Hoffmann, Melchior

Telemann and the Leipzig Opera - Popular Arias / Jan Kobow, tenor

1 CD / New Pan / 2012-12-06

Works: Anonymous, German: Musikalische Rüstkammer; Georg Philipp Telemann: Mario; Reinhard Keiser: Hercules und Hebe; Der geliebte Adonis; Melchior Hoffmann: Rhea Sylvia; Echo und Narcissus; Die asiati...
Performers: Kobow, Jan
Conductors:
Ensemble: United Continuo Ensemble

"Leipszig's operatic history began with a period of industrious and joyful activity tinged by youthful enthusiasm, suffused with idealism and characterized by certain audacious artistic...continue...
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German 17th-Century Church Music / Robin Blaze, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-05-13

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, SWV 447; Christoph Bernhard: Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele; Johann Rosenmüller: Christum ducem, qui per crucem; Sonate (12) à...
Performers: Blaze, Robin
Conductors: Holman, Peter
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

'For its combination of excitingly new repertoire and luminous instrumental textures this CD is a must-have for anyone who wants to understand the early baroque'...continue...

The Best Of Daniel Taylor

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-01-29

Works: Melchior Hoffmann: Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde, funeral cantata for voice, bells, strings & continuo (formerly BWV; Henry Purcell: Bid the virtues; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 200, "Be...
Performers: Kobow, Jan; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Taylor, Daniel; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Arion (Canada); Les Voix Humaines; Theatre of Early Music

Daniel Taylor is one of the most sought-after countertenors in the world today. This album represents a compilation taken from the almost twenty recordings Taylor...continue...

Bach, Hoffman, Telemann: Cantatas / Kielland, Schäfer, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-06-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 35, "Geist und Seele wird verwirret" BWV 35; Cantata no 55, "Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht," BWV 55; Melchior Hoffmann: Meine Seele rühmt und priest, ...
Performers: Anders, Gerhard; Daskalakis, Ariadne; Hoeren, Harald; Hommel, Christian; Kevenhöster, Martin; Nelken, Ingo; Ohldin, Renée; Rothert, Daniel; Ruiz, Mercedes; Schafer, Markus
Conductors: Müller-Brühl, Helmut

Intimately bound up with the Lutheran tradition, Bach's sacred cantatas defy a generalised description, such is their infinite variety, wealth of musical invention and technical...continue...

Feux d'Artifice-Fireworks / Montréal Baroque Festival, et al

2 CD / ATMA / 2005-10-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Orazio Vecchi: Le Veglie di siena; François Devienne: Les Visitandines, opera; Nino Rota: Harp Concerto in G major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantat...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Destrube, Marc; Fialkowska, Janina [Piano]; Gauvin, Karina; Kulan, Aline; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Loiselle, Benoit; Lussier, Mathieu; Moisan, Andre; Plourde, Jean-Luc; ...
Conductors: ; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Labadie, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Les Boréades de Montréal ; Les Violons du Roy; Les Voix Humaines; Theatre of Early Music; Toronto Consort

'Music for the Royal Fireworks' (1749) had originally been composed, as instructed by King George II, for a large complement of "martial instruments only:" nine...continue...

Bach: Cantatas pour Alto / Jacobs, Banchini, Ensemble 415

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-08-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 35, "Geist und Seele wird verwirret" BWV 35; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Melchior Hoffmann: Schlage doch, gewünschte Stunde, funeral cantata for voi...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Dombrecht, Paul; Murray, Gordon
Conductors: Banchini, Chiara
Ensemble: Ensemble 415

Apocryphal Bach Masses / Helbich, Febi Armonici, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2003-06-01

Works: Johann Ludwig Bach: Mass, for chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 violins & organ in C major (formerly attributed to J.S. Bach, BWV An; Melchior Hoffmann: German Magnificat in A minor (formerly attributed to J.S. ...
Performers: Grobe, Ralf; Kaiser, Henning; Mields, Dorothee
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: I Febiarmonici (Baroque Orchestra)

"The performances are uniformly beautiful tasteful, light, clear, and quite reminiscent of the style in Koopman's Bach Cantatas. The soloists are accomplished and do not...continue...

Lamento / Daniel Taylor, Theatre of Early Music

1 CD / ATMA / 2002-03-01

Works: Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Lamento per la morte Ferdinandi III, sonata for 2 violins, viola da gamba & continuo in B major; Heinrich Schütz: Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, SWV 447; Johann Chris...
Performers: Taylor, Daniel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Theatre of Early Music

Glory: Famous Bach Arias

1 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 8...
Performers: Basch, Wolfgang; Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Frimmer, Monika; Gruberova, Edita; Jankowitsch, Ernst; Mertens, Klaus; Prégardien, Christoph; Ziesak, Ruth
Conductors: ; Sillito, Kenneth; Otto, Ralf; Winschermann, Helmut; Max, Hermann; Marschik, Peter; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Budapest Strings; German Bach Soloists