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VIVALDI
Orlando Furioso RV728 Anne Desler, Nicki Kennedy, Marina De Liso, Lucia Sciannimanico / Coro da Camera Italiano & Modo Antiquo / Eico Maria Sardelli [ CPO / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Jun/2008 ] Orlando Furioso is one of Vivaldi's most important operas. The story goes back to the epic of the same name by Ludovico Ariosto, set on an island ruled by the sorceress Alcina, and tells of Orlando's unhappy love for Angelica. Composed in 1727, the... |
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NATALIS CORDAT / NICOLAS SABOLY
Baroque Christmas in Occitania La Camera delle Lacrime, Bruno Bonhoure [ Alpha / CD - released 27/Oct/2008 ] Natalis Cordat (ca1610-1663), was a country vicar who wrote very refined and aristocratic 'noëls' whilst Nicolas Saboly (1614-1678), the caustic master of an Avignon Chapel, was a writer of small pieces in a popular vein. The Camera delle Lacrime... |
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D'ANGLEBERT / LULLY
Se Canta Que Recante: Harpsichord Works and Airs after Lully La Camera Delle Lacrime / Bruno Bonhoure (voix & dirction) [ Alpha / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "These d'Anglebert harpsichord works are played with sparkling technique, wit and insight by Frisch on a magnificent modern copy of an instrument by Vincent Tibaut" IRR |
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KARL JENKINS
Jenkins: The Armed Man (A Mass For Peace) London Orchestra da Camera, David Temple, Hertfordshire Chorus, Osama Kiwan [ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2024 ] The Armed Man, composed by Sir Karl Jenkins, is one of the most popular classical pieces in the world. Until now there has been only one recording, made over 20 years ago of the full score version which requires a large orchestra. In order to make... |
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ELGAR / JANACEK / KALINNIKOV
Idyll: Serenades by Janácek, Elgar, Kalinnikov Orchestra da Camera 'Ferrucio Busoni', Massimo Belli (conductor) [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2016 ] This is a unique coupling on record, but a perceptive and satisfying one: a trio of Romantically inclined serenades from composers of Northern Europe, writing in the last decades of the 19th century when the drive to define a Nationalist spirit... |
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GEORGE ENESCU
Enescu: The Unknown Enescu, Vol. 2 Sherban Lupu (violin), Ian Hobson, Viorela Ciucur, Sinfonia da Camera [ Toccata Classics / CD - released 4/Nov/2022 ] Its four movements and 23-minute duration make Caprice Roumain the closest we have to an Enescu concerto, and it is fabulous. This work alone would justify the purchase of this disc. Every bit... - Fanfare, March/April 2023 |