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VIVALDI
The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740: Volume Two: Virtuoso Impresario Mhairi Lawson (soprano) / La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler (violin and director) [ Avie / CD - released 23/Sep/2007 ] "An outstanding collection, vividly characterised and full of energy, of fine - but not over-familiar - music" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 / Violin Concerto / Suite No. 3 in G major / etc Mischa Elman (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris, Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] This new collection invaluably gathers up all the Tchaikovsky recordings Adrian Boult made for Decca between 1952 and 1956. |
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PORPRA
Notturni per I Defunti Monica Piccinini (soprano) Romina Basso (alto) / La Stagione Armonica Dolce & Tempesta / Stafano Demicheli [ Fuga Libera / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] An outstanding Italian musican, Stefano Demicheli has been René Jacobs' closest assistant for many years and with him has performed on Europe's main opera stages. A distinguished harpsichordist, who studied with Ottavio Dantone, he is now the leader... |
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JERUSALEM
Jerusalem: La Ville des deux Paix (2 SACDs with large book) Montserrat Figueras, Andrew Lawrence-King / Hesperion XXI / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "A bewildering voyage in time and space is buoyed up by beautiful sound." Editor's Choice - Gramophone April 2009 |
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MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Arie e Lamenti / Madrigali Guerrieri e Amorosi Montserrat Figueras / Andrew Lawrence-King / Rolf Lislevand / Ton Koopman / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox Heritage Series SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 26/Sep/2011 ] At this time, [Figueras] developed an innovative style of interpretation, characterised by great fidelity to historical sources, combined with an extraordinary creative and expressive power, that has exerted a decisive influence on the whole... |
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W.A. MOZART
Requiem K626 / Maurerische Trauermusik K477 Montserrat Figueras, Claudia Schubert, Gerd Turk, Stephen Schreckenberger / La Capella Reial de Catalunya & Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "This is one of the best period instrument readings available, sacrificing nothing to authenticity for authenticity's sake, and turning in a very lovely, devotional, and technically fine performance by any accounts." (AudAud.com) |
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FRANCISCO JAVIER
La Ruta de Oriente (The Route to the Orient) (2 SACDs with large book) Montserrat Figueras / Hesperion XXI / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 CD/Book - released 1/Jan/2008 ] "Savall's forces perform beautifully in a missionary life-to-death journey" (Gramophone January 2008) |
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VARIOUS
Metamorphoses Fidei (The Metamorphoses of Faith) Montserrat Figueras / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall (director) [ Alia Vox / CD - released 22/Sep/2006 ] SPECIAL PRICE SAMPLER CD WITH FULL CATALOGUE OF ALIA VOX RELEASES. |
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ANONYMOUS
El Cant de la Sibil-la 1400-1560: Catalunya Montserrat Figueras & La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall, dir [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Thanks to this historic recording, one of Astrée's biggest successes, Montserrat Figueras established her reputation as the high priestess of this repertoire. A must-have for any lover of ancient music |
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TRADITIONAL
El Cant de la Sibil-la 1400-1560: Mallorca, Valancia Montserrat Figueras & La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall, dir [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Oct/2004 ] "This is a recording which really does touch on that indefinable edge where musical expression becomes something transcendent and numinous." - MusicWeb May 2000 |
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Montserrat Figueras & La Capella Reial de Catalunya - Jordi Savall, dir
El Chant de la Sibil.la 1400-1560 : Mallorca, Valancia [ Alia Vox / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] The ancient songs are filled with gravitas and wonder, and Figueras has the vocal clarity and projection, coupled with beauty of tone and shear passion, to send shivers down the spine. This is a recording which really does touch on that indefinable... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
El Nuevo Mundo - Folias Criollas Montserrat Figueras (singer) / Tembembe Ensamble Continuo / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Hesperion XXI / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2010 ] After meeting the musical traditions of the New World, the European Baroque repertoire enriched itself with new colours and rhythms, which make it irresistible. Jordi Savall invites us to an unprecedented instrumental and vocal journey from Spain to... |
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TRADITIONAL
Cancons de la Catalunya Millenaria [with comprehensive booklet] Montserrat Figueras (soprano) / La Capella Reial de Catalunya / Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] This album is a landmark of in the career of Montserrat Figueras : her innovative style of interpretation, characterised by great fidelity to the historical sources combined with an extraordinary creative power, sounds at its best. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Misteri d'Elx - Homenatge al: La Vespra (Sacred Drama for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) Montserrat Figuerras, Marlia Vargas, Arianna Savall, La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / CD - released 15/May/2004 ] "Listed by UNESCO on its list of masterpieces of oral history, the Mystery of Elche is a powerful work with deep roots. Jordi Savall does this sort of music with a tremendous sense of idiom, and he conjures some amazing sounds from his Catalonian... |
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JOSEPH CANTELOUBE
Canteloube: Songs Of The Auvergne [24 numbers] Netania Davrath (Soprano) / Orchestra conducted by Pierre De La Roche [ ALTO / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] "The Chants d'Auvergne are not easy to sing and demand a well-trained voice. But Canteloube did not want them to be sung in an overtly operatic fashion; he preferred an earthier, more unaffected approach. And that is the great glory of Netania... |
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PASCAL DUSAPIN
Dusapin: Concertante Works Nicolas Hodges, Natascha Petrinsky, Carolin Widmann, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pascal Rophé (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 30/Nov/2018 ] Pascal Dusapin has composed a number of works for the stage, one of the more recent being the opera Penthesilea, after Kleist's play. From the opera he has also fashioned Wenn Du dem Wind…, the suite which opens this disc. Although beginning and... |
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O De La Societe Des Concerts
Masenet/Adam/Auber/Herold/Supp [ Testament / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] |
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O De La Societe Des Concerts
Prokofiev: Symphonies 5 & 7 [ Testament / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] |
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CASELLA
Notte di maggio / Cello Concerto / Scarlattiana Olivia Andreini (mezzo-soprano) / Andrea Noferini (cello) / Sun Hee You (piano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "A beautiful disc, and one that collectors should snap up without delay." (9/9 ClassicsToday.com) |
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Orch De La Suisse Romande
Mozart: Symphonies 29 & 34 [ Testament / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] |