Theorbo > Channel Classics

With Endless Teares - Johnson, Lawes, Humphrey, Purcell [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Robert Johnson: Have you seen but a white lily grow?; Woods, rocks and mountains; With endless tears, for voice, lute & continuo; Come hither you that love; Come heavy sleep, for treble voice and lut...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

Johannette Zomer and Fred Jacobs started recording a series of programs devoted to 17th Century monody for which their research has unveiled many hidden treasures....continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Deventer, The Netherlands (12/2008)....continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 5

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in A major, K 429/L 132; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199...
Performers: Adlam, Derek; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Feng, Ning; Giacometti, Paolo; Hoppe, Thomas; Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Jarnot, Konrad; Lazic, Dejan [Piano]; Mees, Reinhild; Podger, Rachel [Violin]; Qiao, Ta...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván;
Ensemble: Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet; Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Budapest Festival Orchestra; Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands); Netherlands Bach Society

Channel Classics' fifth mid-priced Super Artists on Super Audio sampler could not be more varied. The musical selections on this disc travel from Bach to...continue...

L'Esprit Galant / Johannette Zomer, Fred Jacobs

1 CD / Channel Classics / 2008-01-08

Works: Antoine Boësset: Noires forêts; Que servent tes conseils; Me veux-tu voir mourir; Ennemond Gaultier: Courante in C minor for 2 Lute "L'Immortelle"; Germain Pinel: Prélude (from Manusc...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

The latter half of the seventeenth century saw a great flowering of the short and succinct "air serieux" - the most common sub-category of the...continue...

Masters of the Lute / Matthew Wadsworth

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2006-11-14

Works: John Dowland: Preludium, P 98; Forlorn Hope Fancy; Lachrimae Pavan, P 15; Galliard to Lachrimae, P 46; My Lord Willobes Wellcome Home, P 66; Earl of Essex, his Galliard, P 42a; Francis Cutting: Divis...
Performers: Wadsworth, Matthew

"Sitting pretty at the top of the classical charts as we go to press, one wonders how many new lute fans Sting's John Dowland album...continue...

Couperin: Leçons de Ténèbres / Fentross, Grimm, Zomer, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2006-05-09

Works: François Couperin: Leçon de Ténèbres 1, for treble voice & continuo; Leçon de Ténèbres 2, for treble voice & continuo; Leçons de tenébres; Marin Marai...
Performers: Fentross, Mike; Grimm, Anne; Laarhoven, Paulina van; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sfera Armoniosa

"Soprano Anne Grimm is a wonderful singer, with a lovely, warm voice, accurate intonation, and an expressive technique that perfectly captures the mood and meaning...continue...

Caccini: Nuove Musiche; Piccinini / Zomer, Jacobs

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Giulio Caccini: Amor, io parto; Mentre che fra doglie e pene, for voice & continuo; Filli, Mirando il cielo; Nuove musiche e nuova maniera de scriverle; Fortunato augellino; Vaga su spin'ascosa, for ...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

Guilio Caccini was most likely born in Rome and rose to prominence as a composer in Florence under the Medicis. Caccini's most influentail work was...continue...

Super Artists on Super Audio Vol 3

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Anonymous: Allegro; Ludwig August Lebrun: Concerto for Oboe no 3 in D major; Sofia Gubaidulina: The Canticle of the Sun; George Frederick Handel: Suite in G minor; Mariano Mores: Taquito militar; Mau...
Performers: Brüggen, Daniel; Cooper, Gary; Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Driever, Bertho; Dufour, Marc; Escalera, Katia; Gerritsen, Elsbeth; Giacometti, Paolo; Goldstein, Marleene; Groot, Peter de; Jacobs, ...
Conductors: ; de Vriend, Jan Willem; Reuss, Daniel; Dijkstra, Peter; Veldhoven, Jos van; Herbers, Werner; Fischer, Iván
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra; Ebony Band; Florilegium Ensemble; Ghent Collegium Vocale; Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam; Netherlands Bach Society Baroque Orchestra; Netherlands Bach Society Choir; Ra...

International Record Review
This superb recital, aided by a crystal-clear SACD recorded sound (even the perfect place to make its acquaintance.
...continue...

Bolivian Baroque / Florilegium

2 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-04-12

Works: Domenico Zipoli: Beatus vir; In hoc Mundo, for voice & ensemble; Anonymous, Bolivian: Sonata Chiquitanas no 18 for 2 violins & continuo; Aqui ta naqui Iyai, for voice & ensemble; La Folia, for 2 viol...
Performers: Debretzeni, Kati; Escalera, Katia; Moffatt, Sarah; Morsches, Jennifer; Quinteiro, Eligio; Suntra, Henry Villca; Tisera, Gian-Carla; Wayar, Alejandra
Conductors:
Ensemble: Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands)

The majority of this program was only recently rediscovered in a crypt which dates bach to 1707. Both the music and the story behing the...continue...

Musickes Sweetest Joyes / Jacobs, Linden, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2004-10-12

Works: Christopher Simpson: Prelude in D (The Division-Viol, 1665); Divisions for viola da gamba & continuo in D; Prelude [in E] (The Dicision-Viol, 1665); Division on a Ground in E minor, for viola da gamb...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Kooij, Peter; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]; van der Velden, Mieneke; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

The gentle melancholy which underlies the sound of the viola da gamba made it the instrument par excellence in 17th century England. Sadness was the...continue...

Splendore di Roma / Johannette Zomer, Fred Jacobs

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2003-11-01

Works: Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger: Dove mi lasci; Già risi del mio mal; Cinta di rose; Pargoletto son io; Toccata for lute no 3 (from D'intavolatura di Lauto, 1611); Work(s); Canzone prima; Toccata...
Performers: Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]

Le Roi s'amuse - Leclair, Boismortier, Corrette /Florilegium

1 CD / Channel Classics / 1998-08-01

Works: Jean-Marie Leclair: Ouvertures (3) et sonates en trio (3), Op. 13; Deuxième récréation de musique d'une exécution facile, suite for 2 flutes (or violins) & continuo in; Joseph Bod...
Performers: Costa, Neal Peres da; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; McDonald, Anna; Pauley, Scott; Podger, Rachel [Violin]; Rogers, Jane; Yeadon, Daniel

Pandolfi Mealli: Violin Sonatas / Manze, Egarr, Jacobs

1 CD / Channel Classics / 1997-07-01

Works: Giovanni Mealli: Sonata for violin & continuo, Op. 3/2 ("La Cesta"); Sonata for violin & continuo, Op. 3/4 ("La Castella"); Sonata for violin & continuo, Op. 3/5 ("La Clemente"); Sonata for violin & ...
Performers: Egarr, Richard; Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Manze, Andrew

Vivaldi: 6 Cello Sonatas / Pieter Wispelwey, Florilegium

1 CD / Channel Classics / 1997-07-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata no 6 in B flat (Preludio - Largo, Allemanda - Allegro, Largo, Corrente - Allegro); Sonata no 9 in E flat (Larghetto, Allegro, Andante, Allegro); Sonata no 8 in A minor (Largo,...
Performers: Carter, William; Costa, Neal Peres da; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Wispelwey, Pieter

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Vivaldi wrote with great imagination for the cello, and the sonatas, like the concertos, are plentifully endowed with affecting melodies - the...continue...

Purcell: "Ten Sonata's in Four Parts" / The Locke Consort

1 CD / Channel Classics / 1997-07-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Sonatas (10) in 4 parts for 2 violins, bass viol & continuo, Z. 802-811
Performers: Braumann, Susanne; Holman, Peter; Jacobs, Fred [Theorbo]; Mimi Mitchell; Udbhava Wilson Meyer
Conductors:
Ensemble: Locke Consort