Early Music Mysticism to Majesty - the era of Early Music While the chronology of early music may resist an exact defi nition, the advancement of European musical styles portrayed in this catalogue takes us on a fascinating journey from the emergence of gregorian chant (c.750) up to the development of early Baroque music (c.1600). Vocal, instrumental, sacred and secular works are gathered either in discrete discs of the more celebrated composers from the Mediaeval and Renaissance periods, such as Leonin, Perotin, Byrd and Monteverdi, or appear in themed compilations: French chansons, German lute songs, Italian dramatic laments, for example. Life during those distant eras is brought vividly to life through the music. The exuberant and bawdy 11th- and 12th-century texts of Carmina Burana, spread by itinerant scholars and clerics, remind us how Latin was a pan-european language that superseded those of individual nations. The madrigals of Carlo Gesualdo, the calculating murderer of his wife and her lover, play out against the untouchable status that a Venetian nobleman then enjoyed. With the absence of lighting and sets, the dramatic importance of music in Shakespeare’s plays is underscored by the musical subtleties created for his texts by composers contemporary with the bard. The artistic interest shown by influential rulers is reflected not only in the sound of the compositions, but also in the splendour of their presentation. The works of Desprez, de la Rue and Willaert were as beautiful to look at through the glorious calligraphy of the A-La-mi-Re manuscripts as they were to listen to. The wealth of music written for Queen Elizabeth I of England during her long reign reminds us that she was the subject, dedicatee and audience for many of the enduring musical endeavours of her time. If you are new to this musical slice of history, we hope you will enjoy pitting your imagination against the era’s uniquely intriguing sounds. EARLY MUSIC SEGMENT CATALOGUE Albums by Composer 8.553840 AGRICOLA, Alexander (1446-1506) Fortuna desperata: Secular Music of the 15th Century Ensemble Unicorn / Michael Posch 7 30099 48402 2 8.553133 ALFONSO X “EL SABIO” (1221-1284) Cantigas de Santa Maria Ensemble Unicorn 7 30099 41332 9 8.553238 ALLEGRI, Gregorio (1582-1652) Missa Papae Marcelli • Miserere (+PALESTRINA) Oxford Camerata / Oxford Schola Cantorum / Jeremy Summerly 7 30099 42382 3 8.570335 AMMERBACH, Elias Nikolaus (1530-1597) Harpsichord Works from the Tabulaturbuch (1571) Glen Wilson, Harpsichord 7 47313 03357 7 3 8.555772 ANCHIETA, Juan de (1462-1523) Missa sine nomine Loreto Fernández Imaz, Organ / Capilla Peñaflorida / Ministriles de Marsias / Josep Cabré 7 47313 57722 4 8.550778 dall’AQUILA, Marco (c. 1480 - after 1538) Lute Music • Ricercars • Intabulations • Dances (+DA CREMA) Christopher Wilson, Lute 7 30099 57782 3 8.553785 BANCHIERI, Adriano (1568-1634) Il Zabaione musicale • Festino nella sera del giovedi grasso avanti cena Op. 18 Choir of Radio Svizzera, Lugano / Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca, Treviso / Diego Fasolis 7 30099 47852 6 8.553636 BENEVOLO, Orazio (1605-1672) Missa Azzolina • Dixit Dominus • Lætatus sum Miserere • Magnificat Le Concert Spirituel 7 30099 46362 1 4 EARLY MUSIC SEGMENT CATALOGUE Albums by Composer 8.557983 BINGEN, Hildegard Von (1098-1179) Celestial Harmonies - Responsories and Antiphons from Symphoniae armonie celestium revelationum Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly 7 47313 29832 7 8.550998 BINGEN, Hildegard Von (1098-1179) Heavenly Revelations: Hymns, Sequences, Antiphons and Responds Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly 7 30099 59982 5 8.570535 BRUMEL, Antoine (c. 1460 - c. 1515) Missa de Beata Virgine • Ave, ancilla Trinitatis • Mater Patris et filia • Ave, Virgo gloriosa Speculum Ensemble 7 47313 05357 5 8.572433 BYRD, William (1543-1623) Complete Fantasias for Harpsichord Glen Wilson, Harpsichord 7 47313 24337 2 5 8.553241 BYRD, William (1540-1623) Consort and Keyboard Music • Songs and Anthems (+GIBBONS/TOMKINS) Timothy Roberts, Harpsichord, Organ / John Bryan, Harpsichord / Rose Consort of Viols / Red Byrd 7 30099 42412 7 8.550604 BYRD, William (1543-1623) Consort and Keyboard Music • Songs and Anthems Rose Consort of Viols / Red Byrd 7 30099 56042 9 8.553239 BYRD, William (1540-1623) MASSES: Mass for Four Voices • Mass for Five Voices (+TALLIS) Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly 7 30099 42392 2 8.550574 BYRD, William (1543-1623) Masses for Four and Five Voices • Infelix ego Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly 7 30099 55742 9 6 EARLY MUSIC SEGMENT CATALOGUE Albums by Composer 8.570139-41 BYRD, William (1543-1623) My Ladye Nevells Booke (Complete) [3 CDs] Elizabeth Farr, Harpsichord 7 47313 01397 5 8.572475-76 CABEZON, Antonio de (1510-1566) Complete Tientos and Variations [2 CDs] Glen Wilson, Harpsichord 7 47313 24757 8 8.554836 CABEZON, Antonio de (1510-1566) Tientos y Glosados Ensemble Accentus / Thomas Wimmer 6 36943 48362 6 8.553380 CAMPION, Thomas (1567-1620) Lute Songs Steven Rickards, Countertenor / Dorothy Linell, Lute 7 30099 43802 5 7 8.550682 CARDOSO, Manuel (1566-1650) Portuguese Requiem Masses (+LÔBO) Schola Cantorum of Oxford / Jeremy Summerly 7 30099 56822 7 NEW 8.573258 CARISSIMI, Giacomo (1605-1674) Eight Motets Consortium Carissimi / Garrick Comeaux 7 47313 32587 0 8.554096-97 CAVALIERI, Emilio dé (1550-1602) Rappresentatione di Anima e di Corpo [2 CDs] Soloists of Cappella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna / Sergio Vartolo 6 36943 40962 6 8.553315 CAVAZZONI, Girolamo (1525-1577) Missa L’homme armé (a 5 voci) • Ricercari (+PALESTRINA) Soloists of Cappella Musicale di S. Petronio di Bologna / Sergio Vartolo 7 30099 43152 1 8 EARLY MUSIC SEGMENT CATALOGUE Albums by Composer NEW 8.572998 CAVAZZONI, Marco Antonio (1490-1560) Complete Works • Italian Ricercars Glen Wilson, Harpsichord 7 47313 29987 4 8.550778 da CREMA, Giovanni Maria (1520-1570) Lute Music • Ricercars • Intabulations • Dances (+dall’AQUILA) Christopher Wilson, Lute 7 30099 57782 3 8.578015-16 DOWLAND, John (1563-1626) Burst forth, my tears - The Music of John Dowland [2 CDs] Various Artists 7 47313 80157 2 8.553326 DOWLAND, John (1563-1626) Consort Music and Songs Catherine King, Mezzo-soprano / Jacob Heringman, Lute / Rose Consort of Viols 7 30099 43262 7 9 8.556840 DOWLAND, John (1563-1626) DOWLAND (THE BEST OF) Various Artists 7 30099 68402 6 8.553381 DOWLAND, John (1563-1626) Flow My Tears and Other Lute Songs Steven Rickards, Counter-tenor / Dorothy Linell, Lute 7 30099 43812 4 8.504016 DOWLAND, John (1563-1626) Lute Music (Complete) [4 CDs] Nigel North, Lute 7 47313 40163 5 8.557586 DOWLAND, John (1563-1626) Lute Music Vol. 1 - Fancyes, Dreams and Spirits Nigel North, Lute 7 47313 25862 8 10 EARLY MUSIC SEGMENT CATALOGUE Albums by Composer 8.557862 DOWLAND, John (1563-1626) Lute Music Vol. 2 - Dowland’s Tears Nigel North, Lute 7 47313 28622 5 8.570449 DOWLAND, John (1563-1626) Lute Music Vol. 3 - Pavans, Galliards and Almains Nigel North, Lute 7 47313 04497 9 8.570284 DOWLAND, John (1563-1626) Lute Music Vol. 4 - The Queen’s Galliard Nigel North, Lute 7 47313 02847 4 8.553458 DUFAY, Guillaume (1400-1474) Chansons Bernhard Landauer, Countertenor / Ensemble Unicorn / Michael Posch 7 30099 44582 5 11 8.553087 DUFAY, Guillaume (1400-1474) Missa L’homme armé • Supremum est mortalibus bonum Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly 7 30099 40872 1 8.557341 DUNSTABLE, John (1390-1453) Sweet Harmony - Masses and Motets Tonus Peregrinus / Antony Pitts 7 47313 23412 7 8.570025 FARNABY, Giles (c. 1563-1640) Complete Fantasias for Harpsichord Glen Wilson, Harpsichord 7 47313 00257 3 8.553547-48 FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo (1583-1643) Keyboard Music: Fantasie Book 1 • Ricercari • Canzoni Francesi [2 CDs] Sergio Vartolo, Harpsichord & Organ 7 30099 45472 8 12 EARLY MUSIC SEGMENT CATALOGUE Albums by Composer 8.570717 FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo (1583-1643) Keyboard Music from Manuscript Sources Martha Folts, Harpsichord 7 47313 07177 7 8.572198 GABRIELI, Andrea (1532-1585) Keyboard Music: Ricercari • Toccate • Canzoni Glen Wilson, Harpsichord and Spinet 7 47313 21987 2 8.571027 GABRIELI, Giovanni (1554-1612) Music for Brass London Symphony Brass / Eric Crees (May not be available in all territories) 7 47313 10277 8 8.553609 GABRIELI, Giovanni (1554-1612) Music for Brass, Vol. 1 London SO Brass / Eric Crees 7 30099 46092 7 13 8.553873 GABRIELI, Giovanni (1554-1612) Music for Brass, Vol. 2 London SO Brass / Eric Crees 7 30099 48732 0 8.554129 GABRIELI, Giovanni (1554-1612) Music for Brass, Vol. 3 London SO Brass / Eric Crees 6 36943 41292 3 8.550742 GESUALDO, Carlo (1560-1613) Complete Sacred Music for Five Voices Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly 7 30099 57422 8 8.570548 GESUALDO, Carlo (1560-1613) Madrigals, Book 1 (Madrigali libro primo, 1594) Delitiæ Musicæ / Marco Longhini 7 47313 05487 9 14 EARLY MUSIC SEGMENT CATALOGUE Albums by Composer 8.570549 GESUALDO, Carlo (1560-1613) Madrigals, Book 2 (Madrigali libro secondo, 1594) Delitiæ Musicæ / Carmen Leoni, Clavichord / Marco Longhini 7 47313 05497 8 8.572136 GESUALDO, Carlo (1560-1613) Madrigals, Book 3 (Madrigali libro terzo, 1595) Delitiæ Musicæ / Marco Longhini 7 47313 21367 2 8.572137 GESUALDO, Carlo (1560-1613) Madrigals, Book 4 (Madrigali libro quarto, 1596) Delitiæ Musicæ / Marco Longhini 7 47313 21377 1 8.573147-49 GESUALDO, Carlo (1560-1613) Madrigals, Books 5 and 6 (Madrigali libro quinto e sesto, 1611) Delitiæ Musicæ / Marco Longhini 7 47313 31477 5 15 8.553130 GIBBONS, Orlando (1583-1625) Choral and Organ Music: O clap your hands • See, see, the word is incarnate • Magnificat •