"Ens. F - Ez" Ensembles

Ensemble "il Falcone"

• Director : Fabrizio Haim Cipriani (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• WWW : http://www.ilfalcone.org
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: ilfalcone@fastwebnet.it
• Home city/country : Genova, Italy
• Members :
  • Fabrizio Haim Cipriani (violin)
  • Davide Monti (violin)
  • Guido De Vecchi (viola)
  • Marcello Scandelli (violoncello)
  • Maurizio Less (violone)
  • Paola Cialdella (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Baldassarre Galuppi (1706-1785): 7 Concerti a Quattro - Dynamic CDS519 (Released in 2006.)

Ensemble Favori

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1997
• WWW : http://www.favori.de/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o Sabine Weber
      Herderstr. 39a
      D-50931 Köln
      GERMANY
  • Telephone : 0221 / 40 62 636
  • E-mail : SaWeberDue@aol.com  (c/o Sabine Weber)
• Home city/country : Cologne, Germany
• Members :
  • Laurence Dean (traverso)
  • Andreas Preuß (violin)
  • Sabine Weber (viola da gamba)
  • Ketil Haugsand (harpsichord)

Ensemble Festina Lente
(See Festina Lente)

Ensemble Fête Rustique
(See Festa Rustica)

Ensemble Fiori Musicali Copenhagen

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1990
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Copenhagen, Denmark
• Members :
  • Nikolaj Ronimus (recorder)
  • Helene Jerg (baroque 'cello)
  • Leif Meyer (harpsichord/organ)
• Discography :
  • "Les voix des Loeillet - Recorder Sonatas of the Loeillet Family" - Classico - CLASSCD 229

Ensemble Fitzwilliam

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• WWW : http://www.chez.com/fitzwilliam/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • 13 rue des Fraisiers
      91120 Palaiseau
      FRANCE
  • Fax: 01 69 31 86 70
  • E-mail:
    • ph.clairon@club-internet.fr
    • jp.nico@free.fr
• Home city/country : France
• Members:
  • Core:
    • Jean-Pierre Nicolas (recorder)
    • Michèle Dévérité (harpsichord)
    • Bruno Cocset (violoncello)
  • Former or Guests:
    • Pierre Hamon (recorder)
    • Paul Dombrecht (oboe)
    • Enrico Gatti (violin)
    • Pascal Monteilhet (theorbe)
• Discography :
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi: "Canzoni & Partite" - Astrée Auvidis E8514
  • Tarquinio Merula: "Canzoni-Motetti-Sonate" - Astrée Auvidis E4641
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: "Solo Trio & Concerto" - Astrée Auvidis E8561
  • Andrea Falconieri: "Fantasies, Danses, Villanelle, Arie" - Astrée Auvidis E8511
  • Marin Marais: "Pièces en Trio" - Astrée Auvidis E4638
  • Handel: Recorder Sonatas (HWV 360, 362, 365, 367, 369, 371, 377) - Zig-Zag ZZT030201 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003. Reissued in 2006 on the Zebra Collection budget sublabel.)
  • Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713): Sonatas Opus V, Nos. 7-12 - Zig-Zag ZZT050903 (Released in 2005.)

Ensemble La Flora

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members :
  • Alida Oliva (soprano)
  • Michel van Goethem (countertenor)
  • Sergio Foresti (bass)
  • Daniele Cernuto (violoncello)
  • Miranda Aureli (organ)
  • Stefano Rocco (archlute)
  • Rémi Cassaigne (chitarrone)
• Discography :
  • "Notturni Barocchi A Voce Sola Per La Liturgia Della Settimana Santa" (Baroque nocturnes for solo voice for the liturgy of the Holy Week) - with works by Giacomo Antonio Perti, Nicola Porpora, Antonio Lotti, Giuseppe Aldrovandini, Luca Antonio Predieri - Bongiovanni GB 5087-2 (Released in 2000.)

Ensemble Florata -- disbanded

• Director : Tim Rayborn
• Year ensemble formed : 1994 -- by Tim Rayborn
• Year disbanded : 1999
• Description : Ensemble Florata was dedicated to the study and performance of music through the 14th century, and to the traditional music of the Sephardic Jews and North African peoples. The relationship between these cultures is a particular interest of the ensemble.
• WWW : http://www.timrayborn.com/Ensemble%20Florata.html
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : tim@timrayborn.com
• Home city/country : Univ. of Leeds, UK
• Members :
  • Alison Sabedoria (voice, symphony, harp, medieval fiddle, percussion)
  • Suzanne Hirschman (recorders, psaltery)
  • Tim Rayborn (voice, `ud, psaltery, harp, percussion)
• Discography :
  • "Far Away Lands" - The Medieval Sephardic Heritage - ASV Gaudeamus CD GAU 165
  • "Magnificentia Iberica" - Music of Medieval Spain - ASV Gaudeamus CD GAU 144

Ensemble Florilegium Musicum

• Director : Hans Ludwig Hirsch
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ? inactive
• Home city/country : ?
• Discography :
  • Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto,Op 9/8 - Teldec 0630-12323
  • George Philipp Telemann: Pimpinone (1728) - Teldec (2 CDs. Recorded in 1975.)

Ensemble La Follia

• Director/Leader : Christophe Poiget
  • Previous: Miguel de La Fuente
• Year ensemble formed : 1971
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Mühlhausen, Germany / Basel, Switzerland
• Discography :
  • Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-87): "Alcidiane et Polexandre" (excerpts from the ballet) - Arion ARN 55470 (Recorded in 1977. Released in 1999.)
  • WA Mozart: "Petite musique de nuit" - includes Sérénade in D (K.239), Adagio and Fugue in c (K.546), Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in G (K.525), Adagio in E für Violine (K.261), Ein musikalischer Spaß K.522 - Calliope CAL 9289 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
  • "Oboe Concertos": works by Handel and Christoph Förster (1693-1745) - with Lajos Lencsés, oboe - Hänssler Classic CD 98.217 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)

Ensemble La Fontaine

• Artistic director : Regina Bertini
• Year ensemble formed : 1991 -- by Paola Erdas
• Description : The group aims at performing the music and ballet repertoire developed in France between the XVII and XVIII centuries.
• Contact information : ?
• Performance management : ?
• Home city/country : Italy

Ensemble Fontegara

• Director : Raúl Mallavibarrena (organ)
• Year ensemble formed : 1993 -- by Raúl Mallavibarrena
• Description : Named after “Opera intitulada Fontegara” (Venezia 1535) by Silvestre Ganassi. Accompanies the vocal ensemble Music Ficta.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Spain
• Members :
  • Andoni Mercero (violin)
  • Mercedes Ruiz (violoncello)
  • Rafael Bonavita (archlute)
  • Raúl Mallavibarrena (organ)
• Discography : Enchiriadis
  • Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599): "Villanescas" - with Musica Ficta
    • Vol. 1 - EN 2014 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
    • Vol. 2 - EN 2018
  • Telemann: "Alto Cantatas" (from Der Harmonischer Gottesdienst 1725-1726) - with Marta Infante (mezzo-soprano) - EN 2017 (Released in 2007.)

Ensemble für Frühe Musik, Augsburg

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1977
• Description : Specializes in medieval music.
• WWW : http://e-f-f-m-a.de
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Kemptener Str. 31
      D-86163 Augsburg
      GERMANY
  • Telephon (08 21) 66 46 39
  • Fax (08 21) 66 73 69
  • E-mail: info@e-f-f-m-a.de
• Home city/country : Augsburg, Germany

Ensemble Il Fuggilotio
(See Il Fuggilotio.)

Ensemble Galant

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : UK
• Members :
  • Catherine Martin (Violin)
  • Andrea Morris (Violin)
  • Jane Rogers (Viola)
  • Katherine McGillivray (Viola)
  • Alison McGillivray (Cello)
  • Robert Montgomery (Natural Horn)
  • Geoffrey Govier (Fortepiano, piano)
• Discography :
  • "Music for Horn" (music by Beethoven, Brahms, and Mozart) with Andrew Clark (Natural Horn) - EMD/EMI CLASSICS  72822 (budget "Debut" series)

Ensemble Galilei (of Chiavenna, Italy)
(renamed "Galatea")

Ensemble Galilei

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Celtic and classical musicians.
• WWW : http://www.maggiesmusic.com/mmeg.html
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Washington, DC, USA
• Members :
  • Maggie Sansone (hammered dulcimer)
  • Carolyn Surrick (viola da gamba)
  • Sue Richards (Celtic harp)
  • Jim Brooks (recorders)
  • Marcia Diehl (recorder, pennywhistle and bowed psaltery)
  • Bonnie Rideout (Scottish fiddle; special guest)

Ensemble Galliarda, Basel

• Directors : Marianne Lüthi & Manfred Harras
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Basel, Switzerland
• Discography :
  • Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654): "Christe, qui lux es et dies" - Cantate C58002 (Released in 2000.)

Ensemble Gaudior

• Director : Alexandra MacCracken (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : 1999
• Description : Gaudior means that joy without which the universe would collapse
• WWW : http://ensemblegaudior.com/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Gaudior
      c/o Alexandra MacCracken
      12108 Vale Rd.
      Oakton, VA 22124
  • Telephone : 703-395-2899
  • FAX : 703-620-2993
  • E-mail : :info@ensemblegaudior.com
• Home city/country : Washington, DC
• Members :
  • Alexandra McCracken (violin) (E-mail: viol328@mindspring.com)
  • Tina Chancey (viola da gamba, pardessus de viole)
  • Web Wiggins (harpsichord)

Ensemble Gilles-Binchois

• Director : Dominique Vellard
• Year ensemble formed : 1978
• Description : A biography compiled by Todd McComb.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : France
• Discography : Compiled by Todd McComb.

Ensemble Gilles Rapin

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Natural trumpet ensemble.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : France

Ensemble Glosas

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1980 -- Gabriel Garrido et al.
• Description : Specialize in music of the Renaissance.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : ?
• Members : ?

Ensemble of the Golden Age

• Director : Margaret Caley
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : smusgrav@extro.ucc.su.oz.au
• Home city/country : Sydney, Australia

Ensemble Gradiva

• Musical director : Alain Zaepffel (countertenor)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • 18, rue Clapeyron
      75008 Paris
      FRANCE
  • Tel : +33 (0)1 42 94 14 64
  • Fax : +33 (0)1 44 70 06 55
• Home city/country : Paris, France
• Discography :
  • Johann Adolf Hasse: "Il Ciclope", "La Danza" - Ades 201932 (Released in 1992.)
  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Leçons de ténèbres - with Alain Zaepffel (countertenor), Véronique Dietschy (soprano) - Accord (Reissued in 2004.)
  • M-A Charpentier: Leçons de ténèbres et ragas de la nuit avancée - with Alain Zaepffel (countertenor), Véronique Dietschy (soprano) - K617 017
  • Alessandro Scarlatti - Stabat Mater / Salve Regina - with Alain Zaepffel (countertenor), Véronique Dietschy (soprano) - Accord (Reissued in 2002.)
  • Anthoine Boesset: Madame de Lafayette - Adès 204722 (Reissued as Accord 4762510 in 2004)

Ensemble Guillaume de Machaut de Paris

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

Ensemble Haydn-Heritage

• Director : Hendrik Bouman
• Year ensemble formed : 1989
• Description: An ensemble featuring Hendrik Bouman
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: anna@theclassicalmuse.com
• Home city/country : Nice, France
• Members :
  • Liselyn Adams - baroque flute
  • Grégoire Jeay - baroque flute
  • Jean-François Rivest - baroque violin
  • Michiko Nagashima - baroque violin
  • Susie Napper - viola da gamba
  • Hendrik Bouman - organ, harpsichord
• Discography :
  • "Musique en Nouvelle France - Petit Motets": works by André Campra ("O Jesu Amantissime", "Immensus es Domine" "Quis ego Domine"), Nicolas Bernier ("Benedicam Dominum"), and Jean-Baptiste Morin ("Motet pour le Saint-Sacrement") -  REM 311110 (Radio Canada)

Ensemble Hypothesis

• Director : Leopoldo d'Agostino (recorder)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country :  Europe
• Members :
  • Sigurd van Lommel (countertenor)
  • Leopoldo d'Agostino (recorder)
  • Cinzia Zotti (bass viol)
  • Alain Cahagne (harpsichord & organ)
• Discography :
  • Adriano Banchieri: "Il Virtuoso" - Tactus TC 560203 (Released in 2005.)
  • Salomone Rossi (1570 - 1630ca.): "Hebreo" - Tactus TC 571804
  • Handel: Rinaldo -- "the most celebrated airs and duets in the opera curiously fitted and contrived." (Walsh Ed., London 1711) - Chamber version for countertenor - FY-Solstice SOCD 230 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2005.)

Ensemble Iberia

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Spain
• Members :
  • Ismael Ruiz de Infante (Baroque violin)
  • Marcos Magalhaes (harpsichord)
  • Xavier Roig (Baroque violoncello)

Ensemble Incantato

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : (trans. "The Enchanted Ensemble")
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Germany
• Members :
  • Mona Spägele (soprano)
  • Hubert Hoffmann (chitarrone)
  • Matthias Müller-Mohr (lirone, viola da gamba)
  • Detlef Bratschke (harpsichord, organ)
• Discography :
  • Barbara Strozzi (1619-1664): "Arias, Cantatas, and Laments" - CPO 999 533-2 (Released in 1998.)
  • Benedetto Ferrari (1603/04-1681) : "Madrigali e Canzonette" - CPO 999 722-2 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)

Ensemble Inégal

• Director : Adam Viktora
• Year ensemble formed : 2000 -- by Adam Viktora (organ) and Gabriela Eibenová (soprano)
• Description : Dedicated to an enlightened interpretation of music of the 16th through 21st centuries. The ensemble's name also characterizes its approach to the dramaturgy and to the principles of our interpretation: Inégal – non uniform.
• WWW : http://www.inegal.cz
• Contact information :
  • Postal address : ?
  • Telephone : +420 608 333 942
  • FAX : ?
  • E-mail : ensemble@inegal.cz
• Home city/country : Czech Republic
• Discography :
  • Jan Josef Ignác Brentner (1689-1742): Nibriu (2003)
  • Zelenka: "Il Serpente di Bronzo" - Nibriu NI01462211 (2005)

Ensemble Instrumental Baroque

• Leader : Daniel Cuiller
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : France
• Members :
  • Daniel Cuiller (violin)
  • Nirina Bougès (violin)
  • Christine Moran (viola)
  • Elena Andreyef (violoncello)
  • Philippe LeCorf (double bass)
  • Isabelle Gratius (oboe)
  • Bernard Fourtet (serpent)
  • Jean-Christophe Maillard (flute, musette)
  • Anne-Lise Labusquières (organ, harpsichord)

Ensemble Instrumental "La Danserye"

• Director : Fernando Pérez Valera
• Year ensemble formed : 1998
• Description : Instrumental Music from the Middle Ages to the later Renaissance in Europe, particularly wind usic of "Ministriles" in Spain.
• WWW : http://www.geocities.com/fperezval/indice.html
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • C/ Huerto, nº 5
      30420 Calasparra
      (Murcia)
      SPAIN
  • Telephone : +34679780733
  • E-mail :
    • ensembledanserye@yahoo.es
    • fperezval@yahoo.com
• Home city/country : Calasparra (Murcia), Spain
• Members :
  • Fernando Pérez Valera (cornetto, cornetto muto, recorder)
  • Juan Alberto Pérez Valera (cornetto, cornetto muto, chalumeau, medieval flute and recorder)
  • Luis Alfonso Pérez Valera (Tenor Sackbut and recorder)
  • Eduardo Pérez Valera (Sackbut and recorder)
  • Diego Sanchez Moya (darbouka, tabor, drum and other percussion)
• Discography :
  • Duo Seraphim. Villancicos de Navidad de Francisco Guerrero, Cancionero de Belem, y autores portugueses y latinoamericanos. En colaboración con Ars Mvsica, dirigidos por Emilio Cano Molina
  • La música en la Corte de Carlos I y Felipe II. Sacred motets by Victoria, van Berchem. Songs of Cancionero de Palacio (Juan del Encina and Francisco de la Torre), Instrumental dances of Tilman Susato and Giorgio Mainerio, etc. In colaboration with "Coro de Camara Polymnia", conducted by Jorge Rodriguez Morata
  • La Catedral y Capilla Real de Granada en el Siglo XVI. Sacred moted by Ceballos, Jerónimo de Aliseda, Santos de Aliseda y Luis de Aranda. With "La Cantoría", conducted by Pablo Heras Casado.
  • El Cancionero de Uppsala. In colaboration with Grupo Vocal "Capella Nova".

Ensemble Jean-Marie-Leclair

• Director : Jean Estournet (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : France
• Discography :
  • Vivaldi: "La Gloria e Imeneo" - with countertenors Jean Nirouët & Robert Expert - Ligia Digial Lidi 0202016-94 (premiere recording) (1994)

Ensemble J. M. Anciuti

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : The name of the Ensemble is taken from the famous builder of flutes, oboes, and bassoons that worked in Milan in the first part of the 18th century. The ensemble specializes music from the 18th century.
• WWW : http://www.musicaper.it/Anciuti.htm
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members : (cumulative)
  • Paolo Pollastri (oboe)
  • Stefano Montanari (violin)
  • Claudio Rufa (flute)
  • Alberto Guerra (bassoon)
  • Alberto  Santi (bassoon)
  • Mauro Valli (violoncello)
  • Bruno Re (viol)
  • Giovanni Valgimigli (bass viol, violone)
  • Giovanna Losco (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750): "Six Solos for German Flute, Violin or Hautboy, Op. 13 " - Tactus TC 691902 (Released in 2002.)
  • Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763) : "Sonate e Triosonate" - Paolo Pollastri (oboe) - Tactus 691601 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 1999.)

Ensemble Kapsberger

• Director : Rolf Lislevand (chittarone and baroque guitar)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Members of Hesperion XX
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Europe
• Members :
  • Pedro Estevan (percussion)
  • Rolf Lislevand (chitarone and baroque guitar)
  • Bjorn Kjellemyr (colascione)
• Discography :
  • Santiago de Murcia. (1682-1737) : Codex Saldivar - Naïve/Astrée E8661 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  • "Alfabeto": works by Foscarini, Domenico Pellegrini, Granada, Corbetta - Naïve/Astrée E8852 (Released in 2001. Released in 2002.)
  • Vivaldi: "Musica pe madolino e liuto" (RV 532, 425, 85, 540, 82, 93) - Rolf Lislevand, lute - Naïve/Opus 111 OP30429 (Released in 2007.)

Ensemble Lanterly

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : ?
• Members :
  • Elfriede Stahmer (violin)
  • Folkert Uhde (violin)
  • Robert Sagasser (viola da gamba)
  • Thomas Inhlenfeldt (chitarrone)
  • Cathrin Schulze Dorfkönig (organ)
• Discography :
  • "Lüneburg 1647: Sacred Concertos out of the 'Weckmann Manuscript'" - MDG 605 0647-2 (Recorded in 1995.)

Ensemble Leclair

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Japan

Ensemble Leipziger Concert

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Performed on instruments from the Musikinstrumenten-Museum der Universität Leipzig
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Leipzig, Germany
• Discography :
  • "Entwurff einer wohlbestallten Music...": works by JS Bach and Johann Schelle (1648-1701) - with the Thomanerchor Leipzig - Raumklang RK 2001 (Released in 2002.)

Ensemble Lipzodes

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 2004
• Description: This unique ensemble combines voice, shawms, dulcians, recorders, and percussion to bring to life the rarely performed music of 16th century Guatemala. In addition to this singular repertoire, the ensemble also explores new directions in early music utilizing voices and winds.
• WWW : www.lipzodes.org
• Contact information :
  • Wolodymyr Smishkewych
    • +1 (812) 336 5354 (Spanish & English)
  • Juan Carlos Arango
    • +1 (812) 597 0504 (Spanish, Portuguese, English)
  • Mailing Address:
        7576 Fern Hill Ln.
        Morgantown, Indiana 46160
        USA
  • Fax: +1 (253) 541 5685
  • Email: lipzodes@yahoo.com
• Home city/country : Bloomington, Indiana, USA
• Members :
  o Juan Carlos Arango (shawms and dulcians)
  o C. Keith Collins (shawms, dulcians and recorders)
  o Anna Marsh (shawms, dulcians and recorders)
  o Kathryn Montoya (shawms, dulcians and recorders)
  o Wolodymyr J. Smishkewych (voice and percussion)

Ensemble Lucidarium

• Directors : Avery Gosfield & Francis Biggi
• Year ensemble formed : 1991
• Description : Lucidarium specializes in mediaeval and early Renaissance music.
• WWW : http://lucidarium.com/
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: info@lucidarium.com
• Members :
  • Voice: Paul Gerhardt Adam, Raphael Boulay, Annemieke Cantor, Rosa Dominguez, Petter Johansen, Gloria Moretti, June Telletxea, Paul Willenbrock
  • Corina Marti: recorder
  • Francis Biggi: cetra, medieval and renaissance lutes, colascione
  • Avery Gosfield: recorder, pipe and tabor, double flute, percussion
  • Marco Ferrari: recorder, shawm, bagpipe, dulcian
  • Massimiliano Dragoni: percussion, hammer dulcimer
  • Viva Biancaluna Biffi: medieval fiddle, voice
  • Thais Ohara: fidel, rebec
  • Per Mattsson: fidel, lira da braccio
  • Federico Marincola: renaissance lute, mandora, colascione
• Home city/country : Italy/Switzerland
• Discography :
  • "Lo mio servente core: Music at (sic) the time of Dante" - l'empreinte digitale - ED13051
  • "En chantan m'aven a membrar": troubadour, trouvère and Minnesanger from the Rhone to the Rhine - l'empreinte digitale
  • "Le droict chemin: popular devotion at the time of the Reformation" - l'empreinte digitale - ED13126

Ensemble «Lyra»

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

Ensemble La Mascherata

• Artistic director & conductor : Paolo Capirci (recorders)
• Year ensemble formed : 1996
• Description : The ensemble specializes in Renaissance musical theatre based on the Commedia dell'Arte.
• WWW : http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/3693/Home_it.html
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Ensemble La Mascherata
      contrada Colle Carciano, 40
      I 00049 Velletri (RM)
      Italy
  • Telephone/FAX : 0039069629316
  • E-mail : capirci@allnet.it
• Home city/country : Rome and Velletri
• Members :
  • Anna Maria Di Lorenzo (soprano, percussion)
  • Nando Citarella actor (tenor, percussion)
  • Valeria Emanuele (actress)
  • Luca Cairati (actor)
  • Fabrizio Paladin (actor)
  • Giuseppe Auletta (actor, tenor)
  • Andrea Robino Rizzet (baritone, actor)
  • Paolo Capirci (recorders)
  • Daniele Bernardini (recorders, actor)
  • Cristina Ternovec (viola da gamba, lirone, actress)
  • Margarete Thyssen (viola da gamba, bombarda, actress)
  • Goffredo degli Esposti (bombarda, pipe and tabor, cornamusa, recorders, actor)
  • Francesco Mirarchi (lute, renaissance guitar, actor)

Ensemble Matheus

• Director : Jean-Christophe Spinosi (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : 1991 -- by Jean-Christophe Spinosi
• Description : Varies in size from 10-30+ musicians, according to the repertoire performed. When the ensemble plays later classical music, modern instruments are used; however, priority is given to the performance on period instruments of works dating before 1800 that have been neglected or forgotten.
• WWW: http://www.fevis.com/pages/ensemble.php?fiche=matheus
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • Nolwenn Le Beller / Marie Andrieux
      2 et 4, avenue Clemenceau
      BP 411
      29275 Brest
      FRANCE
  • cedex Téléphone : +33 (0)2 98 33 95 03
  • Fax : + 33 (0)2 98 33 95 01
  • E-mail : ensemble.matheus@wanadoo.fr
• Home city/country : France
• Discography :
  • Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) : "Concerti con molti strumenti"
    • Vol. 1 - RV 555, 556, 559, 560, 579, 558 - Arion / Pierre Verany PV796023 (Recorded in 1995; Released in 1996)
    • Vol. 2 - RV 556 (ver. 2) 557, 566, 572, 576, 577, 585 - Arion / Pierre Verany PV797012 (Recorded in 1996; Released in 1997)
  • Vivaldi: "Concerti per flautino: La notte. La tempesta di mare. Il gardellino" (RV 312R, 428, 433, 439, 441, 443): Sébastien Marq, recorder - Naïve/Opus 111 OP 30-371 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2003.)
  • Vivaldi: La Verità in cimento (opera, RV 739) - Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto; Gemma Bertagnoli, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto; Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano; Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor - Naïve/Opus 111 OP 30-363 (3 CDs. Recorded in 2001. Released in 2003.)
  • Antoine de Lhoyer (1768-1852): Concerto for guitar and strings Opus 16 - Three duos concertants for two guitars, Opus 31 - with Josiane Rabemananjara & Philippe Spinosi, guitars - Naïve/Opus 111 OP 30-396  (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2004.)
  • Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso - with Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Jennifer Larmore, etc., Choeur "Les Elements". Naïve/Opus 111 OP 30-393 (3 CDs. Recorded in 2004. Released in 2004.)
  • Vivaldi. Griselda - Naïve/Opus 111 OP 30-419 (3 CDs. Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
  • Vivaldi: "Heroes" (Opera Arias) - with Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor - Virgin Classics 363414-2 (Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)

Ensemble de' Medici

• Director : Keller Coker (sackbut, cittern, tenor viol)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Los Angeles, California
• Members :
  • James Tyler (lute, tenor viol, baroque guitar)
  • Kris Gould (soprano)
  • Dirk Freymuth (lute, violone)
  • Dana Marsh (countertenor)
  • Nina Treadwell (luite, chittarone, baroque guitar)
  • Keller Coker (sackbut, cittern, tenor viol)
  • J. Lee Graham (tenor)
  • Mark Sumner (bass)
  • Todd French (treble viol, bass viol)
  • Robert Tueller (bass viol)
  • Denise Briesé (bass viol)
  • Niki Carras (renaissance flutes)

Ensemble Mediolanum

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1999
• WWW: http://www.ensemble-mediolanum.de
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • Sabine Ambos
      Schwarzburgstraße 24
      60318 Frankfurt am Main
      GERMANY
  • Telephone: 069-90501599
  • E-mail: kontakt@ensemble-mediolanum.de
• Home city/country : Frankfurt, Germany
• Members :
  • Sabine Ambos (recorder)
  • Felix Koch (Baroque violoncello)
  • Wiebke Weidanz (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • "Barock Live" - works by Angelo Berardi, Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani, Tarquinio Merula und Martino Pesenti - Deutsche Phono - Akademie Hamburg (Recorded in 2000 & 2001.)
  • Giuseppe Sammartini: "Sonatas for Recorder" - Christophorus CHR77252 (Recorded and released in 2002.)
  • Roberto Valentini (c.1671-1747). Sonate à Flauto e Basso. Ramée 0701 (Released in March 2007.)

Ensemble Mariposa

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Performs Renaissance and Baroque music.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Texas, USA
• Singers:
  • Nancy Ellis
  • Jean Golladay
  • Paul Downs
  • Scott O'Neal
  • Joseph Painter
• Instrumentalists :
  • Alan Austin (Baroque violin)
  • Becky Baxter (Historical Harps; including Iberian cross-strung)
  • Bruce Brogden (vihuela and Baroque guitar)
  • Yvonne Kendall (Renaissance flute and recorder)
  • Kevin Ellis (sackbut & percussion)

Ensemble Mensa Sonora

• Leader : Jean Maillet (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : 1989 -- by Maillet
• Description : The ensemble takes its name from a set of suites published in 1680 by Heinrich Biber.
• WWW : http://www.mensasonora.com
• Contact information : http://www.mensasonora.com
• Home city/country : Niort, France
• Members : (cummulative)
  • Christophe Mazeaud (oboe, recorder)
  • Marie-Agnès Martineau (recorder)
  • Jean Maillet (violin)
  • Emmanuelle Barré (violin)
  • Joël Cartier (violin)
  • Françoise Couvert (violin)
  • Isabelle Langlet-Marillot (viola)
  • Sylvette Gaillard-Maillet (violoncello)
  • Sabine Louys (violoncello)
  • Sébastien Obrecht (violoncello)
  • François Charruyer (bassoon)
  • Pascale Boquet (theorbe, chitaronne)
  • Massimo Moscardo (theorbe)
  • Yannick Varlet (organ, harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Arion / Pierre Verany
    • "Gems of Baroque - From Italy to Bohemia" - music by Vivalid, Corelli, Schmelzer, Cazzati, Cima, Legrenzi, Biber - PV730036   (Released in 1995)
    • "Anniversaire Baroque - Instrumental Baroque Music" - PV730104
    • Johann Christoph Graupner (1767 - 1836) : "Three Overtures for Chalumeaux and Orchestra" - PV794114 (Released in 1995)
    • "Le Chalumeau Baroque": music by Paganelli, Telemann, Fasch, Graupner, Hoffmeister - PV796103
    • Maurizio Cazzati (1620-77): "Sonates pour deux violons & continuo - Opus XVIII" - PV797024
    • Vivaldi: "12 Sonates per 2 Violini e Continuo - Opus 1" - PV79821/22 (2 CDs)
    • Adam Jarzebski (?-1649): "Canzoni e Concerti - Baroque instrumental music at the Court in Warsaw" - PV799032 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 1999.)
    • Handel: "Arie & Lagrime - Operatic Arias & Trio Sonatas" - Pascal Bertin (countertenor), Anne Cambier (soprano) - PV700022 (Recorded in May 2000. Released in May 2001.)
    • Rosenmüller: "Sonatas for 2, 3, 4 & 5 Instruments" - PV700041 (Released in 2002.)
    • Arcangelo Corelli 1653-1713): Sonates da chiesa a tre, Opus 1 (1681) - PV703031 (Released in 2003.)

Ensemble messanza

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : A baroque performance ensemble.
• WWW : http://www.messanza.de
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o Peter Grunwald
      Hubertusweg 2
      D-49393 Lohne
      GERMANY
  • Telephone : +49 04442 / 7 35 86
  • FAX : +49 04442 / 92 16 02
  • E-mail : info@messanza.de
• Performance management :
• Home city/country : Hannover, Germany
• Members :
  • Christoph Heidemann (baroque violin)
  • Ulrike Grunwald (baroque oboe)
  • Peter Grunwald (recorder)
  • Jörg Meder (viola da gamba)
  • Thomas Grunwald (harpsichord, organ)

Ensemble Micrologus

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1984
• Description : Ensemble for the research, study and rendering of medieval music.
• WWW :
  • http://www.micrologus.it/
  • http://www.mamusic.it/micrologus.htm
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • via Porta Chiusa, 6
      I-06038 Spello (PG)
      ITALY
  • E-mail: micrologus@informanet.it or broeggad@bcsnet.it
• Home city/country : Assisi, Italy
• Members :
  • Patrizia Bovi
  • Adolfo Broegg
  • Goffredo Degli Esposti
  • Gabriele Russo

Ensemble MIKADO

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1999
• Description : English Renaissance music; consort music and songs; Ars Nova/Ars Subtilior
• WWW : http://www.ensemblemikado.com
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Ensemble MIKADO
      Wehlistraße 57/12/18
      A-1200 Vienna
      AUSTRIA
  • Telephone : +43 699 11 68 80 82 (c/o Thomas List)
  • E-mail : mail@ensemblemikado.com
• Performance management :
• Home city/country : Vienna, Austria
• Members :
  • Agnes Heginger (soprano)
  • Thomas List (recorder)
  • Katharina Lugmayr (recorder)
  • Maja Osojnik (recorder)
  • Eva Reiter (recorder & viola da gamba)
• Concert schedule : http://www.ensemblemikado.com
• Discography :
  • “The dark is my delight – English Consort Music and Songs” - ORF-Edition Alte Musik (Recorded in 2005.)

Ensemble Modo Antiquo
(See Modo Antiquo)

Ensemble Mosaïques

• Director : Christophe Coin
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Europe
• Discography :
  • Chopin (1810-1849) : from "Evening around an 1831 Pleyel" - Opus 111 OPS 30-286 (Released in 1999)

Ensemble Musica Fiorita
(See Musica Fiorita)

Ensemble Musica Poetica
(See musica poetica Freiburg)

Ensemble Musici Pragenses

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Prague, Czech Republic
• Discography :
  • Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky: "Balletti pro tabula" - KOCH International. 3-1617-2

Ensemble Musica Prattica

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members :
  • Allesandra Ciccolini (violin)
  • Gaetano Nasillo (violoncello)
  • Karl-Ernst Schröder (theorbe)
  • Luca Scandali (harpsichord, organ)
• Discography :
  • Subissati Aldebrando (1606-1677): "Il primo libro delle sonate di violino" (1675) - Symphonía SY96149

Ensemble Musica Rara

• Director : Arnold Bosman
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members :
  • Silvia Bossa (soprano)
  • Gianni Biocotino (recorder)
  • Luca Avanzi (oboe)
  • Alfredo Pedretti (horn)
  • Carlo Lazzaroni (violin)
  • Alberto Drufuca (violoncello)
  • Leonardo Dosso (bassoon)
  • Sergio del Mastro (clarinet)
• Discography :
  • Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783): "Il Cantico dei tre fanciulli" - with the Coro Gruppo Vocale Ars Cantica - Bongiovanni 2283 (2 CDs. Recorded in 1999. Released in 2001.)
  • J.A. Hasse: "Il Ruggiero, ovvero L'Eroica Gratitudine" (2 CDs. Recorded in 2000. To be released.)

Ensemble Musical Offering

• Director : Joan Parsley (harpsichord)
• Year ensemble formed : 1988
• Description : Artists-in-Residence at All Saints' Cathedral in Milwaukee. Continues as Milwaukee Baroque.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Ensemble Musicalina

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1989
• Description :  A baroque ensemble consisting of three to four vocalists and two to three instrumentalists (basso continuo).
• WWW : http://www.arsmusica.ch/musicalina
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: musicalina@arsmusica.ch
• Home city/country : Solothurn, Switzerland

Ensemble Les Nations

• Artistic director : Maria Luisa Baldassari (harpsichord)
• Year ensemble formed : 1987. Disbanded in 1989. Reformed in 1994.
• Description : Originally formed to specialize in the Baroque period repertoire, it has now enlarged its interests to the Renaissance, with particular attention to the use of wind instruments in both sacred and secular music. The group has in his programs both music with 'alta cappella' (sacred music with voices, dance music, transcriptions of sacred music for wind ensemble, church sonatas) and 'bas' ensembles (playing 'chamber' music like frottolas, chansons, sonatas, fantasias etc.).
• WWW : http://www.angelfire.com/la/lesnations/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o Maria Luisa Baldassari
      via Pilati 7
      40128 Bologna
      Italy
  • E-mail :
    • lesnations@angelfire.com
    • pal0989@iperbole.bologna.it
• Home city/country : Bologna, Italy
• Members :
  • Pamela Monkobodsky (recorder)
  • Simone Zangani (baroque oboe) (E-mail: simone@ucin27.cra.enel.it)
  • Teresina Croce (viola da gamba)
  • Maria Luisa Baldassarri (harpsichord)  (E-mail: pal0989@iperbole.bologna.it)
• Discography :
  • Bartolomeo Tromboncino (ca. 1470-1535) - "Sacred works" - Tactus - TC 472001 (July 1998; instruments and voices for this recording were chosen according to northern italian performance practice of early Renaissance, trying in particular to reproduce the sound of the Venetian 'processioni'.)
  • Tromboncino - "Dulces Exuviae" - Tactus - TC 472002

Ensemble La Nef
(See La nef.)

Ensemble Nouvelle-France

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1978 -- by Louise Courville
• WWW : http://www.qim.com/artistes/biographie.asp?artistid=307
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Québec City, Québec, Canada

Ensemble il Nuovo Modo
(trans. : "The New Manner")

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1992 -- by Nikolaj de Fine Licht
• Contact information :
  • Postal address : ?
  • E-mail :
    • Nikolaj de Fine Licht (E-mail: nikolaj@musicmedia.dk)
    • Hille Perl (E-mail: Hille.Lee@t-online.de)
    • Lee Santata (E-mail: Hille.Lee@t-online.de)
• Home city/country : Germany/Denmark
• Members :
  • Hille Perl (gambas, lirone)
  • Lee Santana (lute instruments, cittern, composition)
  • Nikolaj de Fine Licht (recorders)
  • Note : Irene Spranger (flutes) and Christof Pannes (organ) have also performed with the ensemble.

Ensemble Oni Wytars

• Artistic directors : Marco Ambrosini, Peter Rabanser & Katharina Dustmann
• Year ensemble formed : 1983 -- by Peter Rabanser and Marco Ambrosini.
• Description : The ensemble performs on instruments from the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, and on contemporary Arabic and Eastern European folk instruments. These include vielle, rebec, pochette, nyckelharpa, vihuela d´arco, hurdy-gurdy, oud, baglama, harp, shawm, chalumeau, French and Bulgarian bagpipes, recorders, and Persian and Arabic percussion such as davul, zarb, bendir, darrabukka and riqq.
• WWW : http://www.oniwytars.de/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Waldbuch 3
      D - 74586 Frankenhardt
      GERMANY
  • Telephone : +49-07959-2398
  • FAX : +49-07959-814
  • E-mail : oni.wytars@gmx.net
• Home city/country : Germany
• Members :
  • Marco Ambrosini - nyckelharpa, vielle, violino d´amore, harmonic flute, shawm (E-mail: marco.ambrosini@gmx.net)
  • Katharina Dustmann - zarb, darrabuka, bendir, davul
  • Peter Rabanser - oud, chalumeau, bagpipes (E-mail: Prabanser@aol.com)
  • Riccardo Delfino - harps, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes (E-mail: Riccardo.Delfino@gmx.de)
  • Michael Posch - recorders and reedflutes (E-mail: M.posch@xpoint.at)
  • Belinda Sykes - vocal, reed instruments (E-mail: belinda.sykes@btinternet.com)
  • Thomas Wimmer - vielle, vihuela d´arco, viola da gamba, oud
• Discography : http://www.oniwytars.de/

Ensemble/Orchestra dell'opera barocca del Teatro di Guastalla

• Director : Sando Volta (lute, chitarrone)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members :
  • Maurizio Borzone: violin, viol
  • Angela Padurar: violin
  • Massimo Vivaldi: alto and tenor viol
  • Donatella Ferraris: violoncello
  • Fabio Pesenti: guitar
  • Mario del grosso: harpsichord
  • Maurizio Less: viol, lirone, violin
  • Sando Volta: lute, chitarrone
• Discography :
  • Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Ballo delle Ingrate et al. - Arion ARN 268324 (2 CDs. Recorded in 1995.)
  • Antonio Maria Bononcini: La Decollazione Di S. Giovanni Battista - Tactus TC 675201 (Released in 1999.)
  • Vivaldi: Giustino - Tactus TC 672218.(Released in 2002.)
  • Vivaldi: Il Teuzzone (RV 736, Mantua 1719). Tactus TC 672280 (3 CDs. Recorded in 1996. Released in 1997. Reissued in 2007 as Brilliant Classics BRIL93351.)

Ensemble Orfei Farnesiani

• Director : Maurizio Cadossi
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members :
  • Maurizio Cadossi (violin)
  • Marco Frezzato (violoncello)
  • Leonardo Morini (harpsichord)
  • Diego Cantalupi (theorbo, guitar)
• Discography :
  • Bartolomeo Laurenti (1644-1726): Suonate per camera e violino, e violoncello, op. 1 - Tactus TC 641201 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002.)
  • Francesco Manfredini (1684-1762): "Sei sonate per due violini e b.c." - Tactus TC 681301 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2005.)

Ensemble Orlando Gibbons
(See Ensemble de violes Orlando Gibbons below.)

Ensemble Ottocento

• Artistic Co-directors : Claudio Maccari, Paolo Pugliese (guitars)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Specialize in 19th century music performed on authentic instruments.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Discography :
  • Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829): "Complete Guitar Concertos" - includes guitar concertos opp. 30, 36, 70, guitar quintet op. 65; variation on "Nume perdonami in tale istante" op. 102 - with guitarists Claudio Maccari, Paolo Pugliese; director: Andrea Rognoni - Brilliant Classics 92621 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2002. Released in 2005.)

Ensemble L'Ottocento

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1998
• Description : Dedicated to the performance of chamber music repertoire with fortepiano from around 1800. Tuning standard: à = 430 Hz
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Germany
• Members :
  • Robert Hill (fortepiano)
  • Andrea Klitzing (traverso)
  • Thomas Kretschmer (violin)
  • Guido Larisch (violoncello)
• Discography :
  • WA Mozart (arranged for chamber ensemble by Johann Nepomuk Hummel): Symphonies in D major (KV 504) and C major (KV 551); Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm - MDG 605 0858-2 (1998)

Ensemble Ouabache
(Renamed Ensemble Voltaire.)

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1988 -- by Christopher Verrette (violin), Barbara Kallaur (traverso), and Thomas Gerber (keyboard). Renamed Ensemble Voltaire in 2004.
• Description : Chamber ensemble specializing in music from the baroque and early classical periods. Its members first met while studying at the Early Music Institute of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. The ensemble's name derives from the 17th-century French trapper/explorers' translation of the Miami Indian word for Indiana's principal river, the Wabaah.
• Home city/country : Indianapolis, Indiana (ensemble-in-residence at the Trinity Episcopal church)
• Members :
  • Barbara Kallaur (traverso)
  • Christopher Verrette (violin)
  • Ingrid Matthews (violin)
  • Shelley Taylor (violoncello)
  • Catherine Liddell (theorbe)
  • Thomas Gerber (organ, harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672-1749) - "Bonporti Motets" - Ellen Hargis (soprano) - Dorian Discovery - DIS-80163

Ensemble PAN (Project Ars Nova)

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1980 -- at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, by young American artists Laurie Monahan, Michael Collver, and Crawford Young,
• Description : Ensemble PAN takes its name and its sense of spirit from Philippe de Vitry's 14th century musical treatise "Ars Nova" (The New Art). The Ensemble debuted at the 1982 Festival Estival in Paris.
• WWW :
  • http://newalbion.com/artists/pan/
  • http://www.bostoncamerata.com/bio/pan.html
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Boston, Massachusetts
• Members:
  • Michael Collver (countertenor, cornetto)
  • Laurie Monahan (mezzo-soprano)
  • Crawford Young (lute)
  • Shira Kammen (vielle)

Ensemble Papillon

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1988
• WWW : http://www.ensemble-papillon.de/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Kamini Barbara Govil-Willers
      Bahnhofstr.5
      D-40489 Düsseldorf
      GERMANY
  • Telephone : 0203/ 741087
  • FAX : 069/ 7912- 53035
  • E-mail : ensemble-papillon@web.de
• Home city/country : Düsseldorf, Germany
• Members :
  • Kamini Barbara Govil-Willers (E-mail: musik@govil-willers.de)
  • Monika Strahl
  • Ursula Broich-Tophofen

Ensemble Pasticcio

• Director : Bernt Malmros (harpsichord)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Specializes in 16th century Swedish music.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Sweden
• Discography :
  • JH Roman: "A Portrait" - with Affetti Musicali - Proprius PRCD 9028

Ensemble Pastourelle

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : French pastoral music from the 17th and 18th centuries.
• WWW : http://www.schmidt-laukamp.de/seiten/pastourelle.htm
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • Ursula Schmidt-Laukamp
      Wahlscheider Str. 12
      D-51766 Engelskirchen
      GERMANY
  • Tel: 02263 / 95 14 05
  • Fax: 02263 / 700 07
  • E-mail : U.Schmidt-Laukamp@t-online.de
• Home city/country : Cologne, Germany
• Members :
  • Ernst Wilzek (musette)
  • Ursula Schmidt-Laukamp (recorder and traverso)
  • Alessandro Piqué (oboe)
  • Veronika Schepping (violin)
  • Ilka Wagner (bassoon)
  • Harald Hoeren (harpsichord)

Ensemble Phoebus Amsterdam

• Director : none (Tilman Gey is the administrative manager)
• Year ensemble formed : 1996 -- founded by Tilman Gey
• Description : The ensemble is named after Phoebus : the greek name for Apollo, the god of the arts,
  especially of music. They perform baroque music from the second half of the 17th and the first half of the 18th centuries -- performing with passion, warmth, and enjoyment.
• WWW : http://www.harders.nl/phoebus/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o Tilman Gey
      Jacob van Lennepstraat 111
      NL - 1053 HR Amsterdam
      The Netherlands
  • Telephone :  31 - .20 - 683 52 38 or 31 - .6 - 295 41 575
  • E-mail : harders@harders.nl
• Performance management : Studio Ducato, Barbara Gielissen, sometimes manages the ensemble: Phone: .31 - .20 - 6610 314.
• Home city/country : Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Members :
  • Judith Steenbrink (baroque violin)
  • Jobst Harders (traverso)
  • Bas van Hengel (baroque violoncello)
  • Tilman Gey (harpsichord)
• Concert schedule : The ensemble was invited to take part in an international masterclass
  organized by the UNESCO. The ensemble concertizes in Europe, mostly The Netherlands and Germany. There is a special programme with triosonatas by F. Couperin. 

L'Ensemble Philidor

• Artistic director : Eric Baude-Delhommais
• Year ensemble formed : 1992 -- by Eric Baude-Delhommais
• Description : Wind ensemble performing music of the 17th and 18th centuries associated with the great courts of Europe. Named after the composer, Andre Danican Philidor.
• WWW : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/philidor/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • 2ter rue des Ursulines
      37000 TOURS
      FRANCE
  • Telephone : (033) 02 47 47 06 36
  • Fax : (033) 02 47 47 00 57
  • E-mail : philidor@wanadoo.fr
• Home city/country : Tours, France
• Members : ?
• Discography :
  • "Musique de Cour": works byAndré Danican Philidor, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Baptiste Morin, Jean-Marie Müller, Jiri Druzecky, Josef Fiala Supraphon 11 1282-2131
  • Mozart (Transcriptions by Jan Vent): Don Giovanni, Die Entführung aus dem Serail - Supraphon SU 3018-2 13
  • Mozart (Transcriptions by Jan Vent): Die Zauberflöte, Serenade Nr12 in C minor "Nachtmusik" KV 388 (384a) Digital Concept CDD9701 (1996)
  • Michel Haydn: Missa Sancti Hieronymi, Timete Dominum - with the St Jacob Choir of Stockholm, dir. Gary Graden - BIS CD859 (1998)
  • Franz Krommer : "3 Partitas for Wind Octet" - Calliope CAL 9264 (Released in 1999.)
  • Mozart: Serenades KV 375 & 388 - Calliope CAL 9304 (Released in 2001.)
  • Zelenka: "Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis" - with Musica Florea, Musica Aeterna, Bon Pueri Soloists, Marek Stryncl (conductor) - Supraphon FL 3520 (2 CDs; Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
  • "Musiques à la cour du roi soleil" - works by Anne, Pierre, & Andre Philidor - Calliope CAL 9316 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002.)
  • Mozart: Gran Partita, KV 361 - Calliope CAL 9317 (Released in 2002.)
  • BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 MEHUL Symphony No. 1 - with Concerto Polacco, Didier Talpain (conductor) - BNL 112920 (Released in 2003.)
  • Beethoven : "Ah ! Perfido" intégrales des airs, scènes et emsembles pour voix et orchestre" - BNL 112923 (Released in 2003.)
  • Mozart: "Divertimenti de Salzbourg" - KV213, 240, 252, 253, 270, 12 pieces for 2 horns KV 487 (496a) - Eric Baudé (conductor) - Calliope CAL9329 (Recorded and released in 2003.)

Ensemble "le petit bruit"

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1989
• Description : A baroque chamber ensemble.
• WWW : http://www.harders.nl/lepetitbruit/
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Europe
• Members :
  • Jobst Harders (traverso)
  • Stephanie Engels (violine)
  • Sven Holger Philippsen (violoncello)
  • Carsten Lorenz (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • "Telemann in Paris". Trios et Quatuors 1. Quatuor D-dur / 6. Quatuor E minor from "Nouveaux Quatuors" (Paris 1738) Suite V A minor from "Six Concerts et Six Suites" (Hamburg 1733) Sonate A major from "Essercizii Musici" (Hamburg 1740) - Musicaphon M 56834 (1999)

Ensemble "Pian & Forte"
(See Pian & Forte)

Ensemble Pierre Robert

• Director : Frédéric Désenclos (organ)
• Year ensemble formed : ? -- by Frédéric Desenclos
• WWW :
  • http://www.ensemblepierrerobert.com
  • http://www.fevis.com/pages/ensemble.php?fiche=pierrerobert
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • 21, rue Marc Sangnier
      F-45400 - Fleury les Aubrais
      FRANCE
  • E-mail: ensemble.pierre.robert@yahoo.fr
• Home city/country : France
• Members : (cumulative)
  • Marcel Beekman (countertenor)
  • Robert Getchell (tenor)
  • Robbert Muuse (baritone)
  • Violin: Myriam Gevers, Sophie Demoures
  • Florence  Bolton (viola da gamba)
  • Alix Verzier (violoncello)
  • Benjamin Perrot (theorbo)
  • Bassoon: Alexandre Salles, Jeremie Papasergio
• Discography :
  • Henry du Mont (v.1610-1684) : "Motets pour la Messe du Roy" - Alpha 021 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002.)
  • Daniel Danielis (1635-1696): Caeleste Convivium - Alpha 045 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)
  • Henry du Mont: "Grand motets pour la Chapelle de Louis XIV au Louvre" - Alpha 069 (Recorded in 2004. To be released in 2005.)
  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634-1704): "Méditations pour le Carême" - with works by De Grigny & Lebègue- Alpha 091 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)

Ensemble Polaris

• Director : Brian Link (countertenor)
• Year ensemble formed : 1995
• Description : A Baroque ensemble performing music for strings, multiple continuo, and vocalists in the Twin Cities.
• WWW : http://www.epolaris.org/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • Ensemble Polaris
      1387 N. Kent Street
      St. Paul, MN, 55117 
      USA
  • Telephone : 651-487-3340 
  • E-mail: info@epolaris.org
• Home city/country : St. Paul, Minnesota
• Members :
  • Ruth Bruell (soprano)
  • Marita Link (soprano)
  • Brian Link (countertenor)
  • Larry Hill (tenor)
  • Kelvin Chan (bass)
  • Jeff Jamieson (bass)
  • Ginna Watson (violin)
  • Brad Johnson (violin)
  • Margaret Humphrey (violin)
  • Cheryl Zilla (viola)
  • Steven Staruch (viola)
  • Mary Burke (viola da gamba)
  • Mark Kausch (viola da gamba and violone)
  • Phillip Rukavina (lute/theorbo)
  • Paul Berget (lute/theorbo)
  • Donald Livingston (keyboards)

Ensemble Rebel
(See REBEL.)

Ensemble Refugium

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1995 -- by Aninka Harms and Hans Huyssen
• Description : Performs music from the Renaissance to Baroque with corresponding contemporary compositions
• WWW : http://www.huyssen.de/Refugium.html
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : hhuyssen@new.co.za
• Home city/country : Munich, Germany
• Members :
  • Stefan Temmingh (recorder)
  • Aninka Harms (Baroque violin)
  • Uwe Grosser (guitar)
  • Hans Huyssen (Baroque violoncello)

Ensemble Respighi

• Director : Federico Ferri
• Year ensemble formed : 1995 -- by Ferri
• Description : The ensemble pays "particular attention to Italian music, taking care to adopt appropriate performance techniques and original instruments according to the historical period in which the piece was written."
• WWW : http://www.ensemblerespighi.it
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Via A. Costa, 57
      40134 Bologna
      ITALY
  • Telephone : +39 051 6140163
  • FAX : +39 051 6156954
  • E-mail : info@ensemblerespighi.it
• Home city/country : Italy
• Discography :
  • Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani (ca. 1690-1757): "Dodici Sonate da Chiesa a tre" (trans. Twelve Church Triosonatas) - Tactus 682703
  • Antonio Vivaldi: "Concerti per fagotto, archi e continuo" - with Roberto Giaccaglia (bassoon) - Tactus TC 672242 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2005)
  • Vivaldi: from Il Cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Invenzione op. 8; Adriano Guarnieri: "Stagioni" - Tactus TC 672244 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2005.)
  • Vivaldi: "Concerti per oboe, archi e continuo" - with Paolo Grazia (oboe) - Tactus TC 672245 (Recorded in 2003.)
  • Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770): "I Concerti per flauto" - with Massimo Mercelli (flute) - Tactus TC 692002 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2003.)
  • G Tartini: "Sei Sonate a tre e Il Trillo del Diavolo” (trans. Devil's trill) - Tactus TC 692004 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2005.)
  • "Sonata per Violino e Basso": works by Martino Bitti (1656-1743), Nicola Francesco Haim - Tactus TC 652701 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)
  • "Sonate per chiatarra e b.c.": works by Francesco Geminiani & Tommaso Giordani - with Gianpaolo Bandini (chitarrone) - Tactus
  • "Nuove parole per la Stagioni" (new words for the "Seasons") - Music by Antonio Vivaldi" - Tactus (Released in 2006.)
  • Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805): "Concerti per violoncello e Sinfonie" - with Franco Maggio Ormezowsky (violoncello) - Tactus 740206 (Released in 2007.)

Ensemble La Romanesca

• Director : José Miguel Moreno (vihuela, guitar)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Year ensemble disbanded : In early 1999, the Glossa recording label announced that Moreno had decided to disband this ensemble. In its place, Moreno is forming a new ensemble: Orphenica Lyra.
• Contact information : n/a
• Home city/country : Spain
• Members:
  • José Miguel Moreno (vihuela, guitar)
  • Marta Almajano (soprano)
  • Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba)
  • Juan Carlos de Mulder (vilhuela, guitar)
  • Pedro Estevan (percussion)
• Discography :
  • "Música en tiempos de Velázquez": Glossa GCD 920201 (Recorded in 1991 & 1992.)
  • "Al Alva Venid - Secular music from Renaissance Spain": Glossa GCD 920203 (Recorded in 1995.)

Ensemble Saga

• Director : Maria Lindal (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : ?
• Discography :
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Chamber Music - BIS CD-608 (Released in 1993. Reissued in 2004 as CD310608.)

Ensemble Sans Souci

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1988
• Description : The ensemble takes its name from the summer palace of Frederick the Great of Prussia.
• Contact information :
  • Telephone : (415) 621-3085
  • E-mail : boba@grin.net
• Home city/country : San Francisco Bay area, California
• Members:
  • Bob Andrews (baroque flute & recorder)
  • Julie Jeffrey (viola da gamba)
  • Joseph Kimbel (harpsichord)

Ensemble Sans Souci Berlin

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1985 -- by Christoph (recorder, traverso) and Irmgard Huntgeburth (violin) and Niklas Trüstedt (viola da gamba)
• Description : A chamber ensemble. The ensemble takes its name from the summer palace of Frederick the Great of Prussia. It specializes in rediscovering and performing music from the courts in Mannheim, Dresden, and Berlin.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Berlin, Germany
• Members : (cumulative)
  • Christoph Huntgeburth (traverso)
  • Irmgard Huntgeburth (violin, viola)
  • Eva-Maria Röll (violin)
  • Thomas Kretschmer (violin)
  • Beatrix Hellhammer (violin)
  • Britta Gemmeker (violin)
  • Georg Kallweit (violin)
  • Stefan Sieben (viola)
  • Niklas Trüstedt (viola da gamba)
  • Hille Perl (viola da gamba)
  • Bernhard Hentrich (violoncello)
  • Joachim Fiedler (violoncello)
  • Jan Freiheit (violoncello)
  • Niklas Trüstedt (double bass)
  • Wolfgang Katschner (theorbe/chitarrone)
  • Mark Nordstrand (keyboard)
  • Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • "Virtuoso Violin Music at the Prussian Court" : works by Johann Adam Birckenstock (1687-1733) and Franz Benda (1709-86) - Koch Schwann Musica Mundi 3-6741-2 (Recorded in 1993. Released in 2000.)
  • "Musik für Sans-Souci: Konzerte der königlichen Hofkapelle Friedrichs II." : works by Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702-71), Johann Joachim Quantz (1698-1773), and Franz Benda (1709-86) - with soloists Christoph Huntgeburth (traverso) and  Hille Perl (viola da gamba) - KammerTon KT 2003 (Recorded in 1997.)
  • WA Mozart: (arranged by Johann André; 1741-99) : "Flute Quartets" - Koch Schwann Musica Mundi 3-6769-2 (Recorded in 1994. Released in 2000.)

Ensemble Santenay

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 2004
• Description : Performs medieval music with a special emphasis on Ars Subtilior and chansons from Guillaume Dufay and Gilles Binchois.
• WWW : http://www.santenay.de
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o Szilárd Chereji
      Rosenauerstr. 52/16
      4040 Linz
      AUSTRIA
  • Mobile Austria: +43 650 850 48 41
  • Mobile Germany: +49 176 2424 6124
  • Fax: +43 650 850 48 412
  • E-mail:
    • violadagamba@gmail.com
    • ensemble.santenay@gmail.com
• Home city/country : Europe
• Members :
  • Julla Schmidt (voice, organetto)
  • Elodie Wiemer (recorders)
  • Ori Harmelin (lute)
  • Szilárd Chereji (vielle)
• Concert schedule : http://www.santenay.de
• Discography :
  • The ensemble will release their first recording this year on the Olive Music recording label.

Ensemble Schönbrunn
(See Schönbrunn Ensemble Amsterdam)

Ensemble for the Seicento

• Director : David Wilson
• Year ensemble formed : 1995
• Description : Specialize in Italian baroque music from the early 17th century.
• WWW : http://www.seicento.org/
• Contact information :
  • E-mail :
    • seicento@polyphony.com
    • seicento@msrcd.com
• Home city/country : New York City, New York
• Members :
  • Core:
    • Melissa Fogarty (soprano & baroque guitar)
    • Mauricio Molina (recorders & percussion)
    • Beverly Au (viola da gamba)
    • Michael Eisenberg (harpsichord)
  • Guests:
    • Radames Paz-Diaz (baroque guitar and theorbo)
• Discography :
  • "Forbidden Dance - Dances and Diminutions of the Italian Baroque": works by Aranes, Frescobaldi, Ortiz, Bassani, Sances, Coferati, Bovicelli, Ferrari, Bassano - MSR Classics MS1037 (2002)

Ensemble Senario

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1994 -- by Saskia Coolen
• Description : Particular interest in the performance of lesser-known Baroque chamber works with unusual instrumentation. The ensemble's name refers to "six in number".
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : The Netherlands
• Members: (cumulative listing)
  • Saskia Coolen (recorder)
  • Peter Frankenberg (oboe)
  • Johannes Leertouwer (violin)
  • Kees Koelmans (violin)
  • Mieneke van der Velden (viola da gamba)
  • Erik Beijer (viola da gamba)
  • David Mings (bassoon)
  • Jacques Ogg (harpsichord)
  • Peter Rikkers (violone)
• Discography :
  • Vivaldi - "6 Concerti da Camera" - Globe GLO 5119 (1994)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann - "Quadros and Trio Sonatas" - Globe GLO 5154 (Recorded: 6/98)

Ensemble Sequoia

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 2003
• Description : Formed by students from the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles and the Koninklijk Conservatorium van Brussel. Perform music from the Baroque period.
• WWW : http://membres.lycos.fr/ensemblesequoia/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o Vincent Lesage
      rue Herman, 35
      B-1030 Brussels
      BELGIUM
  • Telephone : ?
  • FAX : ?
  • E-mail : ensemble_sequoia@hotmail.com
• Home city/country : Brussels, Belgium
• Members :
  • Core:
    • Vincent Lesage (violon)
    • Benoît Laurent (oboe)
    • Mikaho Abiko (viola da gamba)
    • Nicolas Achten (harpsichord, theorbe)
  • Guests:
    • Natacha Kowalski (soprano)
    • Mieke Vandemeulebroecke (bassoon)
    • Klaas-Jaap Van Der Meijden (harpsichord, organ)

Ensemble Seraphine

• Artistic Director : Christopher Palameta (baroque oboe)
• Year ensemble formed : 2001 -- Palameta & Sato
• Description : Ensemble Seraphine strives to draw special attention to the lesser-known works of pre-classical and rococo composers, as well as to present new readings of works from the late baroque period.
• WWW : http://www.seraphine.ca/ (beginning February 2003)
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • 3619, rue University, app. 7
      Montréal, PQ
      CANADA
      H3A 2B3
  • E-mail : chrisoboe@hotmail.com
• Performance management :
• Home city/country : Montréal, Québec, Canada & Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
• Members :
  • Christopher Palameta (baroque oboe) (E-mail: chrisoboe@hotmail.com)
  • Megan Chapelas (baroque violin)
  • Suzanne DeSerres (baroque bassoon)
  • Jivko Georgiev (baroque violoncello)
  • Akiko Enoki Sato (harpsichord)
• Concert schedule : See http://www.seraphine.ca/

Ensemble Serendipity

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Quartet
• WWW : http://folkandbaroque.com
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : North Carolina, USA
• Members :
  • Leila Lazenby (soprano)
  • Rebecca Troxler (traverso)
  • Barbara Blaker Krumdieck (baroque violoncello)
  • Robbie Link (viola da gamba, violoncello)
  • Henry Lebedinsky (harpsichord)

Ensemble Sfumatura

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 2000
• WWW : http://www.sfumatura.be.tf
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: sfumatura@belgacom.net
• Home city/country : Brussels, Belgium
• Members :
  • Sandrine Dupé, Laurent Hulbosch, Véronique Herbut, Dalhia Mees (violons)
  • Guy Lardinois (oboe)
  • Benoît Laurent (oboe, recorder)
  • Constantin Chariot (traverso, oboe)
  • Fabrice Holvoet (théorbe & guitare baroque)
  • Bernard Woltèche (violoncello)
  • Luk Torremans (basson)
  • Elise Christiaens (contrabass)
  • Cindy Castillo (organ)
  • Katsufumi Suetsegu (harpsichord)

Ensemble, "La Simphonie du Marais"
(See La Simphonie du Marais.)

Ensemble Soleil

• Co-directors : Jean Sawyer Twombly and Peter Tourin
• Year ensemble formed : 1995
• Description : The ensemble features the viol consort music of the Renaissance from Spain, Italy, England and the Low Countries, and Baroque chamber music of Italy, Austria, Germany and France.
• WWW : http://www.esoleil.org/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Ensemble Soleil
      P. O. Box 933
      New London, NH 03257
      USA
  • Telephone : 
    • Peter Tourin : 802-899-4008
    • Jean Sawyer Twombly : 603-526-6423
  • FAX : 
    • Peter Tourin : 802-899-2457
    • Jean Sawyer Twombly : 603-526-9846
  • E-mail :
    • peter@esoleil.org
    • jean@esoleil.org
• Home city/country : New London, New Hampshire
• Members :
  • Jean Sawyer Twombly (violin and treble viol)
  • Peter Tourin (viols and 'cello)
  • For continuo, harpsichord, organ, lute & theorbo are used. Soloists include flute, baroque guitar, baryton, bassoon, & voice, depending on the repertoire.

Ensemble Sol-sol-la-sol

• Director : Howard Arman
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : A period instrument orchestra.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Europe
• Discography :
  • Ondrej Anton (1754-1817), Jan Vàclav Stich-Punto (1748-1803), Francesco Antonio Rosetti (1750-1792) : "Hunting Concertos for Natural Horn and Orchestra" with Hansjörg Angerer (natural horn) - Koch Schwann 3-6502-2 (Recorded in 1998; Released in 1999)

Ensemble Sonnerie

• Director : Monica Huggett, (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : 1997
• Description : The members of the Trio Sonnerie joined with four other instrumentalists to form Ensemble Sonnerie.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : ?

Ensemble Sonora Corda

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Dedicated to the study and the performance of the Baroque Chamber repertoire.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members :
  • Luisa Cottifogli (soprano)
  • Davide Dondi (violin)
  • Enrico Guerzoni (cello)
  • Thuridur Jonsdottir (flute)
  • Giuliana Retali (harpsichord)

Ensemble Spirale

• Director : Marianne Muller (viola da gamba)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : France
• Members :
  • Marianne Muller (viola da gamba)
  • Sylvia Abramowicz (viola da gamba)
  • Violaine Cochard (harpsichord)
  • Charles-Édouard Fantin (Baroque guitar)
  • Claire Antonini (theorbo)
• Discography :
  • Marin Marais: Les Folies d’Espagne. Suite in E minor. Le labyrinthe - Zig-Zig territoires (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)

Ensemble Stradivaria
(See Stradivaria.)

Ensemble Strumentale dell'Accademia di Musica Antica

• Director : Romano Vettori
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• WWW: http://space.tin.it/musica/mtiella/ama.html
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: matiella@tin.it
• Home city/country : Italy

Ensemble Strumentale Albalonga
(See Ensemble Albalonga.)

Ensemble La Tempesta

• Director : Stefano Demicheli (harpsichord, organ)
• Year ensemble formed : 2002 -- by Demicheli
• Description : Ensemble named elsewhere as "Dolce & Tempesta"
• Contact information : ?
• Performance Management : Pavlik Concerts
• Home city/country : Milan, Italy
• Discography :
  • Biber: "Les Sonates du Rosaire" (Rosenkranzsonaten or Mystery Sonatas) - with Patrick Bismuth (violin) - Zig-Zag Terrirtoires ZZT040801-2 (2 CDs)
  • Nicola Fiorenza Porpora (c.1700-1764): "Notturni per i Defunti" - with Monica Piccinini, soprano; Romina Basso, mezzo-soprano; La Stagione Armonica - Fuga Libera (To be released in 2007.)

Ensemble Tourbillon

• Artistic Director : Petr Wagner (viola da gamba)
• Year ensemble formed : 1998 -- by Petr Wagner
• WWW : http://www.petrwagner.com
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : petrwagner2000@yahoo.com
• Home city/country : Prague, Czech Republic
• Members :
  • Natalia Sitarz (harpsichord & organ positive)
  • Jan Krejča (theorboe & baroque guitar)
  • Přemysl Vacek (archlute)
  • Robert Rawson (viola da gamba)
• Discography :
  • Gottfried Finger (c.1655-1730): "Sonatinae, Balletti scordati, Aria et variationes" - Arta Classics F1 0137-2 (Released in 2005.)

Ensemble Trazom

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1990
• Description : To perform the chamber music of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century on original instruments.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Germany
• Members :
  • Katharina Ott (soprano)
  • Urte Lucht (harpsichord)
  • Pablo Valetti (1st violin)
  • Susanne van Bausznern (2nd violin)
  • Werner Saller (viola)
  • Stefan Fuchs (violoncello)
• Discography : BMG/Arte Nova
  • Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765): Vol. 2 - "Chamber Music & Solo Cantatas": "Abbandona il caro nido", "L'augellin' tra verdi fronde", "L'aure grate", Violin Sonatas in D and A Minor, Sonata à 3 in A, Concertinos in E Minor and B Flat for Harpsichord and Strings. Arte Nova 74321 40742-2 (Recorded in 1996.)
  • FJ Haydn: Piano Trios, Hob. XV:9 & XV:18-20 - Arte Nova 74321 58963-2 (Released in 1998.)
  • JS Bach: Flute Sonatas, Trio Sonatas - Arte Nova - 74321 75504-2 (Released in 2000.)
  • FJ Haydn: Piano Trios, Hob. XV:27-30 - Arte Nova 74321 92814-2  (Released in 2002.)

Ensemble Turicum

• Director : Luiz Alves Da Silva (countertenor)
• Year ensemble formed : 1990 -- by Luiz Alves Da Silva
• Description : The ensemble, consisting of singers and instrumentalists, is dedicated to the rediscovery, revival and authentic performance with voices and historical instruments of baroque chamber and vocal music. "Turicum" is the latin name for Zurich.
• WWW : http://www.ensembleturicum.ch
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • Mühlebachstrasse 148
      CH-8008 Zürich
      SWITZERLAND
  • Tele: +41 1 3832421
  • Fax: +41 1 3832523
  • E-mail: contact@ensembleturicum.ch
• Home city/country : Zurich, Switzerland
• Instrumental members: (cumulative listing)
  • Flute: Liane Ehlich, Maja Hünninger
  • Violin: Mathias Weibel, Renata Steinmann, Mario Huter, Stefano Mariani
  • Susanna Hefti (viola)
  • Martin Zeller (violoncello)
  • Violone: Armin Bereuter, Thilo Hirsch
  • Horn: David Acklin, Lorenz Raths
  • Rogério Gonçalves (bassoon)
  • Claire Anne Piguet (organ)
• Discography :
  • Pinto, Mesquita, Neto, Garcia - Sacred Music from 18th Century Brazil, Vol. 1 - Claves - CD 50-9521
  • Mauel Dias de Oliveira (1738-1813) - Sacred Music from 18th Century Brazil, Vol. 2 - Claves - CD 50-9610
  • Giovanni Gualberto Brunetti (1706-1787): Stabat Mater - Pan Classics 510 077
  • José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1763-1830): Missa Pastoril para a Noite de Natal - K617 102
  • "Messa a 5 Voci": works by Antonio Gallassi (circa 1750-circa 1790), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736), Leonardo Leo (1694-1744), David Perez (1711-1778) - K617 159 (Released in 2004.)

Ensemble Türk

• Director : Carole Cerasi (fortepiano)
• Year ensemble formed : 1999
• Description : Named after the composer Daniel Gottlob Türk, explores the rich repertoire of the classical trio, performing on original instruments.
• WWW : http://www.carolecerasi.com/ensemble.html
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Carole Cerasi
      19 Elyne Road
      London N4 4RA
      UNITED KINGDOM
  • Telephone : 020 8342 8365
  • FAX : 020 8342 8365
  • E-mail : jill@carolecerasi.com
• Home city/country : London, UK
• Members : (cumulative listing)
  • Core:
    • Pavlo Beznosiuk (violin)
    • Richard Tunnicliffe (violoncello)
    • Carole Cerasi (fortepiano)
  • Guests:
    • Rachel Podger (violin)
    • Kati Debretzeni (violin)
    • Alison McGillivray (violoncello)
    •  James Johnstone (fortepiano)

Ensemble UnaVolta

• Director : Joachim Fontaine
• Year ensemble formed : 1989
• Description : Named after the volta (an extravagant dance) and the fact that the ensemble is reformed anew for each performance. The ensemble performs with the vocal ensemble Kantorei Saarlouis.
• WWW : http://www.kantorei-saarlouis.org
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: info@kantorei-saarlouis.org
• Home city/country : Germany
• Discography :
  • Giacomo Puccini Sr (1712-1781): "Musica Sacra" - with the Kantorei Saarlouis - Arte Nova Classics (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  • Giacomo Puccini Sr: "Messa di Requiem" - with the Kantorei Saarlouis - Arte Nova Classics 74321 98497 2 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)
  • GF Handel: "Israel in Babylon" (pasticcio) - with the Kantorei Saarlouis - K617 172 (2 CDs. Recorded and released in 2005.)
    • NOTE: According to Eva Zoellner's book 'English Oratorio after Handel' (published by Tectum Verlag, Marburg, 2002), Israel in Babylon was compiled in 1764 by Edward Toms (who later worked with Samuel Arnold, the early editor of Handel's works). It was performed twice at the King's Theatre, London, and in 1770 the Public Advertiser printed an article which reminisced that, "This was looked upon as a wild chimerical Idea, laughed at, and pronounced to be impracticable: However, ... The Professors to whom they were shewn were surprised and convinced ... it is esteemed the best Compilation that has been made from the Works of that great Master."

Ensemble Vanitas

• Director : Diego Fasolis
• Leader : Duilio Galfetti
• Year ensemble formed : 1995
• Description : Specialize on music of the 17th and 18th centuries.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Europe
• Discography :
  • JS Bach : St. John Passion with soli & Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano - ARTS Music 47539-2 (2 CDs; Released in 1999)
  • Handel : Dettingen Te Deum & Dixit Dominus with soli & Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano - ARTS Music 47560-2 (Recorded in 1995/1996; Released in 1999)

Ensemble Variations

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Specialize in chamber music from the first half of the 18th century.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : France
• Members :
  • Frédéric Martin (violin)
  • Jean-Christophe Frisch (traverso)
  • Christine Plubeau (bass viol)
  • Pascale Boquet (theorbe)
  • Olivier Baumont (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Gaspard Le Roux - "Concerts pour deux dessus & basse" - Accord 206 182
  • Jean-Ferry Rebel - "Le Tombeau de Monsieur de Lully" - Accord 242 992
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre - "Sonates à un & deux violons avec viole ou violoncello obligés" - Accord 205 782

Ensemble Vermillian

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Quartet
• WWW : http://ensemblevermillian.com
• Contact information : http://ensemblevermillian.com/contact.htm
• Home city/country : Berkeley, California, USA
• Members :
  • Frances Blaker (recorders)
  • Barbara Blaker Krumdieck (baroque violoncello)
  • Robbie Link (viola da gamba, violone)
  • Hanneke van Proosdij (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • "Stolen Jewels" - works by Rosenmüller, Buxtehude, Biber, Krieger, JM Bach, Boddecker - available from Magnatunes or Red Hawk Music

Ensemble de violes Orlando Gibbons

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : A viol consort.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : France
• Members:
  • Wieland Kuijken
  • Kaori Uemura
  • Anne-Marie Lasla
  • Sylvia Moquet
  • Jérôme Hantai
• Discography :
  • William Byrd (1539/40-1623) : "With lilies white : Consort Songs & Music for viols" - with Gérard Lesne (alto) - Virgin Veritas - VC 7243 5 45264 2 8

Ensemble di viole dell'Accademia Strumentale Italiana

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : A viol consort.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy

Ensemble di Viole "Labyrinto"

• Director : Paolo Pandolfo
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : A viol consort
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy

Ensemble Vita Nova

• Director : Barbara Blaker Krumdieck
• Year ensemble formed : 1998
• Description : The formation of this ensemble represented, in many respects, a "new life" for its founding musicians.
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : ensemblevitanova@aol.com
• Home city/country : Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
• Members :
  • Frances Blaker (recorders)
  • Letitia Berlin (recorders)
  • Barbara Blaker Krumdieck (Baroque 'cello)
  • Jeff Ferdon (viola da gamba and violone) (E-mail: JFerdonA@aol.com)
  • Jennifer Griesbach (harpsichord)
  • Other singers and instrumentalists as needed

Ensemble Voltaire

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1988 as Ensemble Ouabache -- by Christopher Verrette (violin), Barbara Kallaur (traverso), and Thomas Gerber (keyboard).
• Description : Chamber ensemble specializing in music from the baroque and early classical periods. Its members first met while studying at the Early Music Institute of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.  Renamed Ensemble Volatire in 2004.
• WWW : http://www.ensemblevoltaire.com
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: info@ensemblevoltaire.com
• Home city/country : Indianapolis, Indiana (ensemble-in-residence at the Trinity Episcopal church)
• Members :
  • Barbara Kallaur (traverso)
  • John Abberger (oboe)
  • Christopher Verrette (violin)
  • Elizabeth Macdonald (viola da gamba)
  • Thomas Gerber (organ, harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Telemann: "Quartets and Trios" - Catalpa Classics

Ensemble Zefiro
(See Zefiro.)

L'Entretien des Muses
(translation: The Muses' Conversation)

• Director : Frank Theuns (flute)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Specialize in music from the French baroque.
• WWW : http://www.annemertens.be
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o Frank Theuns
      avenue Jules Gathy 11
      B-1390 Bossut-Gottechain
      BELGIUM
  • Tele/Fax : 32 10 81 68 62
  • E-mail : theunsmertens@skynet.be
• Home city/country : Belgium

L'Entretien des Muses
(translation: The Muses' Conversation)

• Artistic director : Stéphane Fuget (harpsichord, organ)
• Year ensemble formed : ? -- by Stéphane Fuget
• Description : A baroque vocal and instrumental ensemble.
• WWW : http://entretien.des.muses.free.fr
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o Stéphane Fuget
      31, Grande Rue
      89510 PASSY
      FRANCE
  • Telephone : 03.86.87.16.33
  • FAX : ?
  • E-mail : entretien.des.muses@free.fr
• Home city/country : France
• Discography :
  • FJ Haydn: Trios for violin, harpsichord, and bass - XV 1, 35, 38, 40, 41 - Calliope CAL 9348 (Released in 2005.)

Epimethean Ensemble

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1998
• Description : The ensemble focuses primarily on classical and romantic string and woodwind chamber music: quartets etc. with flute from Mozart through Reicha , Fürstenau, Krommer etc, also programs with clarinet, oboe, or bassoon. The ensemble also performs earlier continuo music -- all on period instruments. Players are well known members of other ensembles such as Les Arts Florissants, Anima eterna, etc.
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o Charles Zebley
      153, rue de Belleville
      75019 Paris 33
      FRANCE
  • Telephone : 148034076
  • FAX : 33142007213
  • E-mail : czebley@compuserve.com
• Home city/country : Paris, France
• Members :
  • Charles Zebley (transverse flute)
  • Florence Malgoire (violin)
  • George Willms (violin)
  • Galina Zinchenko (viola)
  • Alix Verzier (violoncello)
  • Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
  • Eric Hoeprich (clarinet)
  • Jane Gower (bassoon)
• Concert schedule :
  • 15 july 1999 at CALA D'OR MALLORCA Couperin, Rebel with dance
  • 16 July1999 MAÓ MENORCA Mozart quartets with flute
• Discography : none to date

EPOCA BAROCCA

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1992
• Description : To perform with as much enjoyment as possible the Italian, German and French baroque repertoire on periods instruments. The ensemble doesn't strictly adhere to performance "dogma" but is observant of authentic historic praxis. The music simply exists -- spontaneously.
• WWW : http://www.epocabarocca.de
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • c/o Alessandro Piqué
      Am Eichenkamp 7
      D-51427 Bergisch Gladbach
      GERMANY
  • Tel/Fax: +49(0)2204.69607
  • E-mail:
    • info@epocabarocca.de
    • AlePique@aol.com
• Home city/country : Germany
• Members :
  • Core:
    • Margarete Adorf (Violin)
    • Alessandro Piqué (Oboe)
    • Sergio Azzolini (bassoon)
    • Christoph Lehmann (harpsichord)
  • Guest:
    • Christian Leihterer (chalumeau)
    • Ilze Grudule (violoncello)
• Discography :
  • Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783): "Sonatas & Trio Sonatas" - Chandos Chaconne CHAN0711 (Released in 2004.)
  • Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729): "Concertos and Sonatas" - CPO 777 115-2 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2005.)
  • Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763): "Trios & Sonatas" - CPO 777 116-2 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758): "Trios and Sonatas" - CPO 777 204-2 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2007.)

Equale Brass Ensemble

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : ?
• Discography :
  • Henry Purcell: "Music for Queen Mary" - with soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner (director) - Erato 4509-99775-2 (Recorded in 1976.)

Eroica Quartet

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1993
• Description : The ensemble members passionately believe that greater freedom of expression can be found in a thorough immersion in the performance styles of the past. In particular, they have worked together to discover the expressive implications of bowings and fingerings found in mid-19th century editions.
• Contact information : ?
• Performance Management : Early Music Agency
• Home city/country : London, UK
• Members :
  • Peter Hanson (violin I)
  • Lucy Howard (violin II)
  • Gustav Clarkson (viola)
  • David Watkin (violoncello)
• Discography : Harmonia mundi
  • Mendelssohn - String Quartets
    • Vol. 1: Op.12, 13 & Op. Posth. - HMU 907245 (1999)
    • Vol. 2: Op.44, Nos. 1 & 2 - HMU 907287 (2002)
    • Vol. 3: Op.44/3 in E-flat major; Op.80 in F minor; Four pieces Op.81 - HMU907288 (2005)
  • Beethoven: String Quartets Op.74, 95, 135. HMU 907254 (2002)
  • Schumann: String Quartets Op.41 HMU 907270 (2001)

Essex Baroque Orchestra

• Director : Peter Holman
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Devoted to giving students, teachers and good amateurs in East Anglia occasional experience of playing the Baroque orchestral repertory at a high level).
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Essex, UK

Estampie

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1985 -- by Michael Popp, Sigrid Hausen and Ernst Schwindl originally as the 'Munich Ensemble for Early Music'.
• WWW : http://www.estampie.de
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Cornelia Bruckbauer (manager)
      Kachletstraße 6
      D-81735 München
      GERMANY
  • Telephone : +49 (089) 89892848
  • FAX : ?
  • E-mail :
    • management@estampie.de
    • info@estampie.de
    • meck@estampie.de
• Home city/country : Munich, Germany
• Members :
  • Sigrid Hausen (voice)
  • Cornelia Melian (voice)
  • Michael Popp (various instruments)
  • Ernst Schwindl (hurdy-gurdy and keyboard)
  • Cas Gevers (sackbutt and slide trumpet)
  • Sascha Gotovchikov (?)
• Discography : Christophorus

Esterházy Ensemble

• Director : Michael Brüssing (baryton, baroque violoncello)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Specializes on music for baryton and viola da gamba at the Esterházy court.
• WWW : http://www.viola-da-gamba.com/baryton_trios.htm
• Contact information :
  • Postal address : ?
  • Telephone : ?
  • FAX : ?
  • E-mail : michael.bruessing@viola-da-gamba.com
• Home city/country : Germany
• Members :
  • Kerstin Linder-Dewan (violin)
  • András Bolyki (viola)
  • Michael Brüssing (barytone, baroque violoncello)
  • Maria Brüssing (barytone, baroque violoncello)
• Discography :
  • Luigi Tomasini (1741-1808): "Baryton Trios" - CPO 999 973-2 (Recorded in 2003. Released in 2004.)

Esterházy Quartet
(See the Quartet Esterházy.)

Esterházy-Trio

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1996
• Description : Founded by members of Baroque21. Specializes in the music of Haydn and his contemporaries.
• WWW : http://www.classic21.net/
• Contact information : (c/o Stephan Paul Scharf)
  • Postal address: ?
  • Telephone: +49 345 5220072
  • Fax: +49 345 5233690
  • E-mail: info@classic21.net
• Home city/country : Germany
• Members :
  • Thomas Fritzsch (viol