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ANTONIO CALDARA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Caldara - In dolce amore Robin Johannsen (soprano) / Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/May/2014 ] "Academia Montis Regalis and Alessandro De Marchi accompany with robust directness or lighter delicacy as required, and Johannsen's versatile singing helps to reveal an enriching glimpse of Caldara's virtues." Gramophone |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: Concertos pour Violoncelle (for cello) Roel Dieltiens (cello) / Richte van der Meer (cello) / Ensemble Explorations / Roel Dieltiens [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "An excellent soloist, a creative band playing one-to-a-part and a beautifully rounded recorded sound. This is an exceptional release." Early Music Review |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Move: The Trumpet as Movie Star Romain Leleu (trumpet) / Romain Leleu Sextet, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, uttgarter Philharmoniker, Marcus Bosch (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Move - the name of this album - is also the title of a concerto written by Baptiste Trotignon and here receiving its recording premiere; the work pays tribute to major composers of film music, whose iconic scores form the backdrop in this "audiofilm"... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Motets RIAS-Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 21/Jul/2017 ] BBC Radio 3: Building a Library Highly Recommended - June 2005 |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: The Young Lady and the Hooligan Op 124c (ballet) Russian Symphony Orchestra, Mark Gorenstein [ Harmonia Mundi Saison Russe / CD - released 10/Feb/1994 ] Shostakovich composed many ballet scores, which kept the income flowing in and also kept him in the good books of the increasingly brutal dictatorship of Josef Stalin as many of these ballets were little more than Soviet propaganda exercises. The... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi' Salomé Haller, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Bernarda Fink, Marisa Martins, Christophe Laporte,Kobie Van Rensburg / Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi HMHeritage / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] Monteverdi was 71 when he published his Eighth Book of madrigals. This collection, a monumental work of remarkable beauty, is a synthesis of all Monteverdi's experience in the realm of secular music. It is the culmination of a genre, the Italian... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone), Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 29/Sep/2023 ] As if he had become one with Wilhelm Müller's hero, Schubert explores solitude, emotional turmoil, the lure of new horizons, disappointed or impossible love - and death too. In this first instalment of the Schubert series that Samuel Hasselhorn and... |
CASPAR KITTEL
Arias & Cantatas Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/May/2010 ] Caspar Kittel (1603-1639) was a German musician who trained in Italy and returned to work at the Dresden Court, deputizing for his colleague Heinrich Schütz when the latter spent a period in Denmark. |
J.C. BACH / BUXTEHUDE / ROVETTA / SCGUTZ/ ERIEBACH
German Baroque Cantatas Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) / Concerto di Viole / Basel Consort [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Editor's choice Gramophone - The Times (London) Classical CDs of the Year 1998 - "Expressively versatile though Scholl unquestionably can be, it is perhaps in the sphere of elegy and plaint that his art can be heard to strongest advantage...this is... |
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bingen: A Vision of Paradise Sequentia [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jan/1994 ] Sequentia is one of the world's most respected and innovative ensembles for medieval music. It is an international group of singers and instrumentalists dedicated to the performance and recording of Western European music from the period before 1300 |
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
Canticles Of Ecstasy Sequentia [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical Recordings you must hear before you die (Pre 1700) - "Whether or not we're experiencing that "heavenly harmony" here, the simple, direct, beautifully turned melodies, sung by pure, finely tuned, warm-coloured women's voices, often... |
ANONYMOUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Visions from the Book Sequentia [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Jan/1996 ] Originally recorded in 1994. Complete textx and translations included. |
PORPORA / CALDARA / CATEL / NASOLINI / ROSSINI
Semiramide - La Signora Regale: Arias & Scenes from Porpora to Rossini Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano) / Accademia degli Astrusi, Federico Ferri [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "There is much coloratura and here, as elsewhere, Anna Bonitatibus is spot-on...This set, sumptuously illustrated, is an absolute must-have." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Recital) |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Bach: Dialogue Cantatas for soprano & bass Sophie Karthäuser (soprano), Michael Volle (bass), Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & RIAS Kammerchor [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/May/2018 ] "The Akademie orchestra and the RIAS Kammerchor round off a fine well-balanced recording. Highly recommended." Nicholas Butler/Marbecks |
PALESTRINA / GOMBERT / LASSUS / VICTORIA / GUERRERO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Song of Songs Stile Antico [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2009 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Early Music - "You get a good feeling listening to this recording: good energy, good sound, good music, good sense of style and of the music's underlying emotional and spiritual context." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
CLEMENS / ECCARD / HANDL / PRAETORIUS / etc
A Wondrous Mystery: Renaissance Choral Music for Christmas Stile Antico [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Nov/2015 ] "You won't hear finer singing anywhere; and the Praetorius and Handl pieces will guarantee you'll return to this disc more often than just for the holidays." (1010 ClassicsToday Oct 2015) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Feb/2019 ] "An impressive achievement...utterly coherent and never overwrought" The Guardian |
BEETHOVEN / MOZART / HAYDN
Mark Padmore sings Beethoven, Mozart & Haydn Mark Padmore (tenor) & Kristian Bezuidenhout (Rosenberger, c.1820. Tuning: A = 430, unequal temperament) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] "From urgent declamation to whispered despair, Padmore expresses all with directness, clarity and tonal variety. Bezuidenhout is an equal partner: engaged, lively." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Solo Recital) |
HAHN / CHOPIN / FAURE / SCHUMANN / COUPERIN / LISZT
Proust, Le Concert Retrouvé Tanguy de Williencourt (piano), Theotime Langlois de Swart (violin) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Mar/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Chamber |
TORRI / SARRO / HANDEL / VINCI / HASSE / etc
Pace e Guerra: Arias for Bernacchi Terry Wey (countertenor) / Bach Consort Wien, Ruben Dubrovsky, with Vivica Genaux (mezzo) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 4/Aug/2017 ] Terry Wey was the leading soprano soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir. He has worked under some of the leading conductors in the world today & has been invited to perform at some of the most important venues in the world such as Musikverein Wien,... |
