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Vivaldi: 6 Concertos for Flute / Jennifer Stinton, et al

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-10-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 4...
Performers: Harper, Celia; Jeffrey, Robin; Stinton, Jennifer
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

This performance brings together a prominent virtuoso of the modern flute with a major conductor of the early-music movement in a unique collaboration. In addition...continue...

Bach: Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord BWV 1014-1019 / Susanne Lautenbacher

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-10-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 5 in F minor, BWV 1018; Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 2 in A major, BWV 1015; Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord no 4 in C minor, BWV...
Performers: Galling, Martin; Lautenbacher, Suzanne

Generations of music lovers were introduced to Bach's instrumental masterworks through these classic Vox recordings from the 1960's, which still hold up remarkably well. Together...continue...

French and Italian Discoveries 1200-1700 / Alfred Deller, Deller Consort, et al

6 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-08-11

Works: Anonymous: Pater noster commiserans, conductus; Alleluja christus resurgens with clausula, Mors (Hallelujah for the fourth Sunday after Easter); Hoquetus; Amor potest conqueri, motet; El Mois de mai;...
Performers: Brown, Wilfred; Cantelo, April; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; Gabb, Harry; Leonhardt, Gustav; Leonhardt, Marie; Malcolm, George; McLoughlin, Eileen; Scheiwein, Robert; Ward, David
Conductors: ; Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien; Deller Consort; London Chamber Players

These landmark recordings of French and Italian Renaissance music led the Early Music movement into previously uncharted territory. These ground breaking recordings of Monteverdi, including...continue...

Alfred Deller Vol 4 - Music of Handel & Bach - The English Renaissance

6 CD / Musical Concepts / 2009-03-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Jephtha; MEDLEY; Orlando; L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Rinaldo; Theodora; Coronation Anthems (4); Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74; Alexander's Feast, HWV...
Performers: Bevan, Maurice; Brown, Wilfred; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; English, Gerald; Frost, John; Leonhardt, Gustav; Lester, Harold; McLoughlin, Eileen; Poulter, Eileen; Rudolf, Richard; Sh...
Conductors: Lewis, Anthony; Deller, Alfred; Leonhardt, Gustav;
Ensemble: ; Deller Consort; Ensemble of Baroque Instruments; Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V

This is Volume 4 in a series of 6 special Multi-CD sets of the Complete Vanguard Recordings of Alfred Deller. The Deller Consort, Gustav Leonhardt...continue...

Handel: Theodora / Somary, Harper, Forrester, Young, et al

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-10-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Theodora, HWV 68
Performers: Fleet, Edgar; Forrester, Maureen; Harper, Heather; Lawrenson, John; Lehane, Maureen; Lester, Harold; Young, Alexander
Conductors: Somary, Johannes;
Ensemble: AmorArtis Chamber Choir; English Chamber Orchestra

Theodora was a favorite with Handel himself. This Classic Vanguard account is traditional in style and is directed by an understanding and intelligent Handelian, Johannes...continue...

Alfred Deller - The Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 2 - Music of Henry Purcell

7 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-09-02

Works: Henry Purcell: Fantasia upon a Ground in D major, Z 731; Music for a while; I love and I must, Z 382 "Bell Barr"; Let the dreadful engines (from "Don Quixote"), song, Z. 578/3; Oedipus, Z 583; Fairy ...
Performers: Baines, Francis; Bergmann, Walter; Bevan, Maurice; Brown, Wilfred; Cantelo, April; Clift, Dennis; Dales, Ellen; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; English, Gerald; Eskdale, George; Friedma...
Conductors: Leonhardt, Gustav; Deller, Alfred; Tippett, Michael; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: ; Deller Consort; Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble

The Art of Alfred Deller - Classic Vanguard Recordings

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-03-04

Works: English Traditional: The Three Ravens, folk song; The Cuckoo; The Oak and the Ash (North Country Maid), folk song; King Henry, folk song; Greensleeves, folk song; Scottish Traditional: Barbara Allen,...
Performers: Bergmann, Walter; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupre, Desmond; Leonhardt, Gustav
Conductors: ; Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: ; Deller Consort; Ensemble of Baroque Instruments; Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Wenzinger Consort of V

"Alfred Deller's singing is beguiling and timeless; (Purcell) "Music for a while" (is) from a number of songs which exhibit his essential mastery: everything from...continue...

Baroque Bohemia & Beyond Vol 4 / Spurny, et al

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-01-08

Works: Josef Myslivecek: Sinfonia in C major, Op. 1/3; Sinfonia in D major, Op. 1/6; Jan Adam Gallina: Sinfonia in E flat major; Jan Nepomuk Vent: Sinfonia in E flat major; Josef Bárta: Sinfonia in F m...
Performers: Adam, Zdenek; Mazákova, Romana; Spurny, Vojtech
Conductors: Spurny, Vojtech
Ensemble: Bohemian Baroque

The Czech influence on The Classical Symphony in the 18th century was significant. As one Czech historian put it: "Almost all the musical sources which...continue...

George Frideric Handel: Semele

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2007-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Deller, Mark; Fleet, Edgar; Lester, Harold; Palmer, Felicity; Taylor, Neilson; Tear, Robert; Vocals], Justino Diaz [Bass Baritone
Conductors: Somary, Johannes

Baroque Bohemia & beyond / Spurny, et al

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2007-06-12

Works: Georg Anton Benda: Symphony no 4 in F major; Josef Bárta: Sinfonia for orchestra in C minor; Franz Xaver Richter: Harpsichord Concerto in E minor; Johann Stamitz: Sinfonia Pastorale in D major, ...
Performers: Spurny, Vojtech
Conductors: Spurny, Vojtech
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

Richter, Stamitz and Vanhal in particular influenced and even inspired Haydn & Mozart who played Vanhal's music and who both played with him in a...continue...

Baroque Bohemia & Beyond Vol 2

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2007-06-12

Works: Johann Baptist Vanhal: Symphony in G minor, Bryan g2; Frantisek Xaver Dussek: Symphony in C major; Franz Xaver Brixi: Harpsichord Concerto in G major; Anton Wranitzky: Symphony in C minor
Performers: Spurny, Vojtech
Conductors: Spurny, Vojtech

One of the Czech composers to progress from baroque style to that of preclassicism, Brixi is now credited with preparing Prague for the subsequent arrival...continue...

Baroque Bohemia & Beyond Vol 3

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2007-06-12

Works: Georg Ignaz: Sinfonia pastoralis in C major; Leopold Antonin Kozeluch: Symphony in G minor; Franz Xaver Brixi: Symphony in D major; Antoine Reicha: Symphony in E flat major, Op. 41
Performers: Spurny, Vojtech
Conductors: Spurny, Vojtech

One of the Czech composers to progress from baroque style to that of preclassicism, Brixi is now credited with preparing Prague for the subsequent arrival...continue...