Peter Berg's periodically produces a list of new early music recordings, and this list forms the backbone of what we offer.
The most recent List follows. Earlier lists are consolidated into our offerings of Early Music, Keyboard music and Recorder music.
Different distributors charge slightly different prices. To keep things simple, we have grouped record prices (per disc) into the following categories (similar to that used by Gramophone)
£ £7.99 and under
££ £8.00 to £10.99
£££ £11.00 and over
Entries are colour-coded: Keyboard music (K) and Recorder Music (R). Critical acclaim is noted in bright green
Peter's List for March 2008
Anet, Jean Jacques Baptiste and others: Masterpieces of the French Baroque, Vol 3: The Perfection of Music. Ensemble Battistin, Sara MacIver. ABC Classics, ABC 4766182, £££Araujo, Juan de and Salazar, Diego Jose de: Fire Burning in Snow: Choral Works. Ex Cathedra Consort and Baroque Ensemble; Jeffrey Skidmore. Hyperion, CDA 67600 £££ *CD of the month*
(K) Bach, Johann Sebastian: Art of Fugue BWV 1080. Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Deutsche Gramophone 477 7345££
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cantatas Vol 27: Cantatas for Whit Tuesday and Trinity Sunday (2CDs). Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner. Soli Deo Gloria, SDG 138 ££
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suites (2 CDs). Anne Gastinel. Naive, V5121. £££
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suites (2 CDs). Adolfo Guitierrez Arena. VRS, VRS2051. £££
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Cello Suites (2 CDs). Mstislav Rostropovich. EMI 518158-2. ££
(K) Bach, Johann Sebastian: Complete Organ Works, Vol 4. Helga Schauerte. Syrius, SYR141413. £££
Bach, Johann Sebastian: French Suites (2 CDs). Evgeni Koroliov. Tacet, TACET 61. ££
(K) Bach, Johan Sebastian: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988. David Korevaar. Ivory Classics, IC77005. ££
(K) Bach, Johann Sebastian: Keyboard Works (2 CDs). Rosalind Turek. EMI, 509647-2. ££
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Lute Suites: Georg Gulyas plays Bach. Georg Gulyas. Proprius, PRSACD2041. £££
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Motets. Flemish Radio Choir, Bo Holton. Glossa, GCDSA922205, £££
(K) Bach, Johann Sebastian: The Organ Works (3 CDs). Werner Jacob. EMI Classics, 5093932, £
(K) Bach, Johann Sebastian: The Well-tempered Klavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869 (3 CDs). Arthur Loesser. Doremi, DHR7893-5, ££
Buxtehude, Dieterich: In Te Domine Speravi: Cantatas and Motets. Currende Consort; Eric van Nevel. Accent, ACC24184, £££
Buxtehude, Dieterich: Complete Chamber Music Vol 3: 6 Sonatas. John Holloway, Ursula Weiss, Jaap ter Linden, Mogans Rasmussen, Lars Eric Morrtensen. Naxos, 8.557250, £
Cazzati, Maurizio: Absalone Ed Altre Cantate. Ensemble Celadon; Paulin Bundgen. Arion, ARN68753, £££
Couperin, Francois: Pieces de Violes. Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, Mikko Perkola, Aapo Hakkinen. Avie, 2132, £££
Couperin, Francois: Les Lecons de Tenebres. Emma Kirkby, Agnes Mellon, Charles Medlam, Terence Charlston. BIS, BISCD1575, £££
de Sermisy, Claudin: Chansons a Plaisir: Music from the time of Adrian le Roy. Fires of Love. Delphian, DCD34063, £££
Dowland, John: Britten and Dowland: Lute Songs. Mark Padmore, Elizabeth Kenny, Craig Ogden. Hyperion, CDA67648, £££
Dufay, Guillaume: Mille Bonjours. Diabilus in Musica, Antoine Guerber. Alpha Productions, ALPHA116, ££
Dufay, Guillaume: Missa Se la Face ay Pale. Hilliard Ensemble. Coro, COR16055, ££
Dufay, Guillaume: Music for St Anthony of Padua. Binchois Consort; Andrew Kirkman. Helios, CDH55271, £ *Gramophone Critics Choice*
Handel, George Frideric: Acis and Galatea (2 SACDs). Florian Boesch, Gerald Thomas Gray, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, Martin Haselbock. Membran, 60183, £££
Handel, George Frideric: Alcina (3 SACDs). Bavarian State Orchestra, Ivor Bolton, Anja Harteros, Vesselina Kasarova, Sonia Prina, John Mark Ainsley. Farao Classics, S108080, ££
Handel, George Frideric: Amadigi di Gaula (2 CDs) (includes a 112-page book). Eduardo Lopez Banzo, Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Elena de la Merced, Sharon Rostorf-Zamir, Al Ayre Espanol Orchestra. Ambroisie, AM133, £££ *BBC Music Magazine 5-stars*
Handel, George Frideric: Le Cantat Italiane, Vol 3: Le Cantate per il Cardinal Ottoboni. Raffaella Milanesi, Furio Zanasi, Salvo Vitale, Fabio Bonizzoni, La Risonanza. Glossa, GCD921523, £££
Handel, George Frideric: Guilio Cesare (2 CDs) (1950 recording). Hamburg Radio Orchestra, Hans Schmidt Isserstedt, Hans Hotter, Walter Geisler, Dagmar Hermann, Sigmund Roth. Walhall Eternity Series, WLCD0220, £
Handel, George Frideric: Ode to St Cecilia's Day, HWV76. Handel Festspiel Orchestra, Christian Klutting, Monika Frimmer, Eberhard Buchner. Berlin Classics Reference, 0013992BC. ££
(K) Handel, George Frideric: Organ Concertos op IV. Lorenzo Gheimi, Margaret Kroll, Luca Pianca, La Divina Armonica. Passacaille, PAS944, £££
(K) Handel, George Frideric: Organ Concertos op 4, Nos 1-6, HWV 289-294. Richard Egarr, The Academy of Ancient Music. Harmonia Mundi, HMU807446, £££
Handel, George Frideric: Rodalina: Regine de Longobardi (2 DVDs). Bavarian State Orchestra, Ivor Bolton, Dorothea Roschmann, Michael Chance, Paul Nilon, Felicity Palmer, Christopher Robson, Umberto Chiummo. Farao Classics, D10860, ££
Handel, George Frideric: Water Music. Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie. Atma Baroque, ACD22569, ££
Handel, George Frideric: Xerxes (3 CDs). Amadeus Orchestra, Agnieszka Duczmal, Anita Terzian, Deborah Cole, Norman Anderson, Ryan Allen. VMS, VMS612, £
Handel, George Frideric and Purcell, Henry: Endless Pleasure. Barbara Hendricks, Drottningholm Barockensemble. Arte Verum, ARV003, £££
Monteverdi, Claudio: Fire and Ashes: Madrigals, Vol 2. I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth. Chandos Chaconne, CHAN0749, £££
Muller, Jean Michel: XII Sonatas. Toutes Suites Baroque Ensemble. Genuin, GEN88525, £££
Neusidler, Hans: German Lute Music of the 16th Century. Bart Roose. Passacaille, PAS945, £££
Palestrina, Giovanni: Palestrina: Il primo libro di madrigali. Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini. Brilliant Classics, 903364, ££
(K) Philips, Peter: Works for Organ and Keyboard, Vol 2. Siegbert Rampe. Dabringhaus und Grimm, MDG34114352, £££
Tartini, Giuseppe: Devil's Trill Sonata; Four Violin Concertos. Orchestre d'Auvergne, Arie Van Beek/Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Saulius Sondeckis. Regis, RRC1283, £
Telemann, George Philipp: Water Music: Concertos for Recorder and Flute. Stefano Bagliano, Collegium Pro Musica. Stradivarius, STR33703, £££
van Eyck, Jacob: Daphne: The Flute's Garden of Delights. Anthonello. Enchiriadis, EN2020, £££
Various: Abbaye Saint-Joseph: Gregorian Chant (Easter). Choir of Monks of St Joseph's Monastery. Traditions Monastiques, TRADCD26, £££
Various: Abbaye Saint-Joseph: Gregorian Chant (Pentecost). Choir of Monks of St Joseph's Monastery. Traditions Monastiques, TRADCD493, £££
Various: Abbaye Saint-Joseph: Time After Christmas (Flavigny). Choir of Monks of St Joseph's Monastery. Traditions Monastiques, TRADCD12, £££
Various: Baroque Harp Masterpieces: Works by Vioti, Scarlatti, Parry, Croft, Carvalho. Suzanna Klintcharova. VMS, VMS190, £££
Various: Elizium: Elizabethan Ballads, Ayres and Dances. Panagruel. Totentanz, TOT23046, ££
Various: Firenze 1616: Works by Saracini, Caccini, Malvezzi, Belli. Le Poeme Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre. Alpha, ALPHA120, £££
Various: The Golden Age: Siglo de Oro: Music of the Time of King John IV of Portugal. The King's Singers. Signum Classics, SIGCD119, ££
(K) Various: Harpsichord Collection: The Harmonious Blacksmith: Favourite Harpsichord Encores. Robert Aldwinckle. Regis Records, RRC1293, ££
Various: L'Harmonie des Nations: European Music at the Bavarian Court. Stylus Phantasticua. Accent, ACC24200, £££
Various: Faventina: The Liturgical Music in Codex Faenza 117. Mala Punca Ensemble. Ambrosie AM105, ££
Various: Llibre Vermell. Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Psallentes, Les Pastoureaux, Millenarium. Ricericar, RIC260, £££
Various: Tonos al Arpa: Songs of Divine and Human Love. Marta Infante, Manuel Vilas, Enchiriadis, EN2021, £££
Various: Treasures of Tudor England: Works by Parsons, Tye and White. The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Coro, COR6055, ££
Vivaldi, Antonio: Four Seasons (DVD). Gidon Kremer, Philip Ledger, English Chamber Orchestra. Deutsche Gramophone, 073 4415, £££
Vivaldi, Antonio: Juditha Triumphans, RV644 (highlights). Magdalena Kozena, Joseph Trullu, Marina Comparato, Anke Herrmann, Tiziana Carraro, Chamber Choir of the Accademia Nazionale de Santa Cecilia, Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro de Marchi. Naive, OP30450, ££
Vivaldi, Antonio: La Verita in Cimento, RV 739 (highlights). Ensemble Matheus, Gemma Bertagnoli, Guillemette Laurens, Sara Mingardo, Nathalie Stutzmann, Philippe Jaroussky, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Jean-Christophe Spinose. Naive, OP30451, ££
Vivaldi, Antonio: L'Olimpiade, RV 725 (highlights). Roberta Invernizzi, Sara Mingardo, Riccardo Novaro, Sonia Prina, Marianna Kulikova, Laura Giorgano, Gergio Foresti, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini. Naive, OP30451, ££
Vivaldi, Antonio: Trio Sonatas opus 1 (2CDs). Ensemble Aurora, Enrico Gatti. Glossa, GCD921203, ££