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Joseph Martin Kraus: Miserere; Requiem; Stella Coeli / Michael Schneider, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2009-09-29

Works: Joseph Martin Kraus: Miserere VB in C minor; Requiem, for 4 voices, chorus, 2 horns, strings & continuo in D minor, Vb. 1; Stella coeli, for 4 voices, chorus, 2 horns, 2 flutes, strings, organ & cont...
Performers: Abele, Ekkehard; Blessing-Leyhausen, Annemei; Pregardien, Julian; Schuller, Carmen
Conductors: Schneider, Michael
Ensemble: La Stagione Orchestra (Frankfurt)

Joseph Martin Kraus was born in the same year as Mozart and died only one year after him; like him, he was also a musician...continue...

Nicolai: Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor / Schirmer, Banse, Korondi, Markert, von Bothmer, et al

2 CD / CPO / 2008-10-28

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Bothmer, Ferdinand von; Dries, Michael; Eiche, Markus; Karondi, Anna; Markert, Annette; Reiter, Alfred; Schmitt, Maximilian [Tenor Vocal]; Stephinger, Christoph
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

Otto Nicolai composed the music for 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' during 1845-49. This opera, destined to become his German-language masterpiece, initially had trouble finding...continue...

Cimarosa: Dixit Dominus / Pirona, Rizzone, Rottensteiner, Bonfatti, Haydn Orchestra, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2008-03-25

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Dixit Dominus, for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Bonfatti, Gregory; Rottensteiner, Sylvia
Conductors: Pirona, Fabio
Ensemble: Bolzano-Trento Haydn Orchestra

Domenico Cimarosa contributed significantly to the development of the opera during the second half of the eighteenth century. He was held in great esteem by...continue...

Lully: Thésée / O'Dette, Stubbs, Crook, van der Kamp, et al

3 CD / CPO / 2007-06-26

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Thésée, opera, LWV 51
Performers: Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Cube, Moritz von; Doren, Yulia Van; Engebreth, Aaron; Forsythe, Amanda; Hargis, Ellen; Laquerre, Olivier; Lebel, Mireille; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Molomot, Marc...

"...recognition is due to the brilliant period-violinist who, as first-desk "leader", draws wonderful discipline and spirit from the ensemble. The sound is full-bodied and well-balanced....continue...

Sullivan: The Rose of Persia / Higgins, et al

2 CD / CPO / 2005-08-16

Works: Arthur Sullivan: The Rose of Persia (The Story-Teller and the Slave), operetta; Overture di ballo, for orchestra in E major; HMS Pinafore; Pirates of Penzance; Mikado; Yeomen of the Guard; MacBeth
Performers: Bellamy, Marcia; Black, Lynton; Caddy, Ian; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Harrison, Sally; Henry, Claire; Morrison, Richard; Pendleton, Claire; Roddy, Alison; Sharpe, Ivan; Smith, Marilyn Hill [Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Higgins, Tom
Ensemble: Hanover Band

'The Rose of Persia' was supposed to mark a new long-term collaboration between Sir Arthur Sullivan and dramatist Basil Hood after Sullivan's falling out with...continue...

Theile: Canzonettas, Arias / Rémy, Partowi, Buchin

1 CD / CPO / 2005-06-21

Works: Johann Theile: Mein ungefälschter Herz, canzonetta for voices, strings & continuo (Weltlich Arien un Canzonetten); Gehab dich wohl, o Schönste, aria for voices, strings & continuo (Weltlich...
Performers: Kaiser, Henning; Partowi, Schirin; Vieweg, Matthias
Conductors: Remy, Ludger
Ensemble: Les Amis de Philippe

During his lifetime, Johann Theile was regarded as one of the outstanding contrapuntists of his era. These delightful arias and conzonettas display Theile's compositional skill...continue...

Lehár: Der Rastelbinder / Graf, Muliar, Hobarth, et al

2 CD / CPO / 2004-10-19

Works: Franz Lehár: Der Rastelbinder
Performers: Christian, Jan; Cornu, Jean Pierre; Dallapozza, Adolf; Danell, Trixi; Dobravsky, Karl; Felling, Benno; Hauser, Reinhard; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Hobarth, Elfriede; Jirku, Christine; Knaup, Ferdinand...
Conductors: Graf, Hans
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lehar's first opera, 'Der Rastelbinder', was an immediate success and founded the fame of the operetta's young rising star. Here, all the essential ingredients of...continue...

S. Wagner: Die Heilige Linde / Albert, Wegner, et al

3 CD / CPO / 2003-10-01

Works: Siegfried Wagner: Die heilige Linde, opera, Op. 15
Performers: Georg, Mechthild; Halmai, Katalin; Heidbuchel, Hein; Horn, Volker; Kruzel, Adam; Kwon, Soon-Dong; Lukic, Ksenja; Otten, Josef; Scharnke, Thorsten; Schellenberger, Dagmar; Trekel, Roman; Wegner, John
Conductors: Albert, Werner Andreas
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Chorus

Siegfried Wagner was a cosmopolitan who loved Italy and a philo-Semite whom Joseph Goebbels characterized in a journal entry from 1926 as 'feminine, good-hearted somewhat...continue...

Yun: Complete Symphonies / Kim, Ukigaya

4 CD / CPO / 2003-02-01

Works: Isang Yun: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 4 "Singing in the dark"; Symphony no 5; Exemplum in Memoriam Kwangju; My Land, My People
Performers: Myung-Sil, Kim; Pak, Sun-Chai; Yong-Yin, Han; Young-Ok, Kim
Conductors: Ukigaya, Takao; Byung, Hwa Kim
Ensemble: Bydgoszcz Symphony Orchestra; Democratic Republic of Korea Chorus; Peoples Republic Korea State Symphony Orchestra

Stölzel: Christmas Oratorio Cantatas no 6-10 / Remy, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2001-07-01

Works: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Das Alte ist vergangen, cantata for soloists & ensemble; Das Ende eines Dinges ist besser denn sein Anfang, cantata for soloists & ensemble; Alles, was ihr tut mit Wo...
Performers: Kobow, Jan; Mertens, Klaus; Schwarz, Britta
Conductors: Remy, Ludger
Ensemble: Weimarer Barock-Ensemble

Perhaps Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel was cpo's most important discovery over the past few years. Anyone who listens to even a few bars of his music...continue...

Lehár: Frühling / Goritzki, Krahnenfeld, Browner, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2001-06-01

Works: Franz Lehár: Frühling (Frühlingsmädel), operetta; Elfentanz, concert waltz for orchestra, NV 64; Magyar ábránd (Hungarian Fantasy), for violin & string quartet, Op. 45, ...
Performers: Browner, Alison; Kohler, Markus; Worle, Robert
Conductors: Goritzki, Johannes
Ensemble: German Chamber Academy Neuss

Throughout his life, Franz Lehar feared nothing more than becoming a prisoner of rigid convention. Musical cabarets like "The Hell" enjoyed great popularity, bravely departing...continue...

Stölzel: Christmas Oratorio Vol 1, Cantatas 1-5 / Rémy

1 CD / CPO / 2000-06-01

Works: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Ach, daá die Hülfe aus Zion über Israel käme, cantata; Ehre sie Gott in der Höhe, cantata; Ich sehe den Himmel offen, cantata; Ihr sollt ni...
Performers: Kobow, Jan; Mertens, Klaus; Schwarz, Britta

"...Taken on its own merits, the quality of Stolzel's music is very high...it deserves far more attention than we have given it...The performances from singers...continue...

Rolle: Christmas Oratorio / Rémy, Anders, Schwarz, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1997-10-01

Works: Johann Heinrich Rolle: Christmas Oratorio
Performers: Anders, Gundula; Jochens, Wilfried; Schmidt, Dirk; Schwarz, Britta
Conductors: Rémy, Ludger
Ensemble: Michaelstein Chamber Choir; Telemann Chamber Orchestra, Michaelstein

"...Rolle's dates (1716-85) place him one full generation younger than Bach, so by the time of this oratorio (1769) Bach's severe contrapuntal style was a...continue...

Telemann: Damon / Michael Schneider, La Stagione Frankfurt

3 CD / CPO / 1997-07-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Die Satyrn in Arkadien (Damon), opera in 3 acts, TWV 21
Performers: Biegel, Erik; Gebhardt, Carl-Christof; Georg, Mechthild; Lunen, Camille van; Monoyios, Ann; Schopper, Michael; Schwarz, Gotthold; Smits, Stefanie
Conductors: Schneider, Michael
Ensemble: La Stagione Vocal Ensemble

"...Damon is apparently the first opera from [Telemann's] pen to come down to us complete...Michael Schneider directs a strong cast in this first recording. Ann...continue...

Spohr: Faust / Moull, Jennings, Taha, Vier, von Jordis

2 CD / CPO / 1994-03-01

Works: Louis Spohr: Faust, opera, WoO 51, WoO 51a
Performers: Abbott, Drew; Bric, Ion; Eichwalder, Martin; Jardis, Eelco von; Jennings, Diane; Kelger, Helmut; Kowollik, Maria; Neuweiler, Ulrich; Nicola, Simone; Pugh, William; Taha, Claudia; Vier, Michael; Walke...
Conductors: Moull, Geoffrey
Ensemble: Bielefeld Opera Choir