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Josquin Desprez, princeps musicorum, the prince of musicians, as his contemporaries called him, is best known today for his sacred works, the masses and motets, which have been widely performed and...

2021 sees the 500th anniversary of the death of Josquin Des Pres, the most celebrated composer of his day. Dominique Visse and the Ensemble Cl?ment Janequin are recording a selection of his chansons...

Fran?ois Devienne (1759-1803), sometimes nicknamed the 'French Mozart', was equaled famed for his talents as a flautist and a bassoonist. He was one of the first professors at the Paris...

The first notes of the descending chromatic theme break the silence and it seems as if time has stopped. The listener is drawn into the world of John Dowland, the greatest lutenist of all, in a...

Du Mont / Gabail / Ricercar Consort / Pierlot Musica Leodiensis: Grands Motets CD1. Magnificat 2. Mater Jerusalem 3. Cantemus Domino 4. O Flos Convalium 5. Nisi Dominus

After having been organist at the church of Saint-Paul in Paris, the Li?ge-born Henry Du Mont became ma?tre de chapelle to Louis XIV. His first volume of motets, the Cantica Sacra, was published in...

This new release is devoted to the Lutheran liturgical repertory from Martin Luther himself to Heinrich Schutz. The first half of the release comprises compositions specific to the Lutheran liturgy:...

Elena DVD

In 1694 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, kapellmeister at the court of Count Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, published a collection of trio sonatas for a typical German ensemble of the period: violin, viola da...

In nocte consilium - the night brings counsel. Poets have always found the night to be a time of appeasement; for astronomers it is a long-awaited moment to observe the stars and planets. Mystics,...

Even though the astonishing Capriccio stravagante with all of it's imitations of instruments and animals is well known to all lovers of baroque music, the other works by this virtuoso violinist are...

Ferrabosco / Byrd Consort Music CD1. O Seath Rock Me Asleep 2. Come Tread the Paths 3. Quis Me Statim 4. My Little Sweet Darling 5. Fantasia a 6 6. Wretched Albinus 7. Rejoice Unto the Lord 8. Fair...