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The Ricercar Consort is a Belgian instrumental ensemble founded in 1980 together with the Ricercar record label of Jérôme Lejeune.
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Band · from Liège · since 1980

The Ricercar Consort is a Belgian instrumental ensemble founded in 1980 together with the Ricercar record label of Jérôme Lejeune.
From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.
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Lagrime27 Feb 2026Vinyl
Distracted Tymes22 Nov 2024Vinyl
Da Pacem8 Mar 2024Vinyl
Buxtehude : Salvator Mundi17 Mar 2023Vinyl
Beethoven: Irish Songs15 Oct 2021Vinyl
Du Mont: Motets à voix seule27 Mar 2020Vinyl
Soli Deo Gloria2020Vinyl
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri29 Mar 2019Vinyl
J.S. Bach: Consolatio16 Feb 2018Vinyl
Weckmann: Complete Works1 Apr 2016Vinyl
Biber: Imitatio5 Feb 2016Vinyl
Bach: The Musical Offering, BWV 10799 Feb 2015Vinyl
Passions de l'âme et du cœur12 Jan 2015Vinyl
J.S. Bach: In tempore Nativitatis - Christmas Cantatas BWV 110, 151, 6318 Nov 2013Vinyl
Handel: Recorder Sonatas8 Jul 2013Vinyl
Legrenzi: Dies Irae - Sonate a quattro viole - Motetti1 Apr 2013Vinyl
Ferrabosco & Byrd: Consort Music1 Apr 2013Vinyl
Lassus: Missa ad imitationem moduli Vinum bonum & Magnificat super Aurora lucis rutilat1 Apr 2013Vinyl
Weckman: Das Kantatenwerk1 Apr 2013Vinyl
WF Bach: Kammermusik1 Apr 2013Vinyl
Bach: Aus der Tiefe1 Apr 2013Vinyl
Weckmann: Conjuratio11 Mar 2013Vinyl
Bach: St. John Passion29 Mar 2011Vinyl
Blow & Purcell: Odes and Songs21 Sep 2010Vinyl
Marais: Trios pour le coucher du Roy26 Aug 2010Vinyl
Défense de la basse de viole contre les entreprises du violon et les prétentions du violoncelle13 Jul 2010Vinyl
W.F. Bach: Cembalo Konzerte17 Jun 2010Vinyl
Bruhns: Das Kantatenwerk18 Jan 2010Vinyl
Bach: Magnificat BWV 243, Missa BWV 23517 Nov 2009Vinyl
Bach: Aus der Tieffen3 Mar 2009Vinyl
Schütz: Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi26 Feb 2009Vinyl
Charpentier: Rendez-moi mes plaisirs22 Jan 2009Vinyl
Bertali: Valoroso21 Oct 2008Vinyl
J.C Bach: De Aeternitate21 Oct 2008Vinyl
Telemann: Les Plaisirs de la table15 Sep 2008Vinyl
Bach: Actus Tragicus2 Sep 2008Vinyl
Bach & Handel2 Sep 2008Vinyl
Sances, Bertali & Schmelzer: Stabat Mater2 Sep 2008Vinyl
J.S. Bach: Tombeau de Sa Majesté la Reine de Pologne2 Sep 2008Vinyl
Purcell: Fantazias - Musique pour violes2 Sep 2008Vinyl
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater2 Sep 2008Vinyl
De Profundis2008Vinyl
Scheidt: Concertuum Sacrorum1 Jan 2007Vinyl
Buxtehude: Kantaten1 Jan 2007Vinyl
Motetten & Kantaten der Bach Familie1 Jan 2007Vinyl
Trauerkantaten1 Jan 2007Vinyl
In dulci jubilo: Deutsche Barock Weihnacht1 Jan 2006Vinyl
Du Mont: Motets à voix seule - Hayne: Requiem pour Marie de Médicis1 Jan 2004Vinyl
Haydn: Sämtliche Baryton Octette1 Jan 2002Vinyl
Du Mont: Grands motets1 Jan 2002Vinyl
Sonderlich auff Violen: Musiques des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles pour les violes de gambe1 Jan 2002Vinyl
Praetorius: Terpsichore Musarum1 Jan 2002Vinyl
Lassus: Chansons1994Vinyl
Handel: Flute Sonatas1 Jan 1992Vinyl
Cantate ad alto solo1 Jan 1992Vinyl
Geminiani: VI sonate di violoncello1 Jan 1991Vinyl
Schmelzer, Biber, Pachelbel, Barthali & Turini: Deutsche Barock Kammermusik III1 Jan 1991Vinyl
Biber & Kerll: Requiem1 Jan 1991Vinyl
Du Mont: Motets à deux voix1 Jan 1990Vinyl
Monteverdi, Brevi, Cazzati, Bassani & Marcello: Motetti ed arie a basso solo1 Jan 1989Vinyl
Merula: Canzonetta Spirituale sopra alla nanna30 Jan 2026 · SingleVinyl
Fantasia, VdGS No. 48 Nov 2024 · SingleVinyl
Fantasie Second, VdGS 57325 Oct 2024 · SingleVinyl
Heinrich Schütz: Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11, SWV 369-397: Verley uns Frieden genädiglich, SWV 37223 Feb 2024 · SingleVinyl
Heinrich Schütz: Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11, SWV 369-397: Die mit Tränen säen, SWV 3789 Feb 2024 · SingleVinyl
Buxtehude: Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, BuxWV 6224 Feb 2023 · SingleVinylRecords from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
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Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.
Records by other artists with Ricercar Consort in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.
Playlists with Ricercar Consort in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.
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