Recordings.

AUDIO RECORDING

A Sanctuary in Song: A Recital for Voice and Piano, with pianist, Stephen Runge

SELF-PRODUCED, STUDIO RECORDING, PENDING RELEASE

Recorded by Chestnut Hall Music, Earl McCluskie, at Maureen Forrester Recital Hall, Wilfrid Laurier University, Dec. 2017.

AUDIO RECORDING (PAN CLASSICS)

Missa Vestiva i colli (Baldassare Vialardo)

MUSICA FIORITA, BASEL, DANIELA DOLCI

Besides the aforesaid composers the recording focuses on the premiere recording of a Mass by Baldassare Vialardo (d. after 1620), Maestro di Cappella active in Milan. It is a late example of a parody on 'Vestiva i colli': an ideal recapitulation of the different genres and styles on this CD, in an intense musical experimentation.

AUDIO RECORDING (PAN CLASSICS)

Motets (J.M. Gletle)

MUSICA FIORITA, BASEL, DANIELA DOLCI

Ulrike Hofbauer (soprano), Susanne Rydén (soprano), Hans-Jörg Mammel (tenor), Daniel Cabena (counter-tenor), Raitis Grigalis (bass), Gabriele Hierdeis (soprano), Agnieszka Kowalczyk (soprano), Jessica Jans (soprano), Denis Lakey (counter-tenor), Ulrich Messthaler (bass).

AUDIO RECORDING (PAN CLASSICS)

Motets (V. Molitor)

MUSICA FIORITA, BASEL, DANIELA DOLCI

Stefano Albarello- Digital Editing and Recording Producer. Recorded in Basel (Switzerland) at the Adullam Chapel November 18, 2014.

AUDIO RECORDING (GLOSSA)

Six Cantatas; Orpheus & Euridice (William Hayes)

THE SCHOLA CANTORUM BASILIENSIS PLAYERS, ANTHONY ROOLEY

Anthony Rooley and his carefully-chosen group of singers and instrumentalists linked to the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis here give us, following on from their dazzling 2010 reading of The Passions, a fresh new incursion into the previously littleknown compositional world of William Hayes, in this way contributing to Hayes’s deserved placement once again as one of the leading contemporaries of Handel.

AUDIO RECORDING (PAN CLASSICS)

Vespro della Beata Virgine (G.P. Cima)

MUSICA FIORITA, BASEL, DANIELA DOLCI

Daniela Dolci and Musica Fiorita have put together a Vespro della Beata Virgine from this material – modelled after the famous Maria Vespers of his contemporary Monteverdi which, interestingly, also appeared in the year 1610. It shows that the development of the new seconda prattica was not the sole invention of Monteverdi, but a trend of the period in which Cima's music definitely bears comparison with his famous contemporary.

AUDIO RECORDING (PAN CLASSICS)

Missa Defunctorum (A. Caldara)

MUSICA FIORITA, BASEL, DANIELA DOLCI

The manuscript of Caldara's Requiem, which has been handed down in an incomplete state, is preserved in Prague National Library. This CD is completed by appropriate chamber music by the composer and excerpts from his late 'Missa dolorosa'.

AUDIO RECORDING (GLOSSA)

Missa Ecco Si Beato Giorno (A.Striggio)

LE CONCERT SPIRITUEL, PARIS, HERVÉ NIQUET

And who better than the famous French countertenor Visse himself to be drawn into that circle as one of the 60 singers! Added in, for good measure, for this programme of Florentine flamboyance from the Renaissance and Baroque - which Niquet will be continuing to tour in 2012 - are polyphonic arrangements of Gregorian plainchant Mass Propers by Franceso Corteccia, maestro di cappella in the Cathedral of Florence in Striggio’s time.

AUDIO RECORDING (ANALEKTA)

Gloria (A.Vivaldi)

ENSEMBLE CAPRICE, MONTREAL, MATTHIAS MAUTE

The effect is stunning, as can be heard in the movements Et in terra pax (Gloria RV 589) and Et misericordia eius (Magnificat RV 610). According to reports written at the time, sometimes members of the audience at La Pietà would cry and cheer enthusiastically during the performances of the most accomplished singers.

AUDIO RECORDING (URSH)

Ars Nova (Machaut, Landini, et al)

KAREN YOUNG

Musiciens - Éric Auclair: basse électrique, contrebasse, contrebasse percussive; Pierre Tanguay: batterie, percussions; Sylvain Provost: guitare. Voix - Karen Young: mezzo; Josée Lalonde: alto; Marcel de Hêtre: ténor; Dan Cabena: contre-ténor; Carole Therrien: soprano; Normand Richard: baryton; Phil Dutton: ténor. Arrangements: Karen Young, Éric Auclair, Pierre Tanguay, Josée Lalonde; arrangements des voix: Karen Young.

AUDIO RECORDING (ATMA)

Rise, O my soul (Gibbons, Ward, Blow, Tomkins)

LE STUDIO DE MUSIQUE ANCIENNE DE MONTRÉAL, CHRISTOPHER JACKSON

Rise, O my soul features the combined forces of Le Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal and Les Voix humaines viol consort performing a selection of glorious English liturgical anthems from the reign of Elizabeth I. These full anthems, sung by a capella choir, and verse anthems, which include an instrumental accompaniment, take their texts from the Anglican Book of Common Prayer and the Bible.

AUDIO RECORDING (NAXOS)

Magnificats (Pierre de la Rue)

VIVA VOCE, MONTREAL, PETER SCHUBERT

At the turn of the 15th century, Pierre de La Rue was the leading composer working north of the Alps. A member of the Habsburg-Burgundian chapel, he composed polyphony for all the major liturgical genres. This is the first recording of La Rue’s seven surviving Magnificats as well as three of his six settings of the Salve Regina, one of which quotes chansons by Dufay and Binchois. Varied voicing, surprising tonal relationships and contrasting textures make each setting distinct. La Rue’s mastery of old and new musical styles endows these pieces with great expressive force.

AUDIO RECORDING (DORIAN)

Requiem (W.A. Mozart)

LES VIOLONS DU ROY, LA CHAPELLE DE QUÉBEC, BERNARD LABADIE

ATMA Classique is reissuing one of Les Violons du Roy’s seminal discs: the orchestra’s recording of Mozart’s Requiem as revised and completed by Robert D. Levin. The soloists are Karina Gauvin, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, John Tessier, and Nathan Berg. Bernard Labadie conducts Les Violons du Roy and the choir of La Chapelle de Québec. This recording was originally released on the Dorian label in 2002, and won the JUNO®Award for Best ClassicalAlbum of the year in the vocal or choral performance category.