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Nodebog - Musical pleasures & divertissements from 18th C. Norway / Hans Olav Gorset (flute) & Friends

3 CD / 2 L Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Anonymous, Truels Johannesson Hvidt Music Book: Preludium for alto recorder; La Lovis, air for 2 recorders; Engelsk dants (English Dance), for alto recorder; Chavailer dantz, for alto recorder; Paspi...
Performers: Bothner-By, Cathrine [Soprano Vocal]; Gorset, Hans Olav; Innervik, Kjell Tore; Johansen, Lars Henrik [Harpsichord]; Lislevand, Andre [Viola da Gamba]; Lund, Vegard; Stene, Hakon Morch

NODEBOG presents musical pleasures and "divertissements" from 18th century Norway. These rediscovered treasures from the past can only be recreated through living performance today, here...continue...
Recording information: Jar Kirke, Oslo, Norway (02/2012)....continue...

Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs by Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and George Frideric Handel / Patricia Petibon, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: José de Nebra: Vendado es amor, no es ciego; Henry Le Bailly: Yo soy la locura (Passacalle de La Folie); Anonymous: Cachua, improvisation on a melody recogida by Baltasar Martínez Compa...
Performers: Almada, Lincoln; Grare, Joël; Greenlaw, Kevin [Baritone vocal]; Hamon, Pierre; Mascardi, Evangelina; Petibon, Patricia; Rodriguez, Josias
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: ; La Cetra

Admired for her remarkable creative imagination and exemplary musicianship, soprano Patricia Petibon, in her newest album for Deutsche Grammophon, offers a treasure-trove of fascinating Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Martinskirche in Basel, Switzerland (02/2012)....continue...

Les Gouts Accordes: Chamber works by Barriere; De Visee; Lully; Hotman; Braun / La Rotta, Georgiev, Little Clark

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-05-29

Works: Jean Barrière: Sonata for cello & piano in D minor a tre, Book 3, no 2; Sonata for cello & continuo in D minor, Book 2, no 3; Sonata for cello & piano in C minor, Book 2, no 6; Robert de Vis...
Performers: Clark, Katelyn; Georgiev, Jivko; Little, Margaret; Rotta, Esteban La

French composer Robert de Visée (c. 1655 -1732) was known as a theorbo and guitar player. Around 1680, de Visée became a chamber musician for...continue...
Recording information: Saint-Joseph Church, Montréal, Québec, Canaca (12/08/2010-12/10/2010)....continue...

Love's Madness - Songs of Henry Purcell / Dorothee Mields, soprano

1 CD / Carus / 2012-04-24

Works: English Traditional: Tom of Bedlam, folk song; The cruel mother, folk song ("There was a lady lived in York"); Henry Purcell: 'Tis women makes us love, catch for 4 voices, Z. 281; The Richmond Heires...
Performers: Apel, Hans-Werner; Becker, Ulrike; Katschner, Wolfgang; Mields, Dorothee; Paetz, Ulrike; Schnurpfeil, Birgit; Thiele, Nora; von Hoff, Anne
Conductors: Katschner, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Lautten Compagney

After the successful release of the album 'Love Songs', soprano Dorothee Mields now presents a second album dedicated to the music of Henry Purcell. She...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche Berlin-Dahlem (07/16/2011-07/19/2011)....continue...

A Concert For Madame de Sévigné: works by Lully, Marais, Hotteterre et al. / Hantai, Barthel, Eguez, Pierlot

1 CD / Flora / 2012-04-10

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Trios pour le coucher du Roi; Le Triomphe de l'Amour; Persée; Amadis; Pierre Gautier de Marseille: Suite en trio in D minor; Les Plaisirs, for keyboard; Jacques Hotteterre: ...
Performers: Barthel, Georges; Eguez, Eduardo; Hantai, Marc

This recording presents a revival of a concert attended by Madame de Sévigné in February 1696, where the flute players Descotaux and Philbert were accompanied...continue...
Recording information: l'Eglise de Basse-Bodeux (09/2009)....continue...

Beauty of the Baroque / Danielle De Niese, Andreas Scholl

1 CD / Decca / 2012-01-10

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Third and Last Booke of Songes; George Frederick Handel: Serse; Samson; Acis and Galatea; Rodelinda; The Triumph of Time and Truth; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Claudio M...
Performers: Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bicket, Harry; Caminiti, Daniele; Niese, Danielle de; Paronuzzi, Giorgio; Scholl, Andreas; Zeller, Martin
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: The English Concert

Since her early success in Glyndebourne's now famous production of Handel's Giulio Cesare, Danielle de Niese has become most closely associated with the music of...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (08/12/2010-08/16/2010)....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...

Hasse: Cleofide / William Christie

4 CD / Capriccio / 2011-03-29

Works: Johann Adolf Hasse: Cleofide
Performers: Imamura, Yasunori; Reperant, Yvon; Rousset, Christophe [Harpsichord/Conductor]
Conductors: Christie, William

After many years this famed world premiere recording of Hasse's 1731 opera is back and available for international sale. With a well-known cast including Emma...continue...
Recording information: Schulzentrum Lindlar, Cologne, Germany (05/1986)....continue...

Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso / Scimone

3 CD / Erato / 2011-01-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728
Performers: Chiampan, Gianni; Farina, Edoardo; Hubscher, Jurgen; Koyama, Kiyoshi; Marzi, Bepi de
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio

Recording information: Sala della Chitarra, Villa Contarina, Piazzola sul Bren (07/1977)....continue...

George Frideric Handel: Il Trionfo / Marc Minkowski, et al

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Teseo; Amadigi
Performers: Bazola, Francois; Bertin, Pascal; Delattre, Jean-Jacques; Elwes, John; Gooding, Julia; Harrhy, Eiddwen; James, Eirian; Jones, Della; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Monteilhet, Pascal; Napoli, Catherine; Poitevin...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Monteverdi: Complete Operas on Brilliant Classics

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308; Unspecified: Orfeo and L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Performers: Antonelli, Giordano; Bucci, Angela; Canihac, Jean-Pierre; Coelati, Riccardo Rama; Giannelli, Jean Michel; Giardini, Luca; Gintoli, Loredana; Imbert, Jean; Lechartier, Eric; Lucchi, Frédé...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio

Monteverdi's three great operas (a fourth, Arianna, only survives in part) are among the earliest surviving examples of opera, and are still regular fixtures on...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium of Pigna, Corsica (10/2006); Pigna Auditorium, Corsica, France (10/2006)....continue...

Il Pianto d'Orfeo - Monteverdi, Peri, Caccini

1 CD / New Classical Adventure / 2009-10-27

Works: Lorenzo Allegri: Sinfonia per il Gran Principe, for lute; Primo Ballo della notte d'amore; Jacopo Peri: Euridice; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Giulio Caccini: L'Euridice; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: La...
Performers: Katschner, Wolfgang; Rensburg, Kobie van; Vieweg, Matthias
Conductors: Katschner, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Lautten Compagney

"Orfeo moved us because of being a human", wrote Monteverdi to Alessandro Striggio in a very often quoted letter from the 9th of February 1616....continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandradio, Studio 10 im Funkhaus Berlin (02/03/2004-02/06/2004)....continue...

Caccini: L'Euridice / Achten, Scherzi Musicali, et al

1 CD / Ricercar / 2009-01-13

Works: Giulio Caccini: Euridice, opera
Performers: Achten, Nicolas [Conductor]; Berten, Olivier; El-Bushra, Magid; Mecheken, Reinoud van; Renson, Laurence; Roy, Marie de; Vieslet, Céline
Conductors: Achten, Nicolas

Caccini's lyricism, emotion, and skilled vocal writing show clearly that his 'L'Euridice' is the true forerunner of Monteverdi's 'L'Orfeo'. Ricercar now proudly presents this world...continue...

Baroque Voices - From Monteverdi to Handel - Arie & Cantate / Mingardo, Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: Tarquinio Merula: Curtio precipitato et altri capricii, Op. 13; Giovanni Salvatore: All'hor che Tirsi udia, cantata for voice & continuo; Giacomo Carissimi: Deh, memoria; Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigal...
Performers: Bacelli, Monica; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Giovanni, Ugo di; Peverini, Luca; Vicari, Francesca
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano

In My Element / Anne Sofie van Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito...
Performers: Augustsson, Mikael; Bjorkman, David; Blair, Michael; d'Oustrac, Stephanie; Dohmen, Albert; Forsberg, Bengt; Henryson, Svante; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Roland; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindberg, Magnus; Linds...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gardiner, John Eliot; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Boulez, Pierre; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; North German ...

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Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants
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Firenze 1616 - Belli, Caccini, Malvezzi, Saracini

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2008-03-11

Works: Claudio Saracini: Io moro, aria for voice & continuo; Giulio Caccini: Tutto'i di piango, solo madrigal for voice & continuo; Non ha'l ciel; Ineffabile Ardore (Final chorus Il Rapimento di Cefalo); Le...
Performers: Bucher, Aurore; Druet, Isabelle; Dumestre, Vincent; Marzorati, Arnaud; Padaut, Catherine; Poul, Camille; Roche, Philippe; van Elsacker, Jan
Conductors: Dumestre, Vincent
Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

This record delves into the ideology and the aesthetics of the early baroque to reveal a subtle and brotherly alliance between intellect and feeling. As...continue...

Great Handel / Bickett, Bostridge, Royal, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-07-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele; Der Messias; MEDLEY; La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo, HWV 47; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Ariodante; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; L'Alle...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Lisa; Bostridge, Ian; Cunningham, Sarah [Viola da gamba]; Devine, Steven; Earle, Richard; Jackson, Sally [winds]; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Lester, Richard [Cello]; Robson, Anthony; Watt...
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Making his baroque debut for EMI Classics, famed tenor Ian Bostridge takes on Handel's greatest arias. The repertoire is a mixture of English- and Italian-language...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Bolton, et al

3 CD / Farao Classics / 2005-01-03

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Performers: Ahnsjö, Claes H.; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Baumgartel, Christian; Bolton, Ivor; Chateauneuf, Paula; Daniels, David [Countertenor]; Heumann, Friederike; Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Köhler, Axel...
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra members

" This recording of a live 1997 Munich performance shimmers with the musical and erotic excitement the work demands but seldom receivesDaniels' voice can float...continue...

Arie Antiche

1 CD / Philips Import / 2004-11-09

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Vittoria, vittoria, mio core; Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio, RV 738; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Orfeo; Giuseppe Giordani: Caro mio ben, for voice & piano (or ...
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Latchem, Malcolm; Sillito, Kenneth
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

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Music for a while - Baroque Melodies / von Otter, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-11-09

Works: Benedetto Ferrari: Amanti, io vi so dire, for voice & continuo; Girolamo Frescobaldi: Arie musicali Bk.1 no 15, Se l'aura spira, in 3 sections for solo voice; Giulio Caccini: Dovrò dunque morire...
Performers: Ericson, Anders; Lindberg, Jakob; Vinikour, Jory; von Otter, Anne Sofie

'Music for a While' is a beautiful album with delightful repertoire from the Baroque era, including songs and instrumental interludes. Von Otter is accompanied by...continue...

Opera in English - Yvonne Kenny 2 - R. Strauss, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Arabella; Capriccio, Op 85; Franz L...
Performers: Edwards, Catherine; Evans, Rebecca; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Tim; Kenny, Yvonne; Quinteiro, Eligio; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Woodhouse, Nigel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Cavalli: Xerse / Jacobs, Nelson, Gall, Concerto Vocale

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2000-11-14

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Xerse, opera
Performers: Bach, Gottfried; Dieltiens, Roel; Elwes, John; Fauche, Francois; Feldman, Jill [Soprano Vocals]; Gall, Jeffrey; Jacobs, Rene; Junghanel, Konrad; Mellon, Agnes [Soprano Vocal]; Mey, Guy de; Nelson, Ju...
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale

"Xerse" was written using the libretto that Handel also used, 84 years later. The text adopted here is that of its premiere in Venice in...continue...

Southwest Sweden - its Musical Heritage, Vol. 3

1 CD / Proprius / 1996-02-01

Works: André Campra: L'Europe galante; Hésione, opera; Robert de Visée: Preludes for guitar; Pierre Verdier: Gavotte; Anonymous: Siö Combatt; Gavotte de luth; Nicolas Renier: Amans, sur ...
Performers: Ek, Helena; Kihlstrand, Sofi; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindgren, Sten; Sunesson, Tore