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Paradizo
LA PELLEGRINA
Intermedii 1589
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra / Collegium Vocale Gent
Skip Sempé
Dorothée Leclair, Monika Mauch, Pascal Bertin,
Stephan van Dyck, Jean-François Novelli, Antoni Fajardo
Paradizo
Includes Interview CD with Skip Sempé
SCARLATTI
Duende
Harpsichord Sonatas
Skip Sempé & Olivier Fortin, harpsichords
Paradizo
PANDORA'S BOX
Highlights from 10 Releases
Featuring & Introducing
Skip Sempé, Capriccio Stravagante
Julien Martin, Josh Cheatham, Olivier Fortin, Sophie Gent
Doron Sherwin, Julien Léonard, Judith van Wanroij, Benjamin Alunni
Paradizo
Free CD Sampler
TELEMANN
Ouverture for recorder
Fantaisies for recorder
Concerto for recorder and viola da gamba
Julien Martin, recorder - Josh Cheatham, viola da gamba
Capriccio Stravagante
Skip Sempé
Paradizo
PARADIZO
Consort Music & Airs for the flute
Works by Anthony Holborne, John Dowland, Jacob van Eyck, Samuel Scheidt,
Tobias Hume, Alfonso Ferrabosco, William Brade, Henry Purcell and Thomas Morley
Julien Martin, recorder
Capriccio Stravagante
Skip Sempé
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Alpha
LOUIS COUPERIN
Préludes, Suites & Pavanne
Skip Sempé, harpsichord
Alpha
VENEZIA STRAVAGANTISSIMA
Balli, Canzone e Madrigali 1500 - 1630
Mainerio, Vecchi, Gabrieli, Guami, Canale, Picchi
Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra / Skip Sempé
Alpha
VERSAILLES - L’ÎLE ENCHANTÉE
Lully: Ouverture de Psyché, Marche pour la Cérémonie des Turcs, Chaconne d’Amadis; Lambert: Vos mépris chaque jour, Ombre de mon amant; Campra: Sommeil, Mes Yeux; Marais: Les Voix Humaines, Sarabande; Chambonnieres, D’Anglebert, Louis & François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin (1 & 2 harpsichords).
Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano
Jay Bernfeld, viola da gamba
Skip Sempé & Olivier Fortin, harpsichords
Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra / Skip Sempé
Alpha
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Teldec Classics
PURCELL
EVENING PRAYER
Anthems and Sacred Songs
Rejoyce 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 hath veiled his light ("An Evening Hymn"), Hear my prayer O Lord, My heart is inditing.
Chanticleer
Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra / Skip Sempé
Teldec Classics
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Astrée
PAVANA - THE VIRGIN HARPSICHORD
Elizabethan Music for 1, 2 & 3 Harpsichords
Byrd, Bull, Gibbons, Dowland, Morley, Tomkins.
Skip Sempé, virginal & harpsichord
Olivier Fortin & Pierre Hantaï, harpsichords
Astrée
FRANÇOIS COUPERIN
CONCERT DANS LE GOÛT THÉÂTRAL
Huitième Concert from «Les Goûts Réunis» & Complete Airs de Cour.
Gauvin, Rondot, Desrochers, voices
Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra / Skip Sempé
Astrée
HANDEL
OPERA ARIAS & CANTATAS
Da Tempeste, V’adoro pupile, Che sento? O Dio!,
Se pietà (Guilio Cesare) ; Lascia ch’io pianga (Rinaldo) ;
Torna mi a vagheggiar, Si, son quella, Mi restano le lagrime (Alcina) ;
Tra le fiamme (Cantata HWV 170),
No se emendara jamas (Cantata HWV 140).
Maria Bayo, soprano
Capriccio Stravagante Orchestra / Skip Sempé
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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 Sempé
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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 Sempé for solo harpsichord) (harpsichord).
Skip Sempé & Olivier Fortin, harpsichords
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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 Sempé
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CANTO MEDITERRANEO
The Mediterranean Renaissance
Villancicos, Airs, Madrigals & Instrumental Music:
Arcadelt, Caccini, Frescobaldi, Ortiz;
Marini Sonata « La Variata » (Pablo Valetti, violin).
Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempé
Astrée
SCHENK
L’ECHO DU DANUBE
Sonatas, Fantazia, Suite
Jay Bernfeld, viola da gamba
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempé
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Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
BACH
CONCERTI / CIACONNA / PARTITA
Harpsichord Concerti BWV 1054 & 1055 (Manfredo Kraemer, violin);
Ciaconna BWV 1004 (improvised by Skip Sempé for solo harpsichord); Partita BWV 828.
Skip Sempé, harpsichord
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempé
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN
L’Art de Toucher le clavecin (6 Préludes),
Ordre 3, Ordre 8, Suite in A,
Les Barricades Misterieuses, L’Arlequine.
Skip Sempé, harpsichord
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
CHAMBONNIERES
PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN
Suites, Pavannes & Préludes.
Skip Sempé, harpsichord
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
FRANCOIS COUPERIN
LA SULTANNE
Pièces de viole (2 Suites),
La Sultanne,
La Superbe.
Jay Bernfeld, viola da gamba
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempé
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
FORQUERAY
PIÈCES DE VIOLE / PIÈCES DE CLAVECIN
Allemande La Laborde, La Portugaise, La Régente, 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 Sempé, harpsichord
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
BUXTEHUDE
ABENDMUSIK
Sonatas BuxWV 252, 253, 257, 261, 266, 267 (Manfredo Kraemer, violin; Jay Bernfeld, viola da gamba);
Ciaccona BuxWV 160; Passacaglia BuxWV 161.
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempé
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
LULLY
DIVERTISSEMENTS
Highlights from Tragedie-Lyrique (Amadis, Armide, Psyché) & Comedie-Ballet (Ballet Royal de Flore, Ballet des Muses).
Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempé
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
MONTEVERDI
LAMENTO D’ARIANNA / COMBATIMENTO
Carlo Farina: Capriccio Stravagante (Manfredo Kraemer, violin).
Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano
Konstantinos Paliatsaras, tenor
Capriccio Stravagante / Skip Sempé
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
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 Sempé
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
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 Sempé
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
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 Sempé, harpsichord
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Awards
Choc du Monde de la Musique de l'année • Diapason d'Or de l'annéeGrand Prix du Disque de la Nouvelle Académie du Disque Français
Gramophone Critic's Choice • Stereo Review Best of the Month • Penguin Guide Yearbook Award
Opéra International "4 croches" • Top 10 Classics USA • Compact Disc "Must" • Télérama "ffff"
Gramophone Editor's Choice • CD Classica Scelte d'Editore • Les Inrockuptibles Rétrospective musiques '96
Preis der Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik • Grammy Award Nomination 2001