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The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Ar...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; An...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Trauerkantaten - German Baroque Funeral Cantatas / Ricercar

1 CD / Ricercar / 2007-09-01

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Quartet for Strings in G minor, G. 194 (Op. 24/6); Stabat Mater for soprano, cello & orchestra in F minor, G. 532 (revised for 3 voices & orchestra, Op
Performers: Cohen-Akenine, Patrick [Violin]; Douchy, Herve; Karthauser, Sophie; Poly, Francois; Recondo, Leonor de; Renard, Michel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Folies Françoises

"... The present recording brings out the intimate quality of the music. Soprano Sophie Karthauser sings with a very light and delicate tone but with...continue...

Nicolas Bernier: Les Nuits de Sceaux

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Nicolas Bernier: Apollon ou le Dieu du jour, cantata; L'Aurore, cantata
Performers: Buet, Alain
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Ensemble: Les Folies Françoises

Airs Baroques Français / Patricia Petibon, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée; Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour ou Les Dieux d'Égypte, ballet héroïque; Les Indes galantes; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David et Jonathas, trag...
Performers: Petibon, Patricia
Conductors: Cohën-Akenine, Patrick
Ensemble: Les folies françoises

Virgin Classics presents Patricia Petibon, the rising French soprano, in her debut recital of virtuoso arias from major French works of the seventeenth and eighteenth...continue...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Alcina, HWV 34; Jeremiah ...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Andre, Maurice; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Blyt...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Pau...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Ag...

Scarlatti: Totus Amore, etc / Angel, Les Folies Françoises

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2006-08-01

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Sonate da chiesa a tre, for 2 violins, violone (or archlute) & organ in D minor, Op. 1/11; Sonata for violin & continuo in D major, Op. 5/1; Alessandro Scarlatti: Totus amore langu...
Performers: Angel, Ryland; Cohën-Akenine, Patrick [Violin]; Martin, Béatrice
Conductors: Cohën-Akenine, Patrick
Ensemble: Les Folies Françoises

"British countertenor Ryland Angel has a light and agile voice, with a pleasing if gentle and almost unassertive character. He is an eloquent advocate for...continue...