Wigmore Hall Live > Baroque Period

J.S. Bach: Cello Suites / Colin Carr, cello

2 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2013-06-18

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Suite for Cello solo no 2 in D m...
Performers: Carr, Colin

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Bach & Beethoven / Maxim Vengerov, violin; Itamar Golan, piano

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2013-01-29

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; Henryk Wieniawski: Scherzo-Tarantelle i...
Performers: Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]

A virtuoso of legendary renown, Maxim Vengerov is acclaimed as a musician of the highest order.

Following a prodigious debut at the age of five,

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L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra - songs by Hahn, Tosti, Cilea, Cesti, Respighi, et al. / Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano; Donald Sulzen, piano

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2012-09-25

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Venezia, song cycle for voice & piano; Paolo Tosti: Quatro canzoni d'Amaranta, song cycle for voice & piano; A Marechiare; Francesco Cilèa: Serenata ("Mormorante di tenero desio")...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina [Soprano]; Sulzen, Donald

Anna Caterina Antonacci's enchanting recital entitled L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra (Dawn divides the light from the shadows) delves into a colourful landscape of French...continue...
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John Blow: Venus and Adonis

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2011-05-17

Works: John Blow: Chloe Found Amyntas Lying for voice & continuo; Ground for 2 violins & continuo in G minor; Venus and Adonis; Michel Lambert: Vos mespris chaque jour; Robert de Visée: Chaconne, for t...
Performers: Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Theatre of the Ayre

For this recording of Venus & Adonis on Wigmore Hall Live, Elizabeth Kenny, one of Europe's leading lute players and founder of the Theatre of...continue...
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Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a

2 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2011-02-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: Early Opera Company

Recorded for Wigmore Hall Live in January 2010 by the Early Opera Company, one of Britain’s leading early music ensembles, the group features contralto Hilary...continue...
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Handel: Nine German Arias / Davies

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2011-01-25

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Jubilate Domino, omnis terra, BuxWV 64; Henry Purcell: Gentle shepherds, you that know, song, Z. 464; What a sad fate is mine, a song on a Ground, Z. 428; An Evening Hymn to the ...
Performers: Davies, Iestyn
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Guadagni

Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best Young Artist 2009, countertenor Iestyn Davies demonstrated that he is the outstanding artist of his generation....continue...
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Miklós Perényi, Dénes Várjon play Bach, Brahms, Britten

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2010-06-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Benjamin Britten: Sonata for cello & piano in C major, Op. 65; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in F major, Op. ...
Performers: Perényi, Miklós [Cello]; Várjon, Dénes

Hungarian cellist Miklos Perenyi was a prize winner in the 1962 International Casals Competition held in Budapest. In 1974 he was appointed a teacher at...continue...
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Harpsichord: Haydn, Purcell

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2010-02-23

Works: Henry Purcell: Suite for Harpsichord no 4 in A minor, Z 663; Suite for Harpsichord no 2 in G minor, Z 661; A New Ground for Harpsichord in E minor, Z T682 "Welcome to all the pleasures"; Franz Joseph...
Performers: Pinnock, Trevor

To date, only one CD of historically informed performance has featured in the catalogue of Wigmore Hall Live. It is now joined by another disc:...continue...
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Not Just Dowland

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2010-02-23

Works: Philip Rosseter: Prelude, for lute; Robert Johnson: Away Delights, for soprano voice & 10-string lute; Oh, let us howl; Care charming sleep; Pavan 3 for lute in C minor; Have you seen but a white lil...
Performers: Wadsworth, Matthew

"Everything was so perfect, the evening seemed to pass in a flash," was The Independent's verdict on the Wigmore Hall recital in December 2008 by...continue...
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Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben, etc; Brahms: Songs Op. 57 / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Julius Drake

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-11-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106; Robert Schumann: Lieder aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a; Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Claude Debussy: Fantoches; George Frederick Handel: Theodora
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine

"The stillness achieved in the song which deals with the coming of the couple's child, 'Sußer Freund', is spellbinding, and the profundity of the expression...continue...

Rameau, Haydn, Chopin, etc / Cherkassky

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2007-05-22

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Gavotte et Doubles; Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 53 in E minor, H 16 no 34; Paul Hindemith: Sonatas (3) for Piano; Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no ...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura

"I doubt whether the F sharp minor Nocturne has ever been played as beautifully as here, and not even Hofmann could match Cherkassky's wistful introspection....continue...

Mahler, Handel, etc / Lieberson, Vignoles

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2007-04-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder (5); George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Theodora; Peter Lieberson: Rilke Songs (5); Ashoka's Dream, opera; Spoken Word: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's spoken introducti...
Performers: Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"The major work in Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson's recital is the five Ruckert settings of Mahler, whose orchestrally conceived piano parts are realised by Roger Vignoles. The...continue...

Fauré, Hahn, Head, Rossini, Handel: Songs and Arias/DiDonato

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2006-08-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 1 "Album italiano"; Anzoleta dopo la regata ("Ciapa un baso"), for voice & piano (La regata veneziana) (P...
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Drake, Julius [Piano]