Chamber Music & Recitals

The father of organized western monasticism, Saint Benedict, is celebrated with Mass and Office chants as well as organ music played on the Grandes orgues at Solesmes. This recording reflects the unmatched authenticity which characterizes the exquisitely...

The father of Domenico Scarlatti (he of the 555 harpsichord sonatas), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), a successful musician in his own right, composed a number of popular opera serie in his day, Griselda (1721) being the last. Bruno Maderna (1904-75),...

The fascination of the Swedish composer Martin Skafte (b. 1980) with the 24 Pr?ludes of Claude Debussy inspired 24 preludes from Skafte himself, with occasional oblique references to Debussy's originals but using Skafte's own musical language. Like...

The Fantasies pour le Basse de Violle - discovered in 2015 - are part of those bundles titled "Fantasie" and written for different solo instruments. Starting from the original score for the viola da gamba, the same interpreter, Dietmar Berger, created...

The Fantasias for solo violin composed by Georg Philipp Telemann (Magdeburg, 14th March 1681 - Hamburg, 25th June 1767) were published in 1735, approximately fifteen years after the Sonatas and partitas for solo violin by Johann Sebastian Bach. We do not...

The fantasia was in the process of being adapted for keyboard from lute and consort music during William Byrd' youth, and his formidable mastery of counterpoint brought the form to a pinnacle equivalent to his matchless vocal works.1. Praeludium in G...

The famous Marquise de Pompadour, favorite of King Louis XV for nearly twenty years, reigned over the arts at court. Rameau, whom she particularly admired, was omnipresent. He received a specific commission for the Th??tre des Petits Appartements, where...

The famous court orchestra of Prince Elector Carl Theodor of the Palatinate was distinguished by the fact that it's musicians were not only certified virtuosos on their instruments but also good composers. Some of these most highly capable musicians...

The extraordinary series of 1998-2006 recordings of the nine published books of madrigals by Monteverdi, from Claudio Cavina and the Italian ensemble La Venexiana, is now available in limited-time and limited-number boxed set form from Glossa. This...

The extensive Bach family was a dynasty unusually rich in musical talent, counting among it's ranks numerous composer-organists active in the Northern European Baroque tradition. This remarkable set gathers together not only the monumental corpus of J.S...

The EXTEMPORE ensemble consists of three experienced and versatile artists involved in the historical performance of early music: violinist Malgorzata Malke, harpsichordist and organist Anna Firlus, and Krzysztof Firlus playing viola da gamba. The...

The expressive and melodic "24 Preludes" by Julius Jacobsen are presented by Digital Victrola through the talents of San Francisco Opera's tubist Zachariah Spellman and internationally recognized pianist Karen Hutchinson. Julius Jacobsen was a trombonist...