Le Poème Harmonique is a musical ensemble founded in 1998 by Vincent Dumestre to recreate and promote early music, in particular that of the 17th century. Using rare instruments such as the theorbo, the lirone, the tiorbino and the arpa tripla, Le Poème Harmonique aims to recapture the poetry of early music, particularly of the late renaissance and early baroque era. The early 17th-century French and Italian madrigal is a special interest. Le Poème Harmonique also teaches singers in collaboration with the Centre de Musique Baroque at Versailles. The group's recordings with the French Alpha record label of Jean-Paul Combet contributed to the critical and commercial establishment of the label, and included the 1st and 100th releases of the label's primary 'Ut Pictura Musica' series.
Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo is a musical work by Emilio de' Cavalieri to a libretto by Agostino Manni (1548–1618). With it, Cavalieri regarded himself as the composer of the first opera or oratorio. Whether he was actually the first is subject to some academic debate, as is whether the work is better categorized as an opera or an oratorio. It was first performed in Rome in February 1600 in the Oratorio dei Filippini adjacent to the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella.
Philippe Jaroussky is a French countertenor. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the Versailles conservatory, and then took up the piano before turning to singing.
Lucilla Galeazzi is an Italian folk singer. She performs modern versions of traditional Italian folk music. She has also performed in operas.
L'Arpeggiata is a European early music group led by Christina Pluhar, and founded by her in 2000. The group has presented both traditional early music and also several collaged and themed performances and recordings.
Josetxu Obregón is a Spanish cellist, specializing in early music performance.
Marcello Vitale is a performer and recording artist on the chitarra battente and baroque guitar, as well as a composer and a teacher of these instruments.
The Diapason d'Or is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of Diapason magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the British Gramophone magazine.
Guido Morini is an Italian pianist, organist, harpsichordist, musicologist and composer.
Giuseppe Porsile was a Neapolitan composer and singing teacher.
Núria Rial is a Catalan soprano. In recent years, Rial has specialized in the music of the renaissance and baroque eras, such as the works of Handel and Monteverdi. Her repertoire also includes Johann Sebastian Bach, Mozart opera roles, and German, French, Catalan and Castillian art songs.
Musique en Wallonie is a Francophone-Belgian classical music record label founded in 1971 dedicated to promoting awareness of Wallonia's musical heritage – both of Wallon composers and historical classical music recordings. The record label, based at the University of Liège, is a non-profit organization, and receives support from the cultural section of the French Community of Belgium. In September 2012, on its 40th anniversary, the label was awarded officier du Mérite wallon. The label's president since 2001 has been Jean-Pierre Smyers, and the current administrator is Christophe Pirenne, a rock-drummer and music writer. For many years, the label has been issued through collaborating record companies – notably the contract with Cyprès but also with labels such as Koch-Schwann. Since 2004, the label has undertaken projects with its own brand, including reissues.
Pascal Bertin is a French countertenor.
Ensemble Musica Ficta was an Italian early-music ensemble active in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The group consisted of Bruno Ré, Paolo Capirci, Fabio Menditto, Federico Marincola, Andrea Damiani, with tenor Marco Beasley.
Constantinople is a Montreal-based early music and middle eastern music ensemble. The group was formed in 1988 by brothers Kiya Tabassian (setar) and Ziya Tabassian (tombak). The sétar and tombak are complemented by viola da gamba, renaissance cornett, and daf.
Claire Lefilliâtre is a contemporary French soprano specialising in Baroque music repertoire.
Alice Piérot is a French Baroque violinist.
Florence Malgoire was a French classical violinist, pedagogue and conductor.
Kacper Filip Szelążek – Polish singer, countertenor.
