Marian Cantatas & Arias
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Anne Sofie Von Otter, mezzo, and Musica Antiqua Köln (Reinhard Goebel, dir.)
Archiv 439 866-2 [ASIN: B0000057EK]
---Tr. 1: Haec est Regina virginum, HWV 235 (4:45)

L'Orfeo
Claudio Monterverdi
Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the New London Consort (Philip Pickett)
L'oiseau Lyre 433 545-2 [ASIN: B00000E4XO]
Atto Primo (CD 1)
---Tr. 6: Rosa del Ciel, vita del mondo, Orfeo and Euridice (2:58)

Amor Roma
Cantatas romaines circa 1640
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano, and Tragicomedia
ATMA ACD 2 2230 [ASIN: B0000516U0]
Luigi Rossi (Domenico Benigni)
---Tr. 1: A qual dardo il cor se deve (4:49)

:29 Music bed: Ay Luna, …Música española del Siglo de Oro, Guillemette Laurens, mezzo, and Unda Maris, Alpha 064 [ASIN: B0008191N8], Diego Ortiz ---Tr. 6: La Gamba

Neun deutsche Arien
G.F. Händel (1685-1759)
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
HMC 901689 [ASIN: B00004RBWX]
---Tr. 10: Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden, HWV 210 (5:43)

Rosenkranz -Sonaten
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Reinhard Goebel, violin and Musica Antiqua Köln
ARCHIV 431 656-2 [ASIN: B0000057DS]
Disc 2, Tr. 8: Passacaglia (6:41)

Theme Music bed: Ensemble Alcatraz, Danse Royale, Elektra Nonesuch 79240-2, T.12: La Prime Estampie Royal

:59 Midpoint Break: Ay Luna, …Música española del Siglo de Oro, Guillemette Laurens, mezzo, and Unda Maris, Alpha 064 [ASIN: B0008191N8], Diego Ortiz ---Tr. 15: Recercada 5, passamezzo antico

O Solitude
Purcell - Songs and Airs
Nancy Argenta, soprano; Nigel North, archlute; Richard Boothby, viol; and Paul Nicholson, organ and harpsichord
Virgin Classics 0777 7 59324 2 3 [ASIN: B000025FZD]
---Tr. 14: From rosy bow'rs (5:45)

The Red Red Rose
…songs and tunes from 18th century Scotland
Concerto Caledonia
Delphian DCD 34014 [ASIN: B000AQ5KD6]
Pietro Urbani (after Robert Burns)
---Tr. 7: The Red Red Rose (2:23)

:29 Music bed: Ay Luna, …Música española del Siglo de Oro, Guillemette Laurens, mezzo, and Unda Maris, Alpha 064 [ASIN: B0008191N8], Venegas de Henestrosa, Alonso Mudarra & Luys de Narváez ---Tr. 27. Las vacas, romanesca - Glosas sobre el canto llano, Francisco Correa de Arauxo

La Púrpura de la Rosa
Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco
Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Ensemble Elyma (Gabriel Garrido, dir.)
K617 108/2 [ASIN: B00004VSMN]
Prologue en homage au Roi Philippe V (CD 1)
---Tr. 1: Loa para La Púpura de la Rosa (9:17)

Recent Release:
Dowland's Tears: Lute Music, vol. 2
John Dowland
Nigel North, lute
NAXOS 8.557862 [ASIN: B000JVSVCE]
---Tr. 10: Langston's Galliard (2:36)
---Tr. 12: Captain Digorie's Piper's Galliard (1:53)
---Tr. 14: Galliard (1:59)

RELATED WEB LINKS
Nigel North - http://www.nigelnorth.com/
Ensemble Elyma - http://www.elyma.net/
Concerto Caledonia - http://www.concal.org/
Musica Antiqua Köln - www.musica-antiqua-koeln.com/
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin - http://www.akamus.de/
New London Consort - http://www.newlondonconsort.com/