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Mozart In-Between - Symphony no 23; Piano Concert no 9; Denis Schuller: In-between

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2013-03-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 23 in D major, K 181; Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 'Jeunehomme'; Thamos, König in Ägypten, K 345; Mitridate, re di Ponto, Opera seria,...
Performers: Greilsammer, David; Jeandet, Francois [Viola]; Liardon, Marc; Michel, Pascal; Ronzatti, Constance; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Greilsammer, David
Ensemble: ; L'Orchestre de Chambre de Geneve

On David Greilsammer's second recording for Sony Classical, the artist explores his "infinite love" for Mozart by directing the Geneva Chamber Orchestra through a varied...continue...
Recording information: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (11/14/2011-11/17/2011)....continue...

Stabat Mater - works by Pergolesi, Palestrina, Vivaldi, Haydn, Dvorak, Boccherini [4 CDs]

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Antonio Vivaldi: Amen; Franz Joseph Haydn: Stabat Mater, H 20 bis; Antonin Dvorák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58/B 71; ...
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Håkan; Anlauf, Richard; Bishop, Julia; Borg, Kim; Brown, Timothy [Choral Conductor]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Laki, Krisztina; Levine, Joanna; Levy, Mark [Viol]; Parker, Joanna; ...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Leusink, Pieter Jan; Bernius, Frieder; Smetacek, Vaclav; Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: ; Choir of Clare College Cambridge; Holland Boys Choir; Netherland Bach Collegium; Prague Philharmonic Choir; Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

This release is dedicated to some of the most famous settings of the Stabat mater, revealing the genre's varying treatment by composers over the centuries....continue...

In Paradisum: Spiritual Classical Melodies by Faure, Mozart, Franck, Bruckner, Mahler et al. / various British choirs

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Vesperae solennes de confessore; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Pani...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Camerata Academica Wurzbu; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Dixon, Alistair
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzbu

This sublime compilation will take listeners on a journey through some of the most profound classical music ever written, demonstrating the wealth of inspiration that...continue...

Choral Classics: Choral Classics from Cambridge / Corydon Singers

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Super flumina Babylonis; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Robert Ramsey: How Are the Mighty Fallen; Thomas Weelkes: When David heard; Thomas Tallis: Lamenta...
Performers: Brown, Jonathan [Organ]; Carter, William; Dexter, Keri; English, John; Kenny, Liz; Manze, Andrew; Marcus, Marshall; Masters, Rachel; Pearce, Richard; Quinney, Robert; Schlapp, Jan; Vivian, James; War...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Cleobury, Stephen; Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

This 5 disc set showcases the celebrated choral music tradition of Cambridge's Clare College, King's College and St John's College. Featuring a collection of popular...continue...

Lunacy: Songs of Madness and the Moon: Dowland, Purcell, Howells, Burgon / Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor; Shizuko Noiri, lute

1 CD / Evil Penguin Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Herbert Howells: Full Moon; Henry Purcell: Don Quixote, Z 578; I'll sail upon the Dog Star; Thomas Campion: The sypres curten of the night is spread; Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger: Toccata for lute ...
Performers: Noiri, Shizuko; Zazzo, Lawrence

On his first Evil Penguin recording, Lawrence Zazzo explores the intimacy of the lute song in a remarkable program focusing on madness and midnight....continue...
Recording information: St. Martin's Church, Tourinnes-la Grosse, Belgium (07/2011)....continue...

In Paradisum / Spiritual Classical Music

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Gio...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzburg

In Paradisum is back by popular demand! The most moving, serene, peaceful and comforting choral classics: In Paradisum, includes a breathtaking selection of well-loved spiritual...continue...

The World of the Castrati: The Voice of Angels

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione; Giulio Cesare; Ariodante; Alcina; Serse; Admeto, re di Tessaglia; Fernando, re di Castiglia; Faramondo; Antonio Caldara: La Pass...
Performers: Baldi, Antonio; Bedini, Domenico; Blythe, Stephanie; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Cafarelli; Carestini, Giovanni; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cicognani, Giuseppe; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Des...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Hickox, Richard; Rousset, Christophe; Christie, William; Bolton, Ivor; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Curtis, Alan; Fasolis, Diego; Bicket, Har...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

The extraordinary adulation accorded to castrati during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is still today one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of...continue...

Passion: A Passion Music By Palestrina

15 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-03-09

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Super flumina Babylonis; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Robert Ramsey: How Are the Mighty Fallen; Thomas Weelkes: When David heard; Thomas Tallis: Lamenta...
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Hakan; Anlauf, Richard; Bishop, Julia; Brown, Timothy [Choral Conductor]; Fischesser, Christof [Bass Vocals]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Labitzke, Petra; Laki, Krisztina; Levine, Joanna;...
Conductors: Messori, Matteo; Cleobury, Stephen; Brown, Timothy; Schafer, Wolfgang; Bernius, Frieder; Matt, Nicol

This stunning 15 CD collection contains some of the greatest sacred music ever written! From the great Lamentations of Byrd, Tallis and Palestrina, the listener...continue...

Celebration of the Spirit

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; John Rutter: Gloria; Francis Poulenc: Petites prières (4) de Saint François d'Assise; Litanies à la vierge noire de Rocamadour; Exultate Deo...
Performers: English, John; Pearce, Richard; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Best, Matthew
Ensemble: ; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

Rutter: Gloria; Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Poulenc / Timothy Brown, et al

1 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2009-04-28

Works: John Rutter: Gloria; Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Francis Poulenc: Petites prières (4) de Saint François d'Assise; Litanies à la vierge noire de Rocamadour; Exultate Deo...
Performers: Brown, Jonathan [Organ]; English, John; Masters, Rachel; Pearce, Richard; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Brown, Timothy
Ensemble: Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

Handel: Admeto, Arminio, Deidamia, Radamisto, Rodrigo, Fernando / Alan Curtis, Furio Zanasi, et al

16 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodrigo, HWV 5; Radamisto, HWV 12; Admeto, Rè di Tessaglia, HWV 22; Sosarme, HWV 30; Arminio, HWV 36; Deidamia
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Adami, Filippo; Banditelli, Gloria; Banerjee, Neal; Beaumont, Maite; Bonitatibus, Anna; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Buwalda, Sytse; Cangemi, Veronica; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Che...
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

This 16-CD boxed set contains six complete Handel operas composed over a period of more than 30 years, and arrives just in time to celebrate...continue...

Caro Amor/Various

2 CD / Sony Classical Import Import / 2009-03-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Alcina; Arminio; Poro; Rinaldo; Admeto; Serse; Rodelinda; Il Pastor Fido; Salomon; Semele; Radamisto; Giulio Cesare; Armida Abbandonata; Riccardo Primo; Messiah; C...
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Boldoczki, Gabor; Bostridge, Ian; Ciomei, Sergio; Dasch, Annette; Gadzala, Artur; Kasarova, Vesselina; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsi...
Conductors: Curtis, Alan; Bicket, Harry; Goodwin, Paul; Stephenson, Mark; Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: ; Hanover Band; Il Complesso Barocco; London Musici Chamber Choir

Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino, RV 717; Amen; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Longe mala umbrae terrores in G minor, RV 629; Pianti, sospiri, RV 676; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Der Messias; Work(s)...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Blake, Rockwell; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Deller, Alfred; Dupré, Desmond; Esswood, Paul; Gens, V&...
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Lesne, Gérard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Corboz, Michel; Linde, Hans-Martin; Parrott, Andrew; Curtis, Alan; Christie, William; Herreweghe, Philippe; Ledger, Philip, Sir...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Vocale; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Europa Galan...

The male voice hits an all-time high with this new collection from Virgin Classics. Starting as far back as 1902 with the last of the...continue...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina
Performers: Bishop, Julia; Brown, Timothy [Organ]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Levine, Joanna; Levy, Mark; Parker, Joanna; Whiskin, Peter; Zazzo, Lawrence

Handel: Operas - Flavio, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo / René Jacobs, et al

10 CD / Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-10-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, opera, HWV 16; Giulio Cesare; Tanti strali al sen mi scocci, duet for soprano, alto & continuo, HWV 197; Sento là che ristret...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Dumaux, Christophe; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Figueiredo, Nicolau de; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Gall, Jeffrey; Genaux, Vivica; Hogman, Christina; Kalna, Inga; Lallouette, Oli...
Conductors: Jacobs, René;
Ensemble: ; Concerto Vocale

Handel: Riccardo Primo

3 CD / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Riccardo Primo, HWV 23
Performers: McGreevy, Geraldine; Mead, Timothy; Rial, Nuria; Streetman, Curtis; Wilson-Johnson, David; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Goodwin, Paul

International Record Review
Nuria Rial sings neatly, sweetly with smooth tone and line
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Handel: Fernando Re Di Castiglia / Curtis

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2007-02-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Sosarme, HWV 30
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Adami, Filippo; Banerjee, Neal; Cangemi, Veronica; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Pizzolato, Marianna; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Fernando, re di Castiglia is not a title most opera-goers will be familiar with. Alan Curtis has prepared his own edition of Fernando, which is...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Jacobs, Avemo, Bardon, et al

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-10-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Avemo, Kerstin; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Rensburg, Kobie van; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Jacobs, René

Penguin Guide
Jacobs has the advantage of the excellent choir Rutter trained at Clare College, one of the best in the country. They sing superbly, and...continue...

Handel: Partenope / Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-06-21

Works: George Frederick Handel: Partenope
Performers: Foster-Williams, Andrew; Joshua, Rosemary; Streit, Kurt; Wallace, Stephen; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: Early Opera Company

"...Christian Curnyn has as infallible a sense of tempo and musico-dramatic shape - in individual numbers, in whole scenes and acts - as the composer...continue...

Handel: Deborah / Martini, Scholl, Ducret, Zazzo, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-03-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Deborah, HWV 51
Performers: Draijer, Jelle; Ducret, Natacha; Schoch, Knut; Scholl, Elisabeth; Wolak, Ewa; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

"There is much to admire in Martini's spirited performance. Handel wrote the brief role of Sisera, the Canaanite commander, for a female alto, and Ewa...continue...

Goehr: Arianna / William Lacey, Arianna Ensemble

2 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-06-27

Works: Alexander Goehr: Arianna, Op. 58
Performers: Dawkins, Timothy; Hewitt, Andrew; Hickey, Angela; Philogene, Ruby; Rooke, Stephen; Schiemann, Juliet; Sheffield, Philip; Williams, Jeremy Huw; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Lacey, William
Ensemble: Arianna Ensemble