Viola > Cantata/Oratorio

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

Out of the Forest - Music for corno da caccia of Telemann, Tunnell / Michael Tunnell, corno da caccia; Jack Ashworth, organ and harpsichord

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-11-19

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Horn in D major; Johann Joachim Quantz: Concerto for horn & orchestra no 3 in E flat major; Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto for 2 horns, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, str...
Performers: Ashworth, Jack; Bonczyk, Patrick; Farrar, Byron; Halliday, Jane; Heim, Bruce; Hill, Michael; Karr, Kathy; Karr, Matthew; Potochnic, Jennifer; Rafferty, J. Patrick; Tunnell, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Solo Corno Caccia

Recording information: St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Louisville, Kent (2011)....continue...

Andrew Simpson: A Crown of Stars; Alfred Schnittke: Requiem / Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano; Joseph Dietrich, tenor

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-07-10

Works: Andrew Earle Simpson: A Crown of Stars; Alfred Schnittke: Requiem, music to Schiller's drama "Don Carlos", for soloists, mixed chorus & instrumental ensemble
Performers: Ament, Anne; Barnet, Lori; Birch, Robert; Bisesi, John; Carson, Mark; Daglar, Fatma; Dewey, Glenn; Dircksen, Eri; Firsow, Karin; Fritz, Ben [Trombone]; Humphreys, Michelle; Kaye, Jane; Kivrak, Osman;...
Conductors: Becker, Gisèle
Ensemble: Maryland State Boychoir

Andrew Earle Simpson's A Crown of Stars is a wedding oratorio celebrating the universality of human love and was commissioned by the Cantate Chamber Singers...continue...

Oboe Passion: Arias & Concertos by J.S. Bach & Sons / Pauline and Nienke Oostenrijk, Jaap ter Linden

2 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, BWV 84; Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen, BWV 32; Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248; Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1; Ich ...
Performers: Baudet, Remy; Franenberg, Robert; Have, Wim ten; Henstra, Siebe; Leenhouts, Paul; Oostenrijk, Nienke; Oostenrijk, Pauline; Polman, Franc; Steenhoven, Karel van; Swarts, Lucia
Conductors: ter Linden, Jaap
Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta

A double CD featuring two sisters: Pauline & Nienke Oostenrijk! Pauline plays on both CDs: one featuring arias for soprano and oboe, and one featuring...continue...

Jewish Baroque: Venice, Mantua & Amsterdam, 1623-1774

1 CD / Buzz / 2012-01-10

Works: Salomone Rossi: Kaddish (from The Songs of Solomon); 'Al naharót bavél (Psalm 137) à 4; Lemí ehpóts (Wedding Ode) à 8; Christian Joseph Lidarti: Ester Oratorio; Anonymou...
Performers: Beelen, Marine; Bouche, Marieke; Boyer, Magali [Cello]; Brossard, Cecile [Photography]; Caron, Claire; Cirasse, Genevieve; De Valera, Alex; Duthuille, Laura; Ensemble Texto; Fonnard, Elodie; Gauvrit,...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Texto

This album, the tenth volume in the Musical Heritage of the Jews of France collection released by the Fondation du Judaïsme Français, was recorded on...continue...
Recording information: l'Église Évangélique Allemande de Paris, Paris, France (04/14/2010)....continue...

Britten: Noye's Fludde / Wilks, Wilson, Wyn, BBC Concert

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Benjamin Britten: Noye's Fludde, children's opera, Op. 59; A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
Performers: Alleyne, Susan; Anderson, Louisa; Ankier, Joanne; Barnett, Judy; Bate, Jennifer; Baylav, H. Cahit; Belas, Oliver; Berry, Christine; Blomiley, Nigel; Carson, Frank; Cass, Helen; Cinnamon, Emily; Clark...
Conductors: Wilks, Nicholas
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra members; Finchley Children's Music Group

"This production has the benefit of very strong voices in Benjamin Luxon - resonant and impressive as 'The Voice of God' and David Wilson-Johnson as...continue...

Michael Hurd: Pop Cantatas

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-02-22

Works: Michael Hurd: Jonah-Man Jazz, cantata for choir & orchestra; Prodigal, cantata for children's choir & piano; Rooster Rag, cantata for choir & orchestra; Swingin' Samson, cantata for choir & orchestra...
Performers: Bolister, Ruth; Bolt, Rachel; Fuest, David; Hare, Lucy; Jeremic, Natalee; Kaznowski, Michal [Cello]; Miller, Nick [Engineer]; Newbold, Sarah; Precious, Adam; Robertson, Martin; Sherman, Paul; Shipway...
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]

Michael Hurd was a pioneer in composing brief, witty and, above all, performable choral music for children to enjoy. Pastiche jazz, blues and rock 'n'...continue...

Aled's Christmas Gift / boy soprano

1 CD / Demon Tv / 2010-12-07

Works: Buddy Greene: Mary, Did You Know?, song; William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; John Goss: See Amid the Winter's Snow, for cho...
Performers: Aitken, Rob; Ashley, Charlotte; Beston, Simon; Brown, Zoe; Coates, Sam; Crawley, Ben; Flanaghan, Katie; Hale, Simon; Hughes, Emilia; Jones, Aled; Kelly, John; Lole, Simon; May, Elizabeth; Palliser, U...

Recording information: Coombehurst Studio, Kingston University, London; FX YourSpace Studios, London; Greendale Studios, London, England.

Responsible for one of the most iconic and enchanting C...continue...

Katrina Ballads / Abby Fischer

1 CD / New Amsterdam / 2010-08-31

Works: Ted Hearne: Katrina Ballads, oratorio for 5 voices & 11 instruments
Performers: Coletti, Chris; Fischer, Abby; Hanlon, David [Piano]; Kathman, Kelli; Koci, Nathan; Levine, Taylor; MacAdam-Somer, Batya; Mack, Eileen; Medine, David; Redhage, Jody; Saebo, Kristoffer; Wiltrout, Ron
Conductors: Hearne, Ted

Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York, NY (03/10/2008-03/12/2008).

REVIEWS:

Down Beat (p.62) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Hearne creates a sonic narrative that taps into the fear, ...continue...

Johann Sebastian Bach: Aus Der Tiefe

1 CD / Ricercar / 2010-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 131, "Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir" BWV 131; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Thomas Selle: Aus der Tiefe, for 2 bass viols, chorus & organ; Christop...
Performers: Angot, Christine; de Reyghere, Greta; Fernandez, Francois; Foccroulle, Bernard; Martinini, Guya; Moller, Wouter; Moreaux, Christian; Vallon, Marc; van Egmond, Max; Vanlancker, Ann; Wauters-Zipperling...

Ricercar takes great pleasure in presenting a compilation of two magnificent cantatas by J.S. Bach to mark the label’s 30th birthday. Includes the complete Ricercar...continue...

Angel Songs

1 CD / ABC Classics / 2010-05-30

Works: Billy Joel: Lullabye "Goodnight, my angel"; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel; Dorian Le Gallienne: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, for chorus; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. ...
Performers: Biber, Kristy; Bradley, Jonathan; Bryson, Rochelle [Violin]; Clark, Peter [mandola/fiddle]; Delbridge, Lerida; Landgren, Rachel [Vocals]; Leprohon, Sylvie [Flute]; Reynolds, Timothy; Riley, Stuart; R...

Be utterly charmed by this delightful disc celebrating various types of angel! One of Australia's finest choirs presents an all-new recording of angelic music, from...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Trinity College, Royal Parade, Parkville, vic (12/01/2008-12/05/2008)....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas; Dona Nobis Pacem

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-04-27

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem; Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio
Performers: Pier, Christina; Staples, Andrew; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Hill, David

Although Vaughan Williams described himself as "a cheerful agnostic", he was not only steeped in the traditions of the Anglican Church, but sensitive to the...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, UK (09/26/2009-09/27/2009)....continue...

Music Mosaic, Vol. 1

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-12-01

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Winter, Op. 8 no 4; Ennio Morric...
Performers: Aguirre, Jorge; Amoruso, Livia [Violin]; Bernal, Sara [Viola]; Chambers, Jamie [Viola]; Ciliotta, Giulia [Cello]; Egoavil, Lupita [Violin]; Frescino, Jeanette [Cello]; Garcia, Karla [Violin]; Halyo, ...
Conductors: Aguirre, Jorge

Recording information: Larchmont Methodist Church, Norfolk; Santo Domingo....continue...

Martinu: Opening of the Wells / Pavel Kühn

1 CD / Supraphon / 2009-08-01

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Otviráni studánek (The Opening of the Wells), H. 354; Legenda z dymu bramborové nati (The Legend of the Smoke from Potato Fires), H. 360; Mikes of the mountains...
Performers: Bláha, Milan; Bogunia, Stanislav; Cejkova, Milada; Dolezal, Vladimir; Duda, Peter; Kvapil, Jan; Mares, Vlastimil; Messiereur, Petr; Stivin, Jiri; Talich, Jan Jr.; Vocals], Ivan Kusnjer [Barito...

The cantata 'Opening of the Wells', one of Martinu's most intimate professions of love for his native land, simply cannot be absent from the Supraphon...continue...

Sacred Classics

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-06-02

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Anonymous: Haily holy Queen; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Johannes Brahms: Gesänge (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91; A...
Performers: Fillmer, Les; Flaniken, Angie; Furuto, Bonnie; Gunter, Marsha; Kluz, Derek; Price, Adrianne; Rodgers, Melanie; Strickland, JoAnn

De Courson: Lambarena - Bach to Africa

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-06-02

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), B...
Performers: Aladjian, Florent; Ateba, Sami; Aubin, Alain; Audin, Jean-Philipp; Audin-Toussain, Agnes; Aurelien; Boterf, Bruno [Tenor Vocals]; Calo, Oswaldo; Cavelier, Herve; Chamot, Marc; Chenadec, Raoul le; Dup...
Conductors: Gubitsch, Tomas
Ensemble: Elugu Ayong ensemble; Groupe Awana Africa; Groupe Eluguayong; Groupe Inongo; Groupe Kokayi; Groupe Lissimbu; Groupe M'Boudi; Groupe Mendzang M'Assove de Libreville; Groupe Nzi Ninbu; Groupe Nzimba; G...

This reissue of the very first concept album released by Hughes de Courson, entitled 'Lambarena: Bach to Africa', perfectly exemplifies the composer's unique fusion of...continue...
Includes mayingo / fugue on mayingo by various composers....continue...

Maryland Bach Aria Group - Bach, Telemann, Fasch, et al

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Cantata no 43, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen" BWV 43; Georg Philipp Telemann: Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt (Psalm 100; I), psalm setting for v...
Performers: Burdick, Vivian; Greitzer, Deborah; Ingliss, Robert; Jeanne Fryberger Vote; Keylin, Leonid; Ritscher, Karen; Silberschlag, Jeffrey; Vote, Larry E.; Waldman, Yuval
Conductors:
Ensemble: Maryland Bach Aria Group

Christmastide

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-11-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Ave Maria; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); César Franck: Panis angelicus; Max Reger: M...
Performers: Appleman, Abraham; Capalbo, Michele; Drake, Victoria; Fader, Oren; Heiss, David; Lionti, Vincent; Mason, Eric; Miller, Dan; Mortimore, Stephanie; Yajima, Mineko
Conductors: Contino, Fiora

Historic - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Bach

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-10-17

Works: Johann Christoph Bach: Ach, dass ich Wassers genug hätte; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 158, "Der Friede sei mit dir" BWV 158; Cantata no 178, "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält" BWV ...
Performers: Fischer, Fritz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gohrum, Else; Henschel, Walter; Hirschfelder, Hermann; Klaiss, Hermann; Mentrup, Karl Georg; Mess, Karl-Friedrich; Oscher, Rolf; Praetorius, Lisedor; Schulz...
Conductors: Langenbeck, August

This program, recorded between 1953 and 1959, presents one of the greatest singers of our time in performances of the stately and spiritual music of...continue...

Telemann - Selected Masterworks / Güttler, Schreier, et al

10 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture-Suite for Trumpet, Oboe, Strings and Basso continuo in D major, TV 55 no D 1 "Tafelmusik, P; Concerto for flute, violin, cello, strings & continuo in A major (Tafelmu...
Performers: Angerhofer, Gunther; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Bollmann, Peter; Brodner, Rudolf; Burkhardt, Gisela; Dittmann, Friedwart-Christian; Eckoldt, Michael; Erben, Friedemann; Güttler, Ludw...
Conductors: Güttler, Ludwig; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Thom, Eitelfriedrich; Koch, Helmut; Rögner, Heinz; Grüá, Hans
Ensemble: ; Capella Fidicinia Leipzig; Virtuosi Saxoniae

Stradella: Cantata for Christmas Eve / Casazza, Miatello, Calvi, Abbondanza, La Magnifica Comunità

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Alessandro Stradella: Sinfonia no 2; Si apra al riso ogni labro; Sinfonia in A major; Sinfonia in F major
Performers: Abbondanza, Roberto; Calvi, Caterina; Casazza, Enrico; Ferrarini, Francesco; Longo, Isabella; Loreggian, Roberto; Miatello, Cristina
Conductors: Casazza, Enrico
Ensemble: Accademia della Magnifica Comunità

A contemporary of Buxtehude and Lully, Antonio Stradella remained in Italy his entire life. In Rome, in the mid-seventeenth century, with the theatres being closed...continue...

La luce e l'ombra di Venezia Vol 2 - Vivaldi, Marcello / Keiko Kashima, Yuri Ban, et al

1 CD / Camerata / 2008-10-14

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Invicti bellate in G major, RV 628; Pianti, sospiri, RV 676; Perfidissimo cor!, RV 674; Benedetto Marcello: Estro poetico-armonico
Performers: Ban, Yuri; Hashizume, Kaori; Kashima, Keyko; Miwa, Maki; Oshika, Yuki; Sakurai, Shigeru; Tai, Tomoki; Takeshima, Yuko

Bach: Cantatas Vol 5 / Gardiner, et al

2 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2008-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 178, "Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält" BWV 178; Cantata no 136, "Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz" BWV 136; Cantata no 45, "Es ist dir gesagt, Me...
Performers: Genz, Christoph; Lunn, Joanne; Rogers, Jane; Schwarz, Gotthold; Sherratt, Brindley
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

John Eliot Gardiner's Bach cantata series continues with this new release featuring cantatas for the eighth and tenth Sunday after Trinity. The set begins with...continue...

Bach: Early Cantatas Vol 2 - Weimar 2 / Kirkby, Chance, Daniels, Harvey, Purcell Quartet, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 172, "Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten" BWV 172; Cantata no 182, "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen," BWV 182; Cantata no 21, "Ich hatte viel Beküm...
Performers: Bainbridge, Philip; Beckett, Rachel; Blackadder, David; Byrt, Rachel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hayward, Tim; Hoffnung, Benedict; Kirkby, Emma; Moonen, Nicolette; Robso...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

This two-disc set selling for the price of one CD presents three cantatas dating from 1714, when Bach was serving at the court of Weimar....continue...

Bach - Legendary Recordings / Thomanerchor Leipzig

10 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Cantata no 59 "Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten" BWV 59; Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Magnificat; Cantata no 5...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Arnold, Siegfried; Augér, Arleen; Büchner, Eberhard; Bartel, Hans Christian; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Borleis, Jens; Bosse, Gerhard; Donath, Günther; Erben,...
Conductors: Ramin, Günther; Thomas, Kurt; Mauersberger, Erhard; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim
Ensemble: ; New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

On May 29, 1723, J.S. Bach arrived in Leipzig. That meant that St. Thomas' School had a new teacher, the choir of St. Thomas' had...continue...

David Pohle: Sacred Music / Rien Voskuilen, et al

1 CD / Carus / 2007-10-01

Works: David Pohle: Sonata à 6 for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo no 24; Wie der Hirsch Schreyer
Performers: Anthony, Gregor; Bruckdorfer, Uschi; Gusenbauer, Michael; Hesse, Christophe; Weber, Johanna
Conductors: Voskuilen, Rien
Ensemble: L'Arpa Festante

David Pohle was born in Marienberg. Little is known about his life, although we know he studied with Heinrich Schutz and was Music Director and...continue...

Bach: Weimar Cantatas Vol 2 / Kirkby, Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-07-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 12 "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen", BWV 12 (BC A68); Cantata no 18, "Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt" BWV 18; Cantata no 61, "Nun komm, der Heid...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Bengton, Katarina; Blackadder, David; Byrt, Rachel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hunt, William; Kirkby, Emma; Latham, Catherine; Robson, Anthony; Watts, A...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"The performances themselves, while fully sympathetic to the text, the music and the mood, are essentially light, clear, even ultimately life-affirming. Part of this is...continue...

Musical Voyage

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-07-24

Works: Antonio Caldara: Sebben crudele me fai languir; Selve amiche; Giacomo Carissimi: Vittoria, vittoria, mio core; Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; Ständchen, D 920a (921); Schwanengesang, D 957...
Performers: Barere, Diane; Brice, Richard; Rolle, Gilbert-Michel; Tenenbaum, Alexander; Tenenbaum, Mela; Trudel, Eric; Walburn, Rick

Telemann: Cantatas for bass voice / Mertens, Il Gardellino

1 CD / Accent / 2007-02-04

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Es sind schon die letzten Zeiten, TV 1 no 529; Die Liebe gegen meinen Gott, TV 1 no 350; In allen meinen Taten, TV 1 no 928; Wo soll ich fliehen hin, TV 1 no 1724; Essercizii ...
Performers: Akiha, Mika; Coppieters, Frank; De Winne, Jan; Derijckere, Alain; Dowling, Deirdre; Glodeanu, Mira; Hermans, Liesbeth; Hermans, Marleen; Mertens, Klaus; Ponseele, Marcel; Ryelandt, Francois; Schiffer...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Il Gardellino Ensemble

Among Telemann's more than 1400 church cantatas there are remarkable many works for bass solo. Telemann himself was an experienced baritone and often helped out...continue...

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Unpublished EMI Recordings 1955-58

1 CD / Testament / 2006-11-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata") BWV 202; Cantata no 199...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Bean, Hugh; Clark, Raymond; Downes, Herbert; Jones, Geraint; Morris, Gareth; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Sutcliffe, Sidney; Walker, Edward
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Dart, Thurston
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"This disc offers fully satisfying performances of wonderful music. The Mozart concert aria is done to perfection, with graceful contributions by pianist Geza Anda and...continue...

Victoria de los Angeles - Baroque & Religious Arias

1 CD / Testament / 2006-10-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505; Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments H...
Performers: de los Angeles, Victoria; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Menuhin, Yehudi; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Rothwell, Evelyn; Thalben-Ball, George, Sir [Composer/Organ]
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Goldsborough, Arnold; Menuhin, Yehudi
Ensemble: ; Bath Festival Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Le Cantate per il Cardinal Pamphili - Handel / Invernizzi

1 CD / Glossa / 2006-09-02

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tra le fiamme, HWV 170; Nel dolce dell'oblio, HWV 134 (Pensieri notturni di Filli); Da quel giorno fatale, HWV 99 "Il delirio amoroso"; Figlio d'alte speranza, HWV 113
Performers: Bonizzoni, Fabio; Centurioni, Olivia; Dell'Agnello, Caterina; Ferri, Rebeca; Invernizzi, Roberta; Lehmann, Isabel; Moretto, Vanni; Plantier, David; Rodolfi, Emiliano; Rosa, Gianni de; Talo, Elena
Conductors: Bonizzoni, Fabio
Ensemble: La Risonanza

The chamber cantata flourished in Italy as a counterpart to public opera and oratorio, cultivated by aristocratic patrons for their personal enjoyment. Perhaps because of...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals, etc/ Ross Pople, et al

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-02-14

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Déluge, oratorio for voices, chorus & orchestra, Op. 45; Carnival of the animals; Wedding Cake for Piano and String Orchestra in A flat major, Op. 76; Septet for pia...
Performers: Beckett, Edward; Freyhan, Michael; Knight, Julia; McGee, Robin; Page, David le; Smith, Amanda; Szucs, Ferenc; Walker, Nicholas
Conductors: Pople, Ross
Ensemble: London Festival Orchestra

The grand zoological fantasy called Le Carnaval des Animaux by Camille Saint-Sans (1835-1921) is only the best known of several devilishly witty pieces this composer...continue...

Classical Baby - Beautiful Melodies to Soothe & Calm

1 CD / Rock Me Baby Records / 2005-10-01

Works: Traditional: Brezairola; Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Volkskinderlieder (15), WoO 31; Camille Saint-Saën...
Performers: Beilby, Annie; Broadfoot, Marianne; Clawson, Kathleen; Constantopedos, Elias; Curd, Guy; Forsyth, Nicole; Guerbois, Dominique; Higgins, James [piano]; Hobbs, Caroline; Jamison, Shelley; Moody, Erin; ...
Conductors: Loomis, Louise;
Ensemble: Children's Chorus; Chorus

Christmas Cedar and Spruce / Joel Brown, Andrew Brown, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-09-01

Works: Traditional: Angels we have heard on high; Greensleeves; Jolly old Saint Nicolas; Good King Wenceslas; We wish you a merry Christmas; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und...
Performers: Bacchiocchi-Stewart, Kristin; Brown, Andrew [Strings]; Brown, Frank [Clarinet]; Brown, Jason [Bass]; Brown, Joel; Brubeck, Chris; D'Aloia, Chuck; Ruth, Peter "Madcat"

Keisuke Wakao plays Mozart, et al / Friends of the Boston SO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Johann Christian Bach: Quartet for flute (or oboe/violin), violin, viola & cello in B flat major Op. 8/6, CW B56 (T. 307/2); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (3...
Performers: Barker, Edwin; Basrak, Cathy; Knudsen, Sato; Lowe, Malcolm; Martin, Thomas [Clarinet]; Romanul, Victor; Wakao, Keisuke

Handel: Italian Cantatas / Academia Arcadia

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 2005-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Cuopre tal volta il cielo, HWV 98; Tu fedel?, tu constante?, HWV 171; Mi palpita il cor, HWV 132; Spande ancor il mio dispetto, HWV 165; Amarilli vezzosa, HWV 82 "Il duello a...
Performers: Field, Christopher; Forsyth, Nicole; Hillier, Robin; Leighton Jones, Michael; Ogeil, Jacqueline; Shugg, Catherine
Conductors: Ogeil, Jacqueline
Ensemble: Arcadia (Classical)

Bach: Early Cantatas Vol 1 / Kirkby, Chance, Harvey, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-03-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Cantata no 131, "Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir" BWV 131; Cantata no 106, "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit," ("Actus Tragicus"), BW...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Campbell, Richard; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kirkby, Emma; Robson, Anthony; Rogers, Jane; Salaman, Clare; Scott, Marion; Watts, Andrew [Bassoon]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"...a gracious and gratifying expose of the f minor and A major settings of the Ordinary, sensitively performed in alert and honest chamber-scaled performances..." -...continue...

Shushan The Palace

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-05-04

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Jane Siberry: A Star Shall Rise Up Out of Jacob (after Mendelssohn)...
Performers: Benson, Sally; Dube, Martine; Friedman, Mark; Geggie, John; Hutchenreuther, David; Kiesewaiter, Peter; Kiesewalter, Tob; Kirwan, Jill; Lafrance, Manon; Lane, Christopher; Roe, Jim; Roseman, Leah; Sar...

Building on an international reputation as one of the great creators and innovators in contemporary popular music, legendary Canadian artist Jane Siberry goes a step...continue...
Personnel: Jane Siberry (vocals, keyboards); Mark Friedman , Martine Dubé (violin); Sally Benson (viola); Peter Kiesewalter (clarinet, keyboards); Jim "Eno" Roe (oboe); Chris Lane, Manon Lafrance...continue...

Bach by Bert / Humbert Lucarelli, et al

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2004-03-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Partita for Flute solo in A minor, BWV 1013; Sonata for oboe & keyboard in G minor, BWV 1030R; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; Cantata ...
Performers: Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Brookshire, Bradley-Vincent; Lawrence, Ron; Lucarelli, Humbert; Lutzke, Myron; Nicolau, Anca; Stevens, Delores

Alfvén: Cantatas Vol 2 / Volmer, Larsson, Zetterström, et al

1 CD / Sterling / 2004-02-06

Works: Hugo Alfvén: Uppenbarelsekantat "Revelation Cantata", Op. 31; Cantata for the 450th Anniversary of Uppsala University, Op. 45
Performers: Jorda, Elena; Larsson, Charlotta; Larsson, Per-Ove; Modin, Per; Popov, Stanislav; Rigeblad, Nils; Zetterstrom, Fredrik
Conductors: Volmer, Arvo
Ensemble: Malmö Opera Chorus ; Malmö Opera Orchestra

Holidays

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-06-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Flute and Strings no 1 in D major, K 285; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Antonio Vivaldi: Conce...
Performers: Cox, Alan; Johnstone, Duncan; Levitan, Dan; Meir, Giddeon; O'Connor, Sharon; Rubin, Nathan; Shallenberger, Jim

In My Heart -17th & 18th Century Italian Songs /Ramón Vargas

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-01-21

Works: Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche); Giacomo Carissimi: Vittoria, vittoria, mio core; Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Pompeo; L'honestà negli amori; Anton...
Performers: Anderson, John; Black, Nigel; Bucknall, Nicholas; Chu, Katherine; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Garland, Roger; Lale, Peter; Laurence, Christopher; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Pyatt, David [Horn]; Vargas, Ramon ...

Personnel: Ramón Vargas (tenor); Paul Willey, Rolf Wilson, Roger Garland (violin); Peter Lale, Bruce White (viola); Tony Pleeth (cello); Paul Edmund-Davies (flute); Nicholas Bucknail (clarinet);...continue...

So Great a Joy

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2002-12-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 52, "Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht," BWV 52; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"; Dan Lock...
Performers: Burge, Kelly; Funk, Mannfried; Habedank, Kathryn; Houston, Janeanne; Kelly, Michael; Mikhlin, Yuriy; Peterson, Francine; Rine, Craig; Sokol, Jenny; Spicciati, Shannon; Swanson, Eileen; Terpenning, Ra...

Handel, Vivaldi: Gloria / LeBlanc, Weimann, Montréal Baroque

1 CD / ATMA / 2001-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Gloria, for soprano & orchestra (discovered in 2001); Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in D major, Op. 5/2, HWV 397; Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/2, HWV 290; Der ...
Performers: Lariviere, Sophie; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Little, Margaret; Mahler, Christina; McClain, Washington; Milnes, Eric; Plouffe, Helene; Verrette, Christopher; Weimann, Alexander

Angels Hide Their Faces - Bach, Purcell / Dawn Upshaw, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2001-03-27

Works: Henry Purcell: Music for a while; Indian Queen, Z 630; Tyrannic Love, or, the Royal Martyr, incidental music, Z. 613; Lord, what is man?, Z 192; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Tell me, some pitying angel, Z 196...
Performers: Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Haas, Arthur; Lutzke, Myron; Martin, Lois; Pearson, Peggy; Quan, Linda; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]

"...From the very first track, Upshaw displays rare musicianship in the way the text and the music are presented. Everything is lovingly shaped and carefully...continue...

Daniel Taylor - Portrait

1 CD / ATMA / 2000-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; John Dowland: Third and Last Booke of Songes; Come Again; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Second Book of Songs or Ayres; H...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Brault, Oliver; Cartier, Pierre; Haynes, Bruce; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Martin, Andreas [Lute]; Moran, Christine; Napper, Susan; Plouffe, Helene; Poirier, Rejean; Scott Me...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

"...Taylor has made several solo recodings and this appealingly assembled disc contains items from four of them. All but one of the pieces belong to...continue...

Bach - Arias & Oboe d'amore / Taylor, Haynes, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 1999-03-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A major, BWV 1055; Cantata no 116, "Du Freidefürst, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 116; Cantata no 165, "O heilges Geis...
Performers: Brault, Oliver; Cartier, Pierre; Hayes, Bruce; Moran, Christine; Napper, Susan; Plouffe, Helene; Poirier, Rejean; Scott Metcalfe [Violin/Viola]; Taylor, Daniel

Aitken: Cantatas 1, 3, 4 & 6, Piano Fantasy

1 CD / CRI / 1998-02-17

Works: Hugh Aitken: Cantata no 1 on Elizabethan Texts; Cantata no 3 "From This White Island"; Cantata no 4; Fantasies for piano; Cantata no 6 "Remembering"
Performers: Arico, Fortunato; Bressler, Charles; Hakes, Jean; Kaplan, Melvin; Kirkpatrick, Gary; Kraber, Karl F.; Kwalwasser, Helen; Lynch, Ynez; Opalach, Jan; Taylor, Ted

Grace / Kathleen Battle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-03-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Joshua; Hugo Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind ("Sohn der Jungfrau"), song for voice & piano (Mörike Lieder); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Johann Seb...
Performers: Allen, Nancy [Harp]; Arak, Alan; Baker, Timothy; Battle, Kathleen; Baumer, Bruce R.; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Bushman, Robin; Caplin, Martha; Carroll, David; Church, Sandra [Flute]; Curtis, Charles; D...
Conductors: Sadin, Robert