Guerrero: Requiem

Track Listings
1. Missa Pro Defunctis: Processional: Quand'os Miro, Mi Dios    
2. Missa Pro Defunctis: Introit: Requiem Aeternam    
3. Missa Pro Defunctis: Kyrie    
4. Missa Pro Defunctis: Collect: Deus, Qui Inter Apostolicos    
5. Missa Pro Defunctis: Epistle    
6. Missa Pro Defunctis: Gradual: Requiem Aeternam    
7. Missa Pro Defunctis: Tract: Absolve, Domine    
8. Missa Pro Defunctis: Sequence: Dies Irae    
9. Missa Pro Defunctis: Gospel    
10. Missa Pro Defunctis: Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe    
11. Missa Pro Defunctis: Preface    
12. Missa Pro Defunctis: Sanctus    
13. Missa Pro Defunctis: Tiento Sobre Ad Dominum Cum Tribularer    
14. Missa Pro Defunctis: Pater Noster    
15. Missa Pro Defunctis: Agnus Dei    
16. Missa Pro Defunctis: Communion: Luceat Eis A 5    
17. Missa Pro Defunctis: Postcommunion    
18. Missa Pro Defunctis: Processional: In Paradisum    
19. Absolutio Super Tumulum: Hei Mihi, Domine    
20. Absolutio Super Tumulum: Prayer: Non Intres In Judicium    
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Guerrero: Requiem, Music, Charles Gibbs, Robert Evans, Antonio de Cabezon, Gregorian Chant, Juan de Esquivel Barahona, Francisco Guerrero, Josquin Desprez, Michael Noone, Charles Humphries, Fergus McLusky, Orchestra of the Renaissance, Alastair Ross, Christopher Watson, Simon Davies, Tom Phillips, Chamber, Chamber Music, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Keyboard, Motet, Music for Keyboard, Orchestral & Symphonic, Western European Chant
Guerrero: Requiem
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Francisco Guerrero: Requiem
  • Beautifully executed, gracefully nuanced, above all, expressive
  • A shining blackness
  • Very impressive
  • A really important recording...
 Guerrero: Requiem

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GeneralGeneral | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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ChantsChants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
MotetsMotets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00003NHB6
Release Date: 1999-12-15

Tracks:

  1. Missa Pro Defunctis: Processional: Quand'os Miro, Mi Dios
  2. Missa Pro Defunctis: Introit: Requiem Aeternam
  3. Missa Pro Defunctis: Kyrie
  4. Missa Pro Defunctis: Collect: Deus, Qui Inter Apostolicos
  5. Missa Pro Defunctis: Epistle
  6. Missa Pro Defunctis: Gradual: Requiem Aeternam
  7. Missa Pro Defunctis: Tract: Absolve, Domine
  8. Missa Pro Defunctis: Sequence: Dies Irae
  9. Missa Pro Defunctis: Gospel
  10. Missa Pro Defunctis: Offertory: Domine Jesu Christe
  11. Missa Pro Defunctis: Preface
  12. Missa Pro Defunctis: Sanctus
  13. Missa Pro Defunctis: Tiento Sobre Ad Dominum Cum Tribularer
  14. Missa Pro Defunctis: Pater Noster
  15. Missa Pro Defunctis: Agnus Dei
  16. Missa Pro Defunctis: Communion: Luceat Eis A 5
  17. Missa Pro Defunctis: Postcommunion
  18. Missa Pro Defunctis: Processional: In Paradisum
  19. Absolutio Super Tumulum: Hei Mihi, Domine
  20. Absolutio Super Tumulum: Prayer: Non Intres In Judicium
  21. Absolutio Super Tumulum: Responsory: Libera Me, Domine
  22. Absolutio Super Tumulum: Kyrie
  23. Absolutio Super Tumulum: Pater Noster
  24. Absolutio Super Tumulum: Prayer: Deus, Qui Inter Apostolicos
  25. Absolutio Super Tumulum: Antiphon: In Paradisum

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Francisco Guerrero: Requiem.......2007-03-25

Cristóbal de Morales: Assumption Mass

Spanish music and its history, although of globe-girdling significance, has often suffered from anglophone writers, at worst contempt and at best neglect, ever since Spain was branded the evil empire in 1588. Only in recent decades have scholars begun to correct this monumental omission. Michael Noone is becoming one of the leaders of the cause. Let me admit up front that I have known Michael for 25 years, although we have actually met only a few times during that period. Partly because I have followed his career, I was thrilled when he began issuing recordings of the music that has been the object of his devotion. Francisco Guerrero: Requiem is the second of four recordings he has done on Glossa with Richard Cheetham's Orchestra of the Renaissance (the others: Canticum Canticorum, Cristóbal de Morales-Assumption Mass, and Sebastián de Vivanco-In Manus Tuas).

One of his purposes in these recordings has been to convince the world that the combination of singers with cornett, shawms, sackbuts, dulcian, organ, and harp that is described in the records actually works. He proves it, in spades! The performances on these recordings are among the most musical interpretations of sixteenth-century polyphony I have ever heard. Given the limitation that it is all sacred music, the mood, style, and instrumentation show great variety: vocal, instrumental, polyphony, chant, ensemble, solo. The Guerrero Requiem (and the Assumption Mass) are liturgical reconstructions of scholarly precision, while the other two recordings are anthologies. All are superbly performed and definitively refute scoffers who assert that this music or these instruments cannot be performed to modern standards. The performances include spare, stark Gregorian chant as well as rich, voluptuous polyphony. The shaping of musical lines, timbre, and intonation are exquisitely refined. Tempos are beautifully controlled and absolutely convincing. These performances combine consummate musicianship with meticulous musicology, evident in the use of instrumentation described in local period documents and local Gregorian chant, not to mention the fact that Michael Noone has transcribed this music and done the archival research himself. His soup-to-nuts productions are archetypal illustrations of what can be achieved by the combination of excellent scholarship and exemplary musicianship. This is also evident in the exceptionally clear and informative program notes.

Michael Noone's sumptuous recordings of Spanish Renaissance Music should grace the shelves of every audiophile. I have bought them all, and these days, I find myself listening to little else!

5 out of 5 stars Beautifully executed, gracefully nuanced, above all, expressive.......2006-09-06

This recording is important not just for making an unknown masterpiece available once again, but for the perfection of the performance and the attention to musical and historical detail. The voices are supported by an instrumental ensemble woven so well into the vocal texture as to become part and parcel of the performance, rather than simply backing up or coloring the polyphony. The phrases are carefully shaped and the diction crystal clear. No 'high' voices are present (no sopranos are called for in the score) and it would be easy for the vocal texture (ATTB) to become very dense and weighty, but Noone and his performers never let this happen. Each line is clearly sung/played and parts emerge from the texture at the appropriate moments.
With the exception of Victoria, many composers from the Spanish Renaissance remain unknown or at best, under-appreciated in the USA. Hopefully this fine performance will encourage many to seek out more music of this great 16th century master, along with that of his fine compatriots.

5 out of 5 stars A shining blackness.......2004-12-20

Guerrero, a very important but nowadays unfortunately neglected figure in the XVI. century "international" music, wrote a very impressive, ruthless, anthracian "service" what we may call "Requiem". The cover with its plain and suggestive manner also reflects the profound understanding of the work.

The performance is superb. Musically and electronically. Listen to it regularly.

5 out of 5 stars Very impressive.......2000-10-09

I bought this CD after hearing this group's fabulous reconstruction of Cordoba Vespers. Again, I am very impressed. This again is a reconstruction - this time of the Requiem Mass as it might have been performed in Seville Cathedral to honor Guerrero's death in 1599. Guerrero, whose own 1582 Requiem mass forms the backbone of the instant recording, was a native of Seville, but his music was well known as far as Mexico, Guatemala and Chile. In fact, during his life, Guerrero may have been the most celebrated Spanish composer. The reconstruction of the funeral service here is very convincing. It begins with an instrumental processional, performed on sackbutts, shawms and cornetts, wonderfully accentuated by drums. The main body of the mass unfolds in a well-integrated sequence of solo and choral plainchant (drawn from contemporary Spanish sources) and polyphonic movements elaborating on the plainchant, accompanied by either a solo dulcian, or a consort of wind instruments which frequently double solo voices in a very characteristic manner of the age. The mass ends with a plainchant antiphon In paradisum fading beautifully into the distance as the imaginary funeral procession leaves the church. The singing is superb. Special mention goes to Josep Cabre and Simon Davies as plainchant soloists, who do such a wonderful job of binding professionally-written polyphonic movements with their anonymous liturgical roots.

5 out of 5 stars A really important recording..........2000-06-17

I read somewhere after I had become aware of this recording that it was a Requiem FOR Francisco Guerrero, and I was thrown because I thought it was a reqiuem BY Guerrero. It turns out to be both, actually. Guerrero's own setting of the Requiem mass was evidently the one used at his own funeral (in 1599). The service was celebrated at the cathedral in Seville, a venue which is significant for more than one reason. Seville was, firstly, a cultural center of Spain (and of Europe, really). It was Spain's principal port city, so cultural development was bound to be constant. Its cathedral was one of the largest in Spain and was the site of frequent lavish ceremonies of many kinds. The second reason that the Seville cathedral is significant is its connection to Guerrero. Born in Seville, he was variously a member of the cathedral choir, assistant to the chapelmaster, and later chapelmaster himself (and, hence, a priest).

There is, obviously, a lot of history behind this recording; that sense of history is what you might call the "mission" of the Orchestra of the Renaissance. They aim, among other things, to bring attention to the historical role of instruments in Renaissance vocal music (and, incidentally, Seville was known for its instrumental "ensemble" of sorts). That sense of history naturally leads to a performance practice which focuses on placing music in its historical context.

So, then, for the purpose of context there is a variety of music besides just Guerrero's mass. There is a Guerrero motet, one by Josquin, an organ piece by Cabezon, instrumental processionals by Esquivel and Guerrero, and an ample amount of plainchant (in the form of graduals, prayers, lessons, antiphons, etc.). This method of presenting the mass (with materials which would be used in a service) not only makes for a good deal of variety (hence a more enjoyable listen) but is quite welcome, to me at least, on a artistic level (especially for this music, highly religious as it is).

Guerrero was considered, during his lifetime, to be one of the best (if not THE best) composers of the period. His music is of the greatest profundity: in the great Spanish tradition it is, firstly, sober - the famous "Spanish gloom" (intense spiritual expression) is present here. It is also very subtle (emotion is abundant, but the music is not superficial). This Requiem bears some comparison to that of Victoria, but it is better compared, I think, to another spanish composer - Morales (although he's much less familiar than Victoria). The other music is all of the same restrained expressive quality which makes for such a rewarding experience. The range of feeling is broad - from anxiety about death to penitence for sinfulness to, ultimately, hope of eternal life (heard in the Agnus Dei, which is especially beautiful).

The acoustic is good - very warm,and reverberant enough - so that from the opening notes you are swept into the music. It serves to set the proper mood for the program. The instrumental sound is very pleasing - it is (to use a phrase which is admittedly inaccurate, but hopefully descriptive) very Spanish. What I mean is that, since there is no brass to lend brightness, the sound produced is rich and dark (which means, obviously, that it sits quite nicely alongside Guerrero's music ); it is effective both in passages exclusively for instruments and in vocal passages which employ the instruments to double parts. The players are obviously skilled. The choral sound is good as well. The sounds produced by each of the parts is very nice (the tones are "standardized", but still warm). Overall, the texture of the sound is very clean and smooth (and colorful). The group's balance is good - the parts can all be heard independently (with the exception of one of the tenor parts in a few places - but that's unavoidable, I guess). Dynamics are good (both the overall volume and the sense of the lines specific to each part), as are tempi (moderate, a little quick in places, but generally unhurried). What that all means, though, more importantly, is that they really capture the spirit of the music - the group appears to be caught up in it (as you will be) and as a result the music really speaks. The decision to double the vocal parts with instruments is, as I said before, quite important to the approach taken by the Orchestra of the Renaissance - I don't know much about its historical validity (I'm sure there's good reason to do it) but it is quite effective here; even if it's not your particular taste it certainly doesn't detract from the overall "vocal" sound.

There are obvious comparisons to be made with similar recordings by Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort (most prominently both employ all male choirs with instrumental support). None of the material overlaps with any recorded by McCreesh, but if you've heard any of his recordings I can speak to the relative sound of his choir with this one. I prefer the sound on this recording - it is cleaner and smoother (although McCreesh undeniably has a certain advantage in terms of sonic power); that quality is appreciated everywhere but most of all in the chant passages, which in this recording are really very good. I also think that this choir has slightly more focus and balance that McCreesh's - all that to say that if you're familiar with the approach the Gabrieli Consort takes to the music it performs, there's more of the same good stuff to be found on this Guerrero recording.

This disc was a Gramophone editor's pick back in about May (I think), but as of my writing this the article has not appeard on their website. The review had a lot of praise for this recording (so you don't have to rely only on me).

Gladly recommended...
Francisco Guerrero: Vespers for All Saints; Missa por defunctis
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    Francisco Guerrero , and Chapelle du Roi
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    Vox Eterna
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        Tracks:

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        2. Cantigas De Santa Maria: Miragres Fremosos Faz Por Nos (CSM 37)
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        8. Cantica Beatae Virginis: Vidi Speciosam Sicut Columbam
        9. Vespro Della Beatae Virginie:Intonatio/Antiphona/Dixit Dominus
        10. Madrigali, Guerrieri Et Amorosi: Hor Che'l Ciel E La Terra
        11. Missa Pro Defunctis: Offertorium
        12. Cancons De La Catalunya Mil/Lenaria: Els Segadors
        13. Requiem K626: Agnus Dei-Lux Aeterna
        Motet Masters of the Renaissance
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          Music for Philip of Spain / Dixon, Chapelle du Roi
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            French Anonymous , John Blow , Francisco Guerrero , Chapelle du Roi , and Alistair Dixon
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            Tracks:

            1. Dicite In Magni
            2. Domine Ostende
            3. Nimphes Nappes
            4. Requiem: Intro
            5. Requiem: Kyrie
            6. Requiem: Gradual
            7. Gradual
            8. Tract
            9. Requiem: Offertory
            10. Requiem: Sanctus
            11. Versa Est In Luctum
            12. Requiem: Benedictus
            13. Requiem: Agnus Dei
            14. Requiem: Communion
            15. Dismissal
            16. Libera Me

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            Let's be fair to Philip II: yes, he presided over the Spanish Inquisition and the Armada, but he also presided over an extraordinary flowering of art and music. For this disc, one of several made in 1998 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Philip's death, Bruno Turner has located the music evidently sung at Philip's state funeral. Just an interesting historical curiosity? Not the way Chapelle du Roi sings it--Alistair Dixon has gathered some gorgeous young voices that make quite a case for this music. Jean Richafort's little-known Requiem "Circumdederunt me" for six men's voices is rich, dense, and unexpectedly sweet-- frankly, it brings to mind chocolate mousse or pecan pie. Four pieces by Francisco Guerrero and Alonso Lobo seem lighter (the whipped cream, perhaps), with real treble parts and leaner counterpoint. Chapelle du Roi didn't include the chant items (such as the famous Dies irae melody) that would recreate a complete service: a pity, because, as their third Tallis disc demonstrates, they sing plainchant beautifully. Instead, there are three nonfuneral works at the beginning of the disc; they're not bad, but if you want this record to knock you over, start with the Requiem on track 4. --Matthew Westphal
            Offertorium
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              		Offertorium

              Manufacturer: Fontalis
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              Tracks:

              1. El Canto De La Sibila II: Sibila Galaica (Excs)
              2. Cantigas De Santa Maria: Miragres Fremosos Faz Por Nos (CSM 37)
              3. Messe De L'Homme Arme: Osanna I-II
              4. Villancios & Ensaladas: La Trulla (Exc)
              5. Missa Pro Defunctis: Kyrie Eleison-Christe Eleison
              6. Falai Mes Olhos
              7. Sacrae Cantones: Duo Seraphim
              8. Cantica Beatae Virginis: Vidi Speciosam Sicut Columbam
              9. Vespro Della Beatae Virginie:Intonatio/Antiphona/Dixit Dominus
              10. Madrigali, Guerrieri Et Amorosi: Hor Che'l Ciel E La Terra
              11. Missa Pro Defunctis: Offertorium
              12. Cancons De La Catalunya Mil/Lenaria: Els Segadors
              13. Requiem K626: Agnus Dei-Lux Aeterna
              Masters of the Renaissance
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                		Masters of the Renaissance

                Manufacturer: Gloriae Dei Cantores
                ProductGroup: Music
                Binding: Audio CD

                Byrd, WilliamByrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
                All Works by LassusAll Works by Lassus | Lassus, Orlando di(Lasso) | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Morales, Cristóbal de | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
                RequiemsRequiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
                Sacred & ReligiousSacred & Religious | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                MassesMasses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                MotetsMotets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                OratoriosOratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                RequiemsRequiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                Renaissance (c.1450-1600)Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                ClassicalClassical | Indie Music | Stores | Music
                ASIN: B000003XGA
                Release Date: 1996-03-19

                Album Description

                This release from Gloriae Dei Cantores features sacred music from one of the most inspired periods in the arts---the Renaissance. Each of the European schools of composition---Italian, Flemish, German, Spanish, and English---is represented by a total of twenty composers, offering a fascinating cross-section of styles and influences. Great masters such as Lassus, Byrd, and Victoria are featured, as well as lesser-known composers such as Hassler, de Wert, and Nanino.

                The central work of this recording is the MISSA SUPER BELL AMFITRIT ALTERA by Lassus, generally considered one of his finest works. Other selections include Anerio's tender and stirring REQUIEM AETERNUM and William Byrd's TERRA TREMUIT, which has been described as "one of the most dramatic texts in the whole of music."
                All Souls' Vespers
                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                • Expect to be impressed
                		 All Souls' Vespers

                Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429]
                ProductGroup: Music
                Binding: Audio CD

                Gombert, NicolasGombert, Nicolas | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Morales, Cristóbal de | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
                RequiemsRequiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                MagnificatsMagnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                OratoriosOratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                PsalmsPsalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                RequiemsRequiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                ASIN: B000002SQV
                Release Date: 2000-06-06

                Tracks:

                1. Processional: Je Prens Congie
                2. Antiphon: Placebo Domino/Psalm 114: Dilexi, Quoniam Exaudiet/Antiphon: Placebo Domino
                3. Antiphon: Heu Mihi Domine/Pslam 119: Ad Dominum Cum Tribularer/Antiphon: Heu Mihi Domine
                4. Antiphon: Dominus Custodit/Psalm 120: Levavi Oculos Meos/Antiphon: Dominus Custodit
                5. Antiphon: Si Iniquitates/Psalm 129: De Profundis/Antiphon: Si Iniquitates
                6. Antiphon: Opr Manuum/Psalm 137: Confitebor Tibi/Antiphon: Opr Manuum
                7. Verse: Requiem Aeternam/Response: Et Lux Perpetua
                8. Antiphon: Omne Quod Dat Mihi/Canticle: Magnificat/Antiphon: Omne Quod Dat Mihi
                9. Verse: Audivi Vocem/Response: Beati Mortui
                10. Prayer: Pater Noster
                11. Verse: Requiem Aeternam/Response: Et Lux Perpetua
                12. Verse: A Porta Inferi/Response: Erue, Domine
                13. Verse: Dominus Vobiscum/Response: Et Cum Spiritu Tuo
                14. Verse: Requiescant In Pace/Response: Amen
                15. Oratio: Tiento Sobre Malheur Me Bat
                16. Verse: Dominus Vobiscum/Response: Et Cum Spiritu Tuo
                17. Recessional: Je Prens Congie

                Customer Reviews:

                5 out of 5 stars Expect to be impressed.......2000-10-01

                This is a composite requiem. All pieces add up to a reconstruction of Vespers for All Souls' Day (the feast for the dead) as it might have been heard in Cordoba Cathedral around 1570. The composers were selected for their possible connection with Cordoba Cathedral, or with Cordoba region generally. The sound is distinctly Spanish, characterized by open vowels and instrumental participation. The instruments, dominated by shawms, sackbuts and bajons, appear throughout the disc, including the chants. The singing is done mostly one to a part. From the moment you hear the distant drum roll, heralding the beginning of Gombert's Je Prens Congie, you will melt into the mournful, solemn and uplifting atmosphere of this disc. It is hard to imagine a better opening number than Je Prens Congie. This piece, used as both a processional and a recessional, is surely one of the most exquisite polyphonic compositions ever written. You will recognize it as an instrumental version of Lugebat David Absalon (incidentally, for a vocal version of this piece, get Gombert Credo and Motets/Henry's Eight). From Je Prens Congie, the music moves into the succession of chants and psalms, of which the short verses by Juan Vasquez are especially notable.
                Guerrero: Requiem
                Average customer rating: Not rated
                  		Guerrero: Requiem

                  Manufacturer: Glossa
                  ProductGroup: Music
                  Binding: Audio CD

                  GeneralGeneral | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
                  Sacred & ReligiousSacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
                  Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems
                  GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
                  GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
                  GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                  ChantsChants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                  MotetsMotets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
                  ASIN: B000038I8U
                  Release Date: 1999-01-01

                  Track Listings:

                  1. Hat Box
                  2. Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo Virtutum
                  3. Hindemith: Complete Cello Concertos
                  4. Hollywood String Quartet: The Unpublished Live London Recordings
                  5. Holst: The Planets; The Mystic Trumpeter; Colin Matthews: Pluto
                  6. Hurwit: Symphony No.1 Remembrance
                  7. Ivan Moravec: Live in Prague
                  8. Johann Christian Bach: Piano Sonatas, Op. 17
                  9. Johann Jacob Froberger: Strasbourg Manuscript
                  10. Kitzke: The Character Of American Sunlight, etc. / Lubman, Mad Coyote, et al

                  Track Listings

                  track listings

                  Track Listings

                  Planetary Confinement

                  Tchaikovsky/Glazunov/Liadov/Scriabin

                  Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 [Box set]

                  Open Land

                  Technology Alert, Vol. 15 + It

                  The Power of Heart at Work

                  Superfly [Import]

                  Them Or Us [Original recording remastered]

                  The Libertines [Import]

                  Super Double-Bass: The Artistry of Gary Karr

                  Son of Stax Funk: A Whole Nuther Strut

                  Salsa de Coleccion, Vol. 2

                  Salsa [Soundtrack] [Import]

                  Super Funk 3

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