ACCENT RECORDS

The coronation of Charles II was a glorious celebration of the restoration of the monarchy following a coup d'?tat, civil war and an eleven-year government of the Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell...

Melancholy was downright celebrated in Elizabethan England as food and art form and permeated almost all genres. The music presented here by composers such as Ford, Jenkins and Ferrabosco is not...

The ballet played in the French opera of the 17th and 18th centuries always a prominent role, and often these "divertissement" with vocal numbers were loosened. Sigiswald Kuijken and La Petite Bande...

Today Konrad Jungh?nel - with his ensemble Cantus Coelln and as guest conductors in opera houses - is one of the leading conductors in the field of early music. The present 3-release set recalls the...

Alessandro Piccinini, a contemporary of Monteverdi and Frescobaldi, hailed from a Bolognese family of lutenists that made it's mark on Italian musical life for over one and a half centuries...

Rome - Paris - Madrid - European Baroque Guitar Music Import, Pierre Pitzl - More or less 'invented' in Spain in the mid-17th century, it did not take long for the guitar to start it's triumphal...

?Johann Joachim Quantz had already made a career as a flutist at the Dresden court in the chapels of Augustus the Strong when he was heard by the young Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia during a...

Seeing the connections between Portugal and Africa, this album addresses the similarities within these cultures but also speaks of their differences. The songs are stories infused with colors and...

The 18th century was a time when deportment and noble behavior were essential for people of quality. Dance formed a major part of all social ceremonies and theatrical presentations. Nowhere was...

With it's 1688 printed collection of the Hortus Musicus apparently quite confident Johann Adam Reincken (1643-1722) wanted his critics in the mirror of their own musical inadequacy. The largely...

Reutter: Arie & Sinfonie / Vermeulen, Ensemble Nuovo Aspetto, Reutter / Vermeulen / Ensemble Nuovo Aspetto, Release Date: 09/25/2012, Composer: Karl Georg von Reutter, Performer: Olivia Vermeulen,...

This new release is an album of urban, classical Iranian music performed by cousins Mehdi Rostami and Adib Rostami, who present two 'melodic circles,' integrating influences from traditional Kurdish...