G.F.Handel - Arianna in Creta

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cast:

Mata Katsuli, soprano (Arianna)
Mary-Ellen Nesi, mezzo-soprano (Teseo)
Irini Karaianni, mezzo-soprano (Carilda)
Marita Paparizou, mezzo-soprano (Tauride)
Theodora Baka, mezzo-soprano (Alceste)
Petros Magoulas, bass (Minos/ Il sonno)

Orchestra of Patras
dir. George Petrou

Guide des Instruments Baroques

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CD 1

01 - Pohle - Sonata a 8 (violons, basses de viole, orgue positif)
02 - Schmelzer - Sonata à 7 flauti (flutes a bec soprano, alto, tenor, basse, orgue positif)
03 - Hammerschmidt - Sonata super (cornet, trombones alto, tenor, basse, orgue positif)
04 - Scheidt - Canzon super (dessus de viole, viole de gambe alto, basse de viole...)
05 - Correa de Arauxo - Tiento tercero de sexto tono (orgue, trompette)
06 - Selma Y Salvaverde - V. Fantasia ex D. (dulciane, clavecin)
07 - Ruiz de Ribayaz - Marionas (harpe chromatique)
08 - Frescobaldi - Canzona detta la Bernardinia (cornet, chitarrone, orgue, violoncelle)
09 - Frescobaldi - Partite sopra Follia (clavecin Italien)
10 - Landi - La Morte d'Orfeo (contralto, chitarrone, lirone)
11 - Trabacci - Toccata Seconda (harpe double)
12 - Turini - Sonata prima (2 flutes a bec soprano, clavecin)
13 - Bartolotti - Passacaglie (guitare a cinq choeurs
14 - Frescobaldi - Toccata terza (orgue)
15 - Jenkins - Almain + Two Thumps (viol lyra-way)
16 - Krausen - Praeludium, Allemanda, Bourée (viole baryton)
17 - Greeting - Nightingale (flageolet)
18 - Farnaby - Fantasia (clavecin)


CD 2

01 - Philidor - Marche a quatre timbales (timbales)
02 - Dampierre - 12e Fanfare - 19e fanfare (Gavotte) (trompes de chasse)
03 - Raison - Extraits du Livre d'orgue (orgue)
04 - Marais - Tombeau pour Monsieur de Ste Colombe (2 basses de viole, theorbe)
05 - La belle homicide - courante (Gaultier) - doube (Mouton) (luth)
06 - Visee - Les Sylvains de Mr. Couperin (theorbe)
07 - Couperin - 13e Concert à 2 instruments à l'unisson-Chaconne légère (2 bassons)
08 - Chedeville - La virtuose (Mouvement de Chaconne) (musette, basson, clavecin)
09 - Löwen - Capriccio primo (trompettes, basson, orgue positif)
10 - Weckman - Der Tod ... (voix, violons, dessus de viole, basse de viole, orgue regale)
11 - Bruhns - O werter heil'ger Geist (Choeur final) (voix, trompettes, cordes, BC)
12 - Bruhns - Praeludium e-moll (orgue)
13 - Walther - Sonata IV (violon, clavecin italien, basse de viole)
14 - Pastorella (Keller) - Der schene Neue Aufzug (Kosteleztki) (trompettes marines, timbales)
15 - Bach, J.S. - Kantate BWV 1 (soprano, oboe da caccia, orgue positif, basse de viole)
16 - Bach, J.S. - Sinfonia (Kantate BWV 76) (oboe d'amore, basse de viole, orgue positif)
17 - Pachelbel - Kanon (flutes a bec alto, basse de viole, orgue positif)
18 - Handel - Sonata in B minor Op 1,9 (flute de voix, orgue positif, basse de viole)
19 - Bach, J.S. - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (orgue)


CD 3

01 - Vivaldi - Concerto con viola d'amore, 2 corni da caccia e 2 hautbois
02 - Vivaldi - Concerto del Sigr. Vivaldi accomodato a clavicembalo obbligato et Flautino
03 - Fontanelli - Suonata con grave e suo Minuetto (mandoline, archiluth)
04 - Geminiani - Sonata IV (si bémol majeur) - (2 violoncelles, clavecin)
05 - Handel - Sonata II (mi mineur) (flute traversiere, basse de viole, clavecin, luth)
06 - Graun - Concerto per flauto Terzetto (flauto terzetto)
07 - Teleman - Sonata a-moll (hautbois, basse de viole, clavecin)
08 - Bach C.P.E. - Trio ... (flutes a bec alto, basse, pianoforte, violoncelle)
09 - Graupner - Suite a 3 chalumeaux (chalumeaux soprano, alto, basse)
10 - Handel - Ouverture (2 clarinettes, cor)
11 - Chedeville - Suite de Noëls (vielle a roue, pardessus de viole)
12 - Mozart - Menuet (clavicorde)
13 - Bach W.F. - Sonata VII C-dur (clavecin, nasal)
14 - Tuma - Inno per il Festo di Sta Teresia (contre-tenor, trombone)
15 - Gretry - La caravane du Caire (extraits) (piccolo, flute traversiere, hautbois)

G.F.Handel - Joshua

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'lnterpretación perfecta' (El Correo Español)

'This recording gets to the very heart of Handel in a most human and convincing way. All the soloists are excellent, needless to say...' (CDReview)

'The whole production is excellent and I cannot recommend this new disc more highly' (Organists' Review)

'With first-rate casts and careful attention to Handel's original texts, King has blown the dust off some magnificent music' (BBC Record Review)

cast:

Emma Kirkby, soprano (Achsah)
Aidan Oliver, treble (Angel)
James Bowman, countertenor (Othniel)
John Mark Ainsley, tenor (Joshua)
Michael George, bass (Caleb)

Choir of New College Oxford
The King's Consort
dir. Robert King

Guide des Instruments de la Renaissance

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CD 1

LA FIN DU XVe SIECLE ET LES PREMIERES PIECES INSTRUMENTALES

01 - Tuba gallicalis [Manuscrit de Strassbourg, an. fin XVe S] 1.17
Philippe CANGUILHEM, chalemie soprano
Alain SOBCZAK, chalemie alto
Gilles RAPIN, trompette à coulisse

02 - Heinrich ISAAC (c1450-1517) - La morra [Petrucci, Odhecaton] 2.04
Philippe PIERLOT, viole alto
Arno JOCHEM DE LA ROSEE, viole ténor
Sophie WATILLON, viole basse

03 - Joan Ambrosio DALZA (?-1508) - Saltarello et Piva 4.26
Rolf LISLEVAND, luth en sol
Béatrice PORNON, luth en sol

04 - Jacob OBRECHT (c1450-1505) - Tandernaken [Petrucci, Odhecaton] 2.43
Philippe CANGUILHEM, chalemie soprano
Elsa FRANK, chalemie ténor
Alain SOBCZAK, chalemie alto

05 - Die Katzenpfote [Glogauer Liederbuch, an. fin XVe S] 1.14
Frédéric de ROOS, cromorne alto
Patrick DENECKER, cromorne ténor
Koen DIELTIENS, cromorne basse

06 - Con lagrime (An., d'après Johannes CICONIA, Buxheimer Orgelbuch) 3.15
Bernard FOCCROULLE, orgue régale
(instrument anonyme, XVIe S, Bruxelles Musée Instrumental, Cat. Mahillon nº 454)

07 - Konrad PAUMANN (ca. 1410-1473) - Mit ganczem villem 1.32
Guy PENSON, clavicorde

08 - Joan Ambrosio DALZA - Paduana alla Veneciana 1:41
Hannelore DEVAERE, harpe simple (24 cordes)

09 - a) Spero haver felice (frottola, an. début XVIe S) 2.24
b) Giovanne tutte siano (frottola, an.)
Frédéric MARTIN, lira da braccio
Vincent BOUCHOT, chant

10 - Gioseppe GIAMBERTI - Ballo di Mantua 2.20
Frédéric MARTIN, lira da braccio
Carles MAS, flûte à 3 trous et tambour

11 - Leonard KLEBER (ca. 1495-1556) - Fantasia in f 2.25
Wolfgang WALTER, claviorganum
(Kunst und Wunderkamer des Dommuseums in Salzburg)
[BMG Ariola (München)]

12 - Leonard KLEBER - Praeambulum 0.42
Jean FERRAND, orgue du Triforium de la Cathédrale de Metz
[Clav. I: Grosse flüte 8' / Prestant 4' / Quinte / Fourniture / Tiercelette
Clav. II: Régale]

13 - Paul HOFHAIMER (1459-1537) - Carmen 1:17
Jean FERRAND, orgue du Triforium de la Cathédrale de Metz
[Clav. I: Grosse flüte / Traversine / Quinte / Tiercelette
Clav. II: Régale]


CHANSONS ET MADRIGAUX

14 - Sebastian VIRDUNG (1465, av. 1536) - O haylige onbeflecte 1.16
Frédéric de ROOS, Joëlle LANSCOTTE, Patrick DENECKER, Koen DIELTIENS, flûtes à bec SATB

15 - Jacob REGNART (ca. 1540-1599) - Venus du und dein Kind 1:07
Hannelore DEVAERE, harpe simple (24 cordes)

16 - Bernard SCHMID (1535-1592) - Ein guter Wein ist lobenswerdt 1:16
Jean FERRAND, orgue du Triforium de la Cathédrale de Metz
[Traversine 2]

17 - ENRIQUE (fin XVe S) - Mi querer tanto vos quiere [Cancionero de la Colombina] 3.03
Ensemble LE TOURDION, bassons alto (en sol), alto (en la), ténor et basse

18 - Luys de NARVAEZ (?-ca. 1550) - Mille Regrets (de Josquin DES PRES) 2.20
Rolf LISLEVAND, vihuela

19 - Claudin de SERMISY - O combien est 1.56
Vincent DUMESTRE, luth en sol
Philippe MALFEYT, luth basse

20 - JACOTIN (début XVIe S.) - Si bon amour 1.48
LES FLÛTES D'ALLEMAN, flûtes traversières TTTB

21 - Claudin de SERMISY - Parle que veult 1:14
LES FLÛTES D'ALLEMAN, flûtes traversières DTTB

22 - Jehan CHARDAVOINE (1538-ca. 1580) - Mignone allons voir si la rose 1.16
Jérôme LEJEUNE, cor de chamois

23 - Claudin de SERMISY - Tant que vivray 1.21
Jérôme LEJEUNE, cor de chamois
Philippe MALFEYT, luth en sol

24 - Tant que vivray [edité par Pierre ATTAINGNANT] 1.54
Guy PENSON, clavicorde

25 - Andrea ANTICO (ca 1480-après 1539) - Chi no crede 1.24
Hannelore DEVAERE, harpe double (italienne)

26 - Roland de LASSUS (1532-1594) - Io ti voria contar 1.11
Hannelore DEVAERE, harpe double (italienne)

27 - Philippe de MONTE (1521-1603) - Fa ch'io riveggia 1.53
Ensemble LE TOURDION, chalemies soprano (ré et do), alto (sol) et ténor


FANTAISIES - RICERCARE

28 - Marco Antonio CAVAZZONI (ca. 1485 - ca. 1469) - Ricercata 3.38
Liuwe TAMMINGA, orgue Lorenzo da Prato,
de la Basilique de San Petronio à Bologne
[BRTN 3, KRO & Radio Netherlands International, KK 8903]

29 - Luys MILAN (ca. 1500-1560) - Fantasia 8 2.30
Hannelore DEVAERE, harpe chromatique espagnole

30 - Johann MATELART (Ca. 1538-1607) - La Terza (Fantasia) 0.58
(deuxième partie de Johann MATELART, ajoutée à une fantasie de Francesco da MILANO
Béatrice PORNON, vihuela
Rolf LISLEVAND, vihuela

31 - Luys de NARVAEZ - Fantasia que contrahaze la harpa en la maneera de Ludovico 1.58
(dans le même esprit, une partie pour une deuxième vihuela réalisée par Rolf LISLEVAND)
Béatrice PORNON, vihuela
Rolf LISLEVAND, vihuela

32 - Antonio de CABEZON (1510-1566) - Differencias sobre la Gallarda Milanese 2.55
Guy PENSON, clavecin italien

33 - Silvestro GANASSI (1492 - ?) - Ricercare 1.03
Philippe PIERLOT, viole de gambe

34 - Diego ORTIZ (ca. 1510 - ca. 1570) - Recercada sobre ''el Passamezo antigo'' 1.58
Sophie WATILLON, viole de gambe
Shizuko NORI, luth
Hannlore DEVAERE, harpe double
[LIGIA DIGITAL, L'art de la viola bastarda, 0106020-94]

35 - Diego ORTIZ - Recercada sobre ''el Passamezo moderno'' 1.15
Sophie WATILLON, viole de gambe
Shizuko NORI, luth
Herman STINDERS, clavecin italien
[LIGIA DIGITAL, L'art de la viola bastarda, 0106020-94]

36 - Alonso MUDARRA (ca. 1510-1580) - Fantasia del primero tono 1.28
Rolf LISLEVAND, guitare

37 - Johann WALTER (1496-1570) - Fuga quinti toni 2.02
Jean TUBERY, cornet muet
Frédéric de ROOS, flûte à bec ténor

38 - Nicolas VALET (ca. 1583 - après 1642) - La Mendiante Fantaysye 3.58
Philippe MALFEYT, luth basse

39 - Giovanni de MACQUE (ca. 1548-1614) - Consonanze stravaganti 2.17
Jean FERRAND, orgue du Triforium de la Cathédrale de Metz
[Montre 8]

CD 2

BAL POPULAIRE

01 - Bransle de Village (d'après Michael PRAETORIUS) 3.58
Claude FLAGEL, vielle à roue
Ole GERIS, cornemuse

02 - Thoinot ARBEAU (1520-1595) - Bransle d'Ecosse 1.51
Carles MAS, flûte à 3 trous et tambour
Frédéric MARTIN, violon

03 - Thoinot ARBEAU - Bransles de Champagne 1.55
Frédéric MARTIN, violon
Carles MAS, flûte à 3 trous et tambour à cordes

04 - Jehan CHARDAVOINE (1538 - ca. 1580) - Devenu suis amoreux 3.10
Claude FLAGEL, vielle et chant

05 - Thoinot ARBEAU - Bransles de Malthe 2.38
Carles MAS, flûte à 3 trous et tambour

06 - Claude GERVAISE - Bransle de Poitou 1.23
Ensemble LE TOURDION, hautbois de Poitou et chalemies ATB


ALLA BATTAGLIA

07 - Appels de trompete [Edité par MERSENNE, Harmonia Universelle] 1.20
L'entrée / Autre boutee-selle / A Cheval / Autre Charge ou Chamade
Ensemble GILLES RAPIN, trompettes

08 - Heinric ISAAC (ca. 1450-1517) - A la Bataglia 4.36
Ensemble LE TOURDION, chalemies ATTB

09 - Samuel SCHEIDT (1587-1654) - Galliard battaglia 3.09
ANTWERPS BLOCKFLUIT CONSORT, flûtes à bec SSATB

10 - Michael PRAETORIUS (1571-1621) - Courant de bataglia 1.50
Ensemble GILLES RAPIN, 5 trompettes


DANSERIES

11 - Vicenzo RUFFO (ca. 1508-1587) - La Piva 2.15
Hannelore DEVAERE, harpe simple (24 cordes)
Vicent DUMESTRE, luth en sol
Philippe MALFEYT, luth basse

12 - Paduana (Edité par Pierre PHALESE) 1.33
Vicent DUMESTRE, luth en sol
Philippe MALFEYT, luth en fa

13 - Pavana ''El todescho'' & Saltarello ''El marchese di Saluzzo'' 2.28
Ensemble LA FENICE, trombones TTTB

14 - Pavane, Gaillarde et Ronde ''Milles ducas'' (Edité par Tylman SUSATO) 2.50
Frédéric de ROOS, Joëlle LANSCOTTE, Patrick DENECKER, Koen DIELTIENS, cromornes ATTB

15 - Alonso MUDARRA (ca. 1510-1580) - a) Pavana 2.10
b) Romanesca 1.20
Rolf LISLEVAND, guitare à 4 choeurs

16 - De Post, Danse de Hercules, De Madrigale (Edité par Tylman SUSATO) 1.42
Frédéric de ROOS, Joëlle LANSCOTTE, Patrick DENECKER, Jean-Pascal HINNEKENS, cornamusas SATB

17 - Michael PRAETORIUS - Ballet des feus 1.44
Ensemble LES FLÛTES D'ALLEMAN, flûtes traversières DTTB

18 - Michael PRAETORIUS - Passemezze pour les cornets 2.39
Ensemble LA FENICE, 2 cornets, 2 trombones, 2 serpents, orgue, tambour

19 - Michael PRAETORIUS - Courante 1.35
Ensemble LA FENICE, 2 cornets, 2 trombones, serpent, basson, clavecin, guitare, tambour de basque

20 - Johannes H. KAPSBERGER (? - 1651) - Colascione 2.20
Rolf LISLEVAND, colascione
Pedro Estevan, percussion
[KAPSBERGER, Auvidis-Astrée E 8515]

21 - Michael PRAETORIUS - Bransle gentil & Courante 2.55
Patrick DENECKER, Joëlle LANSCOTTE, Jean-Pascal HINNEKENS, flûtes à bec ATB
Frédéric de ROOS, courtaud T

22 - Melkior FRANCK (ca. 1579-1639) - Pavana 2.26
Philippe PIERLOT, François FERNANDEZ, Sophie WATILLON, violes de gambe
Bernhard STILZ, cervelat

23 - Melkior FRANCK - Tanz 1.15
Philippe PIERLOT, François FERNANDEZ, Sophie WATILLON, violes de gambe
Bernhard STILZ, cervelat

24 - Moritz von HESSEN (1572-1632) - Pavana del Fransciso Segario 2.28
(a 5 stromenti cive Fiauto, orneto muto, trombone, sordone et viola da gamba)
Frédéric de ROOS, flûte à bec T
Jean TUBERY, cornet muet
Frank POITRINEAU, trombone
Philippe CANGUILHEM, sordun
Philippe PIERLOT, basse de viole


A L'ÉGLISE
25 - Creator alme siderum
Noël REYNDERS, Gilbert HUYBENS, Frederik REYNDERS & Peter VAN BOUWEL, carillon de Zoutleuw

26 - Magnificat octavi toni (Edité par Pierre ATTAINGNANT) 4.03
Jean FERRAND, orgue du Triforium de la Cathédrale de Metz
[verset 1: Montre / Prestant / Fourniture / Trompette
verset 2: Prestant / Fourniture
verset 3: Grosse flûte / Prestant / Quinte
verset 4: Trompette / Prestant / Quinte / Cymbale]

27 - Roland de LASSUS (1532-1594) - Ad te levavi 5.03
Jean TUBERY et Jean Paul BOURY, cornets
Philippe CANGILHEM, chalemie A
Jean-Jacques HERBIN, Serge GUILLOU & Frank POITRINEAU, trombones TTB

28 - Thomas TALLIS (ca. 1505-1585) - Ecce tempus idoneum 1.57
Jean FERRAND, orgue du Triforium de la Cathédrale de Metz
[Montre et Grosse flûte]

29 - Hymne de l'Avant 1.13
Michel GODARD, serpent

30 - Douze coups de Minuit
grosse cloche de l'Eglise St Léonard à ZOUTLEUW

31 - O zalig heilig Bethlehem 3.12
Ole GERIS, cornemuse

CD 3


BALLET DE COUR

01 - Michael PRAETORIUS - Ballet de la Reine 6.14
La Bande de Luths, dir. Philippe MALFEYT

02 - Michael PRAETORIUS - Ballet des Anglois 2.38
RICERCAR CONSORT, violes de gambes (STTB)

03 - Michael PRAETORIUS - Bransles gay I & II -- Bransles de Montirandé 2.39
RICERCAR CONSORT (dir. François FERNANDEZ) - La Bande de Violons

04 - Michael PRAETORIUS - Ballet des Sorciers et Ballet du Roy 2.52
RICERCAR CONSORT (dir. François FERNANDEZ) -
La Bande de Violons
& hautbois, théorbe, clavecin, tambour et tambour de basque


DEUX GROUND ANGLAIS

05 - Upon la mi re 2.14
Jean FERRAND, orgue du Triforium de la Cathédrale de Metz
[Prestant]

06 - My Lady Carreys Dompe 1.42
Guy PENSON, virginal


JACOBEAN MUSIC

07 - John DOWLAND (1563-1626) - Lachrimae antiquae 4.12
ANTWERPS BLOCKFLUIT CONSORT -
- Flûtes á bec (tenor, basset, 2 basses en ut, grande basse en fa)

08 - Anthony HOLBORN (?-1602) - Prélude - Gallairde 2.18
Vincent DUMESTRE, pandore

09 - Tobias HUME (?-1645) - Hark, hark 1.59
Philippe PIERLOT, lyra viol

10 - Tobias HUME - The Earle of Montgomerie Delight 1.58
Philippe PIERLOT & Sophie WATILLON, lyra viols
Arno JOCHEM DE LA ROSE, great bass viol

11 - Tobias HUME - Musicke and Mirth 2.02
Philippe PIERLOT & Sophie WATILLON, lyra viols
Arno JOCHEM DE LA ROSE, great bass viol

12 - John DOWLAND - Walsingham 4.38
Philippe MALFEYT, luth

13 - Thomas ROBINSON (?-1609) - Goe from my window 1.52
Vincent DUMESTRE, orpharion

14 - Anthony HOLBORNE - Pavane Quadro 2.28
-- (an.) Wilssons wyde 0.38
Philippe MALFEYT, cistre

15 - Richard ALLISON (?-1606) - The Lady Frances Sidney's Goodnight 3.38
ROMANESQUE, Brocken Consort
(flûte à bec, dessus et basse de viole, luth, cistre, pandore)

16 - Richard ALLISON - The Lady Frances Sidney's Almain 2.02
ROMANESQUE, Brocken Consort
(flûte à bec, dessus et basse de viole, luth, cistre, pandore)

17 - Thomas TOMKINS (1572-1656) - A Fancy for two to play 2.17
Guy PENSON & Jean FERRAND, virginal à 4 mains

18 - Orlando GIBBONS (1583-2625) - Fantasia 4.40
Philippe PIERLOT, dessus de viole
Sophie WATILLON, viole tenor
Arno JOCHEM DE LA ROSEE, great bass viol

19 - A Division 2.57
Sophie WATILLON, dessus de viole
Guy PENSON, virginal


MOTETTI, MADRIGALI e CANZONI FRANCESI DIMINUITI

20 - Giovanni BASSANO (ca. 1558-1617) - Frais et gaillard (de CLEMENS non PAPA) 3.15
Frédéric de ROOS, flûte à bec (Ganassi)
Guy PENSON, orgue positif

21 - Girolamo DELLA CASA (fin s. XVIe) - Madrigal da sonar con la viola bastarda 3.15
Sophie Watillon, viola bastarda
Shizuko NOIRI, luth
[LIGIA DIGITAL, L'art de la viola bastarda, 0106020-94]

22 - Peter PHILIPS - Margot labourez les vignes (de LASSUS) 2.20
Siebe HENSTRA, clavecin (flamand)

23 - Marin MERSENNE (1588-1648) - Air pour les flûtes d'Allemand
Jacob VAN EYCK (ca. 1589-1657) - La bergère 1.24
LES FLÛTES D'ALLEMAN, flûtes traversières DTTB

24 - Francesco ROGONI (? - avant 1626) - Pulchra es (de PALESTRINA) 4.20
Jean TUBERY, cornet à bouqin
Jean Marc AYMES, orgue

CONCLUSION

25 - Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643) - Toccata (L'Orfeo) 1.10
ENSEMBLE GILLES RAPIN, 5 trompettes (avec sourdine)

G.F.Handel - Alexander Balus

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'This is a landmark in recording history ... Self-recommending, I think' (The Sunday Times)

'All Handelians will want this set' (Gramophone)

'An outstanding recording … an enthralling experience' (Choir & Organ)

'A winner … one of those experiences where you know almost from the first chord that an enjoyable and rewarding evening lies ahead of you. The cast is on top form' (Early Music)

'A very well sung and very welcome appearance of one of Handel's most rarely performed works … For her [Lynne Dawson] interpretation alone the recording is worth buying' (Classic CD)

'We may be grateful that yet another glory has been restored by Robert King and his accomplished forces' (The Times)

'King and his musicians approach the piece with vitality and affection and, in so doing, carried me along from start to finish' (BBC Music Magazine)

cast:

Catherine Denley, mezzo-soprano (Alexander Balus)
Michael George, bass (Ptolomee)
Charles Daniels, tenor (Jonathan)
Lynne Dawson, soprano (Cleopatra)
Claron McFadden, soprano (Aspasia)

Choir of New College Oxford
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
dir. Robert King

J.C.Bach & W.A.Mozart - Concert Arias

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The origin of the dialogue between a solo voice and several obbligati instruments dates from the early baroque period (1600), and probably emerged from the hum drum setting of the market square where a singer would perform to the accompaniment of a few wind instruments. More refined relations of this musical form soon could be found in sacred and operatic works. This CD contains the complete obbligato arias by master and pupil -- J.C Bach and Mozart. Therefore we can hear examples of the pre classical (1750-75) and the classical period (1775-1820).

There is one undisputed masterpiece here -- Mozart's Ch'io mi scordi di te? K505 for soprano and piano. The aria is an expression of personal sadness. Nancy Storace, the first Susanna in Figaro, had left Mozart and returned to London. This is no operatic love affair gone wrong, but a real life one. Mozart himself is represented by the piano, Nancy by the stunning soprano role.

Mozart's friend and teacher J.C. Bach has a world premiere recording on this CD. His aria Sventura in van mi lagno of 1773 is an impressive virtuoso work for high soprano with two obbligato horns. One of the players J.C Bach wrote for was none other than Giovanni Punto, hence the extremely challenging nature of the horn part for a natural horn. (Brilliant notes)

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1 - J.C.Bach - Ebben, Si Vada for soprano, oboe, fortepiano and orchestra
(1 oboe ripieno, 1 bassoon, 2 horns in D, strings)
2 - W.A.Mozart - Ah, lo previdi, K 272 for soprano, oboe and orchestra
(1 oboe ripieno, 2 horns in E-Flat, strings)
3 - J.C.Bach - Sentimi, non partir, for soprano, 2 cellos, fortepiano and orchestra
(2 flutes, 2 clarinets in B-Flat, 2 horns, strings)
4 - W.A.Mozart - Per questa bella mano, K 612 for bass, double bass and orchestra
(1 flute, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in D, strings)
5 - J.C.Bach - Sventurata, in van mi legno for soprano, fortepiano and orchestra
(2 clarinets in B flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, strings)
6 - W.A.Mozart - Ch'io mi scordi di te, K 505 for soprano, violin and orchestra
(2 clarinets in B-Flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in B-Flat, strings)
7 - W.A.Mozart - Non più…tutto ascoltai, K 490 for soprano, violin and orchestra
(2 clarinets in B-Flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in B-Flat, strings)

Hiroko Kouda, soprano
Hjördis Thébault, soprano
Gustáv Belác'ek, bass-baritone

Solamente Naturali
dir. Didier Talpain

F.Cavalli - Artemisia

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Where next for Claudio Cavina and La Venexiana after their exhilarating run of recordings of Monteverdi madrigals, operas and much more? One route is proving to be in the direction of Francesco Cavalli, the 17th century composer who spent much of his working life in Venice, starting off as a chorister in St Mark's Basilica when Monteverdi himself was in charge. Although Cavalli has been known as a composer of Venetian seicento sacred music, it is his prolific contribution in the field of opera where he became one of the leading figures involved in the development of commercial opera companies from the 1640s onwards - that has been receiving greater attention from artists in more recent times. And it is with a dramma per musica in Artemisia from the mid 1650s, with its tale of love, deceit and honour and the upholding of the virtues of the Venetian Republic (all this richly captured by the expressive style of Cavalli), that Cavina has chosen to contribute to that fresh look at Cavalli's music on this new recording from Glossa.

Singers in the established style of La Venexiana, including the vocal star of 'Round M, Roberta Mameli and, recent finalist in the Handel Singing Competition, Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (who takes the role of the love-torn Queen Artemisia, a character strong enough to drink her dead husband's ashes...) give vent to this glorious display of Venetian operatic splendour.

ARTEMISIA

Music by Francesco Cavalli
Libretto by Nicolò Minato
Premiered in Venice in 1657

CD 1
Atto I

01 Sinfonia. Artemisia, Eurillo, Indamoro: Dure selci
02 Artemisia, Meraspe: Ecco il mio vago
03 Meraspe, Ramiro, Artemia: Dubbia m’appar
04 Oronta, Niso: Che saetti ed incateni
05 Alindo, Oronta, Niso: Son le luci ch’adoro
06 Ramiro, Artemia, Meraspe: Quando il cor
07 Artemisia, Artemia, Meraspe: Amori, eh?
08 Indamoro, Artemisia, Meraspe: Pur andò l’importuno
09 Meraspe, Artemisia, Eurillo, Ramiro: Gl’artefici o Regina
10 Erisbe, Niso: Su l’April
11 Artemia, Ramiro: Zeffiretti placidetti
12 Artemisia, Meraspe: Hor che soli restiamo
13 Artemisia, Meraspe, Alindo: Clitarco prenditi un fior
14 Oronta, Alindo, Niso: Gran favor! Gran mercede!
15 Artemia, Ramiro: Ardo, sospiro, e piango
16 Alindo, Artemisia, Meraspe: Già del vostro Nettuno
17 Niso, Erisbe: Cari, cari vegetabili

CD 2
Atto II

01 Oronta, Alindo: S’Amor vuol così
02 Artemisia, Meraspe, Indamoro: Che sospiri Clitarco?
03 Artemia, Ramiro: Ver me un sol fiato
04 Niso, Erisbe, Eurillo: Perdon ti chiedo
05 Indamoro, Artemisia, Eurillo, Niso, Erisbe: Di trombe guerriere
06 Erisbe, Niso: Niso, Niso!
07 Meraspe, Artemisia: Cara, cara de gl’occhi miei
08 Artemisia, Alindo, Artemia, Meraspe: Ella è quì
09 Erisbe, Niso, Eurillo: Hor vieni ad abbellirmi
10 Artemia: Se Meraspe crudel
11 Meraspe, Artemisia: Altri è gradito
12 Meraspe, Artemisia, Alindo: Che gratie!
13 Artemia, Ramiro: Dir, ch’io v’amo
14 Artemisia, Indamoro: Indamoro!
15 Erisbe, Eurillo, Niso: Se tu vuoi ch’io t’ami

CD 3
Atto III

01 Artemia: Ch’io peni così
02 Artemisia, Artemia, Meraspe: Artemia?
03 Oronta, Alindo: Dammi morte
04 Artemisia, Meraspe: Ecco il mio bene
05 Artemisia, Indamoro, Meraspe, Artemia: Servi, ò là
06 Erisbe, Niso, Eurillo: Dite il vero, son nera?
07 Artemisia, Eurillo: Cor mio che sarà
08 Alindo, Artemisia: E che fia mai quel foglio?
09 Artemisia, Meraspe: Veggio venir Clitarco
10 Ramiro, Alindo, Artemia: Hor siate à preghi miei
11 Artemisia, Meraspe: Al fin vuole il mio Fato
12 Erisbe, Niso, Eurillo: Non oso alzar le ciglia
13 Meraspe, Oronta: Respiri, chiudete
14 Oronta, Indamoro, Artemisia, Meraspe: Ma’ sen viene Artemisia
15 Alindo, Artemisia, Eurillo: Regina?
16 Oronta, Meraspe, Artemisia, Alindo, Artemia, Ramiro, Eurillo: Ecco Alindo


Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (Soprano), Artemisia
Roberta Mameli (Soprano), Artemia
Valentina Coladonato (Soprano), Oronta
Maarten Engeltjes (Countertenor), Meraspe
Andrea Arrivabene (Countertenor), Alindo
Marina Bartoli (Soprano), Ramiro
Silvia Frigato (Soprano), Eurillo
Salvo Vitale (Bass), Indamoro
Alberto Allegrezza (Tenor), Erisbe
Alessandro Giangrande (Countertenor), Niso

La Venexiana
dir. Claudio Cavina

Veronique Gens - Tragediennes 3

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In her third ‘Tragédiennes’ album for Virgin Classics, French soprano Véronique Gens continues her exploration of the highways and byways of the French operatic repertoire, this time covering the late 18th and 19th centuries and with a prime focus on roles for the deeper, darker-toned female voice.
“Gens's singing is razor-sharp and powerfully direct, matching the period instruments well.” The Observer, 21st June 2009

“The much-admired French soprano Véronique Gens presents an interesting selection of music drawn from the relatively little-known repertoire of French classical opera...it’s good to hear this music attacked with such gusto.” The Telegraph, 10th June 2009 ***

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Berlioz: Entrée des constructeurs, de matelots et de laboureurs (from Les Troyens)
Berlioz: Ah! Je vais mourir (from Les Troyens)
Gluck: Non, cet affreux devoir... Je t'implore et je tremble (from Iphigénie en Tauride)
Gossec: Ah! faut-il me venger...Ma rivale triomphe (from Thésée)
Kreutzer, R: Ah, ces perfides grecs...Dieux, à qui recourir (from Astyanax)
Massenet: Ne me refuse pas (from Hérodiade)
Méhul: Quelle fureur barbare!...Ô des amants le plus fidele (from Ariodant)
Mermet: Prête à te fuir...Le soir pensive (from Roland à Ronceveaux)
Meyerbeer: Ah, mon fils! (from Le Prophète)
Saint-Saëns: Ô Cruel Souvenir! (from Henry VIII)
Salieri: Les Danaides: Overture
Verdi: Toi qui sus le néant des grandeurs (from Don Carlos)

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Arriaga: Herminie Mais sur cette arène guerrière… Il n’est plus… Dieux cruels ! – Herminie
Berlioz: Les Grecs ont disparu…Malheureux Roi (from Les Troyens)
Cherubini: Médée Ah ! Nos peines seront communes – Néris
Gluck: Grands dieux soutenez mon courage… Ah ! Divinités implacables (from Alceste)
Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice: Ballet des ombres heureuses
Gluck: Air de Furies
Gretry: Andromaque C’est le seul espoir qui me reste… Si fidèle au nœud qui l’engage – Hermione
Piccinini: Didon Non, ce n’est plus pour moi – Didon
Rameau: Les Paladins Entrée très gaye de Troubadours
Rameau: Triste séjour – Argie
Rameau: Sarabande
Rameau: Les Paladins Menuets I & II
Sacchini: Dardanus Il me fuit… Rien ne peut émouvoir – Iphise
Sacchini: Cesse cruel amour de régner sur mon âme – Iphise
Sacchini: Œdipe à Colone Dieux, ce n’est pas pour moi que ma voix vous implore – Antigone
Sacchini: Renaud Hélas vous le dirais-je… Ah ! Que dis-tu ? – Armide

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Campra: Mes yeux, fermez-vous à jamais from Carnaval de Venise
Gluck: Dieux puissants que j'atteste… Jupiter, lance la foudre (from Iphigénie en Aulide)
Gluck: Enfin, il est en ma puissance from Armide
Leclair, J-M: Ouverture, Et toi, dont les embrasements…
Leclair, J-M: Noires divinités & Brillante fille de Latone from Scylla et Glaucus
Leclair, J-M: 1er & 2eme Air des démons
Lully: Ouverture, Enfin il est en ma puissance, Venez, venez
Lully: Haine implacable & Passacaille from Armide
Mondonville: Désirs toujours détruits from Isbé
Rameau: Prélude de l'Acte III, Cruelle mère des amours & Chaconne from Hippolyte et Aricie
Rameau: Tristes apprêts & Chaconne from Castor et Pollux
Rameau: Que ses regrets m'ont attendrie from Fêtes de Polymnie
Royer: Dieu des amants fidèles from Zaïde
Royer: L'objet qui règne dans mon âme from Le Pouvoir de l'Amour


Véronique Gens (soprano)

Les Talens Lyriques
dir. Christophe Rousset

Bach - Arias

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1 - Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
Aria: "Et exsultavit spiritus meus" (soprano II)
2 - Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, Cantata BWV 208
Aria: Schafe können sicher weiden
3 - Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke Cantata, BWV 84
No.3 Aria: Ich esse mit Freuden mein weniges
4 - St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two
No.39 Aria (Alto): "Erbarme dich"
5 - Cantata, BWV 198 "Laß Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl"
5. Aria: "Wie starb die Heldin so vergnügt"
6 - Cantata, BWV 198 "Laß Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl"
3. Verstummt, ihr holden Saiten
7 - Cantata No.34 "O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe", BWV34
3. Aria: "Wohl euch, ihr auserwählten Seelen"
8 - Cantata: "Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten" BWV 74
2. Aria: Komm, mein Herze steht dir offen
9 - St. John Passion, BWV 245 / Part Two
No.35 Aria (soprano): " Zerfließe, mein Herz "
10 - Cantata No.30 "Freue dich, erlöste Schar", BWV 30
5. Aria: Kommt, ihr angefocht'nen Sünder
11 - Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Gloria - Laudamus te

Magdalena Kozená
Musica Florea
dir. Marek Stryncl

G.F.Handel - Esther (1718 version)

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Among Handel's rarely performed but worthy and wonderful oratorios is Esther, often dismissed for its problematic libretto and its substantial borrowings from other works. Forget all of that and just listen to this thoroughly engaging and tuneful work that features some of Handel's finest arias and most sublime choruses. Harry Christophers and his performers keep the energy high while the sound team provides uncommon immediacy and presence. --David Vernier

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Disc: 1
1 - Overture. Andante - Larghetto - Allegro
2 - Scene 1. Recitative. Tis greater far to spare
3 - Scene 1. Aria. Pluck root and branch from out the land
4 - Scene 1. Chorus. Shall we the God of Israel fear?
5 - Scene 2. Aria. Tune your harps to cheerful strains
6 - Scene 2. Chorus. Shall we of servitude complain
7 - Scene 2. Aria. Praise the Lord with cheerful noise
8 - Scene 2. Aria. Sing songs of praise, bow down the knee
9 - Scene 2. Chorus. Shall we of servitude complain
10 - Scene 3. Recitative. How have our sins provoked the Lord!
11 - Scene 3. Chorus. Ye sons of Israel mourn
12 - Scene 3. Aria. O Jordan, Jordan, sacred tide
13 - Scene 3. Chorus. Ye sons of Israel mourn
14. Oboe Sonata in G minor, HWV 404: Andante
15. Oboe Sonata in G minor, HWV 404: Allegro
16. Oboe Sonata in G minor, HWV 404: Adagio
17. Oboe Sonata in G minor, HWV 404: Allegro

Disc: 2
1 - Scene 4. Recitative. Why sits that sorrow on thy brow?
2 - Scene 4. Aria. Dread not, righteous Queen, the danger
3 - Scene 4. Aria. Tears assist me, pity moving
4 - Scene 4. Chorus. Save us, O Lord
5 - Scene 5. Recitative. Who dares intrude into our presence
6 - Scene 5. Duet. Who calls my parting soul from death?
7 - Scene 5. Aria. O beauteous Queen, unclose those eyes!
8 - Scene 5. Aria. How can I stay when love invites!
9 - Scene 5. Chorus. Virtue, truth and innocence
10 - Scene 5. Arioso. Jehovah, crown'd with glory bright
11 - Scene 5. Chorus. He comes, he comes to end our woes
12 - Scene 6. Recitative. Now, O Queen, thy suit declare
13 - Scene 6. Arioso. Turn not, O Queen, thy face away
14 - Scene 6. Aria. Flatt'ring tongue, no more I hear thee!
15 - Scene 6. Recitative. Guards, seize the traitor, bear him hence!
16 - Scene 6. Aria. How art thou fall'n from thy height!
17 - Scene 6. Chorus. The Lord our enemy has slain

Lynda Russell, Nancy Argenta, soprano
Michael Chance, alto
Thomas Randle, Mark Padmore, Matthew Vine, Simon Berridge, tenor
Michael George, Robert Evans, Simon Birchall, bass
Anthony Robson (oboe)

Choir and Orchestra of The Sixteen
dir. Harry Christophers

Italia 1600 - Argentina 1900

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This is the first solo recording by the Argentinean soprano Veronica Cangemi. She is already well-known for her stunning performances in two award-winning recordings of Vivaldi’s operas, Griselda and Orlando Furioso, released in Naïve’s Vivaldi Edition. Accompanied by the Una Stella Ensemble, she sings a selection of songs and arias from the baroque period by Porpora, Vivaldi and Monteverdi amongst others, alongside 20th century pieces from her native South America by Piazzolla, Guastavino, and Villa-Lobos.

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1 - Porpora - Polifemo - Alto Giove
2 - Vivaldi - Catone in Utica - Come in vano il mare irato
3 - Monteverdi - Si dolce è il tormento
4 - Piazzolla - Milonga in ay menor
5 - Handel - Rinaldo - Lascia ch'io pianga
6 - Porpora - Gli Orti Esperidi - Son fra l'onde in mezzo al mare (rec)
7 - Porpora - Gli Orti Esperidi - Son fra l'onde in mezzo al mare (aria)
8 - Caccini - Tu ch'ai le penne Amore
9 - Guastavino - Se equivocò la paloma
10 - Broschi - Artaserse - Son qual nave che agitata
11 - Handel - Il trionfo del Tempo e del disinganno - Tu del ciel ministro eletto (rec)
12 - Handel - Il trionfo del Tempo e del disinganno - Tu del ciel ministro eletto (adagio)
13 - Handel - Cantata No se emenderà jamas - Aria
14 - Handel - Cantata No se emenderà jamas - Recitativo
15 - Handel - Cantata No se emenderà jamas - Allegro
16 - Vivaldi - La fida ninfa - Dite ohimè! Ditelo al fine
17 - Paisiello - La Molinara - Nel cor più non mi sento
18 - Villa Lobos - Bachiana Brasileira N°5


Veronica Cangemi (Soprano)

Una Stella Ensemble

Thibault Noally (Violin)
Nicolas Mazzoleni (Violin)
Nadine Davin (Viola)
Philippe Spinosi (Guitar)
Anne-Garance Fabre dit Garrus (Cello)
Nicolau De Figueiredo (Harpsichord)

Antonio Vivaldi - Concerti Appropriati all'Organo

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Benedetto Marcello - Fuga in Mi Minore
Vivaldi/Bach - Concerto in La Minore BWV 593
Vivaldi/Anonimo - Concerto in La Maggiore
Vivaldi/Bach - Concerto in Re Minore BWV 596
Vivaldi/Anonimo - Concerto in sol Maggiore
Vivaldi/Bach - Concerto in Do Maggiore from cantata BWV 59


Roberto Loreggian, organ

G.F.Handel - Flavio

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Flavio comes from a fertile period in Handel's output, but despite the presence of Cuzzoni and Senesino, two of the most important and lauded singers of the day, it flopped when first presented in 1723. This is probably due to the fact that it's a comedy that turns tragic before ending happily--and London audiences simply couldn't get their heads around such a thing. Whatever the case, it contains aria after aria, with a duet thrown in--and each one is short, to the point, and always entertaining. The instrumental textures are never complex--and the rhythms, mostly upbeat, keep the opera moving at an almost sitcom pace. I won't go into the plot because it's not that hard to follow, but rest assured that this performance is dynamite.

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CD 1
1 - Ouverture
2 - Act 1. Scene 1. Ricordati mio ben
3 - Act 1. Scene 2 et 3. Quanto dolci
4 - Act 1. Scene 4. Bel contento
5 - Act 1. Scene 5. Benchè povera donzella
6 - Act 1. Scene 6 et 7. Se a te vissi fidele
7 - Act 1. Scene 8. Di quel bel che m'innamora
8 - Act 1. Scene 9. Che bel contento sarette aurore
9 - Act 1. Scene 10 et 11. L'armellin vita non cura
10 - Act 1. Scene 12 et 13. Amante stravagante
11 - Act 2. Scene 1 à 3. Fato tiranno e crudo
12 - Act 2. Scene 4. S'egli ti chiede affetto
13 - Act 2. Scene 5. Paro si, ma non sò poi
14 - Act 2. Scene 6. Rompo i lacci

CD 2
1 - Act 2. Scene 7. Chi può mirare
2 - Act 2. Scene 8. Con un vezzo con un riso
3 - Act 2. Scene 9. Non credo instabile
4 - Act 2. Scene 10 et 11. Ma chi punir desio
5 - Act 3. Scene 1. De te parto
6 - Act 3. Scene 2
7 - Act 3. Scene 2. Starvi accento
8 - Act 3. Scene 3. Sirti, scogli, tempeste
9 - Act 3. Scene 4
10 - Act 3. Scene 4. Amor, nel mio penar
11 - Act 3. Scene 5 et 6
12 - Act 3. Scene 7. Ti perdono
13 - Act 3. Scene 8. E tu Vitige


Flavio: Jeffrey Gall, Countertenor
Guido: Derek Lee Ragin, Countertenor
Emilia: Lena Lootens, Soprano
Teodata: Bernarda Fink, Mezzo Soprano
Vitige: Christina Högman, Soprano
Ugone: Gianpaolo Fagotto, Tenor
Lotario: Ulrich Messthaler, Bass

Ensemble 415
dir. René Jacobs

J.G.Werner - Calendarium Musicum Vol. 1-2

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Gregor Josef Werner, Music Director of the Prince of Esterhazy, is one of those musicians not yet well enough known to judge whether he has been justifiably forgotten or not. But to judge from the music recorded here, published in Augsbourg in 1748, he is a composer of solid technique and a fine imagination. On the other hand, history has not forgotten that his successor was Joseph Haydn. His "Musical Instrument Calendar" is situated between the Four Seasons by Vivaldi and Haydn's The Seasons. Werner has set to music the months of the year. His Almanach Musical is an agreeable work comprising around 60 pieces both evocative and entertaining. Each month is represented by a suite of five movements in the same key. In each group, there is always a minuet, which represents the annual rotation of the sun. The composer takes the opportunity to show the power of his imagination and his technical prowess. The listener will note particularly the joy of the month of June, the expressive silences of October and the pathos of November.

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cd 1

01 - Im Jenner - Neujahrsanfang
02 - Im Jenner - Gute Hoffnung eines gluckseligen Jahres
03 - Im Jenner - Menuett- Die Tageslange 9, die Nacht 15 Stund
04 - Im Jenner - Der aberwitzige Bauer
05 - Im Hornung - Die Fassnacht
06 - Im Hornung - Menuett- Die Tageslange 10, die Nacht 14 Stund
07 - Im Hornung - Die Hochzeit des Hanswurst
08 - Im Hornung - Menuett- Die Tageslange 11, die Nacht 13 Stund
09 - Im Hornung - Maskerade
10 - In dem Merzen - Die Fasten
11 - In dem Merzen - Die Sonne betritt den Widder
12 - In dem Merzen - Menuett- Tag und Nacht gleich
13 - In dem Merzen - Die Nachsinn und Betrachtung
14 - In dem Merzen - Der verworfene Tag
15 - Im April - Der Fruhling
16 - Im April - Der spielende Schafer
17 - Im April - Menuett- Die Tageslange 13, die Nacht 11 Stund
18 - Im April - Das veranderliche Aprilwetter
19 - Im April - Das Froschgeschrei
20 - Im May - Der Gartner
21 - Im May - Menuett- Die Tageslange 14, die Nacht 10 Stund
22 - Im May - Die Nachtigall
23 - Im May - Menuett- Die Tageslange 15, Die Nacht 9 Stund
24 - Im May - Widerhall oder Echo
25 - Im Brachmonat - Der liebliche Sommer
26 - Im Brachmonat - Die Sonne im Krebs
27 - Im Brachmonat - Ein Erdbeben
28 - Im Brachmonat - Menuett- Die Tageslange 16, die nacht 8 Stund
29 - Im Brachmonat - Der Zeitvertreib

cd2

01 - Im Heumonat - Der Faulenzende
02 - Im Heumonat - Menuett- Die Tageslange 15, die Nacht 9 Stund Olivier
03 - Im Heumonat - Ein Donnerwetter
04 - Im Heumonat - Stilles Wetter
05 - Im Heumonat - Der Keller
06 - Im Augustmonat - Der vergnugte Bauer
07 - Im Augustmonat - Menuett- Die Tageslange 14, die Nacht 10 Stund
08 - Im Augustmonat - Das Posthorn
09 - Im Augustmonat - Der hinkende Bote
10 - Im Augustmonat - Menuett- Die Tageslange 13, die Nacht 11 Stund
11 - Im Herbstmonat - Die erfreuliche Studentenvakanz
12 - Im Herbstmonat - Ein Hirtenstuck
13 - Im Herbstmonat - Menuett- Tag und Nacht gleich
14 - Im Herbstmonat - Der angenehme Herbst
15 - Im Herbstmonat - Die Sonne in der Waage
16 - Im Weinmonat - Es lebe Seine Majestat Kaiser Franciscus
17 - Im Weinmonat - Der Fassbinder
18 - Im Weinmonat - Menuett- Die Tageslange 11, die Nacht 12 Stund
19 - Im Weinmonat - Die Jagd
20 - Im Weinmonat - Es lebe Ihre Majestat die Kaiserin Theresia
21 - Im Wintermonat - Der melancholische Student
22 - Im Wintermonat - Menuett- Die Tageslange 10, die Nacht 14 Stund
23 - Im Wintermonat - Ein Sturmwetter auf der See
24 - Im Wintermonat - Menuett- Die Tageslange 9, die Nacht 15 Stund
25 - Im Wintermonat - Die Mahlmuhle
26 - Im Christmontat - Der Winter
27 - Im Christmontat - Die Sonne im Steinbock
28 - Im Christmontat - Menuett- Die Tageslange 8, die Nacht 16 Stund
29 - Im Christmontat - Der Schlaf oder ein Nachtstuck
30 - Im Christmontat - Das Jahresende

A Carte Musical
dir. Rogério Gonçalves

G.F.Handel - Esther (1732 version)

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This is a particularly welcome and important world-premiere recording. Handel composed Esther in about 1718‑20 for James Brydges, the Earl of Carnarvon (and later Duke of Chandos), using a libretto that was anonymously adapted from Thomas Brereton’s English translation of a play by Racine. This slender work, containing only six scenes, lays a strong claim to being the first English oratorio, but Handel seems not to have considered performing it for a public audience until 1732, when the entrepreneurial composer thoroughly revised the score to fit his company of Italian opera singers (including Senesino, Strada and Montagnana, who all sang in English), and enlisted the aid of the writer Samuel Humphreys to expand the drama with additional scenes (which made the oratorio long enough to fill a theatre evening, advantageously fleshed out some of the characters a little bit, and also enhanced the musical attractiveness of the oratorio). This is the historic version of Esther that launched Handel’s oratorio career in London, but it has remained inexplicably neglected in modern times.
David Vickers, Gramophone [1/2008]

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Disc: 1
1 - Act 1. Scene 1. Overture. Andante - Larghetto - Allegro
2 - Act 1. Scene 1. Breathe soft ye gales
3 - Act 1. Scene 1. Watchful Angels
4 - Act 1. Scene 1. O King of kings, celestial Lord!
5 - Act 1. Scene 1. Alleluia
6 - Act 1. Scene 1. With transport, lovely queen
7 - Act 1. Scene 1. So much beauty sweetly blooming
8 - Act 1. Scene 1. Again shall Salem, to the skies
9 - Act 1. Scene 1. My heart is inditing
10 - Act 1. Scene 1. Kings' daughters
11 - Act 1. Scene 1. Upon the right hand
12 - Act 1. Scene 1. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers
13 - Act 1. Scene 2. Let me with freedom thy petition know
14 - Act 1. Scene 2. Endless fame
15 - Act 1. Scene 3. 'Tis greater far to spare
16 - Act 1. Scene 3. Pluck root and branch
17 - Act 1. Scene 3. Our souls with ardour glow
18 - Act 1. Scene 3. Shall we the God of Israel fear?
19 - Act 1. Scene 4. Jerusalem no more shall mourn
20 - Act 1. Scene 4. Tune your harps to cheerful strains
21 - Act 1. Scene 4. Shall we of servitude complain
22 - Act 1. Scene 4. Praise the Lord with cheerful noise
23 - Act 1. Scene 5. How have our sins provok'd the Lord!
24 - Act 1. Scene 5. Ye sons of Israel, mourn
25 - Act 1. Scene 5. O Jordan, Jordan, sacred tide!
26 - Act 1. Scene 5. Ye sons of Israel, mourn

Disc: 2
1 - Act 2. Scene 1. Tyrants may awhile presume
2 - Act 2. Scene 2. Why sits that sorrow on thy brow?
3 - Act 2. Scene 2. Dread not, righteous queen
4 - Act 2. Scene 2. O heaven, protect her
5 - Act 2. Scene 2. Blessings descend on downy wings
6 - Act 2. Scene 2. I go, the pow'r of grief to prove
7 - Act 2. Scene 2. Tears assist me, pity moving
8 - Act 2. Scene 2. Save us, O Lord!
9 - Act 2. Scene 3. Who dares intrude into our presence
10 - Act 2. Scene 3. Who calls my parting soul from death?
11 - Act 2. Scene 3. O beauteous queen, unclose those eyes
12 - Act 2. Scene 3. If I find favour in thy sight
13 - Act 2. Scene 4. With inward joy his visage glows
14 - Act 2. Scene 4. Heav'n has lent her ev'ry charm
15 - Act 2. Scene 4. The king will listen to the royal fair
16 - Act 2. Scene 4. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord
17 - Act 3. Scene 1. Jehovah crown'd with glory bright
18 - Act 3. Scene 1. He comes! He comes to end our woes
19 - Act 3. Scene 2. Now O my queen, thy suit declare
20 - Act 3. Scene 2. Turn not, O queen, thy face away
21 - Act 3. Scene 2. Flatt'ring tongue, no more I hear thee
22 - Act 3. Scene 2. Through the nation he shall be
23 - Act 3. Scene 2. All applauding crowds, around
24 - Act 3. Scene 2. How art thou fall'n from thy height!
25 - Act 3. Scene 2. I'll proclaim the wond'rous story
26 - Act 3. Scene 3. The Lord our enemy has slain, Allelujah!



Esther, Queen of Persia: Rosemary Joshua, soprano
Israelite Woman: Rebecca Outram, soprano
Second Israelite: Cecilia Osmond, soprano
Mordecai: Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano
Ahasuerus: James Bowman, countertenor
First Israelite: Andrew Kennedy, tenor
Harbonah: Angus Smith, tenor
Haman: Christopher Purves, bass

London Handel Orchestra & Choir
Dir. Laurence Cummings

De Fragilitate - Piae Cantiones

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The Piae Cantiones (1582) is Finland’s one and only collection of early music and reflection of Europe’s medieval musical heritage. Zefiro Torna performs these beautiful carols, devote and student songs with 15th-16th century instruments and includes a children’s choir. The discrete but charming use of a kantele introduces a Finnish-ing touch to the sound.

The majority of the compositions belongs to the Germanic-Bohemian cantio tradition. There are also links to French, Spanish and Italian sources and to Flemish masters such as Jacob Obrecht. The religious songs — the majority being Christmas songs — are grouped together according to the liturgical year. The remaining songs deal with the transitory character of earthly life, the human condition, the life of schoolchildren, Biblical subjects and the rebirth of Nature in the spring.

Very few collections of music from the 16th century are so strongly anchored in contemporary musical life as the Piae Cantiones are in Finland today, becoming a fixed part of Finnish choral and religious music with the flowering of Finnish nationalism and romanticism in the early 20th century. Variants of these cantiones can be found in Finland’s religious folk music, whilst many composers have also made arrangements of the songs, including Jean Sibelius in his ‘Carminalia’.

“These 24 of the 74 songs from Piae Cantiones form not only a wonderful programme, permitting a variety of styles ranging from pure medieval to rustic and folksy but are also delightful performances….There are delicious and always aptly chosen instrumental contributions, including local colour from the Finnish kantele, and the children sing disarmingly with an ardent, earthly grace, like angelic urchins….”

contents:


De Nativitate [18:49]:
Angelus emittitur [1:23], Salve flos et décor [4:16], Verbum caro factum est [2:06], Congaudeat turba fidelium [1:52], Parvulus nobis nascitur [2:59], Personent hodie [1:30], Nobis est natus hodie [2:26], Paranymphus adiens [2:17]

De Passione [7:39]:
Iucundare iugiter [2:05], Aetas carmen melodiae [3:38], Aetas carmen melodiae [1:56]

De Fragilitate et Miseriis [9:29]:
Kurja, paha syntinen [4:44], Mars praecurrit in planetis [1:43]; Cum sit omnis caro foenum [3:02]

De Vita Scholastica [12:11]:
Scholares convenite [3:35], Zachaeus arboris [1:35], O Scholares discite [4:37], Sum in aliena provincia [2:24]

De Tempore Vernali [9:52]:
Ad perennis vitae fontem [2:15]; In vernali tempore [2:42]; Tempus adest floridum [1:40]; Kaikki maailma riemuitkohon [3:15]


Antwerp Cathedral Choir
&
Zefiro Torna

A review

The Music of Islam

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With 17 CDs in 15 volumes, The Music of Islam boxed set artistically presents nearly 20 hours of diversely rich Islamic music recorded throughout the Islamic Belt with over 800 pages of synoptic scholastic text written by leading scholars and ethnomusicologists from around the world. Creating a class of its own, and perhaps setting a new standard, The Music of Islam is an unequalled sound document destined to live beyond our time and, regrettably, most likely surpass the very existence of some of the people and cultures featured.

The artists

The Music of Islam is the result of a vision going back over a decade to Michelle Zackheim's visual art project The Tent of Meeting (see Harmonic Meetings 14013) which inspired Eckart Rahn to record 200 musicians in 9 countries on 3 continents over 10 years; the finished project can surely be regarded as recorded music history.
New Zealander David Parsons, an accomplished musician and acclaimed producer and Prof. Margaret Kartomi of Australia, the leading expert of Indonesia's music cultures, have captured the very essence of each area; the people, culture and music.
The musicians and reciters recorded in the series are masters of their chosen art, regionally and worldwide, with numerous years of intense study (or a lifetime devotion to studying) from a long lineage of great composers, reciters, mystics and spiritual leaders. Each is truly a divine gift, not only to their respective cultural history, but to the world at large.
While all volumes feature commonly played Arabic instruments, some volumes include instruments specific to their musical heritage.

contents:


Volume One: Al-Qahirah, Classical Music of Cairo
Volume Two: Music of the South Sinai Bedouins
Volume Three: Music of the Nubians
Volume Four: Music of the Arabian Peninsula
Volume Five: 'Aissaoua Sufi Ceremony (2CD)
Volume Six: Al-Maghrib, Gnawa Music
Volume Seven: Al-Andalus, Andalusian Music
Volume Eight: Folkloric Music of Tunisia
Volume Nine: Mawlawiyah Music of the Whirling Dervishes
Volume Ten: Qur'an Recitation
Volume Eleven: Music of Yemen
Volume Twelve: Music of Iran
Volume Thirteen: Music of Pakistan
Volume Fourteen: Mystic Music Through the Ages
Volume Fifteen: Muslim Music of Indonesia, West Sumatra and Aceh (2CD)

Cleopatra

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In 2002, the beautiful Canadian-Armenian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian scored a major success when she appeared as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, in Handel’s opera Giulio Cesare for the Canadian Opera Company. As one critic observed at that time, "Cleopatra is one of Handel’s most superb, and psychologically intricate, creations. The luminous Bayrakdarian has made a wonderful beginning in a role she will surely take to the great stages of the world—at first childishly seductive, then calculating, and ultimately revealing a profound nobility and vulnerability." For her third CD for CBC Records, Ms. Bayrakdarian has chosen arias from four works focusing on the Egyptian femme-fatale.

contents:


from Cleopatra e Cesare by Carl Heinrich Graun

1 - Tra le procelle assorto
2 - Se avvien che si posi
3 - Sento mio dolce amore

from Antonio e Cleopatra by Johann Adolf Hasse

4 - Morte col fiero aspetto
5 - Quel candido armellino
6 - Un sol tuo sospiro

from Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 by George Frideric Handel

7 - V'adoro pupille
8 - E pur così in un giorno
9 - Piangerò la sorte mia

from Cleopatra by Johann Mattheson

10 - Was ist der Liebe Brauch
11 - Gute Nacht
12 - Mein Leben ist hin
13 - Nun ist es Zeit
14 - Wer in seinem Busen nährt Basilisk
15 - Darum komm, komm, giftiges Geschmeiß


Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
dir. Jeanne Lamon

G.F.Handel - Il Trionfo del Tempo e Del Disinganno

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contents:


Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
oratorio, HWV 46a


La Bellezza: Isabelle Poulenard, soprano
Il Piacere: Jennifer Smith, soprano
Il Disinganno: Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto
Il Tempo: John Elwes, tenore

G.F.Handel - Aci, Galatea e Polifemo

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contents:


Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.4 In F Major HWV 315: Ouverture: Andante - Allegro - Andante
Concerto Grosso Op.3 No.4 In F Major HWV 315: Ouverture: Allegro
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Duetto: Sorge Il Dì
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Vanti, O Cara, Il Ruscello
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Sforzano A Piangere Con Più Dolor
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: E Qual Nuova Sventura
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Che Non Può La Gelosia
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo Accompagnato: Ma Qual Orrido Suono
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Ahi! Che Da L'Ombre Eterne
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Sibilar L'Angui D'Aletto
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Deh Lascia, O Polifemo
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Benche Tuoni E L'Etra Avvampi
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Cadrai Depressa E Vinta
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Non Sempre, No, Crudele
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Folle, Quanto Mi Rido
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Dell'aquila L'Artigli
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Folle, Quanto Mi Rido
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Precipitoso Nel Mar Che Freme
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Si, T'Intendo, Inumano
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: S'Agita In Mezzo All'onde
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: So Che Le Cinosure
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Terzetto: Proverà Lo Sdegno Mio
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Ingrata, Se Mi Nieghi
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Fra L'Ombre E Gl'orrori
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Ma Che? Non Andrà Inulta
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Qui L'Augel Da Pianta In Pianta
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Giunsi Al Fin Mio Tesoro
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Se M'Ami, O Caro
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Qui Su L'Alto Del Monte
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Terzetto: Dolce Amico Amplesso
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Or Poiché Sordi Sono
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Verso Già L'Alma Col Sangue
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Misera, E Dove Sono?
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Del Mar Fra L'Onde
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Ah, Tiranno, Inumano!
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Aria: Del Mar Fra L'Onde
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Ferma! Ma Già Nel Mare
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo Accompagnato: Vissi Fedel, Mia Vita
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Recitativo: Ed Io Che Tanto Ascolto
Aci, Galatea E Polifemo HWV 72: Terzetto: Chi Ben Ama Ha Per Oggetti


Aci: Sandrine Piau, soprano
Galatea: Sara Mingardo, contralto
Polifemo: Laurent Naouri, baryton

Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm, clavecin et direction