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| Psalterion & Fortepiano - From C.P.E. Bach
to Mozart. Ambronay AMY 012 (1 CD, June 2008). Margit
Übellacker, psalterion; Aline Zylberajch, fortepiano.
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 Charles
Levens (1689-1764). Te Deum, Deus Noster Refugium.
Éditions Hortus (1 CD, April 2008). Michel Laplénie,
Sagittarius, Group Vocal Arpège. A recording by the same
performers of Levens' Messes des Morts was released on
Lira d'Arco in 2003 and reissued on Etcetera.
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| Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
(1665-1729). Céphale et Procris (Paris 1694). ORF
2011291 (2 CDs, April 2008).
Details (Deutsch) (pdf).
Details (Français). Daniela Dolci, Musica Fiorita. Procris:
Raphaële Kennedy, soprano; Céphale: Achim Schulz, haute-contre;
Dorine: Camilla de Falleiro, soprano; Arcas: Lisandro Abadie,
bass.
ORF Shop.
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 Gluck.
Ezio (Vienna version, 1763/64). Oehms Classics (2 CDs,
May 2008). Michael Hofstetter, Chor und Orchester der
Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele. Valentiniano III: Ruth Sandhoff,
mezzo-soprano; Fulvia: Kirsten Blaise, soprano; Ezio: Franco
Fagioli, countertenor; Onoria: Sophie Marin-Degor, soprano;
Massimo: Stefano Ferrari, tenor; Varo: Netta Or, soprano. The
1750 Prague version was recorded by Andreas Stoehr on Coviello.
Note that Netta Or, Varo on this recording, performed Onoria on
the other recording, where Onoria was a tenor.
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| Vivaldi. Orlando furioso. (RV 728,
Venice 1727). cpo 777 095-2 (3 CDs, March 2008, recorded in
2002). Federico Maria Sardelli, Modo Antiquo, Coro da Camera
Italiano. Orlando: Anne Desler, mezzo-soprano; Angelica: Nicki
Kennedy, soprano; Alcina: Marina de Liso, mezzo-soprano; Medoro:
Luca Dordolo, tenor; Bradamante: Lucia Sciannimanico,
mezzo-soprano; Ruggiero: Thierry Grégoire, countertenor;
Alfonso: Martin Kronthaler, baritone. There was a partial
release of this recording on 2 CDs in 2003 on Amadeus AMS
078/79.
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| Handel. Dettingen Te Deum (HWV 283,
London 1743) & Organ Concerto HWV 296a & Zadok the Priest.
Hyperion CDA 67679 (1 CD, June 2008).
Details. Stephen Layton, Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of
Trinity College Cambridge. Christopher Lowrey, countertenor;
Robin Firth, tenor; Neal Davies, bass. Richard Marlow, organ.
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| Handel. Israel in Egypt. (HWV 54, London
1739). Naxos (2 CDs, May 2008). Kevin Mallon, Aradia Ensemble.
Jennifer Such, Eve Rachel McLeod & Laura Albino, sopranos;
Jennifer Ens Modolo, contralto; Nils Brown & Bud Roach, tenor;
Sean Watson & Jason Nedecky, bass.
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| Domenico Scarlatti. Missa di Madrid (1754),
Stabat Mater, Missa "La Stella". Tactus TC 681906 (1 CD, May
2008).
Details. Elena Sartori, Melodi Cantores.
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| Marco Da Gagliano (1582-1643). La Dafne
(1608). Arion ENR 68776 (1 CD, May 2008).
Details. Jay Bernfeld, viol & director, Ensemble Fuoco e
Cenere. Dafne: Chantal Santon, soprano; Venere: Guillemette
Laurens, mezzo-soprano; Amore: Daphné Touchais, soprano; Apollo:
Mathieu Abelli, tenor. Tirsi: Benoît Porcherot, tenor; Pastor:
Marc Mandoritta, tenor; Pastor: Philippe Roche, bass.
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| Musik der Hamburger Pfeffersäcke.
Raumklang RK 2703 (1 CD, May 2008).
Details. Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg. Yeree Suh,
soprano. Telemann, Ouverture & arias from Omphale
(c.1723); Keiser, Suite from Hercules und Hebe (1699);
Handel, Sinfonia & violin concerto (c.1706/07).
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| Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777).
Concerts choisis. Accent ACC 24186 (1 CD, June 2008).
Alexander Weimann, Echo du Danube. Concerto for oboe & bassoon
WWV 345, Concerto for harp WWV 281, Concerto for pianoforte &
violin WWV 342.
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| Wenzel Ludwig Edler von Radolt (1667-1716).
Viennese Lute Concertos. Symphonia (1 CD, March 2008).
Hubert Hoffmann, lute. Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria.
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| Hasse, J.G. Graun, C.P.E Bach, W.F. Bach,
Haydn, Mozart. Sinfonias from the Enlightenment.
Challenge Classics CC 72193 (2 CDs, February 2008).
Details. moderntimes_1800. Ilia Korol, violin & Natalia
Grigonrieva, harpsichord.
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| Henry Purcell. Fantasias for Viol, 1680.
Alia Vox (1 CD, April 2008). Jordi Savall, Hesperion XX.
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| Jean-Baptiste Lully. Proserpine (1680).
Glossa (2 CDs, May 2008). Presumably this is the French language
edition with book, which will be followed a few months later by
an international edition with translations. Hervé Niquet, Le
Concert Spirituel. Proserpine: Salomé Haller, soprano; Aréthuse:
Blandine Staskiewicz, mezzo-soprano; Cérès: Stéphanie d'Oustrac,
mezzo-soprano; Alphée: Cyril Auvity, haute-contre; Mercure:
François-Nicolas Geslot, haute-contre; Ascalaphe: Benoît Arnould,
baritone; Jupiter: Marc Labonnette, baritone; Pluton: João
Fernandes, bass. Recorded without the prologue.
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| Handel. Hercules. (HWV 60, London 1745).
Naxos 8.557960/62 (3 CDs, May 2008), reissue of 2006 release by
Junge Kantorei. Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque
Orchestra, Junge Kantorei.
Libretto with German translation (pdf). Dejanira: Nicola
Wemyss, soprano; Iole: Gerlinde Sämann, soprano; Lichas: Franz
Vitzthum, countertenor; Hyllus: Kurt Schoch, tenor; Hercules:
Peter Kooij, bass.
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| Handel. Il Trionfo del Tempo e del
Disinganno. (HWV 46a, Rome 1707). Hyperion CDA 67681/2 (2
CDs, May 2008).
Details. Alessandro De Marchi, Academia Montis Regalis.
Bellezza: Roberta Invernizzi, soprano; Piacere: Kate Aldrich,
mezzo-soprano; Disinganno: Martín Oro, countertenor; Tempo: Jörg
Dürmüller, tenor.
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| Handel. Complete Harpsichord Music.
Brilliant Classics (4 CDs, May 2008).
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| František Tůma (1704-1774). Partitas,
Sonatas & Sinfonias. Naïve OP 30436 (1 CD, May 2008).
Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano.
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| Sainte-Colombe, Marais, Rameau, Forqueray, de
Visée. Tombeau pour Mr de Ste Colombe & Autres Portraits.
Zig Zag Territoires ZZT 080302 (1 CD, March 2008).
Details. Marianne Müller, bass viol, Ensemble Spirale.
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| Crystal Tears. Harmonia Mundi (1 CD + 1
DVD, May 2008). Andreas Scholl, countertenor; Julian Behr, lute.
Concerto Viole. 2007 tour program: Dowland: Go crystal tears; Go
nightly cares; Sorrow come; Semper Dowland semper dolens; Can
she excuse my wrongs; From silent night; Come heavy sleep. Byrd:
Though Amaryllis dance in green. Johnson: Have you seen the
bright lily grow? Bennet: Venus' birds. Mando: Like as the day.
Anon: O Death, rock me asleep.
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 Alessandro
Stradella. Santa Pelagia. Stradivarius STR 33792 (1
CD, March 2008).
Details. Maurizio Fornero, I Musici di Santa Pelagia,
Festina Lente. Laura Antonaz, soprano; Alessandro Carmignani,
countertenor; Fabio Furnari, tenor; Walter Testolin, bass.
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Ans de Musique à Versailles - Voyage au Coeur du Baroque
Français. Musique de Baroque Français (20 CDs, November
2007). Includes recordings made during four weekends of concerts
celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Centre de Musique
Baroque de Versailles in 2007 including two divertissements:
François Francoeur & François Rebel, Zélindor, Roi des
Silphes (CD 10) and François Colin de Blamont, Égine.
(CD 11).
Click here for the contents of each disk.
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| François Francœur & François Rebel (1701-1775).
Pirame et Thisbé (1726, ultime version de 1771). Mirare (2
CDs, April 2008).
Details. Daniel Cuiller, Ensemble Stradivaria, Choeur de
l'Académie Baroque. Pirame: Thomas Dolié, baritone; Thisbé:
Judith van Wanroij, soprano; Ninus: Jeffrey Thompson, tenor;
Zoraïde: Katia Velletaz, soprano; Zoroastre: Jean Teitgen, bass.
Prologue: La Gloire: Leonor Leprêtre, soprano; Vénus: Adèle
Carlier, soprano.
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| François Couperin. Messe des Paroisses &
Messe des Couvents. Syrius (2 CDs, April 2008). Pierre
Bardon, organ. Jean-Christophe Candau, Ensemble Vox Cantoris,
plainchant.
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| Pepusch, Handel, Telemann, Lotti. When
Love's Soft Passion - Cantatas. Thorofon CTH 2543 (1 CD,
February 2008).
Details. Ensemble Musica Poetica. Sabine Kaipainen,
mezzo-soprano.
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| Telemann. Paris Quartets. Brilliant
Classics (3 CDs, April 2008). Jed Wentz, Musica ad Rhenum.
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| Domenico Gabrielli (1659-1690). S.
Sigismondo re di Borgogna (Bologna 1687). Tactus TC 650702
(1 CD, March 2008).
Details. Maria Luisa Baldassari, Ensemble Les Nations. S.
Sigismondo: Elena Biscuola, contralto; Inomachia: Laura Antonaz,
soprano; Gondemaro: Patrizia Vaccari, soprano; Duce: Fabio
Furnari, tenor; Clodomiro: Andrea Favari, bass.
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| Rupert Ignaz Mayr (1646-1712). Confitebor
tibi - Psalms, Motets, Concerti. Profil PH08022 (1 CD,
January 2008). Doris Hagel, L'arpa festante, Capella
Weilburgensis vocalis. Mechthild Bach, soprano; Elisabeth Popien,
contralto; Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor; Gotthold Schwarz, bass.
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| Henry Purcell. Cease, Anxious World - Songs
and Chamber Music. Mirare (1 CD, April 2008). Benjamin
Perrot, theorbo & director, Ensemble La Rêveuse. Julie Hassler,
soprano; Stéphan Dudermel, violon; Florence Bolton, treble &
bass viol; Angélique Mauillon, harp; Bertrand Cuiller,
harpsichord & organ.
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| Luigi Rossi & Marco Marazzoli. Soleils
Baroques. Ambronay (1 CD, April 2008). Jérôme Corréas, Les
Paladins.
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| Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Keyboard Works,
vol. 2: Fantasias & Fugues. Naxos 8.570530 (1 CD, April
2008). Julia Brown, harpsichord.
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| "Elemente" - Trigonale Festival for Early
Music (Austria) 2007. Raumklang RK 2705 (2 CDs, April 2008).
Details. Live recording of performances by The Hilliard
Ensemble, Il Giardino Armonico, La Fenice, Harmony of Nations
Baroque Orchestra, Christine Schornsheim, Ensemble Unicorn, &
Concertino Amarilli.
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 Galuppi.
La Clemenza di Tito (Turin 1760). Hungaroton 32538/39 (2
CDs, March 2008).
Details. Fabio Pirona, Pál Németh, Savaria Baroque
Orchestra. Vitellia: Mónika González, soprano; Servilia: Zita
Váradi, soprano; Sesto: Andrea Meláth, mezzo-soprano; Annio:
Barnabás Hegyi, countertenor; Tito: Zoltán Megyesi, tenor;
Publio: Tamás Kóbor, tenor.
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 Marin
Marais. Sémélé (1709). Glossa GCD 921614 (International
edition, 2 CDs, March 2008). Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel.
Sémélé: Shannon Mercer, soprano; La Grande Prêtresse de Bacchus:
Jaël Azaretti, soprano; Dorine: Bénédicte Tauran, soprano; Junon:
Hjördis Thébault, mezzo-soprano; Adraste: Anders Dahlin, haute-contre;
Jupiter: Thomas Dolié, baritone; Cadmus: Marc Labonnette,
baritone; Mercure: Lisandro Abadie, baritone.
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 J.S.
Bach. Matthew Passion. Bach's last performing version c.
1742. Linn CKD 313 (2 CDs, March 2008).
Sleeve notes & downloadable studio master. John Butt,
Dunedin Consort & Players. (Original vocal forces &
instrumentation.) Evangelist: Nicholas Mulroy, tenor; Jesus:
Matthew Brook, bass; Susan Hamilton, soprano; Cecilia Osmond,
soprano; Clare Wilkinson, contralto; Annie Gill, contralto;
Malcom Bennett, tenor; Brian Bannatyne-Scott, bass.
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| Buxtehude. Opera Omnia 7: Vocal Works 3.
Challenge Classics (2 CDs, March 2008). Ton Koopman, Amsterdam
Baroque Orchestra & Chorus.
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| Henry Purcell. Complete Chamber Music.
Brilliant Classics 93647 (7 CDs, April 2008). Pieter-Jan Belder,
Musica Amphion.
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| Joseph-Nicholas-Pancrace Royer (1705-1755).
Pièces de Clavecin 1746. Naïve Ambroisie (1 CD, March 2008).
Christophe Rousset, harpsichord. This apparently is not a
reissue Rousset's fine 1993 recording of Royer's complete known
harpsichord works on L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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| Buxtehude. Membra Jesu Nostri. K617207
(1 CD, March 2008). Benoît Haller, La Chapelle Rhénane.
Stéphanie Révidat, Tanya Aspelmeier & Salomé Haller, sopranos;
Rolf Ehlers, haute-contre; Julian Prégardien, tenor; Benoît
Arnould, bass.
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| Rameau, Marais, de Visée, Sainte-Colombe,
Forqueray. Portraits Croisés - Tombeaux, suites & other
homages. Zig-Zag Territoires (1 CD, March 2008). Marianne
Muller, bass viol, Ensemble Spirale.
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| German Baroque Cantatas. Sony Vivarte
88697225032 (1 CD, March 2008). Stephan MacLeod, bass &
direction, Gli Angeli Genève. J.S. Bach, Ich habe genug BWV 82;
Telemann, Du aber Daniel, gehe dahin; Buxtehude, Jesu meines
Lebens Leben; Bruhns, Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt; Johann
Christoph Bach, Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte.
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| Handel. Aci, Galatea e Polifemo. (HWV
72, Rome 1708). Brilliant Classics (2 CDs, March 2008). Marco
Vitale, Contrasto Armonico. Aci: Stefanie True, soprano;
Galatea: Luciana Manchini, mezzo-soprano; Polifemo: Mitchell
Sandler, bass.
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| Handel. Tolomeo, Rè d'Egitto. (HWV 25,
London 1728). DG-Archiv 477 710-6 (3 CDs, February 2008). Alan
Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco. Seleuce: Karina Gauvin, soprano;
Elisa: Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano; Tolomeo: Ann Hallenberg,
mezzo-soprano; Alessandro: Romina Basso, mezzo-soprano; Araspe:
Pietro Spagnoli, bass. Superb performance and recording.
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| Handel. Complete Sonatas & Works for Violin
& Continuo. Somm 068 (1 CD, December 2007).
Details. Adrian Butterfield, violin; Katherine Sharman,
cello; Laurence Cummings, harpsichord.
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| Antoine Forqueray. Pièces pour viole
transcribed for harpsichord by Jean-Baptiste Forqueray.
Zig-Zag Territoires (2 CDs, March 2008).
Details. Blandine Rannou, harpsichord.
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| Bartolomiej Pekiel (?-1670), Mikolaj Zielenski
(c.1550-c.1615), Marcin Mielczewski (c.1590-1651), Stanislaw
Szarzynski (f.1690-1715). Polish Baroque. Ambronay (1 CD,
November 2007).
Details. Graham O'Reilly, Ensemble européen William Byrd,
Ensemble Ventosum. Sacred vocal works.
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| Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714). Die
Liebe Gottes ist ausgegossen - Cantatas. cpo 777 346-2 (2
CDs, February 2008). Ludger Rémy, Les Amis de Philippe. Dorothee
Mields, soprano; Margaret C. Hunter, soprano; Alexander
Schneider, countertenor; Andreas Post, tenor; Matthias Vieweg,
bass.
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| Clérambault, Bernier, Duphly. Médée furieuse.
Naïve Ambroisie (1 CD, March 2008). Stéphanie d'Oustrac,
mezzo-soprano. Ensemble Amarillis. Médée cantatas.
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| Pierre Danican Philidor (1681-1731). Suites
pour hautbois. Zig-Zag Territoires (1 CD, February 2008).
Details. Antoine Torunczyk & Alfredo Bernardini, oboes.
L'Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux. Performed on a pair of oboes
built by Bernardini with pitch of a=398.
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| Handel. Duetti Amorosi. dhm 88697214722
(1 CD, February 2008). Lawrence Cummings, Kammerorchester Basel.
Núria Rial, soprano; Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor. Duets from
Poro, Serse, Admeto, Muzio Scevola, Arminio & Teseo.
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| Jacques-Antoine Denoyé. Messe à Grand Choeur
& Symphonie (Strasbourg 1758); Michel Corrette. Psaume
Laudate Dominum à grand choeur & symphonie after Vivaldi's
"Spring" concerto (1766). Ambronay (1 CD, March 2008).
Details -- "Composed in a style similar to that of Rameau -
several references demonstrate knowledge of his operas." Martin
Gester, Le Parlement de Musique, La Maitrise de Bretagne. Judith
Gauthier, soprano; Rodrigo del Pozo, haute-contre; Christophe
Einhorn, tenor; Jean-Louis Georgel, baritone.
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| François Couperin & Delalande. Leçons de
Ténèbres. BIS CD-1575 (1 CD, January 2008). Emma Kirkby,
soprano; Agnes Mellon, soprano; Charles Medlam, bass viol;
Terence Charleston, organ.
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| J.S. Bach. Cantatas for the complete
liturgical year, volume VI. Accent ACC 25306 (1 CD, February
2008). Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande. Siri Thornhill,
soprano; Petra Noskaiová, contralto; Marcus Ullmann, tenor; Jan
van der Crabben, bass.
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| Handel. Le Cantate Italiane, volume 3 - Le
Cantate per il Cardinal Ottoboni. Glossa GCD 921523 (1 CD,
January 2008). Raffaella Milanesi, soprano; Furio Zanasi,
baritone; Salvo Vitale, bass. Fabio Bonizzoni, La Risonanza. Ah!
Crudel HWV 78; No se emendará jamás (Spanish cantata) HWV 140;
Qual ti riveggio (Ero e Leandro) HWV HWV 150; Spande ancor a mio
dispetto HWV 165.
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| Vivaldi. Arie ritrovate. Naïve / Opus
111 OP 30433 Vivaldi Edition (1 CD, February 2008). Sonia Prina,
contralto. Ottavio Dantone, Accademia Bizantina. Stefano
Montanari, violin. Arias from La verità in cimento, Orlando
furioso, Scanderbeg, Teuzzone & Tito Manlio, violin concerto RV
369, concerto for strings RV 136.
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| J.S. Bach. Latin Church Music Vol. 1.
Challenge Classics CC 72188 (2 CDs, February 2008). Ton Koopman,
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir. Missa in F BWV 233; Missa
in G BWV 235; Magnificat BWV 243; Missa in A BWV 234; Gloria in
excelcis Deo BWV 191; Missa in G BWV 236; Sanctus BWV 232.
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| Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747). Ulysse (Tragédie
en musique, 1703). Musiques à la Chabotterie 605003 (2 CDs,
November 2007).
Facsimile livret. Hugo Reyne, La Simphonie du Marais & Le
Choeur du Marais. Circé: Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano;
Pénélope: Stéphanie Révidat, soprano; Ulysse: Betrand Chuberre,
baritone; Orphée, un Génie, Euriloque, Mercure & Télémaque:
Vincent Lièvre-Picard, haute-contre; Urilas: Bernard Deletré,
bass; Céphalie & Pallas: Celine Ricci, soprano; Euphrosine &
Junon: Eugénie Warnier, soprano; Un Savage: Thomas van Essen,
tenor. Text in French only, unfortunately. Of the many recent
premiere recordings of French baroque operas and ballets, this
is my favorite. (I haven't heard the recording of Marais's
Sémélé yet.) Ulysse is a lively dramatic work with no
dull moments. Highlights include complex string writing
seemingly influenced by Corelli, arias that look forward to
Rameau, and a trumpet tune reminiscent of the trumpet tune in
Campra's Tancrède. The performance and live recording are
of very high quality.
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 Antonio
Mazzoni (Bologna 1717-1785). Aminta (Il Rè Pastore)
(Madrid 1756). K617 201 (2 CDs, May 2007).
Complete CD booklet (pdf) |
German libretto. Juan Bautista Otero, Real Compañía Ópera de
Cámara. Aminta: Anna-Maria Panzarella, soprano; Tamiri: Celine
Ricci, soprano; Elisa: Delphine Gillot, soprano; Agenore: Marina
Pardo, mezzo-soprano; Alessandro: Leif Aruhn-Solén, tenor. The
first complete recording of an opera directed by Farinelli in
Madrid. This is my favorite recent recording of an Italian
opera. There are many stylistic similarities to music by
composers closely associated with Farinelli when he was a
performer, i.e., Hasse, Giacomelli & Riccardo Broschi. Tamiri's
virtuoso aria "Di tante sue procelle", written for Teresa
Castellini (illustrated in the
famous portrait by Amigoni with Farinelli and Metastasio),
approaches in difficulty Broschi's "Qual guerriero in campo
armato". Highly recommended!
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| Roland Marais (c.1680-c.1750), Charles Dollé
(18th Century) & Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745). Le Tombeau de
Marin Marais. AS Musique ASM003 (1 CD, May 2007). À Deux
Violes Esgales. Jonathan Dunford, bass viol; Sylvia Ambramowicz,
bass viol; Nanja Breedijk, harp; Daphni Kokkoni, harpsichord.
Highly recommended! This superb recording has about the finest
sound of any viol recording I have heard.
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 Armand-Louis
Couperin (1727-1789). Livre de Pièces de Clavecin. Syrius
SYR 141401 (1 CD & duplicate 5-channel CD, May 2007). Philippe
Leroy, harpsichord by Anthony Sidey after Ruckers/Hemsch. Highly
recommended! This is one of the finest examples of recorded
harpsichord sound.
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| Christoph Martin Wieland (libretto) & Anton
Schweitzer (1735-1787) (music). Alceste (Weimar 1773).
Berlin Classics (2 CDs, February 2008).
Details (pdf). Michael Hofstetter, Concerto Köln. Alceste:
Simone Schneider, soprano; Parthenia: Cyndia Sieden, soprano;
Admet: Christoph Genz, tenor; Herkules: Josef Wagner, bass.
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| Peter Ryom. RV - Antonio Vivaldi.
Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke
(Thematic-systematic Catalogue of His Works). Breitkopf & Härtel
2007.
Details with sample pages (pdf). 633 pages. This much
expanded new edition of the RV thematic catalogue contains all
the known works of Vivaldi with incipits for all movements. An
essential reference for Vivaldi enthusiasts. Reviewed by
Clifford Bartlett in EMR 121:12-13 (October 2007).
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| Vivaldi. Griselda. (RV 718, Venice
1735). Naxos 8.660211/13 (3 CDs, January 2008). Kevin Mallon,
Aradia Ensemble. Griselda: Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano;
Costanza: Carla Huhtanen, soprano; Roberto: Lynne McMurtry,
mezzo-soprano; Corrado: Jason Nedecky, baritone; Gualtiero:
Giles Tomkins, bass; Ottone: Colin Ainsworth, tenor. As in 1960s
performances, Corrado and Gualtiero are transposed down an
octave. But it's cheap.
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| Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758). Passio
Jesu Christi. Naxos 8.570326 (1 CD, January 2008). Mary
Térey-Smith, Capella Savaria Baroque Orchestra, Schola Cantorum
Budapestiensis. Daughter of Zion: Mária Zádori, soprano;
Evangelist: Zoltán Megyesi, tenor; Jesus: Péter Cser, bass.
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| Handel. Organ Concertos Op. 4, Nos. 1-6.
Harmonia Mundi (1 CD, February 2008). Richard Egarr, organ &
director, Academy of Ancient Music.
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| Domencio Belli, Cristofano Malvezzi, Giulio
Caccini & Claudio Saracini. Firenze 1616. Alpha (1 CD,
January 2008). Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique.
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| Buxtehude. In te Domine Speravi - Cantatas &
Motets. Accent ACC 24184 (1 CD, January 2008). Amaryllis
Dieltiens, soprano. Erik van Nevel, Currende. Cantate Domino
BuxWV 12; Psaume 96 - Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, O Herr BuxWV
41; In te domine Speravi BuxWV 53; Jesu meine freude BuxWV 60;
Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer gott BuxWV 78.
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| Haydn. Harpsichord Concertos in F & G
(Hob.XVIII:3&4) / Divertimento in F (Hob.II:20). Accent
ACC 24188 (1 CD, January 2008). Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite
Bande. Ewald Demeyere, harpsichord.
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CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi. Amor Profano - Arias. DG-Archiv
477 661-8 (1 CD, January 2008). Simone Kermes, soprano; Andrea
Marcon, Venice Baroque Orchestra. Arias from Olimpiade, La fede
tradita e vendicata, Orlando furioso, Tito Manlio, Semiramide,
Tigrane, Catone in Utica, Il Bajazet, Griselda, La verità in
cimento.
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DE |
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| D. Scarlatti, Roseingrave, Porpora, Hasse,
Arne, Veracini, Handel. Sopranos y castrati en el Londres de
Farinelli. Música Antigua Aranjuez MAA 006 (1 CD, November
2007). La Tempestad. Olalla Alemán, soprano; Xavier Sabata,
countertenor.
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| Alessandro Stradella. San Giovanni Battista
(Rome 1675). Hyperion CDA 67617 (1 CD, January 2008).
Sleeve notes with new libretto translation by Hugh Ward-Perkins
(pdf). Alessandro de Marchi, Academia Montis Regalis. Salomè:
Anke Herrmann, soprano; Herodiade: Elena Cecchi Fedi, soprano;
San Giovanni Battista: Martín Oro, countertenor; Consigliere:
Fredrik Akselberg, tenor; Herode: Antonio Abete, bass. Perhaps
the finest Stradella recording to date is the San Giovanni
Battista by Claudio Astronio et al. on Stradivarius.
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| Handel. Rodrigo (Vincer se stesso è la
maggior vittoria). (HWV 5, Florence 1707). Naïve Ambroisie
(2 CDs, April 2008). Eduardo López Banzo, Al Ayre Español.
Rodrigo: Maria Riccarda Wesseling, mezzo-soprano; Esilena: Maria
Bayo, soprano; Florinda: Deborah York, soprano or Núria Rial,
soprano; Evanco: Anne-Catherine Gillet, soprano; Fernando: Max
Emmanuel Cencic, countertenor; Giuliano: Kobie Van Rensburg,
tenor.
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 Tommaso
Albinoni (1671-1751). Il Nascimento dell'Aurora (Festa
pastorale, Barcelona 1708). Oehms Classics (2 CDs, November
2007). René Clemencic, Clemencic Consort. Apollo: Terry Wey,
countertenor; Dafne: Krisztina Jónás, soprano; Zeffiro: Radu
Marian, sopranist; Flora: Adrineh Simonian, soprano; Peneo /
Fiume: Gernot Heinrich, tenor. This Italian pastoral has many of
the same features as the still unrecorded first version of
Handel's Il Pasto Fido (1712). The small scale production
was well performed and recorded.
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| Handel. Acis & Galatea. (HWV 49a, London
1718). New Classical Adventure (NCA) 60183 (2 CDs, November
2007). Martin Haselböck, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra.
Galatea: Linda Perillo, soprano; Acis: Mark Bleeke, tenor;
William Hite, tenor; Thomas Gray, tenor; Polyphemus: Florian
Boesch, baritone.
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| Romanus Weichlein (1652-1706). Missa
Rectorum Cordium (1687). Symphonia (1 CD, January 2008).
Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria, Kepler Konsort, St.
Florianer Sängerknaben, Vocalensemble NOVA. Radu Marian,
sopranist; Markus Forster, countertenor.
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| Domenico Scarlatti. Sacred Vocal Music:
Stabat Mater, Missa breve La stelle, Te Deum, Magnificat.
Naxos 8.570382 (1 CD, November 2007). Morten Schuldt-Jensen,
Immortal Bach Ensemble.
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| J.C.F. Fischer (c.1650-1746). Missa St.
Michaelis Arcangeli. MDG (1 CD, December 2007). Rainer
Johannes Homburg, Handel's Comany, Kammerchor der
Marien-Kantorei Lemgo. Also includes Missa "Nun komm der Heiden
Heiland".
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| André Campra & Michael Haydn. A History of
the Requiem, volume 2. Cyprès CYP1651 (1 CD, November 2007).
Guy Janssens, Laudantes Consort. This series includes one
requiem from each century.
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| Buxtehude. Opera Omnia 6: Harpsichord Works
2. Challenge Classics CC72244 (2 CDs, January 2008). Ton
Koopman, harpsichord.
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| Joseph Haydn. Il Ritorno di Tobia
(1775/1784). Naxos 8.570300/02 (3 CDs, October 2007). Andreas
Spering, VokalEnsemble Köln, Capella Augustina. Sara: Sophie
Karthäuser, soprano; Raffaelle: Roberta Invernizzi, soprano;
Anna: Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano; Tobia: Anders Dahlin,
tenor; Tobit: Nikolay Borchev, bass. Includes the 2 choruses
written for a 1784 performance.
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| Gluck. Ezio (Metastasio, Prague version,
1750). Coviello COV 20713 (3 CDs, September 2007). Andreas
Stoehr, Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik. Valentiniano III: Max
Emanuel Cencic, countertenor; Fulvia: Mariselle Martínez,
mezzo-soprano; Ezio: Matthias Rexroth, countertenor; Onoria:
Netta Or, soprano; Massimo: Mirko Roschkowski, tenor; Varo:
Andreas Post, tenor.
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| Jean-Baptiste Lully, Francesco Cavalli, Juan
Hidalgo, Michel Lambert. Musiques pour le Mariage de Louis
XIV (1660).
Details. Accord 442 9894 (2 CDs, October 2007). Hugo Reyne,
La Simphonie du Marais. Françoise Masset, soprano; Celine Ricci,
soprano; François-Nicolas Geslot, haute-contre; Florian Westphal,
bass. Lully ou le Musicien du Soleil, Volume IX.
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| Handel. Tamerlano. (HWV 18, London
1724). MDG 1457 (3 CDs, September 2007). George Petrou,
Orchestra of Patras (period instruments). Asteria: Mata Katsuli,
soprano; Andronico: Mary-Ellen Nesi, mezzo-soprano; Irene: Irini
Karaianni, mezzo-soprano; Tamerlano: Nicholas Spanos,
countertenor; Bajazet: Tassis Christoyannis, baritone; Leone:
Petros Magoulas, bass. One of Handel's greatest operas finally
receives a complete recording. It even includes the new scene
(missing from the HG edition) for Montagnana, who replaced
Boschi as Leone in 1731.
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| Handel. Giove in Argo (HWV A14, 1739).
Mainly a self-pasticcio, with two arias from Francesco Araja's
Lucio Vero. Cantate/Musicaphon M56891 (2 CDs, July 2007).
Details. Sylvie Kraus, Matthias Beckert, Thomas Gebhardt,
Concert Royal Köln, Kammerchor Würzburg. Calisto: Lisa Tjalve,
soprano; Iside: Tanya Aspelmeier, mezzo-soprano; Diana: Theresa
Nelles, soprano; Aretes (Giove): Benoît Haller, tenor; Erastus (Osiris):
Markus Auerbach, bass; Licaone: Raimonds Spogis, bass. Libretto
by Antonio Maria Lucchini for Antonio Lotti (Dresden 1719).
Reconstruction by Steffen Voss & Thomas Synofsik. While Winton
Dean has described Giove in Argo as "an unsatisfactory
hodgepodge" (Handel's Operas 1726-1741, p. 398 -- a more
detailed analysis will appear in
King
(2008)), I find the opera and this recording quite
enjoyable. It contains many previously unrecorded arias and
choruses by Handel, and the arias by Araja are equally
worthwhile. (The next to last line of text is missing in the A
section of "Questa d'un fido amore", the Araja rage aria, which
sounds like "Perfido! Deh spietato!".) The thick booklet
contains numerous color photos of the ridiculous, modern
production but no English translation of the text, not even the
version from the original word book.
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| Michael Praetorius (1571-1621). Puer natus
in Bethlehem: Advent & Christmas Music. cpo 777 327-2 (1 CD,
November 2007). Manfred Cordes, Bremen Barock Consort.
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| Schelle, Petritz, Erlebach, Jacobi, Liebe,
Bessel. Machet die Tore weit - Baroque Christmas Cantatas
from Central Germany. cpo 777 332-2 (1 CD, November 2007).
Matthias Jung, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle, Sächsisches Vocalensemble.
Birte Kulawik, soprano; Dorothea Wagner, mezzo-soprano; David
Erler, Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor; Matthias Lutze, bass.
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| Domenico Scarlatti. Stabat Mater.
Ricercar (1 CD, November 2007).
Details. Vox Luminis. Other works on this CD: Te Deum, Salve
Regina, Miserere, 2 sonatas.
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| Michel Corrette. Noël 1788. Ligia
Digital 0104187-07 (2 CDs, November 2007). Messe pour le temps
de Noël (1788); Nouveau de Livre de Noëls avec un Carillon
(1753). Olivier Vernet, organ & director, Ensemble ...in Ore mel...
Anne Magouët, soprano; Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano.
1750 organ by Jean-André Silbermann in Soultz-Haut-Rhin.
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| Zelenka. Sacred Music. Metronome MET
1082 (1 CD, September 2007).
Details. Requiem in C minor; Miserere in C minor ZWV 57;
Lamentationes Pro Die Veneris Sancto ZWV 53. Penelope Rapson,
Fiori Musicali, members of His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.
Grace Davidson, soprano; James Bowman, countertenor; Benjamin
Hulett, tenor; Simon Whiteley, bass.
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| Marin Marais à l'Orgue. Bayard (1 CD,
November 2007). Jean-Paul Lécot, organ.
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| Marin Marais. Pièces de Viole, Book 1, Part
2. Ligia Digital Lidi 0301186-07 (2 CDs, November 2007).
Jean-Louis Charbonnier, bass viol; Paul Rousseau, bass viol;
Claire Giardelli, bass viol; Mauricio Burgalia, theorbo; Pierre
Trocellier, harpsichord. This fine recording completes book 1,
leaving only Marais's second book in the ongoing complete
edition.
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| Antonio Salieri. Les Danaïdes (Tragédie
lyrique, Paris 1784). Oehms Classics OC 909 (2 CDs, September
2007).
Details. Michael Hofstetter, Chor und Orchester der
Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele (period instruments).
Hypermnestre: Sophie Marin-Degor, soprano; Danaüs: Hans
Christoph Begemann, baritone; Lyncée: Christoph Genz, tenor;
Plancippe: Kirsten Blaise, soprano; Pélagus: Wolfgang Frisch,
tenor. I highly recommend this recording on a French translation
of Calzabigi's reform libretto after Metastasio's Ipermestra.
Gluck was unable to compose the music due to illness but
nevertheless was listed as the composer in the livret. After six
successful performances, a newspaper printed a statement by
Gluck that the opera was entirely the work of Salieri.
Stylistically, it could easily be mistaken for a Gluck opera and
is of similarly high quality.
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| Giovanni Battista Bassani. L'Armonia delle
Sirene (Cantate Amorose Musicali à voce sola - opera seconda,
Bologna 1680). Tactus TC 642702 (1 CD, October 2007).
Details. Tadashi Miroku, countertenor; Silvia Rambaldi,
harpsichord; Valeria Montanari, harpsichord.
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| Johann Valentin Rathgeber (1682-1750). Messe
von Muri / Concertos. Audite 92559 (1 CD, November 2007).
Johannes Strobl, Cappella Murensis, Ensemble Arcimboldo.
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FR |
DE |
JP |
| Johann Christoph Altnikol (1719-1759).
Befiehl du deine Wege. Carus 83.168 (1 CD, October 2007).
Jörg Straube, Norddeutscher Figuralchor, Musica Alta Ripa.
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FR |
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JP |
| Nicolà Porpora. Vêpres Vénitiennes. Ligia Digital
LiDi 0202185-07 (1 CD, October 2007).
Details. Includes Vivaldi, concerto RV108 for 2 violins &
recorder and concerto RV410 for cello. Jean-Marc Andrieu,
direction and recorder, Les Passions & Choeur Éclats. Isabelle
Poulenard, soprano; Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano; Étienne
Mangot, cello.
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| Domenico Scarlatti. Complete Keyboard Works.
Brilliant Classics 93546 (36 CDs, 2001-2007). Pieter-Jan
Belder, harpsichord, fortepiano & organ, Musica Amphion. The
individual volumes have received very favorable reviews.
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| Reissues of particular interest: Gustav
Leonhardt 80th Birthday Jubilee Edition. dhm (15 CDs, May
2008).
DE
Blow. Venus & Adonis. L'Oiseau-Lyre. Pickett.
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JP
Vivaldi. Dorilla in Tempe. Pierre Verany. Bezzina.
Better performance than all but two of the disappointing Naïve
Vivaldi Edition opera recordings.
FR
50 Jahre Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. 88697281822 (50 CDs,
1958-2008).
Details.
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JP
Lully (Grands Motets vols 1-3) & Charpentier (4 CDs).
Musique Sacrée à Versailles. Naxos France 8.507006F (7 CDs).
Niquet.
FR
François Couperin. Complete Harpsichord Music. Warner
(Erato) 10 CDs. Olivier Baumont.
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JP
Lotti. Sacred Music. dhm (2 CDs). Hengelbrock, Mields.
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Coming Soon
| Alessandro Scarlatti. Il Martirio di Santa
Cecilia (1708). cpo 777 258-2 (2 CDs, May 2008). Previously
released on Classic Voice TVO 046 (2003, 2000). Diego Fasolis, I
Barocchisti. Cecilia: Nancy Argenta, soprano; Nutrice: Marinella
Pennicchi, soprano; Almachin: Bernhard Landauer, countertenor;
Il suo Consigliere: Marco Beasley, tenor. |
| J.S. Bach. Suiten für Violoncello BWV
1007-1012. Accent ACC 24196 (2 CDs, May 2008). Sigiswald
Kuijken, Violoncello da spalla. |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully. Psyché. cpo 777
367-2 (3 CDs, forthcoming May 2008). Steven Stubbs & Paul
O'Dette, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus. Carolyn
Sampson, soprano; Karina Gauvin, soprano. |
| C.P.E. Bach. Magnificat, Die Himmel erzählen
die Ehre Gottes (Cantata). Carus 83.412 (1 CD, forthcoming
September 2008). Fritz Näf, L'arpa festante, Basler
Madrigalisten. Monika Mauch, soprano; Matthias Rexroth,
countertenor; Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor; Gotthold Schwarz, bass. |
| Johann Mattheson. Der Liebreiche und
Geduldige David. cpo (Recorded in October 2007). Michael
Willens, Die Kölner Akademie. Nicki Kennedy, soprano. |
| Telemann. Kapitänsmusik 1724. cpo 777
176-2 (2 CDs, forthcoming 2008). Ludger Rémy, Telemannisches
Collegium Michaelstein. Magdalena Podkoscielna, soprano; David
Erler, countertenor; Andreas Post, tenor; Matthias Vieweg, bass;
Ekkehard Abele, bass. |
| Francesco Feo (1691-1761). Messe. cpo
(Recorded in October 2007). Matthias Jung, Sächsisches
Vocalensemble, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle. Tobias Berndt, baritone. |
Recommended Interviews from Goldberg
Vincent Dumestre by Yutha Tep, Issue 37.
Martin Gester by Brian Robins, Issue 36.
Sigiswald Kuijken by Brian Robins, Issue 34, in which he discusses
the violoncello da spalla and holeless natural trumpet, among other matters.
Christophe Rousset by Brian Robins, Issue 33.
Also:
Jean-François Madeuf by Jeffrey Nussbaum on the Historic Brass Society
website (2006). J-FM: "I never play [natural trumpet] with holes. I only did
that when I was learning this very difficult (but so wonderful) instrument."
Early Music World -
new website by Brian Robins
http://www.newolde.com
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Charles
Levens (1689-1764). Te Deum, Deus Noster Refugium.
Éditions Hortus (1 CD, April 2008). Michel Laplénie,
Sagittarius, Group Vocal Arpège. A recording by the same
performers of Levens' Messes des Morts was released on
Lira d'Arco in 2003 and reissued on Etcetera.
FR
Gluck.
Ezio (Vienna version, 1763/64). Oehms Classics (2 CDs,
May 2008). Michael Hofstetter, Chor und Orchester der
Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele. Valentiniano III: Ruth Sandhoff,
mezzo-soprano; Fulvia: Kirsten Blaise, soprano; Ezio: Franco
Fagioli, countertenor; Onoria: Sophie Marin-Degor, soprano;
Massimo: Stefano Ferrari, tenor; Varo: Netta Or, soprano. The
1750 Prague version was recorded by Andreas Stoehr on Coviello.
Note that Netta Or, Varo on this recording, performed Onoria on
the other recording, where Onoria was a tenor.
DE
Alessandro
Stradella. Santa Pelagia. Stradivarius STR 33792 (1
CD, March 2008).
Details. Maurizio Fornero, I Musici di Santa Pelagia,
Festina Lente. Laura Antonaz, soprano; Alessandro Carmignani,
countertenor; Fabio Furnari, tenor; Walter Testolin, bass.
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200
Ans de Musique à Versailles - Voyage au Coeur du Baroque
Français. Musique de Baroque Français (20 CDs, November
2007). Includes recordings made during four weekends of concerts
celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Centre de Musique
Baroque de Versailles in 2007 including two divertissements:
François Francoeur & François Rebel, Zélindor, Roi des
Silphes (CD 10) and François Colin de Blamont, Égine.
(CD 11).
Click here for the contents of each disk.
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DE
Galuppi.
La Clemenza di Tito (Turin 1760). Hungaroton 32538/39 (2
CDs, March 2008).
Details. Fabio Pirona, Pál Németh, Savaria Baroque
Orchestra. Vitellia: Mónika González, soprano; Servilia: Zita
Váradi, soprano; Sesto: Andrea Meláth, mezzo-soprano; Annio:
Barnabás Hegyi, countertenor; Tito: Zoltán Megyesi, tenor;
Publio: Tamás Kóbor, tenor.
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JP
Marin
Marais. Sémélé (1709). Glossa GCD 921614 (International
edition, 2 CDs, March 2008). Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel.
Sémélé: Shannon Mercer, soprano; La Grande Prêtresse de Bacchus:
Jaël Azaretti, soprano; Dorine: Bénédicte Tauran, soprano; Junon:
Hjördis Thébault, mezzo-soprano; Adraste: Anders Dahlin, haute-contre;
Jupiter: Thomas Dolié, baritone; Cadmus: Marc Labonnette,
baritone; Mercure: Lisandro Abadie, baritone.
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J.S.
Bach. Matthew Passion. Bach's last performing version c.
1742. Linn CKD 313 (2 CDs, March 2008).
Sleeve notes & downloadable studio master. John Butt,
Dunedin Consort & Players. (Original vocal forces &
instrumentation.) Evangelist: Nicholas Mulroy, tenor; Jesus:
Matthew Brook, bass; Susan Hamilton, soprano; Cecilia Osmond,
soprano; Clare Wilkinson, contralto; Annie Gill, contralto;
Malcom Bennett, tenor; Brian Bannatyne-Scott, bass.
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Antonio
Mazzoni (Bologna 1717-1785). Aminta (Il Rè Pastore)
(Madrid 1756). K617 201 (2 CDs, May 2007).
Complete CD booklet (pdf) |
German libretto. Juan Bautista Otero, Real Compañía Ópera de
Cámara. Aminta: Anna-Maria Panzarella, soprano; Tamiri: Celine
Ricci, soprano; Elisa: Delphine Gillot, soprano; Agenore: Marina
Pardo, mezzo-soprano; Alessandro: Leif Aruhn-Solén, tenor. The
first complete recording of an opera directed by Farinelli in
Madrid. This is my favorite recent recording of an Italian
opera. There are many stylistic similarities to music by
composers closely associated with Farinelli when he was a
performer, i.e., Hasse, Giacomelli & Riccardo Broschi. Tamiri's
virtuoso aria "Di tante sue procelle", written for Teresa
Castellini (illustrated in the
famous portrait by Amigoni with Farinelli and Metastasio),
approaches in difficulty Broschi's "Qual guerriero in campo
armato". Highly recommended!
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Armand-Louis
Couperin (1727-1789). Livre de Pièces de Clavecin. Syrius
SYR 141401 (1 CD & duplicate 5-channel CD, May 2007). Philippe
Leroy, harpsichord by Anthony Sidey after Ruckers/Hemsch. Highly
recommended! This is one of the finest examples of recorded
harpsichord sound.
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JP
Tommaso
Albinoni (1671-1751). Il Nascimento dell'Aurora (Festa
pastorale, Barcelona 1708). Oehms Classics (2 CDs, November
2007). René Clemencic, Clemencic Consort. Apollo: Terry Wey,
countertenor; Dafne: Krisztina Jónás, soprano; Zeffiro: Radu
Marian, sopranist; Flora: Adrineh Simonian, soprano; Peneo /
Fiume: Gernot Heinrich, tenor. This Italian pastoral has many of
the same features as the still unrecorded first version of
Handel's Il Pasto Fido (1712). The small scale production
was well performed and recorded.
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JP