Since you are interested in The World of Early Music :-From the Middle Ages to the Dawn of Enlightenment, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CARISSIMI
Mass for Three Voices / Six Motets Consortium Carissimi, Vittorio Zanon [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 15/May/2002 ] Carissimi was one of the early masters of the oratorio |
MONTEVERDI
Madrigals, Book 3 (Il Terzo Libro de' Madrigali, 1592) Delitiae Musicae / Marco Longhini, conductor [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] Few symphonies since Beethoven's Fifth have attracted the degree of extra-musical speculation accorded Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony. Although ideas for a Seventh Symphony had begun coming to mind the previous year, the work that emerged has... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
On the Way to Bethlehem: Music of the Medieval Pilgrim Oni Wytars Ensemble / Unicorn Ensemble [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 2/Apr/2004 ] This recording offers a musical journey from England, the most western country and launching point of the first Crusade, through France, Germany, Eastern Europe, as far east as Syria. |
WHITE / TALLIS / PALESTRINA / LASSUS / de BRITO
Lamentations Oxford Camerata / Jeremy Summerly, conductor [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "On the bargain Naxos label come nearly 70 minutes of sublime polyphony, beautifully sung by the fresh-toned Oxford Camerata under Jeremy Summerly. The recorded sound is vividly beautiful within an ideal ambience." - Rosette (Highest Rating) -... |
ADRIANO BANCHIERI
Il Zabaione Musicale (Musical Entertainments) Radio Svizzera Italiana Choir; Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca; Diego Fasolis, conductor [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "The style of interpretation might fairly be described as all out" - Fanfare |
PTER PHILIPS
Philips, Peter - Cantiones Sacrae Quinis Vocibus Tudor Consort, Peter Walls [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 23/Apr/2002 ] "Their flexible response to the rapid changes of mood and texture characteristic of Philips's sensitive text-setting is particularly admirable." The Daily Telegraph |