A to Z of Classical Music (2000) more music like this

performed by Adele Anthony (violin), Balázs Szokolay (piano), Camerata Budapest, Capella Istropolitana, Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet), Idil Biret (piano), Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Jeno Jando (piano), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Miroslav Kejmar (trumpet)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Benjamin Britten, Carl Maria von Weber, Carl Orff, Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, Felix Mendelssohn, François Couperin, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Georg Philipp Telemann

Technically, the insides of this package from Naxos deliver what the outside promises: an "A to Z" compilation of classical composers, a 562-page book, and over 150 minutes of music. The implication would be, however, that the book is coordinated with the music, which is only loosely true. The book is a little biographical dictionary covering ...

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The World of Early Music (1999) more music like this

performed by Aradia Baroque Ensemble, Bernhard Landauer (vocals), Capella Istropolitana, Christopher Wilson (lute), Ensemble Accentus, Ensemble Unicorn, James David Christie (organ), Joseph Payne (organ), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Laurence Cummings (organ)
composed by Adriano Banchieri, Alessandro Stradella, Alexander Agricola, Alfonso X (el Sabio), Anonymous, Anonymous, Italian, Antonio Cesti, Arcangelo Corelli, Carlo Gesualdo, Claude Goudimel, Claudio Monteverdi, Dietrich Buxtehude, Emilio de' Cavalieri, John Dowland

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Discover Music of the Baroque Era (2005) more music like this

performed by Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Verona, Aradia Ensemble, Balázs Szokolay (piano), Bela Drahos (flute), Capella Savaria, Christina Stelmacovich (alto), David Miller (theorbo), David van Asch (bass), Failoni Orchestra (chamber ensemble)
composed by Alessandro Scarlatti, Alessandro Stradella, Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Claudio Monteverdi, Dietrich Buxtehude, Domenico Scarlatti, François Couperin, Georg Philipp Telemann, George Frederick Handel, Giovanni Gabrieli, Gregorio Allegri

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Purcell: Full Anthems & Organ Music (1995) more music like this

performed by Andrew Carwood (tenor), Carys-Anne Lane (soprano), Laurence Cummings (organ), Michael McCarthy (bass), Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
composed by Henry Purcell

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Gibbons: Choral and Organ Music (1995) more music like this

performed by Laurence Cummings (organ), Oxford Camerata (choir, chorus)
composed by Orlando Gibbons

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An Introduction to Early Music (1995) more music like this

performed by Christopher Wilson (lute), Ensemble Unicorn, Joseph Payne (organ), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Oxford Camerata, Rebecca Outram (soprano), Robert Parkins (organ), Rose Consort of Viols, Scholars of London, Shirley Rumsey (vocals)
composed by Anonymous, Anonymous, Italian, Anonymous, Spanish, Francesco Canova da Milano, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Gregorian Chant, Hildegard of Bingen, Jacques Arcadelt, Johannes Ockeghem, John Jenkins, Josquin Desprez, Louis Couperin, William Byrd

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Discover Choral Music (2007) more music like this

performed by Barbara Kubiak (soprano), Ewa Marciniec (alto), Gary Cooper (organ), I Febiarmonici, Jadwiga Rappe (alto), Laurence Cummings (organ), Piotr Nowacki (bass), Timothy Bentch (tenor), Wojciech Drabowicz (baritone), Alsfelder Vokalensemble (choir, chorus)
composed by Anton Bruckner, Arvo Pärt, Benjamin Britten, Charles Villiers Stanford, Claudio Monteverdi, Felix Mendelssohn, Francis Poulenc, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Carissimi, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Gustav Mahler

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Requiem (1999) more music like this

performed by Anna Gonda, Beatrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo-soprano), Bertalan Hock (organ), Camerata Budapest, Eduard Tumagian, Elena Filipova, Francois Poly (cello), Gloria Scalchi, Jaroslava Horska, Julie Faulkner, Laurence Cummings (organ), Magdalena Hajossyova
composed by Alonso Lobo, Charles Villiers Stanford, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Giovanni Pergolesi, Giuseppe Verdi, Henry Purcell, Johannes Brahms, Léon Boëllmann, Maurice Duruflé, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Rembrandt: Music of His Time (2004) more music like this

performed by Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Verona, Aradia Baroque Ensemble, Carys-Anne Lane (soprano), David Miller (lute), Glen Wilson (harpsichord), Jacob Heringman (lute), James David Christie (organ), Knut Johannesen (organ), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
composed by Anthoni van Noordt, Girolamo Fantini, Heinrich Schütz, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Johann Jakob Lowe von Eisenach, Johann Rosenmüller, Louis Couperin, Michael Praetorius, Orlando Gibbons, Tobias Hume, William Lawes

With its Art and Music series, Naxos has come up with a classy looking way of recycling earlier items from its catalog. The discs in the series don't quite deliver what they promise, but this one does better than most. The title Rembrandt: Music of His Time is accurate as far as it goes; the art-historical essay on Rembrandt by Hugh Griffith is ...

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J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsihord (2000) more music like this

performed by Alison Crum (viola da gamba), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

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C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas for Keyboard & Violin (2003) more music like this

performed by Adrian Butterfield (violin), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Laurence Cummings (clavichord)
composed by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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Handel: Arias (2006) more music like this

performed by Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Kammerorchester Basel, Laurence Cummings (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel

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Rubbra, Britten: The Complete Recorder Works (2004) more music like this

performed by Catherine Fleming (alto recorder), Catherine Fleming (recorder), Celia Ireland (recorder), Fiona Russell (recorder), Flutadors, Ian Wilson (alto recorder), Ian Wilson (recorder), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Patricia Rozario (soprano)
composed by Benjamin Britten, Edmund Rubbra, Guillaume de Machaut, Josquin Desprez, Juan Vasquez

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Thomas Tomkins: Choral & Organ Music (1999) more music like this

performed by Laurence Cummings (organ), Oxford Camerata (choir, chorus), Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
composed by Thomas Tomkins

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Counter-Tenor Duets and Song by Purcell and his contemporaries (2000) more music like this

performed by Becky Davey (recorder), Claire Duff (violin), Claire Duff (viola), Emma Alter (violin), Emma Alter (viola), Laura Hird (recorder), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Laurence Cummings (organ), Mark Chambers (counter tenor), Reiko Ichise (bass viol)
composed by Daniel Purcell, Henry Purcell, John Blow, Pelham Humfrey

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Credo (2000) more music like this

performed by Andreas Martin (vocals), Anna di Mauro (vocals), Ars Nova Vocal Ensemble, Gabriele Sima (contralto), John Dickie (vocals), Kurt Azesberger (tenor), Laurence Cummings (organ), Oxford Camerata, Priti Coles (vocals), Robert Holzer (bass)
composed by Adrian Willaert, Filipe de Magalhaes, Franz Joseph Haydn, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Johann Pachelbel, Johannes Ockeghem, Orlande de Lassus, Thomas Tallis, Thomas Tomkins, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Thomas Tallis: Instrumental Music and Songs (2004) more music like this

performed by Andrew Wilson (organ), Charivari Agréable, Laurence Cummings (virginal), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Lynda Sayce (lute), Stephen Taylor (counter tenor), Chapelle du Roi (choir, chorus)
composed by Thomas Tallis, William Byrd

Signum's Thomas Tallis: The Complete Works, Vol. 9, brings to a close a long-running series of discs devoted to recording every note of music written by Thomas Tallis, spearheaded by conductor and musicologist Alistair Dixon and the group Chapelle du Roi. Some of these pieces are so obscure that critical editions were produced only in the process ...

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In Memoriam (1996) more music like this

performed by Bertalan Hock (organ), Capella Istropolitana, Janos Balint (flute), Laurence Cummings (organ), Nora Mercz (harp), Oxford Camerata
composed by Alessandro Marcello, Antonio Vivaldi, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Edvard Grieg, Frédéric Chopin, George Frederick Handel, Henry Purcell, Hugo Alfvén, Johann Sebastian Bach, Léon Boëllmann, Ludwig van Beethoven, Tomaso Albinoni

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Vermeer: Music of His Time (2005) more music like this

performed by Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Verona, Glen Wilson (harpsichord), Karl-Ernst Schröder (lute), Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus, Martin Hummel (baritone), Oxford Camerata, Pieter van Dijk (organ)
composed by Andreas Hammerschmidt, Christoph Bernhard, Dietrich Buxtehude, Heinrich Scheidemann, Johann Nauwach, Louis Couperin, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Thomas Selle, William Byrd, William Lawes

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Sacred Music by Sebastian Knüpfer (2000) more music like this

performed by Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor), David Miller (theorbo), James Bowman (alto), James Gilchrist (tenor), Julia Bishop (violin), Katherine Sharman (cello), King's Consort, Laurence Cummings (organ), Michael George (bass)
composed by Sebastian Knüpfer

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Weelkes: Ninth Service & Anthems (1988) more music like this

performed by Laurence Cummings (organ), Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford (choir, chorus)
composed by Thomas Weelkes

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Thomas Tallis: The Complete Works (Box Set) (2004) more music like this

performed by Adrian Hutton (bass), Alicia Carroll (soprano), Andrea Brown (soprano), Andrew Benson-Wilson (organ), Andrew Hewitt (tenor), Andrew Hope (baritone), Andrew Wilson (organ), Angela Heinkel (soprano), Ashley Stafford (alto), Ben Davis (baritone)
composed by Gregorian Chant, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd

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Schütz: Psalmen Davids (1996) more music like this

performed by Carys-Anne Lane (soprano), Laurence Cummings (organ), Michael McCarthy (bass), Rebecca Outram (soprano), Oxford Camerata (choir, chorus), Jeremy Summerly (conductor)
composed by Heinrich Schütz, Johann Hermann Schein

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Louis Couperin: Harpsichord Suites (1994) more music like this

performed by Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
composed by Louis Couperin

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Goya: Music of His Time (2004) more music like this

performed by Danubius String Quartet, Ewa Podles (contralto), Gilbert Rowland (harpsichord), Gruppo Vocale Cantemus, Gyorgy Eder (cello), Ilya Kaler (violin), Kodaly Quartet, Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Norbert Kraft (guitar), Zoltan Tokos (guitar)
composed by Antonio Soler, Dionysio Aguado, Domenico Scarlatti, Fernando Sor, François-Joseph Gossec, Gioachino Rossini, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Ludwig van Beethoven, Luigi Boccherini, Marcos Antonio Portugal (Protogallo), Niccolò Paganini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Listened to without reference to the booklet this disc would seem to be a meaningless jumble of music even knowing that it all came from the lifetime of Spanish artist Francisco Goya. It is actually, however, one of the most successful releases so far in the Naxos label's Art and Music series, culling excerpts from recordings in the Naxos catalog ...

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