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"An - Az" Ensembles

Andrassy Trio

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : 2006
Description : A clarinet & basset horn trio. The trio takes its name from Count Georg Andrassy, a Hungarian nobleman and Freemason of the eighteenth century, who possessed a set of three basset horns made by the Viennese Imperial Court Maker Theodor Lotz.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : The Hague, The Netherlands
Members :
- Melanie Piddocke
- Markus Springer
- Ernst Schadler

Andrea Amati Baroque Orchestra

Conductor : Gabriele Micheli (from the harpsichord)
Year ensemble formed : 1995
Description : Named after the great Italian violin maker from Cremona.
Contact information :
- E-mail : simone@ucin27.cra.enel.it
Home city/country : Genoa, Italy
Members :
- Diletta Meazza (violin)
- Davide Monti (violin)
- Fulvia Corazza (viola)
- Diego Cerofolini (violoncello)
- Luca F. Ferrari (violone, gamba and double bass)
- Simone Zangani (oboe and recorder)
- Emiliano Rodolfi (oboe and recorder)
- Alessio Molinaro (trumpet)
- Maurizio Pancotti (theorbe)
- Luca Della Casa (organ and harpsicord)
- Gabriele Micheli (harpsichord)
Discography :
- "Partite sopra diverse Sonate per il Violone": works by Giovanni BattistaVitali (1632-92) and Giuseppe Colombi (1635-94): with Diego Cerofolini (violoncello) - Stradivarius STR33543 (Released in 2000.)

An Dud Nevez

Artistic Director : Claude Nadeau
Year ensemble formed : 2000
Description : Perform medieval music on period instruments. The ensemble's name (from Breton) translates to "Just married". This is a play on words for the medieval expression "couple de sonneurs", which represents two instrumentalists (often double-reed and bagpipe).
Mission : The research and performance on untempered period instruments of early and traditional music, mostly French repertoire from the 12th-15th centuries: Brittany, pays d'Oc/ troubadours, pays d'Oïl/ trouvères.
WWW : http://www.claudenadeau.net/andudnevez.html
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - An Dud Nevez
    180, rue de Charenton
    75012 Paris
    FRANCE
- Telephone: 06 14 39 76 76
- E-mail: andudnevez@claudenadeau.net
Home city/country : France
Members :
- Claude Nadeau : bombarde, voix, flûtes, percussions
- Daniel Dupitier : veuze, hautbois du Languedoc, flûtes
Concerts schedule for 2001: mostly festivals in historical cities like Carcassonne, Montferrand, Questembert, Valence...
Discography : Coming soon...

Anfioneo ensemble

Director : Robert Larribau (recorder)
Year ensemble formed : 1997
Description : An international mixed vocal and instrumental ensemble. Specializes in the beginning of XVII century music.
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Ensemble Anfioneo
    25 Bd de la Cluse
    CH-1205 Genève (Switzerland)
- Telephone/FAX : 004122 328 40 69
- E-mail : anfioneoens@hotmail.com
Home city/country : Geneva, Switzerland
Members :
- Robert Larribau (Rlarribau@hotmail.com) : recorder (Suisse/France) - First prize from the Grenoble conservatory
- Tina Aagaard (tinaaagaard@hotmail.com) : soprano (Denmark) - Graduate of the Geneva conservatory
- Diana Fazzini : violone (Argentina) Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Student
- Barbara Jàvor: violoncello (graduate from franz Liszt Académie- Budapest)
- And other members (variable numbers - max. 10)
Concert schedule :
- Dimache 23 Janvier 17h30 2000 : Eglise de PERRINIER (France) Titel: "Du style italien au style germanique"

Angelicum de Puebla

Director : Benjamin Juárez Echenique
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Perform music from the Mexican baroque
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Mexico

Angeles Consort

Co-directors : Janet Worsley-Strauss & Suzanna Giordano Gignac
Year ensemble formed : 2003
Description : Ensemble performing late renaissance to late baroque music.
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - 400 S. Camden Dr. #8
    Beverly Hills, CA 90212
    USA
- Telephone : (310) 553-5360
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : sgiordano62@roadrunner.com
Home city/country : Los Angeles, California, USA
Members :
- Janet Worsley-Strauss (violin)
- Suzanna Giordano Gigac (violin & viola)
- Benjamen Wyatt (violoncello)
- Kathy McIntosh (harpsichord)

Anima et Chordae

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
WWW : http://www.konzertbureau.de/Kunstler/Anima_et_Chordae/anima_et_chordae.html
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Germany
Members :
- Katharina Dargel (viola d'amore, viola, violin)
- Susanne Ehrhardt (recorder, chalumeau)
- Ulla Hoffmann (Viola da gamba)
- Michael Schönheit (Cembalo)

Anima Eterna Orchestra

Director : Jos van Immerseel (fortepiano) -- also Sony Classical web site biography.
Year ensemble formed : 1985 by Immerseel
WWW : http://www.animaeterna.be
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Belgium
Discography :
- WA Mozart: Symphonie No.29, KV 201, Concertos No.2 & 3 Pour Violon. - with Midori C. Seiler (violin) - Zig Zig ZZT051001

Anima mea

Director : Ute Hartwich (Baroque trumpet)
Year ensemble formed : 2001 -- by Hartwich
WWW : http://www.united-continuo-service.de/anima_mea.html
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Germany
Members :
- Ute Hartwich (Baroque trumpet)
- Henry Moderlak (Baroque trumpet)
- Sebastian Krause Barockposaune
- Christian Beuse (dulcian)
- Georg Kallweit (violin)
- Daniel Deuter (violin)
- Lothar Haass (viola)
- Andreas Pilger (viola)
- Clemens Nuszbaumer (viola)
- Hille Perl (viola da gamba)
- Jörg Meder (violone)
- Frank Pschichholz (chitarrone, baroque guitar)
- Alexander Weimann (organ, harpsichord)
Discography :
- "Musik der Hofkapella zu Kremsier" - marc aurel edition MA 20017 (Released in 2002.)
  - BIBER: Sonatas: I, VI, Vii, X; Pars III from "Mensa Sonora;
  - SCHMELZER: Serenata con altre arie; Sonata a3; a5; XI;
  - RITTLER: Sonata; Ciaconna;
  - VEJVANOVSKY: Sonata "TribusQuadrant"

Anima Mundi Consort

Director : Luca Brunelli Felicetti (percussioni, salterio, campane, cloquebois, voice)
Year ensemble formed : 2003
WWW : http://www.animamundiconsort.net
Contact information :
- E-mail : info@animamundiconsort.com
Home city/country : Italy
Members :
- Luca Brunelli Felicetti (percussioni, salterio, campane, cloquebois, voice)
- Alessandra Rossi (soprano)
- Gianna Grazzini (mezzo-soprano)
- Gaspare Bartelloni (flauti, cornamuse, gralla, flauti di corno)
- Ugo Galasso (flauti, gaita, bombarda, flauti di canna, flauto da tamburo)
- Bernardo Barzagli (viella, ribeca, tromba marina)
- Piero Callegari (tromba da tirarsi, bombarda)
- Daniele Poli (liuto, arpa, salterio, synphonia, chitarrino)
- Kumiko Konishi (spinetta, clavicembalo, organo)
Discography :
- Danze Strumentali Medievali Italiane "A Ogni Sera Si Stromenta A Dança!" - Tactus
  - Vol. 1: TC300002
  - Vol. 2: TC300003 (Released in 2006.)

Anthonello

Director : Yoshimichi Hamada (cornet & traverso)
Year ensemble formed : ?
WWW : http://www.ne.jp/asahi/anthonello/casa/
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Japan
Members : cumulative
- Midori Suzuki (soprano)
- Kaori Ishikawa (viola de gamba)
- Marie Nishiyama (clavichord, harpsichord & arpa doppia)
- Itsuko Noto (organ)
- Rafael Bonavita (Baroque guitar & theorbo)
- Junichi Furuhashi (traverso)
- Yoshimichi Hamada (cornet & traverso)
Discography :
- "Ciaccona - la gloria della musica nell'Italia del '600" (The Glory of Music from the 17th Century) - Symphonía SY01187. (Recorded in 2000.) Works by:
  - Tarquinio Merula (1594/5-1665)
  - Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
  - Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde (1600)
  - Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
  - Salomone Rossi (1570-1630)
  - Angelo Bartolotti (1615-1680)
  - Sigismondo d'India (1582-1629)
  - Benedetto Ferrari (1603-1681)
  - Bernardo Storace (v. 1600)
  - Andrea Falconieri (1585-1656)
  - Giovanni Kapsberger (1580-1651)
- Tarquinio Merula (1594/95?-1665) - Toccate, Canzoni, e Canzonette - Symphonía SY02201. (Recorded in 2002.)
- "Amori & Sospiri" - Symphonía SY04211. (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2006.) Works by:
  - Giovanni Felice Sances (ca.1600-1679)
  - Mauritio Cazzati (1616-1678)
  - Giulo Caccini (ca. 1550-1618)
  - Johannes H. Kapsberger (1580-1651)
  - Marco Uccellini (ca. 1603-1680)
  - Girolamo Dalla Casa
  - Giovanni Picchi
  - Barbara Strozzi (1619-ca. 1664)
  - Giovanni Battista Riccio
  - Andrea Falconieri (1585-1656)
  - Giovanni B. Fontana
  - Alessandro Piccinini

L'antica musica New York

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Ensemble in Residence at St. Bartholomew's Church
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : New York City, New York
Members :
- Joel Frederiksen (bass and lute)
- Gregory Hamilton (lute and theorbe)

Antichi Strumenti

Co-Directors : Tobias Bonz (violoncello) & Laura Toffetti (violin)
Leader : Gert-Uwe Klein
Year ensemble formed : 1997 (Frankfurt-am-Main) -- by Bonz and Toffetti
Description : A baroque orchestra that specializes in music composed by court composers from Southern Germany (e.g., Darmstadt, Karlsruhe, and Stuttgart) and Northern Italy.
WWW : http://www.antichistrumenti.com
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - c/o Tobias Bonz
    Paracelsusweg 17
    75378 Bad Liebenzell
    GERMANY
Home city/country : Strassburg, Germany
Members:
- Gerd-Uwe Klein, LauraToffetti (violins)
- Tobias Bonz (cello)
- Andrea Marchiol (harps)
Discography :
- Christoph Graupner (1683-1760): "Ritratti a colori" (wind concerti) - Stradivarius STR 33581 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
- "Die Kunst der Imitation" (trans: The Art of Imitation.) - Stradivarius STR 33632 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2004.)
  - C. Graupner: Trios for two violins & harpsichord in C minor, E, G minor, D minor, Canon in F
  - Johann Friedrich Fasch: Canon in D minor
  - Johann Melchior Molter: Canon in A major

The Antiquarian Funks

Director : Bill Mathews (cornett)
Year ensemble formed :
Description : The core group includes four sackbuts and a cornett, and 2-3 viols (usually 2 bass, one treble) and violinists (gut strings) are added as needed. Ensemble focuses on early 17th-Century compositons.
Contact information :
- E-mail : mathews@ucolick.org
Home city/country : Santa Cruz, California

Antiquarius Consort Praga

Director : Vaclav Navrat
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : The personal mission of all the ensemble members is to bring the music to the listener in the form it was played in its day by the best professionals, with the full wealth of effects and adeptness of variation.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Prague, Czech Republic
Members : cumulative
- Vaclav Navrat (violin)
- Simona Peskova (violin)
- Simona Tydlitatova (violin)
- Lydie Ladova (viola)
- Ivo Anyz (viola)
- Petr Hejny (tenor viola da gamba, violoncello)
- Hana Flekova (bass viola da gamba)
- Ondrej Stajnochr (violone)
- Marek Spelina (recorders)
- Martina Lesna (recorders)
- Ales Barta (harpsichord)
- Premysl Vacek (theorbo)
- Pavel Planka (percussion)
Discography :
- Valerius Otto (1579 - c. 1612): "Prague Dances 1611" - Arta Records - F1 0088-2
- Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma (1704 - 1774) : "Trio Sonatas" - Arta Records F1 0093-2
- Antonin Reicha: Flute quartets Op. 98, Nr. 1,5,6 - with Andreas Kroper (traverso) - Arta Records F1 0099-2

Antiquarius Quartet Praga

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Part of the larger musical ensemble Antiquarius Consort Praga (See previous entry.)
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Prague, Czech Republic
Members :
- Vaclav Navrat - violin (Franz Anton Wild, Brunn 1792)
- Simona Tydlitatova - (violin Johann Christian Partl, Wien 1791)
- Ivo Anyz - viola (Michael Wuller, Pragae 1785)
- Petr Hejny - cello (Pellegrino Zanetto, Brescia 1581)
Discography :
- Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904): Slavonic & American String Quartets - ARTA Classics F1 0114-2

Antwerps Blockfluit Consort

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : A 5-member recorder consort.
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Koen Dieltiens
    St. Walburgastraat 14
    Brugge, B-8000
- Telephone : ?
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : koen.dieltiens@skynet.be
Home city/country : Antwerp, Belgium
Members :
- Bart Coen
- Peter de Clercq
- Baldrick Deerenberg
- Patrick Denecker
- Koen Dieltiens
Discography : Tänze und Canzonen, 1600-1625 - Eufoda 1218

Apollo's Banquet

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1993 -- at the Academy for Early Music in Bremen, Germany
Description : Named for a collection of songs popular in 18th-century England. "Hermes made the lyre and gave it to Apollo who drew from it sounds so melodious that when he played in Olympus the gods forgot all else." (Edith Hamilton) The ensemble's goal is to "spice up" these old "delicacies" so as to delight the senses.
WWW : http://pages.ivillage.com/apollosbanquet/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Andreas Düker
    Nonnenstieg 134
    37075 Göttingen
    GERMANY
- Tele/FAX #1: (49) 551-21457 (c/o Andreas Düker)
- Tele/FAX #2 : (49) 69-624595
- E-mail : dianeseverson@ivillage.com (c/o Diane Severson)
Home city/country : Göttingen, Germany
Members :
- Diane Severson (soprano)
- Anke Schmidt-Weißer (recorders)
- Jane Achtman (viola da gamba)
- Andreas Düker (lutes, baroque guitar and vihuela)
Repertoire :
- "Music for a While": Secular Music of the English baroque era. Works by Handel, Purcell, Pepusch and others.
- "Laudate Dominum": Sacred music of the French baroque era. Works by Delalande, Campra, Marais and others.
- " Ay Amor": Spanish music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Works by Ortiz, Hidalgo, Mudarra and others.
- "Music at the Dresden Court": Works by Hasse, Lotti, Abel, Veracini and others.

Apollo's Cabinet

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : 1989 -- as the Baroque Chamber Soloists.
Description : The name Apollo's Cabinet was inspired by a collection of diverse British vocal music published in 1758 in Liverpool, England. Apollo was the Greek god of Music, Poetry, Medicine & the Sun, who, according to legend, gave the gift of music to the first woman, Pandora. The ensemble honors Apollo's gift of music to the world with its name and draw its music and inspiration for its programs from Apollo's overflowing "cabinet".
Mission : Cincinnati's premier professional Baroque ensemble, Apollo's Cabinet specializes in the performance of 17th and 18th century instrumental and vocal chamber music. Whether performing sacred, secular or traditional music, this innovative group brings to light the exquisite music of a musically rich time and breathes new life into its performance before contemporary audiences. Performances can be in full baroque costume in collaboration with the Cincinnati Court Dancers. Dedicated to generating enthusiasm for this genre of music in children of all ages!
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Barbara Lambert
    3523 Epworth Ave.
    Cincinnati, OH 45211-4911
    USA
- Telephone : 513-662-8906
- E-mail : apolloscab@aol.com
Home city/country : Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Members :
- Christina Hrivnak (soprano)
- Mary Henderson-Stucky (alto)
- Jeffrey Thompson (tenor)
- Barbara Lambert (Flauto traverso)
- Harold Byers (Baroque Violin)
- James Lambert (Viola da Gamba and Violone)
- Nina Key (Harpsichord)
- Rodney Stucky (Baroque guitar and lute)
Concert schedule :
- Concert of Lenten Music by J.S. Bach, Purcell, Buxtehude & Biber
  - March 18, 2001: Locust Grove Historic Home in Louisville, Kentucky 5:30 PM
  - April 4, 2001: St. Rose Catholic Church, Cincinnati, Ohio 7:00 PM
- Music of J.S. Bach, Telemann, Vallet, Leclair & Clerambault
  - April 22, 2001: Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio 2 PM
Special programs available:
- "Games People Play" (games and amusements in music and baroque dance)
- "My Lagan Love" (a manor house concert of music of the British Isles)
- "Weep You No More" Lovelorn lament and cries gleaned from music history (hystery?)
Discography :
- My Lagan Love

Apollo Consort

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : UK
Members :
- William Thorpe (violin)
- Margaret Richards (viol)
- Imogen Seth-Smith (viol)
- Laurence Cummings (organ)
Discography :
- Trios and Fantasias by 'The Most Excellent Composer Mr. John Jenkins' - Somm Recordings CD 217

Apollo Ensemble

Conductor : John Hsu (E-mail: jth12@cornell.edu)
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - 402 Hanshaw Road
    Ithaca NY 14850
    USA
Home city/country : Ithaca, New York
Discography :
- Joseph Haydn: "Symphonies for the Esterhazy Court" - Dorian Recordings, DOR-90191
- Joseph Haydn: "The Hidden Haydn Symphonies" - Dorian Recordings, DOR-90226
- Joseph Haydn: Haydn Divertimenti, Baryton Trios - with John Hsu, baryton - Dorian Recordings, DOR-90233
- Joseph Haydn: "Symphonies" - Centaur Records, CRC-2447

Apollo Ensemble

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1992
Description : Originally founded as a recorder, bassoon and cembalo trio
WWW : http://www.apollo-ensemble.nl
Contact information :
- Postal address : ?
- Telephone : ?
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : apolloensemble@wxs.nl
Home city/country : The Netherlands
Members :
- Annelies Schraa - recorders
- David Rabinovich -violin
- Thomas Oltheten - dulcian and baroque bassoon
- Marion Boshuizen - harpsichord and organ
Discography : http://www.apollo-ensemble.nl

Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra

Music director : Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord)
Executive director : Sara Stone
Year ensemble formed : 1992
Description : Dedicated to performing baroque and classical repertoire on period instruments.
WWW : http://www.apollosfire.org/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
    3091 Mayfield Road, Suite 217
    Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
- Telephone: 216-320-0012 or 800-314-2535
- Fax: 216-320-0129
- E-mail : apollosfire@core.com
Home city/country : Cleveland, Ohio
Discography :
- Handel: "Messiah" - ONDA Records (2 CDs. Released in 1996.)
- Monteverdi: "Vespro della Beata Virgine" - Eclectra ECCD-2038 (Released in 1999.)
- "Noels and Carols from the Old World" - Eclectra ECCD-2041 (Released in 1999.)
- JS Bach: "St. John's Passion" - Eclectra ECCD-2044 (Released in 2000.)
- JS Bach: "Brandenburg Concertos" - Eclectra ECCD-2047 (Released in 2000.)
- Monteverdi: "L'Orfeo" - Eclectra ECCD-2052 (Released in 2001.)
- "Vivaldi & Friends": works by Vivaldi, Vivaldi/Bach, and Duchiffre - Eclectra ECL 2059 (Released in 2001.)
- Mozart: "Symphonies" (No. 35, 42 ("Jupiter"), overture to Don Giovanni - Koch International Classics KIC-CD-7574 (Released in 2004.)
- "Scarborough Fayre - Traditional Tunes from the British Isles and the New World" - KIC-CD-7577 (Released in 2004.)
- Mozart: "Piano Concertos" - Koch International Classics - KIC-CD-7575 (Released in 2005.)
- Telemann: Suites and Concertos - Koch International Classics - KIC-CD-7576 (Released in 2005.)

Apponyi Quartet

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1986
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Europe
Members :
- Gottfried von der Goltz (violin)
- Petra Müllejans (violin)
- Christian Goosses (viola)
- Guido Larisch (violoncello)

Aquila Altera

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : A vocal and instrumental group that specializes in performing pan-European medieval music. Aquila Altera aims to spread and promote the knowledge and education of ancient middle age music and to conduct musical research leading to historically correct performances. To achieve this, the group uses reproduction instruments of the era exclusively, and can consist of 5 to 12 different performers (musicians & vocalists), depending upon the specific needs of its programs. Their repertoire is principally based on the performance of medieval and renaissance European music; covering monody, polyphony, sacred, secular and instrumental pieces.
WWW : http://www.aquilaaltera.it
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - piazza Simon Bolivar,
    14 67100 L'Aquila
    ITALY
- Telephone/FAX : +(39) (0)862 411289
- Cellular phone. +(39) 338 9240701
- E-mail : aquila.altera@libero.it
Performance management :
Home city/country : Italy
Members :
- Maria Antonietta Cignitti, canto, arpa, ghironda
- Luciana Mattioli, flauti dritti, flauto e tamburo, cornamusa, voce
- Antonio Pro, liuto medievale, liuto rinascimentale, oud, voce
- Domenico Rago, viella, lira da gamba, voce
- Emiliano Finucci,viella, canto
- MassimilianoDragoni, percussioni, salterio a percussione, campane, voce
- Marco Cignitti, zampogna zoppa, zampogna a chiave, surdulina, voce
Discography :
- "Tempus Transit" (2000)
- "Menando gli Anni" (2002)

Les Aquilons, Ensemble de musique baroque

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : France
Members :
- Patrick Aubailly (tenor)
- Frédéric Petit-Singeot (viola da gamba)
- Benjamin Perrot (theorbe)
- Anne Sortino (harpsichord)

Aradia Ensemble (or Aradia Baroque Ensemble)

Artistic Director : Kevin Mallon (violin)
Executive Director : J. Tracy Mortimore (double bass/violone)
Year ensemble formed : 1995 -- by Christopher Reibling
Description :
- Aradia is the Etruscan name for the goddess Artemis, twin sister of Apollo and daughter of Leto and Zeus. Famed as an enchantress and skilled in the magic arts, her mission was to "order the music of the natural world into song."
- Aradia is a period instrument ensemble specialising in the repertoire of seventeenth century France and England, and in contemporary music written for period instruments.
WWW : http://www.aradia.ca
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Aradia Ensemble
    78 Twenty Fifth Street
    Toronto, M8V 3P3
    CANADA
- Telephone : (416) 463-0293
- FAX : (416) 622-6207
- E-mail : info@aradia.ca
Home city/country : Toronto, Canada
Members :
- Kevin Mallon (violin)
- Geneviève Gilardeau (violin)
- Anthony Rapoport (viola)
- Allen Whear (violoncello)
- J. Tracy Mortimore (violone)
- Allison Melville (recorder)
- Avery MacLean (recorder)
- Ben Grossman (percussion)
- Christopher Dawes (organ)
Discography :
- Caldara: "Christmas Cantata" - Vaticini di Pace, Sinfonias Nos. 5&6 - Naxos 8.553772 (Recorded Jan. 19-23, 1996.)
- Jean-Baptiste Lully: "Ballet Music For The Sun King" - Naxos 8.554003 (Recorded Oct. 8-10, 1996.)
- Henry Purcell : "The Tempest" - includes: If I ever more riches should desire, Trumpet Sonata and Overture - Naxos 8.554262 (Recorded April 1997. Released 2000.)
- M-A Charpentier : "Noëls and Christmas Motets, Vol. 1" - Naxos 8.554514 (Recorded Jan. 15 - 17, 1999. Released Dec. 1999)
- JS Bach : "Christmas Cantatas" - Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36 / Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn!, BWV 132 / Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Naxos 8.554825 (Released in 2000.)
- Johann Baptist Vaňhal (1739-1813): Missa Pastoralis in G major, Missa Solemnis in C major - Soloists: Haines, Stoddart, Ainsworth, Pitkanen - Tower Voices New Zealand, Uwe Grodd (conductor) - Naxos 8.555080 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2001.)
- M-A Charpentier : "Noels and Christmas Motets, Vol.2" - includes, 'Noel: Un flambeau, Janette, Isabelle!' ( H460c) (Solos and organ); 'Dialogus inter angelos et Pastores Judae', and others - Naxos 8.557036 (Released in 2002.)
- Count Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692-1766): "Concerti Armonici" (Nos. 1-6) - Naxos 8.555384 (Released in 2002.)
- M-A Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noel - Naxos 8.557229 (Released in 2003.)
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764): "Castor et Pollux". with the Opera in Concert Chorus. Naxos 8.660118-19 (2 CDs. Released in 2004.)
- Dietrich Buxtehude: "Sacred Cantatas" - Naxos 8.557041 (Released in 2004.)
- Vivaldi:
  - "Sacred Music 1." Dixit Dominus, RV595, Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV630, Jubilate, RV639 - Gloria, RV588. - with the Aradia Chorus. Naxos CD 8.557445 / Hybrid SACD 6.110064 (Released in 2004.)
  - "Sacred Music 2." Canta in prato, ride in monte, RV 623 . Clarae stellae, scintillate, RV 625 . Laudate pueri Dominum, RV 600 . Stabat Mater, RV 621. Naxos 8.557852 (Released in 2006.)
- William Boyce (1711-1779): Eight Symphonies, Op.2 - Naxos CD 8.557278 (Released in 2005.)
- Giovanni Battista Sammartini: "Six Symphonies (1730-50)" - Naxos CD 8.557298 (Released in 2005.)
- Handel: Water Music / Music for the Royal Fireworks - Naxos CD 8.557764 / SACD 6.110115 / DVD-audio 5.110115 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
- Handel: Rinaldo - Naxos 8660165-67 (3 CDs. Recorded in 2004. Released in 2006.)

Arbor Oak Trio

Co-directors : Beckwith, Finch, Martin
Year ensemble formed : 1987
Description : "to explore all the genres of Baroque music, from opera to orchestral to choral to chamber and everything else in between!"
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - Calvin Church
    26 Delisle Ave.
    Toronto, ON M4V 1S5
    CANADA
- Telephone: 416-256-9421
- Fax: 416-923-9245
Home city/country : Toronto, Canada
Members :
- Lawrence Beckwith (baroque violin)
- Mary-Katherine Finch (baroque cello)
- Stephanie Martin (harpsichord)

Arborea Musica & Friends

Director : Gerard McDonald (oboe)
Year ensemble formed : 1981
Description : baroque ensemble
Performance management :
- Michael Harrold Artist Management
  13, Clinton Road, LEATHERHEAD, Surrey, KT22 8NU
  UNITED KINGDOM.
  Tel & Fax: (+44) (0)1372 375728
  E-mail: management@angelus.co.uk
Home city/country : UK
Members :
- Gerard McDonald (oboe)
- John Kitchen (harpsichord/organ)
- others

Arcadia

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1999
Description : The Jerusalem Academy's baroque ensemble. Named after the mythical Greek kingdom Arcadia, home of nymphs, shepherds, and the god Pan. The ensemble pays special attention to the dramatization of music.
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Revital Raviv
    Kfar Hogla
    38880 DN Hefer
    ISRAEL
- Telephone : 972-4-6365408
- Mobile phone: 972-53-409864
- E-mail : revitalraviv@hotmail.com
Home city/country : Israel
Members :
- Revital Raviv (soprano)
- Ye'ela Avital (soprano)
- Tal Arbel (viola da gamba, recorders)
- Amit Tifenboren (viola da gamba)
- Yizhar Karshon (harpsichord)

Arcadia

Director : Jacqueline Ogeil (organ, harpsichord)
Year ensemble formed : 2001
Description : Period vocal and instrumental ensemble
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Jacqueline Ogeil
    P O Box 781 Woodend
    Victoria 3442
    AUSTRALIA
- E-mail : j.ogeil@nex.net.au
Home city/country : Melbourne, Australia
Members : cumulative listing
- Margaret Pearce, Miriam Allan, Helen Gagliano (soprano)
- Christopher Field (countertenor)
- Michael Leighton Jones (bass)
- Robin Hillier (flauto traverso)
- Catherine Shugg, Ross Mitchell, Nicole Forsyth, John Quaine (violin)
- Ruth Wilkinson (viola da gamba)
- Rosanne Hunt (violoncello)
- Samantha Cohen (chitarrone)
- Jacqueline Ogeil (harpsichord, organ)
Discography : Tall Poppies
- Dietrich Buxtehude: "Cantatas" - TP157
- Handel: "Italian Cantatas" - TP173

Arcadia Players - Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Ensemble

Music director & leader : Dana Maiben
Artistic director : Margaret Irwin-Brandon (early keyboards)
Principal cellist : Alice Robbins
Year ensemble formed : 1989 -- by Irwin-Brandon
Description : Performing music of the 17th and 18th centuries and whose instruments and performance practices reflect the spirit and style of the period in which the music was composed.
WWW : http://www.arcadiaplayers.org/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - P.O. Box 387,
  - Northampton MA 01061
- Telephone : 413-584-8882
- FAX : 413-586-5913
- E-mail : arcadiap@javanet.com
Home city/country : Northampton, Massachusetts
Core members :
- Dana Maiben (violin)
- Alice Robbins (viola da gamba and cello)
- Margaret Irwin-Brandon (early keyboards )
Discography :
- Giovanni Maria Bononcini & Henry Purcell: Arcadia Players Trio (Maibe, Robbins, Irwin-Brandon) with Jaap Schröder (violin) - Fuga Libera FUG-514 (Released in 2006.)

Arcadian Academy

Director : Nicholas McGegan (harpsichord)
Year ensemble formed : 1990
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : San Francisco Bay area, California
Members: (Members of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.)
- Elisabeth Blumenstock (violin)
- Katherine Kyme (violin)
- Lisa Weiss (violin)
- David Bowles (violoncello)
- David Tayler (archlute & guitar).

Arcady

Artistic Director : Ronald Beckett
Year ensemble formed : 1998 in its present form.
Description : Includes exceptionally talented and motivated singers and instrumentalists who seek to broaden their performing experience. Most of Arcady's work is in two areas: period performances of early music repertoire and the works of Ronald Beckett.
WWW : http://www.arcady.ca/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Arcady
    P.O. Box 955
    Simcoe, Ontario
    N3Y 5B3
    CANADA
- Telephone : (519) 428-3185
- E-mail : info@arcady.ca
Home city/country : Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Discography : http://www.arcady.ca/

Arcangeli Baroque Strings

Co-directors : Michael Sand & Rob Diggins
Year ensemble formed : ? -- by Sand
Description : Named after the father of Italian violin music, Arcangelo Corelli.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : San Francisco Bay area, California
Members : Members of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. (cumulative listing)
- Violins: Michael Sand, Elizabeth Blumenstock, Lisa Weiss, Lisa Grodin
- Violas: George Thomson, Anthony Martin
- Paul Hale, violoncello
- Marc Vanscheeuwijck, baroque cello and violone
- John Dornenburg, violone
- Richard Savino, baroque guitar and archlute
- Phebe Craig, harpsichord
Discography :
- Antonio Vivaldi: "L'Estro Armonico, Opus 3" - Meridian Records CDE 84225 (Released in 1992. Re-released in 2002 as CDE 84455.)
- JS Bach: "Concertos for 1, 2, and 3 Violins" (BWV 1041, 1042, 1043, 1064) - Music & Arts 4819 (Released in 2001.)

Arcangelo Trio

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 2000
Description : Baroque trio.
WWW : http://www.bachverein-koeln.de/bvkintern/interpretenverzeichnis/arcangelotrio.html
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Germany
Members :
- Daniel Rothert (recorder)
- Markus Möllenbeck (violoncello)
- Gerald Hambitzer (harpsichord)
Discography :
- "Händel in Italien": works by Handel, Geminiani, Castrucci, Veracini, Domenico Scarlatti, Corelli - MusiKado Aulos AUL 66115 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2004.)

L'Archibudelli

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
WWW : http://www.sonyclassical.com/artists/larchibudelli/
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : ?
Members (A cumulative listing; names of core trio ensemble members are bolded) :
- Gijs Beths, (violin)
- Vera Beths (violin)
- Lucy van Dael (violin & viola)
- Jody Gatwood (violin)
- Linda Quan (violin)
- Lisa Rautenberg (violin)
- Steven Dann (viola)
- Jürgen Kussmaul (viola)
- Guus Jeukendrup (viola)
- Anner Bylsma (also written as "Anner Bijlsma") (violoncello) (Sony Classics)
- Lidewij Scheifes (violoncello)
- Kenneth Slowik (violoncello)
- Anthony Woodrow (double bass)
- Knut Hasselmann (natural horn)
- Ad Koser (natural horn)
Discography : Sony

Archicembalo Ensemble

Director : Enrico Zanovello (organ, harpsichord)
Year ensemble formed : 1989 -- by Zanovello
Description : To study and make known the instrumental repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries. (especially music from the Veneto region.)
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Vicenza, Italy
Members :
- Luca Ronconi (violin)
- Vania Pedronetto (violin)
- Maurizio Borzone (viola)
- Carlo Zanardi (violoncello)
- Paolo Zuccheri (contrabass)
- Marco Ruggeri (harpsichord)
- Enrico Zanovello (organ, harpsichord)
Discography :
- Giusepe Sammartini (1695-1750) : "Organ Concertos, Op. 9" - La Bottega Discantica 55 (Recorded in 1999.)

ArcoVoce

Artistic Director : Nina Falk (violin)
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : A chamber ensemble that aims to create fascinating performances that offer an integrated variety of styles, using both modern and period instruments.
WWW : http://arcovoce.com
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - 7303 Cedar Avenue
    Takoma Park, MD 20912
- Telephone : 301-588-0064
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : info@arcovoce.com
Home city/country : Washington, DC
Members :
- Rosa Lamoreaux (soprano)
- Amanda Balestrieri (soprano)
- Nina Falk (violin)
- Doug McNames (violoncello)
- Steven Silverman (piano and harpsichord)
Discography :
- Music of Isabella Leondardo (1620-1704), Handel, JS Bach, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Hildegard von Bingen, and Brahms (Recorded and released in 2004.)

Aria Concertata

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Emma Murphy
    41 Wellington Buildings
    Wellington Way, Bow
    London E3 4NA
    UNITED KINGDOM
- Tele/FAX : 020 8960 7625
Home city/country : London, UK
Members :
- Antonia Cviic (soprano)
- Emma Murphy (recorders)
- Nick Stringfellow (baroque violoncello)
- Steven Devine (harpsichord)

Arietta Consort

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Helsinki, Finland
Members :
- Johanna Tuomi (soprano)
- Rabbe Forsman (recorder)
- Christine Hammarén (viol)
- Jaana Ikonen (harpsichord)

Arion
(Also referred to as Ensemble Arion)

Director : Claire Guimond (traverso)
Year ensemble formed : 1981 -- by Claire Guimond, Chantal Rémillard, Betsy MacMillan, and Hank Knox
WWW : http://www.early-music.com/artistes.asp?id=Arion
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Arion
    7751, rue Tellier
    Montréal, Québec
    Canada H1L 1Z5
- Telephone : (514) 355-1825
- FAX : (514) 355-5628
- E-mail : arion@early-music.com
Home city/country : Montréal, Canada
Members: (cumulative)
- Claire Guimond (traverso, piccolo, percussion)
- Mika Putterman (traverso, piccolo)
- Oboe: Washington McClain, Matthew Jennejohn
- Bassoon: Suzanne DeSerres, Mathieu Lussier
- Violin: Chantal Rémillard, Olivier Brault, Hélène Plouffe, Scott Metcalfe, Guylaine Grégoire, Chloe Meyers, Ellie Nimeroski, Sari Tsuji
- Viola: Elisabeth Comtois, Jacques-André Houle, Kathia Robert
- Violoncello: Phoebe Carrai, Isabelle Bozzini
- Betsy MacMillan (viola da gamba & baroque violoncello)
- Nicolas Lessard (double-bass)
- Matthew Wadsworth (theorbo)
- Hank Knox (harpsichord)
Discography:
- "Conversations en musique": works by Marin Marais (1656-1728), Alexandre de Villeneuve (1677-1756), Jean-Batiste Quentin Le Jeune (early eighteenth century), Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711-1772), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) - Analekta
- "Entre Paris et Versailles": works by Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Jacques Hotteterre (1674-1763), Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705-1771) - Analekta FL2 3020 (1985)
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767): "Paris Quartets" - SRC - MVCD 1040
- "Baroque Chamber music": with Marion Verbruggen, recorder - Titanic Records Ti-177
- "Cantates francaises des XVlle et XVllle siècles": works by de Clérambault, Campra, Montéclair - with Danièle Forget (soprano) - Analekta FL2 3078 (1994)
- JS Bach: "Musical Offering" - Analekta FL2 3065
- "Un concert en Nouvelle-France": with works by Nicolas Bernier (? -1731), Charles-Louis Mion (1699-1775), Pierre Février (1696-1760), Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (1601-1672), Jean-Batiste Quineault (1687-1745), Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682-1738) - with Richard Duguay (tenor) SRC - MVCD 1081
- JS Bach: "Six trio-sonatas" (BWV 525 - 530) - Analekta FL2 3086
- GP Telemann: "Tafelmusik (first production)" - Analekta FL2 3118 (1997)
- Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755): "Les Quatre Saisons" - with Isabelle Desrochers (soprano), Hervé Lamy (tenor) and Max van Egmond (bass) - Disques SRC/CBC, MVCD 1098 (1997)
- Jean-Marie Leclair (1697 - 1764): Concertos" - with Monica Huggett, baroque violin - ATMA- ACD2 2143 (1998)
- Michel Corrette (1707 - 1795): "Symphonies des noëls + Concertos comique" - Arion ATMA- ACD2 2192
- "Handel: Sacred Arias": with Daniel Taylor (countertenor) and Monica Huggett (conductor) - ATMA Classique ACD2 2222 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
- "Suites concertantes" - G.P. Telemann: Suite in A major (TWV 55:A4); J.S. Bach: Suite in B minor (BWV 1067); Handel: Suites from the opera Rinaldo; J.B. Bach: Suite in G minor - with Barthold Kuijken (conductor) - ATMA ACD22257 (Recorded and released in 2001.)
- JS Bach: "Suite and concertos" with Jaap ter Linden (conductor) - Early-Music.com EMCCD-7753 (Recorded in 2001.)
- "Handel - Love Duets": with Suzie LeBlanc (soprano) & Daniel Taylor (countertenor) - ATMA Classique ACD2 2260 (Recorded and released in 2002.)
- "Maria, Madre di Dio": works by HANDEL: Ah! che troppo ineguali or O del ciel! Maria regina (HWV 230); Il pianto di Maria or Giunta l'ora fatal (HWV 234); Antonio VIVALDI -Stabat Mater (RV 621); Alessandro SCARLATTI Salve Regina - with Agnès Mellon (soprano) Matthew White (countertenor). Director: Monica Huggett - Early-Music.com EMCCD-7757 (Recorded and released in 2003.)
- GP Telemann: "Tutti flauti!" – 5 concertos - Director: Jaap ter Linden. Early-Music.com EMCCD-7763 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)
- "Faustina Bordoni -- Faces of a prima donna": works by Johann Adolf Hasse (1689 –1783) & GF Handel - with Kimberly Barber, mezzo-soprano - CBC Records MVCD 1172 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2005.)
- Vivaldi: "Chiaroscuro" - with Mathieu Lussier (bassoon) & Claire Guimond (traverso) - Early-Music.com EMCCD-7764 (Recorded and released in 2006.)
- Jean-Féry Rebel (1660-1747): "Les Plaisirs champêtres" - Guest conductor: Daniel Cuiller - Early-Music.com EMCCD-7765 (Released in 2007.)

Arioso Baroque Ensemble

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : 1991
Contact information :
- Postal address : ?
- Telephone : ?
- E-mail : jlj@btinternet.com (c/o Jillina Johnson)
Performance management :
Home city/country : Yorkshire, England
Members :
- Anne Falloon (soprano)
- Susan Marshall (violin)
- Rachel Adam (violin)
- Caroline Goddard (violin, viola)
- Jillian Johnson (viola da gamba)
- Martyn Hodgson (theorbo, Baroque guitar, archlute)
- Daniela Loeb (harpsichord, piano, organ)

L'Armonia e L'Inventione

Director : Alfredo Bernardini (oboe)
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Europe
Members : Members of Le Concert des Nations.
Discography :
- Vivaldi: "Concerti Pour Hautbois, Basson Et Cordes" - Astree/Auvidis E8537 (Recorded in 1994. Released in 1995.)

L'Armonia Sonora

Director : Mieneke van der Velden (viola da gamba)
Year ensemble formed : ? -- by van der Velden
Description : Instrumental ensemble that performs cantatas with a variety of vocal soloists.
WWW : http://www.mienekevandervelden.com
Contact information :
- E-mail : info@mienekevandervelden.com
Home city/country : Europe
Members :
- Violin: François Fernandez, Sayuri Yamagata
- Viola da gamba: Christine Plubeau, Ricardo Rodriguez Miranda,
- Peter Rikkers (violone)
- Leo van Doeselaar (organ)
Discography :
- "De profundis clamavi" (German sacred cantatas): works by Nicolaus Bruhns, Weckmann, Biber, Johann Christoph Bach, Schmelzer, Christian Geist & Benedictus Buns - with Peter Kooij (bass) - Ramée RAM 0604 (Recorded and released in 2006.)

Armoniosi Concerti

Director : Juan Carlos Rivera
Year ensemble formed : 2001
Description : The ensemble's artistic mission is the recovery of early plucked instruments ensembles performance. The ensemble is named after Domenico Pellegrini's guitar work "Armoniosi concerti sopra la chitarra spagnuola".
WWW : http://www.armoniosiconcerti.com
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/ Galicia 5
    41500-Alcalá de Guadaíra (Sevilla)
    SPAIN
- Telephone/FAX : 00 34 95 410 17 83
- E-mail :
  - info@armoniosiconcerti.com
  - alternate: info.iberica@harmoniamundi.com
Home city/country : Sevilla, Spain
Members :
- Juan Carlos Rivera (barock guitars, vihuela, tiorba & tiorbino) (E-mail: jucaripe@supercable.es)
- Consuelo Navas (tiorba & vandola)
- Juan Nieto (barock guitars, vihuela, tiorba)
Discography :
- "Armoniosi concerti sopra la chitarra spagnuola" - Lindoro MPC-0707
- "Zarambeques - Spanish Baroque guitar music" - Harmonia mundi Iberica HMI 987030 (reissued in 2007 as HMA1957030)
- Enriquez de Valderrábano: "Silva de sirenas" - with Carlos Mena, countertenor - Harmonia mundi Iberica HMI 987059 (Released in 2005.)

Armonico Tributo Austria

Director : Lorenz Duftschmid (viola da gamba)
Year ensemble formed : 1989
Description : The ensemble is named after Georg Muffat's collection of chamber sonatas [Salzburg, 1682]. As with the ensemble's namesake, the group represents a cultural synthesis of national styles, with special attention to historical Austria. From 3-70 musicians perform along with singers and choir for music from late medieval music to Mozart. (e.g., Dietmar von Aist, Ulrich von Liechtenstein, Oswald von Wolkenstein, Mönch von Salzburg, Paul Hofhaymer, Heinrich Isaac, Ludwig Senfl, Orlando di Lasso, Paul Peuerl, Laurentius von Schniffis, Leopold I, Johann Joseph Fux, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Georg Muffat, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Antonio Caldara, Granz Joseph und Michael Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
WWW: http://www.armonicotributo.com/
Contact information :
- c/o Lorenz Duftschmid
  - Postal address 1:
    - Schlossstrasse 34
      D-79189 Biengen
      AUSTRIA
    - GSM: +49/1714431278
  - Postal address 2:
    - Rudolfstrasse 13
      A-4040 Linz
      AUSTRIA
    - GSM +43 6765745272
  - Tel: +49/7633/3993
  - FAX: +49/7633/101300
  - E-mail: ViolDuft@01019freenet.de or ViolDuft@compuserve.com
Performance management :
- Kurt Kohler :
  - Postal address:
    - Cumberlandstrasse 61A
      A-1140 Wien
      AUSTRIA
  - Tele/FAX: +43 1 894 63 35
  - GSM: +43 676-715 99 65
  - E-mail: kurt.kohler@kronline.at or armonico.tributo@aon.at
Home city/country : (Vienna, Linz, Graz and Krieglach) Austria
Members:
- Clemens Nussbaumer (violin)
- Gottfried von der Goltz (violin)
- Brigitte Täubl (violin)
- Peter Aigner (viola) (E-mail: pe.aigner@eduhi.at)
- Walter Rumer (violone)
- Michael Oman (recorder)
- Andreas Lackner (trumpet)
- Herbert Walser (trumpet)
- Alfredo Bernardini (oboe)
- Paolo Grazzi (oboe)
- Alberto Grazzi (bassoon)
- Rolf Lislevand (theorbe)
- Luciano Contini (archlute)
- Johannes Hämmerle (harpsichord)
Discography :
- Fux: "Musica Da Camera/Türkenschlacht": Quodlibet, Styriarte Editions LC5989 (1992)
- Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623-80): "La Margarita, Music for the Court at Vienna and Prague" - ARCANA A33 (1996)
- Georg Philipp Telemann: "Viola di Gamba": Concertos, Quadros and Sonatas avec basse de viole soloiste - ARCANA A42 (Recorded in 1996; Released in 1997)
- Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741): "Concentus Musico-Instrumentalis, Volume 1" - ARCANA A58 (Recorded in 1997; Released in 1998) (NOTE: Vol. 2 will be recorded in the year 2000)
- Georg Muffat: "Nobilis Juventus: Suites & Concertos" - CPO 999 635-2 (Released in 1999)
- Johannes Schenck: Les Fantasies Bizarres de la Goutte: CPO 999 682-2 (Released in 1999)
- Paul Peuerl (1570-1625): "Weltspiegel: Lieder, Suites & Canzonas" (from "Weltspiegel 1613" & "Neue Padouan 1611") - CPO 999 792-2 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
- Fux: "Lux Æterna - Sacred Works" - with Domkantorei Graz, Grazer Choralschola - CPO 999 850-2 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2003.)
- Fux: "Concentus Musico Instrumentalis II" - CPO ? (Recorded in 2000. To be released in ?.)
- "Vienna 1700 -- Baroque Music from Austria": works by Fux, Biber, Schmelzer, Kerll, and 3 Gregorian chants. CPO 999 919-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2002. Released in 2006.)

Armonico Tributo Baroque Orchestra & Soloists

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Explores music from the entire Baroque period, c.1600 - c.1750 and specializes in the performance of 17th-century chamber music from Italy and England. Ensemble size ranges between 3-30 instrumentalists. It performs on a mixture of original instruments and modern copies of 17th
and 18th century instruments.
WWW : http://www.armonico.freeserve.co.uk/
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - Armonico Tributo
    8 Sandy Lane
    Fillongley
    Warwickshire
    CV7 8DD
    UNITED KINGDOM
- E-mail:
  - info@armonico.freeserve.co.uk
  - mperkins@armonico.freeserve.co.uk (c/o Martin Perkins - harpsichord)
Home city/country : Midlands, UK

L'Arpa Festante
(See Barockorchester L'Arpa Festante.)

L'Arpeggiata

Director : Christina Pluhar (theorbe, Baroque harp)
Year ensemble formed : 2000
Description : Perform French, Roman, and Neapolitan music from the 17th century.
WWW : http://www.arpeggiata.com
Contact information : http://www.arpeggiata.com
Home city/country : Europe
Discography :
- Giovanni Girolama Kapsberger (1580-1651): "La Villanella" - J. Zomer (soprano), P. de Vittorio (tenor), H.J. Mammel (tenor) - Alpha Productions - ALPHA012 (Recorded in 2000. Released August 2001.)
- Stefano Landi (1586/7-1639) : "Homo fugit velut umbra..." - Alpha Productions ALPHA020 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002.)
- "Vêpres sous Charles VI a Vienne": works by Giovanni Felice Sances (ca. 1600-1679), Johann Michael Zächer (1651-1712), Johann Melchior Gletle (1626-1683), Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) & Johann Georg Reinhardt (1676/77-1742) - with soloists and the vocal ensemble Arsys Bourgogne - Ambroisie AMB9924 (Recorded and released in 2002.)
- Emilio de' Cavalieri (circa 1550-1602): "Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo" - ALPHA065 (Recorded and released in 2004.)
- "Los Impossibles": Songs and Dances from the Old and New World - includes The King's Singers - Naïve V5055 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)

Ars Antigua

Director : Jerry Fuller (double bass)
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Chamber ensemble
WWW : http://www.arsantigua.net/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - 2746 Broadway
    Evanston, IL 60201
- Telephone : (847) 864-0539
- FAX : (847) 864-1538
- E-mail : jerryfulleresq@cs.com
Home city/country : Chicago, Illinois
Members :
- Anita Miller-Rider (baroque flute)
- Patricia Ahern (violin)
- Jin Kim (violin)
- Pablo Masshave-Veglia (violoncello)
- Jerry Fuller (double bass)
- Peter Swenson (archlute)
- Barbara Weiss (harpsichord)

Ars Antiqua

Artistic Director : Mark Kramer
Year ensemble formed : 1987
Description : Devoted to performances of 17th and 18th century music performed on period instruments artists in residence at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.
WWW : http://arsantiqua.cjb.net/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - 26 North Greeley Ave.
    Chappaqua, New York 10514
- Telephone : (914) 238-8015
- E-mail : mark@arsantiqua.cjb.net
Home city/country : Chappaqua, New York
Members :
- Anne Briggs, Baroque Flute
- Robert Mealy, Baroque Violin
- Mark Kramer, viola da gamba
- Eric Milnes, harpsichord

Ars Antiqua Austria

Director : Guntar Letzbor (violin)
Year ensemble formed : 1995
WWW : http://www.ars-antiqua-austria.com
Contact information :
- Tel.& Fax: +39 050 871218
- E-mail: aaa@ars-antiqua-austria.com
Home city/country : Austria
Members : (cumulative listing)
- Guntar Letzbor (violin)
- Daniel Sepec (violin)
- Johanna Gamerith (violin, viola)
- Tomas Bik (violin)
- Christoph Bitzinger (violin)
- Ilja Korol (violin)
- Peter Aigner (viola) (E-mail: pe.aigner@eduhi.at)
- Susanna Haslinger (viola)
- Gaetano Nasillo (violoncello)
- Claire Pottinger-Schmidt (violoncello/violone)
- Roberto Sensi (violone)
- Luciano Contini (archlute)
- Andreas Lackner (trumpet)
- Herbert Walser (trumpet)
- Martin Patscheider (trumpet)
- Martin Rabl (trumpet)
- Klaus Netzer (trumpet/trombone)
- Charly Fischer (timpani)
- Norbert Zeilberger (harpsichord, organ)
Discography :
- SYMPHONÍA
  - JS Bach: Psalm 51 (Parody of Pergolesi´s Stabat Mater), Himmelskönig sei willkommen, BWV 182) - with the St. Florianer Sängerknaben, and Keplerconsort - SY 95139
  - JS Bach: "Concerti per Violino" (BWV 1041, 1042, 1043, 1049) - SY 94134
  - Heinrich Ignaz Biber (1644-1704): "A Carnival in Kremsier" - SY 95143
  - Heinrich Ignaz Biber: "Sonatæ, Violino Solo" (1681) - Complete Edition - SY 94D28 (2 CDs)
  - Georg Muffat (1653-1704): "Florilegium primum (1695)" - SY 98160
  - Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky (1633/9-1693): "Music for Trumpets and Strings" - SY 96151
  - Romanus Weichlein (1652-1706) :
    - Encaenia Musices Vol 1 (1695) - SY 93S23 (1994)
    - Encaenia Musices Vol 2 (1695) - SY 94S30 (1995)
    - "Parnassus Ecclesiastico-Musicus. Ulm 1702" - SY 04213 (2005)
  - Georg Muffat: "Armonico Tributo (1682)" - Sonatas 1-5 - SY 00183 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
  - THE SOUND OF CULTURES - A Musical Journey Through Baroque Europe
    - VOL. 1 (SLOVAKIA): works by JS Kusser, P Esterhazy, SF Capricornus, DG Speer and folk music of the baroque period - SY 01191 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002.)
    - VOL. 2 (HUNGARY): works by GJ Werner, P Esterhazy, J Haydn, W Ebner, DG Speer, JH Schmelzer, and Hungarian dances - SY 02197 (Recorded and released in 2002.)
    - VOL. 3 (NORTHERN GERMANY - LÜBECK): works by Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/12-1675), Ferdinand Tobias Richter (1651-1711), Daniel Georg Speer (1636-1707), Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Jürgen Essl - SY 02203 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2004.)
    - VOL. 4 (POLAND - KRAKOW): works by Marcin Mielczewski (?-1651), Mikolaj Zielenski (?-?), Heinrich Döbel (1651-1693), Johann Nauwach (ca.1595-after1644), Silvius Leopold Weiss (1686-1750), Johann Daniel Georg Speer (1636-1707) - SY 04210 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2005.)
    - VOL. 5 (BOHEMIA): Includes music by G.H. Stölzel & Jan Antonín Losy (1650-1721) - SY ? (To be released in March 2007).
  - "Gloria in Excelsis Deo - Festmusik aus Österreichs Klöstern-Lambach": works by Joseph Balthasar Hochreiter (1669-1731), Missa ad multos annos. Beniamin Ludwig Ramhaufski (1631-1694), Missa a 23. Gloria in Excelsis Deo - SY 06220 (Recorded and released in 2006.)
- CHESKY
  - JS Bach: "Four Orchestral Suites" - 142
  - WA Mozart: Grabmusik & Gallimathias musicum - 172
  - Biber / Schmelzer: "Seventeenth Century Music and Dance from The Viennese Court" - 173
- ARCANA
  - Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681-1732): "Cantate con istromenti I-VI" - with Bernarda Fink - A309 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002.)
  - Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter (1665-1742): Dulcis Fidium Harmonia symphoniis ecclesiasticis concinnata, Op. 4 M. DCC. III (1703) - A313 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)
  - Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677-1726): "Cantate in Soprano" - with Radu Marian (male soprano) - A335 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)
  - Antonio Caldara (c. 1670-1736): "XII Sinfonie a quattro" - A324 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2005.)
  - Antonio Bertali (1605-1669): "Prothimia Suavissima" (1672) - A340 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)

Ars Antiqua de Paris

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Includes both vocal and instrumental members.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Paris, France

Ars Cameralis

Artistic director : Lukas Matousek
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Prague, Czech Repulic
Discography : Studio Matous

Ars Cantus

Guest conductor : Riccardo Cirri
Year ensemble formed : 1992 - by members of the Ancient Music Department of the Musical Academy of Florence.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Florence, Italy

Ars Femina

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : "The Ars Femina is one of the leading forces resurrecting, performing and recording music written by women before 1800 and restoring this music to its proper place in the classical music repertoire."
WWW : http://members.aye.net/~arsfemin/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o William Bauer
    PO Box 7692
    Louisville, KY 40257-0692
    U.S.A.
- Tele/Fax : 502-897-5719
- E-mail : arsfemin@aye.net
Home city/country : Louisville, Kentucky
Members:
- William Bauer (violin and viola d'amore)
- Linda DeRungs (soprano)
- Marina Nielsen (violoncello)
- Jim Oxyer (harpsichord, virginal and organ)
- Susan Reigler (trumpet and locution) (E-mail: SReigler@aol.com)

Ars Italica

Artisitc direction : Sigrid Lee, Francis Biggi, Marco Ferrari
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Italy

Ars Musica Chicago

Artistic director : Andrew Schultze
Year ensemble formed : 1986
Description :
- Devoted to historically-informed performances of music from the 12th through the 18th centuries.
- Ars Musica Chicago has given many programs of Hispanic music, some of which is derived from sources at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
WWW : http://www.arsmusicachicago.org
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Ars Musica Chicago
    P.O. Box A-3279
    Chicago, IL 60690-3279
- Telephone : 312-409-7874
- FAX : 847-675-3188
- E-mail : info@arsmusicachicago.org
Home city/country : Chicago, Illinois
Discography :
- Fernande Vicomte de Beaufranchet: "St. Vincent de Paul: An Oratorio in Three Parts" - 159099 DPG (Recorded in 1999.)

Ars Nova

Director : Peter Holman
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : UK

Ars Nova

Artistic director : Jacek Urbaniak (recorder)
Year ensemble formed : 1981
Description : This group performs mostly medieval repertoire, starting from troubadours' and minnesaengers music, old Polish music. (e.g. medieval folk songs from Kurpie -- a central part of Poland). It specializes in 12th-16th century European, and especially Polish, music, played on copies of original instruments : lute, fiddle, rebec, psaltery, flutes, pipes, pommerts, cornemuses, trombone, hurdy-gurdy, medieval harp.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Poland

Ars Nova

Director : Bevin Leviston
Year ensemble formed : 1975
Description : Includes vocalists and instrumentalists. Gave the first Australian performance of many medieval and Renaissance works, and the first Australian performance with period instruments of a number of major works such as Bach's St. John Passion.
Contact information :
- E-mail : blackbox@acslink.net.au
Home city/country : Melbourne, Australia

Ars Nova

Artistic director : Mr Ljubomir Dimitrijevic (recorders & wind instruments)
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Vocal-instrumental ensemble performing Renaissance music -- primarily from the Adriatic coast & Italy
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Yugoslavia

Arsatius Consort

Director : Georg Brunner (E-mail: brunner@neusob.de)
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Music from the 17th and 18th centuries.
WWW : http://www.arsatius-consort.de
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Blumenstr. 10
    D-86561 Aresing
    GERMANY
- Telephone : Tel. 08252/3692,
- FAX : Fax. 08252/820504,
- E-mail : brunner@neusob.de
Home city/country : Germany
Discography:
- Sinfonische Raritäten aus dem Kloster Scheyern. - Musica Bavarica (Recorded in 1996.)
- Eyn musicalisch Tafelkonfect aus dem Kloster Scheyern - MPV-Musikverlag AM 9108.1. (Recorded in 1997.)
- Johann Baptist Schiedermayr (1779-1840): with Tölzer Knabenchor - Musica Bavarica MB 75 125 (Recorded in 1999.)
- Marianus Königsperger (1708-1769): "Certamen Musicum" - includes Organ Concertos, Op. 18, Nos. 1-6, Pastorellas Nr. 1 & 2 - Norbert Düchtel (organ) - MPV-Musikverlag AM 00401 (Recorded in 2000.)
- Gallus Zeiler (1705-1755): "Orpheus Ecclesiasticus" (sacred works) - with Füssener Motettenchor - MPV-Musikverlag (Recorded in 2001/2002.)
- Sinfonische Raritäten aus dem Kloster Metten (Recorded in 2003.)
- Sinfonische Raritäten aus dem Kloster Scheyern II. - MPV Musikverlag (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)

Artaria Quartet

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1985
Description : A quartet performing music from the classical period.
WWW : http://www.sfems.org/artaria/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - 1619 Olive Avenue
    Richmond CA 94805-1625
    USA
- Telephone : 510-232-9824
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : 104517.2164@compuserve.com
Home city/country : San Francisco Bay area, California
Members : (Members of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.)
- Katherine Kyme (violin, viola)
- Anthony Martin (violin, viola)
- Elizabeth Blumenstock (violin, viola)
- Elisabeth Le Guin (violoncello)
Discography : http://www.sfems.org/artaria/artmore1.htm#Discography

L'Arte Dell'Arco

Artistic Director : Giovanni Guglielmo (artistic director, violin)
- NOTE: Christopher Hogwood has collaborated as a guest conductor of the ensemble.
Leader : Federico Guglielmo and Giovanni Guglielmo (alternate as concertmaster)
Year ensemble formed : 1994 -- by Federico and Giovanni Guglielmo
Description : The Ensemble takes its name from the 38 Variations in F major by Tartini on a Gavotte from Corelli's Violin Sonata (Op. 5 No. 10). Special attention to the music from Venice and the Serenissma Repubblica of the 17/18 Century; Virtuoso Italian Violin Concertos (Tartini, Locatelli, etc.)
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - c/o Federico Guglielmo
    via Benvenuto Cellini 1
    I - 35027 Noventa Padovana (Pd), Italy
- Telephone/FAX : +39-49-8932793
- E-mail : stradivari@galactica.it
Home city/country : Vicenza, Italy
Members : (with Venetian period instruments)
- Federico Guglielmo (violin)
- Giovanni Guglielmo (violin)
- Carlo Lazari (violin)
- Mario Paladin (viola and viola d'amore)
- Pietro Bosna (violoncello)
- Massimiliano Mauthe von Degerfeld (violone)
- Nicola Reniero (harpsichord and chamber organ)
- Andrea Coen (harpsichord and chamber organ)
- Federico Marincola (archlute, theorbo and mandoline)
- Also with winds
Discography :
- with DYNAMIC-Musica Antica
  1. Boccherini: Arie Accademiche - CDS 123
  2. Viotti: Chamber Music - CDS 101
  3. Vivaldi: La Cetra II (12 unpublished violin concertos) - CDS 147/1-2
  4. Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770): 12 Violin Concertos, Op.1
  5. (Vol. 1) - CDS 160/1-3 (Recorded in 1996.)
  6. Tartini: 6 Violin Concertos, Op.2 (Vol. 2) - CDS 190/1-2 (Recorded in 1997.)
  7. Tartini: 4 Violin Concertos (Vol. 3) - CDS 196 (Recorded in 1997.)
  8. Tartini: 4 Concertos (Vol. 4) - CDS 220 (Recorded in 1998.)
  9. Tartini: Violin Concertos (Vol. 5) - CDS 239 (Recorded in 1998.)
  10. Tartini: Violin Concertos (Vol. 6) - CDS 245 (Recorded in 1999.)
  11. Tartini: Violin Concertos (Vol. 7) - CDS 279 (Recorded in 1999.)
  12. Tartini: Cello and Flute Concertos - Pietro Bosna, cello - Mario Folena, flute - CDS 285 (Recorded in 1999.)
  13. Tartini: Violin Concertos (Vol. 8) - CDS 355 (Recorded in 2000.)
  14. Tartini: Violin Concertos (Vol. 9) - CDS 365/1-2 (2 CDs; Recorded in 2000 & 2001. Released in 2002.)
  15. Tartini: Violin Concertos (Vol. 10) - CDS 399 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)
  16. Tartini: Violin Concertos (Vol. 11) - CDS 445 (2 CDs. Released in 2004.)
  17. Tartini: Violin Concertos (Vol. 12) - CDS 462 (2 CDs. Released in 2004.)
  18. Tartini: Violin Concertos (Vol. 13) - CDS 485 (2 CDs. To be released in 2007.)
- with MUSICAIMMAGINE RECORDS
  1. Vivaldi: 6 Suonate da Camera
- with DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI (BMG Classics)
  1. Vivaldi: 6 Triosonatas Op.1, Nos. 7-12 (incl "La Folia") - with Christopher Hogwood and played on the original instruments from the Antico Ospedale della Pietà - 05742 77350 2
  2. Vivaldi : "Avanti L'Opera - Rare Opera Overtures" - with Christopher Hogwood - 05472 77501 2
  3. Giacomo Facco (1676-1753) : "Pensieri Adriamonici" - 6 Concerti, Op. 1; Antonio Vivaldi : Concerto in G minor (RV 157) - DHM 05472 77514-2 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
- with Chandos
  1. Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3 - with Christopher Hogwood, conducting - CHAN 0698 (2 CDs; Recorded and released in 2002.)
- with ASV
  1. Alessandro SCARLATTI: Sinfonie & Concerti; Sinfonia No. 4 in D; Sinfonia No. 10 in G; Sinfonia No. 12 in G; Giovanni Battista PERGOLESI (1710-1736): Concerto in B flat; Francesco BARBELLA (1692-1732): Concerto in C; Francesco DURANTE (1684-1755): Concerto 'La Pazzia' in A / Concerto in B flat; Leonardo LEO (1694-1744): Concerto in D minor (L60) - ASV CDGAU330 (Released in 2003.)
- with CPO
  1. Antonio Vivaldi: "Four Seasons" (Dresden version with horns); Giovanni Antonio Guido: "Le Quattro Stagioni dell'Anno" - CPO 777 037-2 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2004.)
  2. Vivaldi: "Six Violin Concertos for Anna Maria" (RV 229, 248, 343, 349, 366, 387) - CPO 777 078-2 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2005.)

L'arte del mondo

Director : Werner Ehrhardt
Year ensemble formed : ?
WWW : http://www.lartedelmondo.de
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Am Grauen Stein
    D-51105 Köln (Cologne)
    GERMANY
- Telephone : +49.221.983 41 90
- E-mail : info@lartedelmondo.de
Home city/country : Cologne, Germany
Discography :
- Etienne-Nicolas Mehul (1763-1817): "L'Irato, ou l'emporté" - with Bonner Kammerchor - Capriccio 60128 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
- Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816): "The Assisi Passion: Passio di San Giovanni" (St. John Passion) - with Vocalconsort Berlin - Capriccio 60133 (Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)

Arte en Parte

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1995
Description : A guitar duo who performs works from the 19th century. For their performances they use 19th-century guitars made by Bernhard Kresse (Cologne, Germany) after an original by Louise Panormo (1840).
WWW : http://lupus.worldonline.es/iagoreig/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Gran Via 19- 6º drcha.
    36204 Vigo
    SPAIN
- Tele/FAX : +34 986 415029
- E-mail : iagoreigosa@worldonline.es
Home city/country : Vigo, Spain
Members :
- Angela Ferreiro
- Iago Reigosa

Arte Resoluta

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Europe
Members :
- Lorenzo Brondetto (traverso)
- Renata Spotti (violin)
- Ben Sanson (violin)
- Giovanna Barbati (violoncello)
- Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord, organ)
Discography :
- JS Bach: Musical Offering (BWV 1079) - Arion 68526 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)

Arte dei Suonatori

Directors : various, including Antonio Frigé, Mark Caudle, Marcin Sompolinski, Paul Goodwin, Martin Gester, Anssi Matilla, Sirkka - Liisa Kaakinen
Leader : Aureliusz Golinski (violin)
Year ensemble formed : 1992
Description : Arte dei Suonatori means "the art of consonance" and was the name used by a guild of instrumentalist which existed in Venice between the 14th and 18th centuries, bringing together the city's greatest musicians. Arte dei Suonatori from Poznan, bearing the same name, reflects their attempt to carry on this tradition. The repertoire consists mainly of the instrumental and vocal - instrumental music from 17th and 18th centuries. According to the project which started in October 1998, the ensemble has been performed in Poznan and Wroclaw a series of regular concerts inviting groups of top international performers who in co-operation with Polish musicians prepared and successfully presented a series of most interesting programmes.
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Artistic Agency "GUIDO"
    Os. Oswiecenia 66/29
    61-209 Poznan
    POLAND
- Tele/FAX : 0048 61 8765842
- E-mail : guido@post.pl
Home city/country : Poznan, Poland
Members :
- Aureliusz Golinski (violin)
- Ewa Golinska (violin)
- Marta Mamulska (violin)
- Zbigniew Pilch (violin)
- Leszek Firek (violin)
- Dymitr Olszewski (violin, viola)
- Mark Caudle (cello, bass viol)
- Jarek Thiel (cello)
- Stanislaw Smolka (double bass)
- Tomasz Adamus (organ, harpsichord)
- Natalia Sitarz (harpsichord)
Discography :
- Telemann: "Overture & 3 Concertos" - with Dan Laurin (recorder) - BIS 1185 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2002)
- Vivaldi: "La Stravaganza", Opus 4 - with Rachel Podger (violin) - Channel Classics CCS15958 (Released in 2003.)
- Vivaldi: "The 4 Seasons" - with Dan Laurin (recorder) - includes RV 124, 437 & 441 - BIS SACD 1605 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788): Concerti a flauto traverso obligato (volume 1) - with Alexi Kossenko (traverso) - Alpha 093 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)

ARTEK

Artistic director : Gwendolyn Toth, keyboard
Leader : Robert Mealy
Year ensemble formed : 1986
Description :
- Artek's name is a shortened form of "The Art of the Early Keyboard"
- Artek includes the following ensembles : The Artek Baroque Orchestra, The Artek Chamber Players, Artek Singers, and 458 Strings [a.k.a. the Artek Continuo Ensemble]
WWW : http://www.artekearlymusic.org/
Contact information :
- Postal address:
  - 170 West 73rd Street #3C
    New York, NY 10023
- Tel: (212) 967-9157
- Fax: (212) 799-0690
- E-mail: ArtekGwenT@aol.com
Home city/country : New York, New York
Discography :
- Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo - Lyrichord Discs LEMS 9002 (Recorded in 1993. Released in 1995)
- "Love Letters from Italy" - with Drew Minter, countertenor - Lyrichord Discs LEMS 8026 (Released in 1996.)
- Claudio Monteverdi: "I Don't Want to Love" - Zefiro Recordings ZR 101 (Released in 2000)
- Solo performances with Gwendolyn Toth:
  - Heinrich Scheidemann: Organ Music - Zefiro Recordings ZR 102 (Released in 2003)
  - JS Bach: Goldberg Variations -- Zefiro Recordings ZR 103 (Released in 2003)

ARTEMIS

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 2002
Description : Italian and German Baroque repertoire
Contact information :
- E-mail : mulrath@supanet.com
Home city/country : London, UK
Members :
- Lucy Thomas (soprano)
- Debra Pring (recorder)
- Vanessa Smye (recorder)
- Michael Mullen (viola da gamba)
- Bridget Cunnigham (harpsichord)
Concert schedule :
- Concerts at the Handel House Museum
- 28 February 2002: Mayfair
- 18 March 2002: London Hampton Court

Artémuse

Director : Simon Hanks (harpsichord, recorder)
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Middle Ages to Baroque
WWW : http://perso.orange.fr/artemuse/
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : France
Members :
- Lise Bertocci (viola da gamba, rebec)
- André Courret (recorder)
- Margot De Munck Mortier (recorder)
- Marie-Laure Guirardel (voice, recorder)
- Simon Hanks (harpsichord, recorder)
- Alain Labroue (voice, recorder)
- Pascale Labroue (voice, rebec)
- Olivia Lybbe-Simms (voice, oboe, recorder)
- Gilles Perrin (recorder) (E-mail: gilmon.perrin@wanadoo.fr)

Artificii Musicali

Director : Guy Delvaux (harpsichord)
Year ensemble formed : 1988
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Turin, Italy
Members :
- Dario Luisi (violin)
- Giulia Panzeri (violin)
- Fabio Storino (violoncello)
- Giorgio Sanvito (violone)
- Ugo Nastrucci (theorbe)
- Guy Delvaux (harpsichord)

Les Arts Florissants

Music director : William Christie (1944-, harpsichord)
Year ensemble formed : 1979 -- by William Christie.
Description : Named after a composition by Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
WWW : http://www.arts-florissants.com/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - 2, rue de Saint Pétersbourg
    75008 Paris
    France
- Telephone : 33 (0)1 43 87 98 88
- Fax : 33 (0)1 43 87 37 31
- E-mail : info@arts-florissants.com

In the United States, the "American Friends of Les Arts Florissants" promotes concerts to bring William Christie and his orchestra to North America. For more information, contact:

American Friends of Les Arts Florissants
PO Box 3361
Chicago, IL 60654-0361
tel: 312-917-8114
e-mail: lesarts@mindspring.com

Home city/country : Paris, France
Discography :
- Harmonia mundi France
- Erato

Aspecte

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1987 -- by Matthias Weilenmann, Brian Franklin and Martin Derungs
Description : Perform at Schloss Weikersheim.
WWW : http://www.allegra-online.de/ensembleaspecte.htm
Contact information : ?
Performance Management : Allegra
Home city/country : Zurich, Switzerland
Members : cumulative
- Matthias Weilenmann (recorder)
- Dorothee Oberlinger (recorder)
- Brian Franklin (viola da gamba)
- Marieke Spaans (keyboard)
- Martin Derungs (harpsichord, organ)
- Bernd Niedecken (dance)

L'Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1996
Description : The ensemble borrows its name from the concert society founded in the seventeenth century by the French harpsichordist Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. The ensemble's mission is to shed new light on well-known compositions as well as to rediscover previously unexplored compositions from our musical heritage, using reproductions of period instruments. Recipient of international first prizes in early music competitions.(Rovereto 1998, Halle 2000 & Turin 2001)
WWW : http://www.honnestescurieux.com/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - L'Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux
    160 rue d'Aubervilliers bât. E1
    F-75019 PARIS
    FRANCE
- Telephone/Fax: +33 1 42 09 62 66
- Mobilephone: +33 6 75 123 502
- E-mail: info@honnestescurieux.com
Home city/country : Paris, France
Members :
- Amandine Beyer (baroque violin)
- Alba Roca (violin)
- Antoine Torunczyk (baroque oboe)
- Baldomero Barciela (viola da gamba)
- Chiao-Pin Kuo (harpsichord)
Discography :
- Marin Marais (1656-1728): Pièces en Trio et Sonates - includes a sonata by Jean-Ferry Rebel (1666-1747) - OPUS 111 -OP-30335 (Released in 2001.)
- Handel: "Sonatas in Several Parts by Mr Handel" (oboe sonatas) - Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT 031102 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2004.)
- Jean-Fery Rebel (1666-1747): Violin Sonatas Nr. 3, 5-7 - Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT 051102 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)

Asterion European Ensemble

Director : none
Guest conductors : Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr
Year ensemble formed : ?
Home city/country : The Netherlands - multinational performers

Aston Magna (or Music from Aston Magna)

Artistic director : Daniel Stepner (violin)
Year ensemble formed : ?
Contact information :
- E-mail: astmag@aol.com
Home city/country : Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Concert schedule : http://www.astonmagna.org/astonmfa.html
Discography :
- Aston Magna: The First Recording (Cambridge)
- J.S. Bach: The Six Brandenburg Concertos (Smithsonian NC016)
- Vivaldi Violin Concertos (Nonesuch)
- Live from Aston Magna (performances from the 1990 Festival; Titanic Records Ti-192)
- Schubert/Octet in F, D 803 (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907049)
- Mozart/Quintets K 581, K 407, K 516 (Harmonia Mundi HMU 907059)
- J.S. Bach: A Musical Offering and other Chamber Works (Centaur CRC 2295)
- Handel: The Triumph of Time and Truth (Centaur CRC 2431/32)
- WA Mozart: Quintet in A Major, K. 581; Allegro in B flat Major, K. anh 91 (516c), Quartet In G Major, K. 285e; Quartet in A Major, K. 298 - (Centaur CRC 2561) (Released in 2003)

L'Astrée

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : 1989
Description : The ensemble takes its name from the title given by François Couperin to one of his trio sonatas; a dance suite to which was later added (1726) resulting in the "Quatrieme Ordre des Nations", entitled "La Piémontaise". The ensemble maintains strong ties to the Isituto per i Beni Muscali in Piemonte.
Contact information :
- E-mail: giorgio.tabacco@libero.it (c/o Giorgio Tabacco)
Home city/country : Italy
Members :
- Current Members:
  - Ubaldo Rosso (traverso)
  - Paolo Faldi (oboe)
  - Francesco d'Orazio (violin)
  - Franco Andrini (violin)
  - Alessandro Tampieri (viola)
  - Emilia Gliozzi (violoncello)
  - Alessandro Palmeri (violoncello)
  - Aligi Voltan (bassoon)
  - Romano Damiani (lute)
  - Giorgio Tabacco (harpsichord)
- Past Members:
  - Stefano Veggetti (violoncello)
Discography :
- Gaetano Pugnani (1731-1798): "Pièces à plusieurs parties" - Symphonía SY 93S21 (Released and recorded in 1994.)
- Felice Giardini (1716-1796) : Five quartets dedicated to the Dukes of Devonshire - Opus 111 - OPS 30-163
- Tommaso Giordani (ca. 1703-1806) : Quartets & Quintets - Opus 111 - OPS 30-233 (Released and recorded in 1999.)
- Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti da Camera Op. 1 (RV 99, 91, 101, 90, 106, 94) - Opus 111 - OPS 30-264 (Recorded and released in 2000. Reissued in 2004 as Opus 111 OPS 30-394) -- From the Vivaldi scores housed in the The National University Library in Turin, Italy.
- Vivaldi: "Concerti e cantata da camera"
  - Vol. 1 (RV 97, 104, 105, 671, 654, 670) - with Laura Polverelli (mezzo-soprano) - Naïve/Opus 111 - OPS 30-358 (Recorded in 2000. Released in June 2002.)
  - Vol. 2 (RV 92, 100, 108, 651, 656, 657) - with Gemma Bertagnoli - Naïve/Opus 111 - OPS 30-404 (Released in 2004.)
  - Vol. 3 (RV 559, 497, 566, 534, 548, 454, 560) - Naïve/Opus 111 - OPS 30-381 (Released in 2005.)
- Vivaldi: "Sonate da camera" (RV 68, 86, 77, 70, 83, 71) - Naïve/Opus 111 - OPS 30-252 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2004.)
- Pugnani: "Sonates e trii" - Stradivarius STR33677 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2005.)

Atalanta Fugiens
(translation: "The fleeing Atalanta")

Director : Vanni Moretto (contrabass)
Year ensemble formed : 1995
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Italy
Members :
- Violins: Stefano Barneschi, Fabio Ravasi
- Gianni Maraldi (viola)
- Giuseppina Runza (violoncello)
- Vanni Moretto (contrabass)
- Alessandro Commellato (fortepiano)
Discography :
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837): Piano Quintets Op 74 & 87- ARK 59003 (Released in 1998.)
- Antonio Brioschi (active ca. 1725-1750): Sei Sinfonie - Deutsche harmonia mundi DHM 86697031162 (Released in 2007.)

L'Atelier des Musiques anciennes

Director : ?
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : an amateur ensemble
WWW : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ateliermusique.md/
Contact information :
- E-mail : michel.desgrandchamps@wanadoo.fr
Home city/country : Lorraine, France

Atempo

Co-directors :
- Elizete Bernabé (voice and harp)
- Leonardo Loredo (lute and percussion)
- Pedro Novaes (fiddles and bagpipe)
Year ensemble formed : 1992
Description : Vocal and instrumental ensemble, dedicated to medieval music. Repertory spans the 11th through 15th centuries : troubadours, trouvères, cantigas, ars nova, vocal and instrumental monodies and polyphonies. Group size ranges between 3 to 5 performers, depending on the program.
WWW : http://www.atempo.com.br/
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - Rua Paissandu, 225 apto 303 - Flamengo - RJ - BRAZIL - 22210-080
- Telephone : 55+21 558 6193
- FAX : 55+21 826 0617
- E-mail : atempo@trendnet.com.br
Home city/country : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Members : See co-directors above.

Athestis Consort
(See Academia de li Musici)

Atlanta Baroque Orchestra

Music Director : vacant
Leader : Karen Clarke
Year ensemble formed : 1997
Description : The ABO's parent organization is the Atlanta Early Music Alliance.
WWW : http://www.atlantabaroque.org
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - The Atlanta Baroque Orchestra
    303 Augusta Ave., S.E.
    Atlanta, GA 30315
- Telephone : (770) 537-0744
- FAX : ?
- E-mail : info@atlantabaroque.org
Home city/country : Atlanta, Georgia (Clayton College & State University)

Atlantis Ensemble or Trio

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Specializing in the classical and romantic piano trio literature on period instruments
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : USA
Members :
- Trio:
  - Jaap Schröder (violin)
  - Enid Sutherland (violoncello)
  - Penelope Crawford (fortepiano)
- Ensemble (above and...):
  - Peter Bucknell (viola)
  - Daniel Foster (viola)
  - Anne Trout (double bass)
Discography :
- Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat Op. 99, Adagio e Rondo concertante in F, Notturno in E-flat - Wildboar WLBR 9703
- Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 100, Sonata in B-flat - Wildboar WLBR 9704
- Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: "Piano Trios" - includes Piano trio no. 2 in c minor, op. 66 (Felix), Piano trio in d minor, op. 11 (Fanny) - Musica Omnia mo0105
- Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1, Op.49 / Piano Sextet, Op.110 - Musica Omnia mo0205 (Released in 2006.)

Augsburg Early Music Ensemble
(See Ensemble für Frühe Musik, Augsburg)

Aulos Consort

Director : none
Year ensemble formed : ?
Description : Specializes in performing 16th and 17th century music.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Rimini, Italy

Aulos Ensemble

Director : No musical director
Year ensemble formed : 1973 -- by graduates of Julliard.
Description : Baroque chamber ensemble performing on original instruments. The ensemble tours extensively throughout North America and is presented annually at New York City's Metropolitan Museum in a series of Christmas Concerts featuring guest artists such as Julianne Baird and Dawn Upshaw.
WWW : http://www.aulos.org
Contact information :
- E-mail : marcschachman@pocketmail.com
Performance management : Mariedi Anders Artists Manangement (maaminc@aol.com)
Home city/country : New York, New York
Members :
- Christopher Krueger (flauto traverso)
- Marc Schachman (baroque oboe)
- Linda Quan (baroque violin)
- Myron Lutzke (baroque violoncello)
- Arthus Haas (harpsichord)
Discography :
- 12 CDs of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, and Telemann - MHS/Musicmasters
- "A Baroque Christmas from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Concerts" - with Julianne Baird, soprano - MHS/MusicMasters Classics (Released in 1994.)
- in dulci jubilo (Baroque music for Christmas): works by Böddecker, Corrette, Bruhns, Rameau, Couperin, JS Bach und Traditionals - with Julianne Baird, soprano - Centaur Records CRC 2831 (Recorded and released in 2006.)

Aura Musicale

Artistic director : Balázs Máté (violoncello)
Year ensemble formed : 1995
Description : Performs German and Austrian music composed between 1500-1800, especially focused on rarities.
Contact information : ?
Home city/country : Hungary
Members : (cumulative listing)
- Éva Posvanecz (violin)
- Zsolt Kalló (violin)
- László Paulik (violin)
- Ildikó Lang (violin)
- Balázs Bozzai (violin)
- István Soltész (violin)
- Erzsébet Rácz (violin)
- Ágnes Kovács (violin)
- Éva Posvanecz (viola)
- Szilvia Némethy (viola)
- Balázs Máté (violoncello)
- Csaba Sipos (violone)
- Attila Martos (double bass)
- István Szabó (theorbe)
- Tamás Szekendi (organ/harpsichord/tangent piano)
- Léon Berben (organ/harpsichord)
- Géza Klembala (harpsichord)
Discography :
- Giuseppe Valentini (c. 1680 - c. 1746): "7 Bizzarrie Per Camera Op. 2" - Hungaroton HCD 31864 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 2000.)
- Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773): "4 Concertos for Flute" with Benedek Csalog (baroque flute) - Hungaroton HCD 31916 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
- Antonio Caldara (ca. 1670-1736) : Missa Dolorosa, Stabat Mater, Sinfonia in G minor, Sinfonia in E minor - with soloists, Coro della Radio Svizzera, Diego Fasolis (chorus master), and René Clemencic (conductor) - Naxos 8.554715 (Recorded in 1997. Released in 2000.)
- Carlo Tessarini (ca. 1690-ca. 1766):
  - Contrasto Armonico, op X; Introducioni a 4, op XI (Libro 1) - Hungaroton HCD 32025 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
  - Introducioni a 4, Op. XI (Libri 2-4) - Hungaroton HCD 32303 (Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)
- Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724-1808): "Cello Concertos" - Hungaroton 32125/6 (2 CDs; Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002.)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-87): "The Seven Trio Sonatas" - Hungaroton HCD 32158 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)
- Johann Sigismund Kusser (1660-1727): "Festin des Muses" (orchestral suites) - Hungaroton HCD 32337 (Released in 2005.)

L'Aura Soave

Director : Diego Cantalupi
Year ensemble formed : 1995
WWW :
- http://www.mvcremona.it/ensemblelaurasoaveENG.htm
- http://space.tin.it/musica/diecan/
Contact information :
- E-mail: singwolf@tin.it
Home city/country : Cremona, Italy
Members :
- Maurizio Cadossi (violin)
- Andrea Rognoni (violin)
- Marco Frezzato (violoncello)
- Leonardo Morini (harpsichord)
- Diego Cantalupi (theorbe)
Discography :
- Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643): Liber Secundus Sacrarum Modulationum (1627) - Tactus TC 580602 (1998)
- Tarquinio Merula (1595-1665): Curtio Precipitato - Tactus TC 591302 (1999)
- Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) : Chamber Sonatas, Op. 2 - Tactus TC 670301 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
- Caldara: "Cello Sonatas" - with Marco Frezzato, violoncello - Tactus TCT 670302 (Released in 2002.)
- Salomone Rossi : "Madrigals" - Madrigaletti, Op. 13. - 6 madrigals for solo voice and theorbe - Tactus TC 571802 (2000)
- Andrea Zani (1696-1757) Sonate a Violino Solo e Basso intitolate "Pensieri Armonici", Opera quinta - MV Cremona MVC/001-004
- Carlo Zuccari (1704-1792) Sonate a Violino Solo e Basso, Opera Prima - MV Cremona MVC/000-003
- Gasparo Visconti (1683-1731) Sonate à Violino, è Violone, ò Cembalo, Opera Prima (Amsterdam 1703) - MV Cremona MVC/999-001
- "Cremona e la sua tutela celeste - Musiche per la cattedrale di Cremona (1610-20)" Music by Nicolò Corradini (?-1646) & Bernardo Corsi (?-1629) - MV Cremona MVC/001-006
- "Instrumental music of Cremona in the time of Stradivari": works by Tarquinio Merula, Carlo Piazzi, Gasparo Visconti, Andrea Zani, Carlo Zuccari - MV Cremona MVC/000-002

AuserMusici

Director : Carlo Ipata (traverso) (E-mail: ipata@ausermusici.org)
Year ensemble formed : 1997
Description : A mixed vocal and instrumental ensemble. "Auser" refers to the river in the area of Pisa which existed until about the 17th century. The ensemble stresses their work on Tuscany composers of the 17th and 18th centuries, such as Barsanti (Lucca), Brunelli (Pisa), Nardini (Livorno).
WWW : http://www.ausermusici.org
Contact information :
- Postal address :
  - C/o Ass.ne Teatro Verdi di Pisa
    Via Palestro, 40
    56127 Pisa
    ITALY
- Telephone : +39.050.941144
- FAX : +39.050.941198
- E-mail : info@ausermusici.org
Home city/country : Pisa, Italy
Members : cumulative
- Carlo Ipata (traverso)
- Ugo Nastrucci (Baroque guitar and theorbe)
- Paola Poncet (harpsichord)
- Martino Noferi (flûte douce)
- Guido Balestracci, Paolo Biordi, Francesca Chiocci (viola da gamba)
- Francesco Tomei (viola de gambe, violone)
- Marta Graziolino (arpa tripla)
- Francesco Romano (theorbe & lute)
- Daniele Boccaccio, Lisa Navach (harpsichord)
- Nicola Pedrazzoli (percussion)
- & Singers...
Discography :
- Francesco Barsanti : "Sei Sonate op.2 per Flauto traverso" - Ipata (traverso) - Agorà Ag 157.1
- Pietro Nardini : Flute concerti and overtures - Agorà Ag 262.1 (Released in 2001.)
- Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti (1730-95): "Musica da camera e concerto per clavicembalo" - Paola Poncet, harpsichord - Tactus TC 733701&

Andrassy Trio

Andrea Amati Baroque Orchestra

An Dud Nevez

Anfioneo ensemble

Angelicum de Puebla

Angeles Consort

Anima et Chordae

Anima Eterna Orchestra

Anima mea

Anima Mundi Consort

Anthonello

L'antica musica New York

Antichi Strumenti

The Antiquarian Funks

Antiquarius Consort Praga

Antiquarius Quartet Praga

Antwerps Blockfluit Consort

Apollo's Banquet

Apollo's Cabinet

Apollo Consort

Apollo Ensemble

Apollo Ensemble

Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra

Apponyi Quartet

Aquila Altera

Les Aquilons, Ensemble de musique baroque

Aradia Ensemble (or Aradia Baroque Ensemble)

Arbor Oak Trio

Arborea Musica & Friends

Arcadia

Arcadia

Arcadia Players - Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Ensemble

Arcadian Academy

Arcady

Arcangeli Baroque Strings

Arcangelo Trio

L'Archibudelli

Archicembalo Ensemble

ArcoVoce

Aria Concertata

Arietta Consort

Arion (Also referred to as Ensemble Arion)

Arioso Baroque Ensemble

L'Armonia e L'Inventione

L'Armonia Sonora

Armoniosi Concerti

Armonico Tributo Austria

Armonico Tributo Baroque Orchestra & Soloists

L'Arpa Festante (See Barockorchester L'Arpa Festante.)

L'Arpeggiata

Ars Antigua

Ars Antiqua

Ars Antiqua Austria

Ars Antiqua de Paris

Ars Cameralis

Ars Cantus

Ars Femina

Ars Italica

Ars Musica Chicago

Ars Nova

Ars Nova

Ars Nova

Ars Nova

Arsatius Consort

Artaria Quartet

L'Arte Dell'Arco

L'arte del mondo

Arte en Parte

Arte Resoluta

Arte dei Suonatori

ARTEK

ARTEMIS

Artémuse

Artificii Musicali

Les Arts Florissants

Aspecte

L'Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux

Asterion European Ensemble

Aston Magna (or Music from Aston Magna)

L'Astrée

Arion
(Also referred to as Ensemble Arion)

L'Arpa Festante
(See Barockorchester L'Arpa Festante.)

Atalanta Fugiens
(translation: "The fleeing Atalanta")

Athestis Consort
(See Academia de li Musici)

Augsburg Early Music Ensemble
(See Ensemble für Frühe Musik, Augsburg)