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PETER PHILIPS
Philips : Motets & Madrigals Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon [ Ambronay Editions / CD - released 16/Oct/2008 ] Celebrated throughout Europe as the foremost English composer of his time, Peter Philips (1561-1628) drew upon many different musical traditions to create a hugely expressive body of work which is still largely unknown apart from the Hyperion... |
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Cappella Academica Frankfurt
Graun/Graun: Concerti [ Cpo / CD - released 28/Mar/2011 ] |
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Cappella Academica Frankfurt/S
Various: The Virtuoso Recorder [ Cpo / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] |
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WOLFGANG RIHM / GIACHES DE WERT
In Umbra Mortis Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss [ Pentatone / CD - released 21/May/2021 ] Cappella Amsterdam and its Artistic Director Daniel Reuss make their PENTATONE debut with In Umbra Mortis. The album brings together Wolfgang Rihm's contemporary Sieben Passions-Stücke and Passion-related motets by the Flemish 16th-century... |
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LEOŠ JANÁČEK
Leos Janacek: Choral Works Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] Janáček's choral works draw on an extremely rich repertory of folksongs and folk tales. The composer seized on idioms from Bohemian and Moravian traditions, with their characteristic folk dances and rustic nursery rhymes, and on the recently... |
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JOSQUIN DES PREZ
Miserere mei Deus - Funeral Motets & Deplorations Cappella Amsterdam & Daniel Reuss [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Oct/2018 ] 'To lament, to mourn, to memorialise: such was the new fashion at the very end of the fifteenth century', writes Alice Tacaille. 'The poet, in mourning the musician, attains an expressive intimacy . . . a eulogy of art that places the lamenting poet... |
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ARVO PART
Pärt: Kanon pokajanen Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "In striving to get to the essence of the words, Pärt has created 'a precious island in the inner seclusion of our soul', and Cappella Amsterdam under Daniel Reuss more than do justice to Kanon Pokajanen's distilled purity and sublime beauty" Gramoph |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen? - Choral Works Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] The famous German Requiem must not be allowed to overshadow the wide variety of choral music Brahms wrote throughout his career. On this recording, Daniel Reuss and Cappella Amsterdam are our expert guides in a program that takes in sacred a cappella... |
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GYORGY LIGETI
Ligeti: Lux Aeterna Cappella Amsterdam, Suzanne van Els (viola) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - "In this performance [of Lux aeterna] by the astoundingly good Capella Amsterdam it sounds more meditative and less apocalyptic than it did [in Kubrick's 2001], but no less haunting." Daily Telegraph |
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J. S. BACH
Easter Oratorio BWV249 Cappella Amsterdam / Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Bruggen [ Glossa / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] Remaining faithful to their tradition of making live recordings during the course of their concert tours, Frans Brüggen and the Orchestra of the 18th Century now present Bach's Easter Oratorio from spring 2011. |
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BIANCA MANA MEDA
Lacrime Amare: Bianca Maria Meda Motets Cappella Artemisia, Candace Smith [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2018 ] The revival on record of forgotten music by a Benedictine nun: a valuable discovery for fans of the early Baroque. Even in the extensive library of little-known composers whose music has found a niche on Brilliant Classics, the name of Bianca... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Le Coucher du Roi: Music for Louis XIV's Chamber Cappella di Ministrers / Carles Magraner [ Château de Versailles Spectacles / CD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] Night is falling. In this twilight of the reign of Louis XIV and at the end of his Grand Coucher, the king is at last free from protocol. He then orders the musicians of the King's Chamber, to come to him; they are the most excellent in the kingdom.... |
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MONTEVERDI / FRESCOBALDI / DELLA CIAIA / CARISSIMI
Love and Lament Cappella Figuralis [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 19/Jan/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM "This is music as immediate, vital and moving as any you will hear." 5 Stars - Rod Biss, Sunday Star Times |
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Cappella Figuralis. Conductor: Jos van Veldhoven
Love & Lament (Monteverdi-Della Ciaia-Carissimi) [ Channel Classics / CD - released 14/Jul/2002 ] The soloist ensemble Cappella Figuralis was founded in 1989 |
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FERNANDEZ / VALESCO / CEREROLS / ARAUJO / ANONYMOUS
Carmina Latina Cappella Mediterranea / Choeur de Chambre de Namur; Ensemble Clematis/Leonardo Garcìa Alarcòn [ Ricercar / CD - released 20/May/2013 ] "This is a fine disc and well worth searching out. It will bring you much joy." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Sept 2013) |
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Cappella Mediterranea/Alarcón
De Vez En Cuando La Vida (Lp) [ Alpha / 2 LP - released 20/Sep/2018 ] "'The memories of my childhood in Argentina always bring me back to the singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat, synonymous with shared family moments . . . Serrat's poetry and music around a barbecue in Argentina; "De vez en cuando la vida" made me cry... |
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DRAGHI / ALARCON
Antonio Draghi & Leonardo García Alarcón: El Prometeo Cappella Mediterranea; Chœur de Chambre de Namur; Leonardo García Alarcón [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 13/Mar/2020 ] The original score of El Prometeo (Prometheus) is held in the Leopoldine Library in Vienna. It dates from 1669 and was written by Antonio Draghi, a composer who was also a singer, notably in the operas of Cavalli. For the first time in history, an... |
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MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo Cappella Mediterranea; Chœur de Chambre de Namur; Leonardo García Alarcón [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Monteverdi's L'Orfeo is naturally an iconic work for Leonardo García Alarcón. The Argentinian conductor has performed and matured his interpretation of Monteverdi's masterpiece throughout his life. Together with his group of soloists, the Namur... |
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SERRAT / VALLS DE RIBAYZ
De vez en cuando la vida Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón [ Alpha Classics / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] The memories of my childhood in Argentina always bring me back to the singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat, synonymous with shared family moments . . . Serrat's poetry and music around a barbecue in Argentina; "De vez en cuando la vida" made me cry... |
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MONTEVERDI / PIAZZOLLA
Claudio Monteverdi - Astor Piazzólla Quito Gato (theorbo, Fender guitar), William Sabatier (bandoneon) & Mariana Flores, Diego Flores (voice) / Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alar [ Ambronay / CD - released 24/Sep/2012 ] "the Piazzolla pieces here are very effective and beautifully played." (Early Music Review) |