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  • Folia / Various
    Folia / Various

    $21.99

    The “Folia” was a popular dance born in the Iberian Peninsula in the 15th century. The meaning of “folia” being “madness”, it is documented that in its early days it was a fast, ecstatic dance....


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 19, 2019

  • Gesualdo: Secondo Libro di Madrigali / La Compagnia del Madrigale
    Gesualdo: Secondo Libro di Madrigali / La Compagnia del Madrigale

    $20.99

    The Second Book of Madrigals of Carlo Gesualdo provides the focal point for the latest in La Compagnia del Madrigale’s stunning reappraisals of the glories of the Italian madrigal on Glossa. Probably written by Gesualdo...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 18, 2019

  • Vecchi: Le veglie di Siena
    Vecchi: Le veglie di Siena

    $32.99

    La Compagnia del Madrigale releases another imaginative album on Glossa, turning to a late composition by Orazio Vecchi, Le veglie di Siena from 1604. This entertainment comes in two parts: the first embracing “pleasant” mimicry...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 17, 2024

  • Bach: De occulta philosophia - Works for lute / José Miguel Moreno
    Bach: De occulta philosophia - Works for lute / José Miguel Moreno

    $12.99

    The lute, one of the instruments listed among those left by Bach when he died, which he presumably played, is an important vehicle for transcriptions of his music for violin and cello. For Bach and...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 19, 2024

  • Geminiani: Cello Sonatas, Op. 5
    Geminiani: Cello Sonatas, Op. 5

    $12.99

    The early works of Francesco Geminiani (ca. 1680-1762) were still "corellized" in the style of his adopted country, England. However, from the cello sonatas Op. 5 onwards at the latest, his melodies were more winding...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 26, 2024

  • Francesco de Goya - Music around the Painter
    Francesco de Goya - Music around the Painter

    $12.99

    Francesco de Goya - Music around the Painter


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 26, 2024

  • Don Quixote & Its Music
    Don Quixote & Its Music

    $12.99

    Don Quixote and it's Music


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 19, 2024

  • Pasquini: Virtuoso Music for Two Harpsichords
    Pasquini: Virtuoso Music for Two Harpsichords

    $12.99

    Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710) was the harpsichord virtuoso in Rome at the time of Alessandro Scarlatti and Arcangelo Corelli. His 14 sonatas a due cimbali are suitable for virtuoso extemporizing due to their special structure: the...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 19, 2024

  • Boccherini: Fandango - String Quintets
    Boccherini: Fandango - String Quintets

    $20.99

    Luigi Boccherini himself was an outstanding cellist and devoted a great deal of space to his instrument in his oeuvre. He was particularly fond of the string quintet in the special instrumentation of two cellos...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: August 16, 2024

  • Piazzolla & Vivaldi: Four Seasons / Bonet, Musica Alchemica, Cuarteto Alchemico
    Piazzolla & Vivaldi: Four Seasons / Bonet, Musica Alchemica, Cuarteto Alchemico

    $20.99

    The Spanish violinist Lina Tur Bonet loves big challenges: Bach, Biber, Corelli, Vivaldi. She has already dedicated two albums to the "prete rosso", which have enraptured audiences and critics alike: "devil's violinist", "rock star attitude",...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 21, 2024

  • Dolce Vita
    Dolce Vita

    $22.99

    In this album, the tenor Marco Angioloni pays homage to his two homelands Italy and France with a selection of pieces and songs that grasp the essence of the 20th century, from the period between...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 10, 2024

  • Destouches: Callirhoé / Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel
    Destouches: Callirhoé / Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel

    $22.99

    André Cardinal Destouches was one of the most important opera composers of the generation between Lully and Rameau. Louis XIV is said to have declared that no opera since Lully had pleased him as much...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 29, 2024

  • Brumel: "Earthquake" Mass c. 1500 / Schmelzer, Graindelavoix
    Brumel: "Earthquake" Mass c. 1500 / Schmelzer, Graindelavoix

    $22.99

    It would be difficult to find a composition that resembles the twelve-part mass Et ecce terrae motus by Antoine Brumel (ca.1460-ca.1520). The almost continuous scoring with twelve voices and its musical effect give this work...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 01, 2024

  • A Life with Mozart / Brüggen, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
    A Life with Mozart / Brüggen, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

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    The music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has always been one of the raisons d’être of Frans Brüggen’s Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century since its foundation back in 1981. In this sense, it’s no wonder that...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 29, 2024

  • Porpora: Music for the Venetian Ospedaletto / Lo Monaco, Aresi, Stile Galante
    Porpora: Music for the Venetian Ospedaletto / Lo Monaco, Aresi, Stile Galante

    $22.99

    Venice's four famous"Ospedali" – houses for orphans with a fundamental musical education and outstanding music ensembles and soloists – were among the city's most important cultural institutions for a long time. Many prominent musicians worked...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: February 02, 2024