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Cantata

The cantata is a vocal music genre characterized by its blend of solo and choral singing, often accompanied by an orchestra. Originating in the Baroque era, cantatas traditionally encompass a series of arias, recitatives, and choruses, woven together to convey a narrative or thematic journey. They can be either sacred or secular in nature, offering rich, emotive storytelling found in the works of artists like Johann Wilhelm Hertel and Johann Sebastian Bach. The genre has evolved over time, incorporating diverse stylistic influences, as seen in the contributions of composers such as Dame Ethel Smyth and Peter Benoit. Cantatas continue to captivate with their intricate vocal harmonies, expressive melodies, and the emotional depth inherent in their text-driven compositions.

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Where Dreams Begin - Music for Profound Sleep

Claude Debussy•

Aaron Copland•

Albert Roussel•

Alessandro Scarlatti•

Alexander Borodin•

Ambroise Thomas•

André Campra•

Antonio Vivaldi•

Arthur Somervell•

Benjamin Britten•

Bernhard Flies•

Charles Gounod•

Cipriano de Rore•

Claudio Monteverdi•

César Franck•

Darius Milhaud•

Dmitri Shostakovich•

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari•

Francesco Cavalli•

Francis Poulenc•

Franz Schubert•

François Couperin•

Frédéric Chopin•

Georg Philipp Telemann•

George Frideric Handel•

Gustav Holst•

Hanns Eisler•

Hans Werner Henze•

Heitor Villa-Lobos•

Henri Duparc•

Henri Dutilleux•

Henry Purcell•

Herbert Howells•

Jacques Offenbach•

Jean-Baptiste Lully•

Jean-Philippe Rameau•

Johann Sebastian Bach•

Johannes Brahms•

John Dowland•

Album - 76 Tracks - Released November 11, 2025

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November 11, 2025

Where Dreams Begin - Music for Profound Sleep
Claude Debussy•
Aaron Copland•
Albert Roussel•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexander Borodin•
Ambroise Thomas•
André Campra•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Arthur Somervell•
Benjamin Britten•
Bernhard Flies•
Carl Orff•
Charles Gounod•
Cipriano de Rore•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Cui•
César Franck•
Darius Milhaud•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Eric Coates•
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari•
Francesco Cavalli•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Frédéric Chopin•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Gustav Holst•
Hanns Eisler•
Hans Werner Henze•
Heitor Villa-Lobos•
Henri Duparc•
Henri Dutilleux•
Henry Purcell•
Herbert Howells•
Hugo Wolf•
Ivor Gurney•
Jacques Offenbach•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
John Dowland•
John Rutter
76 tracks
November 7

Porpora: Polifemo
Nicola Porpora•
Franco Fagioli•
Julia Lezhneva•
Stefan Plewniak•
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
60 tracks
November 6

"Berghain" - Classical Inspirations Behind The Pulse
Antonio Vivaldi•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Carl Orff•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Manuel de Falla•
Igor Stravinsky•
Georges Bizet•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
George Frideric Handel•
Richard Wagner•
Giacomo Puccini•
Hildegard von Bingen•
Pietro Mascagni
37 tracks
October 31

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Claudio Monteverdi•
Les Épopées•
Nicolò Balducci•
Eva Zaïcik•
Camille Poul•
Stephane Fuget•
Francesca Aspromonte
43 tracks
October 31

Feminine Voices at Christmas
Ensemble Altera•
Christopher Lowrey
27 tracks
October 24

Il generoso cor
Suzanne Jerosme•
Il Gusto Barocco•
Jörg Halubek
17 tracks
October 24

Peacock: There Is No Rose
Ensemble Altera•
Christopher Lowrey
1 tracks
October 24

Gelosia! - Italian Cantatas
Philippe Jaroussky•
Artaserse•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Baldassare Galuppi•
George Frideric Handel•
Nicola Porpora
23 tracks
October 24

Giordani: Erifile: II. Rondò. Partirò dal caro bene
Giuseppe Giordani•
Ensemble Diderot
1 tracks
October 23

Marazzoli: Cantatas of Peace and Pleasure
Carlotta Colombo•
Aaron Sheehan•
Mauro Borgioni
27 tracks
October 17

Vision. Bach, Vol. 8
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Hans-Christoph Rademann•
Catalina Bertucci•
Miriam Feuersinger•
Alex Potter•
Gaechinger Cantorey
32 tracks
October 17

Noël (Trois Anges Sont Venus Ce Soir)
Augusta Holmès•
Patrick Hamilton•
Luka Faulisi
1 tracks
October 10

Porpora: Polifemo, Act I Scene 1: Accompagnato. Ahi! Sento che d'Amore (Galatea, Calipso)
Nicola Porpora•
Julia Lezhneva•
Stefan Plewniak•
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
1 tracks
October 10

"Kannst du das Lied verstehn?"
Catalina Bertucci•
Georg Poplutz•
Tatjana Dravenau
26 tracks
October 3

Britten: Ceremony of Carols: III. There is no Rose
Benjamin Britten•
Ensemble Altera•
Christopher Lowrey
1 tracks
October 3

Rameau: Pygmalion - Iso: Zémide
Reinoud Van Mechelen•
A Nocte Temporis•
Chœur De Chambre De Namur
50 tracks
October 3

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Prologo: Sinfonia
Claudio Monteverdi•
Stephane Fuget•
Les Épopées
1 tracks
September 26

Charpentier: Baroque Christmas
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
The Monteverdi Choir•
English Baroque Soloists•
Christophe Rousset
37 tracks
September 26

Charpentier: Messe à 4 Chœurs. Cori Spezzati
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas•
Consort Musica Vera
14 tracks
September 19

Lieder Recital
Aafje Heynis
23 tracks
September 19

Christmas Songs
Aafje Heynis
28 tracks
September 19

Schubert: Rosamunde; Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
Franz Schubert•
Aafje Heynis•
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra•
Bernard Haitink
12 tracks
September 19

Songs with Organ; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge
Aafje Heynis
19 tracks
September 19

Handel: Dixit Dominus; Sacred Arias
Aafje Heynis
14 tracks
September 19

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 169 & BWV 170
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Aafje Heynis•
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra•
Szymon Goldberg
12 tracks
September 19

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major: III. Moderato. "V pervoye, pervoye Maya"
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Gianandrea Noseda•
London Symphony Orchestra•
London Symphony Chorus
1 tracks
September 19

Sacred Songs for Easter and the Resurrection
Aafje Heynis
20 tracks
September 19

Handel: Dettingen Te Deum in D Major, HWV 283; Ritter: O amantissime sponse Jesu
George Frideric Handel•
Aafje Heynis
20 tracks
September 16

The Symphonic & Choral Legacy
Wolfgang Sawallisch•
Anton Bruckner•
Antonín Dvořák•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Orff•
Claude Debussy•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Luigi Boccherini•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Richard Strauss•
Richard Wagner•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
113 tracks
September 12

DIVISION: The Virtuoso Consort (Works by John Jenkins)
John Jenkins•
Fretwork•
Silas Wollston
22 tracks
September 12

Rossi: Il figliuol prodigo: Tu sei quella navicella
Suzanne Jerosme•
Il Gusto Barocco•
Jörg Halubek
1 tracks
September 12

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (Paris Version)
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Les Arts Florissants•
Paul Agnew•
Reinoud Van Mechelen•
Ana Vieira Leite•
Julie Roset
57 tracks
September 12

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (Paris Version)
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Les Arts Florissants•
Paul Agnew•
Reinoud Van Mechelen•
Ana Vieira Leite•
Julie Roset
57 tracks
September 12

Le Cœur et la Raison
La Néréide•
Ana Vieira Leite•
Camille Allérat•
Julie Roset
27 tracks
September 9

Messe de Minuit pour Noël, H. 9: Kyrie eleison
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
The Monteverdi Choir•
English Baroque Soloists•
Christophe Rousset
1 tracks
September 6

"Classical Drive - Guess that Theme"
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Samuel Barber•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Hector Berlioz•
Georges Bizet•
Luigi Boccherini•
Alexander Borodin•
Johannes Brahms•
Frédéric Chopin•
Aaron Copland•
Claude Debussy•
Léo Delibes•
Antonín Dvořák•
Paul Dukas•
Edward Elgar•
Manuel de Falla•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Gershwin•
Charles Gounod•
Edvard Grieg•
Joseph Haydn•
Gustav Holst•
Aram Khachaturian•
Ruggero Leoncavallo•
Franz Liszt•
Pietro Mascagni•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Jacques Offenbach•
Carl Orff•
Sergei Prokofiev•
Giacomo Puccini•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Erik Satie•
Jean Sibelius•
Franz Schubert•
Igor Stravinsky•
Richard Strauss•
Johann Strauss II•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Richard Wagner•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Ralph Vaughan Williams
99 tracks
September 5

Iso: Zémide: Ouverture
Reinoud Van Mechelen•
A Nocte Temporis
1 tracks
September 5

Forest Murmurs
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Alban Berg•
Albert Roussel•
Albéric Magnard•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alessandro Stradella•
Alexander Borodin•
Andrea Gabrieli•
Antoine Forqueray•
Antonio Caldara•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Orff•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Cole Porter•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward MacDowell•
Emmanuel Chabrier•
Eric Coates•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francesco Cavalli•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Liszt•
François Couperin•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gustav Mahler•
György Ligeti•
Heitor Villa-Lobos•
Henri Duparc•
Henri Dutilleux•
Henry Purcell•
Hugo Wolf•
Ivor Gurney
91 tracks
September 5

Gál: Music for Voices, Vol. 3
Hans Gál•
Carolyn Sampson•
Bridget Budge
19 tracks
September 5

Forest Murmurs
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Alban Berg•
Albert Roussel•
Albéric Magnard•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alessandro Stradella•
Alexander Borodin•
Andrea Gabrieli•
Antoine Forqueray•
Antonio Caldara•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Maria von Weber•
Carl Orff•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Claude Debussy•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Cole Porter•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward MacDowell•
Emmanuel Chabrier•
Eric Coates•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francesco Cavalli•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Lehár•
Franz Liszt•
François Couperin•
Frederick Delius•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Enescu•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Gioachino Rossini•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gustav Mahler•
György Ligeti•
Heitor Villa-Lobos•
Henri Duparc•
Henri Dutilleux•
Henry Purcell•
Hugo Wolf•
Ivor Gurney
91 tracks

November 11, 2025

Where Dreams Begin - Music for Profound Sleep
Claude Debussy•
Aaron Copland•
Albert Roussel•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexander Borodin•
Ambroise Thomas•
André Campra•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Arthur Somervell•
Benjamin Britten•
Bernhard Flies•
Carl Orff•
Charles Gounod•
Cipriano de Rore•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Cui•
César Franck•
Darius Milhaud•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Eric Coates•
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari•
Francesco Cavalli•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Frédéric Chopin•
Georg Philipp Telemann•
George Frideric Handel•
Gustav Holst•
Hanns Eisler•
Hans Werner Henze•
Heitor Villa-Lobos•
Henri Duparc•
Henri Dutilleux•
Henry Purcell•
Herbert Howells•
Hugo Wolf•
Ivor Gurney•
Jacques Offenbach•
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
John Dowland•
John Rutter
76 tracks
November 7

Porpora: Polifemo
Nicola Porpora•
Franco Fagioli•
Julia Lezhneva•
Stefan Plewniak•
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
60 tracks
November 6

"Berghain" - Classical Inspirations Behind The Pulse
Antonio Vivaldi•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Carl Orff•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Manuel de Falla•
Igor Stravinsky•
Georges Bizet•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
George Frideric Handel•
Richard Wagner•
Giacomo Puccini•
Hildegard von Bingen•
Pietro Mascagni
37 tracks
October 31

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Claudio Monteverdi•
Les Épopées•
Nicolò Balducci•
Eva Zaïcik•
Camille Poul•
Stephane Fuget•
Francesca Aspromonte
43 tracks
October 31

Feminine Voices at Christmas
Ensemble Altera•
Christopher Lowrey
27 tracks
October 24

Il generoso cor
Suzanne Jerosme•
Il Gusto Barocco•
Jörg Halubek
17 tracks
October 24

Gelosia! - Italian Cantatas
Philippe Jaroussky•
Artaserse•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Baldassare Galuppi•
George Frideric Handel•
Nicola Porpora
23 tracks
October 23

Marazzoli: Cantatas of Peace and Pleasure
Carlotta Colombo•
Aaron Sheehan•
Mauro Borgioni
27 tracks
October 17

Vision. Bach, Vol. 8
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Hans-Christoph Rademann•
Catalina Bertucci•
Miriam Feuersinger•
Alex Potter•
Gaechinger Cantorey
32 tracks
October 10

"Kannst du das Lied verstehn?"
Catalina Bertucci•
Georg Poplutz•
Tatjana Dravenau
26 tracks
October 3

Rameau: Pygmalion - Iso: Zémide
Reinoud Van Mechelen•
A Nocte Temporis•
Chœur De Chambre De Namur
50 tracks
September 26

Charpentier: Messe à 4 Chœurs. Cori Spezzati
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas•
Consort Musica Vera
14 tracks
September 26

Charpentier: Baroque Christmas
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
The Monteverdi Choir•
English Baroque Soloists•
Christophe Rousset
37 tracks
September 19

Schubert: Rosamunde; Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
Franz Schubert•
Aafje Heynis•
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra•
Bernard Haitink
12 tracks
September 19

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 169 & BWV 170
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Aafje Heynis•
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra•
Szymon Goldberg
12 tracks
September 19

Songs with Organ; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge
Aafje Heynis
19 tracks
September 19

Christmas Songs
Aafje Heynis
28 tracks
September 19

Handel: Dettingen Te Deum in D Major, HWV 283; Ritter: O amantissime sponse Jesu
George Frideric Handel•
Aafje Heynis
20 tracks
September 19

Handel: Dixit Dominus; Sacred Arias
Aafje Heynis
14 tracks
September 19

Lieder Recital
Aafje Heynis
23 tracks

October 24, 2025

Giordani: Erifile: II. Rondò. Partirò dal caro bene
Giuseppe Giordani•
Ensemble Diderot
1 tracks
October 24

Peacock: There Is No Rose
Ensemble Altera•
Christopher Lowrey
1 tracks
October 17

Noël (Trois Anges Sont Venus Ce Soir)
Augusta Holmès•
Patrick Hamilton•
Luka Faulisi
1 tracks
October 10

Porpora: Polifemo, Act I Scene 1: Accompagnato. Ahi! Sento che d'Amore (Galatea, Calipso)
Nicola Porpora•
Julia Lezhneva•
Stefan Plewniak•
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
1 tracks
October 3

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308, Prologo: Sinfonia
Claudio Monteverdi•
Stephane Fuget•
Les Épopées
1 tracks
October 3

Britten: Ceremony of Carols: III. There is no Rose
Benjamin Britten•
Ensemble Altera•
Christopher Lowrey
1 tracks
September 19

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major: III. Moderato. "V pervoye, pervoye Maya"
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Gianandrea Noseda•
London Symphony Orchestra•
London Symphony Chorus
1 tracks
September 12

Rossi: Il figliuol prodigo: Tu sei quella navicella
Suzanne Jerosme•
Il Gusto Barocco•
Jörg Halubek
1 tracks
September 9

Messe de Minuit pour Noël, H. 9: Kyrie eleison
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
The Monteverdi Choir•
English Baroque Soloists•
Christophe Rousset
1 tracks
September 5

Iso: Zémide: Ouverture
Reinoud Van Mechelen•
A Nocte Temporis
1 tracks
August 29

Charpentier: Domine Salvum fac Regem, H. 285
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas•
Consort Musica Vera
1 tracks
August 27

Fantasia Suite in D Minor for Treble, 2 Basses and Organ, VdGS No. 7: III. Corant
John Jenkins•
Fretwork•
Silas Wollston
1 tracks
August 15

Grimani: La visitazione di Santa Elisabetta: Sol fia pago
Suzanne Jerosme•
Il Gusto Barocco•
Jörg Halubek
1 tracks
August 15

Du Parc: Je ne sais pas ce que je sens
La Néréide•
Ana Vieira Leite•
Camille Allérat•
Julie Roset
1 tracks
August 13

Jenkins: Fantasia Suite in D Major for 2 Trebles, 2 Basses to the Organ, VdGS No. 8: I. Fantasia (Radio Edit)
John Jenkins•
Fretwork•
Silas Wollston
1 tracks
August 8

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq.41: Acte III, Scène 1: Air. J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (Paris Version)
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Les Arts Florissants•
Paul Agnew•
Reinoud Van Mechelen
1 tracks
August 8

Hasse: Piramo e Tisbe: Part Ia Scene 3: Aria. Fuggiam dove sicura
Johann Adolf Hasse•
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin•
Anett Fritsch•
Bernhard Forck
1 tracks
July 30

Jenkins: Fancy & Air Divisions in C Major for 2 Trebles, Bass and Organ, VdGS No. 4: I. Fancy (Radio Edit)
John Jenkins•
Fretwork•
Silas Wollston
1 tracks
July 25

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar": II. Humour. Allegretto
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Gianandrea Noseda•
London Symphony Orchestra•
Vitalij Kowaljow•
London Symphony Chorus•
London Philharmonic Choir
1 tracks
July 18

Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major, KV 299: II. Andantino
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Anna Besson•
Reinoud Van Mechelen•
A Nocte Temporis•
Clara Izambert
1 tracks