Medieval Renaissance Discography Collections A-D

Discographies

Medieval & Renaissance Music:

 

A Discography of the Recording Holdings at the Douglass Listening Room in the Knight Library

This is a discography (list of recordings) of some of the Knight Library's Douglass Room's Medieval & Renaissance recording collection. Note: The discography was updated in 2010, but there have been numerous recordings added since then.


Index for this guide:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W

Collections, Titles A - D

A

A capella motets.
Musical Heritage Society MHS 634S, [1966]
PERFORMERS: Philippe Caillard Vocal Ensemble; Philippe Caillard, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes, translated from the French of Bernard Vincent by Herman Adler, on slipcase; texts of the motets, with English translations inserted.
CONTENTS: Works by Antonio Lotti; Giovanni Gabrieli; Hans Leo Hassler; Antoine de Fevin; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina;  Jachet van Berchem; Tomas Luis de Victoria; and Orlandus Lassus.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 1100

A la incoronation: musiche per l'incoronazione di Carlo V, Bologna 1530.
Bongiovanni GB 5083-2, [1998] 
PERFORMERS: Odhecaton; Paolo Da Col, director; Cornets and trombones; Bruce Dickey, director; Ensemble pian & forte; Gabriele Cassone, director; Liuwe Tamminga, organ. 
NOTES: Felix namque also attributed to Lupus; Alleluia spiritus Domini also attributed to Hesdin. Cf. New Grove.
CONTENTS:Music by Nicolas Gombert, Josquin Desprez and others which may have accompanied the coronation of Charles of Hapsburg, Bologna, 1530.
Works by Girolamo Fantini--Marcantonio Cavazzoni--Jacopo Fogliano--Nicolas Gombert--Josquin Desprez--Pietro Lombarchion "francese"--Cesare Bendinelli--Jean Richafort. LANGUAGES: Vocal works sung in Latin; last work in French.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX7432

Accademia Monteverdiana: a twentieth anniversary tribute.
EMI /Angel HQS 1434, p1981.
PERFORMERS: Ambrosian Singers; Ambrosian Consort; Accademia Monteverdiana; Denis Stevens, director.
NOTES: Program notes by Denis Stevens; texts with English translations.
CONTENTS: Works by Giovanni & Andrea Gabrieli, John Farmer, Thomas Morley, John Wilbye, Orlando di Lasso, Queldryk, and John Dunstable.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4858

Adventures in early music: the history of period performance practice.
BMG Music 09026688592, p1997.
CONTENTS:  Works by Hildegard von Bingen (Sequentia)--Luzzaschi (Consort of Musicke).
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX7812

Airs & danses au temps de Shakespeare= Airs & dances in Shakespeare's time.
Pierre Verany PV.787092, p1987.
PERFORMERS: John Elwes, tenor; Stephen Stubbs, lute; Musica Antiqua; Christian Mendoze, conductor.
CONTENTS: Works by Anthony Holborne, Thomas Morley,Philip Rosseter, Robert Johnson, Francis Pilkington.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX2027

Airs de cour.
Linn CKD 089, c&p 1999.
PERFORMERS: Catherine King, mezzo soprano; Charles Daniels, tenor; Jacob Heringman, lute. Jacob Heringman plays a ten-course lute after Venere (late 16th century) by Michael Lowe (1991).
NOTES: Lyrics to songs in French with English translations. Liner notes and song translations by Jonathan Le Cocq.
CONTENTS: Works by Ballard--J. Boesset--Besard--Guedron.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX10951

All for a Lark.
Magnetic Oblivion Records 1-LARK 1-99, c1999.
PERFORMERS: All for a Lark.
CONTENTS: Works by Thomas Morley--Henry VIII--Thomas Tallis--Pierre Passereau.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX5765

All the king's men: Henry VIII & the princes of the Renaissance.
Metronome MET CD 1012, 1996.
PERFORMERS: I Fagiolini (Robin Blaze, countertenor; Hugh Wilson, Nicholas Hundall Smith, tenors; Robert Hollingworth, baritone/ countertenor; Roderick Williams, baritone); Concordia (Mark Levy, Jonathan Manson, Catherine Finnis, Joanna Levine, viols.)
NOTES: Texts with English translations and program notes in English with French & German translations by Mark Levy.
CONTENTS: Works by: Henry VIII; William Cornysh; Robert Fayrfax; Philip van Wilder; Alonso; Juan Anchieta; Mateo da Flecha; Antonio de Cabezon; Juan del Encina; Juan Vasquez; Giorgio Mainerio; Josquin Desprez; Nicolas Gombert; Jean Richafort; Ninot le Petit; and Jean L'Heritier.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3943

Alla venetiana: early 16th century Venetian lute music.
Harmonia Mundi France HMU 907215, p1999.
PERFORMERS: Paul O'Dette, lute.
NOTES: Program notes in English, French, and German.
CONTENTS: Works by Joan Ambrosio Dalza--Vincenzo Capirola--Hayne van Ghizeghem--Michele Pesenti--Francesco Spinacino--Johannes Martini--Josquin Desprez.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX10133

Alleluia.
RCA Red Seal LSC-3081, [1970]
PERFORMERS: Berkshire Boy Choir; Brian Runnett, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes on container; English translations of the texts.
CONTENTS: Works by Weelkes, Palestrina, Wilbye and Wert.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 10927

Alleluia nativitas: music and carols for a medieval Christmas.
Metronome MET 1001 CD 01, p1992.
PERFORMERS: Orlando Consort (Robert Harre Jones, countertenor; Charles Daniels, Angus Smith, tenors; Donald Grieg, baritone.)
NOTES: Program notes and texts in English.
CONTENTS: [Click on recording title for contents.]
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3425

The American Brass Quintet plays Renaissance, Elizabethan, and baroque music.
Delos Records D/DMS 3003, 1979.
PERFORMERS: American Brass Quintet.
NOTES: Recording information and program notes by June Le Bell and Mary Lou Humphrey.
CONTENTS: Works by Coperario, Dowland, Ferrabosco, Giovanni and Andrea Gabrieli, Holborne, Morley, Scheidt, Speer, Storl, and Weelkes.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 1425

Amorous dialogues of the Renaissance.
Nonesuch H 71272, [1972]
PERFORMERS: Accademia Monteverdiana; Denis Stevens, conductor; sung in the original languages.
NOTES: Program notes by Denis Stevens on slipcase; texts, with English translations.
CONTENTS: Works by de Wert; Lasso; G. Gabrieli; Hassler; A. Gabrieli; Morley and Willaert.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 3089

Andrea Gabrieli and contemporaries of the Venetian school (16th century) motets.
Vox, 1955.
PERFORMERS: Choir of the Capella die Treviso; Giovanni d'Alessi, director.
NOTES: Program Notes by David Rivier.
CONTENTS: Works by A. Gabrieli, G.M. Asola, G. Nasco, C. Porta.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 822

Annapolis Brass Quintet.
Crystal Records S202, [1974]
NOTES: Durations and program notes by R. Posten.
CONTENTS: Works by Le Jeune; Finck; East; Coleman; Engelmann; and Holborne.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 2985

An anthology of Elizabethan & Restoration vocal music.
Saga STXID 5222, p1964.
PERFORMERS:Mary Thomas, soprano; John Whitworth, counter-tenor; Diana Poulton, lute; Michael Thomas, clavichord, harpsichord, or organ.
CONTENTS: Works by T. Morley--R. Jones--J. Dowland--W. Byrd.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 12387

Anthology of Renaissance music.
Period SPL 597, [1954].
PERFORMERS: Primavera Singers of the New York Pro Musica Antiqua; Noah Greenberg, director.
NOTES: Texts with English translations.
CONTENTS:  Works by Guillaume Dufay--Josquin des Pres--Orlandus Lassus --Thomas Morley--Tomas Luis de Victoria--Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina--Jachet van Berchem.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 889

Armada.
Virgin Classics VC 790722-2, p1988.
PERFORMERS: Michael Chance, countertenor; Fretwork, viol ensemble; Christopher Wilson, lute and vihuela; Paul Nicholson, harpsichord.
CONTENTS:  Works by William Byrd--Antonio de Cabezon--Lopez--Miguel de Fuenllana--Diego Ortiz--Hernando de Cabezon--Robert Parsons--Robert White--Estaban Daza--Picforth.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX13277

The Art of courtly love.
Seraphim SIC 6092. p1973.
PERFORMERS: Early Music Consort of London, vocal-instrumental ensemble; David Munrow, conductor.
CONTENTS: Works by Machaut, Dufay, Binchois, Lescurel, Molins, Grimace, Franciscus, Borlet, Solage, Meruco, Vaillant, Pykini, Caserta, and Matthaeus de Perugio.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A754

The art of courtly love.
Musical Heritage Society 524386T, 1997.
PERFORMERS: Early Music Consort of London; David Munrow, director.
NOTES: Texts of the vocal works with English translations.
CONTENTS:  Works by Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois and others.
LANGUAGE: The vocal works sung in French.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX7496

The art of ornamentation and embellishment in the Renaissance and baroque.
Bach Guild BGS 70697--BGS 70698, c1967.
NOTES: Program notes and bibliography by Denis Stevens.
CONTENTS: Works by Antonio Archilei; Cipriano de Rore; Claudio Merulo; Francesco de Layolle; Paul Hofhaimer; Pierre Sandrin; Robert Parsons; and Thomas Brewer.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A470

The art of polyphony.
[England], p2005.
PERFORMERS: Performed by the Orlando Consort.
CONTENTS:  Works by Philippe de Vitry--Guillaume de Machaut--Antonio Zachara da Teramo--Worcester fragments--John Dunstaple--John Plummer--Guillaume Dufay--Antoine Busnois--Johannes Ockeghem--Loyset Compere--Josquin Desprez--Francisco de Penalosa--Ludwig Senfl--Mark Lockheart.
LANGUAGE: Sung in Latin, French and Italian.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX12150

The Art of Renaissance and baroque ornamentation and embellishment.
Bach Guild HM 47 SD-HM 48 SD, p1976.
NOTES: Program notes by D. Stevens.
CONTENTS: Works by Antonio Archilei; Cipriano de Rore; Claudio Merulo; Francesco de Layolle; Paul Hofhaimer; Pierre Sandrin; Robert Parsons;  and Thomas Brewer.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A755

The Art of the lute.
RCA Victrola VICS 1362, 1408, [1968-69]. (2 vols.)
PERFORMER: Walter Gerwig, lute.
CONTENTS: [v. 1] Renaissance and baroque masterpieces from France, England, and Germany: Works by Pierre Attaignant and Jean-Baptiste Besard.  [v. 2.] Renaissance masterpieces from Italy: Works by Fabricio Caroso, Michelangelo Galilei, Vincenzo Galilei, Giacomo Gorzanis, Francesco da Milano, Santino Garsi da Parma, Cesare Negri Melanesi.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A486 v.1 + v.2

The art of the Netherlands(1450-1520).
Musical Heritage Society 525038H, [1998].
PERFORMERS: Early Music Consort of London; David Munrow, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes by David Munrow in English and vocal texts with English translations.
CONTENTS:  Works by Josquin Desprez--Heinrich Isaac--Hayne van Ghizeghem--Antoine Brumel--Johannes Ghiselin--Jacob Obrecht--Johannes Ockeghem--Agricola--Johannes Tinctoris--Pierre de la Rue--Loyset Compere, Juan de Anchieta, or Francisco de Penalosa--Philippe Verdelot.
LANGUAGES:Vocal works sung in Italian, French, German, and Latin.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX8581

The art of the recorder.
Angel SB-3861, [1978], p1975.
PERFORMERS: Norma Burrowes, soprano; James Bowman, countertenor; Martyn Hill,tenor; Robert Lloyd, bass; David Munrow Recorder Consort; members of the Early Music Consort of London.
CONTENTS:  Works by Anon.(14th cent.)--Barbireau --Attaingnant--Jacotin--Le Heurteur--Sermisy--Byrd--Holborne.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A1015

As I went to Walsingham: Elisabethan music = Musique élisabethaine.
Harmonia Mundi HMC 905192, p1987.
PERFORMERS: Musicians of Swanne Alley; Lyle Nordstrom and Paul O'Dette, directors.
NOTES: Program notes and texts to songs included.
CONTENTS:  Works by Richard Allison--William Byrd--John Johnson--Edward Collarde--Guillaume Tessier--Anthony Holborne.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1427

Die Authentischen Orgeln aus Renaissance und Barock Dokumente & Meisterwerk, vol. 1: Alpenländer.
ABC Classics ABCL 67008/2. p. 1973, [c1976].
PERFORMER:Gustav Leonhardt playing various organs in Austria, Switzerland, and Italy.
CONTENTS: Works by and from: Elias Ammerbach; Mulliner Book (ca. 1560); Master Taylor; William Blitheman; Dublin Virginal Book; Intabolatura Nova di Balli, Venice, 1551; Newman.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 852A

Die Authentischen Orgeln aus Renaissance und Barock= Authentic Renaissance and baroque organs.
RCA Red Seal RL 30381, 30449, 30765--30766, 70076, p1980-
PERFORMERS: Gustav Leonhardt or Johann Sonnleitner, organ.
NOTES: Specifications of the organs.
CONTENTS: v. 2. Oberitalien: Works by Andrea Gabrieli.
v. 3. Norddeutschland: Works by Dietrich Buxtehude, Pierre Attaignant, Paul Hofhaimer, Thomas Tallis, Fridolin Sicher.
v. 4. Osterreich I: Works by Elias Nicholas Ammerbach.
v. 5. Niederlande: Works by Dietrich Buxtehude.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A1376 v.2 - v.5

Ave Maris Stella: musica de la Catedral de Sevilla dedicada a la Virgen Maria (ca. 1470-1550).
Almaviva DS 0115, p1995.
PERFORMERS: Orchestra of the Renaissance; Richard Cheetham, director.
NOTES: Program notes in English and Spanish by Robert Stevenson and Tess Knighton.
CONTENTS: Works by Escobar, Morales, Ceballos, Penalosa, Medina, and Palero.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3145

B

Baldwin-Wallace College Brass Choir.
Mark Educational Recordings MES 32565, [196-?]
PERFORMERS: Baldwin-Wallace College Brass Choir; Charles Gorham, director.
NOTES: Program notes by Charles Gorham.
CONTENTS: Works by Giovanni Gabrieli and Josquin des Prez.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6906

A Baroque Christmas.
London Records 430 065-2, c1990.
PERFORMERS: Heinrich Schutz Choir; Roger Norrington, conductor; London String Players; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Camden Wind Ensemble; Charles Spinks, organ.
NOTES: Program notes in English and song texts in original languages with English translation.
CONTENTS: Works by G. Gabrieli, Praetorius and Hassler .
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1675

Bella domna: the medieval woman: lover, poet,patroness and saint.
Hyperion CDA 66283, p1988.
LANGUAGES: Vocal works sung in Gallegan, Old French or Provencal.
NOTES: Biographical and program notes by Stevie Wishart, and texts with English translations.
CONTENTS: Works from the Martin Codax; and by Anon. and Richart de Fournival.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX893

Berlin Brass Quintet.
Crystal Records S 201. [1974]
CONTENTS: Works by Giovanni Gabrieli, Benedict Greebe, and Anthony Holborne.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 2986

The bird fancyer's delight: and other dulcet discourses on the recorder.
Vanguard VCS 10086, [1970]
PERFORMERS: Rene Clemencic, recorders; Christiane Jaccottet, spinet and harpsichord.
CONTENTS: Works by Mr. Hill; Frescobaldi; Normiger; De Koninck; Victoris codex; Palestrina.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 7591

The birth of Christ.
Epic BC 1041, [1959].
PERFORMERS: Netherlands Chamber Choir; Felix de Nobel, conductor.
NOTES:Program notes and texts with English translations.
CONTENTS: Works by Victoria, Palestrina, Sweelinck, Handl, Croce, Willaert, Praetorius, Gabrieli, Hassler, Clemens non Papa, and Lasso.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 9304

The brightest heaven of invention: Flemish polyphony of the High Renaissance.
Amon Ra CD-SAR 56, p1992.
PERFORMERS: New London Chamber Choir; James Wood, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes by John Milsom and texts with English translations.
CONTENTS: Works by Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Josquin des Prez, Antoine Brumel, Antoine Busnois, and Guillaume Dufay
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX2862

Brombaugh opus 9: five centuries of organ music.
Veritas Recordings 96002, p1996.
PERFORMERS: Edward Parmentier, David Boe, Susan Craig, organ.
NOTES:Biographical and program notes and specifications of the organ.
CONTENTS:  Works by Dietrich Buxtehude--John Bull--William Byrd.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX14221

 

C

Calliope dances: a Renaissance revel.
Nonesuch 9 79039-2, p1982.
PERFORMERS: Calliope, a Renaissance band: Lucy Bardo, Lawrence Benz, Allan Dean, Ben Harms.
CONTENTS: Works by Praetorius; Pierre Attaignant; Henry VIII of England; Francisco de la Torre; Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro; and Heinrich Isaac.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX17

Calliope dances: a Renaissance revel.
Nonesuch 9 79039, p1982.
PERFORMERS: Calliope, a Renaissance band: Lucy Bardo, Lawrence Benz, Allan Dean, Ben Harms.
CONTENTS: Works by Praetorius; Pierre Attaignant; Henry VIII of England; Francisco de la Torre; Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro; and Heinrich Isaac.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMDs 4269

Calliope festival: an Italian Renaissance revel.
Nonesuch 79069, p1984.
PERFORMERS: Calliope.
CONTENTS: Works by Donato de Florentia, Giovanni da Cascia, Gherardello de Florentia, Diego Ortiz, Sebastian Festa, Francesco Bendusi,  and Pierre Phalese.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 10251

El cancionero de Medinaceli: ca. 1535-1595.
Astree E 8764, p1992.
PERFORMERS: Hesperion XX; Jordi Savall, director.
NOTES: Program notes by Josep Maria Gregori and Jose Maria Mico Juan, and texts of the vocal works, in Spanish with English, French and German translations.
CONTENTS: Works by Pedro Guerrero, anonyme, Cebrian, Gines de Morata, Antonio [i.e. Hernando] de Cabezon, and Alonso Mudarra.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3889

El cancionero de palacio: 1474-1516.
Astree E8762, p1991.
PERFORMERS: Hesperon XX; Jordi Savall, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes and song texts, with English, French and German translations.
CONTENTS: Castilian songs, villancicos, ballads and couplets of the Spanish musical Renaissance.
Works by: Francisco de la Torre, Gabriel [Mena], Francisco de Penalosa, Anon., [Juan] Roman, Ponce, Millan, Garcimunoz, Badajoz, Anchieta, Alonso,and Juan del Enzina.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3801

Canciones espanolas. Songs from the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Deutsche Grammophon 2530 504, [1974]
PERFORMERS: Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano; Narciso Yepes, guitar.
NOTES: Spanish texts, with German, English, and French translations by R. Grossman, J. Wiebel, and J. Fournier.
CONTENTS: Works by El Sobio, Fuenllana, Anonymus, Mudarra, Torre, Valderrabano, Milan,Triana, Encina, Vazquez, Narvaez, and Pisador.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 9650

Canti nel chiostro: musiche nei monasteri femminili del '600 a Bologna.
Tactus TC 600001, p1994.
PERFORMERS: Cappella Artemisia; Candace Smith, director.
NOTES: Program notes by Candace Smith in English with French, German, and Italian translations and texts.
CONTENTS: Works by Gabriele Fattorini, Ascanio Trombetti, and Giacinto Quintanilla.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3763

Carlos V: Mille regretz: la cancion delemperador.
Alia Vox AV 9814, p2000.
PERFORMERS: La Capella Reial de Catalunya; Hesperion XXI; Jordi Savall, director.
NOTES:Program notes by Jordi Savall and Rui Vieira Nery in French,English, Spanish, Catalan, German, Italian and Dutch and texts in French, Italian, Spanish, German, English, and Latin.
CONTENTS:  Works by Heinrich Isaac--Juan del Enzina--Josquin des Pres--Clement Janequin, Tylman Susato--Toinot Arbeau--Antonio de Cabezon--Adrian Willaert--Cristobal de Morales--Hieronimus Parabosco--Mateo Flecha, el viejo--Luys de Narvaez.
LANGUAGES:Vocal selections sung in French, Spanish, Italian, Latin.
DOUGLASS   COMPACT DISC CX10117                 

Carmina Burana: and other spirited songs from the German Middle Ages.
Bard Records BDCD 1-8901, p1989.
PERFORMERS: Folger Consort; with Mark Bleeke, tenor; Tina Chancey, vielle, kamenji, rebec.
NOTES: Notes by Robert Eisenstein, and English translations of the vocal works.
CONTENTS: Carmina Burana selections, Glogauer Liederbuch, and music by Oswald von Wolkenstein, Paul Hofheimer, Heinrich Isaac and Ludwig Sennfl.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX5152

Carols and motets for the Nativity of medieval and Tudor England.
Bach Guild BGS-5066, c1963.
PERFORMERS: Deller Consort; Musica Antiqua Wien; Rene Clemencic, director.
NOTES: Program notes and texts of the vocal works.
CONTENTS: Works by Guilelmus Monachus; Roy Henry; anon.; Richard Smert; John Dunstable; and Richard Pygott.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 7569

The castle of fair welcome: courtly songs of the later fifteenth century.
Hyperion CDA 66194 , p1986.
PERFORMERS: Gothic Voices; Christopher Page, director, medieval harp; Christopher Wilson, lute.
NOTES: Program notes in English and texts.
CONTENTS: Works by Robert Morton, Johannes Regis, Anon., John Bedyngham, Binchois, Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Vincenet, Walter Frye, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and Enrique.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX2860

Catalan music from medieval and renaissance Spain.
Candide/Vox CE 30168, [1973]
CONTENTS: Works from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, Libro de cifra nueva (1557), and El Maestro (Valencia 1535) (Book of songs) and by Bartomeu Carceres, Mateu Fletxa de Vell and Joan Brudieu.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 9100

Celtic wanderers: the pilgrim's road.
Dorian Recordings DOR-93213, [2001], p2000.
PERFORMERS: Altramar Medieval Music Ensemble: Jann Cosart, crwth, vielle; Angela Mariani, voice, medieval Celtic harp, cruit, percussion; Chris Smith, cruit, gittern; David Stattelman, voice.
NOTES:Program notes and lyrics, with English translation.
CONTENTS: [For complete contents, click on the album's title.]
DOUGLASS   COMPACT DISC CX10118                 

Chanson, madrigal, choral song.
H. Gerig OM 222/24, c1979]
PERFORMERS: Various performing groups; durations on labels.
NOTES: "Historical-analytical commentary" by D. Kamper and translations of texts.
CONTENTS: Works by Machaut, Landini, Ciconia, Dunstable,Dufay, Des Prez, Isaac, Festa, Verdelot, Arcadelt, Rore, Palestrina, Gastoldi, Marenzio, Gesualdo, Byrd, Morley, Farnaby, Gibbons, Dowland, Weelkes, Ward, Sermisy, Janequin, Passereau, Cadeac, Clemens non Papa, Souliaert, Bonnet, Vasquez, Flecha, Hofhaimer, Othmayr, Lasso, Hassler.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A935

Chansons der Troubadours: Lieder und Spielmusik aus dem 12. Jahrhundert.
Telefunken SAWT 9567-B, 1970.
PERFORMERS: Studio der frühen Musik, with various soloists; Thomas Binkley, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes in German by Thomas Binkley with English translation; program notes in German by André de Mandach with English translation, and original words of the songs with German and English translations.
CONTENTS:  Works by Peire Vidal--Guiraut de Bornelh--anon.--Bernart de Ventadorn-Raimbaut de Vaqueiras--Comtessa de Dia.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 10533

Chansons et danceries: French Renaissance wind music = Franzosische Blasermusik der Renaissance = Musique francaise de la Renaissance pour instruments a vent.
Archiv Produktion 447 107-2, p1996.
PERFORMERS: Piffaro, the Renaissance Band; Joan Kimball, Robert Wiemken, directors.
NOTES: Program notes by Robert L. Kendrick and biographical notes.
CONTENTS:  Works by Josquin Desprez--Nicolas Gombert--Claudin de Sermisy--Claude Gervaise--Thomas Crecquillon--Jacques Buus--Adrian Willaert--Jean Maillard--anon., publ. Jacques Moderne [from Musicque de joye].
DOUGLASS   COMPACT DISC CX11281                 

"A chantar": Lieder der Frauen-Minne im Mittelalter = songs of women, courtly love in the Middle Ages.
Christophorus CD 74583, 1990.
PERFORMERS: Performed by Estampie, Munchner Ensemble fur fruhe Musik.
NOTES: Songs and instrumental works; the vocal works in Middle High German, Spanish, or Old French.
CONTENTS: Works by & from Walther von der Vogelweide; Carmina Burana; Paris fr. 844; Oswald von Wolkenstein; Martin Codax; Beatriz de Dia; Thibaut de Navarra; and Guillaume de Machaut.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1623

Choral festival.
Argo D112D 3, [1978]
PERFORMERS: Soloists; Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge; unacc., with organ, or with Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; George Guest, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes and texts.
CONTENTS: Contains sacred works by S. Wesley, Tallis, Weelkes, Palestrina, Victoria, Gesualdo.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A1031

Choral music.
Dover HCR-5271, [1967].
PERFORMERS:Ambrosian Singers & Consort; Denis Stevens, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes by the conductor on container; texts, with English translations.
CONTENTS:   Works by Morales--Victoria--Byrd--Giovanni Gabrieli.
LANGUAGE: Sung in Latin or Italian.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 3227

Choreae & carmina: Renaissance dances from the collections of Pierre Phalese Sen and Jun and their vocal concordances.
Hungaroton HCD 12662-2, p1986.
PERFORMERS: Camerata Hungarica; Laszlo Czidra, conductor; (vocal concordances sung by soloists and the Lassus Vocal Ensemble.)
NOTES: Program notes in English, French, and German by Janos Malina.
CONTENTS: Works by Sermisy, Kotter, Sandrin, Certon, Attaignant, and Clemens non Papa.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1128

Chorearum collectanea: late Renaissance dances in Hungary.
Fidelio FL 3315,[197-].
PERFORMERS: Camerata Hungarica; Laszlo Czidra, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes by Z. Falvy in French, German, and English.
CONTENTS: Works by: Nicolaus Cracoviensis, Anon, Dances from the Locse Virginal Book; Dances from the Sopron Virginal Book; Dances from the Kajoni Tablature.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 5894

Christmas carols & motets of medieval Europe.
Bach Guild BGS 70680. p1965.
PERFORMERS: Deller Consort; Alfred Deller, director; Musica Antiqua of Vienna; Rene Clemencic, director.
NOTES: Program notes include texts of the vocal works, with English translations.
CONTENTS: Works by Anon., Fogliano, Jan of Jenstejn, Pedro de Escobar, Palestrina, Byttering, Ciconia, St. Godric. Dunstable, Issac, Stoltzer, Senfl, and Power.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 10204

Christmas in the Great Cathedral of Reims.
Musical Heritage Society MHS 818 S, [1967].
PERFORMERS: Andre Marchal playing the great organ of Reims Cathedral; Reims Cathedral Choir; Ghislaine Lardennois, organ accompaniment; Arsene Muzerelle, director.
NOTES: Program notes in English by James B. Rich translated from the French by Jean Marie Bourdet.
CONTENTS: Works by Praetorius; Litaize; Costeley; Gastoldi; Balbastre.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 3536

Ciconia, Dufay, Wolkenstein.
Carpe Diem 16260, 2003.
PERFORMERS: Ensemble Alta Musica (Rainer Böhm, shawm, recorders, string drum; Dagmar Jaenicke, bombard, recorders, string drum; Hans-Jürgen Burggaller, bombard, fiddle; Maria Köpcke, soprano; Petra Priess, fiddle; Caroline Schneider, shawm)
NOTES: Program notes in German, English and French, including French and Middle High German texts with English and German or French translations.
CONTENTS:  Works by Guillaume Dufay--Oswald von Wolkenstein--Pierre de Molins--Nicolas Grenon--Johannes Ciconia--Robert Morton.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX15950

Comedies madrigalesques.
Harmonia Mundi HMC 90856, [between 1993 and 1997].
PERFORMERS: Ensemble Clement Janequin, vocal-instrumental ensemble; Dominique Visse, director.
NOTES:Program notes in English, French, and German, and words with English, French, and German translations.
CONTENTS: Works by Roland de Lassus, Orazio Vecchi, and Marenzio.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX4646

A Concert of early music.
Vanguard VSD 71223, c1980.
PERFORMERS: Jantina Noorman, mezzo-soprano; Musica Reservata of London; Michael Morrow, director.
NOTES: Program notes by Jeffrey Wasson and texts with English translations by him.
CONTENTS: Works by anon. French, mid-16th c.; anon. French, early 15th c.; Robert Morton; John Dunstable; anon. English, late 16th c.; anon. English, mid-16th c.; anon. English, 14th c.; anon. French, 13th c.; anon., Italian, mid-15th c.; Filippo Azzaiolo; anon. German, 16th c.; Ludwig Senfl; anon. German, 16th c.; Pierre Certon; Joan Ambrosio Dalza; Raimbault de Vaqueiras; Claudin de Sermisy; anon. English, early 15th c.; Caspar Othmayr; anon. late 15th or early 16th c.; Walter Frye.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 10724

Il Concerto Palatino di Bologna: North Italian music for cornetts and trombones, 1580-1650.
Accent ACC 8861 D, [1989?].
PERFORMERS: Concerto Palatino performing on cornetts and trombones with organ and chitarrone.
CONTENTS: Works by Giovanni Gabrieli; Ascanio Trombetti; Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina; Claudio Merulo da Correggio; Ruggiero Trofeo; Francesco Cavalli.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3405

Continental collection.
EMI His Master's Voice ASD 3557, p1978.
PERFORMERS: The King's Singers.
CONTENTS: Works by Hans Leo Hassler, Ludwig Senfl, Orlando di Lasso, Arnold von Bruck, Juan del Encina, Pedro Escobar, Juan Vasquez, Juan Ponce, Juan Roman, and Matheo Flecha.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 1106

Cor mio, deh non languire: 21 settings from Guarini.
Musica Oscura 070989, p1993.
PERFORMERS: Consort of Musicke; Anthony Rooley, director and lute.
CONTENTS: Works by Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Benedetto Pallavicino,  and Alessandro Savioli.
LANGUAGE: Sung in Italian.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX2328

Country capers: music from John Playford's The English dancing master.
Arabesque Z6520, 1984.
PERFORMERS: The New York Renaissance Band; Sally Logemann, director.
NOTES: Program notes by Sally Logemann.
CONTENTS: [For complete contents, click on the title of the record.]
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX231

Court and ceremonial music of the 16th century.
Nonesuch Records H 1012, [1964].
PERFORMERS: Roger Blanchard Ensemble; Poulteau Consort.
CONTENTS:  Works by Deprès--Févin--Compère--Brumel--Longaval.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 4019

Court music for King Matthias.
Hungaroton SLPX 11844, p1978.
PERFORMERS: Camerata Hungarica; Laszlo Czidra, director.
NOTES: Program notes by M.S. Farkas in Hungarian, English, German, and Russian, with original texts of songs and translations into Hungarian.
CONTENTS: Works by Jacques Barbireau, Pietro Bono, Johannes Stockem, and Johannes Tinctoris.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4345

Courts and chapels of Renaissance France.
Titanic Records Ti-4, [197-?].
PERFORMERS: Boston Camerata; Brandeis Early Music Ensemble; Joel Cohen, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes by J. Cohen and M. Steinberg. Texts with translations.
CONTENTS: Works by Dufay, Binchois, Morton, Certon , Sermisy, Anon., Jannequin, Gervaise, Passereau, Jacotin, Du Tertre, Goudimel, Roland de Lassus, and Claude le Jeune
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 10501

Crai crai crai: music at the Spanish court of Naples.
Raum Klang RK 2706, p2008.
PERFORMERS:Ensemble Oni Wytars; Pascale van Coppenolle, organ.
NOTES: Program notes in German, Italian, English and French, and texts with German, English and French translations.
CONTENTS:  Works by "Cancionero de Palacio" 16th cent.--Anon.--Giovanni de Macque--Giulio Cesare Cortese--Luys de Narváez--Carlo Rizzo--Ian Harrison--Joan Ambrosio Dalza--Diego Ortiz.
LANGUAGE: Sung in Neapolitan dialect and Spanish.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX15939

Crystal tears.
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901993, p2008.
PERFORMERS: Andreas Scholl, countertenor; Concerto di viole; Julian Behr, lute.
NOTES: Bonus DVD includes a performance of the song Venus' birds and the documentary Beyond the microphones.
Program notes in French, English and German, and texts with English, French, and German translations.
CONTENTS:  Works by John Dowland--William Byrd--John Bennet--Patrick Mando--Alfonso Ferrabosco II.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX15937 + VIDEO COLL VIDEO DVD 03184

Cum jubilo: masses by Pierre Certon...
Music & Arts CD-798, p1993.
PERFORMERS: Choir of Saint Ignatius of Antioch; Harold Chaney, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes in English and French and Latin texts with English and French translations.
CONTENTS: Works by Pierre Certon, Thomas Tallis, John Dunstable, and Tomas Luis de Victoria.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX4995

 

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 D'amor cantando.
Opus 111 OPS 30-141, 1995.
PERFORMERS:  Ensemble Micrologus.
SOURCES:  Biblioteca musicale Greggiati (Ostiglia, Italy). Manuscript.; Codice Rossi 215.
NOTES:  Texts in Venetian dialect with English, French and German translations, and program notes by Adolfo Broegg in Italian, French, German & English.
CONTENTS:  [For a complete list, click on the title of the recording.]
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11288

Dance music of the high renaissance.
Boston Skyline BSD 118, 1993.
PERFORMERS: Collegium Terpsichore; Fritz Neumeyer, conductor;Ulsamer Collegium; Josef Ulsamer, conductor.
NOTES:  Notes by Martin Lutschewitz.
CONTENTS: Works by Michael Praetorius; Claude Gervaise; Simone Molinaro; and Pierre Francisque Caroubel.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX2335

Dance music of the Renaissance.
RCA Victrola VICS 1328, [1968].
PERFORMERS: Ferdinand Conrad, recorder and crumhorn; Ilse Brix-Meinert, Ulrich Koch, Gunther Lemmen, viola da braccio; Johannes Koch, Heinrich Haferland, viola da gamba; Otto Steinkopf, dulcian; Walter Gerwig, lute.
NOTES: Program notes and durations on container.
CONTENTS: Works by Moderne, Susato, Gervaise, Phalese, Franck, Hassler, Attaignant.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 9020

Dance music of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
Musical Heritage Society MHS 4048, [1981].
PERFORMERS: Les Musiciens de Provence.
NOTES: Durations and program notes by Maurice Guis.
CONTENTS: Works by Amaud, Susato, Adam de la Halle, Gervaise, Attaignant, Tertre, Arbeau, Norminger, as well as anonymous pieces.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 3992

Danses anciennes de Hongrie et de Transylvanie.
Harmonia Mundi HMA 1901003, p1978.
PERFORMERS: Clemencic Consort; Rene Clemencic, conductor
NOTES: Program notes by R. Clemencic in English, French, and German.
CONTENTS: Arrangements of anonymous 17th century folk dances and songs selected from the Vietoris Codex, the Kajoni Codex, and the Leutschau Virginal Book, performed on period instruments.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX201

Danses anciennes de Hongrie et de Transylvanie.
Harmonia Mundi 90 1003, p1978.
PERFORMERS: Clemencic Consort; Rene Clemencic, conductor
NOTES: Program notes by R. Clemencic in English, French, and German.
CONTENTS: Arrangements of anonymous 17th century folk dances and songs selected from the Vietoris Codex, the Kajoni Codex, and the Leutschau Virginal Book, performed on period instruments.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 10041

Danses populaires françaises & anglaises du XVIesiecle.
Harmonia Mundi France, p1983, 1984.
PERFORMERS: Broadside Band; Jeremy Barlow, director.
NOTES:Program notes by Jeremy Barlow in English, French and German.
CONTENTS: Works from John Playford's English dancing master: 1651. and Thomas Arbeau's Orchesographie.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX2231 + Doug Circ COMPACT DISC CX2231 c.2

The Dante troubadours.
Nimbus Records NI 5002, 1983.
PERFORMERS: Martin Best Medieval Ensemble.
CONTENTS: Works by Giraut, de Borneil, Bertran, de Born, seigneur de Hautefort, Arnaut Daniel, Bernart, de Ventadorn, Peire Vidal, Raimbaut, de Vaqueiras, Gaucelm Faidit, Aimeric, de Belenoi, Folquet, de Marseille, and the Bishop of Toulouse.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1043

A distant mirror; Shakespeare's music.
Delos DE 1003, p1988.
PERFORMERS: Folger Consort.
NOTES: Program notes by Robert Eisenstein, texts with English translations of those not in English (the 2nd work translated into Middle English), and instrumentarium.
CONTENTS:  Works by John Aleyn--Richard [i.e. John] Cooke--Maysheut--Bittering--Pycard--Guillaume de Machaut--Johannes Vaillant--Anthonello da Caserta--Borlet [sic]; actually the anon. 3-part work cited under Borlet in New Grove]--Andrieu--Thomas Morley--Old Hall Manuscript.
LANGUAGES: The vocal works sung in English, French, and Latin.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX14145

I dolce frutti: music in Venice before Monteverdi.
Musical Heritage Society MHS 1447--MHS 1448 , [1972]
PERFORMERS: Ensemble of Lausanne; Michel Corboz, conductor.
NOTES:Program notes and texts with English translations.
CONTENTS: Works by Andrea Gabrieli--Claudio Merulo da Coreggio-- Girolamo Parabosco--Annibale Padovano--Orazio Vecchi--Claudio Veggio--Giovanni Gabrieli--Baldassare Donato--Joseffo Guami--Vincenzo Bell'haver and Gioseffo Zarlino.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A2623

Dolcissima et amorosa: early Italian Renaissance lute music.
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907043, 1994.
PERFORMERS: Paul O'Dette, lute.
CONTENTS: Works by Francesco da Milano; Pietro Paolo Borrono; Marco da L'Aquila; and Alberto da Ripa.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX2282

"Don Alfonso the Wise": music of Mediaeval Spain.
Mnemosyne Records Mn-4, p1983.
PERFORMERS: Trio Live Oak.
CONTENTS: Works by: Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, Guiraut Riquier, and Gautier, de Coinci.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 5893

Don Quijote de la Mancha: romances y músicas.
Alia Vox AVSA 9843 A, p2005.
PERFORMERS:Jesús Fuente, Francisco Rojas, Josep Piera, readers; Montserrat Figueras, soprano; Hespèrion XXI; la Capella Reial de Catalunya (on period instruments); Jordi Savall, conductor.
NOTES: Original idea, selection of texts and music by Jordi Savall; dramatisation and adaptation of the texts by Manuel Forcano.
Discography, text to readings, lyrics to vocal selections, and program notes in Spanish, French, English, Catalan, German, Italian, and Japanese.
SUMMARY:Ballads, madrigals, and other vocal and instrumental music from the 16th century, as well as traditional improvisations are interspersed with adaptations of readings from Cervante's novel.
CONTENTS: Works by Du Bailly, Luys de Narvaez, Luys Milan, Alonso Mudarra, Antonio de Cabezon, Diego Pisador, Juan Vasquez, F. Penalosa, Antonio de Ribera, Francisco Salinas, Enriquez de Valderrabano, Joan Aranes, Francisco Palero, Francisco Guerreo, Cristobal de Morales.
LANGUAGES:Read and sung in Spanish; Requiem selections sung in Latin.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX16005 + text

Douce dame. Music of courtly love from medieval France and Italy.
Vanguard VSD 71179. [1974]
PERFORMERS: Waverly Consort, vocal-instrumental ensemble; Michael Jaffee, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes by M. Jaffee; texts of the vocal works with English translations by M.S. Rubin.
CONTENTS: Works by Guillaume de Machaut, Jacopo da Bologna, anonymous Italian, Landini, Vaillant, Lorenzo da Firenze, and an anonymous French.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 10240

Doulce memoire. [French chansons of the XVI century.]
Argo ZRG 667 [1972].
PERFORMERS: Purcell Consort of Voices; Elizabethan Consort of Viols; Grayston Burgess, conductor.
NOTES: Program notes by F. Dobbins and texts with English translations.
CONTENTS: Works by Claudin de Sermisy; Claude Le Jeune; Guillaume Costeley; anonymous; Orlando di Lasso; Pierre Sandrin; arr. Hernando de Cabezon; Antoine de Bertrand; Francois de Bois; Clement Janequin; Pierre de Manchicourt; Pierre Certon and Jacques Arcadelt.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 7636

Duffin, Ross W.
Shakespeare's songbook.
New York: W.W. Norton, c2004.
PERFORMERS: Ellen Hargis, Judith Malafronte; Custer LaRue; William, Hite; Paul Elliott; Aaron Sheehan, vocalists; Paul O'Dette, lute and cittern.
CONTENTS: Songs suggested by Shakespeare's plays from his contemporaries and near contemporaries. For the contents of the CD, see p.525 -528 of the book.
MUSIC ML80.S5 D85 2004 + Doug Circ COMPACT DISC CX11640

Dunstable und seine Zeit.
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 1C 065-99 739. p1974.
PERFORMERS: Pro Cantione Antiqua, London; Bruno Turner, conductor.
NOTES: Texts of the works and program notes by Turner in German and English.
CONTENTS: Works by Dunstable, Power, Cooke, and Damett.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4285

 


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