Aradia Ensemble

Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 / Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti Grossi (12), Op. 6, HWV 319-330
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

Handel's Concerti Grossi contain some of the finest orchestral music of the eighteenth century. The Op. 6 collection brims with a wealth of variety, colour,...continue...
Recording information: Grace Church on the Hill, Toronto, Canada (08/15/2011-08/18/2011)....continue...

Great Baroque Masterpieces - Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann et al. [10 CDs]

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

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Serse; The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Handel - Bourée; Concerto Grosso in B flat maj...
Performers: Aratore, Johann; Banfalvi, Bela; Benkocs, Tamas; Csanky, Emilia; Edlinger, Richard; Eklund, Niklas; Hill, Robert [Harpsichord, Piano]; Hobling, Guido [Violin]; Holbling, Anna; Jablokov, Alexander; Ka...
Conductors: Müller-Brühl, Helmut; ; Krcek, Jaroslav; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Mallon, Kevin; Creswick, Bradley; Kopelman, Jozef; Tinge, John; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Morandi, Pier G.; Kraemer, Nicho...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; Wasa Baroque Ensemble

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...

The Best of Purcell

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-06-30

Works: Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Jubilate Deo in D major; Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; Fantasia for 4 Viols in C minor, Z 738; Amphitryon, Z. 572, "The 2 Sosias"; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Blow up the trumpe...
Performers: Bern, Jeni; Bisatt, Susan; Bower, Nicole; Charlston, Terence; Engel, Norman; Geiger, Gyorgy; Guthrie, Thomas; Hock, Bertalan; Honeyman, Ian [Tenor Vocal]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; L...
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin; Glenton, Robert; Amps, Kym; ; Summerly, Jeremy
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble; Orchestra of the Golden Age; Oxford Camerata; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Recognised during his lifetime as a genius, Henry Purcell subsequently influenced countless classical composers from Handel to Britten. This delightful assortment of his best-known works...continue...

Vivaldi: Sacred Music Vol 3 / Mallon, Huhtanen, McMurtry, McLeod, Modolo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus, strings & continuo in G minor (Venice Version), RV 611; Salve Regina, antiphon for voice, violin, strings & continuo in F major, RV 617; Con...
Performers: Huhtanen, Carla; McLeod, Eve Rachel; McMurtry, Lynn; Modolo, Jennifer Enns
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

Vivaldi's sacred music occupies a place of honor in his vast output, dovetailing passages of great tenderness and sombre beauty, rich in 'cantabile' expressiveness, with...continue...

Art and Music - Rembrandt - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Michael Praetorius: Terpsichore; Tobias Hume: Captaine Humes Musicke; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Echo Fantasia, for organ in A minor, SwWV 275; Onder een linde groen (Unter der Linden grüne), va...
Performers: Christie, James David; Eklund, Niklas; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Johannesen, Knut; Lane, Carys-Anne; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Marc Ullrich [Producer / Trumpet]; Miller, David [Lute/B...
Conductors: Farnlof, Bertil; ; Summerly, Jeremy; Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Verona; Aradia Ensemble; Les Voix Humaines; Oxford Camerata; Rose Consort of Viols; Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca; Westra Aros Pijpare

No artist has penetrated the human soul more deeply than Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669). Renowned as a young man for his portrayal of individual character...continue...

Purcell: Theatre Music, Vol 1 / Mallon, Aradia Ensemble

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Henry Purcell: Amphitryon, Z. 572, "The 2 Sosias"; Sir Barnaby Whigg, or, No Wit Like a Woman's, incidental music, Z. 589; The Gordian Knot Unty'd, incidental music, Z. 597; Circe, incidental music, ...
Performers: Aronoff, Neil; Bower, Nicole; Duyn, Brian; Jeffrey, Andrea; Kettrick, Michelle; Mahon, Peter; Tomkins, Giles
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

Written mostly during the last five years of his life, Purcell’s Theatre Music is a rich and varied collection of some of the composer’s finest...continue...

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

Vivaldi: Laudate pueri Dominum, etc / Mallon, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-05-16

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Laudate Pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for voice, strings & continuo in C minor, RV 600; Amen; Canta in Prato, ride in monte (I), solo motet for voice, strings & continuo in A major, RV ...
Performers: Bessette, Tracy Smith
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

The "Red Priest" left an enormous volume of music in all forms, of which sacred music occupies a place of honor. Vivaldi's religious idiom alternates...continue...

Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noël / Arcadia Ensemble

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2005-12-13

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Dixit Dominus, motet for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra, H. 204; Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 9
Performers: Archibald, Jane; Cambre, Esteban; Deboer, Michele; L'Esperance, Anne; McLennan, James; Nortman, David; Tomkins, Giles
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

Charpentier's 'Messe de Minuit' is a unique synthesis between the sacred and the secular, combing ten popular French carol melodies with standard liturgical elements. The...continue...

G.B. Sammartini : Symphonies / Mallon, Aradia Ensemble

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Giovanni Battista Sammartini: Symphony (Overture no 1) for 2 trumpets, 2 violins, viola & bass in A major, J-C 62 (2 versions); Symphony for 2 violins, viola & bass in C minor, J-C 9; Symphony for 2 ...
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

Giovanni Battista, the younger of the two Sammartini brothers, spent his entire life in Milan, where he produced some 450 vocal and instrumental works. His...continue...

The Very Best of Handel

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-10-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Handel - Bourée; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Der Messias; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Rinaldo; Suite for ...
Performers: Camden, Anthony; Cuckston, Alan; Kejmar, Miroslav; Mields, Dorothee; Ryden, Susanne
Conductors: Ward, Nicholas; Helbich, Wolfgang; Mallon, Kevin; Summerly, Jeremy; Kopelman, Jozef
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; City of London Sinfonia; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Boyce: Eight Symphonies, Op 2 / Mallon, Aradia Ensemble

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-05-17

Works: William Boyce: Symphonies (8), Op. 2
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

"The bright, breezy exuberance of the eight Boyce symphonies have long earned them a special place in the affections of those who respond to unpretentious...continue...

Discover - Music of the Baroque Era

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Rinaldo; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Suite no 7 (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Der Messias; Concerto Grosso in ...
Performers: Amps, Kym; Asch, David van; Bessette, Tracy Smith; Boog, Maya; Christie, James David; Drahos, Béla [Flute/Conductor]; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Hoeren, Harald; Jandó, Jenö; Kertesi,...
Conductors: Kopelman, Jozef; Antal, Mátyás; Summerly, Jeremy; Crees, Eric; ; Farnlof, Bertil; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Fasolis, Diego; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Niquet, Hervé; M...
Ensemble: ; Accademia Strumentale Italiana, Verona; Aradia Ensemble; Capella Savaria; Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra & Chorus; Oxford Camerata; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble; Sonatori de la ...

In popularity, Baroque music stands alone, written to glorify the finest courts of the western world. This release features over 2 hours of music on...continue...

Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, Gloria, etc / Mallon, Aradia, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus in D major, RV 595; Nulla in mundo pax sincera in E, RV 630; Gloria, for 6 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & contin
Performers: Archibald, Jane; Brown, Nils; Deboer, Michele; Krause, Anita; Mahon, Peter; Tomkins, Giles
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

Volume 1 of Vivaldi's complete sacred music features the impressive if less familiar of the two settings of the 'Gloria, RV588'. With texts divided between...continue...

Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas / White, Hill, Grindlay, Mallon

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-10-19

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Was frag' ich nach der Welt, for SAB voices, 2 violins, violone & continuo, BuxWV 104; Jesu, meine Freud und Lust, BuxWV 59; Sicut Moses exaltavit serpentem, for soprano, 2 violin...
Performers: Grindlay, Paul; Hill, Katherine; White, Matthew [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

"The Aradia Ensemble is a period-instrument group based in Toronto, specializing in music of the 17th Century. Kevin Mallon, their Irish-born director, is a violinist...continue...

Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noël, Te Deum, etc /Mallon

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-01-01

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Dixit Dominus, motet for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra, H. 204; Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 9
Performers: Archibald, Jane; Cambre, Esteban; McLennan, James; Nortman, David; Tomkins, Giles
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

Thought to have been written for Christmas 1694, 'Messe de Minuit' is a unique synthesis between the sacred and the secular, combining ten popular French...continue...

Charpentier: Noels And Christmas Motets

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-01-01

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle, air for soprano, H. 460c; Dialogus inter angelos et pastores, histoire sacrée for 4 voices, chorus, 2 flutes, strings & contin; In Nat...
Performers: Bessette, Tracy Smith; Duyn, Brian; Mallon, Kevin; McMillan, Brian; Nortman, David; Stewart, Robert; Streetman, Curtis
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

MusicWeb International
The music is performed at baroque pitch. All the singing is deliciously clear-toned and forthright, the accompaniments on period instruments are stylish and the...continue...

Wassenaer: Concerti Armonici / Kevin Mallon, Aradia Ensemble

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Count Unico-Wilhelm van Wassenaer: Concerto no 1 in G major (Concerti Armonici); Concerto no 2 in B flat major (Concerti Armonici); Concerto no 3 in A major (Concerti Armonici); Concerto no 4 in G ma...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

"The Aradia Ensemble plays in a moderate period style, quite suavely, if without some of the nuances that the Amsterdam group managed. Goodman is characteristically...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

The 18th Century Sacred Music -Vanhal: Missa Pastoralis, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-06-01

Works: Johann Baptist Vanhal: Missa Pastoralis in G major (Weinmann 19/G4); Missa Solemnis in C major (Weinmann 19/C7)
Performers: Ainsworth, Colin
Conductors: Grodd, Uwe
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

A prolific and highly successful contemporary of Haydn and Mozart, Vanhal worked most of his life in Vienna as a freelance composer. Although he was...continue...

Purcell: The Tempest, etc / Mallon, Aradia Baroque Ensemble

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-10-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Overture and Suite for 2 violins, viola & continuo in G major, Z. 770 (inner parts incomplete); The Tempest, or, The Enchanted Island, semi-opera, Z. 631; Chacony for Strings in G mino...
Performers: Brown, Nils; Colvin, Michael; Engel, Norman; Hall, Meredith; Polegato, Brett; Stewart, Robert
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

While much of the music for "The Tempest" has been generally ascribed to Purcell, it is now widely supposed that only one of the songs...continue...

The World of Early Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-12-13

Works: Gregorian Chant: Kyrie; In Paradisum Angeli; Hildegard von Bingen: O pastor animarum; Richard I Coeur-de-lion: Ja nuns hons pris, for consort; Walther von der Vogelweide: Palästinalied (Kreutzfa...
Performers: Cano, Carmen; Christie, James David; Landauer, Bernhard; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Payne, Joseph; Posch, Michael; Richards, Steven; Rumsey, Shirley; Schenale, Manuela; Wilson, Christ...
Conductors: Turco, Alberto; Randon, Alessio; Summerly, Jeremy; ; Holten, Bo; Wimmer, Thomas; Vartolo, Sergio; Morel, Christine; Fasolis, Diego; Bychkov, Semyon; Crees, Eric; Mallon, Kevin; Niquet, Hervé; Kr...
Ensemble: ; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Aradia Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Ensemble Unicorn; Les Voix Humaines; London Baroque; Rose Consort of Viols; Scholars Baroque Ensemble; Westra Aros Pijpare

Charpentier: Nöels & Christmas Motets / Aradia Ensemble

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-11-01

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 9; Noëls pour les instruments, H 534; In nativitatem Domini canticum, Christmas motet for soprano, cou...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

MusicWeb International
The music is performed at baroque pitch. All the singing is deliciously clear-toned and forthright, the accompaniments on period instruments are stylish and the...continue...

Lully: Ballet Music for the Sun King / Kevin Mallon, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-04-29

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43; Alcidiane, ballet, LWV 9; Intermèdes de Xerxes, LWV 12; Amour malade (L'Amor malato), ballet, LWV 8; Les temps, ballet, LWV 1; La princes...
Conductors: Mallon, Kevin
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble

"Lully's scores come to life in warm, well-balanced and attractive performances judiciously balancing delicacy and nobitlity." -American Record Guide. "Record of the Month" -Classic fm....continue...