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Leonard Bernstein: Mass / Jerry Hadley, tenor; Kent Nagano

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Alleluia
Performers: Albert, Adreinne [Vocals]; Allen, Betty; Altman, Karen; Brauns, Sigurd; Cossa, Dominic; DeVoll, Raymond; Elliott, William; Lehmann, Tobias; Magruder, Charles; Magruder, June; Manno, John; Modersohn, ...
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Woodstock, Nixon and the Vietnam War were undoubtedly underlying influences on the increasingly oppressive dramaturgy of this incredible 'Theatre Piece' composed in memory of J....continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (11/2003).

Leonard Bernstein's Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers was given a mixed reception upon its premiere as the inaugural ...continue...

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: A Tribute / McGegan

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Theodora; Messiah; Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, HWV 96; Susanna; Radamisto; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Arianna; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Gottfried Heinrich Stölz...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Bowles, David; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Collel, Bjorn; David Tayler [Lute/Guitar]; Freiberg, Sarah; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; LeGuin, Elisabeth; Linsenberg, Judith; McGe...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Freiburger Barockorchester; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

This set is a tribute to the supreme artistry of mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954-2006). It gathers together some of the finest recordings of arias...continue...

Handel: Belshazzar / Jacobs, Tarver, Joshua, Mehta [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-06-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61
Performers: Davies, Andrew; Davies, Neal [Bass Baritone]; Hammarstrom, Kristina; Joshua, Rosemary; Kirk, Vernon; Mehta, Bejun; Radley, Andrew; Sampson, Christina; Tarver, Kenneth; Taylor, Lucy; Wilberforce, Rich...
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin; RIAS Chamber Chorus

René Jacobs is masterful leading a stellar cast of soloists, the RIASKammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik in a spectacular production of Handel's oratorio...continue...
Run Time: 166 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround,
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Handel: Belshazzar / Jacobs, Tarver, Joshua, Mehta [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-06-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61
Performers: Davies, Andrew; Davies, Neal [Bass Baritone]; Hammarstrom, Kristina; Joshua, Rosemary; Kirk, Vernon; Mehta, Bejun; Radley, Andrew; Sampson, Christina; Tarver, Kenneth; Taylor, Lucy; Wilberforce, Rich...
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin; Rias Chamber Chorus

René Jacobs is masterful leading a stellar cast of soloists, the RIASKammerchor and the Akademie für Alte Musik in a spectacular production of Handel's oratorio...continue...
Run Time: 166 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
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Schumann: Spanische Liebeslieder / Marlis Petersen

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-09-14

Works: Robert Schumann: Spanisches Liederspiel, 10 songs for voice(s) & piano, Op. 74; Minnespiel, Op. 101; Spanische Liebeslieder (10 Spanish Love Songs), for voice(s) & piano, Op. 138
Performers: Berner, Christoph; Gura, Werner; Petersen, Marlis; Radicke, Camillo; Vondung, Anke

The year 1849 was one of Schumann's most prolific. The inspiration for his 'Spanische Liebeslieder' and 'Spanische Liederspiel' was an anthology of Spanish texts translated...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (06/2009)....continue...

Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine / Herreweghe

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-07-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Performers: Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Kendall, William; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Laurens, Guillemette; Mellon, Agnes [Soprano Vocal]; O'Beirn, Gerhard; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers

Recording information: Abbaye-aux-Dames, Saintes (Charentes-Maritimes) (07/1986)....continue...

Monteverdi: Il Ballo delle Ingrate; Sestina

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-10-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi... Libro ottavo; Giulio Cesare Monteverdi: Lagrime d'amante al sepolcro dell'amata, sestina
Performers: Cantor, Philippe; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Feldman, Jill [Soprano Vocals]; Laplenie, Michel; Laurens, Guillemette; Visse, Dominique [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Christie, William

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Berlioz: Nuits d'été, Herminie / Philippe Herreweghe

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-10-13

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Herminie, cantata ("scène lyrique") for soprano & orchestra, H. 29
Performers: Balleys, Brigitte; Delunsch, Mireille
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Champs-Élysées Orchestra

Telemann: Brockes Passion / Jacobs, et al

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-04-14

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Brockes Passion, TV 5 no 1
Performers: Behle, Daniel; Chappuis, Marie-Claude; Christensen, Birgitte; Havar, Donat; Teuscher, Lydia; Weisser, Johannes
Conductors: Jacobs, René

"This Brockes-Passion certainly stands as a masterpiece, both as a compelling musical work and as a profoundly affecting dramatic rendering of the Passion story... the...continue...

Recital at Ravinia - Brahms, Handel, Debussy, Mozart, etc / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Peter Serkin, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-02-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 57; Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33; Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Giulio Cesare; Claude Debussy: Chansons (...
Performers: Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Minter, Drew [Counter Tenor Vocals]; Serkin, Peter [Piano]

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson displays her own special sense of drama in a program on the theme of love, ranging over several centuries and covering every...continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Mortensen/Concerto Copenhagen, Scholl, Dam-Jensen, Stene [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-10-09

Works: George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17
Performers: Dam-Jensen, Inger; Knudsen, Palle; Lundgren, John; Maniaci, Michael; Robson, Christopher; Scholl, Andreas; Semmingsen, Tuva; Stene, Randi
Conductors: Mortensen, Lars Ulrik
Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen

In what is probably his most accomplished opera, freely based on historical characters, Handel probes with many facets of the human soul. 'Giulio Cesare' boasts...continue...
Run Time: 216 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Denmark
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Mozart: Messe in C Minor / Herreweghe, Oelze, Larmore, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-06-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a); Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Larmore, Jennifer; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Weir, Scot
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Champs-Élysées Orchestra

"Herreweghe offers the most gentle rendition of this work that I've ever heard...The soloists are uniformly fine, always within a conception that achieves its strongest...continue...

Handel: Ariodante / McGegan, Hunt, Gondek, Saffer, et al

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante
Performers: Cavallier, Nicolas; Gondek, Juliana; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Lane, Jennifer; Lindemann, Jorn; Muller, Rufus [Tenor Vocals]; Saffer, Lisa
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

"McGegan directs in his usual spirited style. There is a real theatrical sense to his conducting: this is one of those opera sets where, after...continue...

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / Jacobs, Dawson, Finley, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-06-12

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Blaze, Robin; Dawson, Lynne; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Joshua, Rosemary; Kiehr, Maria Cristina [Soprano Vocal]; Visse, Dominique [Countertenor Vocal]; Wallace, Stephen
Conductors: Jacobs, René

"An uninhibited and richly coloured Dido with a starry cast - arguably the first truly persuasive account from a continental director - puts this account...continue...

Lully: Grands Motets; Dumont: Memorare / Chappele Royale

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-03-20

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Dies irae, motet for double chorus & orchestra, LWV 64/1; Miserere, motet for double chorus & orchestra, LWV 25; Henry du Mont: Memorare, grand motet for double choir, strings & ...
Performers: Brown, Donna; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Lamy, Hervé [Tenor Vocals]; Laurens, Guillemette; Ledroit, Henri; Studer, Ulrich
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale Paris

BBC Music Magazine
A dramatic account of music that combines grandeur, passion and tedium. Superb blend in the upper voices and clarity of diction entrance. For...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Keenlyside, Lascarro, Oddone, Dike, Wallace, Tomasson, Jacobs/Concerto Vocale, Collegium Vocale [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-01-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Dike, Martina; Keenlyside, Simon; Lascarro, Juanita; Oddone, Graciela; Tomassone, Tiziano
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Collegium Vocale; Concerto Vocale

"This stunningly conceived, musically vibrant Orfeo was taped at Brussels' La Monnaie in 1998. The much-lauded production later traveled to the Brooklyn Academy of Music...continue...
Run Time: 170 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Cavalli: La Calisto. Jacobs/Concerto Vocale [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-11-14

Works: Pier Francesco Cavalli: Calisto
Performers: Banks, Barry; Bayo, Maria; Lippi, Marcello; Oliver, Alexander; Pushee, Graham; Theodoridou, Sonia; Tyson, Robin; Visse, Dominique; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale

"When this was first released in 1995, I thought it was the finest recording of a Baroque opera I'd ever heard. Since then there have...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mozart: La clemenza di Tito / Jacobs, Im, et al

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-09-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito
Performers: Chappuis, Marie-Claude; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Foresti, Sergio; Im, Sunhae; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Pendatchanska, Alexandrina
Conductors: Jacobs, René

'La clemenza di Tito', was Mozart's last opera, commissioned for the coronation of Emperor Leopold II, King of Bohemia. Early Mozart scholars claimed he wrote...continue...

1+1 Handel: Judas Maccabaeus / McGegan, de Mey, et al

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-08-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Kromm, Leroy; Mey, Guy de; Saffer, Lisa; Spence, Patricia; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Lully: Petits Motets / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-07-11

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Omnes gentes plaudite, motet for 3 voices & continuo, LWV 77/10; Regina coeli, LWV 77 no 12; O sapientia in misterio, motet for 3 voices & continuo, LWV 77/11; Laudate pueri Domi...
Performers: Bellocq, Eric; Boyer, Marie; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Fauché, François; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Martin, Frédéric [Violin]; Steyer, Arlette; Zanetti, Moni...

Monteverdi: Il combattimento di Tancredi, etc / Christie

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2005-09-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Madrigals, Book 7; Scherzi musicali, volume 2; Madrigals, Book 10; Presso un fiume tranquillo, dialogue for 7 voices & instruments (from Book 6), SV 116; Madrig...
Performers: Brand, Adrian; Brua, Claire; Cavallier, Nicolas; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Loonen, Bernhard; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Piau, Sandrine; Rivenq, Nicolas; Semellaz, Francoise
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Rameau: Castor & Pollux Highlights / William Christie, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-10-01

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux
Performers: Brua, Claire; Correas, Jerome; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Gens, Véronique; Mellon, Agnès [Soprano Vocal]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Lully: Atys (extraits) / Christie, Les Arts Florissants

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-09-01

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Atys, LWV 53
Performers: Bona, Jacques; Deletré, Bernard; Desrochers, Isabelle; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Gardeil, Jean-Francois; Gens, Véronique; Laplénie, Michel; Laurens, Guillemette; Mellon, Agnè...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

"What ensures the success of this performance as much as anything is Christie's lively rhythmic sense, and his informed handling of French music of this...continue...

Bach: St John Passion / Herreweghe, Scholl, Rubens, et al

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2002-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Kempenaers, Cecile; Noack, Sebastian; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Rubens, Sibylla; Volle, Michael; Worner, Dominik
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Ghent Collegium Vocale

"...In his new release of the St. John Passion Herreweghe, by contrast with his earlier recording, has opted for Bach's 1725 Leipzig version in which...continue...

Classical Express - Bach: Anna Magdalena Notebook Highlights

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite no 1 in D minor, BWV 812; Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölzel), BWV 508; Willst du dein Herz mir schenken (Aria di Gi...
Performers: Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; McGegan, Nicholas

Documenta - Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo / Jacobs

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1996-08-01

Works: Antonio Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo, oratorio
Performers: Dominguez, Rosa; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Kiehr, Maria Cristina [Soprano Vocal]; Messthaler, Ulrich; Scholl, Andreas; Türk, Gerd
Conductors: Jacobs, René

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria / René Jacobs

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1992-11-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Performers: Bovet, Martina; Congiu, Francesca; Durmuller, Jorg; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Hogman, Christina; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Jacobs, Rene; Lallouette, Olivier; McFadden, Claron; Mey, Guy de...
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Handel. Giulio Cesare. Concerto Koln, R.jacobs

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1991-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Lallouette, Olivier; Larmore, Jennifer; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rorholm, Marianne; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Visse, Dominique [Countertenor Vocal]; Zanasi, Fur...
Conductors: Jacobs, René

"An excellent cast in one of Handel's greatest operas." -BBC Music...continue...