Tenor > Cantata/Oratorio

Handel Arias / Leif Aruhn-Solén, tenor; New Trinity Baroque

1 CD / Edition Lilac / 2013-05-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18; Acis & Galatea, HWV 49; Samson, HWV 57; Semele, HWV 58; Athalia, HWV 52; Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; Jephtha, HWV 70; Partenope, HWV 27; Messiah, HW...
Performers: Aruhn-Solen, Leif
Conductors: Gosta, Predrag
Ensemble: New Trinity Baroque

Victory and defeat, hope and despair, love and hate. In the operas and oratorios by George Frideric Handel, all aspects of life are explored. Spotlighting...continue...
Recording information: St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Atlanta (2009-04-30&2009-05-01&2009-)....continue...

Mahler: Das klagende Lied; Blumine; Symphony No. 10 / Manuela Uhl, soprano; Lioba Braun, alto; Werner Gura, tenor. Blunier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, Cantata for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra (Version 1898/99); Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major
Performers: Güra, Werner; Uhl, Manuela
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Chorus Brno

Mahler initially had a hard time of it. A few compositional attempts from his youth did not turn out to his liking and were destroyed....continue...
Recording information: Bonn (05/14/2012-05/26/2012)....continue...

Schmidt: Book of the Seven Seals / Lippert, Rootering, Dasch, Nicoli, Chum. Luisi, MDR SO

2 CD / Querstand / 2013-05-14

Works: Franz Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (The Book of the Seven Seals), oratorio
Performers: Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Schönheit, Michael
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Middle German Radio Choir Leipzig; Middle German Radio Symphony Orchestra

The main choir-symphonic work by Austrian composer Franz Schmidt, and one of the most important oratorios of the 20th century. A rarity both in concert...continue...

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...

Bach

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, cantata, BWV 180; Ach liebe Christen, seid getrost, cantata, BWV 114; Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248; Ich habe genug, cantata, BWV 82a; Matth&#...
Performers: Behle, Carla Branca [Viola]; Behle, Daniel; Brunnert, Christian; Heine, Till; Heinzmann, Anne-Catherine; Rothaupt, Anne [Violin]; Weber, Ekkehard
Conductors: Rothaupt, Klaus

Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 53 - BWV 9, 97 & 177 / Hana Blazikova, soprano, Robin Blaze, counter-tenor, Gerd Turk, tenor, Peter kooij, bass

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 97, "In allen meinen Taten" BWV 97; Cantata no 177, "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 177; Cantata no 9, "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her," BWV 9 (BC A107)
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Blazikov, Hana; Kooij, Peter; Murakami, Yukiko; San'nomiya, Masamitsu; Turk, Gerd; Wakamatsu, Natsumi
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

The three cantatas on this recording come from the first half of the 1730's, by which time J.S. Bach was no longer writing a new...continue...
Recording information: Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan (02/2012)....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...

Bach: Cantatas BWV 161, 170 & 177 / Schlick, Jacobs, Rogers. Hans-Martin Linde

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 170, "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170; Cantata no 161, "Komm, du süsse Todesstunde" BWV 161; Cantata no 177, "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ"...
Performers: Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Vocal], Nigel Rogers [Tenor
Conductors: Linde, Hans-Martin
Ensemble: Linde Consort

Without exception, the second edition in the RED LINE series feature absolute classics from the EMI catalog. These fantastic pieces range from Chopin to Beethoven...continue...
Recording information: Protestant Church, Séon, Switzerland (04/1980)....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...

Willy Burkhard: The face of Isaiah, The Year / Locher, Hunziker, Brechbuhler, Boog, Friedli

2 CD / Musiques Suisses / 2012-12-05

Works: Willy Burkhard: Das Gesicht Jesajas, oratorio for soloist, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op 41; Das Jahr, oratorio, Op. 62
Performers: Boog, Maya; Hunziker, Bernhard; Rosen, Rudolf; Sauer, Thomas
Conductors: Koch, Alois

The big oratorios by Hermann Suter (1870-1926), Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Frank Martin (1890-1974), and Willy Burkhard (1900-1955) are among the most remarkable Swiss works written...continue...
Recording information: Jesuitenkirche Luzern (04/12/2000); Stadtkirche Winterthur (04/12/2000); Jesuitenkirche Luzern (09/02/2012); Stadtkirche Winterthur (09/02/2012)....continue...

Christmas with the Vienna Boys' Choir / Schubert, Handel, Herbeck / Max Emanuel Cencic, Charles Humphries, conductor

2 CD / Capriccio / 2012-11-13

Works: Christmas Traditional: Vom Himmel hoch, o Englein kommt, carol (German); Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through the Thorn); O du fröhliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cordier, David; Humphries, Charles; Köhler, Axel [Countertenor Vocal]; Sharpe, Ivan; Torday, Robert
Conductors: Marschick, Peter; Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: ; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Studio Symphony

For over 500 years the Vienna Boys' Choir has been a living tradition. Since their beginning, the choir has worked with composers such as Mozart,...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...

Handel: Sacred Music - Includes Messiah; A Song for St Cecilia's Day; Streams of Pleasure; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno / Crowe, Croft, Gauvin, Lemieux, Fink, Varcoe [6 CD]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Theodora, HWV 68; Alexander Balus, HWV 65; Susanna, HWV 66; Juda...
Performers: Corti, Francesco; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Dawson, Lynne; Gauvin, Karina; Graf, Hans Peter; Moor, Chris de; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Wieboldt, Nils
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Minkowski, Marc; Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano; Il Complesso Barocco; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy ; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

This glittering Christmas boxed set gathers the finest Handel sacred music recordings from the Naïve catalogue including A Song for St Cecilia's Day, Messiah and...continue...

Highlights from Handel's Messiah

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-10-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah
Performers: Boyer, Tammy; Cochran, Lisa; Cottrell, Travis; Curry, Sheldon; Dockery, Ellen; Durham, Dave; George, Bill [Keyboards/Vocals]; Hall, Stephanie; Huffman, Sarah; Jordan, Marabeth; Mauldin, Russell; McCo...
Conductors: Wyrtzen, Don

Recording information: Angel Recording Studios Ltd., London, England; Quad Recording Studios, Nashville, TN....continue...

Essential Britten / Over 2 hours of Britten's greatest masterworks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18; Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Serenade for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Concerto for Violin Op. 15; Saint Nicolas, Op. 42; A Ceremony of Carols, O...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Brightman, Sarah; Brown, Timothy; Carter, Roy [Oboe]; Clark, James [Tenor Vocal]; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Ellis, Osian; Godlee, Julian; Haendel, Ida; Harper, Heather; Lenehan, John [Pi...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Brown, Iona; Bedford, Steuart; Berglund, Paavo; Willcocks, David; Pesek, Libor; Whitfield, John; Tate, Jeffrey; Previn, Andre; Hickox, Richard; Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; Endymion Ensemble

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Bach: Ach Susser Trost! Leipzig Cantatas, BWV 25, 138, 105, 46 / Hana Blazikova, Damien Guillon, Thomas Hobbs, Peter Kooij. Herrewegghe

1 CD / PHi Records / 2012-10-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 25, "Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe," BWV 25; Cantata no 138, "Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz?" BWV 138; Cantata no 105, "Herr, gehe nicht ins Gerich...
Performers: Hobbs, Thomas
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Orchestra (Ghent)

The four cantatas selected by Philippe Herreweghe for this recording date from the first year of Bach's activity in Leipzig. Written at a tight pace...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche Dahlem, Berlin (01/27/2012-01/29/2012)....continue...

J.S. Bach: Cantatas nos 52-60;116-140 / La Petite Band, Kuijken

1 Super Audio CD / Accent / 2012-10-06

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 52, "Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht," BWV 52; Cantata no 60, "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" BWV 60; Cantata no 116, "Du Freidefürst, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 116; C...
Performers: Crabben, Jan Van der; Genz, Christoph; Suh, Yeree
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La Petite Bande

In the beginning there was great skepticism towards the thesis that Bach's sacred vocal works were originally written for solo voices. Now this interpretation is...continue...

Mahler: Das Klagende Lied; Janacek: The Fiddler's Child / Cahill, Baker, Tear, Howekk / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Leos Janácek: The Fiddler's Child (Sumarovo Díte), ballad for orchestra, JW 6/14
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Cahill, Teresa; Dekany, Bela; Howell, Gwynne; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Rozhdestvensky was the first Russian conductor to perform and record all Mahler's symphonies in his country. Das klagende Lied is performed here live. The ICA...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...

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...

Shostakovich: Song of the Forests, Op. 81; Ten Poems, Op. 88; The Sun Shines Over the Motherland, Op. 90 / Vladimir Ivanovsky, tenor; Ivan Petrov, bass

1 CD / Praga / 2012-08-14

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: The Song of the Forests, oratorio, for tenor, bass, childrens chorus, chorus & orchestra, Op. 81; The Sun Shines on Our Motherland, cantata, for child chorus, chorus & orchestra,...
Performers: Ivanovsky, Vladimir; Petrov, Ivan
Conductors: Ulanov, Yevgeny; Ivancev, Konstantin; Sandler, Grigory
Ensemble: Leningrad Radio and TV Chorus; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR Symphony Orchestra

The latest in Praga's series of historic remasterings is a tribute to three outstanding Russian artists - conductor Yevgeny Mravinsky, choirmaster Alexander Yurlov and the...continue...

Jonathan Dove: There was a Child / Joan Rodgers, soprano; Toby Spence, tenor

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-08-03

Works: Jonathan Dove: There Was a Child, oratorio for 2 soloists, triple chorus & orchestra
Performers: Rodgers, Joan; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Halsey, Simon
Ensemble: City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

Jonathan Dove wrote There Was a Child as a tribute to a friend's son who died tragically young. Filled with both joyous celebration and heartfelt...continue...
Recording information: Symphony Hall, Birmingham, England (06/18/2011)....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

"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...

J.S. Bach - Secular Cantatas Vol. 2: Cantata, BWV 208 "Hunt"; Cantata, BWV 134a / Junker, Lunn, Sakurada, Williams, Guillon

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-07-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia for 2 trumpets, 3 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in F major (early version of BWV 1046); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Die...
Performers: Junker, Sophie [Soprano (Vocal)]; Sakurada, Makoto
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

Compared with J.S. Bach's production of church music his secular vocal works occupy a modest place in his output: today we know of the existence...continue...

Britten: The Little Sweep; Cantata Academica

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-07-10

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Little Sweep, children's opera, Op. 45; Cantata academica, for voices, chorus & orchestra, Op. 62
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Lester, Harold; Pears, Peter, Sir; Vyvyan, Jennifer
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Malcolm, George

American Record Guide, September / October 2012
Britten conducting his own music is always (well, almost always) the performance against which all others must be compared....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

Mozart: Requiem; Bruckner: Te Deum

2 CD / Red/membran / 2012-07-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Anton Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45; Georg Philipp Telemann: Warum verstellst du die Gebarde, sacred cantata for v...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Fischer, Fritz; Price, Leontyne; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Sauer, Franz; Werdermann, Hermann; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Langenbeck, Wolfgang

Recitar Cantando / Morini, Beasley, Accordone

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Cherubino Busatti: Angela siete; Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata no 16 for violin, 2 cornettos, harp & continuo; Sonata no 8 for 2 violins & continuo; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Madrigals, Book 7...
Performers: Beasley, Marco; Morini, Guido; Pavan, Franco; Rocco, Stefano
Conductors: Morini, Guido;
Ensemble: Accordone

Il settecento napoletano / Beasley, Morini, Accordone

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Giuseppe Porsile: Cantata sopra l'arcicalascione; Giulio Cesare Rubino: Cantata ("Lena"); Sant'Alfonso Maria dei Liguori: Quanno nascette Ninno a Bettlemme; Nicola Matteis: Other Ayres and Pieces, Bo...
Performers: Beasley, Marco; Morini, Guido
Conductors: Morini, Guido
Ensemble: Accordone

The final part of an Italian trilogy in which the Accordone ensemble, after its exploration of the 16th and 17th centuries, launches into the discovery...continue...

Salzburg Festival Opening Concert 2011 - Mahler: Das klagende Lied, Berg: Lulu Suite; Der Wein / Boulez - Vienna Philharmonic [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-06-26

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu-Suite; Der Wein; Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied
Performers: Botha, Johan; Larsson, Anna; Prohaska, Anna; Roeschmann, Dorothea
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The opening concert of the Salzburg Festival, for many regarded as the world's most renowned music festival, is by tradition a high-profile event and the...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: HD DVD, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DTS-HD 5.0
Subtitles: EN,FR,DE,ES,JAP,KR,CH
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Salzburg Festival Opening Concert 2011 - Mahler: Das klagende Lied, Berg: Lulu Suite; Der Wein / Boulez - Vienna Philharmonic [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-06-26

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu-Suite; Der Wein; Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied
Performers: Botha, Johan; Larsson, Anna; Prohaska, Anna; Roeschmann, Dorothea
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The opening concert of the Salzburg Festival, for many regarded as the world's most renowned music festival, is by tradition a high-profile event and the...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DTS-HD 5.0
Subtitles: EN,FR,DE,ES,JAP,KR,CH
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Best of Handel / Various artists

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, oratorium, HWV 56; The Water Music; Judas Maccabäus, oratorium, HWV 63; Jephta, oratorium, HWV 70; Handel - Bourée; Organ Concerto in F major "Cuckoo & t...
Performers: Bosse, Gerhard; Buchner, Eberhard; Buschnakowsky, Werner [Harpsichord]; Erben, Friedemann; Frimmer, Monika; Keymer, Christof; Kohler, Johannes-Ernst; Lorenz, Siegfried; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Creed, Marcus; ; Seyfarth, Lothar; Kluttig, Christian; Margraf, Horst-Tanu; Kurz, Siegfried; Knothe, Dietrich
Ensemble: ; Schweriner Blechbläser-Collegium

Great Sacred Masterpieces - Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Charles Gou...
Performers: Baylon, Jay; Beckley, Lisa; Carey, Colm; Colombara, Carlo; Faulkner, Julie; Filipova, Elena; Gedge, Nicholas; Genz, Christoph; Hajossyova, Magdalena [Soprano Vocals]; Hernandez, Cesar; Im, Sunhae; Ke...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Oberfrank, Géza; Spering, Andreas; Kosler, Zdenek; Jun, Märkl,; Sch...

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Joseph Haydn: The Seasons / Agnes Giebel, Fritz Wunderlich, Kieth Engen

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-04-24

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons
Performers: Engen, Keith; Giebel, Agnes; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Müller-Kray, Hans
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

In April 2012, the Schwetzingen Festival celebrates its 60th birthday. On this occasion, a very special oratorio recording from the festival's early years has been...continue...
Recording information: Schwetzinger Schloss, Rokokotheater (05/24/1959)....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
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Jörg Herchet: Das geistliche Jahr / Ens. Vocal Modern

2 Super Audio CD / Querstand / 2012-04-10

Works: Jörg Herchet: Pfingstkantate (Pentecost Cantata), cantata for 2 voices, children's chorus, chorus , organ & orches; Mariens tempelgang, cantata for voice & orchestra; Kantate zum 1. Sonntag im a...
Performers: Andersson, Inga-Britt; Auenmuller, Gabriele; Bohmig, Reimund; Clemens, Helmut; Hornoff, Thomas; Junghanns, Egbert; Lohse, Peter; Neubert, Matthias; Verkade, Gary
Conductors: Brödel, Christfried
Ensemble: Ensemle Vocal Modern; Meißner Kantorei

One of the most important composers in Germany today! This disc contains four large works from his cycle Das Geistliche Jahr (The Spiritual Year), begun...continue...

Janácek: Choral Music / New London Chamber Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-04-10

Works: Leos Janácek: Ríkadla (Nursery Rhymes) (18) for 9 voices & 10 instruments, JW 5/17; Kaspar Rucky, ballad for soloists & female chorus, JW 4/41; 70,000 (Sedmdesát tisíc, Th...
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; MacDougall, Jamie; Norman, Daniel; Pitt, Amanda; Webb, Hugh; Williamson, Clive
Conductors: Wood, James
Ensemble: ; Critical Band

Fanfare
These performances strike me as nearly ideal ... this enchanting Hyperion disc.
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Pierre Boulez Conducts Bartók

8 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-04-10

Works: Béla Bartók: Pieces (4) for Orchestra, Op. 12/Sz 51; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Pictures (2) for Orchestra, Op. 10/Sz 46; Hungarian Sketches, for orch...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Grimaud, Helene; Kremer, Gidon; Norman, Jessye; Percy, Neil; Polgar, Laszlo; Shaham, Gil; Simon, ...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Over the past 18 years Pierre Boulez has made a series of critically acclaimed recordings for Deutsche Grammophon of Bartok's major orchestral works, the complete...continue...

Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, oratorio version

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze (The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross), o
Performers: Fischesser, Christof [Bass Vocals]; Labitzke, Petra; Sans, Daniel
Conductors: Matt, Nicol
Ensemble: Chamber Choir of Europe

In 1785, age 53 and at the height of fame, Haydn received a commission to write ceremonial music for Good Friday. The resulting instrumental composition...continue...
Recording information: Hotel Wartburg, Mannheim, Germany (01/07/2002-01/09/2002)....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...

Joan Sutherland: A Portrait

3 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-03-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Acis and Galatea; The Messiah; Alcina; Samson; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; La Traviata; Rigoletto; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Charle...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Malcolm, George; Pears, Peter, Sir; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Lewis, Anthony

Gramophone Magazine
In her own time there was a tendency to take Sutherland for granted, so consistent were her high standards of technique, musicianship and, yes,...continue...

Une fête Baroque! / Anne Sofie von Otter; Sandrine Piau; Natalie Dessay; Philippe Jaroussky; Patricia Petibon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Opéra-ballet; Hippolyte et Aricie, Tragédie lyrique; Dardanus, Tragédie lyrique; Platée, Ballet-bouffon; Castor et Pollux, Trag&e...
Performers: Azzaretti, Jael; Benichou, Olivier; Bertin, Pascal; Billiet, Jeroen; Claycomb, Laura; Degand, Stephanie-Marie; Degout, Stephane; Deshayes, Karine; Dessay, Natalie; Fierro, Sydney; Haidan, Delphine; H...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle
Ensemble: Le Concert dÆ Astree

Paris's Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Le Concert d' Astree, under its founder and conductor Emmanuelle Haim gave a concert entitled Fetes Baroques to celebrate its 10th...continue...
Recording information: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France (12/19/2011)....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...

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Israelites in the desert, Otto, Oswald, Schopper, Gramss

1 CD / CPO / 2012-02-28

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Die Israeliten in der Wüste, oratorio for 5 soloists, chorus, orchestra & continuo, H. 775, Wq. 238
Performers: Gramß, Nele; Oswald, Hermann; Otto, Gudrun Sidonie; Schopper, Michael
Conductors: Brunner, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Salzburger Hofmusik

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote his Israeliten in der Wueste immediately after assuming the post of Hamburg City Music Director in 1768/69, succeeding his godfather...continue...
Recording information: Solitär Mozarteum, Salzburg (09/2008)....continue...

Cartellieri: Gioas Re di Giuda / Katharina Kammerloher, Thomas Quasthoff

2 CD / MD&G / 2012-02-28

Works: Antonio Casimir Cartellieri: Gioas, Re di Giuda, oratorio
Performers: Hempel, Jurgen; Herzog, Ingeborg; Hoppe, Gesa; Kammerloher, Katharina; Mallet, Hugo; Quasthoff, Thomas
Conductors: Schmalfuss, Gernot
Ensemble: Gütersloh Bach Choir

Telemann: Cantatas / Ulrich Stotzel, Collegium vocale Siegen, Hannoversche Hofkapelle

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-02-28

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Ich weiss, dass mein Erlöser lebt (I), sacred cantata for chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo, TWV 1; Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen (I), sacred cantata for chorus, 2 ...
Performers: Hamann, Jens; Poplutz, Georg; Wust, Stefanie
Conductors: Stotzel, Ulrich
Ensemble: Collegium vocale Siegen

Much has been written about the contrasting Italian and French musical styles at the beginning of the 18th century, but Telemann was among the first...continue...
Recording information: Martinikirche Siegen (10/07/2010-10/10/2010)....continue...