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Una Follia di Napoli 1725 - Concertos and Sinfonias for recorder from 1725 / Maurice Steger, recorder

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-10-09

Works: Domenico Natale Sarro: Chamber Concerto for recorder, 2 violins, viola & continuo in A minor; Maurice Steger: Improvisation for recorder & ensemble on Alessandro Scarlatti's partita "Follia di Spagna...
Performers: Übellacker, Margit; Caminti, Daniele; Chen, Anais; Donatis, Fiorenza de; Gasser, Brigitte; Kitaya, Naoki; Marocchi, Stefano; Moretto, Vanni; Rognoni, Andrea; Steger, Maurice; Valli, Mauro
Conductors: Steger, Maurice

Among the many pilgrims who journeyed to Naples in the 'holy year' of 1725 was a certain Johann Joachim Quantz, who would later become the...continue...
Recording information: Reformed Church, Arlesheim, Switzerland (11/2011)....continue...

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: A Tribute / McGegan

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Theodora; Messiah; Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, HWV 96; Susanna; Radamisto; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Arianna; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Gottfried Heinrich Stölz...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Bowles, David; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Collel, Bjorn; David Tayler [Lute/Guitar]; Freiberg, Sarah; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; LeGuin, Elisabeth; Linsenberg, Judith; McGe...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Freiburger Barockorchester; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

This set is a tribute to the supreme artistry of mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954-2006). It gathers together some of the finest recordings of arias...continue...

Kittel: Arias and Cantatas / René Jacobs

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-07-13

Works: Caspar Kittel: Aria 14, Ein ieglich Ding hat seine Zeit; Aria 8, Ihr schwarzen Augen, ihr; Aria 17, Als ich nechst war ausspazieret; Aria 3, Coridon, der gieng betrübet; Aria 23, Oime Amor, wie ...
Performers: Balestracci, Guido; Bereuter, Armin; Beyer, Amandine; Cremonesi, Attilio; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Lima, Juan-Sebastian; Nishiyama, Marie; Ovenden, Jeremy; Snell, Martin; Stojkovic, Joha...
Conductors: Jacobs, René

Recording information: Alte Kirche, Kanton Aargau, Suisse (07/1999); Künstlerhaus Boswil (07/1999)....continue...

Schütz: Musikalische Exequien / Herreweghe, Chapelle Royale

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-04-14

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien (Funeral Music), for double chorus & continuo, SWV 279-281 (Op. 7); Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, motet for soprano, alto, 2 tenors, bass & continuo, SWV...
Performers: Cable, Jonathan; de Reyghere, Greta; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Jansen, Jan Willem; Junghanel, Konrad; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Lamy, Herve [Tenor Vocals]; Lika, Peter; Machart, Renaud; Mello...
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale Chorus Paris; La Chapelle Royale Paris

BBC Music Magazine
From early-Baroque Germany no more heart-felt funeral meditation exists than Schütz's Exequien, supplemented here by six exquisite motets. This superb chamber-scale p...continue...

Gesualdo: Madrigals / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-04-14

Works: Carlo Gesualdo: Madrigals, Book 3; Canzon francese à 4; Madrigals, Book 4; Work(s); Madrigals, Book 5; Asciugate i begli occhi; Madrigals, Book 6
Performers: Bellocq, Eric; Lawrence-King, Andrew
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Gramophone Magazine
Les Arts Florissants recorded this more than 20 years ago and... its hardly aged at all. This includes excerpts from Books 3 and 6,...continue...

Venezia 1625 / Maurice Steger, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-04-14

Works: Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata for solo violin no 2 (Sonata seconda); Sonata for solo violin no 3; Sonata for solo violin no 4; Sonata for solo violin no 6; Marco Uccellini: Sinfonie boscareccie, ...
Performers: Barczi, Péter; Beuse, Christian; Borhi, Éva; Boysen, Thomas C.; Ciomei, Sergio; Frey, Sabrina; Kitaya, Naoki; Perl, Hille; Santana, Lee; Steger, Maurice; Temmingh, Stefan; Valli, Mauro

Venice, 1625: the city of the doges is one of the principal artistic centers of Europe. At the Cappella San Marco, a profoundly original style...continue...

The Elfin Knight / Joel Frederiksen, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-09-11

Works: English Traditional: Whittingham Fair, folk song ("The Elfin Knight"); Greensleeves, folk song; Go from My Window, folk song; Fortune My Foe; Scarborough Fair; Anonymous, English: Walsingham; Lord Da...
Performers: Evans, Timothy Leigh; Frederiksen, Joel; Marincic, Domen; Schwannberger, Sven; Weigl, Helmut
Conductors: Frederiksen, Joel
Ensemble: Ensemble Phoenix Munich

A basso with exceptional timbre, Frederiksen has done his homework and is now able to revive a whole host of folk ballads that are at...continue...

Lully: Petits Motets / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-07-11

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Omnes gentes plaudite, motet for 3 voices & continuo, LWV 77/10; Regina coeli, LWV 77 no 12; O sapientia in misterio, motet for 3 voices & continuo, LWV 77/11; Laudate pueri Domi...
Performers: Bellocq, Eric; Boyer, Marie; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Fauché, François; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Martin, Frédéric [Violin]; Steyer, Arlette; Zanetti, Moni...

Marais: Suites pour Viole de Gambe / Quintana, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-04-11

Works: Marin Marais: Suite for viola da gamba & continuo in D major (Pièces de viole, Book III, Nos. 40-58); Suite for viola da gamba & continuo in A minor (Pièces de viole, Book V, Nos. 1-16); Su...
Performers: Costoyas, Dolores; Cremonesi, Attilio; Quintana, Juan Manuel

BBC Music Magazine
Quintana offers accomplished and stylish interpretations of these glorious pieces, combining a lightness of touch in the dance movements with more vigorous, muscular...continue...

Classical Express - English Country Dances / Lawrence-King

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2002-11-01

Works: English Traditional: Tom Scarlett; Old Simon the King; The Bear's Dance; Hunsdon House; Sir Martin Marah's Jigg; Fy Nay, Prithee John!; The Mock Glory of the West; The Glory of the Sun; Faronell's Di...
Performers: Douglass, David; Lawrence-King, Andrew; O'Dette, Paul

"Entrancing" -Fanfare...continue...

Cavalli: Xerse / Jacobs, Nelson, Gall, Concerto Vocale

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2000-11-14

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Xerse, opera
Performers: Bach, Gottfried; Dieltiens, Roel; Elwes, John; Fauche, Francois; Feldman, Jill [Soprano Vocals]; Gall, Jeffrey; Jacobs, Rene; Junghanel, Konrad; Mellon, Agnes [Soprano Vocal]; Mey, Guy de; Nelson, Ju...
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale

"Xerse" was written using the libretto that Handel also used, 84 years later. The text adopted here is that of its premiere in Venice in...continue...

Marais: Suites pour Viole de Gambe / Quintana, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2000-01-11

Works: Marin Marais: Suite for viola da gamba & continuo in D major (Pièces de viole, Book III, Nos. 40-58); Suite for viola da gamba & continuo in A minor (Pièces de viole, Book V, Nos. 1-16); Le...
Performers: Costoyas, Dolores; Quintana, Juan Manuel

Marin Marais was one of the most famous musicians at the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV at a time when French music flowered....continue...