Cantata/Oratorio > Compact Disc

Shazam!

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-06-25

Works: Greg Danner: Shazam!, for brass quintet; Sky Scenes, for brass ensemble; Scherzo, for band; George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Charles Ives: Variations for Organ on "America"; Erik Satie: Sports et di...
Performers: Brass Arts Quintet

Personnel: Chris McCormick (trumpet); R. Winston Morris (tuba).

Recording information: Nashville Public Radio Studio, WPLN, Nashville, TN (01/02/2002-01/27/2002)....continue...

Handel Arias / Leif Aruhn-Solén, tenor; New Trinity Baroque

1 CD / Edition Lilac / 2013-05-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18; Acis & Galatea, HWV 49; Samson, HWV 57; Semele, HWV 58; Athalia, HWV 52; Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; Jephtha, HWV 70; Partenope, HWV 27; Messiah, HW...
Performers: Aruhn-Solen, Leif
Conductors: Gosta, Predrag
Ensemble: New Trinity Baroque

Victory and defeat, hope and despair, love and hate. In the operas and oratorios by George Frideric Handel, all aspects of life are explored. Spotlighting...continue...
Recording information: St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Atlanta (2009-04-30&2009-05-01&2009-)....continue...

Giacomo Carissimi: Jonas & Jepthe / The Oxford Chorale; Trinity Baroque

1 CD / Edition Lilac / 2013-05-28

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Jonas; Jephte
Performers: Arnold, Elizabeth; Beauchamp, Cameron; Gosta, Predrag; Kulp, Esther; Matthews, Julia; McCarren, Holly; Newell, Patrick; Soph, Steven; Sutton, Kevin; Wor, Magdalena
Conductors: Gosta, Predrag

Two of Carissimi's most famous oratorios, performed by early music ensemble New Trinity Baroque in collaboration with the Choir of Oxford College (The Oxford Chorale)...continue...

Schmidt: Book of the Seven Seals / Lippert, Rootering, Dasch, Nicoli, Chum. Luisi, MDR SO

2 CD / Querstand / 2013-05-14

Works: Franz Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (The Book of the Seven Seals), oratorio
Performers: Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Schönheit, Michael
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Middle German Radio Choir Leipzig; Middle German Radio Symphony Orchestra

The main choir-symphonic work by Austrian composer Franz Schmidt, and one of the most important oratorios of the 20th century. A rarity both in concert...continue...

J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Ascension Day - Lfenneke Ruiten, Meg Bragle, Andrew Tortise, Dietrich Henschel / Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2013-04-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 43, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen" BWV 43; Cantata no 37, "Wer da gläubet und getauft wird" (incomplete), BWV 37; Cantata no 128, "Auf Christi Himmelfahrt ...
Performers: Henschel, Dietrich; Ruiten, Lenneke; Tortise, Andrew
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: ; Monteverdi Choir

The ambitious Bach Cantata Pilgrimage recording project is finally truly complete! The Ascension Cantatas were left unrecorded in 2000 due to noise issues, but were...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Giles, Cripplegate, London, England (2012-05-10&2012-05-11_2012-)....continue...

Rameau: Les Amants Trahis / Guilmette, Sly, Beauséjour

1 CD / Analekta / 2013-04-23

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Thétis, cantata for bass, violin & continuo; Les Amants trahis, cantata for 2 soloists, viol & continuo; Aquilon et Orithie, cantata for bass, violin & continuo; Le Berger ...
Performers: Beausejour, Luc; Guilmette, Helene; Sly, Philippe [Bass Baritone]
Conductors: Beauséjour, Luc

As Rameau wrote in his treatise on harmony, "A good musician should surrender himself to all the characters he wishes to portray, and like a...continue...
Recording information: Église St-Augustin de Mirabel, Quebec, Canada (10/2012)....continue...

Alfred Hitchcock and His Music

2 CD / Warner Bros. Import / 2013-04-02

Works: Bernard Herrmann: North by Northwest; Vertigo; Psycho; The Wrong Man; Arthur Benjamin: Storm Clouds, cantata from The Man Who Knew Too Much, film score; Jay Livingston: Que Sera, Sera; Spoken Word: B...
Performers: Day, Doris; Godwin, Rack; Griffith, Eadie; Henry, Claire; Herrmann, Bernard [Composer]; Rebner, Edward [Piano]
Conductors: Bernstein, Elmer; Mathieson, Muir; Tiomkin, Dimitri; Waxman, Franz; Rozsa, Miklos [Composer]

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

Enchanted Forest - Arias by Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell, Cavalli / Anna Prohaska, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La Fida ninfa, RV 714; George Frederick Handel: Giove in Argo, HWV A 14; Apollo e Dafne (La Terra è Liberata), HWV 122; Rinaldo, HWV 7; Alcina, HWV 34; Henry Purcell: The Fairy ...
Performers: Boden, Samuel; Prohaska, Anna; Riches, Ashley [Bass Vocal]; Walker, Thomas
Conductors: Cohen, Jonathan
Ensemble: Archangelo

The Times, 16th March 2013
Superlative backing from Jonathan Cohen's instrumental group Arcangelo. In a programme ranging from Monteverdi to Handel the plus points are delicate...continue...
Recording information: St John at Hackney Church, London; All Hallows' Church, (04/2012/09/2012)....continue...

God Makes a Path

1 CD / FBCIA / 2013-03-13

Works: Recorded Sound: Church Bells; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Prelude on Welsh Hymn Tunes for organ no 1 in G modal minor ("Bryn Calfaria"); Prelude on Welsh Hymn Tunes for organ no 3 in C major ("Hyfrydol" ...
Performers: Delmoni, Arturo [Violin]; Frazier, Margaret; Harp, Daniel; Martorella, Stephen; Scheele, Katie; Shealy, Jason [Baritone Vocal]; Tannehill, Esperanza [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Unruh, Steve

Paul Ben-Haim: Joram, oratorio / Katharina Persicke, soprano, Carsten Süss, tenor, Bernd Valentin, baritone; Miklós Sebestyén, bass

2 CD / Helicon Records / 2013-03-12

Works: Paul Ben-Haim: Joram, oratorio
Conductors: Siemens, Hayko
Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

The oratorio Joram was one of the last works composed by Paul Ben- Haim, then Paul Frankenburger, in his native city of Munich. He completed...continue...
Recording information: Smolarz Auditorium, Tel Aviv University (04/03/2012)....continue...

David Owen Norris: Prayerbook Parts I, II & III: Faith, Hope & Charity / The Waynflete Singers et al., Edward Higginbottoom

1 CD / EM Records / 2013-03-12

Works: David Owen Norris: Prayerbook, oratorio for 3 voices, chorus, string quartet & organ
Performers: Cleverley, Adrian; Coram, David [Organ]; Domingue, Robert [Trumpet]; Eustace, Hari; Manghan, Joe [Bass]; Price, Keith [Timpani]; Sledge, Tim [Cymbals]; White, Andy
Conductors: Norris, David Owen; Higginbottoom, Edward
Ensemble: Over-The-Bridge Close-Harmony Group, Clare College; The Choristers Of New College, Oxford; Waynflete Singers

David Owen Norris, celebrated around the world as a pianist and broadcaster, is increasingly recognized as a composer with a distinctive tone of voice. Prayerbook...continue...
Recording information: Romsey Abbey (09/13/2012-09/14/2012)....continue...

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

50 Best London Symphony Orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 8 in F, Op. 93; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 4; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony ...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; Isserlis, Steven; Loriod, Jeanne; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Khachaturian, Aram; Hickox, Richard; Davis, Colin; Barbirolli, John

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks from the catalogues of EMI Records, EMI Classics and Virgin Classics of recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra under...continue...

Marie-Nicole Lemieux: Meilleurs Moments - arias by vivaldi, Scarlatti, Handel and Brahms. Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto

1 CD / Analekta / 2013-02-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater; Domenico Scarlatti: Salve Regina; George Frederick Handel: Mi palpita il Cor, HWV 132; Irene, idolo mio; Lungi da me, pensier tiranno!; Johannes Brahms: Neun Gesän...
Performers: Beausejour, Luc; Eugelmi, Nicolo; Keesmaat, Amanda; Labbe, Marie-Celine; McMahon, Michael
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne

Just a few notes of Marie-Nicole Lemieux's velvety contralto is all it takes to fall under her spell. With her unique timbre, innate sense of...continue...

Marco Frisina: Passio Cæciliæ / Barbara Vignudelli; David Sebasti. Coro Musicanova

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Marco Frisina: Passio Caeciliae, sacred cantata for narrator, voice, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Vignudelli, Barbara
Conductors: Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: Nova Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

The disc presents the sacred cantata Passio Ceciliae, which tells the story of the virginal Cecilia and details the events leading up to her martyrdom....continue...
Recording information: Cripta delle Ancelle della Carità, Roma (03/17/2012)....continue...

Souvenirs

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2013-02-26

Works: Joseph Kosma: Autumn Leaves (Les feuilles mortes), for voice & piano; Astor Piazzolla: Enrico IV; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in C minor for violin, oboe, strings & continuo (reconstructed from H...
Performers: Doherty, Diana; Evans, Alice; McDonald, Anna
Conductors: Summerbell, Mark;
Ensemble: ; Sinfonia Australis

Recording information: Eugene Goossens Hall at the Australian Broadcasting Cor (2002-07-17_2002-07-20&2002-)....continue...

Britten: The Sacred Choral Music / Choir of New College Oxford, Higginbottom

2 CD / Novum / 2013-02-26

Works: Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27; A Wedding Anthem, for soprano, tenor, chorus & organ, Op. 46; The Company of Heaven; Te Deum in C major; Jubilate Deo, for chorus & organ in E flat major...
Performers: Bloor, Benjamin [Organ]; Cutting, Guy; Geidt, James; Grahl, Steven; Grainger, Emma; Pritchard, Nick; Saunderson, Duncan; Thain, Lawrence [Organ]
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: ; Choir of New College Oxford

Benjamin Britten's sacred music is among the most engaging and original music of its kind composed in the middle years of the 20th century. New...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of New College Oxford (2011-07-18_2011-07-20&2012-)....continue...

Carmina Nova: La Tradizione nel Contemporaneo - Works by Scattolin, Kurti and Benati / Latinobalcanica Ensemble

1 CD / Tactus / 2013-02-12

Works: Pier Paolo Scattolin: E nanna nanne, for voice, chorus & ensemble; Addonna va ssa Filumena, for voice, chorus & ensemble; Lamentazioni, for voice, chorus & ensemble; Sarvi Rriggina, for voice, chorus...
Performers: Frei, Constance; Malferrari, Stefano; Morini, Anna Maria; Pezzoli, Giuseppe [Percussion]; Tricomi, Fabio; Windsor, Lorna
Conductors:
Ensemble: Latinobalcanica Ensemble

The Carmina Nova project stems from the observation that for certain solo and choral repertoires it is possible consistently to identify and try out some...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S.Girolamo Certosa di Bologna-Italia (09/2009-12/2010)....continue...

Nino Rota: Mysterium, oratorio for soloists, childrenÆs choir and orchestra / Angelica Tuccari, Corinna Vozza, Gino Sinimberghi, Ugo Trama

1 CD / La Bottega Discantica / 2013-02-12

Works: Nino Rota: Mysterium, oratorio for soloists, chorus, children's choir &orchestra
Performers: Trama, Ugo
Conductors: Renzi, Armando
Ensemble: Orchestra Pro Civitate Christiana di Assisi

Nino Rota was commissioned by the "Pro Civitate" in Assisi to musically elucidate an article from the Creed (or symbol of faith), to which a...continue...
Recording information: 1962....continue...

Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; Choral Anthems / Ying Huang: soprano; Bo Skovhus: baritone

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Richard Blackford: Mirror of Perfection; A Westminster Te Deum, for chorus & organ; On Another's Sorrow, for chorus & organ; I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, for chorus & organ; From The Song of Songs...
Performers: Farrington, Iain; Huang, Ying; Robinson, Olivia; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Blackford, Richard; Hill, David
Ensemble: ; BBC Singers

MusicWeb International, January 2013
Mirror of Perfection is a response to texts by St Francis of Assisi, some of which (notably Canticle of Love III) are...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (02/22/2012); Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset, England (02/22/2012); St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, England (199...continue...

Poulenc: Sacred & Secular Choral Music / The Netherlands Chamber Choir

2 CD / Globe / 2013-02-12

Works: Francis Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence, for chorus, FP 97; Quatre petites prières de Saint François d'Assise, for men's chorus, FP 142; Ave verum corpus; Salve...
Conductors: Ericson, Eric
Ensemble: ; Netherlands Chamber Choir

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Netherlands Chamber Choir, this is without a doubt the best recording the choir ever made! Under the inspiring direction...continue...

Bach Arias with piccolo cello / Sandrine Piau, soprano; Christophe Dumaux, alto; Emiliano Gonzalez, tenor. Ophélie Gaillard, cello

1 CD / Aparte / 2013-02-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 68, "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt" BWV 68; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Schübler Chorale no 1), BWV 645 (BC K22; Cantata, BWV 4...
Performers: Gaillard, Ophelie; Gonzales-Toro, Emiliano; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Gaillard, Ophelie
Ensemble: Pulcinella

Bach's cantatas make use of an amazing diversity of instruments, both old and new. Among the 'new' instruments was the violoncello piccolo, a rare type...continue...
Recording information: Hôtel de l'industrie, Paris (07/01/2012-07/04/2012)....continue...

Roman Handel - Cantatas & instrumental works by Handel, Bonocini, Corelli, Lulier, Gasparini et al. / Kristen Watson, soprano

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-02-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Sonata for Flute in B minor (Halle Sonata no 3), HWV 376 (possibly spurious); Tu fedel? Tu constante?, cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, HWV 171; Giovanni Bononcini:...
Performers: Irons, Jesse [Violin]; Watson, Kristen
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musicians of the Old Post Road

Recording information: Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (2011-05-23&2011-05-25_2011-)....continue...

The Very Best of Benjamin Britten [3 CDs]

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble

Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...

Nicola Porpora: Cantatas for Soprano / Maria Laura Martorana, coloratura soprano; I Virtuosi Italiani

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Nicola Porpora: Il Vulcano, cantata for voice & strings; Il Sogno, cantata for voice & continuo, Op. 1/2; Venticel che trà le frondi, cantata for voice & strings; Il Nome, cantata for voice & co...
Performers: Martorana, Maria Laura
Conductors: Martini, Alberto
Ensemble: I Virtuosi Italiani

At any rate, these cantatas are a testimony to the composer's reputation as one of the most important and influential musicians of the 18th century....continue...
Recording information: Sala Rossa of Villa San Fermo, Lonigo, Vicenza, Italy (04/2012)....continue...

G.F. Handel: Italian Cantatas / Valentina Varriale, Mvsica Perdvta

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Mira, Lilla gentile, cantata for soprano, violin or cello & continuo (attributed); Tra le fiamme, HWV 170; Anonymous: La caduta di Icaro, cantata for soprano, 2 violins & con...
Performers: Varriale, Valentina
Conductors: Criscuolo, Renato
Ensemble: Musica Perduta

One of the greatest composers of the Baroque era, George Frideric Handel was born in Germany but spent most of his career living in London....continue...
Recording information: Millennium Audio Recording, Roma (11/28/2010); Oratorio P.P. Barnabiti, Rome (11/28/2010); Millennium Audio Recording, Roma (2011-12-14_2011-12-16&2012-); Oratorio P.P. Barnabit...continue...

My Heart is Fixed: North German Cantatas and Organ Works of the Baroque - music of Buxtehude, Bruhns, Tunder, Bernhardt, Telemann

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2013-01-29

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BuxWV 155; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BuxWV 148; Ich bin der Auferstehung, for bass, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cornets, 2 trumpet...
Performers: Ramm, Hauke; Schwarz, Gotthold
Conductors: Schwarz, Gotthold;
Ensemble: Sächsisches Barockorchester

The present recording with Gotthold Schwarz and the Sächsisches Barockorchester also takes into account the specific historical performance contexts of the North German Baroque. Such...continue...
Recording information: St. Wilhadi, Stade (D) (09/19/2011-09/23/2011)....continue...

José Carreras: Verona Live, with Caballé, Kollo, Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey, Marton et al. / José Carreras, tenor

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Caballe, Montserrat; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Carroli, Silvano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gha...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Collado, Jose

This live recording took place in August of 1988 in the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from...continue...
Recording information: Verona (08/08/1988)....continue...

Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; Bruckner: Motets; Gallus: Missa / Vienna Boys Choir

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28; Anton Bruckner: Locus iste, gradual for chorus in C major, WAB 23; Virga Jesse, gradual for chorus in E minor, WAB 52; Os justi meditabitur sapientiam,...
Performers: Bayer, Elisabeth
Conductors: Neyder, Anton; Gillesberger, Hans
Ensemble: ; Vienna Boys Choir

The Vienna Boys choir is the most famous and best known boys' choir in the world. In their 500 year history, they have worked with...continue...
Recording information: Casino Zögernitz, Vienna, Austria (1971-09-??&1971-11-??_1971-)....continue...

Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen: Christmas and sacred music by J.S. Bach, Telemann & Handel / Lucia Popp, soprano (rec. 1982)

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen (Psalm 111), TWV 714; George Frederick Handel: Samson, HWV 57; Messiah, HWV 56; Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248; Cant...
Performers: Doll, Susanne; Hynninen, Jorma; Popp, Lucia; Reinhart, Carole Dawn; Schuster, Frits [Double Bass]; Sekreve, Henk; Waterman, Joël; Waterman, Robert
Conductors: Voorberg, Marinus

Acanta presents this 1982 re-issue of Christmas and sacred music featuring soprano Lucia Popp. During this time Lucia Popp had reached the height of her...continue...

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Howard Goodall: Inspired - The Essential Collection

1 CD / Decca Import / 2013-01-22

Works: Howard Goodall: Inspired, for guitar & orchestra; Ecce Homo (Theme from "Mr. Bean" TV series), for chorus & organ; Piano Fantasy; Eternal Light; Shackleton's Cross, for oboe, trumpet & chamber orches...
Performers: Goodall, Howard; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Stewart, Noah [Tenor Vocal]; Wright, Laura

Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Cantata no 140; Mass in B minor; George Frederick Han...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; Beniston, Paul; Bowley, John; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Harper, Heather; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Lott, Felici...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Neumann, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Tennstedt, Klaus; Pappano, Antonio;...

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel...continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


Works:

Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Giacomo Antonio Perti: Moses, Leader of the Jewish People / Ensemble Les Nations

1 CD / Tactus / 2013-01-08

Works: Giacomo Antonio Perti: Il Mosè conduttor del popolo ebreo, oratorio
Performers: Baldassari, Maria Luisa
Conductors: Baldassari, Maria Luisa
Ensemble: Ensemble Les Nations

The revival of the 1685 oratorio Moses, Leader of the Jewish People for five voices, trumpet, and strings celebrates the 350th anniversary of the birth...continue...
Recording information: Pieve del Tho Brisighella (RA), Italy (08/2011)....continue...

A Year With Jesus / Gloria, Miserere, Stabat Mater, Magnificat, Requiem by Bach, Pergolesi, Mozart et al. / Véronique Gens, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Andrew Parrott, Riccardo Muti et al.

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, cantata, BWV 123; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; Magnificat, BWV 243; Herz und Mund und ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gens, Veronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Lesne, Gerard; Neilz, Jacques; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Veyron-Lacroix, Robert
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Herreweghe, Philippe; Christophers, Harry; Hill, David; Cleobury, Stephen; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Lara, Francisco; ; Hillier, Paul; Plasson, Michel; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Willcocks, David;...
Ensemble: ; Brunel Ensemble; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Il Seminario Musicale; La Petite Bande; Taverner Players; The Hilliard Ensemble; The Sixteen (Choir)

From Easter Sunday to All Saints' Day, A Year with Jesus is the ultimate collection of sacred music to help celebrate the Christian holidays. This...continue...

Tomas Milans i Godayol: Religious Music / La Xantria; Loia Frigole, soprano

1 CD / Musiepoca (Coda) / 2013-01-08

Works: Tomàs Milans i Godayol: Litaniæ lauretanæ, lletanies de la Mare de Déu, for 4 voices & continuo; Salve regina, for 2 soloists, chorus & continuo; Charitas Dei, motet; Magnificat, ...
Performers: Arquimbau, Elisenda; Benito, Elias [Baritone (Vocal)]; Bolivar, Hugo; Cordomi, Marta; Fernandez, Gloria; Frigole, Laia; Garcia, Joan; Polo, Cesar [Tenor Vocal]; Reixach, Buia; Rodrigo, Marta [Mezzo-S...
Conductors: Biosca, Pere Lluís
Ensemble: La Xantria

The height of the Baroque period, at the beginning of 18th century, was a time for wars and upheavals in Catalonia, but also for the...continue...
Recording information: Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Spain (01/18/2012-01/21/2012)....continue...

Handel: English Arias from Saul, Theodora, Judas Maccabaeus, Solomon / James Bowman, countertenor

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-01-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Choice of Hercules; Esther; Saul; Belshazzar; Theodora; Judas Maccabaeus; Solomon
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Gritton, Susan
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

This mid-priced Hyperion reissue offers a comprehensive program of Handel's arias from such famous English oratorios as Saul, Theodora, Judas Maccabaeus and Solomon. The world-famous...continue...
Recording information: 1992-03-??&1995-03-09_1995-....continue...

Michael Hurd: Orchestral Music & Pop Cantatas / New London Orchestra & Children's Choir

2 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2013-01-08

Works: Michael Hurd: Overture to an Unwritten Comedy; Sinfonia Concertante, for string orchestra; Dance Diversions, for orchestra; Concerto da Camera for oboe & strings; Little Suite, for orchestra; Plaine ...
Performers: Daniel, Nicholas; Gregory, Anthony; Hilton, Billie; Lush, Anna; McAslan, Lorraine; Wells, Alex
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]
Ensemble: ; New London Children's Choir

Ronald Corp leads the New London Orchestra and New London Children's Choir in a thoroughly delightful, two-disc sampler of music by the English composer Michael...continue...
Recording information: St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (2012-03-11&2012-04-23_2012-)....continue...

Orff, Carl: Carmina Burana

1 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Conductors: Prestel, Kurt

Schoenberg: Gurrelieder; Verklarte Nacht / James McCracken, Gre Brouwenstijn, Nel Rankin, Forbes Robinson, John Lanigan. Stokowski

2 CD / Guild / 2013-01-08

Works: Spoken Word: BBC Announcement; Anonymous: English National Anthem; Arnold Schoenberg: Gurrelieder; Verklärte Nacht, for string sextet, Op. 4
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

The performance of Gurrelieder comes from a performance at the Edinburgh International Festival, August 20, 1961, while Verklärte Nacht, with Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony...continue...
Recording information: Usher Hall, Edinburgh (08/20/1961); Usher Hall, Edinburgh (09/03/1952)....continue...

Elgar: The Apostles / Sir Mark Elder, Halle Orchestra and Choir

2 CD / Halle Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Edward Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
Performers: Coote, Alice; Evans, Rebecca; Groves, Paul; Imbrailo, Jacques; Kempster, David; Sherratt, Brindley
Conductors: Elder, Mark

This new release presents the oratorio planned to open the trilogy, the lesser-known and under-served work The Apostles, in a performance The Guardian described as...continue...
Recording information: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (05/05/2012)....continue...

Bach: Cantatas BWV 161, 170 & 177 / Schlick, Jacobs, Rogers. Hans-Martin Linde

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 170, "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170; Cantata no 161, "Komm, du süsse Todesstunde" BWV 161; Cantata no 177, "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ"...
Performers: Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Vocal], Nigel Rogers [Tenor
Conductors: Linde, Hans-Martin
Ensemble: Linde Consort

Without exception, the second edition in the RED LINE series feature absolute classics from the EMI catalog. These fantastic pieces range from Chopin to Beethoven...continue...
Recording information: Protestant Church, Séon, Switzerland (04/1980)....continue...

Edward Elgar: "Go, Song of Mine" - Part-Songs and Choral Works / The Rodolfus Choir

1 CD / Signum UK / 2013-01-07

Works: Edward Elgar: Go, Song of mine, Op. 57; Saga of King Olaf, Op. 30; O Salutaris Hostia I, for chorus in F major; Partsongs (3), Op. 18; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; I Sing the birth, carol for chorus...
Performers: Jenkins, Sam
Conductors: Allwood, Ralph
Ensemble: ; The Rodolfus Choir

Drawn from across the composer's lengthy career, this collection of Part-Songs and Choral Works explores the great variety and range within Elgar's work for choir...continue...
Recording information: St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico....continue...

Handel's finest arias for Base Voice / Christopher Purves, bass

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-12-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a; Acis and Galatea, HW V49a; Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a; Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72; L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55; La Resurrezione, HWV 4...
Conductors: Cohen, Jonathan
Ensemble: Arcangelo

The magnificent voice of Christopher Purves is featured on this unique recital disc of Handel's bass arias. The works heard here demonstrate the range and...continue...
Personnel: Christopher Purves (bass voice).

Recording information: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London (01/19/2012-01/24/2012)....continue...

Latvian Winterfest: Cantatas of the Christmas Season

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11

Works: Eriks Esenvalds: Ziemassvetku vakara (Christmas Eve), cantata for mixed choir, soloists & chamber orchestra; Valts Puce: Christmas Cantata for alto, mixed choir & chamber orchestra; Aldonis Kalnins: ...
Conductors: Jansons, Andrejs;
Ensemble: Latvian National Opera Chamber Orchestra; New York Ltvian Concert Choic; RLB Chamber Choir "Austrums"; Youth Choi "Basis"

Recording information: Riga Recording Studio, Latvia (02/24/2012-02/25/2012)....continue...

December Lights

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-12-11

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American); Sleep Little Jesus (Slaap nu...
Performers: Louwerse, Mirusia; Maffioletti, Carla; Rieu, André; Skota, Kimmy [Vocals]
Conductors: Rieu, André

Ferdinando Paer (1771-1839): Il Santo Sepolcro (The Holy Sepulchre); Mayr: Invito / Cornelia Horak, Miriam Clark, Vanessa Barkowski, Thomas Michael Allen

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Simon Mayr: Invito ("Già trafitto"), for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra; Ferdinando Paër: Il Santo Sepolcro, oratorio for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Clark, Miriam; Hamann, Jens; Horak, Cornelia; Steppberger, Klaus; Stimmel, Thomas [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Hauk, Franz
Ensemble: ; Simon Mayr Chorus

Franz Hauk's pioneering series of the music of Simon Mayr extends our limited acquaintance with his contemporary, Ferdinando Paër whose dramatic oratorio The Holy Sepulchre...continue...
Recording information: Assam Church of Maria de Victoria, Ingolstadt, Germany (09/03/2008-09/07/2008)....continue...