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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Die Zauberflöte René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin [ Harmonia Mundi / 5 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2023 ] The alpha and omega of Mozart! With Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782), probably his first absolute masterpiece, and Die Zauberflöte (1791 - the year of his death), René Jacobs penetrates to the heart of Mozartian singspiel. Featuring singers, a... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Secular Cantatas [BWV201, 205, 213] RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 2 CD - released 16/Jun/2014 ] "immensely persuasive performances" (International Record Review) |
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CARL ZELLER
Der Obersteiger (The Overman) Complete operetta Santiago Bürgi, Cornelia Zink, Wolfgang Müller-Lorenz, Donna Ellen / Orchester des Musik Theater Schoenbrunn, Herbert Mogg [ CPO / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2010 ] |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Solomon (complete oratorio) Sarah Connolly (alto) Susan Gritton (sop) Carolyn Sampson (sop) Mark Padmore (ten) / Akademie fAr Alte Musik Berlin / Daniel Reuss (dir) [ Harmonia Mundi HMHeritage / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] Handel was 63 years old when he composed Solomon, one of his final masterpieces. This monumental oratorio depicts the three highpoints of the biblical king's life: the building of the temple, the famous judgment, and the visit of the Queen of Sheba.... |
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Mozart, Wo
Kirchensonate Es-Dur KV 67, Grabmusik KV 42, Requiem d-moll KV 626 Seebach-Ziegler, Braun-Fernwald, Gallos, Mayr, Salzburger Domchor; Orchester d. Dom-Musik-Vereins, Messner [ ORFEO / CD - released 28/Jun/1995 ] |
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GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI
Septem verba a Christo (in cruce moriente prolata) Sophie Karthäuser, Christophe Dumaux, Julien Behr, Konstantin Wolff / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] "this hybrid cycle of seven early-18th-century cantatas based on the Seven Last Words is deeply impressive...The mood ranges wide, from fiery, coloratura-laden anger to a touching lyricism." Sunday Times |
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: King Arthur (complete opera recorded in 2017, Sung in English with German dialogue) BLU-RAY Staatsoper unter den Linden / Anett Fritsch, Robin Johannsen, Benno Schachtner / Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik, René Jacobs [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/May/2020 ] The collaboration of the poet John Dryden and Henry Purcell marked a conspicuous leap forward for English opera. Their greatest project, King Arthur, is a five-act dramatick opera, the text of which had its origins in a patriotic musical play Dryden... |
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PORPORA / HASSE / BROSCHI / GIACOMELLI / GALUPPI
Vivica Genau - Arias for Farinelli Vivica Genau (mezzo-soprano) / Akademie fAr Alte Musik Berlin, RenAC Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Nov/2003 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (July 2002) |
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CARL MICHAEL ZIEHRER
Die drei Wuensche (The Three Wishes) Complete operetta Volker Vogel, Donna Ellen, Valeriy Serkin, Lorena Espina, Klemens Slowioczek / Orchester des Musik Theater Schoenbronn / Herbert Mogg [ CPO / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2009 ] Carl Michael Ziehrer's career shared many similarities to that of Johann Strauss II. His waltzes, marches and polkas were extremely popular in Vienna and he was one of Strauss's biggest rivals. His legacy includes nearly 600 dance pieces and marches... |
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OSKAR NEDBAL
Die Winzerbraut (complete operetta) Wolfgang Mueller-Lorenz / Martin C. Turba / Marcus Niedermeyr / Chor und Orchester des Musik Theater Schoenbrunn / [ CPO Records / 2 CD - released 18/May/2011 ] The Schönbrunn Music Theater and its director Herbert Mogg once again have made an important discovery with this new find! |
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VIVALDI / MARCELLO & OTHERS
Concerto - Venice: The Golden Age Xenia Löffler (baroque oboe) / Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Georg Kallweit [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Aug/2014 ] BBC Music Award Nomination 2015 - Concerto / Gramophone Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Baroque Instrumental |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Paris & Haffner Symphonies / Oboe Concerto Xenia Loffler (oboe), Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck [ Pentatone / CD - released 17/Jan/2024 ] "The Akademie's great clarity in this recording gives a frequently exhilarating sense of the finesse in Mozart's musical architecture." BBC Orchestral Choice December 2023 |