If you want to get a good idea of what musical entertainment was like in southern France and Italy in the 13th century, or if you just want to be entertained, this recording of stylish, expert performances will satisfy your desire. The troubadours were the first to work toward perfection of poetic form and vernacular language. Dante, the famous 13th-century Italian poet, admired these articulate poet-musicians and mentioned his debt to their art in several of his works. The Martin Best Ensemble performs 18 of these immediately likable songs of love and chivalry. A few selections are instrument... [Read More]
This specially priced set brings together three highly acclaimed previously released recordings by the vocal ensemble Stile Antico. Heavenly Harmonies features music of Byrd & Tallis, Puer natus est is a collection of Tudor Music for Advent & Christmas and The Phoenix Rising is a program of Tudor music that centers around William Byrd's masterful five-part mass.
The blockbuster Beethoven biopic also sports a blockbuster score, with excerpts from his most, er, beloved works- Symphonies 3, 5, 6, 7 & 9; Piano Concerto No. 5; Violin Concerto; "Pathetique" Sonata; Fur Elise (complete); Missa Solemnis; Piano Trio No. 4 , and the "Kreuzer" Sonata -performed by an all-star international cast that includes Emmanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Murray Perahia, Gidon Kremer and the London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Georg Solti conducts.
This new recording features the celebrated Requiem of 1605, Victoria's final composition, a work of beguiling beauty and sumptuous simplicity. It can be seen as the summation of both his art and the Spanish Renaissance tradition. The beautiful plainsong on which it is structured can be heard arching through the texture, forming a delicate and sinuous line throughout. Subtly accompanied by a chamber organ and bajon, it is recorded here with the same forces as may well have performed it originally in the Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales. The Requiem is preceded by Marian Antiphons interspersed... [Read More]
Tielman Susato and Johannes Ghiselin - At the Sign of the Crumhorn, Flemish Songs and Dance Music, Disc EX, Case EX, Format: Music CD, Naxos Records. Hard to find Classical Music CD.
In 1994, explains the booklet that accompanies Morimur, Professor Helga Thoene made the surprising discovery that the monumental "Ciaccona" from Bach's Partita in D minor for solo violin was built around various chorale themes hidden in the music. From the texts of these "secret" chorales and other symbolic musical devices, she deduced that the "Ciaccona" was an epitaph for Bach's wife, Maria Barbara. The revelation might have remained an intriguing (and touching) footnote to Bach scholarship if baroque violinist Christoph Poppen hadn't had the bright idea of taking Professor Thoene's discover... [Read More]
Fill your performance space with the glory of a German Renaissance Christmas with selections from this outstanding collection! Mixed choruses from high school through professional will appreciate the clean, well-edited editions. Works include: Es ist
This collection is a fantastic resource for introducing the music of the Renaissance to the male ensemble. The five well-known and representative works are: Adoramus Te (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina), Ave Maria (Jacob Arcadelt), Cantate
Provides students in choral ensembles with a representative sampling of Renaissance choral music, as well as information about its style and structure. Also designed to give choral conductors instructional materials that can help them teach
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