"R" Ensembles

Raglan Baroque Players

• Director : Nicholas Kraemer (keyboard)
• Year ensemble formed : 1978
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : UK
• Discography : Hyperion, Virgin Veritas
  • Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770): Violin Concertos - with Elizabeth Wallfisch - Hyperion CDA67345 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)

The Rare Fruits Council

• Director : Manfred Kraemer (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : 1997
• Description : "The name of the ensemble, an allusion to the florid, naturalistic titles of many music editions of the baroque period, also suggests an aesthetic purpose: To discover the familiar under and exotic garment, as in the riddle, or as in art, to turn into something different an already known and attractive object... To interpret the never before as if it had always been, and the always as if never ever before." -- from the CD booklet for "L'ange et la diable".
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Eurpoe
• Members (cumulative list) :
  • Manfred Kraemer (violin & viola d'amore) (E-mail: mkraemer@powernet.net.ar)
  • Pablo Valetti (violin & viola d'amore)
  • Balázs Máté (violoncello)
  • Lorenz Duftschmid (violone & viola da gamba)
  • Guido Balestracci (viola da gamba)
  • Mara Galassi (harp)
  • Rolf Lislevand (theorbo & baroque guitar)
  • Eduardo Ergüez (guitar)
  • Luciano Contini (archlute)
  • Alessandro De Marchi (harpsichord, organ)
  • Dirk Boerner (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Heinrich Ignaz Biber (1644 - 1704) : "Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa" - Auvidis Astrée E 8572  (Released in 1996)
  • David Petersen (17th Century) : "Speelstukken" - Auvidis Astrée E 8615 (Released in 1998)
  • Carl Heinrich Biber (1681 - 1749) : "Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes" - Auvidis Astrée E 8630 (Released in 1998)
  • JS Bach : "Trio Sonatas" BWV 527, 1030, 1037, 1029, 530 - Auvidis Astrée E 8804 (Released in 2000.)
  • "L'ange et la diable" (The Angel and the Devil): works by Leclair & Locatelli - Naïve Astrée E8842 (Recorded and released in 2001.)
  • "Rariora & marginalia" - works by Philipp Friedrich Böddecker, Johann Paul von Westhoff, Giovanni Battista Bovicelli, Georg Muffat & Antonio Bertali - Naïve Astrée E 8840 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2003.)

Rastatter Hofkapelle

• Director : Jürgen Ochs
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Germany
• Discography :
  • Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (ca. 1650-1746): "Missa sacra" - Carus 83.172 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)

Ravenscroft Consort

• Musical director : Stephen Cassidy
• Year ensemble formed : 1987
• Description : Vocal and instrumental consort specializing in music from 1300 to 1700, using period (reproduction) instruments including cornetts, sackbuts, recorders, viols, shawms, bagpipes etc. Perform as a consort or can provide instrumental accompaniment to vocal ensambles. Has accompanied the early music vocal ensemble Capella Antiqua.
• WWW : http://uk.geocities.com/ravenscroftconsort/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Stephen Cassidy
      79 Humber Doucy Lane
      Ipswich, Suffolk
      UNITED KINGDOM
  • E-mail : ravenscroftconsort@yahoo.co.uk
• Home city/country : Ipswich, UK
• Members : http://uk.geocities.com/ravenscroftconsort/
• Concert schedule : http://uk.geocities.com/ravenscroftconsort/

Rayuela

• Directors : Claudia Gerauer, Martina Joos and Thomas Engel
• Year ensemble formed : 2004 -- by Claudia Gerauer, Martina Joos and Thomas Engel
• Description : Originated from Trio O'Henry. The ensemble's name comes from the Spanish word for hopscotch. The ensemble traces the changes that music has undergone in the course of time, and brings works that are sometimes centuries apart into relation with one another. The starting point for the work of RAYUELA is the music from the period before 1650, most of which is not scored for particular instruments and therefore leaves a great deal of freedom for experimenting with different arrangements.
• WWW : http://www.rayuela.de
• Contact information : See http://www.rayuela.de
• Home city/country : Switzerland / Germany
• Members :
  • Claudia Gerauer (recorders)
  • Martina Joos (recorders)
    
  • Thomas Engel (recorders)
    
  • Thomas Boysen (theorbo & vihuela)
    
  • Daniel Oman (medieval lute & colascione)
    
  • Johannes Hämmerle (harpsichord & organ)
• Discography :
  • RAYUELA: Olive Music OM 006
  • "Grenzenlos - Barocke Kostbarkeiten aus Europäischen Ländern" (transl.: 'Borderless - baroque music from European countries') - works by William Young (1610–1662), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755), Johann Josef Fux (1660–1741), Henry Purcell (1659–1695), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725), Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704), Carl Friedrich Weidemann (†1782), Biagio Marini Suite (circa 1587–1663)  - Classic Concert Records CCR 62028 (Released in 2007.)

La Real Cámara

• Director : Emilio Moreno (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Spain
• Members :  (cumulative)
  • Emilio Moreno (violin)
  • Enrico Gatti (violin)
  • Wouter Möller (violoncello)
  • Joseé Manuel Hernández (violoncello)
  • Sergi Casademunt (viola da gamba)
  • Juan Carlos De Mulder (baroque guitar)
  • Josep Borràs (bass)
  • Léon Berben (harpsichord, organ)
  • Guido Morini (keyboard)
  • Pedro Estevan (percussion)
• Discography : (Glossa)
  • Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805): "La Bona Notte" (Chamber music) - Glossa GCD 2K0301 (Recorded in 1994.)
  • L. Boccherini: "Los Ultimos Tríos" (Chamber music) - Glossa GCD 920302 (Recorded in 1995)
  • "Music in the Time of Goya" works by Catell, Esteve, Guerrero, Laserna, Courcelle, Scarlatti, and Conforto Glossa GCD 920303 (Recorded in 1996.)
  • "Tientos y Batallas" - The Spanish violin in the 17th century - works by Falconiero, Bruna, Victoria/Bovicelli, Bruna, Botelero, Lorente, Sola - Glossa GCD 920304 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  • L. Boccherini: String Trios - Glossa CGD 922003

Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara

• Director : Juan Bautista Otero
• Year ensemble formed : circa 1992 (developed from the Beatus Ille ensemble)
• WWW : http://www.rcoc-orquesta.com
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • C/ Tallers 22 2-2
      Casa Magarola
      08001 Barcelona
      SPAIN
  • Tele/FAX : (0034) 933170687
  • E-mail : produccion@rcoc-orquesta.com
• Home city/country : Barcelona, Spain
• Discography :
  • Nicolà Porpora (1686-1768): Orlando (Angelica) - K617 177-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2005?. Released in 2005.)
  • Martín y Soler (1754-1806): Ifigenia in Aulide (Napoli, 1779) - K617 192-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.) -- version by Otero
  • Antonio Mazzoni (1717-1785): Aminta - K617 201-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2006. Released in 2007.)

A Reasonable Facsimilie

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : A Renaissance duo
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Rochester, Michigan
• Members :
  • Anne Burns
  • Rob Burns

REBEL

• Co-directors : Jörg-Michael Schwarz (violin) & Karen Marie Marmer (violin)
• Year ensemble formed : 1990 -- by Schwarz and Marmer
• Description : Named after the French baroque composer Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747)
• WWW : http://www.rebelbaroque.com
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • 1116 Elm Street
      Peekskill, New York  10566
  • Telephone : (914) 734-9537
  • FAX : (914) 736-5520 
  • E-mail: rebel@rebelbaroque.com
• Home city/country : New York City, New York
• Current members:
  • Jörg-Michael Schwarz (violin)
  • Karen Marie Marmer (violin)
  • Matthias Maute (recorders)
  • John Moran (violoncello)
  • Susie Napper (viola da gamba & cello)
  • Eric Milnes (harpsichord & organ)
  • Dongsok Shin (organ & harpsichord)
• Past members/collaborators:
  • Gail Ann Schroeder (viola da gamba)
  • Pieter Dirksen (harpsichord)
  • Mike Fentross (chitarrone & Baroque guitar)
• Discography:
  • Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747) :  The Complete Trio Sonatas [1712] - DHM 05472 77382 2 [1997]
  • Marin Marais (1656-1728) : "Fantasie Champestre" - Pièces en Trio - DHM 05472 77358 2 [1998]
  • "Rossi & His Circle" :  Instrumental Works by Salamon Rossi, Biagio Marini & Giovanni Battista Buonamente - Dorian DOR 93184 (Recorded in 1997. Released in 1999)
  • "Concerti di Napoli" - works by Francesco Mancini (1672-1737), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Roberto Valentini (ca. 1680-ca. 1735) - Dorian DOR-90286 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann: "Telemann alla Polacca” (Concerti & Suites) - Dorian DOR-90302 (Recorded in 2001. Released in 2002)
  • Giuseppe Sammartini: ‘Sonate e Concerti’- with Ensemble Caprice - ATMA Classique ACD22273 (To be released circa April 2002)
  • FJ Haydn: Mass in F major, Mass in C major - The Choir of Trinity Church, Wall Street; REBEL Baroque Orchestra, Dr.Owen Burdick - Hänssler 98392
  • Vivaldi: "Shades of Red - Concertos & Sonatas for Recorder & Strings" (RV 443, 108, 169, 151, 441, 63, 76, 444) - Bridge 9173 (Released in 2005)
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704): "Harmonia artificioso-ariosa I-VI" (1696) - Bridge 9213 (Released in 2007.)

Rebel Consort
(See previous entry.)

Red Priest

• Director : Piers Adams (recorder)
• Year ensemble formed : 1997 -- by Piers Adams
• Description : "performing music of the 16th to 18th centuries with wild gypsy abandon and the widest possible tonal palette."
• WWW : http://www.redpriest.co.uk
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: piers@pavilion.co.uk (c/o Piers Adams)
• Home city/country : United Kingdom
• Current Members :
  • Piers Adams (recorder)
  • Julia Bishop (violin)
  • Angela East (violoncello, viola da gamba, bass violin)
  • Howard Beach (harpsichord)
• Past Members :
  • Julian Rhodes (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • "Priest on the Run" - Upbeat Classics (Upbeat Recordings) URCD141 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 1998) -- re-released in 2000 on the Dorian label as CD DOR 93208
    • Sonata Terza - D. Castello (fl. 1625)
    • Two Spanish Dances (Ricercadas) - D. Ortiz (fl. 1590)
    • 'Gypsy' Sonata in A minor - G.P. Telemann (1681-1767)
    • Cançion del Emporador - L. de Narvaez (c. 1500-1555)
    • Renaissance Revels - Anon (1551)
    • Canzona D'Espagna (No. 1) - B. de Selma e Salaverde (fl. 1638)
    • The Cuckoo Sonata - H. Schmelzer (c. 1620-1680)
    • La Bergamasca - M. Uccellini (1610-1680)
    • Two in One upon a Ground (Chaconne from 'Dioclesian') - H. Purcell (1659-1695)
    • Aria Amorosa (from Sonata Op. 2 No. 1) - G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
    • Fantasia for Viola da Gamba - G.P. Telemann (1681-1767)
    • Zefiro's Ground - C. Monteverdi (1567-1643)/M. Cazzati (1620-1677)
    • Concerto in D major RV 92 'Priest on the Run" - A. Vivaldi (1676-1741)
  • "Nightmare in Venice": works by Vivaldi, Corelli, Purcell, Cima, Robert Johson, LeStrange, Castello, and Leclair - Dorian DOR-90305 (Released in 2002.)
  • Vivaldi: "The 4 Seasons" (includes Corelli's "Christmas Concerto", Op. 6 No. 8) - Dorian DOR-90317

Reicha Trio

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : ?
• Members:
  • Simon Standage (violin)
  • Andreas Kröper (flute)
  • Thomas Fritzsch (violoncello)

Das Reicha'sche Quintett

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1992
• Description : a wind quintet specializing in chamber music of  the classical to romantic periods.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Germany
• Members: (cumulative listing)
  • Karl Kaiser (traverso)
  • Michael Schmidt-Casdorff (traverso)
  • Hans-Peter Westermann (oboe)
  • Lisa Klevit-Ziegler (clarinet)
  • Guy Van Waas (clarinet)
  • Wilhelm Bruns (horn)
  • Christian Beuse (bassoon)
• Discography :
  • Antonin Reicha (1770-1836) & François René Gebauer (1773-1845) : "Bläserquintette" - New Classical Adventure (NCA) 95 03 805 (recorded in 1994)
  • A. Reicha : "Bläserquintette" - New Classical Adventure (NCA) 96 10 823 (recorded in 1996)
  • Franz Danzi (1763-1826) : "Bläserquintette, Op. 68" - New Classical Adventure (NCA) 96 03 817 (recorded in ?)
  • F. Danzi : "Bläserquintette, Op. 56" - New Classical Adventure (NCA) 97 11 832
  • F. Danzi : "Bläserquintette, Op. 67" - New Classical Adventure (NCA) 99 09 844
  • F. Danzi: "Piano Quintets" (Op. 41, 53, 54) - with Christine Schornsheim - New Classical Adventure (NCA) 60174 (SACD. Recorded in 2000. Released in 2007.)

La Réjouissance

• Director : Stefano Intrieri (harpsichord)
• Year ensemble formed : 1987 -- by Intrieri
• Description : The ensemble's mission is "to fully revive the artistic expression of both 17th and 18th century music in all its inventive richness. With instruments chosen according to the most recent organological and icongraphical research, as well as large-scale prepartory work on period editions, manuscripts and musical treatises, they revel in the exciting challenge of the historical and artistic reconstruction of a score." The ensemble's repertoire includes, amongst others, concerto programmes (woodwinds, harpsichords, etc.), as well as double-choir motets from the beginning of the 17th century.
• WWW : http://monsite.wanadoo.fr/LaREJOUISSANCE/
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: stefano.la-rejouissance@wanadoo.fr
• Home city/country : Europe
• Members :
  • Magali Imbert (recorder)
  • Omno Verschoor (oboe I)
  • Philippe Canguilhem (oboe II)
  • Pascale Haarscher (bassoon)
  • Jan Pieter van Coolwijk (violin I)
  • Marie-Christine Desmonts (violin II)
  • Françoise Couvert (violin III)
  • Céline Cavagnac (viola)
  • Julie Maas (violoncello)
  • Michel Fréchina (counterbass)
  • Hélène Dufour (harpsichord)
  • Stefano Intrieri (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Handel : "Les Passions de l'Âme - Arie & Sinfonie del Signor Haendel"  (The Passions of the Soul) : works from Tamerlano, Admeto, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo, Amadigi, and Concerto à 4 - with Jean-Loup Charvet (countertenor) - Mandala 4944 (Recorded in 1998; Released in 1999)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann - "Sonate & Concerti a diversi stromenti"

Reluctant Consort

• Director : Peter Petocz (lute, recorder)
• Year ensemble formed : ca. 1975
• Description : A recorder consort.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Sydney, Australia
• Members:
  • Peter Petocz (lute, recorder)
  • Bernie Williams (lute, recorder)
  • Dr. Lance Eccles
  • Robert Small
  • Jodie Goldney

Renaissance Players

• Director : Winsome Evans
• Year ensemble formed : 1967
• WWW : http://www.users.bigpond.com/celt1969/RP2.html
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : andrew@tig.com.au
• Home city/country : Sydney, Australia

Renaissonics

• Director : John Tyson (recorder)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Cambridge, Massachusetts

Renatus

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1996
• Description : Specializes in religious and secular music of the main Spanish and Catalan composers from the XIV, XV and XVI centuries. Accompanies the early music vocal ensemble, Coral Verge del Camí.
• WWW : http://www.fut.es/~corvcami/english/renatus.html
• Contact information : ?
  • Postal address :
    • C/ Rovira, 2 43850
      Cambrils (Tarragona)
      SPAIN
  • Tel : 977-360878 / 794524
  • FAX : ?
  • E-mail : ?
• Home city/country : Catalonia, Spain
• Members :
  • Jordi Màndoli (traverso)
  • Daniel Carbonell (flute, shawn and baroque oboe)
  • Iban Beltran (shawm)
  • Marta Rodrigo (vihuela)
  • Xavier Bordera (lute)
  • Jordi Martí (hurdy-gurdy)
  • Enric Prats (viola da gamba)
  • Ignasi Llorens (percussion)

Renesans (translation : "Renaissance")

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1969 -- by 4 people who are still members of the ensemble.
• Description : Performing music of Middle Ages & Renaissance periods. Primarily instrumental ensemble, but also with soprano & countertenor
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Mr Dragan Mladjenovic
      Carice Milice 3
      11000 Belgrade
      Yugoslavia
• Home city/country : Belgrade, Yugoslavia
• Members :
  • Ljubomir Dimitrijevic (wind instruments)
  • Dragan Mladjenovic (tenor, wind instruments, ud)
  • Georges Grujic (wind instruments)
  • Zoran Kostadinovic (rebec, viel, baroque violin)
  • Miomir Ristic (fiddle, viola da gamba)
  • Darko Karajic (Arabian & renaissance lute, ud)
  • Ludmila Gross-Maric (soprano)
  • Predrag Djokovic (countertenor)
  • Ljubica Grujic (spinet)
• Discography :5 LPs, 2 CDs and dozen audio cassettes

The Restoration Academy

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : London, UK
• Members :
  • Peter Hanson (violin)
  • Lucy Russell (violin)
  • Alan George (viola & violin)
  • Richard Tunnicliffe (violoncello)
  • David Miller (theorbe)
  • Alan Cuckston (harpsichord)

Retablo Barocco

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1995
• Description : Particular attention to Italian music from the 18th century. Ensemble members have collaborated in the past with Tafelmusik, Il Giardino Armonico, the Aurora Ensemble, La Cappella della Pietà de'Turchini, the Gallilei Ensemble, the Elyma Ensemble, and the Concerto Ensemble.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members :
  • Marco Brolli (traverso)
  • Claudia Combs (violin)
  • Vincenzo Onida (bassoon)
  • Rodney Prada (viola da gamba)
  • Franco Pavan (theorbe)
  • Michele Barchi (harpsichord)

Retrover (or Retrover Ensemble)

• Director : Markus Tapio (viola da gamba)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Finland
• Members :
  • Annemieke Cantor (mezzo-soprano)
  • Markus Tapio (viola da gamba)
  • Per Mattheson (viola da braccio/lira da braccio)
  • Leif Henrikson (lute)
  • Agileu Motta (lute)
  • Eero Palviainen (lute)
  • Jonte Knif (harpsichord/recorder)
• Discography :
  • "Piae Cantiones - Latin Song in Medieval Finland" : Naxos - 8.554180 (Released in 1998)
  • "Barzelette: North Italian frottole of the early 16th century" (works by Caprioli, Cara, Dalza, Ganassi, Lurano, A. and R. Matovano, Pesenti, Stringari, Tromboncino, and Anon) - Opus 111 - OPS 30-243 (Released in 1999)

La Reverdie

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Consists of mostly female singers as well as a variety of vielles, harps, and other instruments. Perform medieval works.
• WWW : http://www.lareverdie.com/
• Contact information : ?
  • E-mail: info@lareverdie.com
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members:
  • Claudia Caffagni (E-mail: claudia@lareverdie.com)
  • Livia Caffagni
  • Elisabetta de Mircovich (E-mail: betta@lareverdie.com)
  • Ella de Mircovich
  • Doron David Sherwin

La Rêveuse

• Director : Benjamin Perrot
• Year ensemble formed : 2001 -- by Benjamin Perrot and Florence Bolton
• Description : Perform works from the 17th century. Named after a composition by Marin Marais.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : France
• Members :
  • Benjamin Perrot (theorbo, guitar, lute)
  • Florence Bolton (viol, viola da gamba)
  • et al.
• Discography :
  • "Theater of musick - music for the London theatre": works by Henry Purcell and Matthew Locke - with Julie Hassler (soprano) - K617 194 (Released in 2007.)

The Revolutionary Drawing Room (and String Quartet)

• Director : Angela East
• Year ensemble formed : 1990 -- by Angela East
• Description : Description : Plays chamber music on period instruments from the 1789-1848 encompassing the "Vienese Classical" and "Early Romantic" periods. The ensemble has a contract with CPO records to record the string quartets of Boccherini and Donizetti.
• WWW : http://www.angelaeast.co.uk
• Contact information :  ?
• Home city/country : UK
• String quartet members :
  • Graham Cracknell (violin)
  • Adrian Butterfield (violin)
  • Judith Tarling (viola)
  • Angela East (violoncello & administrator)
• Guest performers :
  • Rachel Brown (flute)
  • Frank de Bruine (oboe)
  • Colin Lawson (clarinet) (E-mail: c.lawson@gold.ac.uk)
  • Nigel North (guitar)
  • Judith Evans (double bass)
  • Geoffrey Govier (piano)
• Discography :
  • Luigi Boccherini :
    • String Quartets, Op. 58 - CPO 999-070 (Released in 1994)
    • String Quartets, Op. 33 - CPO 999 206-2 (Released in 1995)
    • String Quartets, Op. 39 & 41 - CPO 999 205-2 (Released in 1995)
  • Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848):
    • String Quartets 7-9 - CPO 999 170-2 (Released in 1995)
    • String Quartets 10-12 - CPO 999 279-2 (Released in 1996)
    • String Quartets 13-15 - CPO 999 280-2 (Released in 1997)
    • String Quartets 16-18 - CPO 999 282-2  (Released in 1997)

The Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra
(See L'Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique.)

Rialto Ensemble

• Artistic director : Miranda Loud (harpsichord) -- E-mail: mirandaloud@yahoo.com
• Year ensemble formed : 1997 -- by Loud
• Description : The ensemble's motto is, Bridging worlds, expanding boundaries. "The ensemble is dedicated to cross-disciplinary collaboration in concert programming, with an emphasis on presenting music of the baroque era. In a cultural climate in which music education can no longer be taken for granted and audiences are becoming more visually oriented, Rialto aims to place the music of previous eras in new contexts that will be educational and inspirational. Through provocative and illuminating combinations of drama, dance, imagery and music, we have steadily attracted a more diverse audience for baroque music, of which people of many ages and interests experience the glorious capabilities of human spirity, imagination and ingenuity."
• WWW : http://mirandaloud.com/rialto.html
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • PO Box 390726
      Cambridge, MA 02139
  • Telephone/FAX : 617-876-1836
  • E-mail : mirandaloud@yahoo.com
• Home city/country : Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Members : (cumulative)
  • Anne Harley (soprano)
  • Elizabeth Farnum (soprano)
  • Pamela Murray (soprano)
  • Bruce Rameker (baritone/countertenor)
  • Gerald Gray (tenor)
  • Robert Mealy (baroque violin)
  • Karen Marmer (baroque violin)
  • Julia McKenzie (baroque violin)
  • Mirabai Weismehl (baroque violin)
  • Reinmar Seidler (violoncello)
  • Miranda Loud (harpsichord)

Ricercar Academy

• Director : Marcel Ponseele
• Guest conductor : Marc Minkowski
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Belgium
• Discography :
  • L.v. Beethoven: "Musik für Bläser" - Ricercar RIC ? (Released in 1998.)
  • "Le cor romantique français": works by Gioacchino Rossini, Louis François Dauprat, Jacques François Gallay, Frederic Duvernoy - Ricercar RIC ? (Released in 1998)

Ricercar Consort

• Director : Philippe Pierlot (viol)
• Year ensemble formed : 1980 -- by François Fernandez, Bernard Foccroulle, and Philippe Pierlot
• WWW : http://www.ricercarconsort.com
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: bureau@ricercarconsort.com
• Home city/country : Belgium
• Members : (cumulative)
  • Frédéric de Roos (recorder)
  • Patrick Beuckels (traverso)
  • Danièle Etienne (traverso)
  • Sayuri Yamagata (violin)
  • François Fernandez (viola)
  • Ryo Terakado (viola)
  • Hidemi Suzuki (violoncello)
  • Philippe Pierlot (bass viol)
  • Claude Wassmer (bassoon)
  • Marc Minkowski (bassoon)
  • Philippe Malfeyt (theorbe)
  • Guy Penson (harpsichord, organ)
  • Florian Heyerick (harpsichord)
• Discography : (approx. 50 recordings. A sample of these:)
  • GF Handel: "Recorder and Flute Sonatas" - Ricercar RIC 8004/5 (2 CDs. Recorded in 1985 & 1991.)
  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach : "Kammermusik" - Ricercar RIC 089125/126 (2 CDs)
  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach : "Cembalo Konzerte" & "Sinfonia" with Guy Penson (harpsichord) - Ricercar RIC 069049 (Released in 1990.)
  • Franz Joseph Haydn: "Divertimenti a Ottovoci" - Ricercar RIC 240622 (Released in 1990.)
  • Biber/Kerll: "Requiem" - with Capella Sancti Michaelis, Erik van Nevel (conductor) - Ricercar RIC 240422 (Released in 1991.)
  • "Die Familie Bach": works by Johann, Johann-Michaël, JC, JS, CPE, and Wilhelm-Friedemann Bach - Ricercar RIC 92001 (Released in 1992.)
  • Telemann: "Chamber Music for Recorder" - Ricercar RIC 241052 (Released in 1993.)
  • Henry Purcell: "XII Sonatas of Three Parts" - Ricercar RIC 240742 (Released in 1992.)
  • H Purcell: "X Sonatas in Four Parts" - Ricercar RIC 245222 (Released in 1994.)
  • H Purcell: "Sonatas of III Parts. Sonatas in IV Parts" - Ricercar RIC 217 (2 CDs. 2003 Reissue.)
  • Marin Marais: "Premier Livre de Pièces de Viole, 1686" - Ricercar RIC 205842 (Released in 1995.)
  • JS Bach: "Matthäus Passion" - Ricercar RIC 245472  (Released in 1996.)
  • Orlande de Lassus: "Missa Vinum bonum" - with the Choeur De Chambre De Namur - Ricercar RIC 245342 (Released in 1996.)
  • William Byrd: "Consort Songs" - Ricercar RIC 206442 (Released in 1998.)
  • Marin Marais: "Pièces en trio" - Ricercar RIC 206482 (Released in 1998.)
  • "Defense de la basse viole" - Ricercar RIC ? (Released in 1998.)
  • Telemann: "Doppelkonzerte mit Blockflöte" - Ricercar RIC 206732 (Released in 1999.)
  • Telemann: "Kammermusik mit Blockflöte" - Ricercar RIC ? (Released in 1999.)
  • "Gambensonaten" - works by CPE Bach, Schaffrath, CH Graun - Ricercar RIC ? (Released in 1999.)
  • "Deutsche Barock Weihnacht" - Ricercar RIC ? (2 CDs. Released in 1999.)
  • "Motetti ed Arie a voce sola" - works by Grandi, Monteverdi, Viadana, Schütz, Hodemont - with Henri Ledroit (countertenor) - Ricercar RIC ? (Released in 1999.)
  • "Les pretentions du violoncelle": works by Corrette, Barriere, Masse, Boismortier - with Hidemi Suzuki (violoncello) - Ricercar RIC ? (Released in 1999.)
  • Schütz: "Die Sieben Worte Unsers Lieben Erlösers" (SWV478) - Ricercar RIC 206412 (Released in 2000.)
  • Michael Praetorius (1571-1621): "Terpsichore Musarum" - with La Fenice - Ricercar RIC 205 (2001 reissue of 1994 recording.)
  • Francesco Geminiani: "VI Sonate di Violoncello": with Hidemi Suzuki - Ricercar RIC 240572 (Released in 2001.)
  • Giovanni Legrenzi: "Dies Irae - Sonate - Motetti" - includes works by Alessandro Poglietti - Ricercar RIC 233412 (Released in 2001.)
  • "Motetti ed Arie a Basso Solo": works by Monteverdi, Brevi, Cazzatti, Bassani, Marcello - with Max van Egmond (bass) - Ricercar RIC ? (Released in 2001.)
  • "Motteten & Kantaten der Bach Familie": - with the Choeur De Chambre De Namur, Collegium Vocale Gent - Ricercar RIC 210 (2 CDs. Released in 2002.)
  • "Kantaten der Bach Familie": works by Johann-Michaël, JC, JS Bach - with Henri Ledroit (countertenor), Ricercar RIC 020002
  • "Deutsche Barock Weihnacht": with the Choeur De Chambre De Namur, Capella Sancti Michaelis, & La Fenice - Ricercar RIC ? (2 CDs. Released in 2002.)
  • Henry du Mont (1610-84): "Grand motets" - with the Choeur De Chambre De Namur - Ricercar RIC 202 (Released in 2002.)
  • FJ Haydn: "Sämtliche Baryton Octette" - Ricercar RIC 206 (2 CDs. Originally released in 1991. Reissued in 2002.)
  • "De Æternitate" - works by Johann Christoph Bach, Christoph Bernhard, Christian Geist, Johann Michael Bach, Johann Adam Reincken, Nikolaus Hasse, Johann Fischer, Christian Spahn, Melchior Hoffmann - Mirare MIR9911 (Released in 2003.)
  • "Sonderlich auff Violen": 17th & 18th century Music for Viols - works by Samuel Scheidt, Johann Hentzschel, Isaac Posch, Philipp Friedrich Buchner, Anon, August Kühnel, David Funck, Johann Michaël Nicolai, Johann Schenk, Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, Christoph Schaffrath, and Johann Gottlieb Graun - Ricercar RIC 231 (2 CDs. Released in 2003.)
  • "Sopra la rosa": works by Marco MARAZZOLI, Giovanni Batista VITALI, Juan de NAVAS, Andrea FALCONIERO - with Arianna Savall (soprano) - Mirare MIR9931 (Recorded in 2002. Released in 2003.)
  • "Trauerkantaten": works by Telemann, Boxberg, Riedel, JS Bach - Ricercar RIC ?  (Released in 2003.)
  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704): Vocal and Instrumental Works - Assai 222372 (2003 reissue of 1987 RICERCAR release.)
  • Vivaldi: "Stabat Mater" - Mirare MIR9968 (Recorded in 2003.)
  • Antonio Bertali (1605-1669): "Valoroso" (Sonatas from the Habsburg Palace) -  Mirare MIR9969 (Recorded in 2003.)
  • JS Bach: "Actus Tragicus" (cantatas BWV 18, 106, 150) - Mirare MIR002 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2005.)
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736): Stabat Mater, Salve Regina; Durante: Concerto for quartet in F minor - Mirare MIR006 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2007.)
  • JS Bach/Handel: "Cantates & Concertos" - with Nuria Rial, soprano - Mirare MIR009
  • Henry Purcell (1659-1695): "Fantazias - musique pour violes" - Mirare MIR012 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2007.)
  • JS Bach: "Tombeau de Sa Majesté la Reine de Pologne" (BWV 198) - with Katharine Fuge (soprano), Carlos Mena (countertenor), Jan Kobow (tenor), Stephan MacLeod (bass) - Mirare MIR030 (Released in 2007.)
  • Deutsche Barock Kantaten:
    • Vol. 1: Tunder, Buxtehude, Schütz, Krieger, Bernhard, Ahle, Leopoldus I - with Henri Ledroit, countertenor - Ricercar RIC 034008 (Released in 1992.)
    • Vol. 2: Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707): Ricercar RIC 041016 (Released in 1988.)
    • Vol. 3: Johann Hermann Schein, Tunder, Buxtehude - Ricercar RIC 046023 (Released in 1989.)
    • Vol. 4: Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697): Ricercar RIC 048035-036-037 (3 CDs. Released in 1993.)
    • Vo. 5: Hammerschmidt, Selle, Schein, Schütz, Tunder, Weckman, Lübeck - Ricercar RIC 060048
    • Vol. 6: "Funeral Cantatas" - works by Georg Philipp Telemann, Christian Ludwig Boxberg, Georg Riedel, JS Bach  - Ricercar RIC 079061 (2 CDs. Released in 1990. Reissued as RIC 224.)
    • Vol. 7: Buxtehude - Ricercar RIC 094076 (Released in 1992.)
    • Vol. 8: "Aus der Tiefe" - works by Bach, Hoyoul, Hellingk, Lechner, Schütz, Sweelinck, Selle, Schein,
            Bernhardt, Förtsch, Graupner, Stölzer - with Capella Sancti Michaelis - Ricercar RIC 193086/87 (2 CDs. Released in 1991.)
    • Vol. 9: Matthias Weckman (1615/16-1674) "Complete Cantatas" - with Capella Sancti Michaelis - Ricercar RIC 109097/098 (2 CDs. Released in 1996.)
    • Vol. 10: Tunder, Schütz, Selle, JC Bach - Ricercar RIC 206092 (Released in 1997.)
    • Vol. 11: Johann Sebastiani: "Matthäus Passion (1672) - Ricercar RIC ? (Released in 1997.)
    • Vol. 12: Heinrich Schütz - Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz (SWV 478), Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi (SWV 50) - Ricercar RIC ? (Released in 1998.)
    • Vol. 13: Samuel Scheidt: "Prima Pars Concertuum Sacrorum" - with La Fenice - Ricercar RIC 206882 (Released in 1998.)
  • Deutsche Barock Kammermusik
    • Vol. 3: Ricercar RIC 078060
    • Vol. 8: Telemann: "Trio-Sonaten & Quartette" - Ricercar RIC 233452 (Released in 2001.)
  • English Consort Music
    • Vol. 1: William Byrd: "Consort Songs" - Ricercar RIC ? (Released in 1998.)
    • Vol. 2: Alfonso Ferrabosco (ca. 1578-1628): "Consort music and Consort songs" - with Susan Hamilton (soprano) - Ricercar RIC 233372 (Released in 2001.)
• Subsidiary ensembles :
  • La bande des luths (Director: Philippe Malfeyt)
  • La bande des violons (Director: François Fernandez)

Ricercar Quartet

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

La Ricordanza

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1991 by students from the Royal Conservatory (The Hague)
• WWW : http://www.ricordanza.com
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • c/o Annette Berryman
      Kollwitzstrasse 10
      D-38106 Braunschweig
      GERMANY
  • Tel: +49-(0)-531-34 45 46
  • Fax: +49-(0)-531-39 06 687
  • E-mail: info@ricordanza.com
• Home city/country : Germany
• Members : (cumulative)
  • Brian Berryman (traverso)
  • Annette Berryman (Baroque oboe, recorder)
  • Christoph Heidemann (Baroque violin)
  • Katharina Huche-Kohn (Baroque violin)
  • Bettina Ihrig (Baroque viola)
  • Dorothée Palm (Baroque violoncello)
  • Barbara Hofmann (violone)
  • Jacques van der Meer (contrabass)
  • Eckhart Kuper (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • "Das Janus-Gesicht des empfindsamen Stils": chamber music by JC Bach & Johann Gottlieb Janitsch - MDG 505 0872-2 (Released in 1998.)
  • "Leidenschaftlichen Unterhaltung" (trans.: Impassioned Conversation): works by JS Bach, Vivaldi, Johann David Heinichen, Georg Philipp Telemann - MDG (Released in 2001.)
  • Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739): "La forza della virtù -- Opera Arias and Instrumental Works" - with Elisabeth Scholl, soprano - MDG 505 1037-2 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
  • "Foreign Insult -- English Baroque Music by Immigrant Composers": works by Handel, Francesco Barsanti, JC Bach, Gottfried Finger, Nicola Matteis, Carl Friedrich Abel. MDG 505 1381-2 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2006.)

Ricordo

• Director : Matthew Wadsworth (lute)
• Year ensemble formed : 1997
• Description : Specialize in lesser-known 17th-century instrumental repertoire -- focusing mainly on the link between Austria and Italy and the flamboyant genre known as the Style Phantasticus.
• WWW : http://www.ricordo.co.uk/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address:
    • c/o Matthew Wadsworth
      57 Edward Road
      London E17 6PB
      UNITED KINGDOM
  • Tel/Fax: +44(0)20-8521-4959
  • E-mail: info@ricordo.co.uk
• Home city/country : UK
• Members :
  • Kati Debretzeni (violin)
  • Matthew Wadsworth (lute)
  • Alison McGillivray (viola da gamba)
  • Robert Howarth (harpsichord/organ)
• Discography :
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: "Virtuoso in the Making" - with Adam Woolfe (trombone) - Linn CKD 195 (Released in 2002.)

Rincontro

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Chamber quartet. The ensemble's name derives from the last movement of Richter's first quartet.
• WWW : http://www.rincontro.com
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: info@rincontro.com
• Home city/country : Europe
• Members :
  • Pablo Valetti (violin)
  • Amandine Beyer (violin)
  • Patricia Gagnon (viola)
  • Petr Skalka (violoncello)
• Discography :
  • Franz Xaver Richter: Quartets, opus 5; WA Mozart: fugues & canons - Alpha Productions Alpha 089 (Recorded in 2004. Released in 2006.)

Ris et Danceries

• Conductor : Francine Lancelot
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : France

La Risonanza

• Director : Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord, organ)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• WWW : http://www.larisonanza.com/
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: info@larisonanza.com
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members : cumulative
  • Elisa Franzetti (soprano)
  • Emanuele Bianchi (contralto)
  • Mario Cecchetti (tenor)
  • Sergio Foresti (bass)
  • Carla Marotta (violin)
  • David Plantier (violin)
  • Olivia Centurioni (violin)
  • Olaf Reimers (violoncello)
  • Peter Birner (cornett)
  • Giorgio Sanvito (violone, contrabass)
  • Ivan Pelà (theorbe)
  • Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord, organ)
• Discography :
  • Johann Caspar Kerll (1627-1693) : Missa "Non Sine Quare" - Symphonía SY 99171 (Recorded and released in 1999.)
  • Francesco Geminiani : Concerti Grossi after Arcangelo Corelli - Tactus TCT 680703 (Released in 2001.)
  • Barbara Strozzi: "Opera Ottava - Arias & Cantatas" - Glossa GCD 921503 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)
  • Giuseppe Sammartini: Concertos for the organ, Op. 9 - Glossa GCD 921505 (Recorded in 2000. Released in 2003.)
  • "Le Cantate per il Cardinal Pamphili" ~ Handel’s Italian Cantatas, Volume 1 - includes HWV 99, 113, 134, 170 - with Roberta Invernizzi, soprano - Glossa GCD 921521 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)
  • Handel: "Roma - L'anno 1707" - includes HWV 78, 142, 150 - with Nuria Rial, soprano - ORF Edition Alte Musik 3001 (SACD. Live recording at the Internationalen Barocktagen Stift Melk 2006. Released in 2007.)

Roba Music Theater

• Director : Matsumoto Masataka
• Year ensemble formed : 1982 -- by Garyuu Matsumoto and Tessei Ueno
• Description : Early music consort for children. The Theater is highly acclaimed for its family concerts, as well as its performances in primary school, kindergartens, and children's theatre. Named after the building where the consort performs.
• WWW : http://www.mmjp.or.jp/ROBAHOUSE/indexe.html
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • 6-22-32 Saiwai-cho
      Tachikawa, TOKYO 190-0002
      Japan
  • Telephone : 042-536-7266 (intl. +81-425-36-7266)
  • FAX : 042-536-7968 (intl. +81-425-36-7968)
  • E-mail : cx6m-mtmt@asahi-net.or.jp
• Home city/country : Tokyo, Japan
• Members :
  • Garyu MATSUMOTO (Bagpipes, Crumhorns, Hurdy-Gurdy, Psaltery, voices etc)
  • Tssey UENO (Crumhorn, Psaltery, Saz, Lutes, Durbucca, voices, etc)
  • Riguma TOMITA (Portative Organ, Harmonium, Drums, voices, etc)
  • Mafumi OMIYA (Recorder, Folk flute, Bowed Psaltery, voices, etc)
  • Kazuaki NAGAI (Serpent, Recorder, Crumhorn, voices, etc)
  • Christpher HARDY (Percussion)
  • Mizuko YOSHIDA (Contrabass)
• Discography :
  • "Garan-pi-poron" (released in 1993)
  • "Jig, imaginary ship" (released in 1995).

Rocinante -- disbanded

• Director : none
• Guest conductor: Tito Ceccherini
• Year ensemble formed : 1997
• Year ensemble disbanded : 2002
• Description : Rocinante is a baroque ensemble founded in 1997 consisting of two violins, viola da gamba/cello and harpsichord/organ. The ensemble is based in Helsinki, Finland.
  
  The members of Rocinante have performed and/or recorded with Opus X, Intermedi Consort, Brabantsch Muzyk Collegie, Chamber Orchestra Bothnia, The Sixth Floor Orchestra, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Avanti!, Battalia, the Finnish-Estonian Baroque Orchestra, Tallinn Baroque Orchestra, Lumen Valo, Les Perruques Amsterdam, Opera Quarta and the European Union Baroque Orchestra, among others.
  
  Rocinante has collaborated with soprano Tuuli Lindeberg and vocal ensemble Lumen Valo (Lumen Valo and the continuo group of Rocinante have recorded Zelenka's responsories for the label
  Alba; NCD 14:1-2).
  
  The instruments used by Rocinante are originals or recently-made copies of instruments dating from the 17th or the 18th century.
• Story behind the ensemble's name:
  
  "He [Don Quixote] next proceeded to inspect his hack (...) And so, after having composed, struck out, rejected, added to, unmade, and remade a multitude of names out of his memory and fancy, he decided upon calling him Rocinante [= a hack], a name, to his thinking, lofty, sonorous, and significant of his condition as a hack before he became what he now was, the first and foremost of all the hacks in the world. Having got a name for his horse so much to his taste, he was anxious to get one for himself (...)"  -- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
  
  
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Via Cesare Battisti 1
      40054 Budrio (BO)
      ITALY
  • E-mail : management@callistomusica.com
• Home city/country : Helsinki, Finland
• Members :
  • Lotta Suvanto (baroque violin)
  • Tuomo Suni (baroque violin)
  • Laura Kajander (viola)
  • Ville Sirviö (viola da gamba, baroque cello)
  • Assi Karttunen (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Zelenka:  "Responsoria pro hebdomada sancta (1723)" - with the Lumen Valo vocal ensemble; Alba NCD 14:1-2
  • Handel: "Crude Furie degli orridi abissi" - Evil Arias by G.F. Handel" - Angelo Manzotti (sopranist), Lorenzo Cavasanti (traverso) - Callisto Records (Recorded in August 2001.)

Romabarocca

• Director : Lorenzo Tozzi (harpsichord)
• Year ensemble formed : 1994
• WWW : http://decebal.trei.ro/roma.html
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Rome, Italy
• Discography :
  • Leonardo Leo (1694-1744): "Decebalo" - Bongiovanni GB 2412/13-2 (2 CDs. Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)

Romanesca -- disbanded

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1988 -- by Nigel North
• Description : the ensemble's mission is to "present music from the 17th and 18th centuries in a way that is lively, expressive, and accessible to contemporary audiences. In particular the repertoire has centered on the virtuoso violin composers of Italy and Austria and, in collaboration with singers, on the Seconda Prattica of Monteverdi and his circle, including the "Orpheus Britannicus," Henry Purcell.   Following release of their second Uccellini sonatas recording in 1999, the ensemble disbanded.
• Home city/country : UK
• Members :
  • Andrew Manze (violin)
  • Nigel North (lute & theorbo)
  • John Toll (harpsichord and organ)
• Discography : Harmonia mundi France

La Romanesca

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1978
• Description : a Renaissance ensemble. Special interest in the performance of medieval monophonic and polyphonic song, although the group's repertory spans the 12th-17th centuries.
• WWW : http://www.move.com.au
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Melbourne, Australia
• Members :
  • Hartley Newnham
  • Ruth Wilkinson (recorder, viola da gamba, violone)
  • Ros Bandt (renaissance and baroque recorders, renaissance flute, psaltery and percussion)
  • John Griffiths (early plucked instruments)
• Discography :
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi (1585-1643): "Via Frescobaldi" - Move Records MD3206

La Romanesca

• Director : José Miguel Moreno (vilhuela)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Spain

Romanesque

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

Rondellus

• Leaders : Robert (plucked strings, percussion) and Maria Staak (voice)
• Year ensemble formed : 1993
• Description/Mission : to promote medieval and renaissance music
• WWW : http://www.rondellus.ee/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Uus-Tatari 16-12
      10134 Tallinn
      Estonia
  • Tele/FAX : +372 6462 444 
  • Mobile phone : +372 5187 222
  • E-mail : robert@rondellus.ee
• Home city/country : Tallinn, Estonia
• Members :
  • Maria Staak (voice, symphony)
  • Robert Staak (plucked strings, percussion)
  • Svea Juckum-Bentz (fiddle)
  • Marilin Lips (voice)
  • Veikko Kiiver (voice)
• Concert schedule : (recent and nearest future noteworthy performances)
  • Festival Of Monophonic Music in Plock, Poland (March 98)
  • “Komponistinnen und ihr werk” in Kassel, Germany (July 98)
  • “European Middle Ages” festival in Hørsens, Denmark (Aug 98)
  • Vilnius Early Music Festival, Lithuania (sept 98)
  • Festival of Medieval Theatre and Music in Elche, Spain (Oct 98)
  • Sopron Early Music Festival, Hungary (June 99)
  • Renaissance Days in Kalmar, Sweden (July 99)
• Discography :
  • SECULAR MUSIC IN FRANCE FROM THE XIVth-XVth CENTURY – music by Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume Du Fay, Gilles Binchois and their contemporaries. Recorded in collaboration with Estonian Radio.
  • SANCTUM ROSARIUM – sacred music from the Middle Ages - songs on the themes of the Holy Rosary.
  • CARMINA SANCTORUM - sacred music from the Middle Ages connected with/dedicated to medieval saints (Anonymous composers, Hildegard von Bingen, music from Florence Manuscript, Codex Calixtinus, etc.). Recorded in collaboration with Estonian Radio.
  • SABBATUM (2003)

La Rondinella

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• WWW : http://members.aol.com/jokli/rondinel/welcome.htm
• Contact information : ?
  • Postal address :
    • Draisstraße 11
      76135 Karlsruhe
      Germany
  • Tel: 0721 / 985 03 26
  • Fax: 0721 / 985 03 27
  • E-mail : jokli@aol.com
• Home city/country : Karlsruhe, Germany
• Members :
  • Victoria Scherer (recorder)
  • Joachim Klingenfuß (lute, vihuela and theorbe)

Rose Consort of Viols

• Director : Alison Crum
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : Naxos recordings refer to this ensemble with their alternate name: the "Spectre de la Rose".
• WWW : http://www.roseconsort.co.uk/
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • c/o John Bryan
      28 Wentworth Road
      YORK YO2 1DG
      UNITED KINGDOM
  • Tele/Fax : +44 1904 652736
  • E-mail : john@roseconsort.co.uk
• Home city/country : UK
• Current Members :
  • Alison Crum (alison@alisoncrum.co.uk)
  • John Bryan (john@roseconsort.co.uk)
  • Sarah Groser
  • Roy Marks
  • Peter Wendland
• Past Members :
  • Andrew Kerr
• Discography : http://www.roseconsort.co.uk/
  • Alfonso Ferrabosco (ca.1578-1628): "Consort Music" - CPO 999 859-2 (Recorded in 1997. Released in 2003.)
  • John Ward (1571-1638): "Up a Bank with Roses - Consort Music" - CPO 999 928-2 (Recorded in 1998. Released in 2003.)

Rosenborg Trio

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Members :
  • Eva Legêne (recorder)
  • Karen Englund (harpsichord)
  • Mogans Andresen [sackbut]

Rosewood Consort

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1982
• Description : Quartet performs music of the Renaissance and Middle Ages on period instruments including viols, harp, recorders, krumhorns, contralto and tenor voices, percussion, rebec, vielle, and lute.
• Contact information :
  • E-mail : LHILL1492@AOL.COM
• Home city/country : Akron, Ohio

Il Rossignolo

• Director : Ottaviano Tenerani (harpsichord)
• Year ensemble formed : 1998
• Description : A consort of baroque music who perform using original instruments.
• WWW : http://www.ilrossignolo.it
• Contact information :
  • Ottaviano Tenerani - via Sicilia 11, 56020 San Romano (PI) tel/fax +39 (0)571 459274 - ottaviano@ilrossignolo.it
  • Marica Testi - via A. Aleardi 13, 56028 San Miniato Basso (PI) tel/fax +39 (0)571 419464 - marica@ilrossignolo.it
  • Martino Noferi - via S. Monaca 12, 50124 Firenze tel/fax +39 (0)55 292414 - martino@ilrossignolo.it
  • E-mail : informazioni@ilrossignolo.it
• Home city/country : Florence, Italy
• Members :
  • Martino Noferi (recorder, oboe)
  • Marica Testi (flute, recorder)
  • Fabio Cafaro (violin)
  • Maria Paola Cavallini (violin)
  • Raffaele Tiseo (violin, viola)
  • Raffaele Sorrentino (violoncello)
  • Carlo Pelliccione (double bass)
  • Francesca Chiocci (viola da gamba)
  • Gian Luca Lastraioli (theorbo, guitar)
  • Giangiacomo Pinardi (theorbo, guitar)
  • Ottaviano Tenerani (harpsichord)
• Discography :
  • Oratio Caccini Romano: "Madrigali et Canzonette a cinque voci" - EMA (Released in 1998.)
  • Padre Giovanni Battista Martini: Sonate e Sinfonie - Tactus/Orfeo (Released in 2000.)
  • GB Martini: Sinfonie a quattro da camera - Tactus TC701305 (Released in 2002.)
  • GB Sammartini: Notturni a quattro - Tactus TC704401 (Released in 2002.)
  • Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725): Concerti e Sinfonie per flauto (recorder concerti) - CPO 999 856-2 (Recorded in 2001. Released in May 2002.)

Rossi Piceno

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 2000
• Description : a baroque ensemble
• WWW : http://www.geocities.com/rossipiceno/
• Contact information :
  • E-mail: rossipiceno@hotmail.com
• Home city/country : Europe
• Members : (*core members)
  • Oboes: Emiliano Rodolfi*, Andreas Helm
  • Ayako Matsunaga (violin)
  • Marian Minnen* (violoncello)
  • Raúl Moncada* (harpsichord)
  • Wim Maesele (theorbo & guitar)
• Discography :
  • Joan Baptista Pla (1720-1773) & his brother Josep (1728-1762): "Trios per a oboès" - Ramée RAM 0603 (Recorded and released in 2006)

RossMarin

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Québec city, Québec, Canada
• Members :
  • Guy Ross (baritone/bass voice and lute)
  • Alfred Marin (tenor voice and viola da gamba)

Roundelay

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : A duo.
• WWW : http://www.classical-artists.com/roundelay/default.htm
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • Roundelay
      Waye House
      Alston Cross, Ashburton
      Devon TQ13 7ET
      UK
  • Tele/FAX : +44 (0)1364 652114
  • E-mail : roundelay@compuserve.com
• Home city/country : Devon, UK
• Members :
  • Roxana Gundry
  • Oliver Brookes

The Rowallan Consort

• Director : ?
• Year ensemble formed : 1994 -- by Robert Phillips and William Taylor
• Description : Specialise in the largely unexplored early Scottish repertoire. The Rowallan Consort perform Scottish music for lutes, mandour, harp, wire-strung clarsach and guitar from the 12th century through to the 18th century.
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • 14 Seaside Place
      Aberdour
      Fife KY3 0TX
      SCOTLAND, UK
  • Tel/Fax :
    • (UK) 01383 860178
    • (Int) +44 383 860 178
  • E-mail : mckillop@easynet.co.uk
• Home city/country : Fife, Scotland
• Members :
  • Robert MacKillop (lutes)
  • William Taylor (clarsach)
  • Mhairi Lawson (soprano)
  • Steven Player (guitar, dance)
  • Alison McGillivray (viola da gamba)
• Discography : Temple Records

The Royal Consort

• Director : none
• Year ensemble formed : 1986 -- Founded to accompany Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Netherlands on their visit to Norway.
• Description : A viola da gamba quartet.
• WWW : http://www.violadagamba.nl/consort.html
• Contact information :
  • Postal address :
    • The Royal Consort
      Honingklaver 9
      4102 JT
      Culemborg
      THE NETHERLANDS
  • Telephone : 0031(0)345520854
  • Fax : 0031(0)842113887
  • E-mail : royalconsort@violadagamba.nl
• Home city/country : Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Members :
  • Current
    • Mieneke van der Velden
    • Johannes Boer
    • Kaori Uemura
    • Imke David
  • Past
    • Isabelle Marchand
    • Irmelin Heiseke
    • Susanne Braumann
    • Hermann Hickethier
• Discography : 
  • "Ye Sacred Muses" - works by William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons - with David Cordier (countertenor) - Globe GLO 5159
  • Henry Purcell: "The Three and Four Part Fantazias" - Globe GLO 5132

Rozmberk Consort
(See next entry.)

Rozmberska Kapela

• Director : Frantisek Pok
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Prague, Czech Republic

Rubinstein Players

• Director : Maria Lyapkova (piano)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Description : The ensemble's repertoire performed on period instruments is rather various and consists of famous, rare and unknown works from the early 19th to the early 20th century. The group members are interested in both European and Russian music but they put a particular aim for themselves to rediscover the badly known and rarely heard Russian music of the second part of 19th century. Their repertoire includes piano trios, quartets, quintets and sonatas by Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Frank, Rubinshtein, Arensky, Taneev, Medtner and many other composers.
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Moscow, Russia
• Members :
  • Tatiana Chulochnikova (violin)
  • Sergei Poltasky (viola)
  • Anna Gavrilova (cello)
  • Maria Lyapkova (piano)

Il Ruggiero

• Director : Emanuela Marcante (keyboard)
• Year ensemble formed : ?
• Contact information : ?
• Home city/country : Italy
• Members :
  • Daniele Tonini (traverso)
  • Alessandro Palmeri (violoncello)
  • Emanuela Marcante (keyboard)
• Discography :
  • Alessandro Scarlatti: Concerti Sacri - Opera Seconda - Concerti 1-5 - Tactus TC 661903 (Released in 1996)
  • A. Scarlatti: Concerti Sacri - Opera Seconda - Concerti 6-10 - Tactus TC 661904 (Released in 1996)
  • Salomone Rossi: "Il terzo libro de varie sonate, sinfonie, gagliarde, brandi e corrente, Op. 12" - Tactus TC 571801 (Released in 1997)
  • Antonio Corelli - Sonate a tre, Opera IV - Tactus TC 650303
  • Corelli: Sonate a trè Op 1  (Trio Sonatas, Op. 1) - Tactus 650305 (Released in 1998)
  • Monteverdi: VIII Libro - Madrigali amorosi (Book 8) - Tactus TC 561306 (Released in 1999)
  • Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764) : "Sonata a Flauto Traverso Solo e Basso (Flute Sonatas)", Op. 2 (vol. 1) - Tactus TC 691202 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 1999)
  • Corelli: "Opera II: Sonate da Camera" (1685) - Tactus TC 650306