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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV589 (with Bach - Magnificat in D BWV243) Barbara Hendricks, Ann Murray, Jean Rigby, Uwe Heilmann / Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "Barbara Hendricks and Ann Murray are the admirably paired soloists in Vivaldi's Gloria; both bring beauty of line and a feeling of élan. Hendricks and Murray recur in Bach's Magnificat along with Jean Rigby, Uwe Heillman and Jorma Hynninen" MusWeb |
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TELEMANN
Passions Oratorium: Das selige Erwagen des bittern Leiden und Sterbens Jesu Christi Barbara Locher (soprano) Zeger Vandersteene (tenor) Stefan Darr (tenor). L'Arpa Festante Manchen. Wolfgang Schafer [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] "This seems to be the only recording of Telemann's 'Passion Oratorio' in the catalogue at the moment. Brilliant Classics are to be congratulated yet again for their ongoing commitment to making Telemann's music available. This is an entirely... |
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C. P. E. BACH
Cantatas Barbara Schlick, Johanna Koslowsky, Hilke Helling Rheinische Kantorei, Hermann Max [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 9/Feb/2014 ] Carl Philipp Emanuel wrote an enormous oeuvre, in which the instrumental music form the most important part, but he also excelled in vocal music, and followed the tradition of his father in writing sacred Cantatas for the liturgical year. |
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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE
Buxtehude: Cantatas / Membra Jesu nostri Barbara Schlick, Monica Frimmer (sop) Michael Chance, Rene Jacobs (alto) Knabenchor Hannover / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) was Danish-born, but made his career in Germany. He was celebrated as an organist (Johann Sebastian Bach was among his admirers) and as a composer, with many sacred vocal works in his output. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: La Resurrezione, HWV47 Barbara Schlick, Nancy Argenta, Guillemette Laurens, Guy de Mey, Klaus Mertens / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] La Resurrezione, composed in Rome in 1708, was Handel's first oratorio on a sacred theme. The soloists take the roles of an Angel, Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas, St John and Lucifer, who are portrayed in vivid operatic terms with the help of a... |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Ich habe viel Bekammernis Cantatas BWV21 & BWV42 Barbara Schlick (sop) Garard Lesne (counter-tenor) Howard Crook (tenor) Peter Kooy (bass) La Chapelle Royale / Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] Superbly constructed, the cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis is incontestably one of Bach's finest works. The masterly arrangements of the material endows it with an emotional cohesion and a dramatic intensity worthy of the Passions and the Mass in B... |
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BOCCHERINI
Stabat Mater Barbara Vignudelli (soprano) Orchestra da Camera 'Benedetto Marcello', Flavio Emilio Scogna conductor [ Brillinat Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] The French violinist and composer Jean‐ Baptiste Cartier once said: 'If God wanted to speak to man through music, he would do so through the works of Haydn; if he wished to listen to music himself, he would choose the works of Boccherini.' |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Bregenzer Festspiele / Gaëlle Arquez, Daniel Johansson, Scott Hendricks, Elena Tsallagova / Paolo Carignani (cond) [ C-Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray - released 24/Sep/2017 ] "The French singer Gaëlle Arquez proves to be a lucky find. Not only her massive, shimmering mezzo-soprano is convincing, but her high-quality acting skills as well." Salzburger Nachrichten |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Barbara Schlick, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, Peter Kooy / Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] Classic recording now reissued at a special price |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Gideon (Complete oratorio arr. J. C. Smith) David Cordier (counter-tenor) Barbara Hannigan (soprano) Stephan MacLeod (bass) Linda Perillo (soprano) / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra [ Naxos English Choral Music / 2 CD - released 21/Jul/2004 ] After the death of Handel in 1759, the London public was still eager for more music from a composer who had been so dear to them. John Christopher Smith responded to this demand and to his own purposes in collaborating with Handel's former... |
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FRANCIS POULENC
Georges Pretre plays Francois Poulenc Denise Duval, Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Maurice Durufle (organ), Gabriel Tacchino (piano) / Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Georges Pretre [ Erato / 7 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Composer Francis Poulenc, who celebrated the 125th anniversary of his birth in 2024, placed his deepest trust in conductor Georges Prêtre. |
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ANTONIO SALIERI
Salieri: Strictly Private Diana Tomsche (soprano), Esther Valentin (mezzo-soprano), Miriam Burkhardt (soprano), Barbara Grabowski (alto), etc / Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, T [ hänssler CLASSIC / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] Very little is known today about the personal life of composer Antonio Salieri..This recording seeks to bring us closer to Salieri the man - with works that he composed for performance among friends. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera) Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Marco Caria, Kostas Smoriginas, Ildar Abdrazakov, Barbara Frittoli / Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian [ Delos / 2 CD Box Set - released 5/May/2015 ] "It is obvious [that Hvorostovsky] has thought deeply about Boccenegra and is absolutely inside the character; he is also able to realise his portrayal with an impressive largesse of tone." BBC Music |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Don Giovanni (complete opera recorded in 2009) Thomas Hampson, Robert Holl, Edita Gruberova, Roberta Alexander, Barbara Bonney, / Royal Concertgebouw orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 3 CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] "No interpretation of this endlessly fascinating work will ever hold all the answers, but this one provides a good deal of them in its lean, direct and perceptive way." Gramophone |
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HANDEL / CHARPENTIER / BARBER / RACHMANINOV / BRITTEN / MOZART / BEETHOVEN
Sacred Treasures Emma Kirkby, Veronique Gens, Janet Baker, Barbara Hendricks, Andrew Parrott, Riccardo Muti, Richard Hickox, Georges Prêtre, Michel Plasson, Sir Simon [ Erato / Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 24/Dec/2016 ] Three CDs of some of the greatest sacred choral and vocal works of the last three centuries. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Best of Messiah HMV56 Barbara Schlick (soprano) Michael Chance (alto) Howard Crook (tenor) Peter Kooy (bass) /English Chamber Orchestra & Chorus, Raymond Leppard [ Warner Classics Inspiration / CD ] "Tempos are lively, though never breathless, and always well judged, and ornamentation is judicious. Choruses are resilient and have an agreeable sense of joy." Gramophone |
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J. S. BACH
Weihnachts-Oratorio [Christmas Oratorio] Kurt Equiluz (tenor) Barbara Schlick (soprano) Carolyn Watkinson (alto) Michel Brodard (bass) / Ensemble De Lausanne, Michel Corboz [ Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 23/Nov/2009 ] "Corboz has assembled a strong set of soloists, ones who would not be out place in a period performance. Barbara Schlick has an attractive, if slim, soprano which she uses with intelligence. It is, however, quite a distinctive sound with a swift... |
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A film by Jan Schmidt-Gar, with Asmik Grigorian, Barbara Hannigan, Ermonela Jaho
Fuoco Sacro - A search for the sacred fire of song [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Fuoco Sacro ('Sacred Fire') seeks out singers who have the power to pierce our hearts, presenting three of them at work in the most intimate details of their rehearsals and preparations. |
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A film by Jan Schmidt-Gar, with Asmik Grigorian, Barbara Hannigan, Ermonela Jaho
Fuoco Sacro - A search for the sacred fire of song (Blu-ray) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Fuoco Sacro ('Sacred Fire') seeks out singers who have the power to pierce our hearts, presenting three of them at work in the most intimate details of their rehearsals and preparations. |
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Gisele Santa Barbara/Ben-Dor
Soul Of Tango [ Delos / CD ] |