All of these works except the Stabat mater first appeared on Collins 13602 (17:2). Two brief Frescobaldi toccatas on that disc have been omitted, replaced by...
The longest work (even though less than 13 minutes) provides a title for the disc. All the composers except the emperor himself held the position of...
This instrumental ensemble has no conductor, although some reviews of early music in the past have characterized the director of a few musicians as a “conductor.”...
Composers who worked in Venice in Monteverdi’s time make up this program of solo madrigals, arias, and guitar pieces. The unfamiliar names need some introduction. Domenico...
In his reissues, Peter Phillips has been very open about the early days of the Tallis Scholars. The reissue of their first recording, originally on Classics...
This is really the broadest possible survey of the madrigal literature. It includes some of the most familiar Renaissance secular pieces in English, French, German, Italian,...