Journey is a compilation of greatest hits from CDs of Les Boréades de Montréal, an early music ensemble that focuses on music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was probably compiled as a promotional teaser, to tantalize listeners into going out and buying the albums from which these excerpts were extracted, and if that was the intent ...
Harmonia Mundi's Fantastic Style is a two-for-the-price-of-one combination of two great albums by Romanesca: Phantasticus, originally released in 1996, and Schmelzer: Violin Sonatas from 1998. Phantasticus takes as its point of departure an extract from the writings of seventeenth century theorist Athanasius Kircher, who among his classification ...
These sonatas for violin and continuo, dating from the court of the Holy Roman Empire in Innsbruck in 1660, are little known; perhaps the only other recording of them is a later one by their champion, Andrew Manze. If you like the woolly world of seventeenth century violin music, this composer belongs in your library. The later recording, which ...
Bis' Early Italian Chamber Music is a collection of early chamber sonatas for recorder and continuo played by Dan Laurin accompanied by Masaaki Suzuki. It consists of 14 pieces, mostly single-movement sonatas, canzone, a couple of works referred to as "Sinfonias," and one Ricercar dating from 1585 that at least predate and in some cases prefigure ...
Harmonia Mundi's Phantasticus, featuring the excellent period performance ensemble Romanesca, was released in 1996. Phantasticus takes as its point of departure an extract from the writings of seventeenth century theorist Athanasius Kircher, who among his classification of musical styles includes reference to "stylus Phantasticus," the "most ...
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