New York's Ensemble for Early Music (Ryland Angel, countertenor ; Thom Baker, Oliver Brewer, Todd Frizzell, tenor ; Gregory Purnhagen, baritone ; Mark Sullivan, bass ; Grant Herreid, theorbo, lute, guitar, cittern ; Patricia Ann Neely, bass viola da gamba ; Jennifer Sayre, Italian triple, harp ; Dongsok Shin, organ) ; Frederick Renz, director
Ex Cathedra: EC-9004; additional no. on disc: 70070-29004-2.
Principally for unacc. vocal ensemble; some selections with instrumental acc.; the 15th, 17th, and 19th works are instrumental.
Compact disc.
Program notes in English and texts with English translations (23 p.) inserted in container.
Recorded in St. James Chapel, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, May 2001.
Sung in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
All sons of Adam (2:59) ; Balulalow (2.42) ; Nou let us sing (1:22) / anon. -- Les bourgeois de Châtres / Marc-Antoine Charpentier (4:08) -- Or, nous dites Marie / Michel-Richard Delalande (2:54) -- Joseph est bien marié / Charpentier (2:36) -- Le triste etat/L'Altesse Royale / Jacques Gallot (5:23) -- Viens vite, laisse ta houlette (1:46) ; Vous qui desirez sans fin (2:01) / Charpentier -- Un ciego que contrabajo / Antonio de Salazar (3:17) -- Otros canarios / Santiage de Mucia (2:07) -- Los que fueren de buen gusto / Francisco de Vidales Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland / Johann Herman Schein / Michael Paetorius (7:00) -- Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein / Samuel Scheidt (4:29) -- Toccata IV / Alessandro Piccinini (1:32) -- O meraviglie belle / Marco da Gagliano (2:13)
Ciaccon in partite variata / Piccinini (1:45) -- Beata viscera / Gabriele Fattorini (3:12) -- Capriccio pastorale / Girolamo Frescobaldi (2:56) -- All you that are good fellows (2:10) ; The old yeare now away is fled (2:25) / anon