Frimmer, Monika

Best of Handel / Various artists

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, oratorium, HWV 56; The Water Music; Judas Maccabäus, oratorium, HWV 63; Jephta, oratorium, HWV 70; Handel - Bourée; Organ Concerto in F major "Cuckoo & t...
Performers: Bosse, Gerhard; Buchner, Eberhard; Buschnakowsky, Werner [Harpsichord]; Erben, Friedemann; Frimmer, Monika; Keymer, Christof; Kohler, Johannes-Ernst; Lorenz, Siegfried; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Creed, Marcus; ; Seyfarth, Lothar; Kluttig, Christian; Margraf, Horst-Tanu; Kurz, Siegfried; Knothe, Dietrich
Ensemble: ; Schweriner Blechbläser-Collegium

Ave Maria: Bach/Gounod, Schubert, Mozart, Pergolesi, Rossini, Verdi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Franz Liszt: Ave Maria 1; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Claudi...
Performers: Connell, John; Frimmer, Monika; Greindl, Josef; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hochreither, Karl; Lorengar, Pilar; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Seiffert, Peter; Szmytka, Elzbieta; Traxel, Josef
Conductors: Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Parrott, Andrew; Rovatkay, Lajos; Max, Hermann; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Savall, Jordi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Neumann, Peter; Forster, Karl; Kraus, Richard; Kout, Jirí
Ensemble: ; Capella Agostino Steffani; Collegium Cartusianum; Das kleine Konzert; Hespèrion XX; Taverner Players

Bach: Earthly and Divine / Music for Heaven and Earth

8 CD / Alpha Productions / 2011-11-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 1 en sol majeur, BWV 1007; Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 3 in G minor, BWV 1029; Partita no 2, BWV 1004; Sonate pour violin & basse continue en mi mineu...
Performers: Aerts, Wibert; Alard, Benjamin; Arnould, Benoît; Badiarov, Dmitry; Beekman, Marcel; Berben, Léon; Bereau, Marie; Boulanger, Lucile; Boulanger, Vinciane; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal...
Conductors: ; Leonhardt, Gustav; Pichon, Raphaël; Lasserre, Françoise; Haller, Benoit; Imbert, Raphaël
Ensemble: ; Akademia Ensemble; Café Zimmermann ; La Chapelle Royale; Ricercar Consort

A beautiful color book plus six CDs in a magnificent set! This is a truly hedonistic experience centered on Johann Sebastian Bach, including a rich...continue...

Wedding Classics / Bridal March, Bridal Chorus, Caro mio ben; Exsultate Jubilate

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Serse; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Charles Gounod: Messe à Ste. ...
Performers: Frimmer, Monika; Hoppe, Heinz; Kalafusz, Hans; Lorengar, Pilar; Seiffert, Peter; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Wallberg, Heinz; Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Hartemann, Jean-Claude; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Neumann, Peter; Hickox, Richard; Heger, Robert; Kout, Jirí; Mackerras, Ch...

Reference - Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day / Kluttog, Frimmer, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
Performers: Buchner, Eberhard; Frimmer, Monika
Conductors: Kluttig, Christian
Ensemble: Handel Festival Orchestra, Halle

Bach: Cantatas no 30a & 207 / Leonhardt, et al

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2008-01-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 30a, "Angenehmes Wiederau, freue dich in deinen Auen," BWV 30a (BC G31); Cantata no 207, "Vereingte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten" BWV 207
Performers: Frimmer, Monika; MacLeod, Stephan; Schafer, Markus
Conductors: Leonhardt, Gustav
Ensemble: Café Zimmermann

A big splash to start the new musical season: after two years of absence, Gustav Leonhardt picks up the baton again on this record featuring...continue...

Rathgeber: Tafel-Confect / Sonnentheil, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2005-10-18

Works: Johann Valentin Rathgeber: Concerto for 2 trumpets, 2 violins & continuo in D major; Concerto for 2 trumpets, 2 violins & continuo in C major; Johann Valentin Rathgeber / Johann Caspar Seyfert: Augsb...
Performers: Diwiak, Dantes; Frimmer, Monika; Kooij, Peter; Sonnentheil, Jurgen
Conductors:
Ensemble: Das Neu-Eröffnete Orchestre

Valentin Rathgeber, a fun-loving Benedictine monk and popular musician, gained fame during his lifetime for his Tafel-Confect (Table Confection), a collection four part songs with...continue...

Wedding Classics / Norrington, Parrott, Mackerras, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2002-03-12

Works: Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Danby, Nicholas; Frimmer, Monika; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Keyrouz, Marie, Sister; Still, Ray; Warren-Green, Christopher [Violin/Conductor]; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]; Weir...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Stamp, Richard; Norrington, Roger; Ledger, Philip, Sir; ; van Beek, Arie; Neumann, Peter; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Menuhin, Yehudi; Kuijke...
Ensemble: ; Aquarius; London Classical Players; Sonnerie; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

Yoshikazu Mera sings Bach / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2000-04-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Cantata no 22, "Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe," BWV 22; Cantata no 23, "Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn," BWV 23; Cantata no 75 "Die Elenden so...
Performers: Frimmer, Monika; Mera, Yoshikazu; Suzuki, Midori; Turk, Gerd
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

The Japanese counter-tenor Yoshikazu Mera needs no introduction to enthusiasts of the counter-tenor's art. For anyone left out there who might require an introduction to...continue...

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

Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

2 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1998-11-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Performers: Frimmer, Monika; Kooij, Peter; Mera, Yoshikazu; Turk, Gerd

"...[Suzuki's Christmas Oratorio] outstrips most of its rivals, in respect both of vocal and instrumental considerations. A quality in Masaaki Suzuki's direction which I have...continue...

Stamitz: Missa Solemnis, etc / Helbich, Frimmer, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1998-04-01

Works: Johann Stamitz: Missa Solemnis for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major; O salutaris hostia, communion motet for soprano voice, chorus & orchestra; Litaniæ Lauretan, for soloists, chorus & or...
Performers: Berne, Harry van; Frimmer, Monika; Sol, Tom
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble; Bremen Baroque Orchestra

Telemann: Harmonischer Gottesdienst / Frimmer, Kötz-Geitner

1 CD / Capriccio / 1997-01-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Du bist verflucht, TV 1 no 385; Gott will Mensch und sterblich werden, sacred cantata for voice, violin & continuo (HGD), TWV 1; Weg mit Sodoms gift'gen Früchten, sacred ...
Performers: Affourtit, Pieter; Bernardini, Alfredo; Beuse, Christian; Darmstadt, Gerhart; Eichberger, Myriam; Frimmer, Monika; Geitner, Petra; Hammer, Christoph; Hirtreiter, Bernhard; Schwarz, Gotthold

Bach: St Matthew Passion / Max, Frimmer, Winter, et al

2 CD / Capriccio / 1996-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Frimmer, Monika; Jochens, Wilfried; Mertens, Klaus; Prégardien, Christoph; Wimmer, Hans-Georg; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Max, Hermann
Ensemble: Rheinische Kantorei

Durante: Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae / Neumann, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1995-11-01

Works: Francesco Durante: Lectio Prima in Feria Sexta Parasceve for soprano, Flutes, horns, Violins, Viola, and continuo; Lectio Secunda in Feria Sexta Parasceve for soprano, Alto, Violins, Viola and contin...
Performers: Bach, Mechthild; Frimmer, Monika; Husgen, Bernhard
Conductors: Neumann, Peter
Ensemble: Collegium Cartusianum

"...The performances are first-rate...The sound is lovely...I have mixed feelings about the music and its place in the liturgy, but none about these endearing renditions....continue...