Early Music

Early music encompasses a broad range of styles from the Middle Ages to the late 18th century, characterized by complex harmonies, intricate counterpoint, and ornamentation. Emerging from the medieval Gregorian chant tradition, early music evolved through the Renaissance and Baroque periods, featuring instruments such as the lute, harpsichord, and viola da gamba. Composers of the era crafted masterpieces marked by expressive melodies, ornate decoration, and dramatic contrasts, often for royal courts, churches, and opera houses. This genre had a profound impact on Western classical music, influencing later styles like Classical and Romantic music. Notable for its use of period-specific instruments and performance practices, early music is distinct from later classical music in its emphasis on historical authenticity and nuanced expressiveness.

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Accentus
Adrian Chandler
Andrea Marcon
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
Antonio Florio
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Bach Collegium San Diego
Cappella Amsterdam
Cappella Mediterranea
Cappella Warmiensis Restituta
Carlo Gesualdo
Carlotta Colombo
Chalumeau
Charlotte Mattax Moersch
Christian Schmitt
Christina Pluhar
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christopher Gabbitas
Crispin Lewis
Ensemble Piccante
Ensemble Reflektor
Fernando De Luca
Fitzwilliam Quartet
Florian Sievers
Fretwork
Gabriele Pro
Gaétan Jarry
Geoffroy Jourdain
Giacomo Benedetti
Giacomo Carissimi
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Giovanni Gabrieli
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Giuseppe Sammartini
Grace Davidson
Guillaume de Machaut
Gunar Letzbor
Hanna Salzenstein
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Heinrich Schütz
Händelfestspielorchester Halle
Héloïse Gaillard
Insula Orchestra
Iona Brown
Jacquet of Mantua
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jeremiah Clarke
Johanna Winkel
John Dowland
Joseph Middleton
Julian Perkins
Karen Vourc'h
La Ritirata
La Symphonie de Poche
Laurence Equilbey
Leonardo García-Alarcón
Les Cris De Paris
Lionel Meunier
London Handel Players
Luca Sartore
Luca Scandali
Luciana Mancini
Lux Musicae London
Magdalena Consort
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Marguerite Louise
Marie Rouquié
Marin Marais
Martin Sieghart
Maurizio Paciariello
Michaela Rózsa Růžičková
Michel Corboz
Miguel Rincón
Milan Siljanov
Nicky Spence
Orchestra da Camera di Perugia
Orkester Nord
Orlando Gibbons
Patricia Petibon
Paul Agnew
Paul Appleby
Peter Phillips
Quartetto Vanvitelli
Roberta Mameli
Roberto González-Monjas
Ross Pople
Ruben Valenzuela
Sabine Devieilhe
Samuel Scheidt
Schola Antiqua of Chicago
Seicento Stravagante
Sophie Junker
Stefan Plewniak
Thomas Morley
Utopia Ensemble
Vox Luminis
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
Yasunori Imamura
caterva musica
Arcangelo Corelli
Michaela Rózsa Růžičková
Adrian Chandler
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Anna Holbling
VOCES8
Miriam van Steeg
Aradia Ensemble
Petr Skvor
Helmut Müller-Brühl
Kevin Mallon
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Accademia I Filarmonici
Christina Pluhar
Kay Johannsen
Grace Davidson
Alberto Martini
Susanne Fröhlich
Sebastian Comberti
Simon Preston
Léon Mignard
Iona Brown
Pieter Jan Leusink
Trio Serena
Cecilia Bartoli
Raymond Leppard
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Simon Wynberg
Eugène Arnaud
Marco Decimo
Andrew Manze
Lucy van Dael
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Stephen Layton
Atwood Quartet
Wolfgang Sobotka
John Dowland
Nicol Matt
Andrew Watkinson
Remo Giazotto
Laurence Equilbey
Karl Münchinger
Robin Jeffrey
Candida Thompson
Andrea Marcon
Marin Marais
Richard Edlinger
Ludwig Güttler
Hespèrion XXI
Gregorio Allegri
Musica Bohemica
Marta Zalewska
Accentus
Hieronymus Praetorius
Michel Corboz
Patrick Peire
Lionel Meunier
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Béla Nagy
Les Frivolités Parisiennes
Vox Luminis
Olga Watts
Jonathan Cohen
Orfeó Català
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Nicola Barbon
Peter Phillips
Vincenzo Crimaco
Benedetti Baroque Orchestra
Leslie Pearson
Paul Dyer
Heinrich Schütz
Thomas Gould
Julia Faulkner
Jost Michaels
Ross Pople
Michael Leighton Jones
Ian Watson
Stefano Montanari
Leonardo García-Alarcón
Chiara Castelli
Robert King
Antony Pitts
Jean-Claude Malgoire
Jörg Faerber
Cappella Amsterdam
Mark Bennett
Sabine Devieilhe
Vojtěch Semerád
Cappella Mariana
Giovanni Gabrieli
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Gabriela Krčková
Jérémie Rhorer
I Solisti Veneti
Bernhard Forck