Fiori Musicali have a number of acclaimed CDs including first performances in modern times of music that has been hidden away in archives for centuries. Fiori have recorded Tallis, Monteverdi, Bach, Zelenka, Scarlatti, Mozart, Haydn, Caldara, Leo, Wanczura and much more besides.
Music from their latest CD, a disc of sacred music by Thomas Tallis, was broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Essential Classics and later reviewed by Jeremy Summerly on BBC Radio 3’s Record Review.
A selection of currently available discs available for purchase is listed below. You can make your selection using the order form at the end of this page.
Monteverdi 1610 Vespers
Recorded live in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford with the Fiori Musicali Choir and Fiori Musicali Orchestra on authentic instruments.
- James Laing & Robert Cross countertenor
- Thomas Hobbs & Edmund Hastings tenor
- Simon & James Birchall bass
- Penelope Rapson director
2-CD recording £20 inc. p&p UK, £23 inc. p&p rest of the world.
Tallis Sacred Choral Music
Recorded in Budapest, this release features the Fiori Musicali Choir in sublime sacred choral music by Tallis. Included are the famous settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the edition director Penelope Rapson created as part of her doctoral research on Tallis.
- Fiori Musicali Choir
- Penelope Rapson director
CD recording £15 inc. p&p UK, £18 inc. p&p rest of the world.
Zelenka Sacred Music
- Grace Davidson soprano
- James Bowman countertenor
- Benjamin Hulett tenor
- Simon Whiteley bass
- Penelope Rapson director
“Impassioned pulsing orchestral writing…. and dramatically charged choral tension combine to compelling effect…..this disc will amply reward those eager to hear more.” Gramophone – March 2008
CD recording £15 inc. p&p UK, £18 inc. p&p rest of the world.
Grace Davidson – A Portrait
Fiori Musicali on authentic instruments in a début recording featuring soprano Grace Davidson in music ranging from Hildegard of Bingen to Mozart’s famous Exsultate, jubilate. Plus rare gems by Leo and Koželuch
- Grace Davidson soprano
- Penelope Rapson director
CD recording £15 inc. p&p UK, £18 inc. p&p rest of the world.
Vivaldi – La Pastorella
Chamber Concertos
- Pamela Thorby recorder
- Penelope Rapson director
“There are six lovely performances on this recording… there is no denying the stylish and enjoyable playing of Fiori Musicali… a thoroughly enjoyable recording.” Early Music Review
CD recording £15 inc. p&p UK, £18 inc. p&p rest of the world.
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
- Kate Eckersley soprano
- Elizabeth Wallfisch violin
- Penelope Rapson director
“Dramatic…and spirited” Gramophone
CD recording £15 inc. p&p UK, £18 inc. p&p rest of the world.
Haydn and Wanczura
Nelson Mass
- Patrizia Kwella soprano
- Mark Chambers countertenor
- Nicholas Hurndall-Smith tenor
- Simon Birchall bass
- Colin Lawson basset clarinet
- Fiori Musicali Orchestra and Choir
- Penelope Rapson director
“A spirited version of Haydn’s Nelson Mass, with crisp, punchy orchestra and chorus and good soloists. Ernst von Wanczura’s Russian Symphony, featuring basset clarinet, makes a lightweight yet likeable appendage.” BBC Music Magazine
CD recording £15 inc. p&p UK, £18 inc. p&p rest of the world.
Bach and Zelenka
Violin Concerto in D minor
- Kerstin Linder-Dewan violin
- Penelope Rapson director
“Zelenka’s A minor Sinfonia, whose brilliant Vivaldian opening movement and Bohemian central Capriccio and final Menuettos are eloquently performed, and whose sonorous bassoon-cello duet in the Aria da Capriccio is a sheer delight.” Robin Stowell, The Strad
“I found the programme enjoyable both for its musical content and for the affectionate way in which it is played… Well worth exploring” Nicholas Anderson, Gramophone
CD recording £15 inc. p&p UK, £18 inc. p&p rest of the world.
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