1 CD / Analekta /
2009-11-10
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D major, BWV 243; Cantata BWV 191 "Gloria in excelsis Deo"; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV 589
Performers:
Butterfield, Benjamin; Doyle, Julia; Lamoreaux, Rosa; Lichti, Daniel; Taylor, Daniel [Countertenor]
Ensemble:
Bach Festival Orchestra
The oldest American Bach Choir, The Bach Choir of Bethlehem performs, on their first recording on the Analekta label, works celebrating the Creator. Such renowned...continue...
Recording information: First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA (05/05/2009-05/07/2009)....continue...

2 CD / Hyperion /
2009-11-10
Works: George Frideric Handel: Messiah
Performers:
Clayton, Allan; Davies, Iestyn; Doyle, Julia; Foster-Williams, Andrew
Ensemble:
Britten Sinfonia
"Polyphony and its director Stephen Layton are bona fide, well-seasoned Messiah experts, whose more than 10 years of annual London Messiah concerts have conferred a...continue...
Recording information: St John's, Smith Square, London (12/22/2008-12/23/2008)....continue...
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HYP 67800
2 CD / Berlin Classics /
2009-11-10
Works: Vincenzo Galilei: Couterpoint for two guitars; Luis de Narváez: Seys libros del Delphin; Isaac Albéniz: Cantos de Espagna, Op. 232; Suite espagñola, Op. 47; Antonio Vivaldi: Sonate in ...
Performers:
Feldmann, Klaus; Feldmann, Rainer; Funke, Christian; Haupt, Eckart; Ragossnig, Konrad; Richter, Barbara; Rost, Jurgen; Rost, Monika; Rumstig, Dieter; Schreier, Peter

1 CD / Challenge Records /
2009-11-10
Works: Antonio Correa Braga: Batalha de 6th Tom; Pablo Bruna: Tiento sobre la tetania de la Virgen; Antonio Carreira: Cançao a quatro glosada; Juan Bautista Cabanilles: Tiento lleno 2nd tono; Corrente ...
Performers:
Koopman, Ton
Renowned early music specialist Ton Koopman plays unusual repertoire with audible pleasure on an unusual Belgian Spanish organ. For anyone who dislikes church music -...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Lambert, Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium....continue...

1 CD / Arte Verum /
2009-11-10
Works: Gio Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Orfeo
Performers:
Hendricks, Barbara; Tenstam, Ulrika
Ensemble:
Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble
From the time of its creation, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater was considered the emblem of perfection and expressive beauty of 18th century Italian music - and...continue...
Recording information: Nacka Aula, Nacka, Sweden (01/07/2009-01/11/2009)....continue...
1 CD / Avie /
2009-11-10
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080
Performers:
Rieger, Christian
Christian Rieger, a professor at the Essen Folkwang music school, counts as one of the Bach and harpsichord experts in Europe. The Art of Fugue...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (09/2008)....continue...
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CAVI 8553185

1 CD / Paradizo /
2009-11-10
Works: Giovanni Palestrina: Pulchra es amica mea (after Palestrina); Riccardo Rognoni Taeggio: Ancor che col partire (after de Rore); Josquin Des Préz: In te Domine speravi; Doron Sherwin: Doulce m...
Performers:
Cheatham, Josh; Johannel, Francoise; Kiener, Evolene; Martin, Julien; Milne, Nick; Sablonniere, Marine; Sempe, Skip; Sherwin, Doron
Ensemble:
Capriccio Stravagante; Capriccio Stravagante Recorders; Capriccio Stravagante Viols
The Italian madrigals and Franco-Flemish chansons on which the "diminution" repertoire was based included some of the most popular and memorable music of the 16th...continue...
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1 CD / Gramola /
2009-11-10
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite für Laute, Nr. 6, BWV 1006a (nach Partita für Violine Nr. 3); Praeludium, Fuge und Allegro, BWV 998; Giuseppe A. Brescianello: Sonate D-Dur; Juan Antonio Vargas...
Performers:
Paulikovics, Pal
Recording information: Reformed Church of Alsóors/Balaton, Hungary (07/21/2008-07/23/2008)....continue...
2 CD / Hyperion /
2009-11-10
Works: Thomas Arne: Artaxerxes
Performers:
Bott, Catherine; Campbell, Colin; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Gibbs, Charles; Hyde, Philippa; Partridge, Ian; Robson, Christopher; Spence, Patricia
Ensemble:
Parley of Instruments
Thomas Arne's 'Artaxerxes' was the first opera seria libretto in English. Arne's work was a huge success in large part because it was an excellent...continue...
Recording information: 03/25/1995-03/30/1995....continue...

2 CD / Challenge Records /
2009-11-10
Works: Johann Gottlieb Graun: Concerto for strings in C minor, GraunWV C; Concerto for strings in G major, GraunWV C; Concerto for strings in A major; Concerto for strings in F major, GraunWV Av; Concerto f...
Performers:
Batori, Piroska; Korol, Ilja
Ensemble:
Moderntimes_1800
Rarely recorded repertoire essential to the history of the violin concerto, performed on authentic instruments. moderntimes_1800 recreates this music, in its original context, without a...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Köln Kammermusiksaal (10/13/2008-10/17/2008)....continue...

1 CD / /
2009-11-10
Works: Giovanni Bononcini: San Nicola di Bari
Ensemble:
Les Muffatti
Within the vast repertoire of the Baroque oratorio, San Nicola di Bari is unique in two ways. It is the only composition to treat a...continue...
Recording information: Begijnhofkerk, Sint-Truiden, Belgium (12/2007)....continue...
1 CD / Analekta /
2009-11-10
Works: Traditional: Fà nyé mama; Matthias Maute: Gypsy Pieces; Georg Philipp Telemann: Grillensymphonie; Gypsy Sonata in D minor, TWV 42; Modéré; Presto; Gigue, for violin solo; Concerto...
Ensemble:
Caprice Ensemble
Ensemble Caprice, under the artistic direction of Matthias Maute and Sophie LariviEre, is renowned for its innovative interpretations of baroque music. Originally formed in Germany...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec (03/22/2009-03/24/2009)....continue...

2 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) /
2009-11-03
Works: George Frideric Handel: La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesú Cristo, HWV 47
Performers:
Haim, Emmanuelle; Pisaroni, Luca; Royal, Kate [Soprano]; Spence, Toby; Tilling, Camilla
Ensemble:
Le Concert d'Astrée
Continuing the Handel series from Le Concert d'Astree and Emmanuelle Haim is 'La resurrezione', composed during the young Handel's period in Rome and first performed...continue...
Recording information: Opéra de Lille (04/15/2009); Opéra de Lille (04/17/2009-04/18/2009)....continue...

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics /
2009-11-03
Works: George Frideric Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Performers:
Clayton, Allan; Coote, Alice; Rose, Matthew; Tynan, Ailish
Ensemble:
Academy of Ancient Music; King's College Choir
In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the death of George Frideric Handel, and the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge, the first ever...continue...
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4 CD / RCA Records /
2009-11-03
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893
Performers:
Richter, Sviatoslav
This selection is available for a limited time as a special import....continue...
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PID 6094999

2 CD / Decca /
2009-10-27
Works: Nicolo Porpora: Siface; Germonico in Germania; Semiramide riconosciuta; Adelaide; Antonio Caldara: Sedecia; La morte d'Abel figura di quella del nostro Redentore; Francesco Araia: Berenice; Carl Hein...
Performers:
Bartoli, Cecilia
Ensemble:
Il Giardino Armonico
Cecilia Bartoli uncovers the extraordinary and cruel world of the castrati and sings the glorious music they inspired. The all-new album consists almost entirely of...continue...
Recording information: Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain (01/28/2009-01/31/2009); Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain (02/01/2009-02/03/2009); Centro Cultural Miguel Deli...continue...
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DEC B001341202

4 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers:
Blaze, Robin; Elsner, Christian; Fantini, Norma; Genz, Christoph; Henschel, Dietrich; Larsson, Anna; Macleod, Stephan; Meli, Francesco; Nylund, Camilla; Pape, Rene; Remmert, Birgit; Siwek, Rafal; Smi...
Ensemble:
Bach Collegium Japan; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Symphonica Toscanini
This DVD box combines the most known and beloved works in sacred music of three of the greatest composers of all time: Giuseppe Verdi, Ludwig...continue...
Run Time: 419 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English, German, French ...continue...
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EUA 2057918

4 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: George Frideric Handel: Serse, HWV 40; Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Persée, LWV 60
Performers:
Ainsworth, Colin; Auvity, Cyril; Bardon, Patricia; Bayrakdarian, Isabel; Bonney, Barbara; Coulombe, Alain; Hallenberg, Ann; Laquerre, Olivier; Lenormand, Marie; Lippi, Marcello; Novacek, Stephanie; P...
Ensemble:
Concentus Musicus Wien; Les Talens Lyriques; Ludwigschafener Theaterchor; Tafelmusik; Tafelmusik Chamber Choir; Vienna State Opera Chorus
This box contains a collection of three masterpieces of Baroque Opera. Three geniuses of the kind, three dazzling productions with highly acclaimed artists. Purcell's 'King...continue...
Run Time: 437 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9,
4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Subtitles: English, Germa...continue...
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EUA 2057938

1 DVD Video / Decca /
2009-10-27
Works: George Frideric Handel: Partenope, HWV 27
Performers:
Dam-Jensen, Inger; Dumaux, Christophe; Jensen, Bo Kristian; Knudsen, Palle; Scholl, Andreas; Semmingsen, Tuva
Ensemble:
Concerto Copenhagen
A major contribution to the 'Handel Year': countertenor star Andreas Scholl returns to the Decca label in a new high-definition film of Handel's comedy 'Partenope',...continue...
Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese ...continue...
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DEC B001343309

1 CD / /
2009-10-27
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Mikhail Glinka: The Lark; Charles Gounod: Faust; Paul Bernard: Ça fait peur aux oiseaux; Jean Lenoir: Parlez-moi d'amour; Claude Debussy: La Belle au ...
Performers:
Lott, Felicity; Moretti, Isabelle
Like a true star, Isabelle Moretti long dreamed of cutting an album that would express her joy in making her harp sing. She's joined by...continue...
Recording information: Temple Manin, Paris, France (02/2009)....continue...
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NAI 5186

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon /
2009-10-27
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G m...
Performers:
Holl, Robert; Perry, Janet; Schreier, Peter
Ensemble:
Concentus Musicus Wien
Deutsche Grammophon celebrates Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 80th birthday with this 2-DVD release of rare, vintage, period Bach performances for the first time. Never released on DVD...continue...
Run Time: 270 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanis...continue...
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DGG B001347009

2 CD / /
2009-10-27
Works: Henry Purcell: Hail Bright Cecilia; George Frideric Handel: A Song for St Cecilia's Day; Franz Joseph Haydn: St Cecilia Mass, Hob. 22
Performers:
Baker, Neil; Barriere, Jean-Baptiste; Bates, David [Countertenor]; Caserio, Gilberto; Corti, Francesco; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard; Crowe, Lucy; Dahlin, Anders J.; Mazzoleni, Nicolas; Nadra, Die...
Ensemble:
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Recording information: MC2, Grenoble, France (01/2009)....continue...
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NAI 5183
6 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Jean Richafort: Christus resurgens; Adrian Willaert: Missa "Christus resurgens"; Magnificat sexti toni; Ave Maria, gratia plena; Orlando de Lassus: Missa "Entre vous filles"; Infelix ego; Missa "Susa...
Performers:
Beckley, Lisa; Crawford, Peter; Cummings, Laurence; Gedge, Nicholas; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd
Ensemble:
Royal Academy Consort
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NXS 8506024

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon /
2009-10-27
Works: Turlough O'Carolan: Carrickfergus; Traditional: Scarborough Fair; Loch Lomond; Danny Boy; Molly Malone; Blow the Wind Southerly; O Waly Waly (The Water is Wide); My Lagan Love; My Love is Like a Red,...
Performers:
Corr, Sharon; Findon, Andy; Keating, Ronan; Martin, Neil; Paricelli, John; Royal, Kate [Soprano]; Terfel, Bryn
Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Following the success of his previous popular albums 'Favorites' and 'Simple Gifts', Bryn Terfel turns his attention to the folk songs of the British Isles,...continue...
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DGG B001264202

1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: François Rebel: Zélindor, roi des Sylphes; Suite from 'Le Trophée'
Performers:
Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Grant Murphy, Heidi; Hong, Ah Young; Sharp, William [Baritone]
Ensemble:
Opera Lafayette Orchestra
First performed at Versailles in 1745, the opera ballet 'Zelindor' is a delightful rococo pastorale which found favour with Louis XV's mistress, Madame de Pompadour,...continue...
Recording information: Music Center of Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland, U (10/15/2007-10/16/2007)....continue...
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