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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A Nocte Temporis
Adrian Chandler
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Amarcord
Andrew Watkinson
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
Bertrand Cuiller
Bojan Čičić
Camerata Øresund
Cappella Mediterranea
Carlo Gesualdo
Charles Cole
Chiara Castelli
Choir of Girton College, Cambridge
Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge
Coline Dutilleul
Cordevento
Corul National de Camera Madrigal - Marin Constantin
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Dragonetti
Edoardo Torbianelli
Estienne Battier
Eva Saladin
Fabio Bonizzoni
Felix Koch
Filippo Pantieri
Francesco Maria Mancarella
Fretwork
Gerlinde Sämann
Gilles Binchois
Grace Davidson
Gregorio Allegri
Guiseppe
Harriet Burns
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Heinrich Schütz
Helen Charlston
Helmut Müller-Brühl
Hugh Cutting
Höör Barock
I Solisti Veneti
Igor Ruhadze
Jean Barrière
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Johannes Keller
John Wilson
Jonathan Cohen
Judith van Wanroij
Julie Cherrier-Hoffmann
Justin Taylor
Jörg Faerber
Kantos Chamber Choir
Kenneth Weiss
Kevin Mallon
La Palatine
Le Caravansérail
Leonardo García-Alarcón
Liliia Kysil
Lisette van de Pavoordt
London Oratory Schola Cantorum
Luca Sartore
Léon Mignard
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Marcello Cardillo
Marianne Croux
Marta Zalewska
Martin Lehmann
Miriam van Steeg
Musikkollegium Winterthur
Nicky Spence
Nicola Barbon
Nicola Reniero
Nicolò Balducci
Orlando Gibbons
Orpharion
Patricia Petibon
Paul Appleby
Peter Phillips
Philipp Johann Thimm
Pierpaola Porqueddu
Pulcinella Orchestra
Robert Hollingworth
Roberto González-Monjas
Romabarocca Ensemble
Ryo Terakado
Simone Vallerotonda
Skip Sempé
Stephen Layton
Tamar Halperin
The Gesualdo Six
The Illyria Consort
Tomaso Albinoni
Trio Serena
VOCES8
Valentin Tournet
Vittorio Filloramo
Yoann Moulin
Zachary Wilder
西山まりえ
Michaela Rózsa Růžičková
Adrian Chandler
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Tomaso Albinoni
VOCES8
Anna Holbling
Miriam van Steeg
Jean-François Paillard
Grace Davidson
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Petr Skvor
The Monteverdi Choir
Helmut Müller-Brühl
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Cecilia Bartoli
Christina Pluhar
Simon Preston
Andrea Marcon
Kay Johannsen
Susanne Fröhlich
Sebastian Comberti
Trio Serena
Iona Brown
Léon Mignard
Kevin Mallon
Raymond Leppard
Alberto Martini
Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Accademia I Filarmonici
Andrew Manze
Marco Decimo
Eugène Arnaud
Aradia Ensemble
Simon Wynberg
Lucy van Dael
Nicol Matt
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Stephen Layton
Leslie Pearson
Marin Marais
Atwood Quartet
Wolfgang Sobotka
Remo Giazotto
Musica Bohemica
Pieter Jan Leusink
Olga Watts
Andrew Watkinson
Karl Münchinger
Laurence Equilbey
Lionel Meunier
Robin Jeffrey
Hespèrion XXI
Julia Faulkner
Richard Edlinger
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Candida Thompson
Ludwig Güttler
Michel Corboz
Marta Zalewska
Hieronymus Praetorius
Accentus
Gregorio Allegri
Patrick Peire
Vox Luminis
Béla Nagy
Jonathan Cohen
Leonardo García-Alarcón
Les Frivolités Parisiennes
Byzantine Renaissance
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz
Orfeó Català
Nicola Barbon
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Heinrich Schütz
Ross Pople
Paul Dyer
Thomas Gould
Benedetti Baroque Orchestra
Vincenzo Crimaco
Peter Phillips
Jost Michaels
Ian Watson
Bohdan Warchal
Stefano Montanari
Michael Leighton Jones
Cappella Amsterdam
Grete Pedersen
Sabine Devieilhe
Robert King
Mark Bennett
The Gesualdo Six
Vojtěch Semerád
Jean-Claude Malgoire
Micaela Comberti
Chiara Castelli
Jörg Faerber
Sébastien Daucé
Cappella Mariana
I Solisti Veneti
Tobias Hume