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The Art of the Recorder Pieter-Jan Belder, Recorder - Rainer Zipperling, Cello - Menno van Delft, Harpsichord & Organ (Rec 2004) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] This set includes his For long times the recorder (Blockflöte) was considered the somewhat retarded member of the musical instruments family. In Renaissance and Baroque however, it was one of the foremost and popular melody instruments of all.. |
W.A. MOZART
Apollo et Hyacinthus (complete opera) Robert Morvai (tenor), Antonia Bouerva (soprano), Anna Haase (soprano), Daniel Lager (alto) / European Chamber Soloists / Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] This is a very recent recording of one of Mozart’s early operas. For this work 11 year old (!) Mozart used a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The text by Father Widl is in Latin. |
VIVALDI
L'estro Armonico: 12 Concertos Op 3 Federico Guglielmo (violin) / L'Arte Dell'Arco [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] After the iconic 'Le Quattro Stagioni', the collection of 12 violin concertos Op. 3, 'L'Estro Armonico' is the most popular and well known of all of Vivaldi's works. It is vintage Vivaldi: lively, exuberant and brilliant allegros, spunāout cantilenas... |
HANDEL
Handel Jubilee set Various artists incls Academy of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Brandenburg Consort [ Brilliant Classics Masterworks / 10 CD - released 16/Dec/2006 ] Handel highlights must contain the Music for the Royal Fireworks, and the Water Music. In this set a large helping of concerti grossi (3 CD’s) and some flute concertos are added. The oratorio Israel in Egypt is combined with the Messiah and the... |
MAX REGER
Chorale Fantasias for organ (complete) (Rec 1989, 1990) Wouter van den Broek (organ) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 29/Aug/2005 ] "Many of my musical acquaintances over the years, especially the organists, have warmly recommended that I get to know the music of Max Reger. I'm still learning, but to my ears there's no escaping a certain dour quality, a relentlessness, a feeling... |