Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]

Jeanne D'Arc: Batailles & Prisons / Montserrat Figueras, Louise Moaty, Rene Zosso, Hesperion XXI - Jordi Savall

2 Super Audio CD / Alia Vox / 2012-08-14

Works: Jordi Savall: Ballade de la Pucelle, for vocal ensemble (or instruments); Ce jour de l'an, rondeau for 3 lutes (after Guillaume Dufay); Fanfare "dit le Burguygnon", for ensemble (after an anonymous m...
Performers: Behringer, Michael; Biggi, Francis; Figueras, Montserrat; Guglielmi, Luca; Janda, Armin; Kiehr, Maria Cristina [Soprano Vocal]; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Lislevand, Rolf; Memelsdorff, Pedro; Wessel, Kai...
Conductors: Savall, Jordi;
Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI

Twenty years after his work on the soundtrack of Jacques Rivette's movie Jeanne la Pucelle, Jordi Savall returns to this powerful subject matter and presents...continue...
Recording information: Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (09/1993); Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains, Arsenal de Metz (09/1993); Collégiale de Cardona, Catalogne (12/20/2011-12/24/2011);...continue...

Heinz Holliger: Induuchlen

1 CD / ECM Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Heinz Holliger: Toronto-Exercises, for flute, clarinet, violin, harp & marimba; Puneigä, for voice, flute, clarinet, horn, viola, cello & percussion; Induuchlen, for voice & horn; Ma'Mounia, for...
Performers: Benda, Francois; Dahler, Jurg; Darbellay, Olivier; Dorduncu, Bahar; Haefliger, Daniel; Holliger, Ursula; Nopper, Sylvia; Renggli, Felix; Schmid, Elmar; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]; Wursch, Matth...
Conductors: Holliger, Heinz

The Independent
...the "Toronto-Exercises" offers the most satisfying arc. Bracing stuff - though a translation would be welcome.
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Marcello: Cassandra

1 CD / Aeon / 2010-05-11

Works: Benedetto Marcello: Odi, o Troia, cantata for soprano & continuo, SF. 240a; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for solo keyboard no 10 in C minor (after Benedetto Marcello), BWV 981 (BC L195)
Performers: Blunden, David; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]

The many extant copies of this cantata for alto and harpsichord, here given its world premiere recording, testify to the impact it had in its...continue...
Recording information: L'Heure bleue, Salle de musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds (09/24/2009-09/26/2009)....continue...

Steffani: Orlando Generoso / Bernward Lohr, Musica Alta Ripa

3 CD / MD&G / 2009-08-11

Works: Agostino Steffani: Orlando generoso, opera in 3 acts
Performers: Friedrich, Wolf Matthias; Invernizzi, Roberta; Lager, Daniel; Rydén, Susanne; Vitzthum, Franz; Waschinski, Jorg; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Lohr, Bernward
Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa

At the end of the seventeenth century the rulers of the Duchy of Hanover, the Welph family, launched a cultural offensive and obtained the services...continue...

Sciarrino: Luci mie traditrici / Furrer, Stricker, et al

1 CD / Kairos Music Production / 2008-11-01

Works: Salvatore Sciarrino: Luci mie traditrici, opera
Performers: Jaunin, Simon; Katzameier, Otto; Stricker, Annette; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]

Olga Neuwirth: Lost Highway [Hybrid SACD]

2 Super Audio CD / Kairos Music Production / 2008-11-01

Works: Olga Neuwirth: Lost Highway, opera
Performers: Crowly, Vincent; Höldrich, Robert; Hauman, Constance; Hautzinger, Franz; Melnick, Jodi; Millwood, Grayson; Moss, David [Percussion]; Musil, Thomas; Niehaus, Gerhard; Nigl, Georg; Noisternig, Mar...
Conductors: Kalitzke, Johannes

Hasse: Bella mi parto, etc / Wessel, Musica Alta Ripa

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-05-23

Works: Johann Adolf Hasse: Ah, troppo è ver!, cantata for alto voice, 2 violins, viola & continuo; Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo no 4, Op. 3/4; Bella, mi parto, a Dio, canata for alto voice & co...
Performers: Bundies, Ursula; Lohr, Bernward; Rohrig, Anne; Teichmanis, Juris; Wedemeier, Ulrich; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa

"...In general, Hasse's music has a lyrical elegance and flow that helps to account for the popularity he enjoyed in his lifetime. The well of...continue...

Bach: Cantatas Vol 11 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1999-11-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 136, "Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz" BWV 136; Cantata no 138, "Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz?" BWV 138; Cantata no 95, "Christus, der ist mein...
Performers: Kooij, Peter; Sakurada, Makoto; Suzuki, Midori; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

Un soir à la cour - Lute Songs & Lute Music / Wessel, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 1999-10-19

Works: Anonymous: Ma belle si ton ame; Gabriel Bataille: Qui veut chasser une migraine, air à boire for voice & lute; Ma bergère non légère; Antoine Boësset: Un Jour Amarill...
Performers: Wedemeier, Ulrich; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]