Since you are interested in Cello Sonatas, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BIBER
Missa Christi Resurgentis The English Concert, Andrew Manze [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] The interpretation of Andrew Manze and The English Concert 'succeeds in exalting the luxuriance of this voluptuous style' (Diapason). |
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Concerti grossi op.6. Ensemble 415 / Chiara Banchini / Jesper Christensen [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] 'With Ensemble 415's splendid performances radiating relaxed spontaneity in every bar (...) one has only to close one's eyes to feel oneself transported to a warm summer evening in Rome.' Gramophone |
MACHAUT
Messe de Notre-Dame Ensemble Organum / Marcel Paras-director [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] As a 'craftsman of the old and the new forge', Guillaume de Machaut contributed to the tradition of his famous predecessors such as Adam de la Halle and Jehan Lescurel in laying the foundations for an aesthetic with an illustrious future, the Ars... |
PETRUCCI
Harmonice Musices Odhecaton Fretwork [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine - ClassicsToday 10 (sound)/ 10 (performance) |
ORTHODOX CHANT
Orthodox Chant: Orthodox Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "The choir...sing with exceptional blend and purity of tone" (The Absolute Sound) |
DUFAY
O Gemma Lux - Complete Isorhythmic Motets Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (Pre 1700) - A sumptuous farewell to the musical Middle Ages. |
J.S. BACH
Trauerode BWV 198 / Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 78 Ingrid SchmithAsen, Howard Crook, Peter Kooy, Charles Brett / La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Whatever the occasions for which they were written (a tribute to a dead queen, or a chorale cantata), the two works on this recording have one subject in common: death and the soul's salvation. Performed in 1727 in memory of the sorely mourned... |
GIOVANNI GIROLAMO KAPSBERGER
Lute Works Paul O'Dette (lute) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "This is superb music, melodious, […] wonderfully apt for the instrument. O'Dette, for my money the world's finest lutenist, does the music full justice, and the sound is first-rate. You'll want this one." - FANFARE |
FRESCOBALDI / GRATIANI / ROSSI / BERNABEIa‚
Canta La Maddalena Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) / Concerto Soave, Concerto Soave [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "Kiehr's supple and expressive voice in music that needs this kind of committed advocacy. Kiehr has chosen works which skilfully blend dramatic scena with contemplative radiance, and with her significantly sensitive accompanists," (Gramophone) |