Heavenly Handel: Arias and Duets (2004) more music like this

performed by Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano), Antonio Abete (baritone), Arleen Augér (soprano), David Daniels (counter tenor), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Derek Lee Ragin (counter tenor), Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Gerard Lesne (alto)
composed by George Frederick Handel

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Peace: Pure Classical Calm (2005) more music like this

performed by Alison Bury (violin), Anne Queffélec (piano), Arleen Augér (soprano), Diana Ambache (piano), Dmitri Alexeev (piano), Edward Saklatvala (treble), Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin), Fabio Zanon (guitar), Fritz Helmis (harp), Gerard Lesne (alto)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Camille Saint-Saëns, Carl Orff, Dmitry Shostakovich, Ennio Morricone, Erik Satie, Franz Liszt, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Gregorian Chant, Gustav Holst, Howard Shore, Joaquín Rodrigo, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach

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Gérard Lesne: Ombra mai fu (1995) more music like this

performed by Caroline Pelon (treble), Catherine Greuillet (treble), Circa 1500, Fabio Biondi (violin), Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale, Pascal Monteilhet (theorbo), Tragicomedia, Véronique Gens (soprano)
composed by Alessandro Scarlatti, Anonymous, Portuguese, Antonio Caldara, Antonio Vivaldi, Baldassare Galuppi, Claudio Monteverdi, George Frederick Handel, Giovanni Bononcini, Johann Sebastian Bach, Marc-Antoine Charpentier

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Brossard: Leçons des morts (1997) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (counter tenor), Il Seminario Musicale, Véronique Gens (soprano)
composed by Sébastien de Brossard

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Purcell: O Solitude (2003) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale
composed by Henry Purcell

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Bach: Arias & Cantatas (2002) more music like this

performed by Il Seminario Musicale, Gerard Lesne (conductor)
composed by Johann Christoph Bach, Johann Michael Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Melchior Hoffmann

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Purcell: O Solitude (2003) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale
composed by Henry Purcell

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Monteverdi: Salve Regina, motets for 1, 2, and 3 voices (1990) more music like this

performed by Brigitte Lesne (mezzo-soprano), Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale, Josep Benet (tenor), Josep Cabre (baritone), Josep Cabre (baritone), Pascal Monteilhet (theorbo), Tragicomedia
composed by Alessandro Piccinini, Claudio Monteverdi

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Handel: Lucrezia/Cantatas for Alto Solo (1991) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (counter tenor), Il Seminario Musicale
composed by George Frederick Handel

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Antonio Caldara: Medea (1991) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale
composed by Antonio Caldara

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Dans un bois solitaire (1999) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale
composed by Du Buisson, Jean-Baptiste (Baptistin) Stuck, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Nicolas Bernier, Philippe Courbois

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Charpentier: Leçons de Ténèbres (1993) more music like this

performed by Agnès Mellon (soprano), Gerard Lesne (alto), Ian Honeyman (tenor), Il Seminario Musicale, Jacques Bona (bass)
composed by Gregorian Chant, Marc-Antoine Charpentier

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Charpentier: Trois histoires sacrées (2001) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (vocals), Il Seminario Musicale, Jaël Azzaretti (vocals), Jean-François Novelli (vocals), Marie Louise Duthoit (vocals), Nicolas Bauchau (vocals), Raimonds Spogis (vocals), Ronan Nédélec (vocals), Gerard Lesne (conductor)
composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Marc-Antoine Charpentier composed about 35 histoires sacrées, essentially the same genre as the oratorio that had been developed by Giacomo Carissimi in Rome in the mid-seventeenth century. The texts were most frequently taken from the Hebrew Bible (although one of the works here has as its subject the Nativity), and most are relatively brief; the ...

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Handel, Scarlatti: Cantatas (2000) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale, Sandrine Piau (soprano)
composed by Alessandro Scarlatti, George Frederick Handel

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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina; Sinfonia a Violoncello Cello (1997) more music like this

performed by Bruno Cocset (cello), Il Seminario Musicale, Véronique Gens (soprano)
composed by Giovanni Pergolesi

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Alessandro Stradella, Antonio Caldara: Motets; Cantatas (1999) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale, Sandrine Piau (soprano)
composed by Alessandro Stradella, Antonio Caldara

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Nicolas Clérambault: Motets for the church of Saint Sulpice (2000) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale, Mark Padmore (tenor)
composed by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault

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Vivaldi: Salve Regina/ Sacred Works for Alto and Double Orchestra (1992) more music like this

performed by Fabio Biondi (violin), Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale
composed by Antonio Vivaldi

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Galuppi: Motets (1994) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale, Peter Harvey (bass), Véronique Gens (soprano)
composed by Baldassare Galuppi

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Charpentier: Tristes Déserts (2007) more music like this

performed by Chantal Santon (alto), Cyril Auvity (vocals), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (vocals), Gerard Lesne (contratenor), Il Seminario Musicale, Kaoli Isshiki (alto), Magid El-Bushra (contratenor), Pierre Boragno (flute), Gerard Lesne (conductor)
composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Marc-Antoine Charpentier's (1643-1704) deeply soulful vocal works are among the most immediately appealing pieces of the middle Baroque. He had a gift for grateful, lyrical vocal writing that's expressively expansive and avoids the patterned clichés that sometimes hobble music of that era. This collection features a variety of works, including ...

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Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Leçons de Ténébres (1995) more music like this

performed by Caroline Pelon (soprano), Catherine Greuillet (vocals), Christopher Purves (bass), Gerard Lesne (counter tenor), Il Seminario Musicale
composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier

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French & Italian Cantatas (2008) more music like this

performed by Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale, Sandrine Piau (soprano)
composed by Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Caldara, Du Buisson, George Frederick Handel, Giovanni Bononcini, Jean-Baptiste (Baptistin) Stuck, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault, Nicolas Bernier, Philippe Courbois

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Vivaldi: Adagios (2007) more music like this

performed by David Daniels (counter tenor), Europa Galante, Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Complesso Barocco, Il Seminario Musicale, Janet See (flute), Marina Comparato (mezzo-soprano), Matheus Ensemble, Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Philippe Jaroussky (counter tenor)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi

Compilations take their fair share of justified criticism, but sometimes you just feel like listening to one type of music -- maybe slow music -- maybe slow Baroque music -- maybe slow Vivaldi. If that happens to be the case, then this Virgin Classics album of Vivaldi certainly fits the bill and, as compilations go, is nicely put together. Of ...

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The Best of Baroque (2008) more music like this

performed by English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Europa Galante, Gerard Lesne (alto), Il Seminario Musicale, Les Arts Florissants, London Classical Players, Lorenzo Cavasanti (recorder), Mark Bennett (trumpet), Monica Huggett (violin), Paul Goodwin (oboe)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, George Frederick Handel, Giovanni Pergolesi, Gregorio Allegri, Henry Purcell, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Tomaso Albinoni

Repackaging old recordings as some kind of ideal selection for newcomers is reprehensible. Would you serve a plate of leftovers to a party of new visitors to your home? That said, this disc gives the casual buyer a reasonable sampling of some of the new ways in which Baroque music has been performed over the last two decades, with almost all the ...

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Charpentier: Leçons de Ténèbres (2008) more music like this

performed by Agnès Mellon (soprano), Etienne Fouss (tenor), Frederic Richard (tenor), Gerard Lesne (haute contre vocal), Ian Honeyman (tenor), Il Seminario Musicale, Jacques Bona (baritone), Jean-Xavier Combarieu (haute contre vocal)
composed by Gregorian Chant, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Plainchant

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