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Performers
Amanda Keesmaat (Cello)- Michael McMahon (Piano)
- Luc Beauséjour (Harpsichord)
- Nicolò Eugelmi (Viola)
- Marie-Céline Labbé (Flute)
Notes & Reviews:
Just a few notes of Marie-Nicole Lemieux's velvety contralto is all it takes to fall under her spell. With her unique timbre, innate sense of musical line, profound mastery of text, astonishing charm, apparent ease in all repertoires, and remarkable stage presence, Lemieux seems to have it all.
This compilation features some of the most beautiful works she has recorded for Analekta by composers such as Scarlatti, Handel, Vivaldi, and Brahms.
The sixty-odd cantatas by Handel are a brilliant testament to his creativity. Key words are highlighted with long melismas, and the ornaments and vocal chromaticism reveal the almost opera-like drama of these works.
Vivaldi's Stabat Mater takes listeners into a somber world that is miles away from his dazzling concerti.
A captivating lament somewhere between prayer and tears, between pain and acceptance, the voice soars above the magnificent and at times heart-rending music of the strings. Legend has it that Scarlatti dictated his Salve Regina on his deathbed. The delicately expressive treatment of this supplication reads like an "adieu" to life but also to Queen Maria Barbara, whom he had served for many years.
Over the decades, Brahms would return time and time again to the lied. A solitary man, perhaps he considered it a more intensely emotional form of expression, his secret garden (he called his collections of lieder "bouquets of songs"). By turns, he could evoke the sting of unrequited love, solitude, the finality of existence, and nature's solace.
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Works Details
Vivaldi, Antonio : Stabat Mater :: dolorosa. Largo - Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
- Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1742
Vivaldi, Antonio : Stabat Mater :: O quam tristis. Andante - Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
- Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1742
Vivaldi, Antonio : Stabat Mater :: Quest est homo. Largo - Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
- Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1742
Vivaldi, Antonio : Stabat Mater :: Eja mater, fons amoris. Largo - Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
- Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: by 1742
Scarlatti, Domenico : Salve Regina - Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
- Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: circa 1756
Scarlatti, Domenico : Salve Regina :: O clemens. Adagio - Conductor: Jeanne Lamon
- Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Choral
- Written: circa 1756
Handel, George Frideric : Mi palpita il Cor, HWV 132 :: Se un di m'adora la mia crudele - Performers: Amanda Keesmaat (Cello); Luc Beauséjour (Harpsichord); Marie-Céline Labbé (Flute)
- Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Written: circa 1710
Handel, George Frideric : Irene, idolo mio :: Recitativo - Performers: Luc Beauséjour (Harpsichord); Amanda Keesmaat (Cello); Marie-Céline Labbé (Flute)
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: circa 1708
Handel, George Frideric : Irene, idolo mio :: Aria - Performers: Amanda Keesmaat (Cello); Marie-Céline Labbé (Flute); Luc Beauséjour (Harpsichord)
- Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
- Written: circa 1708
Handel, George Frideric : Lungi da me, pensier tiranno! :: Aria - Performers: Amanda Keesmaat (Cello); Luc Beauséjour (Harpsichord); Marie-Céline Labbé (Flute)
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Handel, George Frideric : Lungi da me, pensier tiranno! :: Aria - Performers: Marie-Céline Labbé (Flute); Luc Beauséjour (Harpsichord); Amanda Keesmaat (Cello)
- Running Time: 5 min. 2 sec.
- Period Time: Baroque
- Form: Cantata/Oratorio
Brahms, Johannes : Neun Gesänge, Op. 69 :: Abschied - Performers: Nicolò Eugelmi (Viola); Michael McMahon (Piano)
- Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 03/1877
Brahms, Johannes : Neun Gesänge, Op. 69 :: Vom Strande - Performers: Michael McMahon (Piano); Nicolò Eugelmi (Viola)
- Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 03/1877
Brahms, Johannes : Neun Gesänge, Op. 69 :: Salome - Performers: Nicolò Eugelmi (Viola); Michael McMahon (Piano)
- Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Written: 03/1877
Brahms, Johannes : Sechs Lieder, Op. 86 :: Feldeinsamkeit - Performers: Michael McMahon (Piano); Nicolò Eugelmi (Viola)
- Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1877
Brahms, Johannes : Sechs Lieder, Op. 86 :: Nachtwandler - Performers: Nicolò Eugelmi (Viola); Michael McMahon (Piano)
- Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1877
Brahms, Johannes : Sechs Lieder, Op. 86 :: Versunken - Performers: Michael McMahon (Piano); Nicolò Eugelmi (Viola)
- Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1877
Brahms, Johannes : Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 :: Ich Wandte Mich - Performers: Nicolò Eugelmi (Viola); Michael McMahon (Piano)
- Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1896
Brahms, Johannes : Songs (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91 - Performers: Michael McMahon (Piano); Nicolò Eugelmi (Viola)
- Notes: Composition written: 1864-84.
- Running Time: 11 min. 36 sec.
- Period Time: Romantic
- Form: Vocal
- Written: 1864-1884
