classical music: Oxford Camerata
classical music:
Oxford Camerata
Hildegard von Bingen: Heavenly Revelations
Hildegard of Bingen
, Oxford Camerata, ...
Naxos, 1995
delightfully pure
for someone interested in early music this is a good place to start- von bingen's visions speak to us across nine centuries. liner notes are minimal, as is the case with most NAXOS titles, but lyrics in latin and english are provided, which is nice. oxford camerata is ...
Discover Early Music
Alfonso X (el Sabio)
,
11th century French Polyphony Anonymous
, ...
Naxos, 2005
awesome value -- 5+ stars
I'm really enthusiastic about these CDs and booklet. I've had it for a few weeks now, in which I've explored Medieval and Renaissance music much more deeply than this little book and CD set. Yet I'm very glad I started with these. The selection of composers gives an ...
von Bingen: Celestial Harmonies
Hildegard Von Bingen
,
Summerly
, ...
Naxos, 2008
Mystic Music
Yet another beautiful collection of songs of devotion in Latin, that send you soaring high, whether you are sitting quietly listening to them, or hearing them while you cook. What more could I say?
Dufay: Missa L'homme armé; Supremum est mortalibus bonum
Michael McCarthy
,
French Anonymous
, ...
Naxos, 1995
A Great Recording of Dufay's Mass Plus
Dufay was the music master of the early Renaissance, and this disc contains his mass setting of the greatest hit of the later middle ages and Renaissance, "L'homme arme", plus recordings of the song itself as well as chants and motets utilizing the tune as their basis, ...
The Best of Fauré
Gabriel Faure
,
Antonio de Almeida
, ...
Naxos, 1999
An excellent compilation of Faure's work
I bought this cd not knowing anything about Gabriel Faure's music. A local orchestra was planning to perform Masques et Bergamasques, so I picked this cd being the most inexpensive way of buying something I possibly was not going to enjoy. But nothing could be further ...
A to Z of Classical Music
Ernst Ottensamer
,
Johann Sebastian Bach
, ...
Naxos, 2000
Great Tracks -- Great Value -- Great Book, Who Can Complain?
Naxos is a fabulous label -- you will not get samples of the best classical music through the ages at no better price. These tracks are as good as any of the over-priced major orchestras and in some cases better. This is a great starter set for a beginner or anyone ...
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa Aeterna
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
,
Jeremy Summerly
, ...
Naxos, 1994
Something familiar, something new
--Palestrina-- Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina is sometimes called the greatest composer of the Roman Catholic church. Born in 1525 near Rome, he spent the better part of his career in service to the church as a choir member, choir master, conductor, composer and ...
Classic Thanksgiving Songs of Praise
Arcangelo Corelli
,
Giovanni Gabrieli
, ...
Naxos, 2000
Setting the mood.
This is a great collection of fall/harvest/thanksgiving hymnes. I enjoyed listening to it and getting in the Thanksgiving mood.
Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; Mass for Five Voices; Infelix ego
William Byrd
,
Jeremy Summerly
, ...
Naxos, 1994
Intense devotion, splendid performance!
Amongst the greatest late-Renaissance, sacred-music composers- Paletrina, Lassus, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd- I have to confess that De Victoria and William Byrd caught my heart above all else. De Victoria's music expresses a range of ...
Fauré: Requiem; Messe basse; Cantique de Jean Racine
Nicholas Gedge
,
Gabriel Faure
, ...
Naxos, 1994
GENTLE AND PERSONAL
MAY I PARAPHRASE GABRIEL FAURE--"I'VE WRITTEN A GENTLE LITTLE REQUIEM, AS GENTLE AS I AM." HOW TRUE. ABSENT ARE THE SWIRLING STRINGS, THE SNARLING BRASS AND HEAVEN STORMING MASSIVE CHORAL FORCES OF BERLIOZ, VERDI AND BRAHMS. NEITHER DO WE HEAR THE CASTILLIAN PASSION ...
Gesualdo: Complete Sacred Music for Five Voices
Carlo Gesualdo
,
Jeremy Summerly
, ...
Naxos, 1996
Bizarre but obsessively fascinating music
Don Carlo Gesualdo (1560 - 1613) was rich, artistic, and - as the second son of a noble Neapolitan family - free to indulge his passion for music. But when his brother died, and it was decreed that he must carry on the line. The bride found for him - Donna Maria ...
Early Music - Palestrina: Choral Works / Oxford Camerata
Gregorio Allegri
,
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
, ...
Naxos, 1999
Overall Excellence
The Missa Papae Marcelli and Missa Aeterna Christi munera are both excellent. The whole of the Pope Marcellus Mass is a model of artfully managed simplicity; it is a glorious sound -- the Kyrie and the Sanctus especially are wonderfully serene and ethereal. The other ...
Josquin: Missa L'homme armé; Ave Maria; Absalom fili mi
Josquin Desprez
,
Jeremy Summerly
, ...
Naxos, 1998
Fabulous music, Fine performance, Great price. Get it now!
This is glorious music sung wonderfully by the Oxford Camerata under the skilled direction of Jeremy Summerly. I am a huge fan of Josquin's music and consider him one of the great composers of all time. The group singing this has only a dozen voices and they sing ...
Tallis: Mass for Four Voices; Motets /Oxford Camerata * Summerly
Thomas Tallis
,
Jeremy Summerly
, ...
Naxos, 1994
Tallis done very well indeed - especially for this price!
The Oxford Camerata does a very nice job on this CD of singing a nice cross-section of the work of Thomas Tallis - who composed under various social circumstances, such as the Catholic Revival under Queen Mary, and the Protestant reigns of Henry VIII and Elisabeth I. ...
Machaut: La Messe de Nostre Dame; Songs from Le Voir Dit
Matthew Brook
,
Guillaume de Machaut
, ...
Naxos, 1996
Mind blowing Machaut!
Last year I did my Masters' dissertation on Mediaeval Scholasticism and discovered this CD at about the same time. I played it softly on my CD player as I walked the 'via dolorosa'. The CD helped me do very well because I feel it has a unique Mediaeval/Renaissance ...
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