Emma Kirkby (soprano) Cleofide, Agnes Mellon (soprano) Erissena, Derek Lee Ragin (alto) Poro, Dominique Visse (alto) Alessandro, Randall K. Wong (soprano) Gandarte, David Cordier (alto) Timagene, Cappella Coloniensis/William Christie
Notes, text and translation included.

Stefania Donzelli (soprano), Silvia Bossa (soprano), Ilia Aramayo Sandivari (mezzo soprano), Gianluca Belfiori Doro (countertenor), Alan Ewing (bass), Ars Cantica, Collegium Musica Rara Stuttgart/Arnold Bosman

Barbara Schlick (soprano) Piramo, Ann Monoyios (soprano) Tisbe, Wilfried Jochens (tenor) Father, La Stagione/Michael Schneider
Texts and translations included

Marina Bolgan (soprano), Svetlana Svorodova (mezzo-soprano), Emanuele Giannino (baritone), Academia di San Rocco, Venice/Mario Merigo

Barbara Schlick (soprano) Piramo, Suzanne Gari (soprano) Tisbe, Michel Lecocq (tenor) Father, Capella Clementina/Helmut Müller-Brühl

Silvia Piccolo (soprano), Giorgio Gatti (baritone), Catania Baroque Orchestra/Salvatore Carchiolo

• La Serva Scaltra by Johann Adolf Hasse
• La Serva Padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Brigitte Eisenfeld (soprano), Reiner Süss (bass), Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra/Olmar Suitner

Bernadette Lucarini (soprano), Giorgio Gatti (baritone), Sassari Symphony Orchestra Intrumental Group/Gabriele Catalucci

• Johann Adolf Hasse:
• Sinfonia
• Ouverture d'Astarto (1726)
• La Contadina
• Michele Mascitti (1664 - 1760): Concerto op.7 n°3 à sei stromenti (1727)

Graciela Oddone (soprano), Lorenzo Regazzo (baritone), Ensemble Arcadia/Attilio Cremonesi

• Cantata: Pastorelle che piangete by Johann Adolph Hasse
• Amor ch'attendi? by Giulio Caccini
• Amarilli by Giulio Caccini
• Amarilli from Egerton Manuscript 2971
• Cantata a voce sopra la Passacaglia by Giovanni Felice Sances
• Cantata a voce sopra la Ciaccona by Giovanni Felice Sances
• Lamento d'Arianna by Claudio Monteverdi
• Caduca fiamma by Giulio Caccini
• Cantata:La Lucrezia by George Frideric Handel
• Toccata 8 (Book 2) by Girolamo Frescobaldi

Julianne Baird (soprano), Colin Tilney (harpsichord), Myron Lutzke (cello)
Texts and translations included

• Cantata: L'Armonico by Johann Adolph Hasse
• Grand solo by Antonín Reicha
• Fantaisie by Johann Tomasek
• Sonata #9 by Johann Naumann
• Andantino KV 236 by Wolfgang Mozart

Edith Wiens (soprano), Stuttgart Pro Musica Orchestra/Paul Angerer
Texts and translations included

• Artaserse: Palido il sole by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Orfeo ed Euridice: Che farò senza Euridice? by Christoph Willibald Gluck
• Rinaldo, HWV 7 (excerpts) by George Frideric Handel
• Ascanio in Alba, K 111 (excerpts) by Wolfgang Mozart
• Telemaco (excerpts) by Christoph Willibald Gluck
• Linda di Chamounix: Per sua madre andò una figlia by Gaetano Donizetti
• Tancredi (excerpts) by Gioachino Rossini

Jochen Kowalski (countertenor), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Heinz Fricke
Texts and translations included

Jochen Kowalski (countertenor), Berlin Chamber Orchestra/Max Pommer.
Texts included

• Rodelinda, Regina De'Longobardi: Pompe vane di morte - Se a questa vita by Carl Heinrich Graun
• Polifemo: Voi del ciel numi clementi by Giovanni Bononcini
• Griselda: Per la gloria d'adoravi by Giovanni Bononcini)
• Artaserse: Sulle sponde del torbide lete by Carl Heinrich Graun
• Cleopatra e Cesare: Cortese il cielo non puo donare by Carl Heinrich Graun
• Flavius Bertaridus, Konig Der Longobarden: Lieto suono di trombe guerriere by Georg Philipp Telemann
• Lucio Papirio Dittatore: All'onor mio rifletti by Johann Adolf Hasse
• La Clemenza di Tito: Tardi s'avvedde d'un tradimento by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Il re pastore - Serenata - Fatto per L' Arrivo - Della Regina Madre: Sulle più belle piante by King of Prussia Frederick II
• Achille in Sciro: Del terreno, nel centro profondo by Johann Friedric Agricola

Berlin Chamber Orchestra/Max Pommer

Includes Ritornerai fra poco

Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Jose Tordesillas (piano)
Texts and translations included

• Tito Vespasiano: Tardi s'avvedde d'un tradimento by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Flavius Bertaridus, TWV 21 #27: Lieto suono di trombe guerriere by Georg Philipp Telemann
• Artaserse: Sulle sponde del torbido lete by Carl Heinrich Graun
• Achille in Sciro: Del terreno, nel centro profondo by Johann Friedric Agricola
• Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
• Salve Regina in C minor by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
• Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35 (excerpts) by Johann Sebastian Bach
• Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169 (excerpt) by Johann Sebastian Bach
• L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (excerpts) by George Frideric Handel

Jochen Kowalski (countertenor), Berlin Chamber Orchestra/Max Pommer
(also C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra/Hartmut Haenchen, Berlin Comic Opera Orchestra/Rolf Reuter)

• Catone in Utica by Leonardo Vinci
• Siroe, ré di Persia by Leonardo Vinci
• Temistocle by Niccolo Jommelli
• L'Olimpiade by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
• Il Ruggiero ovvero L'eroica gratitudine by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Tito Vespasiano by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Olimpiade by Leonardo Leo

Ernesto Palacio (tenor), Salieri Chamber Orchestra/Tamás Pál

• Antonio e Cleopatra: Morte col fiero aspetto, Quel candido armellino, and Un sol tuo sospiro by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Cesare e Cleopatra: Tra le procelle assorto, Se avvien che si posi, and Sento mio dolce amore by Carl Heinrich Graun
• Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: V'adoro pupille, E pur cosi in un giorno, and Piangerò la sorte mia by George Frideric Handel
• Cleopatra: Was ist der Liebe Brauch, Gute Nacht, and The Death of Cleopatra by Johann Mattheson

Isabel Bayrakdarian (soprano), Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon

• Artaserse: Or la nube procellosa & Per questo dolce amplesso by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Orfeo: Dall'amor più sventurato by Nicolo Porpora
• Idaspe: Ombra fedele anch'io & Qual guerriero in campo armato by Riccardo Broschi
• Merope: Quell' usignolo by Gerolamo Giacomelli
• Adriano in Siria: Mancare Dio mi sento by Gerolamo Giacomelli
• Concerto a quattro no 4 in C minor by Baldassare Galuppi
• Polifemo: Oh volesser gli Dei… Dolci freschi aurette by Nicolo Porpora

Vivica Genaux (mezzo soprano), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/René Jacobs

Includes: Artaserse - Pallido il sole
Aris Christofellis (alto), Seicentonovecento Ensemble / Flavio Colusso.

Includes: Artaserse - Per questo dolce amplesso and: Orfeo - Son pastorello amante.
Aris Christofellis (alto), Instrumental Ensemble.

• Requiem in C Major
• Miserere in E minor

Greta de Reyghère (soprano), Susanna Moncayo von Hase (contralto), Ian Honeyman (tenor), Dirk Snellings (bass), Il Fondamento Chorus and Orchestra / Paul Dombrecht.
Texts and translations

Mireille Patrois (soprano), Elizabeth McCormack (mezzo soprano), Vincent Darras (alto), Gilles Ragon (tenor), Jean-Claude Saragosse (bass), Paris Sorbonne Chorus and Orchestra/Jacques Grimbert
Text included.

Dagmar Schellenberger (soprano), Axel Kohler (alto), Ralph Eschrig (tenor), Egbert Junghanns (bass), Thüringen Academy Chorus, Virtuosi Saxoniae / Ludwig Guttler with Friedrich Kircheis (org).Text and translation included.
"A rewarding and enjoyable release for anyone prepared to discover more about eighteenth century choral music" LK. Gramophone Magazine

• Mass in D minor by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Requiem in E Flat Major by Johann David Heinichen

Mária Zádori (soprano), Lena Susanne Norin (alto), Hans Jörg Mammel (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert/Hermann Max

• Miserere in C minor by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Missa dei Filli by Jan Dismas Zelenka

Kai Wessel (alto), Heike Hallaschka (soprano), Schiller (bass), Ullmann (tenor), Dresden Chamber Choir and Dresden Baroque Orchestra/Hans-Christoph Rademann conductor

• Miserere in C minor by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Miserere in C minor, ZWV 57 by Jan Dismas Zelenka
• Magnificat in A Major by Johann David Heinichen
• Verwundrung, Mitlied, Furcht und Schrecken by Gottfried August Homilius

Rheinische Kantorei, Dormagener Jugendkantorei, Das Kleine Konzert/Hermann Max

• Laudate pueri (Ps 112) in A Major
• Concerto for 2 Flutes & Orchestra in G Major
• Domine ad adjuvandum me festina in C Major
• Dixit Dominus in C Major
• Salve regina in A Major
• Regina coeli in D Major

Hallaschka, Bonhoff, Cordier, St. Barbara Choir Geesthacht, Hasse Chamber Orchestra/Wolfgang Hochstein

• Salve regina in A major by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Su le sponde del Tebro by Alessandro Scarlatti
• Infirmata vulnerata by Alessandro Scarlatti
• Oh di Betlemme altera povertà "Cantata pastorale" by Alessandro Scarlatti
• Salve Regina by Domenico Scarlatti

James Bowman (countertenor), King's Consort/Robert King
Texts and translations included

• Cleofide: Sinfonia in D Major
• Cleofide: Overture
• Salve Regina A Major
• Sinfonie Op. 3 #5 F Major
• Chori angelici laetantes in C Major
• Fugue and Grave in G minor
• Salve regina in E Flat Major

Barbara Bonney (soprano), Bernarda Fink (contralto), Musica Antiqua Cologne/Reinhard Goebel
Texts and translations included

• Gentes barbarae
• Tartarae turbae
• Alta nubes illustrata
• Salve regina in A
• Salve regina in G

Monique Zanetti (soprano), Jennifer Lane (mezzo soprano), Le Parlement de Musique/Martin Gester
Texts and translations included

Axel Köhler (countertenor), Ralf Popken (countertenor), Robert Wörle (tenor), Gotthold Schwarz (bass), Mechthild Georg (mezzo soprano), Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus, Academy for Ancient Music Berlin / Marcus Creed. Text and translation included.

Sonia Zaramella, Antonella D'Amico, Vito Martino, Roberto Balconi, Giovanni Guerini, Michelangelo Lapolla, Verdi Orchestra of Milan/Paolo Vaglieri

Rachel Elliot (soprano), Valérie Gabail (soprano), Gérard Lesne (alto), Michael Chance (alto), Peter Harvey (bass), Il Seminario Musicale/Gérard Lesne

• La danza, "Ah Nice, ah gia rosseggia"
• Il ciclope, "Deh tacete una volta"

Veronique Dietschy (soprano), Alain Zaepffel (alto), Gradiva Ensemble.
Texts included. Recorded in association with Fondation France Telecom.

• Se il cantor trace, oh Dio
• Per palesarti appieno
• Euridice e Orfeo
• Clori, Clori, mia vita
• Bell'aurora

Mária Zádori (soprano), Noémi Kiss (soprano), Eva Lax (mezzo soprano), Affetti Musicali/János Malina

• Quel vago seno, o Fille
• Fille dolce, mio bene
• La conversione di Sant' Agostino-Ah Dio, ritornate
• Four Venetian ballads
• Trio Sonata in B minor, Op. 2 #6
• Keyboard Sonata in C minor, Op. 7 #6

Julianne Baird (soprano), Nancy Hadden (flute), Erin Headley (va da gamba), Malcolm Proud (harpsichord)
Texts and translations included

• Bella, mi parto, oh Dio
• Ah troppo è ver! Quell'amoroso ardore
• Se il cantor trace, oh Dio
• Concerto for Mandolin, Strings and Basso Continuo in G Major
• Sonata for Keyboard in C Major
• Trio Son for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo in G Major

Kai Wessel (countertenor), Musica Alta Ripa

Includes King of Poland's March (arr orch)
Warsaw Chamber Orchestra/Marek Sewen

• Sonata #4 in G Major for Oboe and Basso Continuo
• Sonata #1 in E minor for 2 Oboe, Violin and Basso Continuo
• Solo in E minor for Violin and Basso Continuo, Op. 5 #5
• Solo in G Major for Oboe and Basso Continuo, Op. 2
• Trio Sonata in F Major for Oboe, Violin and Basso Continuo
• Sonata #6 in D Major for Oboe, Violin and Basso Continuo

Alessandro Piqué (oboe), Christian Leitherer (chalumeau), Margarete Adorf (violin), Epoca Barocca

• Trio Sonata in E minor, Op. 2/ 1
• Trio Sonata in C Major, Op. 2/ 2
• Trio Sonata in A Major, Op. 2/ 3
• Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 2/ 4
• Trio Sonata in E Major, Op. 2/ 5
• Trio Sonata in D Major, Op. 2/ 6

Massimo Gentili-Tedeschi (flute), Andrea Primiani (flute), Dario Luisi (violin), Susanne Scholz (violin), Nicola Moneta (violone), Fabio Storino (cello), Guy Delvaux (harpsichord), Artificii Musicali

• Suite by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Sonata, Op. 8a #9 by Willem De Fesch
• Sonata, Op. 8a #12 by Willem De Fesch
• Sonata for Cello and Continuo in B flat, RV47 by Antonio Vivaldi

Armin Rosin (trombone), Franz Lehrndorfer (organ)

• Concerto for Flute, Strings and Basso Continuo in G Major by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Concerto for Flute in D Major by Johan Joachim Agrell
• Concertos for Flute in A major & D Major by Johann Adolph Scheibe

Irene Spranger (flute), Concerto Copenhagen/Andrew Manze

• Concerto for Flute & Orchestra by Johann David Heinichen
• Concerto for Flute & Orchestra, No 116 in D Major by Johann Joachim Quantz
• Concerto for Flute, 2 Violins, Viola & Continuo in B Minor (Dresden Version) by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Concerto for Flute, Strings & Continuo (original version with theorbo) in E Minor by Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin

Dresden Baroque Soloists/Eckhart Haupt

• Concerto for Keyboard #1 in F Major
• Concerto for Keyboard #2 in G Major
• Concerto for Keyboard #3 in G Major
• Concerto for Keyboard #4 in D Major
• Concerto for Keyboard #5 in F Major
• Concerto for Keyboard #6 in D Major

János Sebestyén (organ)

• Andantino con variazioni by Johann Friedrich Fasch
• Diverses pièces for Keyboard, Op. 1 (excerpts) by Johann Abraham P. Schulz
• Sonata for Keyboard in E Flat Major by Johann Adolf Hasse
• Sonata for Keyboard in D minor by Carl Heinrich Graun
• Pieces for Keyboard, Wq 117 (excerpts) by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach

Christine Schornsheim (harpsichord & fortepiano)

• Tambourin by Johann Adolf Hasse

James Galway (flute), National Philharmonic Orchestra London/Charles Gerhardt