Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal] > Contemporary Period

Jeanne D'Arc: Batailles & Prisons / Montserrat Figueras, Louise Moaty, Rene Zosso, Hesperion XXI - Jordi Savall

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-08-14

Works: Jordi Savall: Ballade de la Pucelle, for vocal ensemble (or instruments); Ce jour de l'an, rondeau for 3 lutes (after Guillaume Dufay); Fanfare "dit le Burguygnon", for ensemble (after an anonymous m...
Performers: Behringer, Michael; Biggi, Francis; Figueras, Montserrat; Guglielmi, Luca; Janda, Armin; Kiehr, Maria Cristina [Soprano Vocal]; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Lislevand, Rolf; Memelsdorff, Pedro; Wessel, Kai...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi;
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

Twenty years after his work on the soundtrack of Jacques Rivette's movie Jeanne la Pucelle, Jordi Savall returns to this powerful subject matter and presents...continue...
Recording information: Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (09/1993); Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains, Arsenal de Metz (09/1993); Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (12/20/2011-12/24/2011);...continue...

Heinz Holliger: Induuchlen

1 CD / ECM Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Heinz Holliger: Toronto-Exercises, for flute, clarinet, violin, harp & marimba; Puneigä, for voice, flute, clarinet, horn, viola, cello & percussion; Induuchlen, for voice & horn; Ma'Mounia, for...
Performers: Benda, Francois; Dahler, Jurg; Darbellay, Olivier; Dorduncu, Bahar; Haefliger, Daniel; Holliger, Ursula; Nopper, Sylvia; Renggli, Felix; Schmid, Elmar; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]; Wursch, Matth...
Conductors: Holliger, Heinz

The Independent
...the "Toronto-Exercises" offers the most satisfying arc. Bracing stuff - though a translation would be welcome.
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Sciarrino: Luci mie traditrici / Furrer, Stricker, et al

1 CD / Kairos Music Production / 2008-11-01

Works: Salvatore Sciarrino: Luci mie traditrici, opera
Performers: Jaunin, Simon; Katzameier, Otto; Stricker, Annette; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]

Olga Neuwirth: Lost Highway [Hybrid SACD]

2 Super Audio CD / Kairos Music Production / 2008-11-01

Works: Olga Neuwirth: Lost Highway, opera
Performers: Crowly, Vincent; Höldrich, Robert; Hauman, Constance; Hautzinger, Franz; Melnick, Jodi; Millwood, Grayson; Moss, David [Percussion]; Musil, Thomas; Niehaus, Gerhard; Nigl, Georg; Noisternig, Mar...
Conductors: Kalitzke, Johannes