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Secular music refers to non-religious compositions, often associated with courtly, folk, or entertainment contexts, especially prominent in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Unlike sacred music, which was designed for liturgical use, secular music explored themes of love, nature, mythology, and daily life. Characterized by rich vocal textures, dance rhythms, and varied instrumentation, it often featured madrigals, chansons, and instrumental dances. Composers and performers like Tylman Susato and Alessandro Stradella exemplified its expressive range, while ensembles such as Weser-Renaissance Bremen and Cappella Warmiensis Restituta bring historical authenticity to modern performances.

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John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•

Dmitri Ensemble

Album - 16 Tracks - Released September 26, 2025

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September 26, 2025

John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration
John Rutter•
Graham Ross•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Dmitri Ensemble
16 tracks
September 26

John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration
John Rutter•
Graham Ross•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Dmitri Ensemble
16 tracks
September 12

Monteverdi: Il sesto libro de madrigali
Claudio Monteverdi•
Rosso Porpora•
Walter Testolin
18 tracks
September 5

John Rutter: A Clare Benediction
John Rutter•
Graham Ross•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Dmitri Ensemble
1 tracks
September 5

John Rutter: A Clare Benediction
John Rutter•
Graham Ross•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Dmitri Ensemble
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
August 15

Monteverdi: Zefiro torna e'l bel tempo rimena, SV 108
Claudio Monteverdi•
Rosso Porpora•
Walter Testolin
1 tracks
August 8

Timo Ruottinen: The All-Night Vigil "Uspenie"
Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir
23 tracks
August 1

John Rutter: The Gift of Life (Version with Chamber Ensemble): V. The gift of each day
John Rutter•
Graham Ross•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Dmitri Ensemble
1 tracks
August 1

John Rutter: The Gift of Life (Version with Chamber Ensemble): V. The gift of each day
John Rutter•
Graham Ross•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Dmitri Ensemble
1 tracks
July 18

Ziani: Damira placata
Salvatore Carchiolo•
Raffaella Milanesi•
Giacomo Nanni•
Shaked Bàr•
Furio Zanasi
48 tracks
July 4

Palestrina: Stabat Mater a 8
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Graham Ross
1 tracks
May 23

Lully: Atys
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Matthew Newlin•
Ana Quintans•
Andreas Wolf•
Cappella Mediterranea•
Leonardo García-Alarcón•
Chœur De Chambre De Namur
46 tracks
April 25

Lully: Atys, LWV 53, Act I Scenes 1 & 2: Allons, allons, accourez tous
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Leonardo García-Alarcón•
Cappella Mediterranea•
Matthew Newlin
1 tracks
April 11

Northern Light. Echoes from 17th-century Scandinavia
Lucile Richardot•
Sébastien Daucé•
Ensemble Correspondances
14 tracks
April 11

Colonna: Missa Concertata - Handel: Dixit Dominus
Chœur De Chambre De Namur•
Cappella Mediterranea•
Leonardo García-Alarcón
25 tracks
March 21

Baroque Meets Orient
caterva musica
17 tracks
March 21

Stradella (Sinfonias for Solo Violin and Basso Continuo)
Alessandro Stradella
26 tracks
March 21

Johann Krieger: I frid vill jag nu fara
Lucile Richardot•
Sébastien Daucé•
Ensemble Correspondances
1 tracks
March 14

Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: II. Kyrie eleison
Chœur De Chambre De Namur•
Cappella Mediterranea•
Leonardo García-Alarcón
1 tracks
March 7

Weldon: The Judgment of Paris
John Weldon•
Academy of Ancient Music•
Julian Perkins•
Helen Charlston•
Kitty Whately•
Anna Dennis•
Aksel Rykkvin
41 tracks
March 7

Philippe d'Orléans: Suite d'Armide ou Jérusalem délivrée
Cappella Mediterranea•
Leonardo García-Alarcón•
Véronique Gens•
Gwendoline Blondeel•
Cyrille Dubois•
David Witczak•
Chœur De Chambre De Namur
27 tracks
February 28

Dazzling Light
Ensemble Altera•
Christopher Lowrey
15 tracks
February 28

Johann Christoph Bach: Ach, daß ich Wasser's g'nug hätte (Lamento)
Lucile Richardot•
Sébastien Daucé•
Ensemble Correspondances
1 tracks
February 21

Musica Warmiensis, Vol. 4
Cappella Warmiensis Restituta•
Radosław Kamieniarz
15 tracks
February 14

Dove: Seek Him That Maketh The Seven Stars
Jonathan Dove•
Ensemble Altera•
Christopher Lowrey
1 tracks
February 7

Philippe d'Orléans: Suite d'Armide ou Jérusalem délivrée, Act II Scene 1: Ritournelle. Oui, venez, Almanzor (Herminie, Vaffrin)
Cappella Mediterranea•
Leonardo García-Alarcón
1 tracks
January 24

Whitacre: Sleep
Eric Whitacre•
Ensemble Altera•
Christopher Lowrey
1 tracks
January 10

Palestrina Revealed - Byrd, White, Mundy
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Graham Ross
17 tracks
December 6, 2024

Trobairitz
Michal Nejtek•
Tiburtina Ensemble
12 tracks
December 6

Palestrina: Missa Emendemus in melius a 4: V. Agnus Dei I
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Graham Ross
1 tracks
November 25

Fantasía 7 (fol. 17)
Miguel de Fuenllana
1 tracks
November 23

Fantasía 38 (fol.160)
Miguel de Fuenllana
1 tracks
November 15

Lombarda
Michal Nejtek•
Tiburtina Ensemble
1 tracks
November 8

Stradella: Un angelo del Paradiso - The Orrigoni Songbook
Alessandro Stradella•
Ensemble Mare Nostrum•
Andrea De Carlo
26 tracks
October 11

Stradella: La forza dell’amor paterno, Act II Scene 16: Aria. Non vedi che Giove (Antioco)
Alessandro Stradella•
Ensemble Mare Nostrum•
Andrea De Carlo
1 tracks
September 27

André Campra: Messe de Requiem & Les Maîtres de Notre-Dame de Paris
Sébastien Daucé•
Ensemble Correspondances
22 tracks
September 13

Pierre Robert: Tristis est anima mea
Sébastien Daucé•
Ensemble Correspondances
1 tracks
August 23

André Campra: Messe de Requiem, Introitus: No. 1, Requiem æternam
André Campra•
Sébastien Daucé•
Ensemble Correspondances
1 tracks
August 17

L'homme armé. Musique de guerre et de paix, 1450-1650
Joel Cohen•
Boston Camerata•
Andrea Gabrieli•
Claude Goudimel•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Heinrich Schütz•
Orlande de Lassus•
Tylman Susato•
William Byrd
16 tracks

September 26, 2025

John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration
John Rutter•
Graham Ross•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Dmitri Ensemble
16 tracks
September 26

John Rutter: A Clare College Celebration
John Rutter•
Graham Ross•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Dmitri Ensemble
16 tracks
September 12

Monteverdi: Il sesto libro de madrigali
Claudio Monteverdi•
Rosso Porpora•
Walter Testolin
18 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
August 8

Timo Ruottinen: The All-Night Vigil "Uspenie"
Kampin Laulu Chamber Choir
23 tracks
July 18

Ziani: Damira placata
Salvatore Carchiolo•
Raffaella Milanesi•
Giacomo Nanni•
Shaked Bàr•
Furio Zanasi
48 tracks
May 23

Lully: Atys
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Matthew Newlin•
Ana Quintans•
Andreas Wolf•
Cappella Mediterranea•
Leonardo García-Alarcón•
Chœur De Chambre De Namur
46 tracks
April 11

Colonna: Missa Concertata - Handel: Dixit Dominus
Chœur De Chambre De Namur•
Cappella Mediterranea•
Leonardo García-Alarcón
25 tracks
April 11

Northern Light. Echoes from 17th-century Scandinavia
Lucile Richardot•
Sébastien Daucé•
Ensemble Correspondances
14 tracks
March 21

Stradella (Sinfonias for Solo Violin and Basso Continuo)
Alessandro Stradella
26 tracks
March 21

Baroque Meets Orient
caterva musica
17 tracks
March 7

Philippe d'Orléans: Suite d'Armide ou Jérusalem délivrée
Cappella Mediterranea•
Leonardo García-Alarcón•
Véronique Gens•
Gwendoline Blondeel•
Cyrille Dubois•
David Witczak•
Chœur De Chambre De Namur
27 tracks
March 7

Weldon: The Judgment of Paris
John Weldon•
Academy of Ancient Music•
Julian Perkins•
Helen Charlston•
Kitty Whately•
Anna Dennis•
Aksel Rykkvin
41 tracks
February 28

Dazzling Light
Ensemble Altera•
Christopher Lowrey
15 tracks
February 21

Musica Warmiensis, Vol. 4
Cappella Warmiensis Restituta•
Radosław Kamieniarz
15 tracks
January 10

Palestrina Revealed - Byrd, White, Mundy
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Graham Ross
17 tracks
December 6, 2024

Trobairitz
Michal Nejtek•
Tiburtina Ensemble
12 tracks
November 8

Stradella: Un angelo del Paradiso - The Orrigoni Songbook
Alessandro Stradella•
Ensemble Mare Nostrum•
Andrea De Carlo
26 tracks
September 27

André Campra: Messe de Requiem & Les Maîtres de Notre-Dame de Paris
Sébastien Daucé•
Ensemble Correspondances
22 tracks
August 17

L'homme armé. Musique de guerre et de paix, 1450-1650
Joel Cohen•
Boston Camerata•
Andrea Gabrieli•
Claude Goudimel•
Claudio Monteverdi•
Heinrich Schütz•
Orlande de Lassus•
Tylman Susato•
William Byrd
16 tracks

September 5, 2025

John Rutter: A Clare Benediction
John Rutter•
Graham Ross•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Dmitri Ensemble
1 tracks
September 5

John Rutter: A Clare Benediction
John Rutter•
Graham Ross•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Dmitri Ensemble
1 tracks
August 15

Monteverdi: Zefiro torna e'l bel tempo rimena, SV 108
Claudio Monteverdi•
Rosso Porpora•
Walter Testolin
1 tracks
August 1

John Rutter: The Gift of Life (Version with Chamber Ensemble): V. The gift of each day
John Rutter•
Graham Ross•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Dmitri Ensemble
1 tracks
August 1

John Rutter: The Gift of Life (Version with Chamber Ensemble): V. The gift of each day
John Rutter•
Graham Ross•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Dmitri Ensemble
1 tracks
July 4

Palestrina: Stabat Mater a 8
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Graham Ross
1 tracks
April 25

Lully: Atys, LWV 53, Act I Scenes 1 & 2: Allons, allons, accourez tous
Jean-Baptiste Lully•
Leonardo García-Alarcón•
Cappella Mediterranea•
Matthew Newlin
1 tracks
March 21

Johann Krieger: I frid vill jag nu fara
Lucile Richardot•
Sébastien Daucé•
Ensemble Correspondances
1 tracks
March 14

Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: II. Kyrie eleison
Chœur De Chambre De Namur•
Cappella Mediterranea•
Leonardo García-Alarcón
1 tracks
February 28

Johann Christoph Bach: Ach, daß ich Wasser's g'nug hätte (Lamento)
Lucile Richardot•
Sébastien Daucé•
Ensemble Correspondances
1 tracks
February 14

Dove: Seek Him That Maketh The Seven Stars
Jonathan Dove•
Ensemble Altera•
Christopher Lowrey
1 tracks
February 7

Philippe d'Orléans: Suite d'Armide ou Jérusalem délivrée, Act II Scene 1: Ritournelle. Oui, venez, Almanzor (Herminie, Vaffrin)
Cappella Mediterranea•
Leonardo García-Alarcón
1 tracks
January 24

Whitacre: Sleep
Eric Whitacre•
Ensemble Altera•
Christopher Lowrey
1 tracks
December 6, 2024

Palestrina: Missa Emendemus in melius a 4: V. Agnus Dei I
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina•
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge•
Graham Ross
1 tracks
November 25

Fantasía 7 (fol. 17)
Miguel de Fuenllana
1 tracks
November 23

Fantasía 38 (fol.160)
Miguel de Fuenllana
1 tracks
November 15

Lombarda
Michal Nejtek•
Tiburtina Ensemble
1 tracks
October 11

Stradella: La forza dell’amor paterno, Act II Scene 16: Aria. Non vedi che Giove (Antioco)
Alessandro Stradella•
Ensemble Mare Nostrum•
Andrea De Carlo
1 tracks
September 13

Pierre Robert: Tristis est anima mea
Sébastien Daucé•
Ensemble Correspondances
1 tracks
August 23

André Campra: Messe de Requiem, Introitus: No. 1, Requiem æternam
André Campra•
Sébastien Daucé•
Ensemble Correspondances
1 tracks