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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Adrian Chandler
Alberto Miguélez Rouco
Alessandro Marcello
Alicia Amo
Aline Zylberajch
AlmaViva Música
Amarcord
Andrea Buccarella
Andrzej Szadejko
Antonio Vivaldi
Arcangelo Corelli
Arnaud Van de Cauter
Bellot Ensemble
Brandon J. Acker
Brice Sailly
Byzantine Renaissance
Calmus Ensemble
Cappella Amsterdam
Carl Maria von Weber
Carles Magraner
Carlotta Colombo
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Claudio Monteverdi
Coline Dutilleul
Concerto Soave
Consone Quartet
Cristobal de Morales
Dietrich Buxtehude
Domenico Scarlatti
Efrén López
Ensemble Giardino di Delizie
Ensemble La Ninfea
Ensemble La Silla
Ensemble Pro Victoria
Francesca Aspromonte
Francesco Geminiani
Francesco Maria Mancarella
François Couperin
François Guerrier
Gabriel Garrido
Gaétan Jarry
Georg Philipp Telemann
George Frideric Handel
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Goldberg Baroque Ensemble
Goldberg Vocal Ensemble
Gregorio Allegri
Guiseppe
Henry Purcell
Iken Scholars
Into the Winds
Jane Chapman
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jordi Savall
Josquin des Prez
Justin Taylor
Kaori Uemura
Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim
L'Archicembalo
L'Arpeggiata
L'Atelier de musique
L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Lee Santana
Lisette van de Pavoordt
London Handel Players
Louise Alder
Luigi Boccherini
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Marco Uccellini
Marin Marais
Marta Zalewska
Michael Praetorius
Mirko Ludwig
Montagu
Myriam Leblanc
Nick Pritchard
Nicolò Balducci
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
Orlando Gibbons
Paul O'Dette
Pernelle Marzorati
Pierpaola Porqueddu
Pietro Mascagni
Romain Bockler
Romain Champion
Romina Lischka
Shuichi Okada
Stefan Plewniak
Stefano Montanari
Stephane Fuget
Stephen Layton
Sébastien Daucé
Thomas Morley
Thomas Ravenscroft
Thomas Tallis
Tomaso Albinoni
VOCES8 Foundation Choir
Van Swieten Society
Yoann Moulin
Antonio Vivaldi
George Frideric Handel
Michaela Rózsa Růžičková
Adrian Chandler
Jordi Savall
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Henry Purcell
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Pietro Mascagni
Anna Holbling
Arcangelo Corelli
Georg Philipp Telemann
Miriam van Steeg
Tomaso Albinoni
Domenico Scarlatti
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Jean-François Paillard
Petr Skvor
Luigi Boccherini
Helmut Müller-Brühl
The Monteverdi Choir
Alessandro Marcello
Cecilia Bartoli
Susanne Fröhlich
Andrea Marcon
Kay Johannsen
Simon Preston
Trio Serena
Iona Brown
Kevin Mallon
Sebastian Comberti
Léon Mignard
Accademia I Filarmonici
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Raymond Leppard
Andrew Manze
Alberto Martini
Lucy van Dael
Marco Decimo
Simon Wynberg
Nicol Matt
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Aradia Ensemble
Eugène Arnaud
François Couperin
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Claudio Monteverdi
Gregorio Allegri
Wolfgang Sobotka
Atwood Quartet
Leslie Pearson
Remo Giazotto
Olga Watts
Andrew Watkinson
Giuseppe Tartini
Stephen Layton
L'Arpeggiata
Musica Bohemica
The Sixteen
Pieter Jan Leusink
Carl Maria von Weber
Liliia Kysil
Lionel Meunier
Robin Jeffrey
Karl Münchinger
Ludwig Güttler
Julia Faulkner
Marin Marais
Hespèrion XXI
Candida Thompson
Richard Edlinger
Marta Zalewska
David Bergmüller
Vox Luminis
Michel Corboz
Patrick Peire
Accentus
Hieronymus Praetorius
Dietrich Buxtehude
Béla Nagy
Emmanuelle Haïm
Alessandro Scarlatti
Thomas Tallis
Leonardo García-Alarcón
Francesco Geminiani
Jonathan Cohen
Les Frivolités Parisiennes
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Nicola Barbon
Orfeó Català
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz
Josquin des Prez
Michael Praetorius
Jost Michaels
Paul Dyer
Vincenzo Crimaco
Thomas Gould
Benedetti Baroque Orchestra
Ross Pople
Byzantine Renaissance