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Ricercar

Ricercar was founded by Jérôme Lejeune in 1980 and the label swiftly became one of the major players in the rediscovery of early music. Each Ricercar recording documents a moment in the history of music, one that can be experienced not only by listening but also by reading informative liner notes written with the general public in mind. Ricercar’s aim has always been to seek out and make available unusual and unpublished works, although they have also recorded certain well-known works when new musicological discoveries have inspired their artists to a new style of performance or interpretation. Each recording is made with the greatest respect possible for the history and origins of the work concerned; this goes from the use of the most authentic sources possible for the score to the choice of the musicians and the instruments that are most suited to the particular type of repertoire.

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Sulla piazza

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Sulla piazza

Composers Willaert, Rore, Bassano, Gabrieli, Croce

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Scarlatti: Il trionfo della Grazia

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Scarlatti: Il trionfo della Grazia

Composers Scarlatti

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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (Vol 2)

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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (Vol 2)

Artists InAlto

Composers Anonymous, Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Palestrina

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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (Vol 1)

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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (Vol 1)

Artists InAlto

Composers Monteverdi, Anonymous

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Roland de Lassus: Requiem

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Roland de Lassus: Requiem

Artists Vox Luminis

Composers Lassus

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Nicolai: Sonatas & Suites for Viols

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Nicolai: Sonatas & Suites for Viols

Composers Anonymous

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Johann Christioh Bach: Complete Keyboard Works [DSD EP]

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Johann Christoph Bach: Complete Keyboard Works [DSD EP] [World Premiere Recordings]

Artists Cindy Castillo

Composers Bach

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Heinrich Bach: Sonatas & Organ Works [DSD EP]

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Heinrich Bach: Sonatas & Organ Works [DSD EP]

Artists Cindy Castillo

Composers Bach

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Charpentier: Actéon

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Charpentier: Actéon

Composers Charpentier

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Weber: Der Freischütz arrangirt in Harmoniemusik

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Weber: Der Freischütz arrangirt in Harmoniemusik

Artists Wolf

Composers Weber

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Organ Music from the Low Countries

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Organ Music from the Low Countries

Artists Bernard Foccroulle

Composers Bull, Philips, van den Kerckhoven, Cornet, Anonymous

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Pomponio Nenna: Il primo libro de madrigali (The First Book of Madrigal)

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Pomponio Nenna: Il primo libro de madrigali (The First Book of Madrigal)

Artists Comet Musicke

Composers Nenna, Macque, Trabaci

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Handel: Theodora (Vol. 3)

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Handel: Theodora (Vol. 3)

Artists Millenium Orchestra, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García-Alarcón

Composers Händel, Handel

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Handel: Theodora (Vol. 2)

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Handel: Theodora (Vol. 2)

Artists Millenium Orchestra, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García-Alarcón

Composers Händel, Handel

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Handel: Theodora (Vol. 1)

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Handel: Theodora (Vol. 1)

Artists Millenium Orchestra, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García-Alarcón

Composers Händel, Handel

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Johann Michael Bach: Ein Orgelbüchlein (The Organ Book)

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Johann Michael Bach: Ein Orgelbüchlein (The Organ Book)

Artists Cindy Castillo

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Mr. Dowland's Dream

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Mr. Dowland's Dream

Artists Clara Brunet, Bor Zuljan

Composers Bor Zuljan, John Dowland, Robert Johnson, Peter Warlock, William Walton, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Bernard Hanighen, Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Dowland, Gilmour, Monk, Walton, Warlock, Waters, Wright, Zuljan

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Ubi caritas. Italian Laude in Early Renaissance

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Ubi Caritas - Italian Laude in Early Renaissance

Artists Le Miroir De Musique, Baptiste Romain

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The Leipzig Cantatas (Volume 4)

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The Leipzig Cantatas (Volume 4)

Artists Capella Sollertia

Composers Bach

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The Leipzig Cantatas (Volume 3)

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The Leipzig Cantatas (Volume 3)

Artists Capella Sollertia

Composers Bach

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The Leipzig Cantatas (Volume 2)

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The Leipzig Cantatas (Volume 2)

Artists Capella Sollertia

Composers Bach

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The Leipzig Cantatas (Volume 1)

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The Leipzig Cantatas (Volume 1)

Artists Capella Sollertia

Composers Bach

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Per la viola bastarda

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Per la viola bastarda

Artists Manon Papasergio, Angélique Mauillon, Yoann Moulin, Clémence Niclas

Composers Ganassi, Ortiz, Cabezon, Rogniono, Bassani, Willaert, Luzzaschi, Virgiliano, Papasergio, Lasso

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Venite Exultemus: Campra & Bernier

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Venite Exultemus: Campra & Bernier

Artists Romain Bockler, Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes

Composers Campra, DuMage, Marchand, Bernier, Lebègue

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Le grand embrasement (The Grand Embarassment). Music for a Mad King

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Le grand embrasement (The Grand Embarassment). Music for a Mad King

Artists Into the Winds

Composers Anonymous, Grimace, Haucourt, Bellengues, Cesaris, Cordier, Le Grant, von Salzburg, Adam, Coutreman, Tapissier, Lebertoul, Grenon, Fontaine, Gemblaco, Lantins, Velut, von Wolkenstein

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Beethoven: Sonatas Nos. 1, 18 & 30

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Beethoven: Sonatas Nos. 1, 18 & 30

Artists Tomasz Ritter

Composers Beethoven

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Du bist schön und lieblich (You Are Beautiful & Lovely)

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Du bist schön und lieblich (You Are Beautiful & Lovely)

Composers Hammerschmidt

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Merula: Concerti Spirituali (Spiritual Concerts)

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Merula: Concerti Spirituali (Spiritual Concerts)

Artists InAlto

Composers Merula

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Loyal Souvenir

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Loyal Souvenir

Artists Le Miroir De Musique

Composers Binchois, Anonymous

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Ein Klavierbuchlein (A Keyboard Notebook)

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Ein Klavierbuchlein (A Keyboard Notebook)

Artists Yoann Moulin

Composers Bruhns, Bohm, Buxtehude, Bach, Reinken, Petzold

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Colonna: Missa Concertata & Handel: Dixit Dominus

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Colonna: Missa Concertata & Handel: Dixit Dominus

Artists Coeur de Chambre de Namur, Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García-Alarcón

Composers Händel, Colonna, Handel

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Kantaten [Special Extended Edition]

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Kantaten [Special Extended Edition]

Artists Vox Luminis and Lionel Meunier

Composers Bach

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Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont

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Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont

Artists The Scale Knitters

Composers Marais

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J.S. Bach: Musikalisches Opfer (Musical Offering)

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J.S. Bach: Musikalisches Opfer (Musical Offering)

Artists Cindy Castillo

Composers Bach

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The Real John Bull

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The Real John Bull

Artists Maciej Skrzeczkowski

Composers Bull

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Il Concerto Caccini (Part 2)

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Il Concerto Caccini (Part 2)

Artists Nicolas Achten and Scherzi Musicali

Composers Caccini, Vavilov

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Sulla piazza

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Sulla piazza

Composers Willaert, Rore, Bassano, Gabrieli, Croce

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Scarlatti: Il trionfo della Grazia

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Scarlatti: Il trionfo della Grazia

Composers Scarlatti

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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (Vol 2)

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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (Vol 2)

Artists InAlto

Composers Anonymous, Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Palestrina

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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (Vol 1)

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Monteverdi: Vespro della beata Vergine (Vol 1)

Artists InAlto

Composers Monteverdi, Anonymous

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Roland de Lassus: Requiem

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Roland de Lassus: Requiem

Artists Vox Luminis

Composers Lassus

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Nicolai: Sonatas & Suites for Viols

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Nicolai: Sonatas & Suites for Viols

Composers Anonymous

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  • Not Available on SACD
Johann Christioh Bach: Complete Keyboard Works [DSD EP]

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Johann Christoph Bach: Complete Keyboard Works [DSD EP] [World Premiere Recordings]

Artists Cindy Castillo

Composers Bach

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Heinrich Bach: Sonatas & Organ Works [DSD EP]

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Heinrich Bach: Sonatas & Organ Works [DSD EP]

Artists Cindy Castillo

Composers Bach

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