Shakespeare's Songbook, Vols. 1 & 2 (2004) more music like this

performed by Aaron Sheehan (tenor), Custer LaRue (soprano), Ellen L. Hargis (soprano), Judith Malafronte (mezzo-soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Paul O'Dette (guitar), Paul O'Dette (cittern), Ross W. Duffin (tenor), William Hite (tenor)
composed by Anonymous, English

Shakespeare's Songbook is a two-CD set issued as a companion piece to a book by the same title, published by W.W. Norton in 2004. That book is an exhaustively researched survey of 160 songs that are woven into or even mentioned in Shakespeare's plays -- an admirable enterprise, since for four centuries, thespians have basically been winging it ...

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Handel: Messiah (2006) more music like this

performed by Craig Trompeter (cello), David Bachman (organ), Eric Udzynski (harpsichord), Jeffrey Strauss (bass), Maria Jette (soprano), Patrice Djerejian (alto), Robert Rieder (trumpet), Thomas Yang (violin), William Hite (tenor)
composed by George Frederick Handel

Complete recordings of George Frideric Handel's Messiah were once uncommon, since a handful of recitatives and arias were traditionally cut from the second and third parts, in the interest of expediting the concluding choruses. However, with the rise of historically informed performances, most modern, thoroughgoing recordings include every ...

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Eric Chasalow: Left To His Own Devices (2003) more music like this

performed by Andrea Schultz (violin), Auros Group for New Music, Christopher Oldfather (piano), Eric Chasalow (tape), Guido Arbonelli (clarinet), Keith Benjamin (trumpet), Michael Finckel (cello), Phantom Arts, William Hite (tenor), Boston Modern Orchestra Project
composed by Eric Chasalow

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Shakespeare's Songbook, Vol. 2 (2004) more music like this

performed by Aaron Sheehan (tenor), Custer LaRue (soprano), Ellen L. Hargis (soprano), Judith Malafronte (mezzo-soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Paul O'Dette (cittern), Paul O'Dette (guitar), Ross W. Duffin (tenor), William Hite (tenor)
composed by Anonymous, English

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Charles Fussell: The Astronaut's Tale (2003) more music like this

performed by Jack Larson, James Maddalena (baritone), Judith Kellock (soprano), Monadnock Festival Ensemble, William Hite (tenor), James Bolle (conductor)
composed by Charles Fussell

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The Company of Heaven and Other Works by Benjamin Britten more music like this

performed by Anne Harley (soprano), Cathleen Ellis (soprano), Julian Wachner (organ), Peter Watchorn, Phyllis Hoffman, Scott Jarrett (organ), William Hite (tenor), Back Bay Chorale (choir, chorus), Marsh Chapel Choir, Boston University (choir, chorus)
composed by Benjamin Britten

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Handel: Triumph of Time & Truth (1999) more music like this

performed by Dominique Labelle (soprano), Jeffrey Gall (counter tenor), Music from Aston Magna, Sharon Baker (soprano), William Hite (tenor)
composed by George Frederick Handel

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Gilles: Requiem (1993) more music like this

performed by Anne Azema (soprano), Arthur Hock (violin), Carla Moore (violin), Carol Lewis (viola da gamba), Cleland K. Earle (violin), Dana Maiben (viola), Emily Walhout (cello), Ensemble de Tambours Provencaux, Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius
composed by Gregorian Chant, Jean Gilles

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Handel (arr. Mozart): Alexander's Feast; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day more music like this

performed by Alastair Miles (bass), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Lynne Dawson (soprano), William Hite (tenor), Haydn Society Chorus and Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel

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The Passion according to Four Evangelists more music like this

performed by Carole Haber (soprano), David R. Murray (baritone), Gloria Haymond (alto), William Hite (trombone), Back Bay Chorale (choir, chorus), Back Bay Orchestra
composed by Robert Kyr

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Dowland: Farewell, Unkind more music like this

performed by Boston Camerata, Joel Frederiksen (bass), Karen Clark (mezzo-soprano), Olav Chris Henriksen (lute), William Hite (tenor), Anne Azema (conductor)
composed by Christopher Tye, John Dowland, Rene Clausen

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New Britain (1990) more music like this

performed by Anne Azema (soprano), Boston Camerata, David Ripley (bass), Fred Raffensperger (counter tenor), Herman Hildebrand (baritone), Joel Cohen (baritone), Kenneth Fitch (counter tenor), Margaret Swanson (soprano), Roberta Anderson (soprano)
composed by American Traditional, Anonymous, Anonymous, American, Canadian Traditional, Diego Ortiz, English Traditional, French Traditional, German Traditional, Jacques Arcadelt, Jean-Baptiste Besard, Jehan Planson, Scottish Traditional, Thomas Ravenscroft

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Visions from the Book (1993) more music like this

performed by Barbara Thornton (voices), Benjamin Bagby (voices), Benjamin Bagby (harp), Elizabeth Gaver (fiddle), Eric Mentzel (voices), Frank Kelley (voices), Paul Guttry (voices), Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Sequentia Ensemble for Medieval Music, Cologne
composed by Anonymous, Ernoul de Gastinois, Peter Abelard

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Mozart: Eine Kleine Freimauer/Requiem more music like this

performed by Jane Bryden (soprano), Mary Westbrook Geha (mezzo-soprano), William Bastian (tenor), William Hite (tenor), William Sharp (baritone), Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra (choir, chorus), Andrew Parrott (conductor)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Scott Wheeler: The Construction of Boston (2008) more music like this

performed by Charles Blandy (tenor), Christine Swistro (soprano), Christopher Nomura (baritone), Elizabeth Anker (contralto), Krista River (mezzo-soprano), Marcus DeLoach (baritone), Sharla Nafziger (soprano), William Hite (tenor)
composed by Scott Wheeler

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Tristan & Iseult (1989) more music like this

performed by Andrea von Ramm, Anne Azema (soprano), Boston Camerata, Dan Stillman (shawm), Ellen L. Hargis (soprano), Henri Ledroit (counter tenor), Joel Cohen (percussion), Joel Cohen (lute), Richard Morrison (baritone), Steven Lundahl (slide trumpet)
composed by Alfonso X (el Sabio), Anonymous, Anonymous, Carmina Burana, Anonymous, French, Anonymous, German, Conon de Béthune, Giraut de Bornelh, Guiraut Riquier, Jehan Bodel

This disc, recorded in 1987, has had several resurrections that have been entirely well-deserved, for it is, insofar as such a thing is possible, a convincing and historically reasonable re-creation of a medieval legend aimed at general listeners. The romance of Tristan and Iseult, known above all through Richard Wagner's gigantist operatic ...

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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (2008) more music like this

performed by Aaron Sheehan (vocals), David Ripley (vocals), Deborah Rentz-Moore (vocals), Frank Kelley (vocals), Jeffrey Gall (vocals), Laurie Monahan (vocals), Michael Collver (counter tenor), Robert Honeysucker (vocals), Roberta Anderson (vocals)
composed by Claudio Monteverdi

This recording of Orfeo by performers from the Massachusetts-based Aston Magna Festival has many things to recommend it. Primary among its virtues is the dramatic urgency of the performance. The protagonist's dilemma is presented with heartbreaking poignancy; characteristic is the intensity of the Messenger's announcement of the news of Eurydice's ...

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