Lyrichord Early Music Series

The Lyrichord Early Music Series was launched in 1994 to showcase both Lyrichord's past recordings of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music and the finest new early music recordings being produced today. Legends of the past such as Russell Oberlin,  Fernando Valenti, and Hugues Cuenod, share the stage with the today’s top musicians like Artek, Elizabeth Futral & The Washington Bach Consort, Richard Troeger, Jeffrey Dooley, The Queen’s Chamber Band, Leah Gale Nelson, Julianne Baird, Jerry Willard, and others.  LEMS focuses on countertenor voice, keyboards of the past, renaissance polyphony, baroque and classical oratorio on original instruments. Works from Bach, Telemann, Handel, Byrd and Dowland as well as those of the less well known Obrecht, Perotin, Regis and Alfonso the Wise. Recent critically praised releases include Biber’s, "The Sacred Mysteries" by baroque violinist Leah Gale Nelson, Bach’s Complete Clavier Suites performed on Lautenwerck by John Paul, and many others.