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Beauty of the Baroque / Danielle De Niese, Andreas Scholl

1 CD / Decca / 2012-01-10

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Third and Last Booke of Songes; George Frederick Handel: Serse; Samson; Acis and Galatea; Rodelinda; The Triumph of Time and Truth; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Claudio M...
Performers: Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bicket, Harry; Caminiti, Daniele; Niese, Danielle de; Paronuzzi, Giorgio; Scholl, Andreas; Zeller, Martin
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: The English Concert

Since her early success in Glyndebourne's now famous production of Handel's Giulio Cesare, Danielle de Niese has become most closely associated with the music of...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (08/12/2010-08/16/2010)....continue...

Il Caro Sassone: Handel in Italy / Lucy Crowe, soprano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dietro l'orme fuggaci, HWV 105 "Armida abbandonata"; Delirio Amoroso, HWV 99; Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a; Salve Regina, antiphon for soprano, strings, org...
Performers: Crowe, Lucy
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: The English Concert

Young British soprano Lucy Crowe is poised to take the opera world by storm. Her powerful, expressive performances have been hailed on both sides of...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London, UK (08/2010)....continue...

All Time Classics with Marian Arnold

3 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-19

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 174, "Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte" BWV 174; François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 2; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus vir; Ludwig ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Peter; Forbes, Colin; Harvey, Michael Kieran; Hutchinson, Joyce; Kirkby, Emma; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lacey, Genevieve; Pinn...
Conductors: ; Kleiber, Carlos; Pesek, Libor; Tate, Jeffrey; Kempe, Rudolf; Khachaturian, Aram; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Santi, Nello; De Waart, Edo; Challender, Stuart; Thomas, Patrick; Hopkins, John
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players; The English Concert

Three Baroque Tenors / Ian Bostridge

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Francesco Bartolomeo Conti: Don Chisciotte; George Frederick Handel: Hercules; Tamerlano; Poro; Giulio Cesare; Antonio Vivaldi: Arsilda; L'Atenaide; Ipermestra; Francesco Gasparini: Il Bajazet; Thoma...
Performers: Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bostridge, Ian; Clarke, Andrew; Grazzi, Alberto
Conductors: Labadie, Bernard
Ensemble: The English Concert

John Beard, Francesco Borosini, Annibale Fabri: these three men helped to revolutionized music in the 18th century. Their voices moved the greatest composers of the...continue...
Personnel: Jonathan Gunthorpe, Sophie Daneman, Benjamin Hulett, Madeleine Shaw (vocals).

Recording information: Church of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London, Engl....continue...

Handel Duets

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-03-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Radamisto, HWV 12a; Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19; Solomon, HWV 67; Theodora, HWV 68; Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15; Ariodante, HWV 33; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Tamerl...
Performers: Bicket, Harry; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Joshua, Rosemary
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: The English Concert

This new Handel collection features two great singers alongside the English Concert, arguably the best baroque orchestra in the UK. Duets play a key role...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London, E (07/20/2009-07/23/2009)....continue...

Voices Of Bach

1 CD / Decca / 2010-03-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 75 "Die Elenden sollen essen" BWV 75; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Cantata no 167, "Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe" BWV 167; Ca...
Performers: Mayer, Albrecht
Conductors: Mayer, Albrecht
Ensemble: The English Concert

Principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic and a hugely successful recording artist in his native Germany, Albrecht Mayer is a world-renowned musician and winner of...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Church, Deptford, London (03/02/2009-03/06/2009)....continue...

A Christmas Nativity

1 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem; Christmas Traditional: I Wonder As I Wander (American); Away in a Manger; Il est né, le divin enfant (French); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Child...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Martineau, Malcolm; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scott, John; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Tebaldi, Renata; Terfel, Bryn; Thalben-Ball, George,...
Conductors: Westenburg, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Music], John Scott [Choral; Bonynge, Richard; Sanchez, Damian; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Rutter, John; Davis, Colin; Willcocks, David; Davis, Carl; Pinnock, Trev...
Ensemble: ; Bilbao Choral Society; Clare College Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; Musica Sacra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; The English Concert; Vienna Singverein

The Nativity, the enchanting and enduring story that tells of the birth of Jesus Christ, is perhaps the best known tale in the history of...continue...

Best of the Millennium - Top 40 Classical Hits

2 CD / UTV Records / 2000-02-08

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp min...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Domingo, Placido; Forsberg, Bengt; Gilels, Emil; Kaufmann, Eduard; Laubin, Bernhard; Levine, James; Maisky, Mischa; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Schmitt,...
Conductors: ; Karajan, Herbert von; del Mar, Norman; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Ahronovitch, Yuri; Bychkov, Semyon; Marin, Ion; Pletnev, Mikhail; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Bolshoi Theater Violin Ensemble; Lucerne Festival Strings; The English Concert

Handel: Royal Fireworks, etc / Pinnock, English Concert

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1995-08-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast"; Solomon; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Alceste, incidental music, HWV 45; Saul; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17
Performers: Halstead, Anthony; Pinnock, Trevor; Rutherford, Christian
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: The English Concert

"Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert underline the pomp and ceremony of Handel's Royal Firework Music. It is one of the best accounts on period...continue...

Pachelbel: Canon 7 Gigue; et al / Pinnock, English Concert

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1985-10-01

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia, for strings & continuo in G major, RV 149; Tomaso Albinoni: Concertos à cinque (12), Op....
Performers: Comberti, Micaela; Pinnock, Trevor; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Reichenberg, David; Standage, Simon; Wilcock, Elizabeth
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: The English Concert

Recording information: EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, England (01/1985); Henry Wood Hall, London (01/1985); EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, England (03/1983-05/1985); Henry Wood Hall, London (03/19...continue...