Early music MP3s by groups and artists from anywhere (but for now primarily from the Chicago area).  The indicated times are for playback.  Download times (not shown) will vary according to size of the sound files, network load, and bandwidth.  When preparing these audio clips from the original source media, we reduce the sample rate and take other measures in order to shrink the file sizes, thereby decreasing download times.  In all cases, the original source media will have superior sound quality.  Note that for many of the longer music files, shorter excerpts are available for faster downloading.

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Ars Antigua


Works by Bach, Telemann, Quantz, Sammartini, and Mozart, also music of the Scottish Baroque.
Read more here.

Ars Musica Chicago


Sample sound clips:
Riu Riu Chiu (1:09, MP3, 547 KB)
Alle Psallite cum Luya (0:49, MP3, 390 KB)
Pavan (0:26, MP3, 211 KB)
Hosanna (0:52, MP3, 411 KB)
Agincourt Carol (2:24, MP3, 1,131 KB)
Mora Mora Beatus Vir (6:35, MP3, 2,910 KB)
Gretry Gretry Air and Duette from Le Huron (8:22, MP3, 3,937 KB)

Asteria


Sample sound clips from Le Souvenir de Vous me Tue, chansons from the award-winning duo Asteria's debut album, featuring compositions likely performed in the courts of the Dukes of Burgundy during the mid to late 15th century:
Anonymous Quant La Doulce Jouvencelle (excerpt) (1:36, MP3, 753 KB).
Morton Le Souvenir De Vous Me Tue (excerpt) (0:55, MP3, 435 KB).
Vasquez De Los Alamos Vengo Madre (excerpt) (1:09, MP3, 545 KB).
Sample sound clips from Soyes Loyal, Asteria's second collection of medieval French chansons:
Vide Vit Encore (1:30, MP3, 705 KB).
Anonymous Of A Rose Singe We (Lute) (2:01, MP3, 951 KB).
Dufay Ne Je Ne Dors (4:16, MP3, 2,001 KB).

Bach Babes


Sample sound clips from the Bach Babes CD Stravagante:
Telemann Concerto for Flute and Oboe e minor Largo (excerpt) (0:54, MP3, 1,061 KB).
Telemann Concerto for Flute and Oboe e minor Presto (excerpt) (1:17, MP3, 1,518 KB).
Tuma Sinfonia Allegro (excerpt) (0:42, MP3, 831 KB).
J.S. Bach Cantata #202 (Wedding) Aria (excerpt) (1:20, MP3, 1,576 KB).
J.S. Bach Cantata #202 (Wedding) Gavotte (excerpt) (1:01, MP3, 1,207 KB).
Farina Capriccio Stravagante (excerpt) (1:01, MP3, 1,213 KB).

Chicago Baroque Ensemble


Works by Vivaldi, Lully, and Rebel.
Read more here.

Chicago Early Music Consort


"Broken consort" (mixed consort) music from the early Baroque and before.
Read more here.

The Consorte of SomeSorte


Sample sound clips from The Consorte of SomeSorte CD Danse!:
So Ben Me Ch'a Bon Tempo (1:59, MP3, 1,017 KB).
Morisque (1:56, MP3, 1,161 KB).
Pavanne d'Angleterra (2:56, MP3, 1,727 KB).

Mark Crayton


Sample sound clips (countertenor, and piano or viola da gamba/harpsichord):
Handel Messiah He was despised (excerpt) (0:49, MP3, 384 KB)
Purcell Evening Hymn (excerpt) (0:39, MP3, 307 KB)

Lon Ellenberger


Sample sound clips (countertenor and piano):
Dowland In Darkness Let Me Dwell (3:55, MP3, 1,839 KB)
Hume Tobacco Is Like Love (1:58, MP3, 924 KB)

L'Ensemble Portique


Recorder and other works by Telemann, Boismortier, J.S. Bach, and C.P.E. Bach.
Read more here.

The Forces of Virtue


Works by Tallis, Byrd, Keiser, Cesti, and others.
Read more here.

Gravitacion


Sample sound clip:
O Admirabile Commercium (3:20, MP3, 1,960 KB)

Ellen Hargis

& Paul O'Dette
Works for lute and voice by Lanier, Wilson, Lawes, Colman, and others.
Read more here.

The Heroic Bard


Sample sound clip from The Heroic Bard CD Dante's New Life:
Dante sees Beatrice for the first time (3:11, MP3, 1,499 KB)

Ivory Consort


Sample sound clips from the Ivory Consort CD Music in the Land of Three Faiths (Sefarad Records, 2002), featuring songs from the 10th through 13th Century:
Como Poden, Cantiga #166 of the Cantigas de Santa Maria (Galician-Portugese) (3:20, MP3, 1,577 KB), excerpt (1:08, MP3, 537 KB)
Shalom L'ven Dodi (Hebrew) (5:38, MP3, 2,644 KB), excerpt (1:06, MP3, 522 KB)
Polorum Regina (Latin) (4:41, MP3, 2,194 KB), excerpt (1:21, MP3, 479 KB)
Santa Maria Amar, Cantiga #7 of the Cantigas de Santa Maria (Galician-Portugese) (5:13, MP3, 2,444 KB), excerpt (1:15, MP3, 593 KB)

Jason Moy


Works for harpsichord, other instruments, and voice by Bach, Biber, Charpentier, Couperin, Monteclair, and Rameau.
Read more here.

Music of the Baroque


Works by Vivaldi, Bach, Leclair, Mozart, Gabrieli, Costeley, Franceschini, and Telemann.
Read more here.

Newberry Consort


Works by Wilson, Locke, and Italian music at the end of the Middle Ages.
Read more here.

Laura Osterlund


Works for recorder, other instruments, and voice by Anonymous, da Firenze, Ciconia, de Champagne, Bassano, Rognoni, Sammartini, Vivaldi, and van Eyck.
Read more here.

Jon Owsley


Ensemble Ars Virtual
Works for recorder and other "virtual instruments" by Castello, Vivaldi, Simon, Marcello, and Sieber.
Read more here.

Louis Pernot


Sample sound clips from the Louis Pernot CD, Dufaut: Cinq Suites Pour Luth, a collection of works by François Dufaut, one of the greatest French lutenists of the mid-17th century:
Dufaut La cavalière (Courante) (1:04, MP3, 508 KB).
Dufaut Courante (1:24, MP3, 657 KB).
Dufaut Gigue (1:25, MP3, 665 KB).

Rachel Barton Pine


Violin works by Handel and Tartini.
Read more here.

Saint Cecilia Consort


Sample sound clips:
Arcadelt Nous voyons que les hommes (1:55, MP3, 899 KB)
Morton Il sera/L'ome arme (L'homme arme) (2:07, MP3, 999 KB)
TelemannTrio Sonata in g Minor Affetuoso (1:09, MP3, 542 KB)
TelemannTrio Sonata in g Minor Vivace (1:51, MP3, 875 KB)
TelemannTrio Sonata in g Minor Andante (1:17, MP3, 603 KB)
TelemannTrio Sonata in g Minor Presto (2:01, MP3, 950 KB)

Jon Sayles


Guitar works by Anonymous, Bevin, Byrd, Dowland, Gibbons, Lupo, Morley, Weelkes, Wilbye, Willaert, Costeley, Craen, Josquin des Pres, Le Jeune, Isaac, Praetorius, Schonfelder, Senfl, Susato, Monteverdi, Pitoni, Boscan, del Encina, Flecha, Mena, and Ortiz.
Read more here.

Schola Antiqua


Chants and other works.
Read more here.

David Schrader


Sample sound clips from the David Schrader CD The Complete Toccatas & Fugues for Organ by Johann Sebastian Bach:
Bach Toccata & Fugue in F Major Toccata (excerpt) (1:29, MP3, 1,047 KB)
Bach Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major Toccata (excerpt) (1:44, MP3, 1,225 KB)
Bach Prelude & Fugue in E Minor Fugue (excerpt) (1:34, MP3, 1,110 KB)

Phillip Serna


Sample sound clips (viola da gamba pieces):
Anonymous Walsingham (from Shakespeare's Hamlet) (2:21, MP3, 1,110 KB)
From Tobias Hume's Musicall Humours (1605):
Hume Loves Farewell (2:51, MP3, 1,344 KB)
Hume My Hope Is Decayed (2:30, MP3, 1,177 KB)
Hume Now I Come (2:10, MP3, 1,019 KB)
Hume Pavan (5:24, MP3, 2,537 KB)
Hume The Earl of Pembroke His Galliard (1:29, MP3, 702 KB)
Hume The Spirit of Gambo (2:44, MP3, 1,290 KB)

Spirit of Gambo


Sample sound clips (viola da gamba pieces) (Sound recording by Free Chin):
Willaert La rouse du moys de May (1:32, MP3, 721 KB)
Willaert Perot, viendras tu aux nopces (1:39, MP3, 780 KB)
Willaert Qui la dira (1:49, MP3, 858 KB)

Too Early Consort

 
Sample sound clips from the Too Early Consort tape Mostly Christmas:
Psallite (1:27, MP3, 686 KB)
Nu Ar Et Juligen (0:51, MP3, 405 KB)
Quand Dieu Naquit (1:36, MP3, 757 KB)
Quem Pastores (1:11, MP3, 556 KB)
Bach Pastorale from the Christmas Oratorio (1:07, MP3, 527 KB)
Bach Gavotte from the French Suite in G Major (1:17, MP3, 607 KB)
Praetorius Lo, How a Rose Ere Blooming (1:34, MP3, 738 KB)
Greensleeves (1:21, MP3, 634 KB)
Alle Psallite (1:02, MP3, 485 KB)

Trio Settecento


See Rachel Barton Pine.

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