Tag: Edgar Fleet
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The History of European Music – Part One: Music of the Early Middle Ages, Vol. 1
Among the most acclaimed series issued by American independent label Musical Heritage Society during the height of the LP era were its “History of European Music” releases, produced and curated by musicologist Denis Stevens. The first release in the series evoked the mysteries of sacred medieval chant – Gregorian, Ambrosian, and other variants – along…
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Gay: The Beggar’s Opera
In 1977, Musical Heritage Society issued their landmark recording of the complete music from John Gay’s “The Beggar’s Opera”, bringing together all 69 numbers from the groundbreaking Baroque “ballad opera” with historically informed accompaniment under the direction of groundbreaking early music conductor Denis Stevens and featuring Nigel Rogers, a prominent champion of early music for…
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The Cries of London and Music in Honor of Queen Elizabeth I
Denis Stevens (1922-2004) was a musicians musician — musicologist, conductor, professor, and producer. He focused on early music for much of his career, and during his tenure as a professor at Columbia University during the 1960s and ’70s partnered with American independent label Musical Heritage Society to make recordings with two ensembles he created, the…
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Great Handel Choruses
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Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 (+ 6 extra works)
Masterpieces of Renaissance polyphony sung by one of the world’s greatest vocal ensembles Founded in 1968, Pro Cantione Antiqua has for over four decades been one of the most popular and acclaimed early music vocal ensembles. Their recording of Monteverdi’s Vespers, first released on the Ars Musici label in the 1980s, returns to the catalogue…
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Schütz: The Great Motets
The wide repertoire of the internationally acclaimed London-based Pro Cantione Antiqua includes many works by Heinrich Schütz, whose music straddles the Renaissance and baroque styles. This collection of Schütz’s motets, recorded between 1979 and 1983, is accompanied by the English Consort of Viols, the Restoration Academy, the London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble and organist Bradford…
