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Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Work: O Mirtillo
Album Title:Quinto libro de' madrigali
Performer(s): La Venexiana
Label: Glossa GCD920925
Track(s): 2
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: GCD920925
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Composer: Giulio Caccini
Work: Dovrò Dunque Morire
Album Title:Musical Banquet
Performer(s): Monika Mauch and Nigel North
Label: ECM Records
Track(s): 3
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: N/A
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Composer: John Dowland
Work: Flow My Tears
Album Title:Dowland: Flow My Tears and Other Lute Songs
Performer(s): Steven Rickards, Dorothy Linell
Label: Naxos
Track(s): 2
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.553381
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Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Work: Tu se' morta
Album Title:L'Orfeo
Performer(s): Emanuele Haim
Label: Virgin Classics 0724354564253
Track(s): 33-34
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 724354564253
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Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Work: Lamento della ninfa
Album Title:Combattimento di Tancredi & Clorinda Lamento della ninfa
Performer(s): Akademia Lasserre
Label: Zig-Zag Territoires ZZT051003
Track(s): 3
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: ZZT051003
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Composer: Girolamo Frescobaldi
Work: Toccata no. 2
Album Title:Giralomo Frescobaldi: Louis Couperin
Performer(s): Gustav Leonhardt
Label: Alpha ALPHA026
Track(s): 1
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: ALPHA026
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Composer: Dario Castello
Work: Sonata no. 2
Album Title: Seicento Italiano
Performer(s): Accademia Bizantina
Label: ARTS Music
Track(s): \12
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: ARTS47707-2
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Composer: Johann Jakob Froberger
Work: Partita
Album Title: Fantastic Music for the Italian Harpsichord
Performer(s): Anthony Jennings
Label: Trust Records
Track(s): 3,4,5,6
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: MMT2025
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Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Work: Duo Seraphim
Album Title: Vespro della beata Vergine
Performer(s): Stubbs
Label: ATMA Classique ACD22304-05
Track(s): 7
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: ACD22304-05
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Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Work: Fili mi absalon
Album Title: H. Schütz: Great Motets
Performer(s): Pro Cantione Antiqua, Edgar Fleet
Label: Musical Concepts
Track(s): 2
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: ALC1118
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Composer: Giacomo Carissimi
Work: Jephte: Plorate colles
Album Title: Carissimi Oratorios: Jonas / Jephte / Ezechias / Job
Performer(s): Alexander Weimann, Baroque Voix
Label: Atma Classique ACD22622
Track(s): 10
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: ACD22622
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Composer: Pier Francesco Cavalli
Work: Giasone: Act III, scene 21: Infelice, ch'ascolto?
Album Title:Auf Wiener Art: Music from the Hapsburg Court
Performer(s): Le Jardin Secret
Label: Coro
Track(s): 2
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: COR16074
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Composer: Jean-Baptiste Lully
Work: Armide: Act V, scene 5: Le perfide Renaud me fuit
Album Title:Patricia Petribon: French Baroque Arias
Performer(s): Patricia Petibon, Les Folies Françoises
Label: Veritas Virgin Classics0724354548154
Track(s): 9
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 724354548154
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Composer: Henry Purcell
Work: King Arthur, Act 3: Frost Scene / What ho! / And what power art thou
Album Title: Henry Purcell: King Arthur
Performer(s): Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Label: Glossa GCD 921608
Track(s): 18-20
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: GCD921608
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Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Work: Concerto for Viola d'amore and Lute, RV 540: Movement 1, Allegro
Album Title:Vivaldi, Concerti per viola d'amore
Performer(s): Fabio Biondi, Europe Galante
Label: Virgin Classics 0094639514656
Track(s): 22
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 94639514656
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Composer: Barbara Strozzi
Work: Cantata, Ariette, op. 3: Begli occhi
Album Title:Barbara Strozzi: La virtuosissima cantatrice
Performer(s): Musica Secreta
Label: Amon Ra CDSAR61
Track(s): 6
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: CDSAR61
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Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
Work: Sonata da Camera for Violin, op. 5 no. 9
Album Title:Arcangelo Corelli, Violin Sonatas op. 5
Performer(s): Stefano Montanari, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
Label: ARTS Music
Track(s): Disc 2, tracks 9-12
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: ARTS47724-8
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Composer: François Couperin
Work: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin: Ordre 3, La ténèbreuse
Album Title:Olivier Baumont, Couperin Pièces de Claveçin
Performer(s): Olivier Baumont
Label: Erato 825646417667
Track(s): Disc 2, track 13; TRACK 41 @ iTunes, Amazon
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 825646417667
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Composer: François Couperin
Work: Pièces de clavecin: Ordre 6, Les moissonneurs
Album Title:François Couperin, Pièces de claveçin
Performer(s): Violaine Cochard
Label: Ambroise AMB9989
Track(s): Disc 1, track 21
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: AMB9989
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Composer: Jean-Philippe Rameau
Work: Platée, Act II, scene 2: excerpt
Album Title:Rameau Operatic Arias
Performer(s): Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Opera Lafayette, Ryan Brown
Label: Naxos 8.557993
Track(s): 3
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.557993
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Composer: Dietrich Buxtehude
Work: Membra Jesu nostri, Cantata no. 6, Ad Cor, BuxWV75
Album Title:Membra Jesu Nostri
Performer(s): Harry Christophers, The Sixteen
Label: COR 16082
Track(s): 31-36
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: COR16082
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Composer: Georg Philipp Telemann
Work: Ouverture burlesque de Quixotte, TWV: 55: G10
Album Title:Telemann, Don Quixote / La Lyra / Ouverture in D minor (Orchestral Suites)
Performer(s): Norther Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward
Label: Naxos8.554019
Track(s): 1-7
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.554019
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Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Work: Mystery Sonatas: Crucifixion Sonata
Album Title:Mystery Sonatas
Performer(s): Julia Wedman
Label: Dorian Sono LuminusDSL-92127
Track(s): Disc 1, track 10
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: DSL-92127
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Composer: George Frideric Handel
Work: Rinaldo, HWV 7a: Act I, scenes 6, 7, and 9
Album Title:Handel Rinaldo
Performer(s): Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon
Label: Naxos 8.660165-7
Track(s): Disc 1, 13-15, 18
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 8.660165-67
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Composer: George Frideric Handel
Work: Saul, HWV 53: Act I, scene 3
Album Title:Handel Saul
Performer(s): Harry Christophers, The Sixteen
Label: Coro 16103
Track(s): Disc 1, 22-26
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: COR16103
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Composer: J. S. Bach
Work: St. John Passion, BWV245: Part 2, nos. 27-32
Album Title:BACH, J.S.: St. John Passion, BWV 245 (Gardiner)
Performer(s): John Eliot Gardner
Label: SDG
Track(s): Disc 2, 13-18
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: SDG712
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Composer: J. S. Bach
Work: The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I, VII
Album Title:The Art of Fugue/ Organ Concertos
Performer(s): Lionel Rogg
Label: EMI Classics 0094638176657
Track(s): Disc 1, track 13; Disc 2, track 1
NAXOS Catalog/CD Number: 94638176657
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