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    1. Airs de cour
    2. Airs de cour
    Alpha

    Airs de cour

    CD · 2 discs

    $29.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Le Poeme Harmonique, Dumestre
    Released
    Oct 25, 2019
    For more than a century, from the last Valois kings to the early years of the reign of Louis XIV, the air de cour was truly the emblematic genre of French secular music. The term bears witness to the influence on and transformation by worldly and literate circles of vocal genres of popular origin such as the vaudeville, combined with Italian influences (the villanella), based on the principles of a simple strophic musical setting that facilitated understanding of the poetic text. Three composers dominated the production of airs de cour in the reigns of Henry IV and Louis XIII, bringing the genre to it's peak: Pierre Guédron (1565-1620), Antoine Boesset (1587-1643) and Étienne Moulinié (1599-1676). To mark the twentieth anniversary of his ensemble, Vincent Dumestre has chosen to celebrate the air de cour by bringing together excerpts from his five recordings devoted to the genre. A book accompanies this double album, including an article written by Thomas Leconte of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, a rich array of illustrations and an article on the historical context by Alexandre Maral, Curator General at the Musée National du Château de Versailles.
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  • Airs de cour

    Airs de cour

    Alpha Oct 2019
    2 discs
    CD
    $29.99
    • Menestrel
    Leaf Music

    Menestrel

    CD · 1 disc

    $18.99
    Composer
    Henri du Bailly, Gilles Binchois, John Dowland, Pierre Guedron, Claudio Monteverdi, Josquin des Prez
    Artist
    Menestrel
    Released
    Mar 20, 2026
    Ménestrel-the Canadian early music ensemble of soprano-violinist Janelle Lucyk and tenor-lutenist Kerry Bursey-mix ancient repertoire with Canadian oral folk traditions. In an age defined by acceleration and artifice, their debut album, Ménestrel, reaches backward, not to escape the modern world, but to examine it's emotional roots. They gather songs drawn from several centuries and traditions, from the luminous melancholy of John Dowland to the ardent intimacy of Barbara Strozzi, from the refined contours of French Renaissance chanson to the rugged sincerity of Celtic and English folk ballads. The name ménestrel refers to the medieval minstrel, a musician who moved between written and oral traditions and carried songs across regions and generations. Janelle and Kerry draw on that lineage as they bring early music and folk repertoire into close conversation. Their approach highlights the continuity between these traditions, focusing on clarity, text, and the shared expressiveness that links courtly song with vernacular melody. Formed in 2019, Ménestrel bridges historical performance and Canadian oral folk traditions, and the ensemble has given performances and collaborated with singers and choirs in all of Canada's 13 provinces and territories. Janelle Lucyk is a singer and producer among an emerging generation of Canadian artists specializing in early music and historically informed performance, taking ideas from conception to the stage. Kerry Bursey is a tenor and plucked string instrumentalist whose voice is appreciated for it's luminous quality, and as a sought-after lutenist, he is also invested in the rare practice of self-accompaniment in early and folk music of northwestern traditions. Their concerts aim to demystify early music, juxtaposing it next to folk songs, which are songs of the people.
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  • Menestrel

    Menestrel

    Leaf Music Mar 2026
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
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    • Habanera - Music for Eight Cellos & Voice
    SOMM Recordings

    Habanera - Music for Eight Cellos & Voice

    CD · 1 disc

    $18.99
    Composer
    Henri du Bailly, Manuel de Falla, Xoan Montes, Xavier Montsalvatge, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Maurice Ra
    Artist
    Ana Beard Fernandez, Roderick Williams, Iain Hall, The Endellion Cellists
    Released
    May 09, 2025
    Multi-part music for the same instrument, dating back to Elizabethan consorts of viols, remains outside the typical orchestral repertoire nowadays, but as ever, SOMM remains true to it's stellar reputation for presenting rare and singular releases. Habanera, Music for Eight Cellos and Voice is a joyous recording that grew out of a collaboration between baritone Roderick Williams and cellist Joely Koos, joint Artistic Directors at the 2023 Endellion Summer Music Festival. The camaraderie enjoyed by the artists and the Endellion Cellists was particularly strong, and a special concert was devised for cello ensemble and voice featuring British-Spanish soprano Ana Beard Fernandez.  Now, SOMM presents the formidable Endellion Cellists, soprano Ana Beard Fernandez, and baritone Roderick Williams in a recording of these two artists' uniquely colourful arrangements. The musicians are led by award-winning choral, orchestral, and operatic conductor William Vann. As an added bonus, Roderick Williams plays eighth cello, and recorder-player Iain Hall joins the artists for this recital of shared pleasure and a sense of fun that is palpable. The programme opens with the most famous original composition for cello ensemble: Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5 for soprano solo and eight cellos. From the set of nine Bach-inspired Brazilian pieces by Heitor Villa-Lobos, it's two movements are a haunting A´ria and a Danc¸a inspired by a Brazilian saudades song. When the Spanish composer and pianist Manuel de Falla was asked by a soprano for his advice about Spanish songs, he was inspired to arrange some himself. The result was Siete Canciones Populares based on seven folksongs from different parts of Spain, for which he composed wholly original accompaniment, here transcribed for eight cellos. The best-known works by Spanish composer Xavier Montsalvatge are born of his fascination for the music of the Antilles and West Indian music. His Cinco canciones Negras came out of this aesthetic, and are among the finest examples of late twentieth-century Spanish art-song. The individual songs that make up the second half of this recital include the haunting Vocalise-etude en forme de Habanera by Maurice Ravel, who was born in Basque country near the Spanish border. Three varied songs collected as Tres Canciones include I am madness by the seventeenth-century French composer Henri du Bailly; an anonymous song, So the Oak; and Black Shadow from Six Galician Ballads by the nineteenth-century Spanish composer Xoan Montes. Two twentieth-century Russian songs are the much-transcribed Vocalise by Sergei Rachmaninoff from his Melodies; and a relatively unknown gem by Dmitri Shostakovich, Farewell, Granada, from Six Traditional Spanish Folksongs. By way of a rambunctious encore, the recital closes with the duet, Forêts paisibles (Peaceful forests) by the eighteenth-century French master Jean Philippe Rameau from his opera-ballet Les Indes Galantes.
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  • Habanera - Music for Eight Cellos & Voice

    Habanera - Music for Eight Cellos & Voice

    SOMM Recordings May 2025
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
    1. Passacaglia Della Vita / Cembaless
    2. Passacaglia Della Vita / Cembaless
    Naxos

    Passacaglia Della Vita / Cembaless

    CD · 1 disc

    $13.99 $19.99 Save 30%
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    ENSEMBLE CEMBALESS
    Released
    Jan 29, 2021

    “Passacaglia della Vita” – an homage to the facets of life: heartache, betrayal, seduction, impermanence, excitement, fun and laughter. At the center of the concept of the program is the eponymous song “Passacaglia della Vita” by Stefano Landi. While the stanzas depict a wide variety of life situations and repeatedly call for the enjoyment of life in accordance with the motto “Carpe diem,” the refrain repeats the rather admonishing “bisogna morire” – each of us dies. The reminder of death – or in a religious sense, the belief in redemption and life eternal – illustrates the finiteness of worldly joys and gives us a framework for life.

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  • Passacaglia Della Vita / Cembaless
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    Passacaglia Della Vita / Cembaless

    Naxos Jan 2021
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99 $13.99Save 30%
  • HARMONICA SWING 1920S-50S

    HARMONICA SWING 1920S-50S

    Frémeaux Apr 2004
    2 discs
    CD
    $32.99
    • LEGENDARY RADIO BORADCASTS VOL. 2
    Storyville Records

    LEGENDARY RADIO BORADCASTS VOL. 2

    CD · 2 discs

    $24.99
    Composer
    VARIOUS
    Artist
    Fitzgerald, Bailey
    Released
    Mar 01, 2008
    The First Lady of Song and Mrs. Swing each get a CD in this set of vintage radio broadcasts. Ella's stellar 1940 performances include her hits A-Ticket, A-Tasket; T'ain't What You Do; I Want the Waiter, and more. Mildred's star-studded 1945 broadcasts feature Tommy Dorsey, Earl Hines and others on Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; Stompin' at the Savoy; Summertime, and more!
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  • LEGENDARY RADIO BORADCASTS VOL. 2

    LEGENDARY RADIO BORADCASTS VOL. 2

    Storyville Records Mar 2008
    2 discs
    CD
    $24.99
  • FOR DJANGO
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    FOR DJANGO

    UNIVERSAL JAPAN Dec 2024
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.49