Skip Sempé
Capriccio Stravagante

DISCOGRAPHY

JS BACH
CONCERTI / CIACCONA / PARTITA
Harpsichord Concerti BWV 1054 & 1055 (Manfredo Kraemer, violin); Ciaccona BWV 1004 (improvised by Skip Sempe for solo harpsichord); Partita BWV 828.
Skip Sempé, harpsichord
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
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JS BACH – VIVALDI
CONCERTI & PRAELUDIA
Bach: Preludes & Fugues BWV 541, 545, 547; Concerto after Vivaldi BWV 593; Adagios after Reinken BWV 965 & 966; Larghetto after Vivaldi BWV 972; Adagio after Marcello BWV 974; Preludio BWV 1006 (2 harpsichords); Adagio BWV 968; Largo BWV 1005; Prelude BWV 1010 (improvised by Skip Sempe for solo harpsichord) (harpsichord).
Skip Sempe & Olivier Fortin, harpsichords
Astreé E 8645

BUXTEHUDE
ABENDMUSIK
Sonatas BuxWV 252, 253, 257, 261, 266, 267 (Manfredo Kraemer, violin; Jay Bernfeld, viola da gamba); Ciaconna BuxWV 160; Passacaglia BuxWV 161. Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
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BYRD
VIRGINALS & CONSORTS
Fantasias, The Queen’s Alman, Pavan a 5, Pavan & Galliard a 6, Browning, My Lord of Oxenford’s Maske, Praeludium & Ground (instrumental ensemble); Pavans, Galliards, Fantasia & Dances (harpsichord).
Skip Sempé, harpsichord
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
Astreé E 8611

CANTO A MI CABALLERO
The Tradition of Antonio de Cabezon
Cabezon: Music for Harpsichord & Instrumental Ensemble; Arcadelt, Rore, Gombert: Chansons & Madrigals; Morales: Missa Dezilde al Cavallero.
Skip Sempé, harpsichord
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
Astreé E 8651

CANTO MEDITERRANEO
The Mediterannean Renaissance
Villancicos, Airs, Mardigals & Instrumental Music: Arcadelt, Caccini, Frescobaldi, Ortiz ; Marini Sonata « La Variata » (Pablo Valetti, violin).
Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
Astreé E 8870

CHAMBONNIERES
PIECES DE CLAVECIN
Suites, Pavannes & Preludes.
Skip Sempe, harpsichord
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
CONCERT DANS LE GOUT THEATRAL
Huitieme Concert from «Les Gouts Reunis» & Complete Airs de Cour.
Gauvin, Rondot, Desrochers, voices
Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra / Skip Sempe
Astreé E 8820
(Recorded in 2000. Released in 2001.)

FRANCOIS COUPERIN
PIECES DE CLAVECIN
L’Art de Toucher le clavecin (6 Preludes), Ordre 3, Ordre 8, Suite in A, Les Barricades Misterieuses, L’Arlequine.
Skip Sempe, harpsichord
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FRANCOIS COUPERIN
LA SULTANNE
Pieces de viole (2 Suites), La Sultanne, La Superbe.
Jay Bernfeld, viola da gamba
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
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FORQUERAY
PIECES DE VIOLE / PIECES DE CLAVECIN
Allemande La Laborde, La Portugaise, La Regente, La Ferrand, Chaconne La Buisson, Jupiter (viola da gamba); La Cottin, La Forqueray, La Marella, Sarabande L’Aubonne, La Couperin, La Leclair, La Rameau (harpsichord).
Jay Bernfeld, viola da gamba
Skip Sempe, harpsichord
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HANDEL
OPERA ARIAS & CANTATAS
Da tempeste (from Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
V’adoro, pupile (from Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
Che sento? O Dio! (from Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
Se pietà (from Giulio Cesare in Egitto)
Lascia ch’io pianga (from Rinaldo)
Torna mi a vagheggiar (from Alcina)
Si, son quella! (from Alcina)
Mi restano le lagrime (from Alcina)
Cantata: Tra le fiamme (HWV 170)
Cantata: No se emendará jamás (HWV 140)
María Bayo, soprano
Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra / Skip Sempe
Astreé E 8674 (Recorded in 1999. Released in 2000.)

LULLY
DIVERTISSEMENTS
Highlights from Tragedie-Lyrique (Amadis, Armide, Psyche) & Comedie-Ballet (Ballet Royal de Flore, Ballet des Muses).
Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
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MONTEVERDI
LAMENTO D’ARIANNA / COMBATIMENTO
Carlo Farina: Capriccio Stravagante (Manfredo Kraemer, violin).
Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano
Konstantinos Paliatsaras, tenor
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
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MONTEVERDI E IL SUO TEMPO
Monteverdi: Con che soavita, Tempro la cetra, Et e pur dunque vero, Si dolce e il tormento. Frescobaldi: 2 Toccatas for harpsichord. Castello, Malvezzi, Marini, Merula, Riccio.
Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
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PARADIZO - CONSORT MUSIC & AIRS FOR THE FLUTE
Holborne, Dowland, Eyck, Scheidt, Hume, Ferrabasco, Brade, Purcell, Morley
Julien Martin, recorder
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
Paradizo PA0001 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2006.)

PAVANA - THE VIRGIN HARPSICHORD
Elizabethan Music for 1, 2 & 3 Harpsichords
Byrd, Bull, Gibbons, Dowland, Morley, Tomkins.
Skip Sempe, virginal & harpsichord
Olivier Fortin & Pierre Hantai, harpsichords
Astreé E 8841

PURCELL
AIRS & INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
If music be the food of love, ‘Tis Nature’s Voice, Music for a while, An Evening Hymn, Three Parts Upon a Ground, Ouverture, Chacony.
Howard Crook, tenor
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
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PURCELL
EVENING PRAYER, ANTHEMS AND SACRED SONGS
Rejoice in the Lord alway; Remember not, Lord, our offences; I was glad; O Lord, rebuke me not; Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me; Now that the sun has veiled his light (Evening Hymn); Hear My Prayer; My heart is inditing
Chanticleer
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
Teldec 2564602902

SCHENK 
L’ECHO DU DANUBE
Sonatas, Fantazia, Suite
Jay Bernfeld, viola da gamba
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
Astreé E 8566

TELEMANN
Ouverture for recorder; Fantasias; Concerto for recorder and viola da gamba
Julien Martin, recorder
Josh Cheatham, viola da gamba
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempe
Paradizo PA0002 (Recorded in 2005. Released in 2007.)

VENEZIA STRAVAGANTISSIMA
Balli, Canzone e Madrigali (1500-1630) by Mainerio, Vecchi, Gabrieli, Guami, Canale, Picchi
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra / Skip Sempe
Alpha 049 (Released in January 2004)

VERSAILES -  L’ILE ENCHANTE
Lully: Ouverture de Psyche, Marche pour la Ceremonie des Turcs, Chaconne d’Amadis; Lambert: Vos mepris chaque jour, Ombre de mon amant; Campra: Sommeil, Mes Yeux; Marais: Les Voix Humaines, Sarabande; D’Anglebert, Louis & Francois Couperin: Pieces de clavecin (1 & 2 harpsichords)
Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano
Jay Bernfeld, viola da gamba
Skip Sempe & Olivier Fortin, harpsichords
Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra / Skip Sempé
Alpha 016
(Recorded and released in 2001.)

IL VIOLINO
Bach : Sonata BWV 1019a; Bach (Pisendel?): Sonata BWV 1024; Veracini : Sonata accademica Opus 2, No 12 ; Westhoff: Suite in A.
Manfredo Kraemer, violin (1691 Stradivari  & 1669 Amati, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Michel Murgier, ‘cello
Skip Sempe, harpsichord
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Updated 17 March 2007