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Renaissance Era Classical

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Explore the Renaissance period from composers like Monteverdi, Dowland, and more.

38 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 56 MINUTES

1Byrd: Mass for Four Voices: V. Agnus Dei
Byrd: Mass for Four Voices: V. Agnus Dei
Stile Antico & William Byrd
The Golden Renaissance: William Byrd
04:03
2Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: Hymnus "Ave maris stella"
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: Hymnus "Ave maris stella"
Raphaël Pichon & Pygmalion
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
09:28
3Pavan
Pavan
Rose Consort of Viols, The & William Byrd
Byrd: Consort and Keyboard Music / Songs and Anthems
03:03
4Three Madrigals: I. Spring in All Her Glory
Three Madrigals: I. Spring in All Her Glory
NYCGB Fellowship & Ben Parry
Young Composers 5
02:17
5Fantasia (Arr. for Lute by Ron Andrico)
Fantasia (Arr. for Lute by Ron Andrico)
Mignarda
Shakespeare's Lutebook
01:57
6Sacrae symphoniae (excerpts) (arr. E. Crees for brass): Sacrae symphoniae: Canzon duodecimi toni I a 10 (arr. E. Crees for brass)
Sacrae symphoniae (excerpts) (arr. E. Crees for brass): Sacrae symphoniae: Canzon duodecimi toni I a 10 (arr. E. Crees for brass)
London Symphony Brass
Gabrieli: Music for Brass, Vol. 1
03:04
7Requiem - Missa pro defunctis (4vv, 1578): Offertorium - Domine Jesu Christe (Lassus)
Requiem - Missa pro defunctis (4vv, 1578): Offertorium - Domine Jesu Christe (Lassus)
Collegium Regale & Stephen Cleobury
Lassus - Lamentationes Jeremiæ Prophetæ
06:20
8Madrigali spirituali a 6 e 7 voci, Libro 2: No. 7b, Signor la notte e’l giorno
Madrigali spirituali a 6 e 7 voci, Libro 2: No. 7b, Signor la notte e’l giorno
Cappella Mariana & Vojtěch Semerád
Philippus de Monte: Madrigali spirituali
01:47
9Mignarda
Mignarda
Mignarda
The Delight of Solitariness: The Lute Songs of John Dowland
02:52
10Ne l'oseray je dire se j'ayme par amours
Ne l'oseray je dire se j'ayme par amours
Brigitte Lesne & Pierre Boragno
Le Chansonnier de Bayeux
01:22
11Greensleeves
Greensleeves
Guillem Perez-Quer
Your Majesty: A Guitar Player in 16th-Century European Courts
04:37
12Byrd: Ave verum corpus, T. 92
Byrd: Ave verum corpus, T. 92
Owain Park, The Gesualdo Six & William Byrd
Byrd: Mass for Five Voices; Ave verum corpus; Lamentations & Other Works
04:28
13Gesualdo: Hei mihi Domine
Gesualdo: Hei mihi Domine
Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner & Carlo Gesualdo
Monteverdi & Gesualdo: Motets & Madrigals
03:57
14Fantasia no. 7 (Orig. Renaissance Lute, arr. for 12 string guitar)
Fantasia no. 7 (Orig. Renaissance Lute, arr. for 12 string guitar)
Anders Miolin
A Timeless Odyssey: Works for 12-String Guitar
04:35
15Vivro fra i miei tormenti e le mie cure: 3a parte - Io pur verro la dove sete
Vivro fra i miei tormenti e le mie cure: 3a parte - Io pur verro la dove sete
Marco Longhini
MONTEVERDI, C.: Madrigals, Book 3 (Il Terzo Libro de' Madrigali, 1592) (Delitiae Musicae, Longhini)
02:44
16Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: Concerto "Duo Seraphim"
Vespro della Beata Vergine, SV 206: Concerto "Duo Seraphim"
Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Zachary Wilder & Antonin Rondepierre
Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
06:14
17Byrd: Retire My Soul
Byrd: Retire My Soul
Stile Antico & William Byrd
The Golden Renaissance: William Byrd
04:26
18Spem in alium
Spem in alium
Oxford Camerata
Tallis (The Best Of)
12:19
19Geborn ist Gottes Sohnelein, zu Bethlehem ein Kindelein (arr. M. Praetorius)
Geborn ist Gottes Sohnelein, zu Bethlehem ein Kindelein (arr. M. Praetorius)
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Krippenlieder
02:07
20La Battaglia (Janequin; arr. L'Aquila)
La Battaglia (Janequin; arr. L'Aquila)
Paul O'Dette
Lute Music, Volume 2: Early Italian Renaissance Music
03:28
21Missa L'homme arme: L' homme arme
Missa L'homme arme: L' homme arme
Oxford Camerata
Ockeghem: Missa L'Homme Arme / Josquin: Memor Esto Verbi Tui
00:45
22Missa Christus resurgens: Gloria
Missa Christus resurgens: Gloria
Oxford Camerata
Willaert: Missa Christus Resurgens / Magnificat / Ave Maria
06:38
23Son si belle le rose
Son si belle le rose
Delitiae Musicae
Gesualdo: Madrigals, Book 1
02:26
24Corona De Mas Hermosas
Corona De Mas Hermosas
Alfred Fernández
Nunca Más Verán Mis Ojos
01:38
25Mater patris et filia
Mater patris et filia
Speculum Ensemble
Brumel: Missa De Beata Virgine / Ave Virgo Gloriosa / Ave, Ancilla Trinitatis
03:19
26Missa Papae Marcelli: Kyrie
Missa Papae Marcelli: Kyrie
Oxford Camerata
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli
04:30
27Responsories for Good Friday Nocturn 2: II. Tenebrae factae sunt
Responsories for Good Friday Nocturn 2: II. Tenebrae factae sunt
Tenebrae
Tomás Luis De Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories
04:21
28Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys
Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys
Bernhard Landauer
Discover Early Music
05:37
29Vespro della beata Vergine (1610): Sonata a 2 per violine e violone (Giovanni Paolo Cima)
Vespro della beata Vergine (1610): Sonata a 2 per violine e violone (Giovanni Paolo Cima)
Andrew Parrott
Monteverdi: 1610 Vespers
04:21
30Semper Dowland semper Dolens
Semper Dowland semper Dolens
Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI
John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares
05:59
31Missa Caput: III Credo
Missa Caput: III Credo
Oxford Camerata
OBRECHT: Missa Caput / Salve Regina
10:00
32Missa "Mille Regretz": Gloria (Morales)
Missa "Mille Regretz": Gloria (Morales)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Cristóbal de Morales: Missa Mille Regretz
04:08
33Magnificat primi toni
Magnificat primi toni
Oxford Camerata
Gombert: Magnificat I / Salve Regina / Credo / Tulerunt Dominum
11:38
34Veni Sancte Spiritus - Veni Creator, JD 32
Veni Sancte Spiritus - Veni Creator, JD 32
Interprètes divers & William Byrd
Dunstable: Quam Pulchra Es / Veni Sancte Spiritus / Mass Movements
06:56
35When David heard
When David heard
Gary Cooper
Weelkes: Anthems
04:01
36Memor esto verbi tui
Memor esto verbi tui
Oxford Camerata
Ockeghem: Missa L'Homme Arme / Josquin: Memor Esto Verbi Tui
13:22
37Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318 / Act V - Moresca
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, SV 318 / Act V - Moresca
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & Claudio Monteverdi
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
01:18
38Dowland: The Frog Galliard
Dowland: The Frog Galliard
Andrés Segovia & John Dowland
The Art of Segovia
00:50