Compositions from the 16th and 17th centuries
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611): Motet “O magnum mysterium” (1572)
Alonso Lobo (1555–1617): Motet ‘Versa est in luctum’ (1598)
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672): Veni Sancte Spiritus. Sacred concerto SWV 475, (around 1614)
Johann Hermann Schein (1586 - 1630): Spiritual Concerto: Blessed are the spiritually poor (1626)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643): Madrigal ‘O Ciechi, ciechi’ from Selva Morale e Spirituale (c. 1641)
Johann Adam Reincken (1643 - 1722): Choral Fantasy ‘An Wasserflüssen Babylon’ (around 1663)
Johann Rosenmüller (c. 1619 – 1684): Sacred concerto “Beatus vir” (Psalm 112) E 102, c. (1650–80)
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707): Cantata ‘Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab’ BuxWV 38 (c. 1668)
Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704): Motet for two voices with two violins and organ, from Opus 7, Bologna 1677
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704): Mystery Sonata “Resurrection” (from the so-called Rosary Sonatas) in G major for violin and basso continuo (around 1678, certainly composed in Salzburg between 1670 and 1687)
Christian Andreas Schulze (c. 1655–1699): «Wie der Hirsch schreiet nach frischem Wasser» - “As the hart panteth after the water brooks,” (Psalm 42) (c. 1680)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704): In nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi canticum H.414 (1684)
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687): Petit Motet ‘Regina coeli’ (LWV 77/12) (circa 1685)