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ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Schulhoff: Flammen Raymond Very (Don Jun), Iris Vermillion (La Morte), Arnold Schoenberg Chor, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bertrand De Billy [ Capriccio / 2 CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] In the 1920s and 30s, Czechoslovakia was flourishing culturally and boasted a multi-faceted musical scene. In considering the works of composers such as Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein, Hans Krása, Viktor Ullmann and Erwin Schulhoff, we can see how they... |
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BERLIOZ
Symphonie Fantastique / Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7 / La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 (excerpts) plus rehearsal sequence Regine Crespin (soprano) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2010 ] Penguin Guide Rosette Winner (for Les Nuits d'été) |
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HANDEL
Alessandro, HWV21 (Complete Opera recorded in 1985) Rene Jacobs, Sophie Boulin, Isabelle Poulenard & Stephen Varcoe / La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken [ Sony Opera House / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2011 ] Includes a three-language synopsis (English/French/German), full cast list and detailed track list. |
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MATTHIAS WECKMANN
Complete Works Ricercar Consort, La Fenice [ Ricercar / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Apr/2016 ] Matthias Weckmann is doubtless the most fascinating Hamburg composer of the mid-17th century. A disciple of Schütz, nurtured on Italian music and, in particular, that of Claudio Monteverdi, he shone in all genres, achieving an impressive blending of... |
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Ricercar Consort/La Pastorella
Telemann: Les Plaisirs De La T [ Ricercar / 7 CD - released 24/Nov/2008 ] |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor Roberta Invernizzi, Lynne Dawson (sops) Gloria Banditelli (mezzo) Christoph Prégardien (ten) Klaus Mertens (bass) / Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] This famous recording, licensed from the Swiss label Arts, is based on the Historically Informed Performance Practice, and presents the best voices in this field: Roberta Invernizzi, Lynn Dawson, Gloria Banditelli and Christoph Prégardien. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Opera Arias Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) / La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Invernizzi, perhaps the most exciting Italian Baroque soprano today, chooses three of the most flamboyant ['storm' arias] and dazzles with her coruscating yet perfectly controlled coloratura" Gramophone Award Nomination 2012 |
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HANDEL
Handel: Italian Cantatas Volume 1 - Cantatas for Cardinal Pamphili, Rome (1706-1707) Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "Invernizzi has a fresh, bright soprano that supplies constant delight" Sunday Times Classical CD of the Week |
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HANDEL
Duetti e Terzetti italiani Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Silvia Frigato (soprano), Krystian Adam (tenor), Thomas E. Bauer (baritone) / La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni [ Glossa / CD - released 25/Nov/2015 ] "Beaming a searchlight into the darkest and furthest corners of Handel's youthful Italian-period creations, these sage performances are essential fare." (Gramophone Editor's Choice Feb 2016) |
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HANDEL
Apollo e Dafne (Italian Cantatas Vol. 7) Roberta Invernizzi (soprano) / Thomas E. Bauer (bass) / Furio Zanasi (bass) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni [ Glossa Le Cantate Italian di Handel / CD - released 13/Sep/2010 ] "Bonizzoni and his string players provide assertive accompaniments to Invernizzi's journey through mixed emotions of despair, maternal love, vengefulness and defiance." Gramophone Award WINNER 2011 - Baroque Vocal |
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HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 6 - Olinto Pastore Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Yetzabel Arias Fernández (soprano) & Romina Basso (alto) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] The penultimate release in the series of Italian cantatas by the Saxon composer which Fabio Bonizzoni and La Risonanza are making for Glossa. |
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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 39 Roberto Cappello (piano) / Coro Luca Marenzio, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Busoni's monumental Piano Concerto was completed in 1904 and remains the longest piano concerto to have been heard in public. He thought of the work as his 'Italian Symphony' but this Concerto for piano, orchestra and male chorus is an unclassifiable... |
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Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique
Love Is Free [ Inertia / CD - released 7/Aug/2015 ] Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique - comprised of Robyn, Markus Jägerstedt, and the late Christian Falk are set to release their mini-album 'Love Is Free' on August 7th 2015 via Konichiwa Records and POD via Inertia. The La Bagatelle Magique project... |
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ANDRE MESSAGER
Messager: Les P'tites Michu (complete operetta) Romain Dayez, Pierre Dumoussaud, Anne-Aurore Cochet, Marie Lenormand / Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Pierre Dumoussaud [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 11/Jan/2019 ] "The cast is predominantly youthful, as is the conductor Pierre Dumoussaud. Their account of the work is uniformly spirited, energetic, sympathetique and also full of comic broadness. But there's the rub." Opera |
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Roos/La Pastorella
Les Flutes D'angleterre [ Ricercar / CD ] |
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Roos/La Pastorella
Vivaldi: Concertos [ Ricercar / 2 CD - released 1/May/2011 ] |
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MONTEVERDI
Round M: Monteverdi Meets Jazz Roberta Mameli / La Veneziana, Claudio Cavina [ Glossa Platinum / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] What happens when you bring the worlds of jazz and Monteverdi together? Is there a musical meeting-point where the two can exist? Claudio Cavina has believed in this possibility for some time, witness some very 'modern' moments in his recent Glossa... |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 / Piano Concerto No 3 Ruggiero Ricci (violin) Julius Katchen (piano) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet [ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] These CD sets represent all of Ansermet's Prokofiev recordings for Decca. Ruggiero Ricci and Julius Katchen are sterling soloists in the concertos. This is Katchen's first of two Decca recordings of the Prokofiev Third. |
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LALO
Symphonie Espagnole / Namouna [excerpts] / etc (with music by Chabrier) Ruggiero Ricci (violin) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2011 ] It used to be fashionable to include the music of Lalo in concert in the mid-20th century. At the start of the 21st century, however, his works has fallen completely into neglect, in France as much as elsewhere. This is a cruel injustice for music... |
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GEORG ANTON BENDA
Harpsichord Concertos Sabine Bauer (Harpsichord) / La Stagione Frankfurt / Michael Schneider [ CPO SACD / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] CPO presents the enthralling harpsichord concertos of Georg Anton Benda in surround sound. These magnificent works, probably composed around 1780-90, place the highest technical demands on the virtuoso soloist Sabine Bauer, and she more than rises to... |