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C.P.E. BACH
Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu (The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus) Uta Schwabe (soprano) Christoph Genz (tenor) Stephen Genz (bass) / Ex Tempore / La Petite Bande / Sigiswald Kuijken [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] 'Sigiswald Kuijken's lively but sensitive and thoughtful direction, and his attention to details of the instrumental texture, ensure that the work gets the performance it merits. I found it compelling, and warmly recommend it' (Gramophone) . |
CARL HEINRICH GRAUN
Der Tod Jesu-Passion Cantata Uta Schwabe (soprano) Inge van de Kerkove (soprano) Christoph Genz (baritone) / La Petite Band Ex Tempore / Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2004 ] During his lifetime, Carl Heinrich Graun, a younger contemporary of Bach's, was one of the best-known exponents of Italian opera in Germany. Recorded here is his Passion Cantata Der Tod Jesu performed by an excellent team of soloists. |
STRAVINSKY
Petrouchka / Les Noces / The Rite of Spring / The Firebird L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] |
ROSSINI / VERDI / OFFENBACH / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / BELLINI / etc
100 Best Overtures & Preludes: Includes 'The Bartered Bride', 'William Tell' & 'The Barber of Seville') Philharmonia Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, La Scala Opera Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Emi Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 10/Feb/2018 ] 100 Favourite overtures and preludes from all your favourite operas & ballets. |
ROSSINI / DONIZETTI / BIZET / BEETHOVEN / VERDI / WEBER / etc
50 Best Overtures & Preludes: Includes 'The Bartered Bride', 'William Tell' & 'The Barber of Seville') Philharmonia Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, La Scala Opera Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2012 ] 50 Favourite overtures and preludes from all your favourite operas & ballets. |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos.1, 2, 5, 9 Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Heitor Villa-Lobos [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] "In Bachianas Brasileiras No.5, the sheer seductive sound of de los Angeles is way ahead of her competitors and the other suites can be recommended without reserve." (Gramophone) |
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Vidres A La Sang
Endins [ Xtreem / CD - released 3/Nov/2017 ] |
GIUSEPPE ANTONIO BRESCIANELLO
Behind Closed Doors, Brescianello, Vol. 1 Adrian Chandler (director/violin) / La Serenissima [ Signum / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "The performances by this accomplished ensemble are polished and invigorating. Chandler's solo violin playing is articulate, warm toned and communicative." BBC Music Five Stars |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Adrian Chandler (director/violin) / La Serenissima [ Avie / CD - released 25/Sep/2015 ] "an intensely dramatic account that will add spice to what has for many listeners perhaps come to resemble a dreary domestic relationship." (Gramophone Magazine award nomination 2016 - Baroque Instrumental) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Music for the Chapel of the Pieta Adrian Chandler (Director/violin); Mhairi Lawson (soprano) / La Serenissima [ Avie / CD - released 17/Jun/2005 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH - MusicWeb March 2005 "In performances as wonderful as these, you can't help loving it!" |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: x2: Double Concertos for Horns, Oboes, Violin & Cello, Oboe & Bassoon Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima [ Avie / CD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] Vivaldi x2 TITLE: Vivaldi x2 COMPOSER: Vivaldi ARTISTS: Adrian Chandler, violin / director La Serenissima Rachel Chaplin, Mark Baigent - oboes Peter Whelan - bassoon Anneke Scott, Jocelyn Lightfoot - horns Vladimir Waltham,... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: A Tale of Two Seasons - Concertos & Arias Adrian Chandler (violin, director) & Sally Bruce-Payne (mezzo-soprano) / La Serenissima [ Avie / CD - released 30/Jul/2013 ] Adrian Chandler and La Serenissima, with virtuoso soloist mezzo-soprano Sally Bruce-Payne, continue their enlightening exploration of the music of Vivaldi focusing on two contrasting eras of the composer's Venetian operatic career. |
WILLIAM WALTON / GWENAEL MARIO GRISI / SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Walton, Grisi & Prokofiev: Heroes Adrien La Marca (viola) / Liège Royal Philharmonic [ La Dolce Volta / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] Three large-scale works for viola and orchestra feature on the new recording by violist Adrien La Marca with the Liège Royal Philharmonic. Musically, a programme must tell a story: here the viola becomes the central hero of each work. |
JACQUES MOREL
Morel: Premier Livre de Pièces de Violle Alejandro Marías (viola da gamba) / La Spagna [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2019 ] French Baroque chamber music by a much-admired contemporary of Marin Marais. In a personal introduction to his own authoritative booklet essay, the Spanish violist Alejandro Marías relates how he acquired the rare facsimile of an even rarer... |
KURT WEILL
Berliner Requiem / Concerto pour violon et instruments a vent Alexandre Laiter / Peter Kooy / Elisabeth Glab / La Chapelle Royale, Ensemble Musique Oblique, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] 'Herreweghe and his group have extricated true beauty and elegance, in this Berliner Requiem. A resounding success.' - CD Classics |
JEAN CASSANEA DE MONDONVILLE
Mondonville: Le Carnaval du Parnasse Alexis Kossenko; Hasnaa Bennani; Hélène Guilmette; Mathias Vidal; Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie; Choeur de Chambre de Namur; Gwendoline Blondeel [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / 2 CD - released 12/Apr/2024 ] The cornucopia of delights confirms why Le carnaval du Parnasse appealed instantly to mid-18th-century Parisian audiences. -Gramophone |
BERNARDINO de RIBERA / JUAN NAVARRO / SEBASTIEN de VIVANCO / TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA
De Ribera & Navarro: Masters of Spanish Renaissance Amystis Ensemble / Ministriles de la Reyna, José Duce Chenoll [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] The Amystis ensemble of singers and instrumentalists have won a following for their exploration of lesser-known sacred and secular masterpieces from the Spanish Golden Age of the 16th century. |
Ana de la Vega (flute) / English Chamber Orchestra, New Dutch Academy / Simon Murphy (direction)
Baroque Bohemia & Beyond VIII: Stamič, Richter, Mysliveček [ Alto / CD ] [Mysliveček] "She is a charming, persuasive advocate ... The ECO, too, offer fine support and with a range of tone colours, match de la Vega's recreative imagination. Pentatone has captured these performances in particularly clear sound ... De la... |
FRANZ IGNAZ BECK
Beck: L'Isle deserte, Opéra comique in one acte Ana Maria Labin, Samantha Gaul, Theodore Browne, Fabian Kelly, La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider [ CPO / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Franz Ignaz Beck is one of the most fascinating composers of the eighteenth century, a musical visionary as well as a »genuine European« with roots in Mannheim. His opera L'isle déserte, long regarded as lost, has resurfaced in a score manuscript in... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra, André Cluytens [ Testament / CD - released 4/Feb/2002 ] |
