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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...

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: Bélanger, Philippe; Beaulac, Stéphane; Boucher, Vincent; Gauvin, Karina; Hervieux, Marc; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Rousseau, Régis; 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...

Le Gala du 30e Anniversaire

2 CD / ATMA / 2010-01-26

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La rondine; Gioachino Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri; ...
Performers: Addis, Phillip; Beaudin, Pascale; Belanger, Antoine; Breault, Caroline; Claire, Layla; Corbisiero, Gianna; Dahl, Gregory; Dupuis, Etienne; Fiset, Marianne; Fortin, Lyne; Hervieux, Marc; Jakobsch, Ran...
Conductors: Trudel, Alain

In collaboration with Espace musique (Radio-Canada), ATMA Classique presents a double CD live recording of the gala concert marking the 30th anniversary of one of...continue...
Recording information: Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts, Montréal, Québ (12/06/2009)....continue...

Handel's Harp / Maxine Eilander, Cyndia Sieden, Stephen Stubbs, Seattle Baroque Orchestra

1 CD / ATMA / 2009-08-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Esther; Saul; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Giulio Cesare; Rinaldo; Concertos (6) for Organ, Op. 4; Alexander Balus
Performers: Eilander, Maxine; Sieden, Cyndia; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Conductors: Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Ensemble: Seattle Baroque Orchestra

Handel's complete music for harp on a single CD for the first time. Handel used the harp in everything from operas and oratorios to adaptations...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...

Naturally Handel

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-06-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Jephtha; Lotario, opera, HWV 26; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Alcina; Ottone; Athalia, HWV 52; Il pastor fido; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel)
Performers: Bleeke, Mark; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Molomot, Marc; Watson, Nathaniel
Conductors: Theffault, Joel; Milnes, Eric
Ensemble: ; Les Boréades de Montréal

The 'Naturally' series is a "green" series in eco-friendly packaging....continue...

Handel: Water Music / Bernard Labadie, Les Violons Du Roy

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-03-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Solomon
Conductors: Labadie, Bernard
Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy

"Bernard Labadie and his Les Violons du Roy have long demonstrated an affinity for Handel in their concert programs, including memorable Messiah performances and various...continue...

The Best Of Daniel Taylor

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-01-29

Works: Melchior Hoffmann: Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde, funeral cantata for voice, bells, strings & continuo (formerly BWV; Henry Purcell: Bid the virtues; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 200, "Be...
Performers: Kobow, Jan; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Taylor, Daniel; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Arion (Canada); Les Voix Humaines; Theatre of Early Music

Daniel Taylor is one of the most sought-after countertenors in the world today. This album represents a compilation taken from the almost twenty recordings Taylor...continue...

Handel - Suzie LeBlanc Portrait

1 CD / ATMA / 2006-07-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Overture for orchestra in D major, HWV 337; Giulio Cesare; Rodelinda; Gloria, for soprano & orchestra (discovered in 2001); As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel)
Performers: Bleeke, Mark; Guimond, Claire; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Weimann, Alexander
Conductors:
Ensemble: Académie Baroque de Montréal ; Arion (Canada); Les Boréades de Montréal

"This compilation of Handel performances by soprano Suzie LeBlanc, drawn from three previously released recordings made between 2001 and 2003, serves as an excellent introduction...continue...

Trumpet Tunes / Stéphane Beaulac, Vincent Boucher

1 CD / ATMA / 2006-04-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Trumpet Tune (from "The Indian Queen (as Z. 630/4a")) for harpsichord in C major ZT 698; Indian Queen, Z 630; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccat...
Performers: Beaulac, Stéphane; Boucher, Vincent

The words "eclectic" and "virtuosic" describe not only these two performers but as well, the works contained on this CD. These pieces are those they...continue...

Feux d'Artifice-Fireworks / Montréal Baroque Festival, et al

2 CD / ATMA / 2005-10-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Orazio Vecchi: Le Veglie di siena; François Devienne: Les Visitandines, opera; Nino Rota: Harp Concerto in G major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantat...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Destrube, Marc; Fialkowska, Janina [Piano]; Gauvin, Karina; Kulan, Aline; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Loiselle, Benoit; Lussier, Mathieu; Moisan, Andre; Plourde, Jean-Luc; ...
Conductors: ; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Labadie, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Les Boréades de Montréal ; Les Violons du Roy; Les Voix Humaines; Theatre of Early Music; Toronto Consort

'Music for the Royal Fireworks' (1749) had originally been composed, as instructed by King George II, for a large complement of "martial instruments only:" nine...continue...

Arianna a Naxos - Haydn, Mozart, etc / David D. Q. Lee

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: La Partenza, WoO 124; Ariettas (4) and a Duet, Op. 82; In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133; Franz Joseph Haydn: Arianna a Naxos ("Teseo mio ben"), cantata for soprano & keyboard, H....
Performers: Lee, David DQ; Nezet-Seguin, Yannick

Lost is my quiet / Daniel Taylor, Nancy Argenta, et al

2 CD / ATMA / 2003-10-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel)
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Bleeke, Mark; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Molomot, Marc; Taylor, Daniel [Countertenor]; Watson, Nathaniel
Conductors: Milnes, Eric;
Ensemble: Theatre of Early Music

Handel: Love Duets / LeBlanc, Taylor, Stubbs, Arion Ensemble

1 CD / ATMA / 2002-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Giulio Cesare; Overture for orchestra in D major, HWV 337; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Rodelinda; MEDLEY
Performers: Guimond, Claire; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Arion (Canada)

Handel, Vivaldi: Gloria / LeBlanc, Weimann, Montréal Baroque

1 CD / ATMA / 2001-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Gloria, for soprano & orchestra (discovered in 2001); Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in D major, Op. 5/2, HWV 397; Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/2, HWV 290; Der ...
Performers: Lariviere, Sophie; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Little, Margaret; Mahler, Christina; McClain, Washington; Milnes, Eric; Plouffe, Helene; Verrette, Christopher; Weimann, Alexander

Handel: Sacred Arias / Taylor, Huggett, Ensemble Arion

1 CD / ATMA / 2001-10-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul; Der Messias; Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.3/6, HWV 317; Solomon; Theodora
Performers: Huggett, Monica; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Huggett, Monica
Ensemble: Arion (Canada)

Countertenor Daniel Taylor's first CD with orchestra includes vocal and instrumental excerpts from four oratorios by Handel: Saul, Messiah, Solomon and Theodora. "The beauty of...continue...

Bach, Handel, Telemann: Suites concertantes / Kuijken, etc

1 CD / ATMA / 2001-08-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture, suite for 2 recorders, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in A minor, TWV 55; Johann Bernhard Bach: Orchestral Suite, for strings & continuo in G minor; Johann Sebastian Ba...
Performers: Remillard, Chantal
Conductors: Kuijken, Barthold
Ensemble: Arion (Canada)

Handel: Ouvertures / Thiffault, Montreal Baroque Orchestra

1 CD / ATMA / 1999-04-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Jephtha; Lotario, opera, HWV 26; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Alcina; Ottone; Athalia, HWV 52; Il pastor fido
Performers: McClain, Washington; Ngai, Emlyn
Conductors: Theffault, Joel

With more than seventy vocal works for the stage and the concert hall, Handel left us as many instrumental overtures. In these is crystallized his...continue...

Harpsichord Music Collection / Catherine Perrin

1 CD / ATMA / 1998-10-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Prélude for harpsichord in A minor (Premier livre de pièces de clavecin); George Frederick Handel: Prelude for keyboard in E major, HWV 566; Jan Pieterszoon Sweeli...
Performers: Perrin, Catherine

Gramophone Magazine
An excellent idea. Canadian harpsichordist Catherine Perrin makes five suites out of assorted preludes by composers old and new, with Bach forming the inevitable...continue...

Théâtre Musical - Schmelzer, et al / Les Boréades Montreal

1 CD / ATMA / 1998-05-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Griselda, RV 718; Jean-Féry Rebel: Les Caractères de la danse, ballet; George Frederick Handel: Acis & Galatea (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Johann Heinr...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Boréades de Montréal