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Handel: Dixit Dominus; Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus; Concerto No. 4 / Choir of The QueenÆs College, Oxford

1 CD / Avie Records / 2013-05-14

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus (no 4), motet for soloists, chorus, 3 violins & continuo; Concerto grosso no 4 in G minor; George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus
Performers: Cutting, Guy; Harris, Rachel; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Rees, Owen; Harris, Rachel
Ensemble: ; Choir of The QueenÆs College, Oxford

Following five critically acclaimed and immensely popular recordings for AVIE, the Brook Street Band embarks on their most ambitious project to date: a recording with...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Summertown, Oxfor (01/07/2013-01/09/2013)....continue...

Handel: Dixit Dominus; Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne; Zadok the Priest / ApolloÆs Fire

1 CD / Avie Records / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Zadok the Priest; Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74; Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem no 1), HWV 258; Dixit Dominus; Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; Anonymous:...
Performers: Bassett, Matthew; Bauguess, Barry; Mello, Scott; Simon, Sandra
Conductors: Sorrell, Jeannette
Ensemble: ; Apollo's Fire

Apollo's Fire has won critical acclaim and enjoyed Top 10 Billboard Classical chart success with their half-dozen releases on AVIE. Returning to their baroque roots,...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Cleveland Heights, OH....continue...

Conversazioni I: Cantatas from a Cardinal's Court / Andrew Radley, countertenor

1 CD / Avie Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Antonio Caldara: Clori mia bella clori, cantata for voice & orchestra; Tomaso Albinoni: Senza il core del mio bene (2 versions), solo cantata for voice & continuo in E minor (or C minor); Alessandro ...
Performers: Perkins, Julian; Radley, Andrew
Conductors: Perkins, Julian
Ensemble: Sounds Baroque

In the late 17th century, all roads really did lead to Rome for the aspiring musician. There, wealthy aristocrats-turned-priests and Catholic nobility from across Europe...continue...
Recording information: St Jude's Church, Hampstead, London (12/08/2009-12/10/2009)....continue...

Handel: Messiah

3 CD / Avie Records / 2010-11-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Conductors: Sorrell, Jeannette

Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo's Fire celebrate the holiday season with a unique release of Handel's Messiah: a three-disc set presenting a dramatic approach that explores...continue...
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Handel: Seven Trio Sonatas / The Brook Street Band

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in A major, Op. 5/1, HWV 396; Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in D major, Op. 5/2, HWV 397; Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in ...
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Ensemble: Brook Street Band

"No matter how many recordings of this music you may already have, if you buy one Baroque music disc this years, let it be this...continue...

Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 3 & 6 / Hogwood, et al

3 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (6), Op. 3; Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op. 3 no 2; Concerto Grosso in G major, Op.3/3, HWV 314; Concerto Grosso in F major, Op.3/4a, HWV 315; Concerto G...
Performers: Lutzke, Myron; Quan, Linda; Ritchie, Stanley [Violin]; Stepner, Daniel

As America's oldest professional musical organization, the Boston-based Handel and Haydn Society boasts a venerable history. Their modern legacy was captured by a critically acclaimed...continue...

Calliope - Beautiful Voice Vol 1 / Emma Curtis, The Frolick

2 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Francis George Scott: Cupid and Venus One Day Strove, song; Henry Purcell: Sophonisba, Z 590; Henry Carey: Divinest Fair, O Ease My Care, song; Sad Musidora All in Woe, song; As Musing I Rang'd in Ye...
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Ensemble: The Frolick

"This is a labour of love. Emma Curtis stumbled across Calliope (published in 1739 by John Simpson) while researching the career of the castrato Senesino....continue...

A Noble Entertainment / The Parnassian Ensemble

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: William Williams: Sonata ("In Imitation of Birds"); Daniel Purcell: Trio Sonata for 2 recorders & continuo no 2 in G minor; William Corbett: Trio Sonata in C major, Op. 2/4; Nicola Francesco Haym: So...
Performers: Crouch, Joseph; Hooker, Helen; Middleditch, Sophie; Pollock, David [Harpsichord]
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Ensemble: Parnassian Ensemble

The young vibrant Parnassian Ensemble spotted a gap in early music performance and have filled it with flair, producing a debut album of original music...continue...

Handel: Trio Sonatas Op 2 / Monica Huggett, Sonnerie

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in G minor, Op. 2/6, HWV 391; Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in F major, Op. 2/4, HWV 389; Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in ...
Performers: Hazelzet, Wilbert
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Ensemble: Sonnerie

Nares: Eight Harpsichord Setts / Perkins

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: James Nares: Sett no 1, for harpsichord in G major; Sett no 2, for harpsichord in D major; Sett no 3, for harpsichord in B flat major; Sett no 4, for harpsichord in F major; Sett no 5, for harpsichor...
Performers: Perkins, Julian

Gramophone Magazine
Perkins uses a 1764 Kirckman harpsichord from the Royal Academy of Music, and while it can have a muscly tone, his skilful command of...continue...

Lorraine at Emmanuel - Bach, Handel / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Craig Smith, et al

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 30, "Freue dich, erlöste Schar" BWV 30; Cantata no 33, "Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 33; George Frederick Handel: Hercules
Performers: Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Maddon, Danielle; Snapp, Shannon; West, Jayne; Wong, Lena
Conductors: Smith, Craig; Harbison, John
Ensemble: Emmanuel Music Orchestra

"The early death of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson deprived the world of an exceptional artist and one, moreover, who left all too few commercial recordings... this...continue...

Handel: English Cantatas / Kennedy, Bruce-Payne, Brook Street Band

2 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: So pleasing the pain is, cantata for tenor, baritone, 2 violins & continuo (set to Handel's music); With roving and ranging, cantata for soprano, baritone, 2 violins & contin...
Performers: Gibley, Carolyn; Kennedy, Nicki
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Ensemble: Brook Street Band

BBC Music Magazine
Nicki Kennedy and Sally Bruce-Payne sing with an appealing appropriateness of scale... the Band is as deliciously poised and pertinent as ever.
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Handel: Oxford Water Music; et al / Brook Street Band

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in G major, Op. 5/4, HWV 399; The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Tr...
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Ensemble: Brook Street Band

Handel: Arias, etc / Hunt Lieberson, Bicket, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Theodora; MEDLEY
Performers: Bicket, Harry; Carrai, Phoebe; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Tindemans, Margriet
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

"One of the finest vocal recordings in any voice I've ever heard. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson has a magnificently powerful, pleasant, expressive, controlled voice with extraordinary...continue...

Handel: Organ Concertos Op 4 / Halls, Huggett, Sonnerie

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concertos (6) for Organ, Op. 4; Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/2, HWV 290; Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/3, HWV 291; Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/6, HWV 294 (...
Performers: Halls, Matthew
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Ensemble: Sonnerie

"...I am mostly happy with this new recording... Sonnerie, under Monica Huggett's leadership, is crisp and alert, and Matthew Halls's organ-playing is a real delight,...continue...