"Aa - Am" Ensembles

Academia Montis Regalis

• President: Carlo Giuseppe Battaglia
• Artistic Director : Giorgio Tabacco (harpsichord)
• Conductors:
  • Luigi Mangiocavallo
  • Alessandro De Marchi
• Year ensemble formed : 1994 -- formed by the "Istituto S. Cordero di Pamparato"
• Description : The ensemble takes its name from that originally given to the city of Mondovi, near Turin, where the ensemble spends 6 months of each year working with leading directors of early music.
• WWW: http://www.academiamontisregalis.org/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Academia Montis Regalis
      via S. Pio V, 8
      I-12084 Mondovi' Piazza (CN)
      ITALY
  • Tele/FAX : +39 (0)174 46351
  • E-mail : Montis.regalis@tiscalinet.it
• Home city/country : Mondovi, Piemonte, Italy
• Discography :
  • Gaetano Pugnani (1731 - 1798):  "Overtures in Eight Parts" - Opus 111 - OPS 30-151
  • Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805):  3 Symphonies Op. 37 - Opus 111 - OPS 30-168
  • G. Pugnani: Werther Melologo per 2 voci recitanti e orchestra - Opus 111 - OPS 30-197/8; 2 CDs)
  • Giuseppe Giordani (1751-98) : Passio per il Venerdi Santo - with soloists and the Ensemble Vocale di Napoli  - Opus 111 - OPS 30-249/250; 2 CDs
  • Giuseppe Maria Cambini (1746-1825) : "Sinfonie" - Opus 111 - OPS 30-244
  • FJ Haydn: L'Isola Disabitata - Kammerloher, Herrman, Lee, Zanasi - Naïve Opus 111 OPS 30-319 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
  • Vivaldi: Juditha Triumphans - with Magdalena Kožena (soprano) et al., Alessandro De Marchi (conductor) - Naïve Opus 111 OPS 30-314 (3 CDs. Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
  • Vivaldi: "Flute Concertos" - with Barthold Kuijken (traverso) - Opus 111 OPS 30-298 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002.)
  • Vivaldi: Mottetti (RV 629, 631, 633, 623, 628, 630) - with Anke Herrmann, soprano; Laura Polverelli, mezzo-soprano - Naïve Opus 111 OPS 30-340 (Released in 2003.)
  • Vivaldi: Orlando finto pazzo - with the Chorus of the Teatro Regio Di Torino, Alessandro De Marchi (conductor) - Naïve Opus 111 OPS 30-392 (3 CDs. Released in 2004.)
  • Vivaldi: "Concerto Rustico" (RV 441, 392, 540, 93, 535 ) - Berlin Classics 0017882BC  (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006).
  • Vivaldi: "Concerti per violino - Vol 1. ('La Caccia')" - includes RV 199, 208, 234, 270, 332, 362 - with Enrico Onofri (violin & direction) - Naïve/Opus 111 OPS 30-417 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.) -
    • Note: For Vol. 2 ("Di sfida"), see Modo Antiquo.
  • Vivaldi: Farnace (opera; 1727) - Naïve/Opus 111 (in preparation)
  • Alessandro Stradella: San Giovanni Battista (transl. St. John the Baptist) - Hyperion Records (in preparation)

Academia Musicalis

• Director : Richard Lester (harpsichord)
• Year ensemble formed : 2006 -- by Lester
• Description : The ensemble takes its name from the concerts held at the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome, home of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni.
• WWW : http://www.academiamusicali.com
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : mimo@academiamusicali.com
• Home city/country : UK
• Members :
  • Richard Lester (harpsichord)
  • Recorders: Elizabeth Lester & Nerys Evans

Academia de li Musici &
Athestis Consort

• Director : Filippo Maria Bressan
• Year ensemble formed : 1993 -- by Bressan; initially named the Athestis Consort (which was formed in 1988).
• Description : Presents repertory from the baroque and classical periods. Frequently accompanies the vocal ensemble, the Athestis Chorus.
• WWW : http://www.athestis.it
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • ATHESTIS Soc.Coop.a r.l.
      I 35042 Este
      via Giovanni XXIII, 7
      ITALY
  • Telephone : +39.0429.603427
  • Fax. +39.0429.611547
  • E-mail : athestis@athestis.it
• Home city/country : Italy
• Discography :
  • Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739): "Requiem, 'in the Venetian Manner'" with soloists. Chandos Chaconne - CHAN 0637 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 1999.)
  • Benedetto Marcello: Arianna - Anna Chierichetti, Gloria Banditelli, Mirko Guadagnini, Sergio Foresti, Antonio Abete - Chandos Chaconne CHAN 0656 (3 CDs; Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  • Antonio Callegari (1757-28): "La Resurrezione di Lazzaro" - with Rosita Frisani, Roberta Giua, Manuela Custer, Luca Dordolo, Salvo Vitale - Chandos Chaconne CHAN 0673 (1 CD; Recorded in June 2000. Released in August 2001.)
  • "Messa per San Marco": works by Ferdinando Giuseppe Bertoni and Baldassare Galuppi - Chandos Chaconne CHAN 0702 (Released in 2002.)

Academia Palatina

• Director : Florian Heyerick
• Year ensemble formed : 2006
• Description : From the Mannheimer Zentrum für Alte Musik
• WWW : http://www.academia-palatina.org
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Mannheim, Germany
• Discography :
  • Johann Michael Haydn: "Vocal & Instrumental Works" - with Ex Tempore, Marcolini Quartett - Et'cetera KTC 4020 (Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)

Académie baroque européenne d'Ambronay

• Director : ?
• Guest conductors :
  • William Christie [1994]
  • Christophe Coin [1995]
  • Christophe Rousset [1996]
• Description : This is not a standing ensemble. The ensemble is assembled yearly for the festival.
• WWW : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fest-ambronay/academie/
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : France

Académie Baroque de Montréal

• Artistic director : Alexander Weimann
• Leader : Hélène Plouffe
• Year ensemble formed : ? -- by soprano Suzie LeBlanc
• Description : The artistic direction changes hands among various distinguished musicians in order to promote a wide scope of perspective in Baroque music.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Montréal, Québec, Canada
• Discography :
  • "Handel Gloria": works by Handel (including the recently rediscovered Gloria in excelsis Deo), JS Bach, and Vivaldi - with Suzie LeBlanc (soprano) - ATMA Classique ACD2 2215 (Recorded and released in 2001.)

Académie royale de musique de Paris

• Director : Jean-Claude Veilhan (clarinet and traverso)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Named after the French Society of concerts founded in Paris during Louis XIV's reign.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Paris, France
• Members :
  • Jean-Claude Veilhan (clarinet and traverso)
  • Gilbert Bezzina (violin)
  • Flavio Losco (viola)
  • Frédéric Audibert (violoncello)
  • Yves Bertin (bassoon)
  • Béatrice Berstel (keyboard)
• Discography : Jean-François Tapray (1737?-1819?) : Oeuvres concertantes avec clavier - K617 073

Académie Sainte-Cécile

• Director : Philippe Couvert (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : France
• Members :
  • Philippe Couvert (first violin)
  • Françoise Couvert (violin)
  • Yves Merckx (violin)
  • Frank Pichon (violin)
  • Alain Pégeot (violin)
  • Dominique Dujardin (violoncello)
  • Frank van Lamsweerde (violoncello)
  • Bernard Couvert (double bass)
  • Christophe Mazeaud (oboe)
  • Philippe Miquieu (bassoon)
  • Iain Simcock (chamber organ)
• Discography :
  • Johann Molter: "6 Concertos for Clarinet" - Arion / Pierre Verany PV792011
  • Antonio Vivaldi: "6 Concertos for Bassoon" - with Claude Wassmer (bassoon) - Arion / Pierre Verany PV793042
  • Gioacchino Rossini: "Sonate a Quatro" (Nos. 1-4) - Arion / Pierre Verany PV794021
  • Georg Phillip Telemann: "Concertos for Varied Instruments" - Arion / Pierre Verany PV794102 (Recorded in 1993.)

Academy of Ancient Music (AAM)

• Music Director : Richard Egarr (became music director in 2006)
• Emeritus Director : Christopher Hogwood (keyboard; 1941-. CBE 1989.)
• Associate Conductor : Paul Goodwin (oboe)
• Guest conductors : Anthony Halstead, Simon Preston, Edward Higginbottom, Stephen Layton, et al.
• Year ensemble formed : 1973 -- by Hogwood
• Description : Named after the 18th-century English society, The Academy of Ancient Music, founded by Dr John Pepusch around 1710. Named resident period-instrument orchestra at St. John's, Smith Square, London in 2000.
• WWW : http://www.aam.co.uk/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • The Academy of Ancient Music
      10 Brookside
      Cambridge CB2 1JE
      UNITED KINGDOM
  • Tel (+44) (0)1223 301509
  • Fax (+44) (0)1223 327377
  • E-mail : aam@aam.co.uk
• Home city/country : UK
• Concert schedule : http://www.aam.co.uk
• Discography :
  • http://www.aam.co.uk
  • Raphael Biran's compilation.

Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : ?

Academy of the Begynhof, Amsterdam

• Conductors :
  • Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
  • Roderick Shaw (harpsichord)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • c/o Richard Egarr
      Hogeweg 80, 1098 CG
      Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Tel : +31 (20) 693 3157
• Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Discography :
  • Henry Purcell: "Dido & Aeneas" - Globe GLO 5020
  • "Homage to Queen Mary" - works by Henry Purcell and John Blow - with Barbara Borden & Camille van Lunen (sopranos) and David Barick (baritone) - Globe GLO 5029
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka: "Lamentationes Jeremiæ Prophetæ" - with Ulla Groenewold (contralto), Hein Meens (tenor), and Max van Egmond (baritone) - Globe GLO 6051

Academy for Early Music, Berlin
(See Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin.)

Accademia Bach Baroque Orchestra
(See L'Orchestra Barocca dell'Accademia Bach.)

Accademia Bizantina

• Music director : Since 1996, Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord, E-mail: o.dantone@libero.it). Previously directed by Carlo Chiarappa.
• Year ensemble formed : 1983
• WWW : http://www.accademiabizantina.it
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • Accademia Bizantina
      c/o Romano Valentini
      via Dobredò 15B
      48100 Ravenna
      ITALY
  • Tel: +39 0544 271071
  • Fax: +39 0544 270831
  • E-mail: accademiabizantina@ntt.it
• Home city/country : Ravenna, Italy
• Members :
  • Stefano Montanari (violin)
  • Francesco D'Orazio (violin)
  • Fiorenza De Donatis (violin)
  • Alessandro Tampieri (viola)
  • Mauro Valli (violoncello)
  • Nicola Dal Maso (violone)
  • Tiziano Bagnati (theorbe)
  • Romano Valentini (harpsichord)
  • Ottavio Dantone (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Franz Schubert - Konzertstuck D345, Polonaise D580, Rondo D438 per violino e orchestra, 5 minuetti D89, 5 Danze Tedesche D90. ARTS 447210-2
  • Johann Christian Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Wilhelm Friedmann Bach - Sinfonie - EUROPA MUSICA 350.269
  • Arcangelo Corelli - "Opera omnia" - Denon CO-75448
  • Luciano Berio - Duetti, Sequenza VIII, Due pezzi, Corale - Denon CO-75448
  • J.S. Bach - Offerta Musicale (BWV 1079) - Denon CO-75861
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Stabat Mater, Salve Regina; Francesco Feo - Salve Regina - Denon CO-78904
  • Ottorino Respighi, Nino Rota, Giorgio Ghedini: Trittico Botticelliano - Antiche danze e arie per liuto - III suite Concerto per archi - Il Belprato - Denon CO-78969
  • Giuseppe Tartini - Concerti per violino - Denon CO-78969
  • Musiche e canzoni del '700 napoletano - Denon CO-80863
  • Antonio Vivaldi - Il Cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione Op.8
    • Vol. 1 - ARTS 47564
    • Vol. 2 - ARTS 47565
  • Venezia 700: il piacere della musica (music by B. Galuppi, T. Albinoni, G.B. Platti, A. Vivaldi) Thymallus THYM 111
  • Giuseppe Sarti - "Il Giulio Sabino" - opera in 3 acts - Bongiovanni GB2246/47 (2 CDs)
  • JS Bach : "Violin Concertos" - Denon CO-78970-71 (2 CDs; Recorded in 1991. Released in 1995.)
  • "Il Gioco Barocco del Seicento Italiano" (Baroque Games from the Italian 17th Century): 21 caprices, sinfonias, galliards, sonatas, etc. by Kapsberger, Trabaci, Frescobaldi, Falconiero, Merula, Marini, Castello, Buonamente, Picchi & Storace - Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone, conductor - Thymallus THYM 107 (Recorded in 1997. Released in 1999)
  • Alessandro Scarlatti: Concerti Grossi (pub. London 1740); Cello Sonatas - with Mauro Valli (violoncello) - ARTS Music Authentic 476162
  • Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico, op.3  - (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2003.)
    • Vol. 1 (Concertos 1-6): ARTS Music Authentic. CD: 47646-2 or DVD: 45002-6
    • Vo. 2 (Concertos 7-12): ARTS Music Authentic. 45005-6 (DVD)
  • Henry Purcell: "The Fairy Queen" - with the New English Voices. ARTS Music Authentic 47679-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2001. Released in 2003.)
  • Alessandro Scarlatti: "Il Giardino Di Rose" - Decca Hybrid Super Audio CD 470 650-2 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2004.)
  • "Arcadia": cantatas and instrumental works by Francesco Gasparini, Benedetto Marcello, Bernardo Pasquini, Arcangelo Corelli, Pietro Paolo Bencini, Alessandro Scarlatti   - with Andreas Scholl - Decca CD 470 296-2; SACD 470 630-2 (Released in 2004.)
  • Arcangelo Corelli: "Violin Sonata, Op. 5" - ARTS Music authentic 47724-8 (2 SACDs. Recorded in 2002. Released in 2005.)
  • "Seicento Italiano": works by Kapsberger, Trabaci, Frescobaldi, Merula, Marini, Picchi, Storace, Castello - ARTS Music authentic 47707-2 (Recorded in 1997. Released in 2005.)
  • Vivaldi: "Tito Manlio" (opera) - Naïve/Opus 111 OP30413 (3 CDs. Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)
  • Vivaldi: "In furore, Laudate pueri e concerti sacri" - with Sandrine Piau (soprano) - Naïve/Opus 111 OP30416 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
  • Handel: "Il Duello Amoroso" (Italian Cantatas) - Duet: Amarilli vezzosa (HWV 82)* - Nel dolce tempo HWV 135b - Mi palpita il cor HWV 132c - Vedendo amor HWV 175 - Trio Sonata Op.5 No. 2 - with Andreas Scholl, countertenor (*Hélène Guilmette, soprano) - Harmonia mundi France HMC901957 (Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007)

Accademia Claudio Monteverdi, Venezia

• Director : none
• Guest conductor : Hans Ludwig Hirsch
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Venice, Italy
• Discography :
  • Benedetto Marcello: 12 Sonatas, Op. 2 (Recorded in 1985.)
    • Vol. 1 - 47213-2 (Released in 1994.)
    • Vol. 2 - 47214-2  (Released in 1995.)
    • Reissued in 2006 as a 2-CD set: ARTS Music 47790-2

Accademia Daniel

• Music Director : Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord, organ)
• Year ensemble formed : 1995 -- by Ad-El
• Description : The Baroque Ensemble was founded by a group of leading Israeli musicians. The ensemble rehearses in both Israel and London. The members reside in such European cities as Prague, Paris, London, Amsterdam, Boston, and Jerusalem. The members also perform for other period instrument ensembles such as the English Concert, The Sixteen, English Baroque Soloists, Les Musiciens du Louvre, and Swiss Consort.
• WWW : http://www.phil.muni.cz/~shalev/ad/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • P.O. Box 3062
      Herzlia 46104
      Israel
  • Telephone : 972 9 589221
  • FAX : 972 9 574837
• Performance Management : Carla Kimhi (ckimhi@netvision.net.il)
• Home city/country : Herzlia, Israel
• Members : (cumulative)
  • Ofer Frenkel (oboe)
  • Gili Rinot (chalumeau)
  • Na'ama Lion (traverso)
  • Kate Clark (traverso)
  • Walter Reiter (violin)
  • Kati Debretzeni (violin)
  • Daphna Ravid (violin)
  • Amos Boasson (viola)
  • Nima Ben-David (viola da gamba)
  • Thomas Fritzsch (violoncello, viola da gamba)
  • Claus-Peter Nebelung (contrabass)
  • Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord, organ)
• Discography :
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758): "Cantatas" (& orchestral works) - Klaus Mertens (baritone), Deborah York (soprano) - CPO 999 674-2 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  • Christoph Graupner (1683-1750): "3 Bass Cantatas" - with Klaus Mertens - Hessischer Rundfunk hrmk 005-001 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
  • GP Telemann (1681-1767): "Basso Solo" (3 cantatas for bass) - with Klaus Mertens - Hessischer Rundfunk hrmk 0021-03
  • Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): "Cantatas" (Zerschmettert die Götzen TWV 2:7; Meine Rede bleibt betrübt TWV 1:1099; Dein Schaden ist verzweifelt böse TWV 1:1033) - with Dorothee Mields, Klaus Mertens - CPO 777 249-2 (Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007)

Accademia Filarmonica Köln

• Conductor : Gabriele Nußberger (formerly Marie Theres Brand)
• Year ensemble formed : 1992
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • c/o Gabriele Nußberger
      Alte Straße 51
      50226 Frechen
      GERMANY
  • Telephone: 02234 / 229 81
  • Fax: 02234 / 92 30 10
  • E-mail: gabriele.nussberger@netcologne.de
• Home city/country : Cologne, Germany
• Members : (cumulative listing)
  • Ursula Thelen (traverso)
  • Alessandro Pique (oboe)
  • Daniel Spektor (violin)
  • Gabriele ("Gaby") Nußberger (violin)
  • Gundula Jaine (violin)
  • Martina Theobald (violin)
  • David Plantier (violin)
  • Pascale Johannsen (viola)
  • Klaus Bona (viola)
  • Christine Kyprianides (violoncello)
  • Robert Nikolayczik (violoncello)
  • Michael Neuhaus (violone)
  • Tis Marang (double bass)
  • Jesper B. Chistensen (harpsichord)
  • Chistoph Keggenhoff (harpsichord)
  • Willi Kronenberg (harpsichord)
  • Clemens Kuhn (carillon)
• Discography :
  • Johann Mattheson (1681-1764) - "Der für die Sünde der Welt gemarterte und sterbende Jesus" (after Barthold Heinrich Brockes) with soli and Motettenchor Speyer. Cavalli CCD 401 (3 CDs) (Recorded: 1996)

Accademia I Filarmonici

• Director & Leader : Alberto Martini (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : The ensemble performs without a conductor.
• WWW : http://www.accademiaifilarmonici.com
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Verona, Italy
• Discography :
  • Tactus
  • The Complete Works of Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672-1749) on Dynamic:
    • Volume 1: Motetti a canto solo, Op. 3 (Nos. 1-6) with Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano) - CDS280 (Recorded and released in 2000.)
    • Volume 2: Sonata da Camera, Op. 2 (of 1703) - CDS352 (Recorded and released in 2000.)
    • Volume 3: Concerti a Quattro, Op. 11 - CDS353/1-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002.)
    • Volume 4: Inventioni Op. X Sonate per violino e violone e cembalo Op.VII - CDS424 (2 CDs. Released in 2003.)
    • Volume 5: Sonata da camera Op 4 & Op 6 - CDS456 (2 CDs. Released in 2004.)
  • Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768): "Complete Overtures and Concertos"
    • Volume 1: Overtures Nos. 1 -4 & 6 - Naxos 8.553412
    • Volume 2: Concerto a otto stromenti in D major, Overture No. 5, Aria schiavona for orchestra; Concertos a cinque for violin and orchestra - Naxos 8.553413
  • Vivaldi:
    • Concerti for Strings - Naxos 8.553742
    • Dresden Concerti, vol. 1 - Naxos 8.553792
    • Dresden Concerti, vol. 2 - Naxos 8.553793
    • Dresden Concerti, vol. 3 - Naxos 8.553860
    • Dresden Concerti, vol. 4 - Naxos 8.554310
  • Giovanni Battista Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 23 / Sinfonie Concertanti Nos. 1 & 2 - Naxos 8.553861
  • Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805): "Cello Concertos - Complete" - Brilliant Classics 92618 (3 CDs. Recorded and released in 2005.)
  • Simon Mayr (1763-1845): Sisera (1793) - Guild GMCD 7288/9 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)

Accademia degli Invaghiti

• Director : Francesco Moi (harpsichord)
• Year ensemble formed : 1994 -- by Moi
• Description : The original academy was founded in 1562 by G. Cesare Gonzaga. The ensemble performs 16th-18th century music.
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Via di Virgilio, 10
      46100 Mantova (Mantua)
      ITALY
  • tel/fax: +39.0376.369330 - 0348.5835522
  • E-mail : btaym@tin.it
• Home city/country : Mantova (Mantua), Italy
• Members :
  • Rebecca Ferri (violoncello)
  • Maurizio Less (violone)
  • Maurizio Piantelli (theorbe)
  • Ugo Nastrucci (theorbe, chitarrone)
  • Francesco Moi (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani (ca. 1680-1757): "Madrigali amorosi a due, quattro, cinque voci e basso continuo, Opus VI (1733)" - Tactus TC 682701 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 1999.)
  • Benedetto Marcello: "Lo Specchio della Nostalgia" (The Mirror of Nostalgia): Duets & Cantatas for Voices & Instruments - Tactus TC 683801 (Released in 2001.)
  • Maurizio Cazzatti: "Vespro di Sant’Andrea" (trans. Vespers of Saint Andrew) - Tactus TC 610301 (Released in 2002.)

Accademia della Magnifica Comunità
(also referred to as "La Magnifica Comunità")

• Director/Leader : Enrico Casazza (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : 1990
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members :
  • Violin: Enrico Casazza, Isabella Longo
  • Massimo Piva (viola)
  • Francesco Ferrarini (violoncello)
  • Roberto Loreggian (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Gaetano Franceschini (ca. 1730 - ca. 1790) - Opus I; "Sei sonate per 2 violini & b.c." - Tactus TC 730601  (Recorded in 1997; Released in 1998)
  • Maddalena Lombardini (1735-1799): "Sei Quartetti per Archi" - Tactus TC 731201 (Recorded and released in 1999.)
  • Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682): "Cantata per la notte del SS.mo Natale; Sinfonie a uno o due violini, violoncello e basso" - Tactus TC 31901 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 1999)
  • Niccoló Jommelli (1714-1774): "Miserere" - with Sylva Pozzer, Giovanna Manci, sopranos, Maurizio Ciampi, organ & conductor (includes Miserere "Pietà, pietà, Signore" for 2 sopranos, strings, organ & continuo. 5 Duetti Sacri for 2 sopranos & organ) Nuova Era - NUO 7330 (Recorded in 1998 and 1999. Released in 2000.)
  • Vincenzo Fiocchi (1767-1843): "Piramo e Tisbe" (cantata) - with Elena Belfiore (mezzo-soprano), Enrico Facini (tenor), Ricardo Correa (conductor) - Bongiovanni GB5105-2 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  • Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725): "Sinfonie da Concerto Grosso e Sinfonie, for flute & basso continuo" (Nrs. 7-12) - Tactus TC 661907 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002.)
  • Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770): "Sonata a tre"- Tactus TC 692003 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2005.)
  • Luigi Boccherini: "String Quintets"
    • Vol. 1 (Opus 10; G. 265-270) - Brilliant Classics 92503 (2 CDs. Released in 2005.)
    • Vol. 2: (Opus 11; G. 271-276) - Brilliant Classics 92889 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2004. Released in 2006.)
    • Vol. 3: (Opus 13; G. 277-282) - Brilliant Classics 93076 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
    • Vol. 4: (Opus 18; G. 283-288) - Brilliant Classics 93346 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)
  • Boccherini: "Guitar Quintets" (G. 445-450)  - Brilliant Classics 92892 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
  • Vivaldi: "La Quattro Stagioni" (transl: "The Four Seasons"); Opus 8 (complete) - Brilliant Classics 93155 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)
  • A. Scarlatti: Flute concertos & Symphonies - with Modo Antiquo - Brilliant Classics 93357 (2 CDs. Recorded in 1993. Released in 2007.)

Accademia per Musica

• Conductor : Christoph Timpe (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : 1995 -- by Timpe
• Description : The ensemble's mission is to interpret the less known repertoire of the Italian High Baroque.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Rome, Italy
• Members : (cumulative)
  • Christoph Timpe (violin)
  • Gabriele Folchi (violin)
  • Giovanni Dalla Vecchia (violin)
  • Giulia Panzeri (violin)
  • Pietro Meldolesi (violin, viola)
  • Giovanna Barbati (violoncello)
  • Andrea Fossà (violoncello)
  • Corrado Pastore (contrabass)
  • Andrea De Carlo (contrabass)
  • Marco Pesci (theorbe)
  • Andrea Damiani (theorbe)
  • Ann Fontana (harpsichord, organ)
• Discography :
  • Series: "Musica Napoletana - I Virtuosi del Violino"
    • Vol. 1: "Sonate e Quattro": works by Angelo Ragazzi (1680?-1750) and Giuseppe Avitrano (1670-1756) - Capriccio 10 846 (Recorded in 1997. Released in 1999.)
    • Vol. 2: "Sonate a Quattro": works by Ragazzi, Francesco Barbella (1692-1732), and Pietro Marchitelli (1643-1729) - Capriccio 10 875 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 2000.)
    • Vol. 3: "Concerti - Sinfonie": works by Nicolo Fiorenza (?-1764) and Emanuele Barbella (1718-77) - Capriccio 10 881 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2002.)
  • "Simfoniae Romanae" - works by Stradella, Colista, Lonati. Capriccio 67 025 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2003.)
  • Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (ca. 1645 - ca. 1710): "Violin Sonatas" - Capriccio 67 075 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2004.)

Accademia l'Ottocento

• Director : Carlo Barone
• Year ensemble formed : 1992 -- by Barone
• Description : Repertoire from 1770 to about 1850. Perform on 19th century instruments - or copies.
• WWW : http://www.accademia800.org/
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : info@accademia800.org
• Performance management :
• Home city/country : Italy

Accademia del Ricercare

• Conductor : Pietro Busca
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy

Accademia di San Rocco, Venezia
(See next entry.)

• Director : Andrea Marcon (harpsichord, organ)
• Year ensemble formed : 1995
• Description : Baroque orchestra. Resident orchestra of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice.
• WWW : http://www.musicinvenice.com/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Via Ca' Venier 8
      30172 Venezia - Mestre
      ITALY
  • Telephone : +39-41-962999
  • FAX : +39-41-982037
  • E-mail : sanrocco@musicinvenice.com
• Home city/country : Venice, Italy
• Members : ?

Accademia di San Rocco-Orchestra Barocca di Venezia
(See previous entry.)

• Year ensemble formed: Joint organization formed in 1997.
• Description: Joint organization consisting of both the Accademia di San Rocco, Venezia and Orchestra Barocca di Venezia.
• Discography :
  • Alessandro Marcello (1668-1747): "Concerto for oboe and strings in D minor and Unpublished Concertos and and Cantatas" - Arts Music 47505-2

Accademia Serenissima, Venice

• Director : ?
• Guest conductor : Hermann Dreyer
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Venice, Italy

Accademia Strumentale Italiana

• Musical director : Alberto Rasi (treble and bass viol; since 1991)
• Year ensemble formed : 1981
• WWW : http://www.accademiastrumentale.it
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • via San Mamaso, 7
      I-37121 Verona
      ITALY
  • Telephone: +39 045 8034151
  • Fax: +39 045 8034151
  • E-mail : alberto@accademiastrumentale.it
• Home city/country : Verona, Italy
• Members :
  • Alberto Rasi (treble and bass viol)
  • Chiara Veneri (bass viol)
  • Claudia Pasetto (bass viol)
  • Riccardo Coelati (violone)
  • Beatrice Pornon (chitarrone and chitarriglia)
  • Patrizia Marisaldi (harpsichord)
• Discography : http://www.accademiastrumentale.it
• Note : There is another Accademia Strumentale Italiana (no longer extant) which did NOT use period instruments.

Acme Baroque Services, Inc.

• Director : Margaret Cushing (recorders)
• Year ensemble formed : 2003
• WWW : http://www.acmebaroque.com
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: acme@acmebaroque.com
• Home city/country : New England, USA
• Members :
  • Current:
    • Pamela Murray (soprano)
    • James Ruff (countertenor)
    • Violin: Dana Maiben, Martha Perry
    • Margaret Cushing (violoncello, viol)
    • Webb Wiggins (harpsichord)
  • Past:
    • Joshua Lee (viola da gamba)
    • Kei Ueyama (harpsichord)

ACTEA Orchestra

• Director : Carles-Josep Comalada
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Accompanies the all-female vocal ensemble, ACTEA
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Actea
      G.V.de les Corts Catalanes 384 4rt 1a
      08015 Barcelona
      SPAIN
  • Telephone : 34+629361287
  • FAX : 34+934264099
  • E-mail : ccomalda@pie.xtec.es
• Home city/country : Barcelona, Spain

Adelaide Baroque

• Year ensemble formed : 1977
• Description : Includes two ensembles:
  • Musica da Camera
  • Adelaide Baroque Ensemble
• WWW : http://www.adelaidebaroque.com.au/
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : manager@adelaidebaroque.com.au
• Home city/country : Adelaide, Australia

Les Adieux

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1986
• Description : Named after Beethoven's piano sonata Opus 81a. Employing instruments of the period, Les Adieux focus largely on the unexplored repertoire of ensemble music composed between 1760-1840 -- in particular that of Vienna around 1800 with their Bohemian contemporaries and French music in between the revolutions.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Europe
• Members : (cumulative)
  • Mary Utiger (violin)
  • Ursula Bundies (violin)
  • Hajo Bäß (violin, viola)
  • Nicholas Selo (violoncello)
  • Julianne Borsodi (violoncello)
• Past members :
  • Andreas Staier (keyboard)
  • Claudia Steb (viola)
  • Bettina Ihrig (viola)
  • Wilbert Hazelet (transverse flute)
  • Christine Kyprianides (violoncello)
• Discography :
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) : Three quartets for fortepiano, flute, and viola (nos.  1,2,3; Wq 93,94,95); Sonata for flute and b.c. (Wq 133) - Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77052-2-RG (recorded in 1988; released in 1990)
  • Franz Danzi (1763-1826) : Flute Chamber Music - Musicaphon - M 56825
  • WA Mozart : Adagios and Fugues (KV 404a and 546) - New Classical Adventure (NCA) - MA 9507811 (recorded in 1995)
  • "Klarinettenquintette": Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) : Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34, for clarinet and strings; Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm (1788-1858) : Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 8, for clarinet and strings - with Eric Hoeprich (clarinet) - New Classical Adventure (NCA) - MA 9503804 (Recorded in 1995. Reissued in 2006 in SACD format as NCA 60170)
  • Emanuel Aloys Förster (1748-1823) : String Quartets Op. 19,20,26 / Fantasy and Sonata -   New Classical Adventure (NCA) - MA 9710831 (2 CDs. recorded in 1997)
  • WA Mozart : 3 Clarinet Quintets - with Eric Hoeprich (clarinet) - New Classical Adventure (NCA) 9811840
  • Hyacinthe Jadin : String trios, op. 2 - New Classical Adventure (NCA) 9912846
  • "Mein Herz von Lieb Entzündet": works by Franz Schubert (Salve Regina; D. 676); Chevalier de la Lance (Plaintes de Vénus sur la Mort d'Adonis); Luigi Boccherini (Stabat Mater) - with Ingrid Schmithüsen (soprano) - New Classical Adventure (NCA) 60110 (Recorded and released in 2000.)
  • Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm (1718-1858): "Streichquintette" - New Classical Adventure (NCA) 60122 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)
  • WA Mozart: 3 Quartets for Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello (Op. 79, 1-3; arranged after KV 317, 374, 496) - with Eric Hoeprich (clarinet) - New Classical Adventure (NCA) 60172 (SACD. Recorded in 1998. Released in 2007.)

Affetti Musicali

• Director : ?
• Guest conductor : Gabriel Garrido
• Year ensemble formed : 1987 by recorderist, Alejandro Moguillansky
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Buenos Aires, Argentina

Affetti Musicali

• Director : Bernt Malmros (harpsichord)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Specializes in 17th century Swedish music.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Sweden
• Discography :
  • JH Roman: "A Portrait" - with Ensemble Pasticcio - Proprius PRCD 9028

Affetti Musicali

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Members are graduates of the Musikhochschule, Hannover. Named after the title Biagio Marini gave to his collection of chamber music published in Venice in 1617.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Germany
• Members :
  • Elisabeth Schwanda (recorder)
  • Volker Mühlberg (violin)
  • Hille Perl (viola da gamba)
  • Bernward Lohr (keyboard)
• Discography :
  • "Affetti Musicali - Marini und seine Zeitgenossen" - Thorofon CTH 2279 (Recorded in 1995.)
  • André Chéron (1695-1766) : "Sonates en duo et en trio" - Thorofon CTH 2359 (Recorded in 1997; Released in 1998)

Affetti Musicali

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Innsbruck, Austria
• Members :
  • Current :
    • Marianne Rônez (violin, viola d'amore)
    • Arno Jochem (viola da gamba & violoncello)
    • Michael Freimuth (theorbe)
    • Ernst Kubitschek (organ, harpsichord)
  • Former :
    • Paolo Cherici (lute)
• Discography :
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Violinsonaten Nr. 1-8 (1681) - Cavalli (2 CDs. Recorded in 1993.)
  • HIF Biber: "Sonatae a violino solo" - Cavalli CCD 210 (2 CDs. Recorded in 1997.)
  • "Musik aus Alt-Österreich" - works by Mealli, Finger, Schmelzer, Salverde, Peuerl, Biber, Krähmer, Gassmann - Cavalli CCD 208 (Recorded in 1997.)
  • HIF Biber : "Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas" - Winter & Winter Basic Edition - 910 029-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 1997. Released in 1998.)
  • "Viola d'Amore" - works by Attilo Ariosti, HIF Biber, Anton Huberty, Johann Caspar Ganspeck, Wilhelm Ganspeckh - with Monika Mauch, soprano - Winter & Winter Music Edition 910 096-2 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2004.)

Affetti Musicali Budapest

• Director : János Malina (recorder)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Budapest, Hungary
• Members :
  • János Bali (recorder)
  • János Malina (recorder)
  • István Kertész (violin)
  • Erika Petöfi (violin)
  • Csilla Vályi (violoncello)
  • János Mezei (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: Six solo cantatas from the collection "Forsetzung des Harmonischen Gottes-Dienstes" - Hungaroton HCD 31597
  • Johann Pachelbel - "Arias & Duets" - Hungaroton HCD 31736
  • Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783): "Italian Cantatas" with vocal soloists - Hungaroton HCD 31843 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  • Agostino Steffani (1654-1728): Scherzi Musicali / Six Cantatas - Hungaroton HCD 32078 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2003.)

Affetti Sonori

• Director : Donatella Galletti (baroque lute)
• Year ensemble formed : 1999
• Description : To rediscover unexplored repertoire for this ensemble of instruments.
• WWW : http://web.tiscalinet.it/awebd/ENAFF.htm
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : donglBACH@tiscalinet.it -- remove "BACH" from the address at left to send an email message. This is an anti-spam measure
• Home city/country : Milan,  Italy
• Members :
  • Donatella Galletti (baroque lute)
  • Laura Santanchè (traverso)
  • Maurizio Salmoiraghi (viol)
• Discography :
  • "Affetti Sonori", with music by Baron, Hotteterre, Weiss, Mouton, Abel, De Visèe - Turtle '99

Aglàia Ensemble
(See Ensemble Aglàia.)

Les Agrémens

• Director : Dominique Borzeix, harpsichord
• Year ensemble formed : 1995 -- by Borzeix
• Description : A baroque chamber ensemble
• WWW : http://www.cowderoy.com/alan/articles/agremens.shtml
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Strasbourg, France
• Members :
  • Sylvie HERMAL (soprano)
  • Elisabeth KLEIN (soprano)
  • Anne-Claire GUERIN (recorder)
  • Alan COWDEROY (traverso)
  • Mathieu BRINKERT (oboe)
  • Christophe HOMMEL (bass viol)
  • Dominique BORZEIX (harpsichord)

Les Agrémens

• Director : Guy Van Waas (since 2001)
• Year ensemble formed : 1995 -- by Le Centre de Chant Choral de la Communauté française de Belgique
• WWW : http://www.cccwb.com
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Namur, France
• Discography :
  • Johann Christian Bach: Gloria in G major, Kyrie in D major, Credo in C major - soli & Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Wieland Kuijken (conductor) - Ricercar RIC-211.
  • FJ Gossec: Symphonies op. 12, 1/3/5; J Stamitz: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in B flat - Guy Van Waas, clarinet - Ricercar RIC-218 (Released in 2003.)
  • André Modeste Grétry (1741-1813): "Airs & Ballets". Extracts from: Céphale et Procris (L’Aurore’s arias); Les deux Avares (Henriette’s arias); Anacréon chez Polycrate (Anais’ aria); La Caravane du Caire (Italian slave’s aria), with Sophie Karthäuser (soprano) - Ricercar RIC-234 (Released in 2004.)
  • "Concertos & Symphonies Concertante": works by François-Joseph GOSSEC, André-Modeste GRÉTRY, Dieudonné-Pascal PIELTAIN, Antoine- Frédéric GRESNICK - Ricercar RIC-242 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)
  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704):  Te Deum (H. 146); Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieau des orgue (H. 513)- with the Choeur de Chambre de Namur - Ricercar RIC-245
  • "Grands Motets pour Louis XVI": Gretry :Confitebor; Gossec: Terribilis est locus iste; Giroust: Benedic anima mea - K617 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
  • "Le petite musique de Marie-Antoinette": works by François Joseph Gossec (1734-1829) & André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741-1813) - with Sophie Karthäuser, soprano; Pierre-Yves Pruvot, baritone - Armide Classics DVD (NTSC) ARM010 (Released in 2006.)
  • JS Bach: "Weinachtskantaten" (Christmas cantatas BWV 133, 64, 121) - with Chœur de Chambre de Namur - Ricercar RIC 257 (Released in 2007.)

Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin

• Director : none
• Leader : Bernhard Forck (previously, Stefan Mai)
• Guest conductors : Marcus Creed, Christoph Schöner
• Year ensemble formed : 1982 (former East Berlin)
• Description : The ensemble places particular emphasis on that of the Berlin Court in the 18th century. Performs regularly at the Konzerthaus Berlin.
• WWW :
  • http://www.akamus.de or http://www.akademie-berlin.de
  • http://www.akamusfreunde.de
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Folkert Uhde
      Zossener Str. 50
      10961 Berlin
      GERMANY
  • Telephone : ?
  • FAX : ?
  • E-mail : akamus@t-online.de
• Performance management : Uhde & Harckensee MusikManagement
• Home city/country : Berlin, Germany
• Discography :
  • click here
  • http://www.akamus.de/recordings.htm (only Harmonia mundi recordings are listed)

Al Ayre Español

• Artistic director : Eduardo López Banzo (harpsichord, organ)
• Year ensemble formed : 1988 -- by Eduardo López Banzo
• Description : The ensemble's mission: the rediscovery of baroque Iberia. Other projects include baroque music from the Americas including other baroque repertoires.
• WWW : http://www.alayreespanol.com
• Contact information : (c/o Eduardo López Banzo)
  • Postal address :
    • c/ San Miguel 41, 3º Dcha
      50001 Zaragoza
      SPAIN
  • Telephone/FAX : +34 976 75 00 30
  • E-mail : info@alayreespanol.com
• Home city/country : Spain
• Discography :
  • Juan Manuel de la Puente (1692-1753): "Cantatas y Villancicos" - Almaviva (Released in 1992)
  • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
    • Barroco Español, Vol. 1 - "Mas no Puede Ser" - Villancicos - Cantatas et al. - works by Antonio de Literes (1673-1747), Cristóbal Galán (ca. 1630-84), José de Torres (ca. 1670-1738), Francisco Vallis (1665-1747), Juan Francés de Iribarren (1698-1767), and anon. - DHM 05472-77325-2 (Recorded in 1994.)
    • Barroco Español, Vol. 2 - "Ay Amor, Zarzuelas" - works by Literes, Sebastián Durón (1660-1716), and anon. - DHM 05472-77336-2 (Recorded in 1994. Released in 1995.)
    • Barroco Español, Vol. 3 - "Quando Muere el Sol" (Penitential music at the Royal Chapel in Madrid) - works by Torres, Juan de Navas, and Durón - DHM 05472-77376-2 (Recorded in 1996. Released in 1997.)
    • Antonio de Literes (1673-1747): "Los Elementos" - DHM 05472-77385-2 (Barroco Español, Vol. 4; Recorded in 1997. Released in 1998.)
    • Joseph de Torres (ca. 1670-1738): "Cantadas" (Spanish solo cantatas, 18th Century) - DHM 05472-77503-2 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 1999.)
    • "Quarenta Horas" (Joyful and spectacular Spanish music from 18th Century Madrid) : works by Torres,  Literes, and Joseph de San Juan (ca. 1680-1747) - DHM 05472-77509-2 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 1999.)
    • Antonio de Literes (1673-1747): "Acis y Galatea" (1708) - DHM 05472-77522-2 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2001.)
    • José De Nebra (1702-1768): Miserere, including excerpts from the zarzuela Iphigenia en Tracia - with Marta Almajano (soprano), Xenia Meijer (mezzo-soprano) DHM 05472 77532-2 (Recorded in 2000. Released in October 2001.)
    • Antonio de Literes (1673-1747): "Jupiter y Semele" - Harmonia mundi Iberica - HMI 987036-37 (2 CDs. Recorded and released in 2003.)
    • "A batallar estrellas: Cathedral Music from 17th Century Spain" - Harmonia mundi Iberica - HMI 987053 (Recorded and released in 2004.)
    • "La Cantada Española en América" (trans. The Spanish cantata in South America): with Carlos Mena (countertenor) - Harmonia mundi Iberia - HMI 987064 (Recorded and released in 2005.)
    • José De Nebra: "Arias de Zarzuelas"; Luigi Boccherini: Symphony Op.12/4 'La Casa del Diavolo' - with María Bayo (soprano) - Harmonia mundi Iberia - HMI 987069 (Includes a DVD video. Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)

Alarius Ensemble

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1954; inactivated in 1972.
• Contact information : not applicable
• Home city/country : Brussels, Belgium
• Members :
  • Sigiswald Kuijken (violin, viola da gamba)
  • Wieland Kuijken (viola da gamba, violoncello)
  • Charles McGuire (transverse flute)
  • Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)
  • et al.

Alba Novella

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Renaissance recorder quartet
• WWW : http://www.albanovella.eu
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o Thomas Deprez
      rue Charles Degroux, 5
      1040 Bruxelles (Brusssels)
      BELGIUM
  • Telephone : +32 486 49 06 78
  • E-mail : thomas@albanovella.be
• Home city/country : Brussels, Belgium
• Members :
  • Tomma Wessel
  • Thomas Deprez
  • Laura Pok
    
  • Clémence Grégoire

Albany Consort

• Directors :
  • Jonathan Salzedo (harpsichord)
  • Marion Rubinstein (harpsichord and recorder) (E-mail: Marion@albanyconsort.com)
• Year ensemble formed : 1974 (London, UK)
• Description : The ensemble focuses its repertoire on music composed between 1550-1750. Most performances now use period instruments. Relocated from London to the San Francisco Bay area in 1981.
• WWW : http://www.albanyconsort.com
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • The Albany Consort
      1071 Blair
      Sunnyvale CA 94087
  • Telephone : (408) 773-0375
  • FAX : (408) 245-6901
  • E-mail : info@albanyconsort.com
• Home city/country : San Francisco Bay area.

Albuquerque Baroque Players

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1997
• Description : The Albuquerque Baroque Players will make their debut on Sunday 15, February 1998.
• WWW : http://www.unm.edu/~sbpatric/index.html
• Contact information :
  • Postal address : ?
  • Telephone : (505) 767-6747
  • FAX : ?
  • E-mail : mbruesch@unm.edu
• Home city/country : Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Members :
  • Mary Bruesch (viola da gamba) (E-mail: mbruesch@unm.edu)
  • Susan Patrick (harpsichord)
  • MaryAnn Shore (baroque oboe and recorder) (E-mail: mashore@salud.unm.edu)
  • Linda Vik (baroque violin) (E-mail: dvik@unm.edu)
• Guest performers :
  • Marty Ronish (baroque flute and recorder)
  • Kevin Vigneau (baroque oboe)

Alchemy

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1999
• Description : A viola da gamba ensemble.  The ensemble performs the viola da gamba's period repertoire as well as promotes the viola da gamba as a contemporary instrument in its own right.
• WWW : http://www.viols.co.uk/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address : ?
  • Telephone : ?
  • FAX : ?
  • E-mail : info@viols.co.uk
• Home city/country : Malvern, England
• Members :
  • Brian Capleton (viola da gamba)
  • Angela Cranmore (viola da gamba)
  • Patrick Dunn (viola da gamba)
  • Sue Butler (viola da gamba)
• Concert schedule :  See http://www.viols.co.uk/

Alcidiane

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1994
• Description : Baroque quartet
• WWW : http://alcidiane.free.fr
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : claire.barbouche@wanadoo.fr
• Home city/country : France
• Members :
  • Claire Barbouche (recorder)
  • Sandrine Dupé (Baroque violin)
  • Isabelle Dumont (viola da gamba)
  • Anne Dumont (harpsichord)

Alea Ensemble

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• WWW : http://www.mvcremona.it/CDMozartEng.html
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members :
  • Andrea Rognoni - violin
  • Stefano Marcocchi - viola
  • Marco Frezzato - violoncello
• Discography :
  • WA Mozart: "Ein Divertimento à 1 Violino, 1 Viola, e Violoncello; di sei Pezzi." K. 563 - MV Cremona (in preparation)

Alessandro Stradella Consort
(formerly Camerata Ligure)

• Director : Esteban Velardi
• Leader : Fabrizio Cipriani
• Year ensemble formed : 1987 -- by Velardi
• Description : Since 1990, the ensemble has dedicated most of its activity to the revival and reevaluation of the works of Alessandro Stradella. Includes singers and instrumentalists.
• WWW : http://www.alessandrostradellaconsort.org
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • Via Giuseppe Sirtori,
      14 - 20129 Milano
      ITALY
  • Tel. 02 29405301 - 330 494847
  • Fax 02 29405301
  • E-mail: estevanvelardi@tin.it
• Home city/country : Italy
• Discography :
  • Camerata Ligure:
    • Alessandro Stradella (1642-1682): "Il Barcheggio" - Bongiovanni GB 2102/3-2 (2 CDs)
    • Stradella: "La Susanna" - Bongiovanni GB 2121/2-2 (2 CDs)
    • Leondard Leo: "Lascia, lascia d’esser crudele"; Joseph I d’Asburgo: "Regina Coeli"; Emanuele Rincon d’Astorga: "Stabat Mater" - Bongiovanni GB 5020-2
    • Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677-1726): Stabat Mater in do minore, Dio e la Vergine - Bongiovanni GB 5019-2
    • "Cantate a voci miste": works by Agostino Steffani and Stradella - Bongiovanni GB 2123-2
  • Alessandro Stradella Consort:
    • Nicola Porpora (1686-1768) : "Dorindo, Dormi Ancor?" - Bongiovanni GB 2181/82-2 (2 CDs)
    • Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725): "La Giuditta" - Bongiovanni GB 2197-2
    • Gloria de España: - Bongiovanni GB 2161-2
      • F. de la Torre: Damos gratias a ti
      • J. Encina: Qu’es de ti desconsolado
      • P. de Escobar: Quedaos Adiòs
      • Domenico Scarlatti: Salve Regina
      • Juan Hidalgo: Misa de l’Escorial
      • Alessandro Scarlatti: Te Deum
    • A. Scarlatti: "Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme" (an oratorio) - with vocal soloists and the Ars Cantica Choir - Bongiovanni GB 2278/79-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 1999. Released in 2001.)
    • Alessandro Melani (1639-1703): "6 Cantata per soprano, strumenti & basso continuo" - with Rosita Fritani (soprano) Gabriele Cassone (trumpet) - Dynamic CDS 274 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2001.)
    • Corelli: "12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6" - with Cipriani Fabrizio (violin) - Dynamic CDS299 (2 CDs; Released in 2001.)
    • Vivaldi (1678-1741): "L'Estro Armonico" - with Fabrizio Cipriani, solo violin - Bongiovanni GB 5597/98-2
    • Vivaldi: "Giustino" - Bongiovanni 2307/10 (4 CDs. Recorded in 2001. Released in 20002.)
    • A. Scarlatti: "Il Dolore di Maria Vergine"- Bongiovanni GB2324/25 (2 CDs. Released in 2003.)
    • A. Scarlatti: "Il Giardino d’Amore" - Bongiovanni GB2327-2 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2003.)
    • A. Scarlatti: "Oratorio per la Santissima Trinita Campanella" - with Bossa, Doro, Cecchetti, Lepore - Bongiovanni GB 2344-45 (2 CDs; Recorded and released in 2003.)
    • Stradella: "Vola, Vola in Altri Petti" - Bongiovanni GB 2326-2 (Recorded in 2000/2001. Released in 2006.)
    • Stradella: "Eseule dalle Sfere" - Bongiovanni GB 2165-2
    • Stradella: "Moro per amore" - Bongiovanni GB 2153/5-2 (3 CDs)
    • Stradella: Amanti, olà, olà! / Chi resiste al Dio bendato - Chandos Chaconne CHAN 0728 (Released in 2006)

Alla Francesca

• Co-directors :
  • Pierre Hamon (recorders and bagpipes)
  • Brigitte Lesne (voice and harp)
• Year ensemble formed : 1990
• Description : Vocal and instrumental ensemble, dedicated to medieval music. Repertory spans the 11th through 15th centuries : troubadours, trouvères, cantigas, ars nova, vocal and instrumental polyphonies. Group size ranges between 2 to 1- performers, depending on the program.
• WWW : http://assoc.orange.fr/cmmp/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • 47 rue Bobillot
      75013 Paris
      FRANCE
  • Telephone : 33 (0) 1 45 80 74 49
  • FAX : 33 (0) 1 45 81 15 14
  • E-mail : allafrancesca@wanadoo.fr
• Home city/country : Paris, France
• Discography :
  • Zig-Zag Territoires label :
    • Tristan et Yseut (2005)
  • Jade label :
    • Sur la terre comme au ciel (2002)
  • Virgin veritas label :
    • D'amour loial servant (1999)
  • Opus 111 label :
    • Istanpitta (2003)
    • Le Roman de la Rose (2001)
    • Cantigas (2000)
    • Armes amours (1998)
    • Beauté parfaite (1998)
    • Richard Coeur de Lion (1997)
    • Gautier de Coincy (1996)
    • Libre vermell de Montserrat (1995)
    • Johannes Ciconia (1994)
    • Landini & italian ars nova (1992)

alla polacca

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 2001
• Description : alla polacca is focused primarily on vocal and instrumental chamber music of 17th century France, Italy and Poland. Additional singers and instrumentalists occasionally join the ensemble, according to the demands of the repertoire.
• WWW : http://www.allapolacca.com
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o Stanislaw Gojny
      Lindenstr.63
      50674 Köln (Cologne)
      GERMANY
  • Telephone : + 49 221 9751757
  • Mobile : + 49 1797767119
  • E-mail : allapolacca@web.de
• Home city/country : Cologne, Germany
• Members :
  • Iwona Lesniowska, soprano
  • Paulina Kilarska, harpsichord & organ
  • Stanislaw Gojny, lute, theorbo & baroque guitar

Allgäuer Kantatenorchester

• Director : Jürgen Brennich
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Baroque orchester
• WWW : http://www.allgaeuer-kantatenchor.de
• Contact information :
  • Postal address : ?
  • Telephone : ?
  • FAX : ?
  • E-mail : ebrennich@freenet.de
• Home city/country : Memmingen, Germany

Allegro, Baroque and Beyond

• Directors : Beverly Biggs & David Dutton
• Year ensemble formed : 1985
• Description : Perform works from the baroque, classical and early romantic periods. Produces a large summertime baroque-period arts festival: the Royal Fireworks Festival & Concert.
• WWW : http://www.allegrobaroque.org/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • 906 S. Cowley Street
      Spokane WA 99202
  • Telephone : 509-455-6865
  • E-mail : office@allegrobaroque.org
• Home city/country : Spokane, Washington
• Members :
  • Beverly Biggs (harpsichord, fortepiano)
  • David Dutton (baroque oboe)

Alma Musica Amsterdam

• Director : Bob van Asperen (harpsichord)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Alta

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Alta is a medieval minstrel trio (made up of Towson State University faculty) employing over 25 period instruments in a program of early music ranging from Gregorian chant to the love ballads of the troubadours to music written by Henry VIII. The trio takes the name Alta from the Alta Capella, a small group of musicians from the Medieval and Early Renaissance periods.
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Dr. H. Gene Griswold
      Music Department
      Towson University
      Towson, MD 21252-0001
  • Telephone : 410-830-2821
  • Fax: 410-830-2841
  • E-mail : griswold@towson.edu
• Home city/country : Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland
• Members :
  • Prof. Gene Griswold
  • Carolyn Black-Sotir
  • Richard McCready (E-mail : rmccready@towson.edu)

Altramar Medieval Music Ensemble

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed :
• Description : Medieval music ensemble.
• WWW : http://www.indiana.edu/~altramar/
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : altramar@indiana.edu
• Home city/country : Bloomington, Indiana
• Members:
  • Jann Cosart (bowed string instruments)
  • David Stattelman
  • Chris Smith
  • Angela Mariani

Altri Stromenti (translation: "other instruments")

• Director : Leszek Firek (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : 1992
• Description : Perform music from the Baroque and Classical periods.
• WWW : http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/as/as-en.html
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o Leszek Firek
      ul.Jastrzębia 11/5
      53-148 WROCŁAW, PL
      POLAND
  • Telephone : (+48 71) 793 71 47
  • Mobile : (+48 505) 301 302
  • E-mail : altristromenti@poczta.onet.pl
• Performance management :
• Home city/country : Warsaw, Poland
• Members :
  • Leszek Firek (violin)
  • Olga Pasiecznik
  • Marek Toporowski
  • Mark Caudle
  • Others

Altus Vocare
translation: "Calling out in a deep and/or profound way"

• Director :
• Year ensemble formed : 1997
• Mission : Tiring of only performing what others wanted, we formed to rehearse and perform music that we completely connect with emotionally. We agree, that total connection to the piece carries over in performance. It makes it a more enjoyable experience, not only for the performer, but for the listener, as well. Sharing our passion with our audience fulfills us in a way that nothing else does. Not only do we aim to appeal to the learned, we also want to build an interest in early music with the general public as well. We put the passion back into the performance of early music. The ensemble's current focus is German repetoire of the seventeenth century.
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : Altus_Vocare@xoommail.com
• Home city/country : San Francisco Bay area
• Members :
  • Grayson Braxton (contralto)
  • Eric Finley (Baroque violin)
  • Milton Wong (Baroque violin)
  • Kathryn Derksen (viola de gamba)
  • Meg Cotner (harpsichord)
• Concert schedule : ?
• Discography : none to date

Amadeus Winds

• Director : none
• Guest conductors : Christopher Hogwood & Bastiaan Blomhert)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : USA
• Members (A cumulative listing) :
  • Dennis Godburn (bassoon)
  • Lowell Greer (natural horn)
  • Stephen Hammer (oboe)
  • Eric Hoeprich (clarinet, basset horn)
  • Robin Howell (bassoon)
  • R.J. Kelley (natural horn)
  • Lisa Klevitt (basset horn)
  • William McColl (clarinet)
  • Lawrence McDonald (clarinet)
  • Claude Maury (natural horn)
  • William Purvis (natural horn)
  • Robert Sheldon (natural horn)
  • Marc Schachman (oboe)
  • Andrew Schwartz (bassoon)
  • Michael Willens (double bass)

Ama Deus Ensemble

• Artistic director : Valentin Radu
• Year ensemble formed : 1991 by Mr. Radu
• WWW : http://voxamadeus.com
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : Backtobach@aol.com
• Home city/country : [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Amadi Orchestra

• Director : Julian Smith
• Leader : Catherine Mackintosh
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : UK
• Discography :
  • Mozart - Three Salzburg Masses - Proud Sound (Released in 1991.)

Amalia Ensemble

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 2003
• Description : The ensemble is named after Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia, Frederick the Great's youngest sister who -just like her older brother- cherished the art of playing the traverso and composed her own music
• WWW : http://www.amaliaensemble.com
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: info@amaliaensemble.com
• Home city/country : Flanders, Belgium
• Members :
  • Wim Brabants (traverso)
  • Pieter Van Overloop (traverso)
  • Michiel Dutré (Baroque violoncello)
  • Jerassimos-Andreas Coidan (harpsichord)

Amarillis

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1994
• WWW : http://www.fevis.com/pages/ensembleeng.php?fiche=amarillis
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • 218 quai adrien Mentienne
      94360 Bry sur Marne
      FRANCE
  • Telephone: 01 41 81 39 53
  • Fax: 01 41 81 39 53
  • E-mail: helo.gaillard@free.fr
• Home city/country : France
• Members : (cumulative)
  • Héloïse Gaillard (recorder, oboe)
  • David Plantier (violin)
  • Violoncello: Ophélie Gaillard, Emmanuel Jacques
  • Marie Lasla (viola de gamba)
  • Laura Monica Pustilnik (archlute)
  • Violaine Cochard (keyboard)
  • Richard Myron (contrabass)
• Discography : Ambroisie
  • "Furioso ma non troppo - Music of 17.C Italy'' - works by Caccini; Corelli; India; Pandolfi - with Maryseult Wieczorek (mezzo-soprano) - AMB 9901
  • JS Bach: "Aria" - with Maîtrise de Garçons de Colmar - AMB 9907 (Recorded and released in 2000.)
  • "Amour et Mascarade" ("Purcell et l'Italie") - works by Henry Purcell, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Francesco Mancini, and anonymous - with Patricia Petibon (soprano), Jean-François Novelli (tenor) - AMB 9902 (Released in 2001.)
  • "Jeux de dames à la cour": works by Pierre-Danican Philidor (1681-1731), Jean Barrière (1705-1747),Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Michel de La Barre (1675-1745), Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674-1763), and Jacques-Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755) - AMB 9905 (Recorded in 1999.)
  • Handel: Recorder and Oboe Sonatas - AMB 9910 (Released in 2003.)
  • Vivaldi: Recorder concertos RV444, 439, 433, 428, 443, Cello concertos RV401, 424 - AMB 9944 (Released in 2004.)
  • Handel: "Sacré Profane" - Arias from Admeto, Flavio, Samson, Rodelinda, L'allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato; Concerto grosso, op.3 no.3; Mi palpita il cor (HWV 132d); Trio Sonata (HWV 389) - with Roger Expert (countertenor), Patricia Petibon (soprano) - AMB 9958 (Recorded and released in 2004.)
  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier / Molière: "Hommage pastoral au Roi Soleil" (trans. A pastoral tribute to the Sun King) - Pastorale H.486, Airs & instrumental pieces - AMB 9954 (Recorded and released in 2004.)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): "Voyageur virtuose" (Duet and trio sonatas) - AMB 112 (To be released in 2007.)

Ambrosia Quartett

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Perform quartets from the Classical and early Romantic periods
• WWW : http://www.ambrosiaquartett.de
• Contact information : (See below.)
• Performance management : Christine Douvier Management
• Home city/country : Germany
• Members :
  • Almut Schlicker (violin, viola) - E-mail: schlicker@ambrosiaquartett.de
  • Ulrike Wildenhof  (violin, viola) - E-mail: wildenhof@ambrosiaquartett.de
  • Eva Salonen (violin, viola) - E-mail: salonen@ambrosiaquartett.de
  • Doris Runge (violoncello) - E-mail: runge@ambrosiaquartett.de

American Bach Soloists

• Director (music and artistic) : Jeffrey Thomas, tenor (E-mail : jwthomas@americanbach.org)
• Year ensemble formed : 1989 -- by Jeffrey Thomas
• Description : American Bach Soloists are Artists-in-Residence at St. Stephen's Church,
  Belvedere, CA.
• WWW : http://www.americanbach.org/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • 3 Bay View Avenue
      Belvedere, CA 94920-2302
  • Telephone : (415) 435-5235
  • FAX : (415) 435-5626
  • E-mail : info@americanbach.org
• Home city/country : San Francisco Bay area, California
• Discography : http://www.americanbach.org/discography/

American Baroque

• Director : Stephen Schultz (transverse flute)
• Year ensemble formed : 1986
• WWW : http://www.americanbaroque.org
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • 639 65th Street
      Oakland, CA 94609
  • Telephone : 510-653-8420
  • FAX : 510-653-8014
  • E-mail : info@americanbaroque.org
• Home city/country : San Francisco,CA
• Core members:
  • Stephen Schultz (traverso)
  • Gonzalo Ruiz (baroque oboe)
  • Elizabeth Blumenstock (violin)
  • Roy Whelden (viola da gamba, vielle)
  • Katherine Shao (harpsichord)
• Additional performers / past members:
  • Cheryl Ann Fulton (triple harp)
  • Katherine Kyme (viola)
  • Sarah Freiberg (violoncello)
  • Paul Hale (violoncello)
  • Tanya Tomkins (violoncello)
  • Andrea Fullington (soprano) 
• Discography:
  • "American Baroque Plays Telemann" - works from "Essercizii Musici" and "Tafelmusik" - Dorian Recordings DOR 93205
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: "Fourth Book of Quartets" (1752) - Music & Arts CD-1066 (Recorded in 1989. Released in 2001.)
  • WA Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major (K 370); Flute Quartets (K285a, K285b); Piano Trio in G major -- arr. for oboe and strings (K496) - Music & Arts CD-1121 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)

American Classical Orchestra

• Music Director : Thomas Crawford
• Executive Director : Karen Cerrata
• Year ensemble renamed : January 1999
• Description : The American Classical Orchestra is a professional orchestra founded by Music Director Thomas Crawford in 1980 as the Fairfield Orchestra and in 1985 as the Orchestra of the Old Fairfield Academy. The name was changed in 1999 to best serve its mission to support period instrument performance and education.
• WWW : http://www.amerclassorch.org
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • American Classical Orchestra 
      50 Washington St
      Norwalk, CT 06854
  • Telephone: (203) 838-6995
  • Fax: (203) 838-6998
  • E-mail: info@amerclassorch.org
• Home city/country : Fairfield, Connecticut

American Classical Soloists

• Director : Jeffrey Thomas (tenor)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : USA

American Moravian Chamber Ensemble

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Members of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and American Bach Soloists. Moravians were members of the "Unity of Brethren" who settled in America (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) in search of religious freedom. The sect was descended from the Bohemian Protestant movement founded by John Hus.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : USA
• Discography :
  • Antes: String Trios; Peter: String Quintets - New World - 80507 (2 CDs)

American Society of Ancient Instruments Ensemble

• Artistic director : Florence Rosensweig (pardessus de viole, violin)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• WWW : http://www.baroque-asai.org/ensemble.html
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • 111 Meade Road
      Elkins Park, PA 19027-2218
      USA
  • Telephone : (215) 635-3434
  • Fax : ?
  • E-mail : contact@baroque-asai.org
• Home city/country : USA
• Members :
  • Florence Rosensweig (pardessus de viole, violin)
  • Gregory Teperman (pardessus de viole, violin)
  • Shaler Moscovitz (viola da gamba, viola)
  • Michael Shahan (viola da gamba, contrabass)
  • Vivian Barton (viola da gamba, violoncello)
  • Marcia Kravis (harpsichord)

Amherst Baroque Soloists

• Director : Arthur Haas
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Amherst, Massachusetts

Les Amis du Baroque

• Director : Paul Nauta (recorder)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Members have performed with La Petite Bande, Tafelmusik, Orchestre des Champs Elysées, La Chapelle Royale, etc.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Europe
• Members :
  • Paul Nauta (recorder/traverso)
  • Koen Dieltiens (recorder)
  • Jan De Winne (traverso)
  • Michiyo Kondo (violin)
  • Makoto Akatsu (violin)
  • Christina Mahler (violoncello)
  • Frank Coppieters (double bass)
  • Shalev Ad-El (harpsichord/organ)
• Discography :
  • "Les Amis du Baroque": works by JS Bach, Bassani, Bononocini, Corelli, Frescobaldi, Pepusch, Purcell, Sammartini, Vivaldi, (Nauta, De Winne, Mahler, Ad-Ed, Dieltens) - Highlight International. Click here for ordering information.

Les Amis de Philippe

• Director : Ludger Rémy, keyboard
• Year ensemble formed : 1992
• Description : The ensemble's name reflects its aim of bringing to light and performing music from the age of literature, especially that of of JS Bach's son, CPE Bach.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Europe
• Members :
  • Manfredo Zimmermann (traverso)
  • Manfredo Kraemer (violin)
  • Monika Schwamberger (violoncello)
  • Ludger Rémy (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • CPE Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Wq 30, 37, & 38 - CPO 999 350-2
  • CPE Bach: Symphonies Wq 173, 174, 175, 178, 180 - CPO 999 418-2
  • CPE Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Wq 2, 32, 44, 45 - CPO 999 566-2
  • Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702/3-1771): "Trio Sonatas" - CPO 999 623-2 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 1999.)
  • Francesco Manfredini (1684-1762): 12 Concerti op. 3 - CPO 999 638-2 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  • Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749): German Chamber Cantatas
    • Vol.1 - with Dorothee Mields, Jan Kobow - CPO 999 814-2 (Released in 2002.)
      • Includes: Aurora weinete; Die grausame, doch schoene Sylvia; Ein Augenblick ist eine kurze Zeit; Die Rose bleibt der Blumen Königin; Nur vor euch, ihr schoensten Augen; Dies ist der Tag, dies ist die Stunde; Kann die Liebe auch erfreuen; Der arme Sylvio
    • Vol. 2 - with Dorothee Mields, Jan Kobow - CPO 999 910-2 (Released in 2004.)
      • Includes: Zorn’ge Sterne, lasst mich sterben; Flieht, ihr Schaffe, flieht von hinnen; Zu guter Nacht, ihr stolzen Tuerme und Palaeste; Ja, mein Engel, dieses Herze...; Ihr Augen, laßt den Traenenbaechen; Ihr stillen Seufzer, gehet; Ich bin es schon gewohnt; Von dem Einfluß zweier Sternen
        
  • CPE Bach: "Trio Sonatas" Wq 144-151 - CPO 999 495-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 1997. Released in 2003.)
  • Johann Theile (1646-1724): "Arias - Canzonettas" - with vocal soloists - CPO 777 002-2 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2005.)
  • CPE Bach: "Hamburgische Festmusiken" - with Himlische Cantorey - CPO 777 108-2 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2006.)
  • Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714): "Die Liebe Gottes ist ausgegossen" (cantatas) - CPO (2 CDs. Recorded in 2007. Released in 2008.)

Amor Artis Baroque Orchestra

• Artistic director : Johannes Somary
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : New York City, New York
• Discography :
  • JS Bach: "The Coffee Cantata and Motets" - with soloists and the Amor Artis Chorale - Lyrichord Early Music Series LEMS 8039 (Released in 1999)

L'Amoroso

• Director : Guido Balestracci (viola da gamba)
• Year ensemble formed : 1997 -- by Balestracci
• Description : Dedicated to the performance of Italian Baroque music for viol ensemble. Consists of a nucleus of 6 viol players.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members : (cumulative)
  • Guido Balestracci (viola da gamba)
  • Rodney Prada (viola da gamba, violone)
  • Alba Fresno (viola da gamba)
  • Jordi Comellas (viola da gamba)
  • Roberto Lambo (viola da gamba)
  • Gioacchino de Padova (viola da gamba)
  • Santi Miron (viola da gamba)
  • Yasunori Imamura (theorbe, chitarrone)
  • Loredana Gintoli (arpa doppia)
  • Massimiliano Raschietti (organ, harpsichord)
  • Alberto Macchini (percussion)
• Discography :
  • "Constanze Stravaganti - Venetian & Neapolitan Music for Consort of Viols" (Vol. 1) - Symphonía SY 98161 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 1998.)
  • "Seconde Stravaganze - Venetian & Neapolitan Music for Consort of Viols" (Vol. 2) - Symphonía SY 99170 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  • "Le Trésor d'Orphée": works by Henri Du Mont (1610-84), Antoine Boesset (1587-1643), Claude Le Jeune (1528-1600), Eustache Du Caurroy, N. Vallet, J. T. De Courville, Louis Couperin (1626-61), Etienne Moulinié, François Roberday (1624-70), Nicolas Metru Neufiesme, Pierre Guedron (1527-99) - with Caroline Pelon, dessus - Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT040501 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2004.)

Amphion

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 2004
• Description : The duo is named after the mythological lyre player who built the walls of Thebes by the beautiful sound of his playing.
• WWW : http://amphion-lute.co.uk/amphion.htm
• Contact information :
  • http://amphion-lute.co.uk/contact.htm
• Home city/country : United Kingdom
• Members :
  • Yair Avidor - theorbo and lute (Israel)
  • Jennifer Bennett - baroque violin (UK)

Amphion Bläseroktett Basel

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1996
• Description : Collaborates with Capriccio Basel.
• WWW : http://www.amphion-oktett.net
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • c/o c/o Christian Leitherer
      Lörracherstr. 1A
      D-79576 Weil am Rhein
      GERMANY
  • Tele/FAX: 49/7621/79 23 02
  • E-mail: amphion-oktett@web.de
• Home city/country : Basel, Switzerland
• Members :
  • Xenia Löffler (oboe)
  • Kerstin Kramp (oboe)
  • Christian Leitherer (clarinet)
  • Daniel Beyer (clarinet)
  • Eckhard Lenzing (bassoon)
  • Györgyi Farkas (bassoon)
  • Václav Luks (horn)
  • Miroslav Rovensky (horn)
  • Claude Wassaner (contrabassoon)
  • Ludek Brány (contrabass)
• Discography :
  • Joseph Triebensee (1772-1846): "Music for Wind Octet" - with Michael Biehl (fortepiano) - Pan Classics PAN 10125 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
  • Franz Vincenz Krommer (1759-1831): "Music for Wind Octet" - Pan Classics 10142 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)
  • WA Mozart: "Serenades" (KV 375, 388) - Pan Classics 10179 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)
  • Lv Beethoven: "Werke für Bläseroktett" (works for wind octet) - includes Wind Octet op. 103; Septet op. 20; rondino - Harmonia mundi HMC 905264 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
  • Antonio Rosetti (1750-1792): "À la chasse" (partitas for winds from Wallerstein) - Pan Classics PAN 10194 (Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)

Amphion Wind Ensemble (or Octet)
(See previous entry.)

Amsterdam Bach Soloists

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Period instruments were used in the 1960s. Modern instruments are used today.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Amsterdam Baroque Ensemble

• Director : Ton Koopman (1944-, keyboard)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

• Director : Ton Koopman (1944-, keyboard)
• Year ensemble formed : 1979
• Description : Monica Huggett was the leader up through 1987.
• WWW : http://www.tonkoopman.nl/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
      PO-box 1163
      1400 BD Bussum
      Netherlands
  • FAX: +31 (0)35 6926001
  • E-mail: cdeklerk@abo.rem.nl
• Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Discography : Erato

Amsterdam Baroque Soloists

• Director : Ton Koopman (keyboard)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Amsterdam Baroque Trio

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1998
• Contact information :
  • Postal address : ?
  • Telephone : ?
  • FAX : ?
  • E-mail : amsterdam.baroque.trio@club.tip.nl
• Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Members :
  • Ravind Sangha (Traverso, Counter Tenor, Bassoon)
  • Jan Goorissen (Viola da Gamba, Recorder)
  • Vaughan Schlepp (Harpsichord)

Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1978 -- while studying at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam.
• Description : A recorder quartet. The name is derived from one of their earliest arrangements - the theme music of "Loeki the Lion", a cartoon figure in the STER commercials on Dutch national television.
• WWW : http://www.loekistardust.nl
• Contact Information :
  • E-mail : info@loekistardust.nl
• Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Members:
  • Current:
    • Daniel Brüggen
    • Andrea Ritter
    • Daniel Koschitzki
    • Karel van Steenhoven
  • Past:
    • Bertho Driever
    • Paul Leenhouts
• Discography : http://www.loekistardust.nl

Amsterdam Monteverdi Ensemble

• Director : Gustav Leonhardt
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : inactive ensemble
• Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Amsterdam Quartet

• Director : Frans Brüggen
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : inactive ensemble
• Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands