Around the Tombeau Les Regrets by Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Mirare has collected here several of the finest pieces by the 'Orpheus of our time,' along with transcriptions for three viols modeled on... more

Da pacem gathers music by Heinrich Schütz that expressed the prayers of his listeners during the troubling times of the Thirty Years' War, a period when the people of Central Europe "in such great... more

Bach: Consolatio This release features the first cantatas Bach composed in Leipzig. They are not only stamped with the composer's customary eloquence, but also brimming with poetry amid their... more

Jacques Hotteterre, called le Romain, is one of the most illustrious figures in the history of the transverse flute. At the same time a distinguished performer, an enlightened teacher and a... more

Four years after the superb 'Membra Jesu Nostri', the Ricercar Consort once again turns to Buxtehude. The majority of the cantatas in this recording are centred on Christ's Passion and Resurrection.... more

The repertory for viol consort of the Stuart age in England consists of fantasias and miscellaneous pieces whose dense, continuous polyphony conveys a sonic and social ideal of Concord and harmony.... more