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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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Classical Christmas

Claude Debussy•

Arcangelo Corelli•

Benjamin Britten•

Francis Poulenc•

Giuseppe Torelli•

Heinrich Schütz•

Irving Berlin•

Joan Cererols•

Johann David Heinichen•

Johann Sebastian Bach•

Leroy Anderson•

Marc-Antoine Charpentier•

Maurice Ravel•

Michael Praetorius•

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•

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December 25, 2025

Classical Christmas
Claude Debussy•
Anonymous•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Benjamin Britten•
Carl Orff•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Giuseppe Torelli•
Heinrich Schütz•
Hugh Martin•
Irving Berlin•
Joan Cererols•
Johann David Heinichen•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Leroy Anderson•
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Maurice Ravel•
Max Reger•
Michael Praetorius•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Blane•
Traditional
68 tracks
December 25

Sweet Lullabies - Classical Music to Gently Fall to Sleep
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Claude Debussy•
Frédéric Chopin•
Aaron Copland•
Alban Berg•
Albert Roussel•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Gretchaninov•
Ambroise Thomas•
Anatoly Lyadov•
André Campra•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arthur Somervell•
Arvo Pärt•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Benjamin Godard•
Bernhard Flies•
Bohuslav Martinů•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Orff•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Ives•
Charles Villiers Stanford•
Cipriano de Rore•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Cui•
César Franck•
Darius Milhaud•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edvard Grieg•
Enrique Granados•
Eric Coates•
Erik Satie•
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Ferruccio Busoni•
Francesco Cavalli•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Frederick Delius
135 tracks
December 7

Whispers of Classics
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alessandro Stradella•
Alexander Borodin•
André Caplet•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Arvo Pärt•
Béla Bartók•
Charles Gounod•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Ferruccio Busoni•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Schubert•
Fritz Kreisler•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger•
Gustav Mahler•
Hector Berlioz•
Henri Duparc•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Jules Massenet•
Leonard Bernstein•
Leoš Janáček•
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Maurice Ravel•
Samuel Barber•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Stanley Myers•
Thomas Crecquillon•
Thomas Tallis•
Tomaso Albinoni•
Toru Takemitsu•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
73 tracks
November 26

Mannelli: Trio Sonatas, Op. 2
Ewa Anna Augustynowicz•
Ensemble Giardino di Delizie
74 tracks
November 21

Cupid's Ground Bass
Bellot Ensemble
16 tracks
November 14

La nuit et l'amour
Augusta Holmès•
Jan-Peter Klöpfel•
Raphaela Gromes•
Eldbjørg Hemsing•
Sophie Pacini
1 tracks
November 7

Giasone: Delizie, contenti che l'alma beate
Francesco Cavalli•
Kieran White•
Bellot Ensemble
1 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
November 1

Handel's Chandos Anthems No. 6 & No. 10
George Frideric Handel•
Musica Gloria
21 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

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

Pucklitz: Opera Omnia, Vol. 1
Goldberg Baroque Ensemble•
Goldberg Vocal Ensemble•
Andrzej Szadejko
36 tracks
October 24

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

Pucklitz: Opera Omnia, Vol. 1
Goldberg Baroque Ensemble•
Goldberg Vocal Ensemble•
Andrzej Szadejko
36 tracks
October 24

Sonate, arie et correnti, Op. 3: No. 24, Aria quinta sopra la Bergamasca à 3
Marco Uccellini•
Bellot Ensemble
1 tracks
October 24

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

Torres: Misa de Difuntos para las honras de Luis I: I. Introitus: No. 1, Requiem aeternam (I)
José de Torres•
Emmanuelle De Negri•
Jacob Lawrence•
Les Pages du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles•
Alberto Miguélez Rouco•
Los Elementos
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 10

STROZZI: Che si può fare?
Barbara Strozzi•
Bellot Ensemble•
Lucine Musaelian
1 tracks
October 10

A. Scarlatti: Stabat Mater & Mottetti
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Emmanuelle De Negri•
Paul Figuier•
Thibault Noally•
Les Accents
30 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
October 3

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

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

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

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

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

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

Christmas Songs
Aafje Heynis
28 tracks

December 25, 2025

Classical Christmas
Claude Debussy•
Anonymous•
Arcangelo Corelli•
Benjamin Britten•
Carl Orff•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Giuseppe Torelli•
Heinrich Schütz•
Hugh Martin•
Irving Berlin•
Joan Cererols•
Johann David Heinichen•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Leroy Anderson•
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Maurice Ravel•
Max Reger•
Michael Praetorius•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Blane•
Traditional
68 tracks
December 25

Sweet Lullabies - Classical Music to Gently Fall to Sleep
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Claude Debussy•
Frédéric Chopin•
Aaron Copland•
Alban Berg•
Albert Roussel•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexander Borodin•
Alexander Gretchaninov•
Ambroise Thomas•
Anatoly Lyadov•
André Campra•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Arthur Somervell•
Arvo Pärt•
Bedřich Smetana•
Benjamin Britten•
Benjamin Godard•
Bernhard Flies•
Bohuslav Martinů•
Béla Bartók•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Orff•
Charles Gounod•
Charles Ives•
Charles Villiers Stanford•
Cipriano de Rore•
Claudio Monteverdi•
César Cui•
César Franck•
Darius Milhaud•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edvard Grieg•
Enrique Granados•
Eric Coates•
Erik Satie•
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Ferruccio Busoni•
Francesco Cavalli•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
François Couperin•
Frederick Delius
135 tracks
December 7

Whispers of Classics
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alessandro Stradella•
Alexander Borodin•
André Caplet•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Arvo Pärt•
Béla Bartók•
Charles Gounod•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Ferruccio Busoni•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Schubert•
Fritz Kreisler•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger•
Gustav Mahler•
Hector Berlioz•
Henri Duparc•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Jules Massenet•
Leonard Bernstein•
Leoš Janáček•
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Maurice Ravel•
Samuel Barber•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Stanley Myers•
Thomas Crecquillon•
Thomas Tallis•
Tomaso Albinoni•
Toru Takemitsu•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
73 tracks
November 26

Mannelli: Trio Sonatas, Op. 2
Ewa Anna Augustynowicz•
Ensemble Giardino di Delizie
74 tracks
November 21

Cupid's Ground Bass
Bellot Ensemble
16 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
November 1

Handel's Chandos Anthems No. 6 & No. 10
George Frideric Handel•
Musica Gloria
21 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

Pucklitz: Opera Omnia, Vol. 1
Goldberg Baroque Ensemble•
Goldberg Vocal Ensemble•
Andrzej Szadejko
36 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 24

Pucklitz: Opera Omnia, Vol. 1
Goldberg Baroque Ensemble•
Goldberg Vocal Ensemble•
Andrzej Szadejko
36 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

A. Scarlatti: Stabat Mater & Mottetti
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Emmanuelle De Negri•
Paul Figuier•
Thibault Noally•
Les Accents
30 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: Baroque Christmas
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
The Monteverdi Choir•
English Baroque Soloists•
Christophe Rousset
37 tracks

November 14, 2025

La nuit et l'amour
Augusta Holmès•
Jan-Peter Klöpfel•
Raphaela Gromes•
Eldbjørg Hemsing•
Sophie Pacini
1 tracks
November 7

Giasone: Delizie, contenti che l'alma beate
Francesco Cavalli•
Kieran White•
Bellot Ensemble
1 tracks
October 24

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 24

Sonate, arie et correnti, Op. 3: No. 24, Aria quinta sopra la Bergamasca à 3
Marco Uccellini•
Bellot Ensemble
1 tracks
October 17

Noël (Trois Anges Sont Venus Ce Soir)
Augusta Holmès•
Patrick Hamilton•
Luka Faulisi
1 tracks
October 17

Torres: Misa de Difuntos para las honras de Luis I: I. Introitus: No. 1, Requiem aeternam (I)
José de Torres•
Emmanuelle De Negri•
Jacob Lawrence•
Les Pages du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles•
Alberto Miguélez Rouco•
Los Elementos
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

STROZZI: Che si può fare?
Barbara Strozzi•
Bellot Ensemble•
Lucine Musaelian
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 19

Scarlatti: Jam sole clarior: I. Jam sole clarior
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Emmanuelle De Negri•
Les Accents•
Thibault Noally
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