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Vivaldi: Concertos for the Emperor [CD+Catalog] / Andrew Manze, The English Concert

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-03-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in C major, RV 189; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in E major ("L'amoroso"), RV 271; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in C min...
Performers: Manze, Andrew
Conductors: Manze, Andrew
Ensemble: The English Concert

Andrew Manze, leading The English Concert in their second recording together, demonstrates the electrifying, spontaneous style of playing which has made him one of the...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London (02/15/2004-02/17/2004)....continue...

Il Caro Sassone: Handel in Italy / Lucy Crowe, soprano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dietro l'orme fuggaci, HWV 105 "Armida abbandonata"; Delirio Amoroso, HWV 99; Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a; Salve Regina, antiphon for soprano, strings, org...
Performers: Crowe, Lucy
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: The English Concert

Young British soprano Lucy Crowe is poised to take the opera world by storm. Her powerful, expressive performances have been hailed on both sides of...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London, UK (08/2010)....continue...

Mr Corelli in London: Recorder Concertos, La Follia

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-04-13

Works: Francesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso, for 2 violins, viola, cello, strings & continuo no 10 in F major (after Corelli 5/; Concerto Grosso, for 2 violins, viola, cello, strings & continuo no 8 in A mi...
Performers: Steger, Maurice
Conductors:
Ensemble: The English Concert

Any eighteenth-century English gentleman wishing to signal his impeccable taste in music would often do so by referring to the works of Arcangelo Corelli, whose...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London, England (07/2009)....continue...

Biber: Missa Christi resurgentis / Manze, English Concert

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-09-09

Works: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Duet for 2 Trumpets no 1 in C major; Missa Christi Resurgentis, for solo voices, double chorus, orchestra & continuo, C. 3 (B. I 103); Sonata à 6; Fidicinium sa...
Performers: Bennett, Mark; Harrison, Michael [trumpet]; Manze, Andrew
Conductors: Manze, Andrew
Ensemble: The English Concert

Mozart: Violin Concertos K 216, 218 & 219 / Manze, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-01-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K. 218; Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219
Performers: Manze, Andrew
Conductors: Manze, Andrew
Ensemble: The English Concert

"Magic moments abound Haromonia Mundi's release reserves a glowing recommendation. Here's a Mozart-year offering that shouldn't become less beguiling, even by the next celebration in...continue...