Glossa
Known by many as Spain's most international label, and considered by many to be the world's finest in early music, is based in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, in the mountains near Madrid. Founded in 1992 by the musician brothers José Miguel and Emilio Moreno and directed since 1995 by Carlos Céster, it is a landmark not only on account of its extreme artistic coherence - with great names in early music among its exclusive performers, such as Paolo Pandolfo, La Venexiana, Graindelavoix, the Orchestra of the 18th Century, Le Concert Spirituel, Fabio Bonizzoni, or the Moreno brothers themselves - but also because of its always innovative and exquisite formal proposals, such as the introduction of digipaks into classical music, the publication of beautiful book-CDs or the Glossa Platinum collection with its avant-garde design. Since 2007, Glossa is owned by the German company Note 1 Music GmbH.
Read moreKnown by many as Spain's most international label, and considered by many to be the world's finest in early music, is based in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, in the mountains near Madrid. Founded in 1992 by the musician brothers José Miguel and Emilio Moreno and directed since 1995 by Carlos Céster, it is a landmark not only on account of its extreme artistic coherence - with great names in early music among its exclusive performers, such as Paolo Pandolfo, La Venexiana, Graindelavoix, the Orchestra of the 18th Century, Le Concert Spirituel, Fabio Bonizzoni, or the Moreno brothers themselves - but also because of its always innovative and exquisite formal proposals, such as the introduction of digipaks into classical music, the publication of beautiful book-CDs or the Glossa Platinum collection with its avant-garde design. Since 2007, Glossa is owned by the German company Note 1 Music GmbH.
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Josquin, the Undead: Laments, Deplorations & Dances of Death
Graindelavoix - Björn Schmelzer
Classical - Released by Glossa on 1 Oct 2021
Björn Schmelzer and his ensemble provide their special vision in this Josquin Desprez anniversary. With the conviction that Josquin, during his late y ...
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Leclair: Concerti per violino
Leila Schayegh
Classical - Released by Glossa on 21 Jan 2022
It’s almost impossible not to be fascinated by the life and music of Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), such are its colourful contradictions. A career t ...
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Gesualdo: Madrigals
La Compagnia del Madrigale
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Glossa on 18 Mar 2022
There are two current complete works of Carlo Gesualdo’s Madrigals. Begun in 2013, the work by La Compagnia del Madrigale brings together the voices o ...
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J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas, BWVV 1001-1006
Leila Schayegh
Classical - Released by Glossa on 5 Feb 2021
The violinist Leila Schayegh has already impressively demonstrated her Bach expertise several years ago with her recording of the Sonatas BWV 1014-101 ...
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Lagrime d'amante
La Compagnia del Madrigale
Classical - Released by Glossa on 7 May 2021
With “Lagrime d’amante”, La Compagnia del Madrigale, so accomplished with 16th- and 17th century Italian music and words, turns its attention afresh t ...
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Biber: Violin Sonatas
Lina Tur Bonet
Classical - Released by Glossa on 15 Apr 2022
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber is the most dazzling figure among the violin virtuosos of the 17th century, comparable to a Paganini in the 19th, even thou ...
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The Hidden Reunion
Orchestra Of The 18th Century
Classical - Released by Glossa on 19 Nov 2021
Putting in the spotlight two of the orchestra’s long-term soloists, Rainer Zipperling on viola da gamba and Michael Schmidt-Casdorff on flute, this ne ...
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Rameau: Les fêtes d'Hébé, RCT 41
Orfeo Orchestra
Opera - Released by Glossa on 20 May 2022
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The Josquin Songbook
Maria Cristina Kiehr
Classical - Released by Glossa on 19 Nov 2021
The vihuelist Ariel Abramovich teams up with the legendary soprano María Cristina Kiehr and the rising star, tenor Jonatan Alvarado, in producing a ve ...
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Vivaldi : Concerti per la Pietà
Fabio Biondi
Classical - Released by Glossa on 7 Feb 2020
5 de DiapasonViolinist Fabio Biondi has a singular capacity for finding something new and exciting in the music of Antonio Vivaldi whenever he considers it, a prod ...
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Bach: Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord, BWV 1014-1019
Leila Schayegh
Classical - Released by Glossa on 22 Jan 2016
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Avison: Concerti grossi
Tiento Nuovo
Classical - Released by Glossa on 2 Apr 2021
The imaginative musician that is harpsichordist Ignacio Prego directs a new selection of the Concerti grossi by Charles Avison drawing inspiration fro ...
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A Sentimental Journey
Paolo Pandolfo
Chamber Music - Released by Glossa on 1 Jan 2021
During his lifetime, Carl Friedrich Abel was fêted all over Europe both for his supreme skills as a performer of the viola da gamba as well as for the ...
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Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
La Compagnia del Madrigale
Classical - Released by Glossa on 14 Apr 2017
Qobuzissime5 Sterne Fono Forum KlassikThe Vespers for the Blessed Virgin by Monteverdi – Vespro della Beata Vergine – is, so to speak, a work made up of many works. The composer seems to h ...
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Gasparini, Bacci & Others: Alto Arias
Filippo Mineccia
Classical - Released by Glossa on 17 Sep 2021
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Celloevolution: From Bologna to Cöthen
Josetxu Obregón
Classical - Released by Glossa on 18 Mar 2022
What was the first composition ever written for solo violoncello? What was composed before Bach created his extraordinary Suites for Solo Cello? These ...
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Carlo Gesualdo : Sesto Libro di Madrigali (Livre VI, 1611)
La Compagnia del Madrigale
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Glossa on 1 Jan 2013
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'Round M: Monteverdi Meets Jazz (Roberta Mameli)
Roberta Mameli
Jazz - Released by Glossa on 1 Oct 2010
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Gesualdo : Terzo libro di madrigali
La Compagnia del Madrigale
Secular Vocal Music - Released by Glossa on 28 Oct 2016
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All'amore immenso: Music for Virgin Mary & Maria Maddalena
Jose Maria Lo Monaco
Classical - Released by Glossa on 6 May 2022
The two Maries and their great love for the Saviour form the theme of "All'amore immenso": Mary, the Mother of God, and Mary Magdalene, the sinner who ...
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Telemann : Fantasias for Viola da gamba
Paolo Pandolfo
Chamber Music - Released by Glossa on 1 Sep 2017
5 de DiapasonWith his new recording of Telemann’s Fantasias Paolo Pandolfo is continuing to take the viola da gamba in directions little chartered previously. Afte ...
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