recorded 1977 . released 1993 l'oiseau-lyre 436 860-2 [ADD . 50:48]

• buccinate in neomenia tuba
• in ecclesiis
• jubilate deo
• magnificat a14
• magnificat a17
• misericordia tua domine
• quem vidistis pastores
• surrexit christus
• suscipe clementissime

no other information available.

dido: emma kirkby
belinda: judith nelson
second woman: judith rees
aeneas: david thomas
sorceress: jantina noorman
witch: emily van evera
witch / sailor: rachel bevan
spirit: tessa bonner

taverner choir
taverner players

recorded jan 1981 . released may 1991
chandos chaconne CHAN0521 [DDD . 56 min]

no other information available.

[buy@cdnow] [album@chandos]

emma kirkby, soprano
rogers covey-crump, tenor
nigel rogers, tenor
david thomas, bass

recorded dec 1982 . released 1984
emi reflexe CDC 7 47016 2 [DDD . 63:04]

reissued 1993 as part of [31]
reissued 1999 as part of [50]
reissued 2003 as part of [56]

• dixit dominus (secondo) a8
• confitebor tibi domine (secondo) a3
• beatus vir (primo) a6
• laudate pueri (secondo) a5
• laudate dominus (primo) a5
• hymnus: deus tuorum militum a3
• magnificat a8 (compl. parrott)
• motet: jubilet tota civitas; solo "in dialogo"
• salve regina a3

[emfaq]

emma kirkby, soprano
david thomas, bass
taverner players

released 1981
hyperion CDA66036 [DDD . 43:41]

• cantata "ich habe genug" BWV 82
• cantata "weichet nur, betrübte schatten" (wedding cantata) BWV 202

[buy@cdnow] [jsbach.org] [album@hyperion]

recorded jan - feb 1983
emi reflexe CDC 7 47949 2 [DDD . 51 min]

to be reissued
virgin veritas VM 4 89982 2

• messe de nostre dame
• anonymous: plainsong propers for the feast of the nativity of our lady

[emfaq]

recorded aug 1983, mar 1984 . released 1984
emi reflexe 2CD CDS 7 47078 8 [DDD . 106 min]

reissued 1996
virgin veritas 2CD VMD 5 61347 2

reissued 1999 as part of [50]

[emfaq]

john holloway, violin
taverner players

released jan 1987
denon C37-7283

emma kirkby, soprano
emily van evera, soprano
panito iconomou, alto
christian immler, alto
michael kilian, alto
rogers covey-crump, tenor
david thomas, bass
taverner consort
taverner players

released 1985
emi reflexe 2CD CDS 7 47239 2 [103:28]

reissued 1996
virgin veritas 2CD VMD 5 61337 2

reissued 2002 as part of [55]

reissued 2002
virgin veritas 2CD CDVB 5 61998 2

• mass in b minor BWV 232

[jsbach.org]

emily van evera, soprano
michael chance, countertenor
kevin smith, countertenors
rogers covey-crump, tenor
charles daniels, tenor
paul elliott, tenor
neil jenkins, tenor
andrew king, tenor
michael george, bass
simon grant, bass
david thomas, bass
richard wistreich, bass
taverner consort
taverner choir
taverner players

recorded jun 1985 . released 1986
emi reflexe CDC 7 47490 2 [DDD . 57 min]

reissued 1995
virgin veritas VC 5 45160 2

reissued 1999 as part of [48]

• hail! bright cecilia Z.328 (ode for st. cecilia's day 1692)

contains previously released material: [4]
released 1987
hyperion CDA66227 [DDD . 64:20]

reissued 10 oct 2000
hyperion CDA20227 [DDD . 64:20]

• j. s. bach: sich üben im lieben (from [4])

[buy@cdnow] [album@hyperion]

taverner players

emi reflexe CDC 7 47700 2 [DDD . 58 min]

reissued
virgin veritas edition VER 5 61275 2

no other information available.

emma kirkby, soprano
nigel rogers, tenor
david thomas, bass

recorded nov 1985, jan 1986 . released dec 1987
emi reflexe CDC 7 47633 2 [DDD . 60 min]

reissued 1996
virgin veritas VM 5 61353 2

• schütz: weihnachtshistorie SWV 435
• praetorius: wachet auf, ruft uns die stimme
• praetorius: puer natus in bethlehem
• praetorius: wie schön leuchtet der morgenstern
• praetorius: in dulci jubilo

taverner consort

recorded jan 1986 . released 1987
emi reflexe CDC 7 47699 2 [61 min]

reissued 1996
virgin veritas edition VER 5 61309 2

reissued jul 2001
hmv classics HMV 5 74371 2

• palestrina: stabat mater a8
• palestrina: o beata et benedicta et gloriosa trinitas a5
• allegri: miserere a9 (ed. hugh keyte)
• palestrina: jubilate deo a8
• morales: lamentabatur jacob a5
• palestrina: dum complerentur dies pentecostes a6
• josquin: pater noster / ave maria a6

[emfaq]

emma kirkby, soprano
theresa bonner, soprano
emily van evera, soprano
nigel rogers: tenor
taverner consort
taverner choir
taverner players

recorded jul 1986 . released 1988
emi reflexe CDC 7 47998 2 [DDD . 70 min]

emi reflexe CDC 7 49103 2 [DDD . 69 min]

• missa gloria tibi trinitas
• anonymous: plainchant for high mass on trinity sunday

no other information available.

recorded nov - dec 1986 . released feb 1989
emi reflexe CDC 7 49555 2 [DDD . 62 min]

reissued 2003 as part of [58]

• videte miraculum a6
• homo quidam a6
• audivi vocem a4
• candidi facti sunt a5
• dum transisset sabbatum a5
• honor, virtus, et potestas a5
• hodie nobis a4
• loquebantur variis linguis a7
• in pace, in idipsum a4
• spem in alium a40

recorded dec 1986, may 1987
emi reflexe CDC 7 49563 2 [DDD . 68 min]

reissued 2003 as part of [58]

• gaude gloriosa dei mater
• te lucis ante terminum
• procul recedant somnia I
• miserere nostri
• salvator mundi I
• salvator mundi
• lamentations of jeremiah
• o sacrum convivium
• suscipe, quaeso domine
• o nata lux
• in jejunio et fletu

no other information available.

taverner players

recorded apr, jun 1987. released 1988
emi reflexe CDM 7 69853 2 [DDD . 60 min]

reissued 1996
virgin veritas edition VER 5 61304 2

• handel: synfony: “the arrival of the queen of sheba”
• handel: harp concerto op. 4 no. 6
• purcell: three parts upon a ground (fantazia) Z.731
• purcell: a suite of theatre music
• pachelbel: canon and gigue
• j. s. bach: sinfonia from cantata BWV 29
• j. s. bach: sinfonia from cantata BWV 156
• j. s. bach: sinfonia from cantata BWV 31
• j. s. bach: sinfonia from weihnachts-oratorium (ii. teil) BWV 29
• j. s. bach: sinfonia from cantata BWV 106
• j. s. bach: choral: "jesus bleibet meine freude" from cantata BWV 147
• j. s. bach: sinfonia from cantata BWV 174

jill feldman, soprano
emily van evera, soprano
margaret cable, alto
mary nichols, alto
joseph cornwell, tenor
david thomas, bass
taverner choir
taverner players

recorded jun 1987 . released 1989
emi reflexe 2CD CDS 7 49749 2 [DDD . 120:39]

reissued jun 1999
virgin veritas 2CD CDVB 5 61579 2

• chant: pulchra es et decora
• dixit dominus HWV 232
• chant: sicut myrrha electa
• laudate pueri HWV 237
• chant: in odorem
• te decus virgineum HWV 243
• chant: benedicta filia tua domino
• nisi dominus HWV 238
• chant: speciosa facta es
• chant: lauda jerusalem dominum
• haec est regina virginum HWV 235
• chant: ego quasi vitis
• chant: christi virgo dilectissima
• chant: ave maris stella
• chant: ora pro nobis
• chant: alma redemptoris mater
• chant: magnificat anima mea dominum
• saeviat tellus HWV 240
• chant: dominus vobiscum
• chant: benedicamus domino
• salve regina HWV 241

joseph cornwell, tenor
richard wistreich, bass
taverner consort
taverner choir
taverner players

recorded may 1988 . released 1989
emi reflexe 2CD CDS 7 49876 2 [DDD . 87:35]

reissued 1993 as part of [31]

• fantini: intrada, tocatta & sonata imperiale I
• kyrie a4
• gloria a7
• scarani: sonata a3
• rovetta: credo a7
• crucifixus . . . et resurrexit . . . et iterum
• rovetta: et in spiritum sanctum
• ab aeterno ordinata sum
• sanctus a4
• usper: sonata a8
• agnus dei a4
• marini: canzon quarta
• audi caelum (salve regina con dentro un eco)
• fantini: sonata imperiale II & intrada

[emfaq]

taverner choir

recorded nov 1986, sep 1987
emi reflexe CDC 7 49661 2 [DDD . 66 min]

• browne: o maria salvatoris mater
• taverner: quemadmodum
• carver: o bone jesu
• carver: gaude flore virginali
• browne: stabat mater
• taverner: o splendor gloriae

[emfaq]

recorded jan 1988 . released 1990
emi CDC 7 49809 2 [DDD . 63 min]

emma kirkby, soprano
emily van evera, soprano
margaret cable, contralto
james bowman, alto
joseph cornwell, tenor
david thomas, bass
taverner choir
taverner players

recorded apr 1988 . released 1989
emi reflexe 2CD CDS 7 49801 2 [DDD . 146 min]

reissued nov 1996
virgin veritas 2CD VMD 5 61330 2

reissued 2002
virgin veritas 2CD CDVB 5 62004 2

• messiah HWV 56

john toll, harpsichord
taverner players

emi reflexe 2CD CDS 7 49806 2 [DDD . 110 min]

reissued 1999 as part of [51]

• brandenburg concertos, BWV1046-51
• viola da gamba sonata no 3 in g minor, BWV1029 (arr. druce)
• overture in b flat, BWV194

emily van evera, soprano
timothy wilson, countertenor
john mark ainsley, tenor
charles daniels, tenor
david thomas, bass
taverner consort
taverner choir
taverner players

recorded aug 1988 . released 1989
emi reflexe CDC 7 49635 2 [DDD . 55 min]

reissued 1995
virgin veritas VC 5 45159 2

reissued 1999 as part of [48]

• welcome to all the pleasures Z.339 (ode for st. cecilia's day 1683)
• funeral sentences
• come ye sons of art Z.323 (birthday song for queen mary 1694)
• funeral music for queen mary

taverner consort
taverner players

recorded apr 1989 . released 1990
emi reflexe CDC 7 49959 2 [DDD . 54:28]

reissued 1996
virgin veritas VM 5 61340 2

reissued 1999 as part of [49]

• magnificat in d major BWV 243
• lobet gott in seinen reichen BWV 11/249b
• nun ist das heil und die kraft BWV 50

[jsbach.org]

nancy argenta, soprano
emily van evera, soprano
timothy wilson, alto
anthony rolfe johnson, tenor
david thomas, bass
jeremy white, bass
taverner choir
taverner players

recorded aug - sep 1989 . released 1990
emi reflexe 2CD CDS 7 54018 2 [DDD . 135 min]

reissued 1996
virgin veritas 2CD VMD 5 61350 2

reissued feb 2003
virgian veritas 2CD CDVB 5 62155 2

• israel in egypt (including "lamentation of the israelites for the death of joseph")

emily van evera, soprano
randi stene, alto
jeffrey thomas, tenor
taverner consort
taverner choir
taverner players

recorded mar 1990 . released 1991
emi reflexe CDC 7 54117 2 [DDD . 73 min]

reissued 2002 as part of [54]
reissued 2003 as part of [56]

• g. gabrieli: intonatione del nono tono
• g. gabrieli: in eclesiis a14
• monteverdi: adoramus te, christe a6
• grandi: o quam tu pulchra es
• castello: sonata seconda
• monteverdi: exulta, filia sion
• legrenzi: sonata da chiesa a3
• lotti: crucifixus a6
• vivaldi: clarae stellae, scintillate RV 625
• lotti: crucifixus a10
• monteverdi: currite populi
• monteverdi: christe, adoramus te
• g. gabrieli: canzon viii a8
• g. gabrieli: fuga del nono tono
• g. gabrieli: magnificat a14

recorded apr 1990 . released 1991
emi reflexe 2CD CDS 7 54083 2 [DDD . 109:22]

reissued 1994
virgin veritas 2CD VC 5 45096 2

reissued 2002 as part of [55]

reissued 2002
virgin veritas 2CD CDVB 5 62019 2

• st. john passion BWV 245

[jsbach.org]

chiara banchini, violin
alison bury, violin
john holloway, violin
elizabeth wallfisch, violin
taverner players

recorded mar 1990 . released 1991
emi reflexe CDC 7 54208 2 [DDD . 60 min]

reissued 1995
virgin veritas VC 5 45117 2

reissued 2003 as part of [56]

• le quattro stagioni op.8/1-4
• concerto for 4 violins RV 553
• sinfonia RV 146
• concerto alla rustica RV 151

contains previously released material: [3] [20]
released 1993
emi reflexe 2CD ZDCB 7 54886 2 [DDD . 143:37]

• mass of thanksgiving (see [20] for listing)
• venetian vesper music (see [3] for listing)

contains previously released material: [19] [26]
emi reflexe CDC 7 54296 2 [DDD . 55:51]

• handel: dixit dominus HWV 232 (from [19])
• j. s. bach: magnificat in d major BWV 243 (from [26])

[jsbach.org]

taverner consort
taverner choir
taverner players

recorded nov 1990 . released 1991
emi reflexe CDC 7 54265 2 [DDD . 76 min]

reissued 2002 as part of [54]

• dulcis jesu a20
• sonata pian e forte a8
• jubilate deo a8
• sonata a14
• o jesu mi dulcissime a8
• canzon a12
• hic est filius dei a18
• sonata con tre violini
• sonata a22
• miserere mei deus a4 / gloria patri a8
• canzon in echo duodecimi toni a10
• audite principes a16

[emfaq]

taverner consort
taverner players

recorded feb 1991 . released 1992
emi reflexe CDC 7 54333 2 [DDD . 57 min]

reissued 2003 as part of [56]

• altri canti di marte
• ninfa che scalza il piede
• chi vol haver felice
• hor che'l ciel
• lamento della ninfa
• altri canti d'amor
• su, pastorelli
• vago augelletto
• ballo: volgendo il ciel per l'immortal sentiero

[emfaq]

andrew lawrence-king, harp
taverner consort
taverner choir

recorded jan 1992 . released 1993
emi reflexe CDC 7 54659 2 [DDD . 76:41]

• illibata dei virgo nutrix
• adieu mes amours
• plaine de dueil
• je n'ose plus
• que vous madame
• in te domine speravi
• regretz sans fin
• anonymous: ave maris stella
• missa ave maris stella
• gaude virgo, mater christi
• salve regina

[emfaq]

recorded nov 1992 . released sep 1994
virgin veritas VC 7 59326 2 [DDD . 68 min]

reissued 2003 as part of [56]

• chant: kyrie 'cum jubilo'
• gloria RV 589
• sinfonia "al santo sepolcro" RV 169
• laetatus sum RV 607
• chant: humnus, ave maris stella
• magnificat RV 610b
• chant: antiphona, salve regina
• laudate dominum omnes gentes RV 606
• sonata "al santo sepolcro" RV 130
• in exitu israel RV 604

[buy@cdnow]

recorded feb 1993 . released 1993
emi CDC 7 54902 2

recorded apr 1993 . released mar 1994
virgin veritas VC 5 45011 2 [DDD . 59:13]

reissued mar 1998
virgin veritas VM 4 71833 2

reissued jun 1999 as part of [49]

• christ lag in todes banden BWV 4
• oster-oratorium BWV 249

[jsbach.org]

recorded feb - mar 1994 . released 1995
virgin veritas VC 5 45061 2 [DDD . 70 min]

reissued 2003 as part of [57]

• te deum
• jubilate
• in guilty night ("saul and the witch of endor")
• pavan 1 in g minor
• jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei
• pavan 2 in a minor
• when on my sick bed i languish
• pavan 3 in a major
• beati omnes qui timent dominum
• pavan 4 in b flat major
• my beloved spake

contains previously released material: [18] [25]
released 1995
virgin veritas VC 5 45116 2

reissued 2003 as part of [57]

taverner consort
taverner choir
taverner players

reissued
virgin veritas VC 5 45155 2

taverner consort
taverner choir
taverner players

virgin veritas VC 5 45156 2

contains previously released material: [13] [21]
released 1996
virgin classics VC 5 45272 2 [DDD . 61 min]

• plainchant: stabat mater
• palestrina: stabat mater (from [13])
• pärt: stabat mater
• browne: stabat mater (from [21])

[buy@cdnow] [emfaq]

contains previously released material (?): [13] [19] [28]
released 1997
virgin veritas VM 5 61481 2 [DDD . 73:49] (france only?)

• allegri: miserere (ed. keyte) (from [13])
• palestrina: stabat mater (from [13])
• morales: lamentabatur jacob (from [13])
• monteverdi: adoramus te, christe (from [28])
• lotti: crucifixus (from [28]?)
• handel: dixit dominus (from [19])

recorded sep 1997 . released mar 1998
sony SK 60155

• motet: komm, jesu, komm BWV 229
• trauer-ode: laß, fürstin, laß noch einen strahl BWV 198
• motet: jesu, meine freude BWV 227

[jsbach.org] [buy@cdnow] [album@sony]

taverner consort
taverner choir

released oct 1998
sony SK 60713

• burney (?): hark! the herald angels sing
• traditional: nos galan (deck the halls)
• niles (?): lullay, thou tiny little child
• anonymous: ther is no rose of swych vertu
• holst: i sing of a maiden
• britten: there is no rose (from "a ceremony of carols")
• davies: o magnum mysterium
• chant: song of the nuns of chester "qui creavit celum"
• davies: the fader of heven
• chant: song of the nuns of chester "lactat mater domini"
• davies: o magnum mysterium
• anonymous: lullay, lullow: i saw a swete semly syght
• niles (?): i wonder as i wander
• traditional: staines morris (blessed be that maid marie)
• anonymous: hayl, mary, ful of grace
• traditional: the seven joys of mary
• weir: illuminare, jerusalem
• traditional: good people all, this christmastide
• niles (?): sing we the virgin mary
• vaughan williams: in bethlehem city
• traditional: christmas eve
• chant: hodie christus natus est
• holst: jesu, thou the virgin-born
• britten: as dew in aprille (from "a ceremony of carols")
• madan: lo! he comes, with clouds descending

[album@sony]

emily van evera

taverner consort
taverner players

released mar 1999
sony SK 62993

[buy@cdnow] [album@sony]

contains previously released material: [9] [25]
released jun 1999
virgin veritas 2CD CDVB 5 61582 2 [DDD]

• hail! bright cecilia (see [9] for listing)
• come ye sons of art, etc. (see [25] for listing)

contains previously released material: [26] [38]
released jun 1999
virgin veritas 2CD CDVB 5 61647 2 [DDD]

• magnificat, etc. (see [26] for listing)
• easter oratorio, etc. (see [38] for listing)

[jsbach.org]

contains previously released material: [3] [6]
released jun 1999
virgin veritas 2CD CDVB 5 61662 2 [DDD]

• vespro della beata vergine 1610 (see [6] for listing)
• selva morale e spirituale 1640 (see [3] for listing)

contains previously released material: [24]
released 1999
virgin veritas 4CD VBD 5 61726 2 [DDD]

• brandenburg concertos et al (see [9] for listing)
• orchestral suites, BWV1066-69
• concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord and strings in a minor, BWV1044

note: the material not from [9] is performed with the boston early music festival orchestra, not with the taverner players, and is outside the scope of this discography. however, if you are interested, the catalog number for the previous emi release of those tracks is CDS 7 54653 2.

jane atkins, viola
leigh nixon, tenor
claron mcfadden, soprano
moray welsh, cello
alastair blayden, cello
michael stirling, cello
taverner choir

recorded feb 1999 . released jan 2000
sony SK 61753

• arvo pärt: magnificat
• john tavener: out of the night (alleluia)
• pärt: sieben magnificat-antiphonen
• tavener: out of the night (alleluia)
• tavener: threnos
• tavener: out of the night (alleluia)
• tavener: ikon of the nativity 

taverner consort
taverner choir

released apr 2000
sony SK 62977

contains previously released material: [28] [33]
released aug 2001
virgin veritas 2CD CDVB 5 61934 2 [DDD]

• ventian church music (see [28] for listing)
• g. gabrieli: canzonas sonatas, motets (see [33] for listing)

contains previously released material: [8] [26] [29] [38]
released sep 2002
virgin veritas 5CD VBD 5 62068 2 [DDD]

• st john passion (see [29] for listing)
• mass in b minor (see [8] for listing)
• ascension oratorio (from [26])
• easter oratorio (from [38])

contains previously released material: [3] [28] [30] [34] [36]
released jan 2003
virgin veritas 5CD VBD 5 620167 2 [DDD]

contains previously released material: [39] [40]
released feb 2003
virgin veritas 2CD CDVB 5 62164 2 [DDD . 136:16]

contains previously released material: [16] [17]
released 2003
virgin veritas 2CD CDVB 5 62230 2 [DDD]