Early Music recordings

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

Critical acclaim is noted in bright blue

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Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni:  I Nascimento dell'Aurora (2 CDs).  Gernot Heinrich, Krisztina Jonas, Terry Wey, Adrineh Simonian, Radu Marian,

Altnickol, Johann Christoph:  Mass in D; Motets.  Musica Alta Ripa, Norddeutscher Figuralchor, Jorg Straube.  Carus, CARUS 83168, £££

Anon:  Carmina Burana from the Original Manuscript (excerpts).  Clemencic Consort, Rene Clemencic.  Musique d'Abord, HMA 195335, £££

  "  :  Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom.  Choir of Danilov Monastery Moscow, Georgy Safonov.  Christophorus, CHR 77287, £££

  "  :  Miracles of Compostela.  Anonymous 4.  Harmonia Mundi Gold, HMG 507156, ££

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Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel:  Gamba Sonatas and Fantasias.  Gianluca Buraatto, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Vittoria Ghielmi.  Winter & Winter, 910140-2, £££

  "  :  Viola da gamba Sonatas.  Dmitry Kouzov, Peter Laul.  Naxos, 8.570740, £

Bach, Johann Sebastian:  Back to Bach:  Partitas for Solo Violin (DVD). Gidon Kremer, EuropeArt, 2055938, £££

  "  :  Brandenburg Concertos 1, 2, 3, 4 (SACD).  AI Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis.  Arts Music, SACD 477158, £££

  "  :  Brandenburg Concertos 5, 6 (SACD).  AI Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis.  Arts Music, SACD4 77168, £££

  "  :  Cantata 211 (Coffee Cantata);  Cantata 212 (Peasant Cantata).  Mathis, Adam, Schrier.  Berlin Classics, 0149182BC, ££

  "  :  Cantatas:  BWV 146; BWV 82a; BWV 1067; BWV 199 (SACD).  Johannette Zomer, Florilegium.  Channel Classics, CCSSA 23807, £££

  "  :  Cantatas  Nos 33, 35, 77, 137, 164 (2 CDs)  Katharine Fuge, Gillian Keith, Nathalie Stutzmann, Robin Tyson, Christoph Genz, Peter Harvey,
 
 "  :  Cantatas Nos 56, 82, 158.  Richard Mauersberger, Gotthold Schwartz, St Thomas Church Choir Leipzig, La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider.

  "  :  Canatatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol 4.  Elisabeth Hermans, Petra Noskaiova, Jan Kobow, Jan Van der Crabben, La Petite Band,

  "  :  Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol 5.  Gerlinde Samann, Petra Noskaiovsi, Jan Kabow, Dominik Worner, Ewald Demeyere,

  "  :  Cantatas Vol 3:  Cantatas for the Fourth and Fifth Sundays after Trinity (2 CDs).  The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot
  "  :  Cantatas Vol 6:  Cantatas for the Twelfth and Thirteenths Sundays in Trinity (2 CDs).  The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, Soli
  "  :  Cantatas Vol 16:  Cantatas for Sunday after Christmas Day and New Year's Day.  The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot
  "  :  Cantatas Vol 27:  Cantata for Whit Sunday; Cantata for Trinity Sunday (2CDs).  The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot
  "  :  Cantatas Vol 36.  Ukari Nonoshita, Robin Blaze, James Gilchrist, Dominik Worner, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, BIS, BIS-SACD-1611, £££ 
  "  :  Cantatas Vol 37 (SACD).  Robin Blaze, Bach Collegium Japan, BIS, BIS-SACD-1621, £££

  "  :  Cantatas Vol 38 (Solo Cantatas) (SACD).  Carolyn Sampson, Peter Kooij, Gerd Turk, Bach Collegian Japan, Masaaki Suzuki.  BIS, BIS-SACD-1631, £££

  "  :  Cantatas with Coma da Caccia:  BWV 143, 14, 51.  Monika Frimmer, Eberhard Buchner, Andreas Scheibner, Ludwig Guttler, New Bach Collegium

  "  :  Carestini:  The Story of a Castrato.  Philippe Jaroussky, La Concert d'Astree, Emmanuella Haim.  Virgin Classics, 9524228, ££

  "  :  The Cello Suites (2 CDs).  Stephen Isserlis.  Hyperion, CDA 67541/2, £££

  "  :  Cello Suites Nos 1-6, BWV1007-1012 (2 CDs plus bonus DVD).  Jean-Guihen Queyras.  Harmonia Mundi, HMC 901970/1, ££

  "  :  Christmas Cantatas.  Thomanerchor Leipzig, Neues Bachisches, Collegium Musicum, Arleen Auger, Ortrun Wengel, Peter Schreier, Siegfried Lorenz.
  "  :  Christmas Cantatas.  Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Les Agremen, Jean Tubery.  Ricercar, RIC 257, £££

  "  :  Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (2 SACDs). Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikilaus Harnoncourt.  Deutsche Harmonia Mundi,

  "  :  Christmas Oratorio BWV248 (2 SACDs).  Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Cappella Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Briend.  Challenge Classics,

  "  :  Complete Cello Suites (2 CDs + bonus DVD).  Jean-Guihen Queyras.  Harmonia Mundi, HMC 901970/71, ££

  "  :  Complete Lute Music:  Ciaccona (2 CDs).  Frederic Zigante.  Stradivarius, STR 11020, ££
 
  "  :  Complete Orchestral Suites; Suites 1-4; Ouvertures (CD plus PCCD).  Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.  Harmonia Mundi, HMX 2901578/9, £££

  "  :  Das Lochamer Liederbuch (Exerpts).  Martin Hummel, Ensemble Dulce Melios, Marc Lewon.  Naxos, 87.557803, £

  "  :  "Dialogue" Cantatas.  Dorothea Roschmann, Thomas Quasthoff, Berlin Baroque Soloists, Rainer Kussmaul.  Deutsche Gramophon, DG 4776591GH, £££

  "  :  The Essential Bach:  6 Brandenburg Concertos; Mass in B minor; The Well-Tempered Clavier I; Great Organ Works; Bach for Brass (5 DVDs).

  "  :  Gamba Sonatas.  Daniel Muller-Schott, Angela Hewitt.  Orfeo, C 693071A, £££  *Gramophone Editor's Choice* *BBC Music Magazine 4 stars*

  "  :  Great Sacred Works:  St Matthew Passion; Christmas Oratoria; St John Passion; Mass in B Minor  (10 CDs). Various artists. 

  "  :  An Italian Sojourn:  Works by Marini, Corelli, Veracini, Tartini, Locatelli.  Trio Settecento.  Cedille Records, 90000099, £££

  "  :  Jascha Heifetz Plays Bach:  The Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (2 CDs) (heritage recording from 1935 and 1952).  Dynamic, IDI6535-6, £

  "  :  Little Organ Book (2 CDs).  Helga Schauerte, Immortal Bach Ensemble.  Syrius, SYR 141412, ££

  "  :  Mass in B minor BWV 232 (2 CDs).  Netherlands Bach Society, Jos van Veldhoven.  Channel Classics, CCSA 25007, £££
 
  "  :  Mass in B minor BWV 232 (2 SACDs).  Carolyn Sampson, Rachel Nicholls, Robin Blaze, Gerd Turk, Peter Kooji, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki. 

  "  :  Motets.  Trinity Baroque, Julian Podger.  Raumklang, RK 2601, £££

  "  :  Music for Shakespeare's Theatre.  Rebecca Hickey, Gerald Place, Dorothy Linell, England's Helicon.  Naxos, 8.570708, £

  "  :  Oboe Concertos.  Burkhard Glaetzner, Andreas Hartmann, Mittledeutscher Bach Konvent.  Berlin Classics, 0016092BC, £££

  "  :  Sacred Cantatas:  Christus, der is mein Leben; Cantatas BWV 27, 84, 95 and 161.  Harmonia Mundi, HMC9 01969, £££

  "  :  Secular Cantatas:  Angenemes Widerau BWV 30a; kVereinigte Zqietract 207.  Monika Frimmer, Robin Blaze, Markus Schafer, Stephan MacLeod,

  "  :  Six Concertos for the Marquis of Brandenburg BWV 1046-51 (2 CDs).  European Brandenburg Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock.  Avie,  ££ 

  "  :  Solo Cello Suites BWV 1007-121 (2 DVDs).  Mischa Maisky.  Deutsche Gramophon, 0734337GH2, £

  "  :  Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard (2 CDs).   Richard Tognetti, Neal Peres da Costa, Daniel Yeadon.  ABC Classics, ABC 4765942, £££

  "  :  Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV 1001-1006 (2 CDs)  Ilya Kaler.  Naxos, 8.570277-78, £

 "  :  St John Passion BWV 245 (2 CDs).  John Ainsley, Stephen Richardson, Catherine Bott, Michael Chance, Paul Agnew, Stephen Varcoe, Brandenburg

  "  :  St John Passion: 1725 Version (2 CDs):  Yale Schola Cantorum, Simon Carrington.  Rezound, 5017, £££

  "  :  St Matthew Passion BWV244 (2 SACDs).  Nicholas Mulroy, Matthew Brook, Susan Hamilton, Cecilia Osmond, Clare Wilkinson, Annie Gill,

  "  :  Tombeau de sa Majeste:  A Funerary Monument for the Queen of Poland, BWV 198.  Katherine Fuge, Carlos Mena, Stephan Macleod,

  "  :  Viola da Gamba Sonatas Nos 1-3, BWV 1027-1029.  Guido Balestracci, Blandine Rannou.  Zigzag, ZZT 070101, £££


  "  and Frescobaldi, Girolamo:  Musical Offering; Toccatas.  Konstantin Lifschitz.  Orfeo, C 676071A, £££

Balbi, Ludovico:  Psalmi ad Vesperas Canendi per Annum Feltre 1594 Vol 1.  Schola Cantorum di Santa Giustina, Daphne Ensemble. 
Berneville, Gillebert de:  Heu Fortuna:  Musique au Temps de Phillippe II.  La Rota. Atma Classique, ACD 22561, £££
Bertouch, Georg von:  Trio Sonatas.  Bergen Barock.  Toccata Classics, TOCC 0006, £££

Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von:  Mensa sonora. Seu Musica Instrumentalis.  Jane Rogers, The Purcell Quartet.  Chaconne, CHAN 0748, ££

  "  :  Salve Regina; Vespera della Beata Vergina.  Monika Munch, Joel Fredericksen, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Annette Sichelschmidt, Hartwig Groth,

Blow, John:  Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell.  Stour Music Festival Chamber Orchestra, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller. 

Boccherini, Luigi Rodolfo: Flute Quintets Opus 19.  Auser Musici.  Hyperion, CDA 67646, £££

  "  :  Sei Quartetti per arch Opus 2.  Alea Ensemble, Stradivarius, STR 33758, £££

  "  :  String Quintets with 2 Violas:  Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini.  Musique d'Abord, HMA 1951402, £££

Bousignac, Guillaume:  Motets (SACD) .  Sachsisches Vocal Ensemble, Matthias Jung, Tacet, S 156, £££

Brumel, Antoine:  Missa de beata virgine; Ave virgo gloriosa; Ave, ancilla Trinitatis.  Speculum Ensemble.  Naxos,  8.570535, £

  "  :  Missa "Et ecce Terra Motus".  Ensemble Clement Janequin, Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse, Visse.  Musique d'Abord, HMA 1951738, £££

Buxtehude, Dietrich:  Cantatas and Motets.  Ensemble Currende, Erik van Nevel.  Accent Records, ACC 24185, £££

  "  :  Complete Chamber Music Vol 3:  6 Sonatas.  John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Mogens Rasmussen, Ursula Weiss. 

  "  :  Eine Lubecker Abendmusik.  La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson.  CPO, 777318-2, ££

  "  :  Membra Jesu Nostri  (DVD).  Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Chiara Banchini, Rene Jacobs.  Harmonia Mundi, HMD 9909006, £££

  "  :  Membra Jesu Nostri.   Suzi LeBlanc, Catherine Webster, Matthew White, Pascal Charbonneau, Thomas Meglioranza, Les Voix Baroques,
 
  "  :  O Frohliche Studenn, BuxWV 37.  Hans Jorg Mammel, La Fenice, Jean Tubery.  Alpha, ALPHA 113, £££  *Gramophone Recommends*

  "  :  Vocal Music Vol 2.  Johan Reuter, Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir, The Dufay Collective, Ebbe Munk.  Naxos, 8.570494, £

Byrd, William:  Cantiones Sacrae 1589 and 1591.  Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Richard Marlow.  Chandos, CHAN 0733, £££

  "  :  Consort Songs.  Emma Kirkby, Fretwork.  Harmonia Mundi, HMU 907383, ££.  *BBC Music Magazine Choral and Song Choice*

  "  :  Laudibus in Sanctus.  The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood.  Hyperion, CDA 67568, £££

  "  :  Second Service and Consort Anthems.  Stefan Roberts, Rogers Covey-Crump, Ryan Leonard, Fretwork, The Choir of Magdalen College, Bill Ives.

  "  :  The Tallis Scholars sing William Byrd: The Three Masses; The Great Service; English Anthems; Latin Motets (2 CDs).  The Tallis Scholars,
  "  and Ferrabosco, Alfonso:  English Consort Music (2 CDs).  Susan Hamilton, James Bowman, Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot.  Ricercar, RIC 256, ££

  "  and Tallis, Thomas:  Heavenly Harmonies (SACD).  Stile Antico.  Harmonia Mundi, HMU 807463, £££

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Cardoso, Manuel:  Missa Miserere mihi Domine; Magnificat.  Ensemble Vocal Europeen, Philippe Herreweghe.  Musique d'Abord, HMA 1951543, £££

Carissimi, Giacomo:  Jonas and Jephte.  The Oxford Chorale, New Trinity Baroque, Predsrag Gosta.  Edition Lilac, 30000807-2, £££

  "  :  Music in Rome 1640 (2 CDs):  Ensemble William Byrd, Graham O'Reilly.  Passacaille, PAS 940, ££

Castello, Dario:  see also Marini, Biagio

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine:  Te Deum; Missa Assumpta est Maria.  Les Arts Florissants, William Christie.  Harmonia Mundi Gold, HMG 501298, ££

Corelli, Arcangelo:  Trio Chamber Sonatas from Opere II and IV.  Ensemble Aurora.  TACTUS, TC 650302, ££

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Dard, Antoine:  Sonatas for Cello, Harpsichord and Viola da Gamba.  Hille Perl, Christine Schornsheim, Kristin von der Goltz.  Raumklang, RK 2701, £££

Dowland, John:  First Booke of Songes (1597) (Recorded in 1976).  Emma Kirkby, John York Skinner, Martyn Hill, David Thomas, Catherine Mackinstosh,

  "  :  The John Dowland Collection (2 CDs).  Karl Heinz Klein, Christophe Coin, Andreas Scholl, Grayston Burgess, Studio der fruhen Music,

  "  :  Pavans, Galliards and Almains:  Lute Music Vol 3.  Nigel North.  Naxos, 8.570449, £ 

  "  :  The Wonders of the World:  A 17th century English Masque.  Miriam Allan, Ron Wyn Jones, Echo du Danubel.  Accent, ACC 224185, £££

Dufay, Guillaume: 

  "  :  Mille Bonjours!:  Secular Songs.  Diabolus in Musica, Antoine Guerber.  Alpha, ALPHA 116, £££ 

  "  :  Missa Se la Face ay Pale.  Diabolus in Musica, Antoine Guerber.  Alpha, ALPHA 908, £££

  "  :  Motets Vol 2.  Cantica Symphonia, Giuseppe Maletto.  Glossa, GCDP 31904, £££

  "  :  Music for Saint Anthony of Padua. The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman.  Helios, CD S55271, £

  "  :  Music for St James the Greater.  The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman.  Helios, CDH 55272, £

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Erlebach, Philipp Heinrich:  Selected Sacred Cantatas (2 CDs).  Dorothee Mields, Margaret C Hunter, Alexander Schneider, Andreas Post,

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Falconieri, Andrea:  Dolci Sospire:  Secular Instrumental and Vocal Music.  La Primavera.  Etcetera, KTC 1337, £££

Fasch, Johann Friedrich:  Concerto in D Major, Concerto in B flat minor; Andante in D Major; Ouverture Grosso in D Major.  Tespesta de Mare.

  "  :  Passio Jesu Christi; Suite in D minor.   Peter Cser, Zoltan Megyesi, Maria Zadori, Mary Terey-Smith, Capella Savaria,
Ferrabosco, Alfonso:  see also William Byrd

Festa, Constanzio:  Lamentatio:  Complete Lamentations of Jeremiah.  Ensemble Scandicus.  Pierre Verany, PV 707101, £££

Fischer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand:  Le Journal du Printemps Op 1: Orchestral Suites 1-4 &6-8. L'Orfeo Barockorchester, Michi Gaigg,
  "  :   Masses (SACD).  Handel's Company, Chamber Choir of the Marien-Kantorei Lemgo,  Rainer Johannes Homburg.  Dabringhaus und Grimm,

Fontana, Giovanni Battista:  Sonatas (2 CDs). Monica Huggett, Bruce Dickey, Sarah Cunningham, Gary Cooper, Ensemble Sonnerie. 

Frescobaldi, Girolamo:  Le Canzoni da Sonare (1628 e 1634).  Ensemble Hypothesis.  TACTUS, TC 580606, £££

"  :  see also Bach, Johann Sebastian

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Gabrielli, Giovanni:

  "  :  In Festo Sanctissimae Trinitatis.  Rosa Dominguesz, Eric Mentzel, Hars Jorg Mammel, Namur Chamber Choir, Ricercar RIC 259, £

  "  :  see also Schutz, Heinrich

Galuppi, Baldassare:  Dodone Abaandonata (3 CDs).  Teatro Lirico Sperimentali di Spoleto, Piva.  Bongiovanni, GB 2422/24, ££

Garth, John:  Six Concertos for Violoncello (2 CDs).  Richard Tunnicliffe, The Avison Ensomble, Pavlo Beznosiuk.  Divine Art, DDA 25059, ££

Geminiani, Francesco:  Sonatas for Violoncello and Basso Continuo Opus 5 Nos 1-6.  Anthony Pleeth, Richard Webb, Christopher Hogwood. 
Gesualdo, Carlo:  Fifth Book of Madrigals (1611) (Recorded 1983).  Emma Kirkby, Evelyn Tubb, Mary Nichols, Joseph Cornwell, Andrew King,

Grillo, Giovanni Battista:  Complete Instrumental Music and Motets.  Faye Newton, Nicholas Mulroy, Eamonn Dougan, His Majesty's Sagbutts and

Gombert, Nicolas:  Tribulatio et Angustio:  Four- and five-part motets.  The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice.  Hyperion, CDA 67614, £££

Guerrero, Francisco:  Marionas:  Harmonic Poem for Baroque Guitar.  Gordon Ferries.  Delphian, DCD 34046, £££

  "  :  Missa Super Flumina Babylonis.  Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone.  Glossa, GCD 922005, ££

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Handel, George Frideric:  Acis and Galatea (Heritage recording from 1960).  Dame Joan Sutherland, Sir Peter Pears, David Galliver, Owen Brannigan,

  "  :  Ah! Mi Cor:  Handel Arias.  Magdalena Kozena, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon.  Archiv Productions, 477 6547AH, £££

  "  :  Admeto, Re de Tessagli HWV 22 (2 DVDs and 2CDs).  Matthias Rexrodt, Romelia Lichtenstein, Mechthild Bach, Tim Mead, Raimund Nolte,

  "  :  Amadigi di Gaula (2 CDs + book). Maria Richarda Wesseling, Elena de la Merced, Sharon Rostorf Zamir, Jordi Domenech, Al Ayre Espanol Orquestra,

  "  :  Ariodante (2 DVDs).  Ann Hallenberg, Lara Cherici, Marta Vandoni Iorio, Mary-Ellen Nesi, Carlo Lepore, Zachary Stanis, Vittorio Prato,
 
  "  :  As Steals the Morn:  Arias and Scenes for Tenor.  Mark Padmore, The English Consort, Andrew Manze.  Harmonia Mundi, HMU 907422, £££

  "  :  Chamber Music.  L'Ecole d'Orphee.  Regis Records, RRC 1294, £

  "  :  The Choice of Hercules:  Arleen Auger, Venceslava Hruba Freiburger, Eberhard Buchner, Alain Zaepffel, Max Pommer, Capriccio Phoenix, CAP 67206, £

  "  :  Complete SonaTas and Works for Violin and Continuo.  London Handel Players.  Somm, SOMMCD 068, £££

  "  :  Concerti Grossi Opus 3 Nos 1-6 HWV 312-317.  The Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egar.  Harmonia Mundi, HMU 907415, £££

  " :  Guilio Cesare (2 CDs) (Recorded 1950).  Hans Hotter, Walter Geisler, Dagmar Herrmann, Rudolf Bockelmann, Walburga Wegner, Sigmund Roth,

  "  :  Handel's Messiah:  The Complete Work (2 CDs).  The Cambridge Singers, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter. 
  "  :  Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno (2 CDs). Natalie Dessay, Le Concert d'Astree, Emmanuelle Haim.  Virgin Classics, 3634282, ££

  "  :  Italian Cantatas Vol 2: Cantatas for Marchese Ruspoli.  Emanuela Galli, Roberta Invernizzi, La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni.  Glossa,

  "  :  Messiah (2 CDs plus bonus DVD).  Susan Gritton, Sara Mingardo, Mark Padmore, Alastair Miles, Tenebrae Choir, London Symphony Orchestra,

  "    Music for the Chapel Royal.  Choir of the Chapel Royal, Musicians Extra-ordinary, Andrew Gant.  Naxos, 8.557935, £

  "  :  Ode to St Cecilia's Day HWV 76.  Monika Frimmer, Eberhard Buchner, Handel Festspiel Orchestra.  Berlin Classics Reference, 0013992BC, ££

  "  :  Opera Arias (3 CDs).  Emma Kirkby, Catherine Bott, The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman.  Hyperion, CDS 44271/3, ££

  "  :  Russell Oberlin sings Handel Arias.  Russell Oberlin, Albert Fuller, Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dunn.  Deutsche Gramophone 4776541, ££

  "  :  Semele (2 CDs)  Heather Harper, Justino Diaz, Hellen Watts, Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary.  Alto, ALC 2003, £

  "  :  Semele (3 CDs).  Rosemary Joshua, Hilary Summers, Richard Croft, Stephen Wallace, Brindley Serratt, Gail Pearson, Early Opera Company,

  "  :  Solomon (2 CDs).  Carolyn Sampson, Susan Gritton, Sarah Connolly, Mark Padmore, David Wilson-Johnson, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie fur

  "  :  Solomon (3 CDs)  Claron McFadden, Dominique Labelle, Tim Miead, Michael Slattery, Roderick Williams, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Gottingen

  "  :  Trio Sonatas for Oboe and Violin.  Anthony Robson, Convivium.  Helios, CDH 55280, £

  "  :  Water Music.  Les Violons du Roi, Bernard Labadie.  Arte Verum, ARV 003, £££

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Jommeli, Nicolo: L'Uccellatrice (2 CDs).  Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana, Farco Fracassi, Piercarlo Orozio.  BonGiovanni, GB 2319/20, ££

Josquin de Pre:  Missa Sine nomine; Missa Ad Fugam.  The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips.  Gimel, CDGIM 039, £££

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Kapsberger, Johannes Hieronymus:  Lute Works.  Paul O'Dette.  Harmonia Mundi Gold, HMG 07020, ££

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Lambert, Michel:  Lecons de Tenebres (2 CDs).  Noémi Rime, Nathalie Stutzmann, Charles Brett, Howard Crook, Philippe Foulo, Mauricio Buraglia,

Lasso, Orlando di (Lassus):  Du Fond de ma Pensee:  Vocal Music of the French Reformation.  Chant 1450, Norishisa Sugawara, Gregor Ehrsam.   Christophorus, CHR 77297, £££

  "  :  Prophetiae Sybillarum. Le Labyrintho, Walter Testolin.  Stradivarius, STR 33762, ££

Leclair, Jean-Marie:  Sonatas for Two Violins Opus 3.  Monica Waisman,Florian Deuter, Harmonie Universelle.  Eloquentia, EL 0711, £££ 

Losy, Johann Anton: The Sound of Cultures:  A Musical Journey Through Baroque Europe Vol 5:  Bohemia.  Ars Antiqua Austria. Symphonia,
SY 05216, £££

Ludford, Nicholas:  Missa Benedicta et Venerabilis.  Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom.  K617, K617 206, £££

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Madin, Henry:  Motets.  Le Concert Lorrain, Anne-Catherine Bucher.  K617, K617 184, £££

Manchicourt, Pierre de:  Missa Cuidez vous que Dieu nous faille.  The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice.  Hyperion, CDA 67604, £££

Marais, Marin:  Couplet de Folie:  Works for Viol and other Instruments.  Lacrimae Consort, Philippe Foulon.  Natives, CDNAT 07, £££

  "  :  La Folia and Other Music for Viola and Violins.  The Purcell Quartet, William Hunt.  Helios, CDH 55235, £

  "  :  Les Folies d'Espagne; Suite in E minor; Le Labyrinthe.  Ensemble Spirale, Marianne Muller.  Zigzag, ZZT 060801, £££

  "  :  Semele (2 CDs).  Shannon Mercer, Benedicte Tauran, Jael Azzareti, Hjordis Thebault, Anders J Dahlin, Thomas Dolie, Lisandro Abadie, Marc Labonnette,

Marine, Biagio and Castello, Dario:  Moderne e Curiose Inventioni; In Stil Moderno (2 CDs).  Maria Cristina Kiehr, John Elwes, Ulrich Messthaler,
Mesangeau, Rene:  Old Gautiers Nightinghall:  French and English Lute Music:  Anthony Bailes.  Ramee, RAM 0707, £££

Milano, Francesco da and Fiorentino, P:  Fantasia for Lute.  Paul Beir.  Stradivarius, STR 33787, £££

Monteverdi, Claudio:  Aria and Duets.  Mieke van der Sulis, Axel Kohler, Lautten Compagney.  Capprico Phoenix, CAP 67202, £

  "  :  Christmas Vespers.  Danish Chamber Choir, Kim Giles Nanfred.  Membran, 220573, ££

  "  :  The Full Monteverdi:  A film by John La Bouchardiere (DVD).  I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth.  Naxos DVD, 2.110224, £££
  "  :  Madrigals Book 6 (2 CDs).  Delitiae Musicae, Marco Longhini.  Naxos, 8.555312/3, £

  "  :  Orfeo.  La Venexiana, Claudi Cavina.  Glossa, GES 920913E, £££  * Gramophone Editor's Choice *

  "  :  Quinto Libro dei Madrigali 1605.  La Venexiana, Claudi Cavina.  Glossa, GCD 920925, £££

  "  :  Vespers of 1610:   Vespero della Beata Vergine (2 CDs).  Rodolfus Choir, Southern Sinfonia, The English Cornet and Sackbut Ensemble,
  "  :  Vespro della Beata Vergine (2 CDs)  La Capella Reial, Jordi Savall.  AliaVox Heritage, AVSA 9855, ££
Muffat, Georg:  Florilegium Secundum; Fasciculi I-IV.  The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood.  Decca L'Oiseau Lyre, 4759118, ££

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Ocheghem, Johannes:  History of the Requiem Part 1.  Laudantes Consort, Guy Janssens.  Cypres, CYP 1648, £££

  "  :  Missa Cuiusvis Toni (2 CDs).  Ensemble Musica Nova, Lucien Kandel.  Aeon, AECD 0753, ££

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Parsons, Robert:  Treasures of Tudor England.The Sixteen, Harry Christophers.  Coro, COR 16056, £££

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi:  Motets for the Blessed Virgin.  Camerato Nova, Luigi Taglioni.  Stradivarius, STR11018, £

Pergolesi, Giovan Battista:  La Serva Padrona.  Federica Zanello, Michele Gove, Ensemble Regia Accademia, Marco Dallara, TACTUS, TC 711604, £££

Perti, Giacomo Antonio:  250th Anniversary of his Death:  Messa, Salmi, Sinfonie e Magnificat.  Orchestra Borocca di Bologno, Coro Color Temporis,
Pez, Johann Cristoph:  Overtures and Concertos.  Ensemble Les Muffatti, Peter van Heyghen.  Ramee, RAM 0705, £££

Poliziano, Angelo:  La Fabula di Orpheo.  La Compagnia dell'Orpheo, Brancis Biggi.  K617, K617 200, £££

Praetorius, Michael:  Advent and Christmas Music.  Bremer Barock Consort, Manfred Cordes.  CPO, 777327-2, ££ 

  "  :  Dances from Terpsichore 1612 (Recorded 1980).  New London Consort, Philip Pickett.  Decca L'Oiseau Lyre, 4759101, ££

Purcell, Henry:  Dido and Aeneas (Heritage recording).  Kirsten Flagstad, Thomas Hemsley, Elisabeth Schwrzkopf, Arda Mandikian, The Mermaid Singers

  "  :  Fantasias.  Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot.  Mirare, MIR 012, £££ * BBC Music Magazine Chamber Choice *

  "  :  Here Let my Life and Other Songs.  Daniel Taylor, James Bowman, Theatre of Early Music.  Analekta, AN29948, £££

  "  :  Music for a While.  Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken, William Christie.   Harmonia Mundi Gold, HMG50249, ££

  "  :  Theatre Music Vol 1.  Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon.  Naxos, 8.570149, £

  "  :  Victorious Love (SACD).  Carolyn Sampson, Andrea Morris, Sarah Sexton, Jane Rogers, Anne-Marie Lasla, Elizabeth Kenny, Laurence Cummings. 

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Rameau, Jean-Philippe:  Dardanus (2 CDs). Paul Agnew, Miriam Allan, Stephen Bennett, Colin Bone, Anna Fraser, David Greco, Kathryn McCusker,


  "  :  Operatic Arias.  Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, Lafayetter Opera Orchestra, Ryan Brown.  Naxos, 8.557993, £

Ramhaufski, Benjamin Ludwig:  Gloria in Excelsis Deo.  Ars Antiqua Austria, St Florianner Children's Choir, Gunar Letzbor.  Symphonia, SY 06220, £££

Rovetta, Giovanni:  Venetian Vespers:  Vespro Solenne pour la naissance de Louis VIV.  Cantus Colln, Konrad Junghanel. 

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Sammartini, Giovanni Battista:  Trio Sonatas.  Roberto Noferini, Gianfranco Iannetta, Andrea Noferini, Bruno Canino.  TACTUS, TC 704402, ££

  "  :  Symphonies.  Orchestra da Camera Milano Classica, Roberto Gini.  Dynamic, CGS 460, £££

Sances, Giovanni Felice:  Stabat Mater:  Carlos Mena, Cicercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot.  Mirare, MIR 050, £££

Scarlatti, Alessandro:  Cantata da Camera.  Ensemble Aurora, Cristina Miatello, Gloria Benditelli.  TACTUS, TC 661905, £££

  "  :  I Concerti per Flauto ed Archi.  Modo Antiquo, Federico Maria Sardelli.  TACTUS, TC 661902, £££

  "   and Bononcini, Giovanni:  Cantata for Soprano and Basso Continuo.  Christina Miatello, Guido Morini, Andrea Fossa.  TACTUS, TC 660002, ££

  "   and Bononcini, Giovanni:  Cantate Italiane.  Ensemble Aurora, Enrico Gatti.  TACTUS, TC 660001, £££

Scarlatti, Domenico: 


  "  :  Sacred Vocal Music:  Stabat Mater; Missa Breve; Te Deum; Magnificat.  Immortal Bach Ensemble, Morten Schuldt-Jensen. 

  "  :  Stabat Mater:  Sacred Music by Domenico Scarlatti:  Vox Luminus Ensemble.  Ricercar, RIC 258, £££  *Gramophone Editor's Choice*

Scheidt, Samuel:  The Great Sacred Concertos.  Harry van der Kamp, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Constanze Backes, Monika Mauch, Markus Brutscher,

Schutz, Heinrich and Gabrielli,Giovanni:  The Christmas Story and Christmas Motets by Giovanni Gabrielli  The King's Consort, Robert King. 
  "  :  Die Vogel under dem Himmel:  Sacred Choral Music.  John Kitchen, The National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Mike Brewer. 
  "  :  Histoire de la Resurrection; Musikalishe Exequien.  La Chapelle Rhenane, Benoit Haller.  K617, K617 199, £££

  "  :  Magnificat  d'Uppsala:  Anima Mea Dominum SWV 468.  La Chapelle Rhenane, Benoit Haller.  K617, K617 191, £££ 

  "  :  Opus Ultimum (2 CDs).  Concerto Palatine, Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe.  Harmonia Mundi, HMC 901895/96, ££

Senfl, Ludwig:  Missa L'homme Arme:  Renaissance Choral Music.  The Suspicious Cheese Lords.  Suspicious Cheeselords, 783707648828, ££
  "  :  Histoire de la Resurrection; Musikalische Exequien.  La Chapelle Rhenane, Benoit Haller.  K617, K617 199, £££
Stolzel, Gottfried Heinrich:  Two Serenatas (2 CDs).  Dorothee Mields, Elisabeth Graf, Knut Schoch, Ekkehard Abele, Michaelstein Telemann Chamber
Stradella, Allessandro:  Cantata for Christmas Eve.  La Magnifica Comunita, Enrico Casazza.  Brilliant Classics, 93367, £

  "  :  San Giovanni Battista.  Anke Herrman, Martin Oro, Antonio Abete, Montis Regalis Academia, Alessandro de Marchi.  Hyperion, CDA 67617, £££

Sweelinck, Jan Pieters:  Various Psalms, Chants and Anthems Vol 2.  Netherlands Chamber Choir, Peter Phillips, Philippe Herreweghe. 


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Tallis, Thomas:  The Complete Works (10 CDs).  Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon.  Brilliant Classics, 93612, £

  "  :  see also Byrd, William

Telemann, Georg Philipp:  Musique de Table.  The King's Consort, Robert King.  Helios, CDH 55278, £

  "  :  Three Cantatas.  Dorothee Mields, Klaus Mertens, Accademia Daniel, Shalev Ad-El.  CPO, 777249-2, ££ 

  "  :  The Times of the Day.  Barbara Schlick, Christoph Pregardien, Stephen Varcoe, Rheinische Kantorei, Hermann Max.  Capriccio Phoenix, CAP 67203, £

  "  :  Voyageur Virtuose:  Trio Sonatas.  Ensemble Amarillis.   Ambrosie, AM 112, ££

  "  :  Water Music.  Collegium Pro Musica, Stefano Bagliano, Stradivarius, STR 33783, £££

  "  :  Wind Concertos Vol 1.  La Stagione Frankfurt, Camerato Koln, Michael Schneider.  CPO, 777032-2, £

  "  :  see also Vivaldi, Antonio

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Various:  Adieu, naturlic leven mijn:  Songs from the Koning Manuscript.  Ensemble Aventure.  Fineline Classical, 72411, ££

  "  :  A l'Ombre d'un Ormeau:  Brunette and Contredanses.  Les Musiciens de St-Julien, Francois Lazarevich.  Alpha, ALPHA 115, £££

  "  :  Baroque Christmas Cantatas from Central Germany.  Saechsisches Vocalensemble, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle, Matthias Jung.  CPO, 777332-2, ££

  "  :  Baroque Journey.  Sumi Jo, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra.  Warner Classics, 2564 69824-6, £££

  "  :  Baroque Trumpet Concertos.  Thomas Reiner, Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim, Sebastian Tewinkel.  Naxos, 8.570501, £

  "  :  The Battle of Killiecrankie.  La Nef, Meredith Hall, Natthew White, Sylvain Bergeron.  Atma Classique, ACD 22510, £££

  "  :  Canta La Maddelena.  Maria Cristina Kiehr, Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes.  Harmonia Mundi Gold, HMG 501698, ££

  "  :  Canticum Canticorum.  Les Voix Baroques.  Atma Classique, ACD 22503, £££

  "  :  Ce Diabolique Chant (2 CDs)(reissue).  Timothy Davies, The Medieval Ensemble of London, Peter Davies.  L'Oiseau Lyre, 475 9119DM, £££
 
  "  :  Court Jesters:  Tudor Minstrel Music.  Ensemble Sirinu.  Griffin, GCCD, ££

  "  :  Dance Music at the Court of Francesco d'Este.  Antichi Strumenti.  Stradivarius, STR 33764, £££

  "  :  El Fuego:  Ensaladas from Aguiler de Heredia, Arauxo, Flecha and Vasques.  Les Sacqueboutiers.  Ambrosie, AM 129, £££

  "  :  English Madrigals (Heritage recording from 1982). The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips.  Gimell, GIMSE 403, £
 
  "  :  Estampies and Danses Royals:  The King's Manuscript.  Hesperion XXI, Jordi Salvall.  AliaVox, AVSA 9857, £££ *BBC Music Magazine 5 stars*

  "  :  Firenze 1616.  Le Poeme Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre.  Alpha, ALPHA 120, £££

  "  :  Flores de Lisboa:  Cancoes, Vilancicos and Portuguese Romances.  A Corte Musical, Rogerio Concalves.  K617, K617 195, £££

  "  :  Instruments of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (2 CDs).  The Early Music Consort of London, David Munrow.  EMI, 3858112, £

  "  :  La Quinta Essencia (2 CDs).  Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel.  Harmonia Mundi, HMC901922, £££  *Gramophone Editor's Choice*

  "  :  La Spagna:  Dances from the Spanish Renaissance.  Capella de Ministrers, Carles Magraner.  Licanus, CDM 0718, £££

  "  :  Lamentations de la Renaissance.   Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel.  Harmonia Mundi Gold, HMG 501682, ££

  "  :  Lamentazioni:  Lamentations for Holy Week.  Maria Cristina Kiehr, Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes.  Harmonia Mundi, HMC 901952, £££ 

  "  :  Les Plaisirs du Palais:  Franco-Flemish Renaissance Drinking and Eating Songs (Includes 15 Renaissance recipes) (CD plus CD digibook). 

  "   :  Le Tournoi de Chauvency.  Aziman, Anne Azema.  K617, K617 197, £££

  "  :  L'Harmonie de Nations:  European Music at the Bavarian Court.  Stgylus Phantasticus, Friedericke Heumann.  Accent, ACC 24200, £££

  "  :  La Pellegrina:  Intermedii 1589 (includes bonus CD).  Collegium Vocale Gent, Skip Sempe.  Paradizo, PA0004, £££

  "  :  Llibre Vermell.  Millenarium, Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Psallentes, Les Pastoureaux, Christophe Deslignes.  Ricercar, RIC 260, £££

  "  :  The King's Singers Collection:  Gesualdo; Six; 1605; Spem in Alium; Landscape and Time (5 CDs).  Signum Classics, SIGCD1 20, ££

  "  :  Magnum Mysterium.  Jan Lundgren, Lars Danielsson, The Gustaf Sjokvist Chamber Choir.  ACT, ACT 9457-2, £££

  "  :  The Medieval Romantics:  French Songs and Motets 1340-1440.  Gothic Voices, Christopher Page.  Helios, CDH 55293, £

  "  :  The Three Kings:  Music for Christmas fromTewkesbury Abbey.  Carleton Etherington, Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum Benjamin Nicholas. 

  "  :  Music and Sweet Poetry Agree:  16th and 17th Century English Songs.  Matthew White, Analekta Recordings, AN 29918, £££

  "  :  Musica a Padova al tempo di Alvise Cornaro (1474-1566).  Consort Veneto.  TACTUS, TC 500004, £££

  "  :  Music for the Lion-Hearted King:  Music to Mark the 800th Anniversary of the Coronation of King Richard of England in Westminster

  "  :  Music for Tudor Kings:  Henry VII and Henry VIII.  Hilliard Ensemble, New London Consort.  Alto, ALC 1015, £

  "  :  Musica Sacra Nella Napoli del '700.  Dan Shen, Gruppo Vocale Cantemus, Ensemble Arione, Luigi Marzola.  TACTUS  TC 690002, ££

  "  :  O Sacrum Convivium:  A Feast of Music from the Choir of Royal Holloway University of London.  Samuel Rathbone, The Choir of Royal

  "  :  Playford Plus:  English Dance Tunes (Digitallremaster of 1991 recording):  The York Waits.  Brewhouse Music, BHC 0701, £££

  "  :  Poissance d'Amour:  Mystics, Monks and Minstrels in 13th-century Brabant.  Graindelavoix, Bjorn Schmelzer.  Glossa, GCDP 32103, £££

  "  :  Polish Baroque:  Pekiel and his Contemporaries.  Ensemble Europeen William Byrd, Ensemble Ventosum, Graham O'Reilly.  Ambronay, AMY 010, £££

  "  :  Rise, O My Soul:  English Anthems by Bull, Byrd, Gibbons, Simms, Tomkins, Ward.  Studio de Musique Anciencne de Montreal, Consort des

  "  :  Roma Triumphans:  Music for 3 and 3 Choirs from the Counter-Reformation in Rome.  Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal,

  "  :  Romaria.  The [John] Dowland Project.  ECM New Series, 4765780, £££ *Gramophone Recommends*

  "  :  Scattered Rhymes (SACD).  Orlando Consort, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier.  Harmonia Mundi, HMU 807469, £££

  "  :  Serenissimi Sonate:  Music for Strings in the Republic of Venice 1630-1660.  Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca.  Divox, CDX 70505, £££

  "  :  Shakespeare's Englande:  Music of His Plays and People.  James Griffett, Brian Wright, English Consort of Viols, Nicholas McGegan. 

  "  :  Terra Nostra.  Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian.  Atma Classique, ACD 22510, £££

  "  :  The Theatre of Musick:  Music for the London Theatre by Locke, Humpfrey, Purcell.  La Reveuse, Benjamin Perrot, K617, K617 194, £££

  "  :  Thys Yool:  A Medieval Christmas.  Martin Best Medieval Ensemble.  Nimbus Records, NI 5137, £££

  "  :  Time of the Templars:  The Early Recordings Vol 1:  Music for a Knight; Music of the Church; Music of the Mediterranean (3 CDs). 

  "  :  Venetian Treasures:  Caldara, Gabrielli, Monteverdi, Cavalli, Lassus.  The Sixteen, Harry Christophers.  Coro, COR 16053, ££

Victoria, Tomas Luis de:  Tennebrae Responsories.  Ensumble Corund.  Dorian Recordings, DOR 93256, ££

  "  :  Requiem Aeternam:  Music for All Saints and All Souls. The Ebor Singers, Pal Gameson.  Boreas Music, BMCD 702, ££

Vivaldi, Antonio:  L'Atenaide, o sia Gili Affetti Generosi (3 CDs).  Sandrine Piau, Vivica Genaux, Guillemette Laurens, Romina Basso, Nathalie Stutzmann,

  "  :  Cello Concertos (CD plus CD digibook).  Ensemble Explorations, Roel Dieltiens.  Harmonia Mundi, HML 5908235/36, ££

  "  :  Concerto in F Major "La Tempesta di Mare" RV 433.  Concerto Koln, Werner Ehrhardt.  Capriccio, CAP 67201, £

  "  :  Concertos:  RV 532, RV 82, RV 425; Sonatas RV 82, RV 85 (SACD).  Katona Twins, Carducci String Quartet.  Channel Classics, CCSSA 23707, £££

  "  :  Double Concertos.  Akademi fur Alte Musik Berlin.  Harmonia Mundi, HMC 901975, ££

  "  :  The Four Seasons; Canon in D in D Major.  London Concertante.  CMG, CMG 001, £££

  "  :  Griselda, RV718 (3CDs).  Colin Ainsworth, Carla Huhtanen, Lynne McMurtry, Jason Nedecky, Marion Newman, Giles Tomkins, Arcadia Ensemble,

  "  :  Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione:  12 concerti Opus 8 (2 CDs).  La Magnifica Comunita, Enrico Casazza.  Brilliant Classics, 93155, £

  "  :  Il Cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Inventione (2 SACDs).  Accadamia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone.  Arts Music, Arts 44564/5, £

  "  :  Sonata a tre "La Follia".  Veronique Mejean, Kathi Golh, Jesper Christensen, Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini.  Harmonia Mundi Gold, HMG 501366, ££

  "  :  Trio Sonatas Opus 1 Venice 1705 (2 CDs).  Ensemble Aurora, Enrico Gatti.  Glossa, GCD 921203, ££

  "  :  Violin Concertos:  The Four Seasons Opus 8 Nos 1-4; Violin Concerto Opus 12 No 1 RV 317.  Sarah Chang,Orpheus Chamber Orchestra,

  "   and Telemann, Georg Philipp:  Concertos for Piccolo (Vivaldi) and 7 Fantasies (Telemann).  Lean Louis Beaumadier, Orchestre National de France,
von Bingen, Hildegard:  Ave Maria Stella.  Estampie.  Christophorus, CHR 77289, £££


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Weiss, Silvius Leopold:  Lute Sonatas Vol 9.  Robert Barto.  Naxos, 8.570551, £

Weelkes, Thomas:  Anthems.  Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill.  Helios, CDH 55259, £

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Xavier, Francis:  The Route to the Orient:  Works related to the journeyings of Frances Xavier and the Catholic Missionaries (2 SACDs). 

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Zarlino, Gioseffo:  Canticum Cantorum Salomonis:  Motets Venice 1549.  Ensemble Plus Ultra, Michael Noone.  Glossa, GCD 921406, £££