Since you are interested in Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CRISTOFARO CARESANA / GAETANO VENEZIANO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tenebrae: Music for Holy Week in Naples Valentina Varriale / I Turchini / Antonio Florio [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "It is a tribute to Antonio Florio's direction that one never notices his interference with the natural flow of these fine performances." Gramophone |
DESPRES / PENALOSA / ISAAC / WILLAERT / GUBANOV / etc
Stella Del Nostro Mar: Past and present reflections of the Marian inspiration Cantica Symphonia [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "an intense musical and spiritual experience…Blend, control and breadth of tone abound…if Renaissance polyphony is one of your great loves, then this is a most important addition to your listening library." Organists Review |
ESTEVE Y GRIMAU / LASERNA / VALLEDOR
La Tirana Contra Mambru: The tonadilla and popular musical comedies in Spain c.1800 El Concierto Espanol / Emilio Moreno (violin & director) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] The musical soundtrack for the ordinary people of Spain at the turn of the 18th- century, was the tonadilla. |
HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 5 - Rome (1707) Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Yetzabel Arias Fernández (soprano) & Romina Basso (alto) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice June 2009 - "Bonizzoni has the admirable knack of conveying the strong rhetorical elements in Handel's vivacious music, and the entire performance is beautifully... |
DESMAREST
Grands Motets Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "I can hardly wait for the next Desmarest recording, but in the meantime this one will certainly be keeping me happy." Gramophone |
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Sacred Choral Works Vol. 4 Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "This is in every way a worthy successor to the earlier releases in the series." -- American Record Guide |
CHARPENTIER
Te Deum / Dixit Dominus / etc Le Concert Spirituel / Herve Niquet [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "even for those who have a Te Deum or two in their collection, Niquet's reading of it is another…as limpid and lithe a performance of the piece as you are likely to hear. Good recorded sound and balance make this a disc to have." Gramophone Magazine,... |
J. S. BACH
Sonatas for Viola da Gamba Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba) / Markus Hunninger [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "the playing offers telling insights and revels in a conspicuously warm and immediate sound." (BBC Music) |