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Handel: Opera Arias / Nathalie Stutzmann, Roy Goodman

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: Orlando; Aci, Galatea e Polifemo; Rinaldo; Giulio Cesare; Floridante; Partenope; Radamisto
Performers: Diaz, Raul
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Hanover Band

Contralto Nathalie Stutzmann was not yet 30 years of age when she made this extraordinarily dramatic recording of arias from Handel's Italian operas. It showcases...continue...
Recording information: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London (10/1991)....continue...

Allegri: Miserere / Stephen Cleobury

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Exsultate Deo; Peccantem me quotidie; Tu es Petrus, motet for 7 voices (from Motets Book I); Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus à 8; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Lauda S...
Performers: Wright, Andrew
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen

This CD makes a soundtrack to the great theatre that was Roman worship in the 16th and 17th centuries, providing nearly 50 minutes of uplifting...continue...
Recording information: Westminster Cathedral, London, England (06/1982)....continue...

Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Works

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op. 13; Isle of the Dead, Op. 29; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; The Rock, Op. 7; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 44; Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; The Bell...
Performers: Kaludov, Kaludi; Leiferkus, Sergei
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles

Fanfare
The disc of choral-orchestral music is the most consistently fine of the four. The Bells is one of the best-sounding performances in the set, and...continue...

Handel: Coronation Anthems / Marriner

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; The King Shall Rejoice, coronation anthem no 2 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 260; Alleluia; Coronation Anthems (4); Judas Maccabaeus
Performers: Dean, Robert; Rodgers, Joan; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Ross, Alastair
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

Recording information: St. John's, Smith Square, London (06/1984)....continue...

J.S. Bach: Great Choral Works

9 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Cantata no 10, "Meine Seel erhebt den Herren," BWV 10 (BC A175); Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Ackermann, Manfred; Ahrans, Allan; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Andre, Maurice; Barchet, Siegfried; Berry, Walter; Dohn, Robert; Ellenbeck, Dieter; Hartmann, Karl-Otto; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Voca...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl

Karl Munchinger and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra were pioneers of the late 1960s and 1970s Baroque revival, offering more authentic performance practice from small-scale forces...continue...