Weimann, Alexander > Baroque Period

Prima Donna - Arias by Handel, Vivaldi & Vinci / Karina Gauoin, soprano

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Lotario, HWV 26; Orlando, HWV 31; Concerto grosso, Op. 3/1, HWV 312; Sosarme, HWV 30; Flavio, HWV 16; Alcina, HWV 34; Concerto grosso, Op. 6/8, HWV 326; Atalanta, HWV 35; Leo...
Performers: Gauvin, Karina; Weimann, Alexander
Conductors: Weimann, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Arion Baroque Orchestra

Canadian superstar soprano Karina Gauvin pays tribute to Baroque diva Anna Maria Strada del Pò, singing rarities by Vinci, Vivaldi and some of the greatest...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin, Saint-Agustin de Mirabel, Québec (05/2012)....continue...

O Poore Distracted World!: English Songs & Anthems from the 16th & 17th centuries / Les Voiox Baroques

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-08-28

Works: Martin Peerson: O let me at thy footstool fall; Giovanni Coprario: O poore distracted world; Henry Purcell: Let mine eyes run down with tears, anthem for soloists, chorus & organ, Z. 24; In guilty ni...
Conductors: Weimann, Alexander
Ensemble: Les Voiox Baroques

During 16th and 17th centuries, English music was highly original and unique both in its forms and its characteristic mood. The Anthems and Songs on...continue...
Recording information: Unitarian Church of Victoria, Colombie-Britannique, Can (08/2009)....continue...

Mariage - Mendelssohn & Wagner Wedding Marches and vocal airs sung by Marc Hervieux, Karina Gauvin, Suzie LeBlanc

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-06-26

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Antonio...
Performers: Beaulac, Stephane; Belanger, Philippe; Boucher, Vincent; Gauvin, Karina; Hervieux, Marc; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Rousseau, Regis; Swartz, Jennifer; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Weimann, Alexander; Labadie, Bernard; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Ensemble: Académie Baroque de Montréal ; Arion (Canada); Les Violons du Roy; Tempo Rubato

Mariage offers two of the most celebrated wedding marches of the Romantic repertoire, one by Richard Wagner and the other by Felix Mendelssohn, played on...continue...

Bach: St John Passion / Kobow, MacLeod, Hopkins, Watson, Mercer, Webster, et al.

2 CD / ATMA / 2012-01-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Conductors: Weimann, Alexander
Ensemble: Arion Baroque Orchestra

Les Voix Baroques and Arion Baroque Orchestra combine their outstanding talents for this new recording of the St. John Passion. This recording was produced at...continue...
Recording information: Grand Séminaire de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada (11/2010)....continue...

Caldara: La Conversione di Clodoveo, Ré di Francia

2 CD / ATMA / 2011-03-29

Works: Antonio Caldara: La Conversione di Clodoveo, Rè di Francia, oratorio for 4 voices & orchestra
Conductors: Weimann, Alexander

Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) was a prolific Italian Baroque composer, producing more than 80 operas, 38 oratorios, 100 cantatas, and 20 masses, not to mention hundreds...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin, Saint-Augustin de Mirabel, Québe (07/2007)....continue...

Nobil Donna / La Nef

1 CD / ATMA / 2010-09-28

Works: Giovanni Felice Sances: Accenti queruli; Cantada sopra il passacaglia "Usurpator tiranno"; Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger: Corrente no 5; Sinfonia no 12; Stefano Landi: Amarillide, deh vieni; Mentre ...
Performers: LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Weimann, Alexander
Conductors: Weimann, Alexander
Ensemble: La Nef

"Her anguished singing of the great lament 'Lasciate Averno' is immensely moving, without compromising vocal purity...All the musicians display the greatest skill and stylistic sensitivity...This...continue...
Recording information: Saint-Augustin, Mirabel, Québec, Canada (06/2009)....continue...

Handel: Arias / Gauvin, Weimann, Tempo Rubato

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-10-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Rinaldo; Der Messias; Hercules; Semele; Alexander Balus; Jephtha; Athalia, HWV 52; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; ...
Performers: Gauvin, Karina
Conductors: Weimann, Alexander
Ensemble: Tempo Rubato

'Handel Arias' is Gauvin's fifth recording for ATMA and features arias from Handel's London oratorios inlcuding 'Messiah', 'Semele', 'Samson', 'Jephta and Solomon', among others. Also...continue...