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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Concerti per flauto e flautino Dorothee Oberlinger (recorders) / Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca [ Arcana / CD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] All the recorder concertos on this CD - chamber concertos or solo concertos - were written expressly for flauto or flautino and show the imagination, delicacy, freshness, virtuosity and sometimes even melancholy, which Vivaldi put into his writing... |
JOHANN BAPTIST VANHAL
Vanhal: 3 Sonatas for Clarinet & Harpsichord, 6 Sonatinas for Harpsichord Duo Chirò, Rodolfo la Banca (historical clarinet), Chiara Tiboni (harpsichord) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] Johann Baptist Vanhal or Jan Křtitel Vaňhal was born in Nove Nechanice, a small town currently part of the Czech Republic, on May 12, 1739. Thanks to his musical talent, the eighteen-year-old Jan obtained his first position of some importance as an... |
LUCA MARENZIO
Quinto Libro di Madrigali a sei voci Elena Biscuola (mezzo-soprano) / La Compagnia del Madrigale [ Glossa / CD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] La Compagnia del Madrigale's subtle, yet powerful advocacy of great Italian madrigals continues with Marenzio's 'Quinto Libro di Madrigali a sei voci' from 1591. |
ANDRE CAMPRA
Messe de Requiem Elisabeth Baudry, Monique Zanetti, Josep Benet, John Elwes & Steven Varcoe / La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] This French Baroque icon from the early days of harmonia mundi [around 1986? Ed] has been 'download only' for some years and we are delighted that Herreweghe's benchmark Campra 'Requiem' is now reissued at mid price, on hm gold, due to popular demand. |
VERNON DUKE
Violin Concerto / Violin Sonata / Hommage to Offenbach / etc Elmira Darvarova (violon) / Orchestre Symphonique de la radio de Vienne, with Kim Laskowski, basson [ Urlicht / Divine Art / CD - released 28/Jan/2015 ] If you know the songs "Taking a Chance on Love", "I Can't Get Started", "April in Paris", "What Is There To Say", or "Autumn in New York", then you are already familiar with the music of legendary American songwriter Vernon Duke. As a popular... |
HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 2 - Cantatas for Marchese Ruspoli Emanuela Galli & Roberta Invernizzi (sopranos) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice October 2007 - "…the Italian ensemble… deliver delectable performances at an unmatched level of thoughtful preparation, penetrating programming and artistic interpretation." |
VIVALDI
Le Passioni dell'Uomo: Violin concertos Enrico Casazza (violin) / La Magnifica Comunita [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Includes world premiere recordings |
Ensemble La Morra
The Lion's Ear [ Ramee / CD - released 25/Mar/2016 ] In 1512, Giovanni di Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (1475-1521) was the eldest surviving male member of the senior line of the celebrated Medici family of Florence, the eldest surviving son of the mythic Lorenzo "il Magnifico." Giovanni had inherited... |
MARIN MARAIS
Marais: Pieces De Violes Ensemble La Reveuse [ Mirare / CD - released 10/May/2018 ] "This exceptional recording will surely rank among my contenders for recording of the year." Gramophone Editor's Choice April 2018 |
GUERRERO
The Angel's Voice Ensemble la Sestina [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "[The Missa is] a work particularly suited to the fresh clarity of the sound of Ensemble La Sestina, comprising only eight voices. The singers respond with simplicity and wonder to Guerrero's combination of intricate melodic writing and tightly woven... |
ANTONIO CALDARA
Caldara: Missa Dolorosa Ensemble La Silva, Nanneke Schaap [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2017 ] Antonio Caldara (1670‐1736) was an Italian Baroque composer. Born in Venice he was a chorister in the famous San Marco, where Legrenzi was his teacher. He soon spread his wings across Europe and held several important posts in Mantua, the Spanish... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (complete opera) Emanuela Galli, Mirko Guadagnini, Marina De Liso, Cristina Calzolari / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2017 ] "Cavina's wonderful account goes straight to the top of the list of recommended recordings. Do not miss it." Editor's Choice, Gramophone, November 2007 |
OCKEGHEM
Requiem Ensemble Organum / Les Pages de la Chapelle / Marcel Peres [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] In 1461 at the dawn of the Renaissance, Ockeghem composed the first polyphonic Requiem to have come down to us. In restoring the plainchant which would have accompanied it, Marcel Pérès adds further glory to a monument of purity and piety. |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Complete Guitar Quintets Eros Roselli (guitar) / La Magnifica Comunita [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] "If you're looking for a set of Luigi Boccherini's complete guitar quintets on original instruments, you need look no further than this splendid two-disc set" (AllMusic.com) |
WILLIAM HAYES
The Passions: An Ode for Music (Oxford 1750) Evelyn Tubb, Ulrike Hofbauer, Sumihito Uesugi / La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Anthony Rooley [ Glossa / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] "...the qualities of Hayes's composition emerge impressively in this excellent performance...Rooley's direction conveys the narrative of the ode astutely and demonstrates that Hayes's imaginative music is long overdue such tender loving cares."... |
POULENC
La Voix Humaine / La Dame de Monte-Carlo Felicity Lott (soprano) / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Armin Jordan [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Lott uses [her voice] exquisitely. You want to hear Felicity Lott's anguish, textual inflections and lacerating pain in 'La Vox humaine." San Francisco Examiner |
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Fernando De La Mora
The Artistry Of [ CD ] |
DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2009) Teatro La Fenice / Fiorenza Cedolins, Sonia Ganassi, Jose Bros, Mirco Palazzi / / Fabrizio Maria Carminati (cond) [ C Major DVD / DVD - released 12/May/2011 ] "An outstanding release, and a great relief to be removed from the static period costume displays normally inflicted on this drama." DVD of the Month Gramophone Magazine, May 2011 |
DONIZETTI
Maria Stuarda (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Fiorenza Cedolins / Sonia Ganassi / Jose Bros / Mirco Palazzi / Teatro La Fenice / Fabrizio Maria Carminati [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 14/Apr/2011 ] "An outstanding release, and a great relief to be removed from the static period costume displays normally inflicted on this drama." DVD of the Month Gramophone Magazine, May 2011 |
