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Una Follia di Napoli 1725 - Concertos and Sinfonias for recorder from 1725 / Maurice Steger, recorder

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-10-09

Works: Domenico Natale Sarro: Chamber Concerto for recorder, 2 violins, viola & continuo in A minor; Maurice Steger: Improvisation for recorder & ensemble on Alessandro Scarlatti's partita "Follia di Spagna...
Performers: Übellacker, Margit; Caminti, Daniele; Chen, Anais; Donatis, Fiorenza de; Gasser, Brigitte; Kitaya, Naoki; Marocchi, Stefano; Moretto, Vanni; Rognoni, Andrea; Steger, Maurice; Valli, Mauro
Conductors: Steger, Maurice

Among the many pilgrims who journeyed to Naples in the 'holy year' of 1725 was a certain Johann Joachim Quantz, who would later become the...continue...
Recording information: Reformed Church, Arlesheim, Switzerland (11/2011)....continue...

London's Flautists - works by Loeillet, Oswald, Weideman, Arne, Handel, and traditional Irish, Scottish & Welsh tunes / Nancy Hadden, flute

1 CD / CRD Records / 2012-08-14

Works: Jean-Baptiste Loeillet: Sonata for flute & basso continuo in E minor, Op. 3/7; James Oswald: Scots Lament, for violin (or flute) & continuo; Greensleeves, folk song setting for chamber ensemble; Nanc...
Performers: Bicknell, Susan; Browder, Risa; Carolan, Lucy; Hadden, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Mackintosh, Catherine

In early 18th-century England the popularity of the flute was matched by the prodigious publication of music. Often the music was written by professional flautists,...continue...
Recording information: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London....continue...

Le Violoncelle Baroque / Christophe Coin, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges

4 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Johann Gottlieb Graun: Concerto for Violin & viola da gamba (or viola da braccio) in C minor; Trio for 2 violas da gambe & continuo in G major; Concerto for viola da gamba in A minor; Trio Sonata for...
Performers: Almajano, Marta; Cocset, Bruno; Coin, Christophe; Colliard, Gilles; Ghielmi, Vittorio
Conductors: Coin, Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble Baroque de Limoges

Sacred Music of the Bach family

5 CD / Capriccio / 2011-05-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, motet for chorus, BWV 225 (BC C1); Jesu, meines Herzens Freud', chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 361 (BC F117.1); Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden...
Performers: Angerhofer, Gunther; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Burkhardt, Gisela; Eichler, Josephine; Ginzel, Reinhart; Karasiak, Andreas; Krumbiegel, Cornelia; Kunzel, Johannes; Lepetit, Albrecht; Lind...
Conductors: Eschenburg, Hartwig; Max, Hermann; Schneider, Michael; Gruss, Hans
Ensemble: ; Capella Fidicinia Leipzig; Das kleine Konzert; Members of Capella Fidicinia Leipzig

In addition to Johann Sebastian Bach, regarded by many as the greatest composer of all times, other members of this widely ramified family took up...continue...

Best Of Classics / from the Supraphon catalog [10 CD]

10 CD / Supraphon / 2010-10-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Basso continuo in D minor, BWV 1059; ...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Barchi, Michele; Barta, Ales; Barta, Jiri; Benackova, Gabriela; Beranek, Rudolf; Bidlo, Karel; Blachut, Beno; Brabec, Lubomir; Cech, Frantisek; Chvapil, Jaroslav; Costa, Sequeira; Dem...
Conductors: Krcek, Jaroslav; Munclinger, Milan; Vlach, Josef; Kletzki, Paul; Smetacek, Vaclav; Veselka, Josef; Belohlávek, Jirí; Ancerl, Karel; Neumann, Václav; Jilek, Frantisek; Mackerras, Charle...
Ensemble: ; Ars Rediviva Orchestra; Musica Bohemica; Smetana Trio

All ten of Supraphon's "Best of" series are now inexpensively compiled and elegantly packaged in a single box, with more than twelve hours of classical...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Christophers, Sampson, Padmore, The Sixteen, et al

3 CD / Coro / 2008-09-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Solomon; Esther, oratorio, HWV 50b; Pensieri notturni di filli (Nel dolce dell'oblio), cantata for soprano, recorder & continuo, HWV 134; Concerto for Harp in B ...
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bircher, Katy; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Dawson, Lynne; Evans, Robert; Headley, Erin; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Purve...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

This brand new recording by one of the most celebrated ensembles in the world features distinguished soloists revered for their performances of Handel....continue...

The Most Relaxing Flute Music in the Universe

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2006-03-14

Works: Claude Debussy: Petite suite for Piano 4 hands; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Flute and Strings no 1 in D major, K 285; Concerto for Flute no 1 in G major, K 313 (285c); Concerto for Flute & H...
Performers: Adorján, András; Arita, Chiyoko; Arita, Masahiro; Blacher, Kolja; Dreyfus, Huguette; Fugiwara, Mari; Fujiwara, Mari; Holliger, Heinz; Jaccottet, Christiane; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Koba...
Conductors: ; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Stadlmair, Hans; Valdes, Maximiano
Ensemble: Boccherini String Quartet; Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra; German String Trio; Mozart String Trio; Munich Chamber Orchestra; Nice Philharmonic Orchestra; Taffanel Wind Quintet; Tokyo Bach-Moza...

The Sixteen Edition - Handel: Alexander's Feast

2 CD / Coro / 2006-02-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/1, HWV 289
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention

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Alexander's Feast, an ode to St Cecilia by the longdead John Dryden, was set by Handel in 1736 and revised many times....continue...

Awake O North Wind /Headley, Reviol, Van der Kamp, Tirami Su,

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2002-07-02

Works: Franz Tunder: Da mihi, Domine, for bass, 5 strings & continuo; An Wasserflüssen Babylons, cantata for voice & 5 strings; Samuel Scheidt: Canzon super intradam æthiopicam a 5, (Paduana, gall...
Performers: Reviol, Laurie; Roll, Nora; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors: Headley, Erin
Ensemble: Tirami Su

Kelterborn: Cellokonzert, Namenlos, Kammerkonzert

1 CD / Musiques Suisses / 2002-01-01

Works: Rudolf Kelterborn: Concerto for Cello; Namenlos; Chamber Concerto for Clarinet and 14 instruments
Performers: Monighetti, Ivan; Muller, M.; Widmer, Kurt
Conductors: Krenz, Jan; Griffiths, Howard; Wyttenbach, Jürg
Ensemble: Basel Symphony Orchestra; Collegium Novum Ensemble; Liège Philharmonic Orchestra