Oswald von Wolkenstein

and his Italian Contemporaries

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Früling und Liebe

1. Anon: Saltarello I (lute, fiddle, recorder, dulcimer)
2. Wolkenstein: Der mai mit lieber zal (voice, fiddle)
3. Landini: Ecco la primavera (voice, 2 fiddles, 2 recorders, dulcimer, organistrum)
4. Anon: Saltarello II (recorder, percussion)
5. Wolkenstein: Gar wunniklich hat si mein her besessen (voice, 2 fiddles)
6. Ciconia: O rosa bella (voice, mandora, fiddle, recorder)
7. Anon: Istampita chominciamento di gioia (recorder, 2 fiddles, slide trumpet, sackbut, percussion)

A la caccia

8. Ghirardellus de Florenzia: Tosto che l'alba (voice, cornet)
9. Ciconia: Cacciando un giorno (shawm, sackbut)
10. Landini: La pescha - Cosi pensoso (voice, fiddle)
11. Wolkenstein: Wohl auff gesell! wer jagen well (shawm, zink, krumhorn)

Hosanna in excelsis

12. Anon: Quem terra, pontus, aethera (3 voices)
13. Ghirardellus de Florenzia: Benedicamus domino (voice, organ)
14. Wolkenstein: Ave mater o maria (3 voices, shawm, fiddle, krumhorn)

In den Augen der Fremden

15. Ciconia: Una panthera in compania del marte (voice, shawm, cornet, sackbut)
16. Wolkenstein: Wer die ougen wil verschüren (2 voices, organistrum)

Eher traurig

17. Landini: Gram piant agli occhi (voice, 2 fiddles)
18. Wolkenstein: Ich klag ich klag (2 fiddles, cornet)
19. Wolkenstein: Du auserweltes schöns (voice, fiddle, recorder)

Vom Triken und Tanzen

20. Wolkenstein: Frölaich geschrai (voice, shawm, sackbut, slide trumpet)
21. Wolkenstein: Herr wirt uns dürstet (voices)
22. Anon: Istampita parlamento (2 fiddles, recorder, organistrum, percussion)

Les Menestrels

Renate Burtscher (soprano)
Florian Mayr (countertenor)
Markus Resch (tenor)
Eric Klug (bass baritone)
Eva Brunner (treble strings)
Gebhard Hüttler (reeds)
Helge Stiegler (recorders)
Klaus Walter (lute, etc.),
Michel Walker (cornet, winds)

G.F.Handel - Cantatas & Sonatas

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Lungi da me pensier tiranno
Sonata in F major for Oboe & BC
Siete rose ruggiadose
Udite il mio consiglio
Sonata in c minor for Oboe & BC
Carco sempre di gloria


Derek Lee Ragin, countertenor
&
Ensemble Divitia Cologne
Alison Gangler, oboe
Susanne Hartig, cello
Leslie Samuels, harpsichord

J.H.Roman - Solo Concertos

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The "Father of Swedish Music," Johan Helmich Roman, was one of the most influential Swedish composers of his time, not only because of his numerous compositions, but also for his role in moving the music of the great composers from the royal court to public concerts in Stockholm. He was also influential in promoting the use of the Swedish language in sacred texts and in developing an indigenous tradition of vocal writing in secular and sacred music.

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Violin Concerto F minor BeRI 52
Oboe Concerto B-flat major BeRI 46
Flute Concerto G major BeRI 54
Violin Concerto D minor BeRI 49
Oboe d'Amore Concerto D major BeRI 53



Elisabeth Wallfisch (violin)
Lisa Beznosiuk (flute)
Anthony Robson (oboe)
Orchester of the Age of Enlightenment
Anthony Halstead (conductor & Harpsichord)

G.F.Handel - Operatic Arias

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Ah, crudel (from Rinaldo)
Desterò dall'empia dite (from Amadigi)
M'hai resa infelice (from Deidamia)
Piangerò la sorte mia (from Guilio Cesare)
Scherza in mar (from Lotario)
Ombre piante (from Rodelinda)
Se'l mio duol (from Rodelinda)
Tutta raccolta ancor (from Scipione)
Orrida agli occhi miei (from Ariodante)
Ah, crudel (from Rinaldo)
Sommi Dei (from Radamisto)
Barbaro partirò (from Radamisto)


Emma Bell, soprano
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
dir. Richard Egarr

G.P.Telemann - Ouvertures & Concertos (Standage)

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Violin Concerto in A Minor
Flute and Violin Concerto in E Minor
Concerto in G Major for Four Violins Unaccompanied
Concerto in A major for Four Violins
La Changeante - Orchestral Suite in G Minor
Violin Concerto in E major


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Ouverture Burlesque in B-flat Major
Violin Concerto in G Major
Concerto in D Major for Two Flutes, Violin and Cello
Violin Concerto in F-sharp Minor
Concerto in G Major for Two Violins


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Trio Sonata for Two Violins and Continuo in E flat major
Singe-, Spiel- und Generalbass-Übungen
Suite No. 5 for Flute, Violin and Continuo in A minor
Moralische Cantata - Das mässige Glück
Sonata for Two Violins in E minor

24 theils ernsthafte, theils scherzende, Oden
Quartet for Flute, Two Violins and Continuo in G major



Collegium Musicum 90
dir. Simon Standage

Il Fasolo?

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Here the European period-instrument ensemble Le Poème Harmonique offers a program devoted to another of those arguably unjustly-neglected composers who occasionally turn up on concerts and on disc--and in our reviews. This time it's the very obscure, early-17th-century Italian guitarist/composer known today only by his pseudonym Il Fasolo (the bean). In the liner notes Jean-François Lattarico warns that this Il Fasolo should not necessarily be confused with Giovanni Battista Fasolo or Il Fasolo-Manelli (two other composer/musicians active around the same time) regardless of evidence that both confirms and denies Il Fasolo's relationship to each--and hence the question mark in the program's title. Surely a fascinating musicological mystery!

--John Greene, ClassicsToday.com

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1 - Bergamasca : La Barchetta passaggiera
2 - Lamento di Madama Lucia, con la riposta di Cola
3 - Chi non sà come Amor
4 - Son ruinato, appassionato
5 - Canzonetta : Sguardo lusinghiero
6 - Madrigale : O dolorosa sorte
7 - Jacarà : Aria alla napolitana
8-16 Serenata in lingua lombarda che fa Madonna Gola a Messir Carnevale
17 - Ciaconna : Acceso mio core

Le Poème Harmonique
dir. Vincent Dumestre

W.Boyce - Solomon

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In 1743 William Boyce wrote music for the play 'Solomon' by Edward Moore. The work was frequently performed, but being judged mildly rude*, was seldom performed after about 1800. One song however, 'Softly Rise, O Southern Breeze' remained popular for another fifty years. In 1762, after a performance of Solomom, the music critic John Potter wrote "......a fine piece of composition! It has a number of beautiful strokes of genius, it is fine, it is elegant and sublime....how delicate the airs in it, how charming the melody! Can anything be more so? Really it is almost impossible."

She - Bronwen Mills, soprano,
He - Howard Crook, tenor
The Parley of Instruments
Choir & Orchestra
dir. Roy Goodman

* I wanted to understand what a "mildly rude" work was like by XVIII century standards so I searched for Moore text. I found it at the University of Virgina Library along with some other intesting works (Mainly poems & fables) . Or you can download it here (26Kb) in RTF format.

Guillaume IX - Las Cansos del Coms de Peitieus

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The work of Duke Guillaume IX d'Aquitaine (1071-1127) represents the earliest known examples of Provençal poetry and music. Because of the often-explicit subject matter of his poems and his notorious, sexually indulgent lifestyle, when he died nearly all of his output was either destroyed or suppressed: only these 11 poems and a single notated line of music set to the first line of "Pos de chanter m'es pres talens" (Since I want to sing) survives. Accompanying himself on viele à archet (bowed medieval viol), vocalist Brice Duisit's aim here is to offer for the first time informed restorations of these songs, a task even he admits is virtually impossible since no musicological models from this period exist. Nonetheless, Duisit is clearly passionate in his mission and the results are often quite moving.

--John Greene, ClassicsToday.com

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1. Companhon farai un vers qu'er convinen
2. Companho tant ai agut d'avols conres
3. Brice Duisit - Instrumental interlude
4. Ben vuelh que sapchan li plusor
5. Companho non puosc mudar qu'eo non m'effrei
6. Pus vezem de novelh florir
7. Mout jauzens me prec en amar
8. Farai un vers de dreyt nien
9. Farai chansoneta nueva
10. Ab la dolchor del temps nouvel
11. Farai un vers pos mi soneilh
12. Pos de chantar m'es pres talens
13. Brice Duisit - Instrumental postlude

Brice Duisit, chant & vièle à archet

Vicent Martin i Soler - Una cosa rara

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Una Cosa Rara
ossia Bellezza ed onestà
Dramma giocoso in due atti
Libretto di Lorenzo Da Ponte
dalla commedia "La luna de la Sierra"
di Luis Vélez de Guevara

Prima - Vienna, Burgtheater, 17 novembre 1786


Isabella, regina di Spagna ........... Maria Angeles Peters (soprano)
Giovanni, principe di Spagna ......... Ernesto Palacio (tenore)
Corrado, gran Scudiere ............... Francesc Garrigosa (tenore)
Lilla, serrana ....................... Montserrat Figueras (soprano)
Ghita, serrana ....................... Gloria Fabuel (soprano)
Lubino, serrano ...................... Inaki Fresan (basso)
Tita, serrano ........................ Fernando Belaza-Leoz (basso)
Lisargo, podestà del villaggio ....... Stefano Palatchi (basso)


La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Le Concert de Nations
dir. Jordi Savall

Live, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 2 & 3/1991
Astrée Auvidis E 8760.

E.N.Mehul - Stratonice

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Opera Comique en 1 act (1792)
libretto Francois Benoit Hoffman

Antiochus, the son of King Seleucus, is pining away yet he would rather die than name the cause of his disease to his father. The doctor, Erasistratus, suspects love is behind Antiochus's suffering. He notices that the prince's pulse rate increases when he sees Stratonice, a young woman intended as his father's bride, and further tests confirm his diagnosis. The doctor subtly reveals the truth to the king who is content to relinquish Stratonice to Antiochus to save his son's life and happiness. (Wikipedia)

Stratonice, Patricia Petibon
Antiochus, Yann Beuron
Seleucus, Etienne Lescroart
Erasistrate, Karl Daymond


Capella Coloniensis
dir. William Christie

Pancrace Royer - Pieces de Clavecin 1746

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Rousset’s first go at Royer’s Pièces (l’Oiseau-Lyre 436 127-2) was taped in Aug. 1991, used a 1751 Henri Hemsch, and won the 1993 Diapason d’or. It is a much sought-after item. Rousset's Feb. 2007 recording uses an attractive Goujon-Swanen instrument, ca. 1749-84. This time Rousset stays entirely within Royer’s Premier Livre (if there were subsequent books, they are lost to us) and doesn’t program La Chasse de Zaïde, a singleton which may not be Royer’s.

Fifteen-plus years later, Rousset seems less intent on demonstrating muscle and virtuosity. The emphasis here is on darkness and mystery. This shift is most audible in “la petite Reprise” of the affecting Les tendres Sentiments, the harmonies of which climb chromatically. Rousset now lingers a little longer on the twists and cadential progressions of L’Incertaine and L’Aimable. Overall, the fast pieces are about the same duration. The slower ones have become slightly longer. The newer recording is less dry, and whether it’s the instrument or player, Rousset’s 1991 staccatos are more precise (for example, snapped 16ths after dotted eighths). Le Vertigo and La Marche des Scythes, the Livre’s most theatrical and reckless, evoke slightly less passion on the newer recording. Perhaps Rousset is suffering from battle fatigue, witness Le Vertigo’s Vivaldian chord crashing. I hear greater introspection in its few points of repose. While I value both of Rousset’s explorations, I see myself spinning the older release more often. (Complete review here)

G.A.Homilius - Musik an der Frauenkirche Dresden

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Kantate zum Pfingstsonntag - Der Herr ist Gott, der uns erleuchtet
Kantate zum Sonntag Exaudi - Selig seid ihr, wenn ihr geschmaet werdet
Kantate zum Sonntag Trinitatis - Heilig ist unser Gott
Kantate zum Fest Christi Himmelfahrt - Gott fahret auf mit Himmelfahrt

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Kantate zum erstern Adventssonntag - Ergreifet die Psalter
Kantate zum vierten Adventssonntag - Auf, auf, ihr Herzen, seid bereit
Kantate zum ersten Weihnachtstag - Ein hoher Tag kommt
Kantate zum Neujahrstag - Wunschet Jerusalem Gluck

Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785)

The works of Gottfried August Homilius were beloved and widely disseminated during his lifetime. This pupil of Bach left behind an extensive opus which is still waiting to be discovered. Carus is publishing a selection of his works in Urtext, edited by Uwe Wolf. In conjunction with the respective new editions, CD recordings of his works are being released, some of which contain world premiere performances.

Ergreifet die Psalter

Sigismondo D'India - Madrigali e Canzonette

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S.d'India - Cara Mia Cetra Andianne for voice solo
S.d'India - Intenerite Voi, Lagrime Mie for voice solo
S.d'India - Mentre Che'l Cor for voice solo
G.M.Trabaci - Work(s) (Unspecified Gagliarda (from Ricercate, Canzone - Libro I, Napoli))
S.d'India - Un Dì Soletto for voice solo
S.d'India - Arditi baci miei, for voice & continuo (Le musiche, Book 3)
S.d'India - Vorrei baciarti, o Filli, for voice & continuo (Le musiche, Book 1)
S.d'India - Sù, sù, prendi la cetra, canzonetta (from Le Musiche, Book 2)
S.d'India - Questa mia aurora, for 2 voices & continuo (Le musiche, Book 3)
S.d'India - Odi quel rosignuolo, for voice & continuo in 2 parts (Le musiche, Book 4)
S.d'India - La mia Filli crudel spesso mi fugge, canzonetta (from Le Musiche, Book 2)
S.d'India - Scherniscimi, crudele, for voice & continuo (Le musiche, Book 3)
S.d'India - Torna il Sereno Zefiro for voice solo
G.M.Trabaci - Partite sopra Rugiero, for harpsichord
S.d'India - Là Tra le Selve for voice solo
G.M.Trabaci - Partite sopra Rugiero, for harpsichord
S.d'India - Sfere, Fermate for voice solo
A.Mayone - Toccata quinta
S.d'India - Infelice Didone
G.de Macque - Seconda stravaganza a 4
S.d'India - Piange Madonna
S.d'India - Io che del ciel, for voice & continuo (Le musiche, Book 5)


Maria Cristina Kiehr

Concerto Soave
dir. Jean-Marc Aymes

Antonio Cesti - Il Pomo d'Oro

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Wien (June 1989)
(5h41'50'")


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Festa teatrale in un prologo e cinque atti

libretto di Francesco Sbarra

Vienna, Teatro di corte, 12 e 14 luglio 1668.



cast:

Pluto: Teodor Ciurdea;
Mars: Kurt Azesberger;
Momus: Eberhard Kummer;
Neptun: Rudolf Vogel;
Bacchus: Nicolai Cok;
Merkur: Stratton Bull;
Venus: Ursula Targler;
Jupiter: Gerd Fussi;
Juno: Kjellaug Tesaker;
Ganymed: Mircea Mihalache;
Paris: Kurt Equiluz;
Filaura: Marius van Altena;
Spanien: Ursula Targler;
Italien: Stratton Bull;
Das Königreich Ungarn: Kurt Equiluz;
Das Römische Reich: Gerd Fussi;
Sardinien: Kjellaug Tesaker;
Das Königreich Böhmen: Nigel Dickson;
Amerika: Kurt Azesberger;
Die Österreichischen Erblande in Deutschland: Ivan Urbas;
Amor: Monika Lenz;
Hymen: Timothy Wilson;
Gloria Austriaca: Vera Nentwig;
Proserplna: Änike WudKal;
Discordia: Rannveig Braga;
Apollo: Timothy Wilson;
Hebe: Petra Schnitzer;
Pallas Athene: Sally Bradshaw;
Eunone: Eva Meindel;
Aurindo: Nigel Dickson;
Caron: Teodor Ciurdea;
Drei Furien: Rannveig Braga, Renate Weninger, Änike Wudkal ;
Kekrops: Ivan Urbas;
Adrasto: Timothy Wilson;
Alkeste: Jutta Geister;
Ein Soldat: Price Brown;
Xolus: Rudolf Vogel;
Euro: Price Brown;
Zephyr: Gundi Klebel;
Ein Priester der Pallas Athene: Teodor Ciurdea;
Einer aus dem Chor: Price Brown;
Das Element des Feuers: Mircea Mihalache;
Die drei Grazien: Christine Schwarz, Petra Schnitzer, Rannveig Braga

Chor und Orchester "Spectaculum"
dir. Gerhard Kramer