar
Chris Darrow – guitar, fiddle
Joel Druckman – double bass
Dick Cary – piano, horn
Joe Darensbourg – clarinet
Jack Feierman – trumpet
Peter Jameson – guitar
John Rotella – saxophone
Allen Reuse – banjo, mandolin, ukulele
Britt Woodman – trombone

Reprise – BGO Records