Baritone > Cantata/Oratorio

J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Ascension Day - Lfenneke Ruiten, Meg Bragle, Andrew Tortise, Dietrich Henschel / Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2013-04-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 43, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen" BWV 43; Cantata no 37, "Wer da gläubet und getauft wird" (incomplete), BWV 37; Cantata no 128, "Auf Christi Himmelfahrt ...
Performers: Henschel, Dietrich; Ruiten, Lenneke; Tortise, Andrew
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: ; Monteverdi Choir

The ambitious Bach Cantata Pilgrimage recording project is finally truly complete! The Ascension Cantatas were left unrecorded in 2000 due to noise issues, but were...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, England (2012-05-10&2012-05-11_2012-)....continue...

Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen: Christmas and sacred music by J.S. Bach, Telemann & Handel / Lucia Popp, soprano (rec. 1982)

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen (Psalm 111), TWV 714; George Frederick Handel: Samson, HWV 57; Messiah, HWV 56; Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248; Cant...
Performers: Doll, Susanne; Hynninen, Jorma; Popp, Lucia; Reinhart, Carole Dawn; Schuster, Frits [Double Bass]; Sekreve, Henk; Waterman, Joël; Waterman, Robert
Conductors: Voorberg, Marinus

Acanta presents this 1982 re-issue of Christmas and sacred music featuring soprano Lucia Popp. During this time Lucia Popp had reached the height of her...continue...

Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Cantata no 140; Mass in B minor; George Frederick Han...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; Beniston, Paul; Bowley, John; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Harper, Heather; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Lott, Felici...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Neumann, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Tennstedt, Klaus; Pappano, Antonio;...

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel...continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Elgar: The Apostles / Sir Mark Elder, Halle Orchestra and Choir

2 CD / Halle Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Edward Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
Performers: Coote, Alice; Evans, Rebecca; Groves, Paul; Imbrailo, Jacques; Kempster, David; Sherratt, Brindley
Conductors: Elder, Mark

This new release presents the oratorio planned to open the trilogy, the lesser-known and under-served work The Apostles, in a performance The Guardian described as...continue...
Recording information: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (05/05/2012)....continue...

A Year With Jesus / Gloria, Miserere, Stabat Mater, Magnificat, Requiem by Bach, Pergolesi, Mozart et al. / Véronique Gens, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Andrew Parrott, Riccardo Muti et al.

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, cantata, BWV 123; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; Magnificat, BWV 243; Herz und Mund und ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gens, Veronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Lesne, Gerard; Neilz, Jacques; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Veyron-Lacroix, Robert
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Herreweghe, Philippe; Christophers, Harry; Hill, David; Cleobury, Stephen; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Lara, Francisco; ; Hillier, Paul; Plasson, Michel; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Willcocks, David;...
Ensemble: ; Brunel Ensemble; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Il Seminario Musicale; La Petite Bande; Taverner Players; The Hilliard Ensemble; The Sixteen (Choir)

From Easter Sunday to All Saints' Day, A Year with Jesus is the ultimate collection of sacred music to help celebrate the Christian holidays. This...continue...

Bernardo Pasquini: Cain & Abel, oratorio / Parizzi, Cipriani, Panzeri, Dirckinck, Boden

1 CD / New Pan / 2012-12-06

Works: Alessandro Stradella: Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in F major, 7. 3-6; Bernardo Pasquini: Caino e Abele, oratorio for 5 voices & orchestra; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata a 4, for 2 violins, violetta &...
Performers: Cavina, Claudio; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Galante, Andreana; Marchi, Alessandro de; Ragni, Nadia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de
Ensemble: ; Il Teatro Armonica

The name of Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1717) has until now been associated above all with his music for keyboard, a situations perhaps explained by the fact...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S.Salvatore in Lauro, Rome, Italy (04/1990)....continue...

Orff: Carmina Burana; Catulli Carmina; Trionf di Afrodite / Putz, Grobe, Cousins, McDaniel et al. Ferdinand Leitner

3 CD / Acanta / 2012-10-30

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Catulli Carmina, scenic cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Trionfo di Afrodite, scenic concert in 7 scenes
Performers: Becker, Werner; Bode, Hannelore; Cousins, Michael; Durrler, Brigitte; Grobe, Donald; Hermann, Roland; Kaufhold, Karl; Malone, Carol; Maxen, Toni; McDaniel, Barry; Nocker, Hans Gunther; Peysang, Andre...
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand
Ensemble: ; Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra

In these complete recordings Ferdinand Leitner conducts the Kölner Rundfunkchor, the Tölzer Knabenchor and the Kölner-Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester. The soloists featured are Ruth-Margret ...continue...

Haydn: The Seasons / Helen Donath, Adalbert Kraus, Kurt Widmer / Wolfgang Gonnenwein

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Kraus, Adalbert; Widmer, Kurt
Conductors: Gönnenwein, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Suddeutches Madrigalchor

Joseph Haydn was not only a prolific orchestral and chamber music writer, but also a fine vocal composer who produced many songs during his extensive...continue...

Mendelssohn: Elijah / Rosemary Joshua, Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray, Simon Keenlyside. Paul McCreesh

2 CD / Signum UK / 2012-09-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Ballard, Lucy; Boden, Samuel; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Davies, Robert [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gaunt, William; Gibbins, Ruth; Gilmour, Susan; Jones, Emily Rowley [Soprano Vocal]; Joshua...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Wrocaw Philharmonic Choir

At the time of its first performances in 1846, Elijah was hailed as one of the great oratorios alongside Handel's Messiah. It tells the story...continue...

Joseph Martin Kraus: Der Tod Jesu / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra & Choir - Helmut Wolf

1 CD / Carus / 2012-08-28

Works: Joseph Martin Kraus: Der Tod Jesu, oratorio for soprano, alto, bass, chorus & orchestra, Vb. 17; Kom! din herdestaf att bära, church cantata for soprano, bass & orchestra, Vb. 15; Miserere nostr...
Performers: Gunnars, Ada [Soprano Vocal]; Iturralde, Hernan
Conductors: Wolf, Helmut
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Philharmonia Choir

On the occasion of its 40th anniversary Carus has initiated a new series Carus Classics, featuring ten outstanding CD productions from the past library of...continue...
Recording information: Stadtkirche St. Oswald, Buchen/Odenwald (03/27/1998)....continue...

Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Baroque Arias by Stolzel, Tunder, Buxtehude, Bruhns

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-08-28

Works: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, cantata; Franz Tunder: Da mihi, Domine, for bass, 5 strings & continuo; Dietrich Buxtehude: Ich suchte des Nachts, BuxWV 50; Nicolaus Bruhns: ...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gerok, Karl; Gohrum-Jennewein, Elise; Hirschfelder, Hermann; Klaiss, Hermann; Krebs, Helmut; Krimm, Bertha; Ott, Marianne; Pratorius, Michael; Rahmig, Werner [Violin]; Schu...

The great bass-baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau has been involved with the music of Bach throughout his career. Even as a student, he studied the cantatas and...continue...

24 Italian Songs and Arias

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-08-28

Works: Giovanni Bononcini: Per la gloria d'adorarvi; Non posso disperar, for voice & continuo; Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche); Antonio Caldara: La costanza ...
Performers: Liu, Qi [Piano]; Yueh, Chai-lun

Recording information: Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown,....continue...

The Art of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Schubert, Bach et al. / Gerald Moore, Daniel Barenboim

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-08-21

Works: Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1; Der Erlkönig, D 328; Schwanengesang, D 957; Das Lied im Grünen, D 917/Op. 115 no 1; Die liebe Farbe ("In Grün wil...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Demus, Jorg [Piano]; Engel, Karl; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Klust, Hertha; Kohn, Karl Christian; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Richter, Sviatoslav; Sawallisch, Wolfgan...
Conductors: Ristenpart, Karl; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Jochum, Eugen; Keilberth, Joseph; Böhm, Karl

A 2-CD musical journey through Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's seemingly boundless Lied, opera and cantala repertoire....continue...

Janacek: Msa Glagolskaja, Amarus / Jílek, Mackerras, et al

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Leos Janácek: Glagolitic Mass; Amarus
Performers: Benackova, Gabriela; Hora, Jan; Kopcak, Sergej; Nemeckova, Kvetosjava; Pribyl, Vilem; Randova, Eva; Vodicka, Leo Marian; Zitek, Vaclav
Conductors: Jílek, Frantisek; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Philharmonic Chorus

Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance; Death of Tintagiles / Rosa Mannion, soprano; Thomas Randle, tenor; Matthew Brook, baritone

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance, cantata (arr. by Jacobson from synopsis of Hugh the Drover, opera); The Death of Tintagiles, incidental music
Performers: Mannion, Rosa; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Though quite popular and well-explored, the catalogue of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams still boasts a few rarely-heard gems. Richard Hickox interprets these near-forgotten beauties...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (10/03/1997-10/04/1997)....continue...

"Awakenings" Robert Stern: Shofar, oratorio; Ronald Perera: Why I Wake Early / Teresa Wakim, soprano; Jason McStoots, tenor; David Kravitz, bass

1 CD / Navona / 2012-07-31

Works: Robert Stern: Shofar, oratorio in 4 parts for 3 voices, chorus & orchestra; Ronald Perera: Why I Wake Early, for chorus, string quartet & piano; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Abascal, Brian; Brooke, Lisa; Hollister, Darryl; Kravitz, David; Larson, Sonja; McStoots, Jason; Nortier, Sandra; Seidler, Reinmar; Souder, Leah; Taylor, Joan; Verrette, Kevin; Wakim, Teresa [Soprano...
Conductors: Hodgkins, David

Awakenings features 2 extraordinary works by composers from the Pioneer Valley region of Western Massachusetts. Shofar is an intensely dramatic and deeply moving oratorio inspired...continue...

Orff: Carmina Burana / Christiane Oelze, Simon Keenlyside - Christian Thielemann

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Performers: Keenlyside, Simon; Kubler, David; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Deutsche Opera Berlin Chorus

Carmina Burana is among the most popular choral pieces of the 20th century, and the riveting "O Fortuna" that frames the work is quite unforgettable....continue...

Romantic English Choral Works by Parry, Stanford & Vaughan Williams / Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir

1 CD / Regent Records / 2012-07-10

Works: Edward Elgar: The Light of Life; Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode; O Salutaris Hostia I, for chorus in F major; O Salutaris Hostia II, for chorus & organ in E flat major; O Salutaris Hostia III, for voic...
Performers: Castle, George; Cooper, Ben [Baritone]
Conductors: Shellard, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir

Romantic English choral works by Elgar, Parry, Stanford and Vaughan Williams are sung by the Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir, which was founded in 1998 and...continue...
Recording information: Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, England (2011-01-26_2011-01-27&2011-)....continue...

Alfred Deller - Portrait of a Legend: Opera & Stage; Sacred Song; Solo Song; Folksong [4 CDs]

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Indian Queen, Z 630; Olinda in the shades unseen, song, Z. 404; Thus to a ripe, consenting maid (from "Old Bachelor"), so...
Performers: Arditti, Irvine; Bevan, Maurice; Buttrey, John; Chapuis, Michel; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Deller, Alfred; Deller, Mark; Dupré, Desmond; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Elliott, R...
Conductors: Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: Deller Choir; Deller Consort; Jaye Consort of Viols; King's Musick; Stour Music Festival Chorus; Stour Music Festival Orchestra

An inspired and always deeply moving artist, Alfred Deller was not only one of the greatest countertenors of all time but also an exceptional musician...continue...

A Portrait

3 CD / Accent Import / 2012-07-03

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Giovanni Pergolesi: Livietta e Tracollo; La Serva Padrona; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Requiem...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Claessens, Huub; Demeyere, Ewald; Groop, Monica; Hermans, Elisabeth; Isokoski, Soile; Jacobs, Rene; Kuijken, Sara; Laki, Krisztina; Mackie, Neil; Mechelen, Werner van; Oelze, Christia...
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La Petite Bande

J.G. Goldberg: Kantaten; J.L. Bach: Missa Brevis; J.L. Krebs: Magnificat / Ex Tempore

1 CD / Ricercar / 2012-06-12

Works: Johann Gottlieb Goldberg: Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit, cantata; Herr, die Heiligen haben abgenommen (Psalm 12), cantata; Johann Ludwig Krebs: Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn, magnificat for soloi...
Performers: Dyck, Stephan Van; Karthauser, Sophie; Termont, Lieven
Conductors: Heyerick, Florian
Ensemble: Ex Tempore (Chorus)

Johann Sebastian Bach performed works by other composers alongside his own in the regular Sunday services that he directed in the Thomaskirche; these included the...continue...

Carl Orff: Carmina Burana / Hendricks, Chance, Black, Welser-Most - London PO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Performers: Black, Jeffrey; Chance, Michael; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: London Philharmoniic Orchestra Chorus

No other 20th century work delights music-lovers as much as Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". The opening number, "Oh Fortuna", is a huge classical hit in...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (11/1989)....continue...

Handel: Sing-Along Messiah / Ivars Taurins, Tafelmusik Baroque [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Tafelmusic / 2012-04-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Performers: Chung, Locky; LeBlanc, Suzie; Muller, Rufus; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Taurins, Ivars
Ensemble: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

Resplendent in his powdered wig and 18th-century garb, Maestro Handel (aka Director of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir Ivars Taurins) leads Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber...continue...
Run Time: 76 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Letterbox, Color
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Patrie! Duets from French Romantic Opera by Halevy, Saint-Saens, Kosice , Gounod / Thébault, Pruvot

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Fromental Halévy: Charles VI; Camille Saint-Saëns: Henry VIII; Jules Massenet: Eve; Le Mage; Charles Gounod: Polyeucte; Emile Paladilhe: Patrie!; Ambroise Thomas: Le Caïd
Performers: Pruvot, Pierre-Yves; Thébault, Hjördis
Conductors: Talpain, Didier
Ensemble: ; Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra

The keyboard sonatas of C.P.E. Bach (1714 - 1788) bear hallmarks of a composer who lived through a significant moment in musical history: he composed...continue...
Recording information: Slovak State Philharmonic Hall, Kosice, Slovakia (04/16/2010-04/18/2010)....continue...

Monteverdi: Il Combatimentto di Tancredi & Clorinda / Les Sacqueboutiers

1 CD / Flora / 2012-04-10

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Alexander Goehr: Paraphrase on the Dramatic Madrigal 'Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda' by Monteverdi, for cla; Paolo Quagliati: Carro di fedelta d'amore
Performers: Fernandez, Adriana; Sancho, Juan [Vocals]; Verdier, Jean-Francois; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers

At the junction of madrigal, opera, and intermezzo, Il Combattimento di Tancredi & Clorinda marks a clear milestone in the evolution of Monteverdi's full attention...continue...
Recording information: La chapelle Saint Romain de Moirans-en-Montagne, Franch....continue...

Great Czech Conductors: Rafael Kubelik - Dvorak, Martinu, Shostakovich / Rudolf Firkusny, piano

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-04-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Concerto for Piano in G minor, Op. 33/B 63; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70; Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony no 4; M...
Performers: Firkusny, Rudolf; Otava, Zdenek
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

The name of Rafael Kubelík symbolically opens the SUPRAPHON series of archival recordings featuring the most celebrated Czech conductors. Kubelík's journey to catharsis, which was...continue...

Orff: Carmina Burana / Sheila Armstrong, Gerald English, Thomas Allen

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-26

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; English, Gerald
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Carmina burana is fun: Carmina burana has emotions that are real. Those are the two distinctive points that come out very clearly in this...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (11/25/1974-11/27/1974)....continue...

Hermann Scherchen: Enregistrements "Live" Inedits

2 CD / Tahra / 2012-03-13

Works: Franz Schubert: Rondo for Violin and Strings in A major, D 438; Maurice Ravel: Ma mere l'Oye; Arnold Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46; George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Ludwig van B...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Danco, Suzanne; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hellmann, Claudia; Koth, Erica; Lins, Heniz Maria; Lippmann, Ursula; Rialland, Louis; Schech, Marianne; Spoerri, Lore; Traxel, Josef
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann

To celebrate the 120th anniversary of the birth of the great German conductor Hermann Scherchen, Tahra assembled this collection, which includes only previously unissued recordings...continue...

Mendelssohn: Christus; Cantates Chorales / Piau, Butter, Getchell

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden; Christus, oratorio, Op. 97 (unfinished); O Haupt Voll Blut und Wunden, chorale cantata for voice, chorus & orchestra in C minor; Vom Himmel Hoch, chorale canta...
Performers: Butter, Markus; Getchell, Robert; Piau, Sandrine; Slaars, Laurent
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

Under its conductor, Laurence Equilbey, who founded Accentus in 1991, the choir is committed to promoting the vocal arts as widely as possible, with more...continue...
Recording information: Notre-Dame Du Liban Church, Paris, France (06/2011)....continue...

Benedetto Vinaccesi: Cantatas & Sonatas / Gemma Bertagnolli, soprano; Fulvio Bettini, baritone

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2011-11-08

Works: Benedetto Vinaccesi: Or fia mai ver, o lontananza infida, cantata for voice & continuo; Sonata no 4; Belve, se mai provaste, cantata for voice & continuo; Sonata no 3; In lontananza della sua donna, ...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Bettini, Fulvio
Conductors: Casari, Alessandro
Ensemble: Gli Erranti

Recording information: Chiesa di S. Lorenzo Martire a Carzago Riviera, Brescia (08/20/2010-08/22/2010)....continue...

Haydn: The Creation / Nelson, Milne, Gura, Rose, etc. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Juxtapositions / 2011-10-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2
Performers: Beyer, Jonathan; Crowe, Lucy; Gura, Werner; Milne, Lisa; Rose, Matthew
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chamber Choir; Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra

Haydn undertook the composition of The Creation starting at age 65. It took him 1.5 years to complete the work. A deeply religious man, he...continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Orff: Carmina Burana for chamber choir, soloists and 2 pianos / Ruiten, Genz

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2011-10-25

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Performers: Behle, Franz; Eschenburg, Jakob; Fischer, Markus; Genz, Christoph; Genz, Stephan; Ruda, Martin; Ruiten, Lenneke; Schmitt-Lauxmann, Norbert; Wiedmann, Christoph
Conductors: Huber, Rupert
Ensemble: GrauSchumacher Piano Duo

Carmina Burana was conceived as part of Orff's musical trilogy, the Trionfi, a musical triptych that also includes the cantata Catulli Carmina and Trionfo di...continue...
Recording information: Funkstudio, SWR (2010-09-24&2010-09-27_2010-)....continue...

Grier: Around the Curve of the World / Darlington, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Francis Grier: Around the Curve of the World, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Norman, Daniel; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Schwanewilms, Anne; Whelan, Paul
Conductors: Darlington, Stephen
Ensemble: Oxford Chamber Orchestra

Ralph Vaughan Williams conducts his own Music

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5 in D major; Dona nobis pacem
Performers: Flynn, Renee; Henderson, Roy
Conductors: Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Those who have loved this British composer's music have known his only commercial recordings - The Wasps Overture and the Ballet 'Old King Cole' (1925)...continue...

Dyson: Choral Music / Willcocks, Royal Philharmonic, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: George Dyson: In Honour of the City; Sweet Thames run softly; To Music; A Spring Garden; The Blacksmiths
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Markham, Richard; Nettle, David; Roberts, Stephen [baritone]
Conductors: Willcocks, David, Sir
Ensemble: Royal College of Music Chamber Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Vienna Philharmon...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Beecham Collection - Handel: Solomon / Cameron, Young, et al

2 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67
Performers: Cameron, John [baritone (50s)]; Marshall, Lois; Morison, Elsie; Young, Alexander
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Beecham Choral Society; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Power of Handel: Oratorio Highlights for Choir & Orchestra

1 CD / K&K / 2011-08-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Joshua; Solomon; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Saul; Jephtha; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Performers: Allan, Miriam; Argenta, Nancy; Balbach, Steffen; Berner, Michael; King, Catherine; Kirkby, Emma; LeBrocq, Marc; Morsch, Andre; Nolte, Raimund; Oitzinger, Margot; Paulsen, Melinda; Petersen, Marlis; P...
Conductors: Budday, Jürgen
Ensemble: Maulbronner Chamber Choir

These live recordings are part of a cycle of oratorios and masses, performed in the basilica of Maulbronn Abbey under the direction of Jürgen Budday....continue...

Matthias Weckman: Abendmusiken: Concerti Vocale; Sonata; Partite

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2011-08-09

Works: Matthias Weckmann: Wie liegt die Stadt so wüste, cantata; Sonata à 4, no 2; Weine nicht, es hat überwunden; Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, chorale prelude for organ; Sonata à 4,...
Performers: Arnould, Benoît; Centurioni, Olivia; Getchell, Robert; Guillon, Damien; Warnier, Eugénie
Conductors: Lapointe, Bibiane; Maeder, Thierry
Ensemble: Les Cyclopes

For its first collaboration with Zig-Zag Territoires, Ensemble Les Cyclopes - which includes promising young singers Eugénie Warnier, Damien Guillon, Robert Getchell, and Benoît Arnould...continue...

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Garden of Proserpine; In The Fen Country; The Captain's Apprentice / Jane Irwin, Mary Brevan, Leigh Melrose

1 CD / Albion / 2011-08-09

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Garden of Prosperine, for soprano, chorus & orchestra; In the Fen Country; Folksongs from the Eastern Counties (15); Patrick Hadley: Fen and Flood, cantata for chorus & or...
Performers: Irwin, Jane; Melrose, Leigh; Vocal], Mary Bevan [Soprano
Conductors: Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: ; Joyful Company of Singers

Vaughan Williams completed The Garden of Proserpine, scored for soprano soloist, chorus and full orchestra, in 1899. For the twenty-something composer, it was a first...continue...
Recording information: The Lighthouse, Poole (09/27/2010-09/28/2010)....continue...

50 Ans d'Existance - 300 ans de Musique Sacrée

7 CD / Cascavelle / 2011-08-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Missa de capella a 6 "In illo tempore"; Laetaniae della Beata Vergine, motet for 6 voices (from Messa a quatro voci, et Salmi), SV 204; Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte; Domenico Scarlat...
Performers: Brodard, Michel; Corboz, Philippe; Daniels, Charles; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Imboden, Stephan; Jaunin, Simon; Jochem, Arno; Lins-Reuber, Martina; Michael, Audrey; ...
Conductors: Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; L'Arpa Festante

This 7-CD set offers a musical survey of the 50-year history of the Lausanne Vocal Ensemble and is offered as a tribute to its conductor,...continue...

Serene Classics / Includes works by Palestrina, Bach, Tallis, Purcell and Schubert

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Gregorian Chant: Salve regina; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Salve Regina, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book V); Missa pro defunctis a 5; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O sacrum convivium, motet...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Henschel, Dietrich; Isokoski, Soile; McDaniel, Barry; Meier, Waltraud; Munderloh, David; Viitasalo, Marita; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Jennings, Joseph; Higginbottom, Edward; Werner, Fritz; Nagano, Kent; Barenboim, Daniel; Bour, Ernest; Svetlanov, Evgeny; O'Donnell, James [Organ]; Satomaa, Tauno

Unwind with Warner Classic's new release, 'Serene Classics: Music for a Calmer You". Take a micro-vacation as you relax to titles such as Salve Regina,...continue...

Bravura Basses

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fig...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Coad, Conal; East, Angela; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Herford, Henry; Martin, Bruce; Myers, Raymond; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pape, Rene; Parkin, David; Parsons, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Rob...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Divall, Richard; Franks, Dobbs; Solti, Sir Georg; Weigle, Sebastian; Cleobury, Stephen; Boult, Adrian; Gardiner, John Eliot; Greene, Andrew; Davis...

Sébastien Brossard: Oratorios; Leandro / Florence Bolton, Isabelle Druet

1 CD / Mirare / 2011-07-12

Works: Sébastien de Brossard: Oratorio sopra l'Immaculata Conceptione della Beata Vergine, for 4 voices & orchestra, SDB 56; Sonata for violin & continuo in C major, SDB 224; Leandro, cantata for 3 voi...
Performers: Arnould, Benoit; Arnould, BenoSt; Bouchot, Vincent; Druet, Isabelle; Jeffery, Chantal Santon [Vocals]; Thompson, Jeffrey; Warnier, Eugenie
Conductors: Perrot, Benjamin;
Ensemble: La Rêveuse

Sébastien de Brossard, an enthusiastic collector of music, pedagogue and author of the first dictionary of music, was also a very talented composer. This champion...continue...
Recording information: L'Église Luthérienne du Bon Secours, Paris, France (06/28/2010-07/01/2010)....continue...

Handel in Italy

2 CD / Glossa / 2011-07-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tra le fiamme, HWV 170; Pensieri notturni di Filli, HWV 134; Il delirio amoroso, HWV 90; Figlio d'alte speranze, HWV 113; Diana cacciatrice, HWV 79; Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, HW...
Performers: Bauer, Thomas E.; Bonizzoni, Fabio; Fernandez, Yetzabel Arias; Invernizzi, Roberta
Conductors: Bonizzoni, Fabio
Ensemble: La Risonanza

For the second "Glossa Portrait" release the spotlight falls upon a singer who, since the 1990s, has been excelling in broad swathes of Italian Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di San Salvatore, Rodengo Saiano, Brescia, Italy (06/2008/06/2009); Saint Michel en Thiérache, France (06/2008/06/2009); Chiesa di San Salvatore, Rodengo Saiano, Bre...continue...

The Liszt Collection [Limited Edition - 34 CDs]

34 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-06-28

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Totentanz for Piano, S 525; Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123; Malédictio...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Atkinson, Leon; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartha, Alfonz; Behrens, Hildegard; Berczelly, Istvan; Berman, Lazar; Bolet, Jorge; Cherkassky, Shura; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/C...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Karajan, Herbert von; Fischer, Iván; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Haitink, Bernard; Heinrich, Siegfried; Guest, George; Ferencsik, János; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Albrecht...

The cornerstone of DG's Liszt 200 celebration is a 34 CD limited edition superbudget box set in the style of their Brahms and Schumann boxes...continue...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elias

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2011-06-28

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Cooley, Thomas; Fleckenstein, Barbara; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Rost, Andrea [Soprano Vocals]; Scherrer, Letizia; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang

Acclaimed conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch was born in Munich in 1923 and studied at the Munich College of Music. After beginning his conducting career in Augsburg,...continue...
Recording information: 07/12/2001....continue...

Tobias: Jonah's Mission / Jarvi, Lill, Silmato, Trall, Elp [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2011-06-14

Works: Rudolf Tobias: Des Jona Sendung
Performers: Elp, Rauno; Lill, Pille; Silmato, Merle; Tilli, Johann; Trall, Juhan
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: Estonian National Male Choir; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Estonian National Women's Choir

Run Time: 126 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Carmina Burana

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-06-07

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Performers: Pidduck, Chester [Tenor Vocal]; Sokol, Michael; Yang, Ji Young [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Kendrick, Donald

Recording information: UC Davis Mondavi Center, Davis, California (05/02/2010)....continue...