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Glorious Majesty: Music For English Kings & Queens

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Alleluia; The King Shall Rejoice, coronation anthem no 2 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 260; Coronation Anthems (4); Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 7...
Performers: Addison, Susan; Bainbridge, Philip; Bayl, Benjamin; Blackadder, David; Blaze, Robin; Brookes, Oliver; Grier, Francis; Hogwood, Christopher; Hyde, Daniel; Lancelot, James; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Munrow, David; Norrington, Roger; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Hickox, Richard; Groves, Charles, Sir; Frémaux, Louis; Birch, John; Segal, Uri
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Early Music Consort of London

Composer kings and musical monarchs from Henry VIII to Victoria and beyond have played a considerable part in shaping Britan's cultural legacy. Glorious Majesty is...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...

Violino o Cornetto

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2011-02-08

Works: Giovanni Paolo Cima: Sonata for violin (or cornetto) & basso continuo; Sonata for violin, cello & harpsichord; Girolamo Frescobaldi: In partitura, il primo libro della canzoni ... no 3, canto solo, "...
Performers: Caudle, Mark; Caudle, Theresa; Miller, David; Ross, Alastair
Conductors: Caudle, Theresa
Ensemble: ; St. George's Canzona

Recording information: East Woodhay, Hampshire, England (11/24/2008-11/26/2008)....continue...

Handel: Messiah / Stephen Cleobury, King's College Choir Cambridge

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-06-02

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Amherst, Timothy; Clayton, Allan; Coote, Alice; Crouch, Joseph; Rose, Matthew; Ross, Alastair; Stevens, Peter; Tynan, Ailish
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

Handel died on April 14, 1759, exactly 250 years ago in April 2009. On Palm Sunday of this year (April 5 and 11, 2009) the...continue...

Handel - The Masterworks

30 CD / Decca Import / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; The Water Music; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso ...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Bennett, William; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Connah, Trevo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George; Jones, Granville; Hogwood, Christopher; ; Cleobury, Stephen; Preston, Simon; Gardiner, John Eliot; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; King's College Choi...

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with this impressive 30-CD box set of the composer's most celebrated works. Featured conductors include Sir Neville Marriner,...continue...

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos no 1-6, etc / Marriner, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-02

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G m...
Performers: Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Brown, Timothy; Caird, George; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davis, Barry; Ferguson, Simon; Hill, Nicholas; Houghton, William; Hunt, William; Je...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Handel: Opera Arias / Kirkby, Bott, Goodman, et al

3 CD / Hyperion / 2007-09-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Almira (Der in Kronen erlangte Glucks), opera, HWV 1; Rodrigo, HWV 5; Rinaldo; Silla, HWV 10; Amadigi; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Rodelinda; Scipione; Alessandro; Admeto, R&eg...
Performers: Arfken, Katharina; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Brown, Rachel; Farley, Robert; Fast, Angela; Kirkby, Emma; Ross, Alastair
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Brandenburg Consort

This deluxe boxed set brings together in one package three best-selling Handel recordings by early-music superstar Emma Kirkby, with contributions from Catherine Bott on Disc...continue...

The Sixteen Edition - Handel: Italian Cantatas / Thomas

1 CD / Coro / 2007-02-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina condotta a morire (Dunque sarà pur vero), cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, HWV 1; Pensieri notturni di filli (Nel dolce dell'oblio), cantata for sopr...
Performers: Bircher, Katy; Crouch, Joseph; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Golding, Miles; Reiter, Walter; Ross, Alastair; Thomas, Elin Manahan

Recorded live at The Sixteen's handel in Oxford Festival, 2006, Elin Manahan Thomas gives a performance of captivating communication and sparkling intelligence in these stunning...continue...

Purcell: Music for Queen Mary / Stephen Cleobury, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-04-04

Works: Henry Purcell: Bid the virtues; Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem, Z 46; Love's goddess sure was blind (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary), for soloists, chorus, 2 recorders & con; Music on the Death of Queen M...
Performers: Adams, Joe; Addison, Susan; Allsopp, David; Bainbridge, Philip; Beckett, Rachel; Blackadder, David; Brett, Oliver; Brown, Rachel; Browning, James; Campbell, Richard; Chateauneuf, Paula; Crouch, Josep...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)

For their newest EMI Classics release, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge has collaborated with the Academy of Ancient Music on a richly evocative album...continue...

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos no 5 & 6, etc / Marriner, ASMF

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-07-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051; Orchestral Suite no 1 in C major, BWV 1066
Performers: Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Canstable, John; Davis, Barry; Hunt, William; Jenkins, Anthony; Koster, Raymund; Malcolm, George; Medlam, Charles; Nicklin, Celia; Ross, Alastair; Sheen, Graham; Shingl...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Piangete - Cantatas & Motets by Giacomo Carissimi

1 CD / Signum UK / 2003-06-05

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Exulta gaude filia Sion; Cum reverteretur David; O dulcissimum Mariae nomen; Piangete, aure, piangete; Benedictus Deus et Pater; Va, va, dimanda al mio pensiero; Siam tre miseri pi...
Performers: Miller, David [Lute/Guitar]; Ross, Alastair
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Ensemble: Concerto delle Donne

Handel: Messiah / Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2 CD / Philips / 2003-01-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Brett, Charles; Hale, Robert; Marshall, Margaret; Mason, Timothy; Quirke, Saul; Robbin, Catherine; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Ross, Alastair
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Vivaldi: Gloria, etc / Cleobury, King's College Choir, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-05-07

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109), for 4 voices, double chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, solo strings, strings &; Magnificat ...
Performers: Bayl, Benjamin; Chance, Michael; Fox, Sarah; Gier, Nico de; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Gough, Helen; Lemalu, Jonathan; Norman, Deborah; Ross, Alastair; Wadsworth, Matthew
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

"Listeners will have to decide for themselves whether the sound of an English choral foundation is appropriate for this music. If that is no obstacle,...continue...

Vivaldi: Gloria; Handel: Dixit Dominus / Gardiner, et al

1 CD / Philips / 2001-11-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; George Frederick Handel: Gloria, for soprano & orchestra (discovered in 2001); Dixit Dominus
Performers: Ballard, Lucy; Burt, Robert; Cameron, Margaret; Clarkson, Julian; Deam, Donna; Fuge, Katharine; Humphries, Charles; Kazimierczuk, Angela; Keith, Gillian; Lindberg, Jakob; Moody, Howard; O'Connor, Ror...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

This new Philips recording includes a major Handel discovery, the "Gloria" for Soprano and String Orchestra, which recently came to light and has been called...continue...

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos / Brandenburg Consort

2 CD / Hyperion / 1996-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G m...
Performers: Arfken, Katharina; Brown, Rachel; Diaz, Raul; Edwards, Gavin; Goodman, Roy; Holtslag, Peter; Keavy, Stephen; Miles, Rebecca; Ross, Alastair; Tarling, Judith
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Brandenburg Consort

'This splendid set is a dazzling companion to The Brandenburg Consort's recording of the Bach Orchestral Suites' (CD Review)...continue...