Caldara, Antonio > Choral

The Italian Collection / Harry Christophers, The Sixteen

5 CD / Coro / 2012-03-13

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Te Deum, motet for double chorus & organ in C major; Iste confessor; Missa, for chorus & organ in A minor ("La stella"); Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrin...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Crabtree, Libby; Davidson, Grace; Dean, Ruth; Dunkley, Sally; Fisher, Gillian; George, Michael; MacKenzie, Neil; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Purves, Christo...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen (Choir)

Featuring five of The Sixteen's most celebrated recordings, The Italian Collection is a sumptuous anthology of music. From Allegri's hauntingly beautiful Miserere to the virtuosity,...continue...
Recording information: Church of St Silas the Martyr, London, England (01/1992); St Augustine's, Kilburn, London (01/1992); St John's, Smith Square, London (01/1992); St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead Ga...continue...

Coronatio Solemnissima - The Emperor's Coronation / Paduch

1 Super Audio CD / Christophorus / 2007-01-05

Works: Johann H. Schmelzer: Arie per il balletto a cavallo; Sacro-profanus concentus musicus; Duodena selectarum sonatarum; Anonymous: Ecce ego mittam Angelum meum; Desiderium animae eius tribuisti; Antonio...
Performers: Paduch, Arno
Conductors: Paduch, Arno
Ensemble: Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble

A coronation ceremony for an Emperor has never been recorded (except the medieval ceremony for Emperor Henry I in the year 1002, see CHR 77251),...continue...

Caldara: Musica Sacra / Ermacora, Aita, Parodi, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2005-11-08

Works: Antonio Caldara: Sinfonia a quattro no 4 in B minor ("Morte e sepoltura di Christo"); Missa Dolorosa; Mottetti sacri
Performers: Aita, Danila; Aita, Giovanna; Castiglioni, Filippo Pina; Ermacora, Valentino; Parodi, Debora; Ristori, Riccardo
Conductors: Ermacora, Valentino

Antonio Caldara was a prolific and important composer in the service of the Imperial Court in Vienna when these sacred words were written. In his...continue...

Caldara: Missa Dolorosa, Stabat Mater / Clemencic, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-08-01

Works: Antonio Caldara: Sant'Elena al Calvario; Stabat Mater; Sinfonia in E minor; Missa Dolorosa
Performers: Beasley, Marco; Dominguez, Rosa; Graudini, Alfredo; Piccollo, Silvia; Ragni, Nadia; Schofrin, Fabian; Serafini, Lia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Clemencic, René
Ensemble: Aura Musicale; Italian Switzerland Radio/TV Chorus

"The 'Stabat Mater' is an elaborate setting of the full poem which reveals Caldara's mastery both of homophonic and imitative writing. Chromaticism, suspension and instrumental...continue...