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Gustav Leonhardt dies at 83
Monsigny & Sedaine: Le Roi et le fermier (Opéra-comique,
1762). Opera Lafayette, Ryan Brown, musical director. Didier
Rousselet, stage director. Washington, The Kennedy Center,
Saturday, 21 January; New York, Rose Theater, Thursday, 26
January; Versailles, 4 & 5 February. The French performances
will use the original stage sets from performances by
Marie-Antoinette in the 1780s.
Details /
Program notes /
Versailles site.
New Releases
| Gluck. Il Trionfo di Clelia
(Bologna 1763). MDG (March 2012). George
Petrou, Athens Camerata. Irini Karagianni,
mezzo-soprano; Mary-Ellen Nesi, mezzo-soprano; Vasilis
Kavagias, tenor; Helene Le Corre, soprano; Burcu Uyar,
soprano; Florin-Cesar Ouatou, countertenor. Performance
in Athens, 14 & 15 February 2012.
Details.
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| Handel. Theodora (HWV
68, London 1750). Naxos 8.5727002 (3 CDs, March 2012).
Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra,
Junge Kantorei. Theodora: Christina Wieland, soprano;
Irene: Diana Schmid, mezzo-soprano; Didymus: Franz
Vitzthum, countertenor; Septimius: Knut Schoch, tenor;
Valens: Klaus Mertens, baritone.
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FR |
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| Purcell. The Fairy Queen.
Brilliant Classics 94221 (2 CDs, March 2012). Ottavio
Dantone, Accademia Bizantina, New English Voices.
Carolyn Sampson, soprano; Andrew Carwood, tenor; Michael
Bundy, bass.
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FR |
DE |
 Handel.
Il Pastor Fido - First version, HWV 8a, London
1712. Harmonia Mundi (2 CDs, March 2012).
Video of recording session in the historic Temple
Church, London. David Bates,
La
Nuova Musica. Amarilli: Lucy Crowe, soprano;
Mirtillo: Anna Dennis, soprano; Eurilla: Katherine
Manley, soprano; Silvio: Clint Van Der Linde,
countertenor; Dorinda: Madeleine Shaw, mezzo-soprano;
Tireno: Lisandro Abadie, baritone. Handel's Italian pastoral was a flop in London as a
followup to his herioc and bombastic Rinaldo. A
critic wrote: "The Scene represented only ye
Country of Arcadia. ye Habits were old. -- ye Opera
Short." The first version of Il Pastor Fido has
little in common musically with the elaborate 1734 third
version, an opera-ballet, the only version recorded
previously.
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| Handel & Caldara. Carmelite
Vespers. dhm (1 CD, March 2012). Alessandro de
Marchi, Accademia Montis Regalis. Roberta Invernizzi,
soprano; Robin Johannsen, soprano; Martín Oro,
countertenor; Markus Brutscher, tenor; Antonio Abete,
bass.
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FR |
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| Fux. Kaiser Requiem.
dhm (1 CD, March 2012). Roland Wilson, Musica Fiata.
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| Galuppi. L'Inimico delle Donne
(Venice 1771 - Lisbon edition with additions from a
Brussels manuscript). Dynamic (DVD, November 2011).
Highlights & interviews. Rinaldo Alessandrini,
Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie. Stefano Mazzonis
di Pralafera, stage director. Agnesina: Anna Maria
Panzarella, soprano; Xun-Chia: Liesbeth Devos, soprano;
Kam-Si: Priscille Laplace, soprano; Zyda: Federica
Carnevale, soprano; Zon-Zon: Filippo Adami, tenor;
Geminiano: Alberto Rinaldi, baritone; Ly Lam: Yuri
Gorodetski, tenor; Si-Sin: Daniele Zanfardino, tenor.
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Lully, Purcell, Rameau, Handel. Une Fête
Baroque. Virgin (2 CDs,
February 2012). Details
/
Listen to the radio broadcast /
Video excerpt from the
arte TV broadcast. Grand concert on the 10th Anniversary of Le
Concert d'Astrée on 19 December 2011. Emmanuelle Haïm,
director. Jaël Azzaretti, Laura Claycomb, Natalie
Dessay, Aurélia Legay, Magali Léger, Françoise Masset,
Patricia Petibon, Sandrine Piau & Sonya Yoncheva,
sopranos; Karine Deshayes, Delphine Haidan, Ann
Hallenberg, Renata Pokupić & Ann Sofie Von Otter,
mezzo-sopranos; Marijana Mijanović & Sara Mingardo,
contraltos; Pascal Bertin & Philippe Jaroussky,
countertenors; Topi Lehtipuu & Rolando Villazón, tenors;
Stéphane Degout, Robert Gleadow & Christopher Purves,
bass-baritones; Lorenzo Regazzo, bass. Deluxe edition
(50999 7307992 7):
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CA |
JP
Standard edition (50999 9565022 7):
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| J.S. Bach. Jesu meine Freude.
Etcetera KTC 1440 (1 CD, December 2011).
Details. Musica Amphion, Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam.
Amaryllis Dieltiens, soprano; Nele Gramss, soprano;
Marnix De Cat, countertenor; Charles Daniels, tenor;
Harry van der Kamp, bass. Cantatas BWV 64 & 81, Motet
BWV 227 and organ works. Recorded in the
Johann-Sebastien Bachkirche in Arnstadt using the
historical Wender organ. Packed with 84-page book.
UK |
FR |
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| C.P.E. Bach. Preussische und
Württembergische Sonaten. Brilliant Classics
94320 (3 CDs, March 2012). Pieter-Jan Belder,
harpsichord & clavichord.
UK |
FR |
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| C.P.E. Bach. Fantasien, Rondos
und Sonaten. Gramola (1 CD, December 2011).
Richard Fuller, fortepiano.
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| Purcell. Abdelazer - Suites by
Henry Purcell after the tragedy by Aphra Behn.
Coviello (2 CDs (English & German versions), February
2012). Linard Bardill, Orchester le Phénix. John
Holloway, narrator.
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| Heinichen, Kirnberger. German
Baroque Oboe Sonatas. Ricercar (1 CD, February
2012). Benoît Laurent, Lingua Franca.
UK |
FR |
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| Striggio. Mass for 40 and 60 voices.
Glossa (1 CD, March 2012). Hervé Niquet, Le Concert
Spirituel.
UK |
FR |
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| Rameau & Marchand. Pièces de clavecin.
Ambronay (1 CD, March 2012). Christophe Rousset,
harpsichord.
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| J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, J.C. Bach.
Three Keyboard Concertos - harpsichord (J.S.),
organ (C.P.E.) & fortepiano (J.C.). Quintone (1
CD, February 2012).
Details. Pieter-Jan Belder, Musica Amphion.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
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| Purcell. Music for a While -
Solo Songs. Quintone (1 CD, February 2012).
Maarten Koningsberger, baritone; Fred Jacobs, theorbo.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
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| Johann Kuhnau (1627-1693).
Biblisiche Sonaten. Concerto (1 CD, February
2012). Federico Caldara, harpsichord.
US |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Caspar Kerll (1627-1693).
Complete Free Organ Works. NCA (1 CD,
February 2012). Wolfgang Kogert, 1642 Wöckherl organ in
the Franziskanerkirche, Vienna, recently restored by
Kuhn Organ Builders.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann. Passions Oratorium: Das seliges
Erwägen des bitteren Leidens und Sterbens Jesu Christi.
Brilliant Classics 94318 (2 CDs, February
2012). Wolfgang Schäfer, L'Arpa Festante München,
Freiburger Vokalensemble. Die Andacht: Zeger
Vandersteene, tenor; Petrus: Stefan Dörr, tenor; Jesus:
Berthold Possemeyer, baritone; Caiphus: Johan-René
Schmidt, baritone.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710). Passion
Cantatas. Brilliant Classics 94225 (1 CD,
February 2012). Details.
Giovanni Caruso, Capella Tiberina. Sharon Rostorf-Zamir,
soprano; Furio Zanasi, bass.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Charpentier. Musiques pour les Comédies de
Molière. Musiques à la Chabotterie (1 CD,
January 2012).
Details. Hugo Reyne, La Simphonie du Marais. Romain
Champion, tenor; Vincent Bouchot, baritone.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Pedro António Avondano (1714-1782), Pietro Georgio
Avondano, Francisco António de Almeida (c.1702-1755?).
1700 - The Century of the Portuguese.
Dynamic CDS 709 (1 CD, January 2012). Details.
Enrico Onofri, Divino Sospiro. Gemma Bertagnoli,
soprano.
UK |
DE |
CA |
| Chevalier de Saint-George. Romances &
Sonates. Loreley Productions (1 CD, February
2012). Luanda Sigueira, soprano; Florence Malgoire,
violin; Olivier Baumont, harpsichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| CPE Bach. Erwacht zum neuen Leben - Oden /
Sacred Songs. Brilliant Classics 94309 (1 CD,
February 2012). Julian Redlin, bass. Jörn Boysen,
harpsichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Vivaldi. Sacred Works for Soprano &
Orchestra. Channel Classics CCS SA 32311 (1 CD,
January 2012).
Details. Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano. Ashley
Solomon, Florilegium.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Cantatas BWV 54 & 170, Concerto
BWV 1060, Orchestral Suite No. 2. Analekta (1
CD, October 2011). Daniel Taylor, countertenor. Jeanne
Lamon, Tafelmusick Baroque Orchestra.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Alessandro & Domenico Scarlatti, Giuseppe Porsille,
Porpora, Mancini. Bella Napoli - Cantatas &
Sontas. Alba ABCD 315 (1 CD, July 2011).
Details. Baccano. Tuuli Lindeberg, soprano.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| François Couperin. Exultent superi - Motets
Choises. Novum NCR 1384 (1 CD, September
2011). Details
/
Video. Edward Higginbottom, Soloists of New College
Oxford, Collegium Novum. Includes three motets recorded
for the first time: Resonent organa, Ornate
aras and Exultent superi, which
Higginbottom restored by composing string parts.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
 Domenico Mazzocchi (1592-1665). La catena d'Adone (Rome
1626).
Alpha (2 CDs, January 2012). Video.
Nicholas Achten, baritone, archlute, harp, harpsichord, director, Scherzi Musicali. Merel Elishevah
Kreigsman, soprano; Catherine Lybaert, soprano; Marie de Roy, soprano;
Luciana Mancini, mezzo-soprano; Reinoud Van Mechelen, tenor; Dávid Szigetvári,
tenor; Olivier Berten, baritone.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Handel. Italian Cantatas for Bass.
Accent (1 CD, February 2012). Raimund Nolte, bass.
Batzdorfer Hofkapelle.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Hasse. Hasse Reloaded -- Arias from Didone
abbandonata, La Gelosia & Artaserse. Oehms
Classics OC 830 (1 CD, January 2012). Details.
Valer Barna-Sabadus, countertenor. Michael Hofstetter,
Hofkapelle München.
DE |
CA |
| C.P.E. Bach. Die Israeliten in der Wüste,
Wq. 238. cpo (1 CD, November 2011). Wolfgang Brunner,
Salzburger Hofmusik. Gudron Sidonie Otto, soprano; Nele
Gramß, soprano; Hermann Oswald, tenor; Michael Schopper,
bass.
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
| Galuppi. Sacred Music.
dhm 886978959829 (1 CD, September 2011). Giulio Prandi,
Ghislieri Choir & Consort. Roberta Invernizzi, soprano;
Romina Basso, contralto; Krystian Adam, tenor; Sergio
Foresti, bass.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Kobelius, Erlebach, Hildebrand, Schop, Böhm, Franck,
Sweelinck, Krieger, Young, Casati, Bertali.
Himmels-Lieder - Sacred songs & cantatas.
Chrisophorus (1 CD, January 2012). Franz Vitzhum,
countertenor. Capricomus Consort Band.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Giovanni Antonio Perti (1661-1756). Messa a
12. Dynamic CDS 707 (1 CD, December
2011). Michele Vannelli, Choir & Orchestra of the
Cappella Musicale di San Petronio, Color Temporis,
Collegium Musicum Almae Matris.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Telemann. Kantaten. Querstand (1
CD, November 2011). Margot Oitzinger, soprano. La
Gioconda.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Handel. Vedo Il Ciel - Sacred Arias.
Crystal Classics N67077 (1 CD, October 2011). Lydia
Vierlinger, contralto. Jörg Swicker, Capella Leopoldina,
Wiener Motettenchor.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Purcell. Harmonia Sacra. Aparté (1
CD, February 2012). Video.
Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques. Rosemary Joshua,
soprano.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Adventskonzert: Handel.
Messiah Part 1; Graupner, Magnificat;
Telemann, Machet die Tore wait.
Querstand (2 CDs, November 2011). Franz-Peter Huber,
L'arpa festante, Domchor Fulda. Sabine Goetz, soprano;
Andreas Pehl, countertenor; Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor;
Matthias Horn, baritone.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| J.S. Bach. Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012
adapted for harpsichord by Ludger Rémy.
Celestial Harmonies 14289-2 (2 CDs, November 2011). Details.
Ludger Rémy, harpsichord. Rémy writes that his textbook
and example were the harpsichord transcriptions by the
younger Forqueray, which sound like works for
harpsichord rather than transcriptions of pieces for
viol.
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UK |
DE |
| Christoph Graupner (1683-1760). Wo gehet
Jesus hin - Passionskantaten. Carus 83.457 (1
CD, January 2012). Hans Michael Beurle, Ensemble
Concerto Grosso, Anton-Webern-Chor Freiburg. Sonja
Bühler, soprano.
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
| J.S. Bach. Johannes-Passion BWV 245 (1724 version).
Avie (2 CDs, January 2012). Monica Huggett, Portland Baroque
Orchestra, Les Voix Baroques, Cappella Romana. Evangelist: Charles
Daniels, tenor; Shannon Mercer, soprano; Matthew White, countertenor;
Jacques-Olivier Chartier, tenor; Joshua Hopkins, baritone; Tyler Duncan,
baritone. Ripienists: Catherine van der Salm, soprano; Melanie Downie
Zupan, soprano; Kerry McCarthy, bass; Stephanie Kramer,
soprano; Cahen Taylor, tenor; David Stutz, bass.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Johannes Passion BWV 245.
ATMA (2 CDs, January 2012). Alexander Weimann, Arion
Baroque Orchestra, Les Voix Baroques: Evangelist: Jan
Kobow, tenor; Jesus: Stephan Macleod, bass; Petrus:
Joshua Hopkins, bass; Pilatus: Nathaniel Watson, bass;
Shannon Mercer, soprano; Matthew White, countertenor;
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Schütz, J.S. Bach, Praetorius, Hassler, Eccard,
Walter, Rosenmüller, Fabricus, Osiander. Davon
ich singen und sagen will. Gerth Medien (1 CD,
February 2012). Details.
Compositions by and about Martin Luther. Ulrich Stötzel,
Collegium Vocale, Johann-Rosenmüller-Ensemble. Monika
Mauch, soprano; Ina Siedlaczek, soprano; Franz Vitzthum,
countertenor; Georg Poplutz, tenor; Nils Geibelhausen,
tenor; Markus Flaig, bass; Jens Hamann, baritone.
UK |
FR |
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| Mikolaj Zielenski. Communiones Totius Anni
1611. Dux 0819 (1 CD, July 2011). Stanislaw
Galonski, Collegium Zielenski. Emma Kirkby, soprano;
Joel Frederiksen, bass; Zygmunt Magiera, tenor; Lukasz
Motkowicz, baritone; Andrzej Bialko, organ; Susi
Ferfoglia, organ.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Zipoli, Locatelli, Anonymous. Chants et
danses baroques de l'Amazonie. K617232 (1 CD,
September 2011).
Details. Raquel Maldonado, Ensamble Moxos.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Brewer, Ramsey, Locke, Morley, Campion, Bartlet,
Pilkington, Lawes, Webb, Johnson, Robinson, Hume,
Ravenscroft, Dowland. Tears of Joy - English
Lute Songs & Secular Music. Klara (2 CDs,
January 2012). Zefiro Torna. Cécile Kempenaers, soprano.
Includes a bonus CD - 15 Years Zefiro Torna.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Monteverdi. Missa in Illo Tempore.
Ricercar RIC 322 (1 CD, February 2012). Details.
Paolo da Col, Odhecaton.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Tomkins, Amner, Taverner, Ramsey, Tallis, Parsons,
Browne, Croce, Dowland, Campion, Byrd, Gibbons.
Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart - Tudor & Jacobean music
for private devotion. Harmonia Mundi HM 807554
(1 CD, February 2012). Stile Antico, Fretwork.
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UK |
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| Boutmy, Raick, De Boeck, Staes, Van
Helmont, Vander Borcht. 18th Century Flemish
Harpsichord Music. Challenge Classics (1 CD,
November 2011). Ewald Demeyere, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Marianna Martínez (1744-1812). Il Primo
Amore. dhm (1 CD, February 2012). Details.
Núria Rial, soprano. Nicoleta Paraschivescu, L'Arcadia.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842). Arias &
Overtures from Florence to Paris. Hyperion CDA
67893 (1 CD, January 2012). Details.
Maria Grazia Schiavo, soprano. Carlo Ipata, Auser
Musici.
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UK |
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| Vivaldi. Teuzzone. (RV 736,
Mantua 1719). Naïve (3 CDs, November 2011).
Video trailer. Jordi
Savall, Le Concert des Nations. Teuzzone: Paolo Lopez,
sopranist; Zelinda: Raffaella Milanesi, soprano; Cino:
Roberta Mameli, soprano; Zidiana: Delphine Galou,
contralto; Egaro: Antonio Giovannini, countertenor;
Troncone; Makoto Sakurada, tenor; Silvenio: Furio
Zanasi, baritone.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
Pergolesi. Adriano in Siria
& Livietta e Tracollo (1734). Opus Arte
(2 DVDs or 1 Blu-ray, October 2011).
Details / Videos of Francesca Lombardi
Mazzulli singing
"Saggio guerrier antico" &
"Contento forse vivere". Ottavio Dantone, Accademia
Bizantina. Adriano: Marina Comparato, mezzo-soprano;
Emirena: Lucia Cirillo, mezzo-soprano; Aquilio Tribuno:
Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, soprano; Farnaspe:
Annamaria Dell'Oste, soprano; Sabina: Nicole Heaston,
soprano; Osroa: Stefano Ferrari, tenor. DVDs (OA 1065
D):
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JP
Blu-ray (OA BD7098 D):
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| Telemann. Germanicus.
cpo (3 CDs, November 2011).
Details. Gotthold Schwarz, Sächsisches
Barockorchester. Agrippina: Elisabeth Scholl,
soprano; Claudia: Olivia Stahn, soprano; Florus /
Lucius: Matthias Rexroth, countertenor; Segestes: Albrecht Sack,
tenor; Germanicus: Henryk Böhm, bass; Arminius: Tobias Berndt, bass.
Dieter Bellmann, speaker. (The recitatives did not
survive.)
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DE |
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| Gabrieli, Merula, de Macque, Frescobaldi, Salvatore,
Castello. 1600. Naïve (1 CD, January 2012). Monique Zanetti,
soprano. Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano.
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
| Clérambault, Campra, Dornel. Amour viens
animer ma voix! Ramée (1 CD, January
2012). Hugo Oliveira, baritone. Ludovice Ensemble.
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UK |
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| Mozart, Haydn, Cimarosa, Salieri. Liasons - Arias.
Onyx 4068 (1 CD, September 2011). Details. Chen Reiss, soprano. Werner Ehrhardt,
L'arte del Mondo.
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| Pachelbel, Böhm, Telemann, Hasse, Buxtehude, J.S.
Bach, Strattner, C.P.E. Bach, W.F. Bach, J.C.F. Bach.
...mit der Seel' und Mundes Stimm' - Sacred
Songs & Arias from the Baroque Era. Rondeau (1
CD, November 2011). Gotthold Schwarz, bass; Siegfried
Pank, cello & viola da gamba; Hans Christoph
Becker-Foss, harpsichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Guzinger, Keiser, Lully, Montéclair, Torri,
Wilderer, Vivaldi, Loeillet, Hart, Fedeli, Purcell,
Telemann, Kusser. Du angehehme Nachtigall -
Vogelarien und Liebeslieder des Barock. Carus
83 344 (1 CD, November 2011). Details.
Collegium "Flauto e voce". Susan Eitrich, soprano; Ute
Kreidler, mezzo-soprano; Peter Thalheimer, recorder &
traverso.
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DE |
CA |
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| Frescobaldi, Landi, Monteverdi, Matteis, Kapsberger,
Ferrari, Picchi, Pignani. Ohimè. Aeolus
AE 10043 (1 CD, April 2011).
Video /
Details. Capriola di Gioia. Amaryllis Dieltiens,
soprano.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
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| Zelenka. Sepolcri - Immisit
Dominus Pestilentiam ZWV 58 (1709); Attendite et Videte
ZWV 59 (1716) & Deus Dux Fortissime ZWV 60 (1712). Supraphon
SU-4068-2 (1 CD, November 2011).
Details (pdf). Jana Semerádová, Collegium Marianum.
Hana Blažíková, soprano; David Erler, countertenor;
Tobias Hunger, tenor; Tomáš Král, bass.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
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| Monteverdi. Vespro della beata vergine
(1610). Rondeau (2 CDs, November 2011). Jörg
Breiding, Vox Werdensis, Himlische Cantorey, Knabenchor
Hannover, Concerto Palatino, Musica Alta Ripa.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| G.B. Bononcini & A.M. Bononcini. Sono amante -
Kantaten & Kammermusik. Thorofon CTH 2584 (1 CD,
October 2011).
Details. Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano. Ensemble La Ninfea.
UK |
FR |
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| Anima Christi - Motets français des
XIIème et XVIIIème siècles. Bayard (1 CD, November 2011). Details.
Ensemble Athénaïs
- 6 female voices and b.c.
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FR |
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| Lully. Phaëton, Atys, Armide - Ouvertures
avec tous les airs. Tudor 7185 (1 CD, February
2012).
Details. Dominik Kiefer, Capriccio Barock Orchester.
DE |
| Il Flauto Veneziano. dhm
88697988632 (1 CD, March 2012). Dorothee Oberlinger,
recorder.
UK |
FR |
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| CPE Bach, Frederick the Great, J.G. Graun,
Nichelmann. Sinfonias & overtures on the 300th
anniversary of the birth of Frederick the Great.
Harmonia Mundi (1 CD, February 2012). Akademie für Alte
Musik Berlin.
UK |
FR |
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| Frederick the Great, J.S. Bach, Quantz.
Friederich der Grosse - Musik aus Sanssouci.
DGG (1 CD, December 2011).
Details. Daniel Hope, violin, Werner Ehrhardt,
l'arte del mondo.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Sonatas for Viola da Gamba &
Harpsichord. Alpha (1 CD, February
2012). Lucile Boulanger, bass viol; Arnaud de Pasquale,
harpsichord. Lucile Boulanger won first prize in the
2009 Bach-Abel viola da gamba competition chaired by
Wieland Kuijken.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Buxtehude. VII Suonate, op. 2.
Chandos Chaconne (1 CD, February 2012). The Purcell
Quartet.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Francisco Correa de Arauxo, Marchand, Buxtehude,
Bach, Mendelssohn, Florentz, J. Alain, Alabau.
Les Grandes Orgues restaurées de Saint Séverin à Paris.
Aeolus (1 CD, February 2012). Michel Alabau, Nicolas
Bucher, Fraçois Espinasse & Christophe Mantoux,
organists. Recorded live on 25 November 2011.
Organ details.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Handel. Violin Sonatas. dhm (1 CD,
February 2012). Riccardo Minasi, Musica Antiqua Roma.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| François Couperin. Apothéoses.
Mirare MIR 150 (1 CD, December 2011). Philippe Pierlot,
Ricercar Consort. L'Apothéose de Lulli, Le Parnasse ou
L'apothéose de Corelli, Grand Sonade en Trio; Rebel,
Tombeau de M. Lully.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Teodorico Pedrini (1671- Beijing 1746).
Sonate. ORF (1 CD, July 2011).
Details. Sircocco: Nathalie Houtman, recorder;
Bernard Woltèche, cello; Raphaël Collignon, harpsichord
& organ. "The Italian musician, missionary and priest
Teodorico Pedrini had been sent to Beijing in 1701 by
the Pope, at the behest of the Emperor of China who had
expressed a wish to have a European artist in his
service. He arrived in Beijing in 1711, after an
incredibly long journey (9 years!) through South America
and Philippines, and took over Tomás Pereira’s position
of Master of Music. Pedrini quickly became greatly
respected by the Emperor Kangxi due to his fantastic
command of a number of instruments."
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1639). Works for
Archlute. Carpe Diem (1 CD, January
2012). Rosario Conte, archlute.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697–1763).
Sonatas for harpsichord. Concerto (4 CDs,
October 2011). Filippo Emanuele Ravizza, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Fux. Triopartiten. Querstand (1 CD,
January 2012). La Gioconda.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Fux. Johann Joseph Fux und die Wiener
Hofkapelle - Instrumentalmusik für Hof, Kirche, Oper un
Kammer. Querstand (1 CD, January 2012).
Excerpts.
Lucia Froihofer, Michael Hell, Neue Hofkapelle Graz.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Buxtehude, Tunder, Dandrieu, Bach, Alain.
Die Orgeln der Marienkirche zu Lübeck.
Querstand (1 CD, January 2012). Johannes Unger, organ.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| CPE Bach. The Solo Keyboard Music vol. 23.
BIS (1 CD, January 2012). Miklós Spányi, clavichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Froberger. Clavichord Fantasias.
Arta (1 CD, November 2011). Jaroslav Tuma, clavichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Georg Anton (Jiří Antonín) Benda.
Harpsichord Concertos & Sonatas. Arta (1 CD,
November 2011). Edita Keglerová, Hipocondria Ensemble.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Dandrieu. Pièces de Clavecin.
Bongiovanni (1 CD, November 2011). Maria Clotilde Sieni,
harpsichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Vivaldi. Concertos for Strings. BIS
(1 CD, October 2011). Arte dei Suonatori.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Tartaglino, Mayone, Guami, Palestrina, Desprez,
Brunelli, Trabaci, Luzzaschi, Rore, Barbarino.
Florid Songs for Cornetto around 1600.
Passacaille (1 CD, October 2011). Bruce Dickey,
cornetto; Liuwe Tamminga, organ; Claudia Pasetto, viola
da gamba; Leonardo Bartolotto, viola da gamba; Maria
Christina Cleary, harp.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| CPE Bach & Abel. Sonatas for Viola da Gamba
& Fortepiano. Pan Classics (1 CD, October
2011). Rebeka Rusó, viola da gamba; Sebastian Wienand,
fortepiano.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Charpentier, Zavateri, Torelli, J.S. Bach,
Vejvanovsky, Corelli, Stamitz, Vivaldi, Cecere.
The Concerto Köln Christmas Album. Berlin
Classics (1 CD, November 2011). Concerto Köln.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Corbetta, Foscarini, Sanz, Pellegrini, Valdambrini,
Matteis. Il labirinto della chitarra.
Accent ACC 24239 (1 CD, September 2011). Pierre Pitzl,
Private Musicke.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Rameau. Pièces de clavecin en concerts.
Alba ABCD 318 (1 CD, April 2011).
Details. Aapo Häkkinen, harpsichord; Petri Tapio
Mattson, violin; Mikko Perkola, viola da gamba.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Biber & Muffat. A Virtuoso Faceoff.
Alba ABCD 311 (1 CD, September 2010).
Details. Petri Tapio Mattson, violin; Markku
Mäkinen, organ; Eero Palviainen, archlute.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Diego Ortiz, Christopher Simpson, Marin Marais.
La Gamba. Alba ABCD 301 (1 CD, November
2010).
Details. Mikka Suikhonen, viola da gamba.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Gregor Joseph Werner (1693-1766). The
Musical Calendar. Hungaroton HCD 32654-55 (2
CDs, June 2011).
Details.
Balázs Máté, Aura Musicale.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Thomas Arne. Overtures and Cantatas.
Centaur CRC 3072 (1 CD, May 2011).
Details. Mary Térey-Smith, Capella Savaria. Stefanie
True, soprano; Zoltán Megyesi, tenor.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Buxtehude. Cantatas & Sonatas. Accent
(1 CD, November 2011). William Dongois, Le Concert
Brisé.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Joseph Hector Fiocco (1704-1741).
Petits motets. Musique en Wallonie MEW
1054 (1
CD, November 2011).
Details. Nicolas Achten, director, baritone, theorbo,
archlute
& harpsichord. Scherzi Musicali. (Video
of superb performance of Sances.) Céline
Vieslet, soprano; Marie de Roy, soprano; Reinoud van
Mechelen, tenor; Olivier Berten, baritone. This is one
of finest recent CDs I've heard. It contains a
representative sample of Fiocco's sacred motets for
between one and four singers.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S Bach. Johannes-Passion BWV
245 (Version IV, 1749). Accent ACC 24251 (2
CDs, October 2011). Konrad Junghänel, Cantus Cölln.
Sabine Goetz, soprano; Amaryllis Dieltiens, soprano;
Elisabeth Popien, contralto; Alexander Schneider,
countertenor; Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor; Georg Poplutz,
tenor; Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass; Markus Flaig,
bass.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Trauer-Music - Music
to Mourn Prince Leopold BWV 244a. Avie AV2241
(1 CD, September 2011).
Details. Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort & Players.
Emily Van Evera, soprano; Clare Wilkinson,
mezzo-soprano; Charles Daniels, tenor; Tom Meglioranza,
baritone.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703).
Welt, gute Nacht. SDG 715 (1 CD, August
2011).
Details /
Sleeve notes (pdf). John Elliot Gardiner, English
Baroque Soloists. Julia Doyle & Katherine Fuge, soprano;
Clare Wilkinson, mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Mulroy,
alto/tenor; James Gilchrist & Jeremy Budd, tenor;
Matthew Brook & Peter Harvey, bass. Errata: The bass
soloist in "Meine Freundin" is Peter Harvey.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
|
Pier Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676). Artemisia (Venice
1657). Glossa GCD 920918 (3 CDs, June 2011). Claudio Cavina, La Venexiana. Artemisia:
Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, soprano; Artemia: Roberta Mameli, soprano;
Oronta: Valentina Coladonato, soprano; Ramiro: Marina Bartoli, soprano;
Eurillo: Silvia Frigato, soprano; Meraspe: Maarten Engeltjes,
countertenor; Alindo: Andrea Arrivabene, countertenor; Indamoro: Salvo
Vitale, bass. Libretto by Nicolò Minato. New edition by Hendrik Schulze
(Bärenreiter), who
writes: "In comparison with the early Cavalli operas which are
generally performed nowadays (such as La Didone,
Il Giasone and La Calisto),
L'Artemisia is distinguished above all through
its even greater mastery in the shaping and use of arias, which the
composer exploits to portray characters and situations with affection
and precision."
Highly recommended -- my favorite recording of the year!
This is the finest Cavalli opera recording to date, for the quality of
the music, the performance, and the recorded sound. It may be the only
Cavalli recording with historically informed orchestration, ie, without
the added woodwinds, organs et al. found on most Cavalli opera
recordings.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Complete Cantatas vol.
4. Brilliant Classics (1 CD, December 2011).
Marco Vitali, Contrasto Armonico.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Nine German Arias /
Gloria. Naxos 8.572587 (1 CD, November 2011).
Details. Dorothea Craxton, soprano. Leif Meyer,
harpsichord; Lars Braunkilde, Fredrik From, Kjeld
Lybecker Steffensen, Hanna Ydmark.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| José de Nebra. Iphigenia en
Tracia (Zarzuela, Madrid 1747). Glossa (2 CDs,
October 2011). Emilio Moreno, El Concierto Español.
Marta Almajano, María Espada, Raquel Anduez, Soledad
Cardoso, Marta Infante.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Georg Gebel (1709-1753).
Christmas Cantatas vol. 2. cpo (1 CD, November
2011). Ludger Rémy, Les Amis de Philippe. Gesine Adler,
soprano; Britta Schwarz, contralto; Andreas Post, tenor;
Matthias Vieweg, bass.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Zipoli & Anonymous. Chants et
danses baroques de l'Amazonie. K617 (1 CD,
November 2011).
Details. Raquel Maldonado, Ensamble Moxos.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Zelenka. Missa Nativitatis
Domini ZWV 8, Magnificat ZWV 108, Dixit Dominus ZWV 68.
Genuin 11213 (1 CD, September 2011).
Details.
Nicolo Sokoll, L'Arpa Festante. Marburger Bachchor.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| François-André Danican Philidor.
Sancho Pança (Opéra-comique. Fontainebleau 1762).
Naxos (1 CD, October 2011).
Details. Livret by A.A.H. Poinsinet. Ryan Brown,
Opera Lafayette. Sancho Pança: Darren Perry, baritone;
Thérese: Elizabeth Calleo, soprano; Lopo Tocho / Le
Fermier: Karim Sulayman, tenor; Juliette / La Bergère:
Meghan McCall, soprano; Le Docteur / Don Crispinos: Tony
Boutté, tenor; Torillos: Eric C. Black, baritone.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Schildt, Scheidt, Praetorius,
Scheidemann, Lübeck, Tunder, Weickmann, Hanff,
Buxtehude, Leyding. Manuscrits - Musique baroque
d'Allemagne du Nord. Triton 33172 (1 CD,
September 2011).
Details. Joseph Rassam, organ. Marie-Claude Vallin,
soprano, plainchant.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Walther, Resinarius, Forster, Eccard,
Freundt, Schein, Schütz, Schelle. Verleith uns
Frieden gnädiglich. dhm (1 CD, November 2011).
Anna Maria Friman, soprano. Hille Perl, Lee Santana,
Sirius Viols.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Stradella. Italian Arias.
Brilliant Classics 94258 (2 CDs, October 2011). Claudio
Astronio, Harmonices Mundi. Susanne Rydén, soprano;
Martín Oro, countertenor; Lisandro Abadie, baritone.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Cantatas for the
complete liturgical year, volume 14 (of 20).
Accent 25314 (1 CD, October 2011). BWV 91, 57, 151 &
122. Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande. Gerlinde
Sämann, soprano; Petrta Noskaoiová, contralto; Christoph
Genz, tenor; Jan Van Der Crabben, bass.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Albinoni. Pimpinone.
Bongiovanni GB-2455 (1 CD, October 2011). Michele Nitti,
Orchestra barocca Giuseppe Nicolini. Vespetta: Oda
Hochscheid, mezzo-soprano; Pimpinone: Luciano Miotto,
baritone.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Francesco Durante. Neapolitan
Christmas. cpo (1 CD, October 2011). Michael
Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie. Roberta Mameli,
soprano; Ursula Eittinger, mezzo-soprano; Andreas Post,
tenor; Stephan MacLeod, bass.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann, Pachelbel, Buttstett,
Künstel, Topf. Das ist meine Freude - Soprano
Cantatas - Grossfahner Collection. cpo (1 CD,
October 2011). Maria Jonas, soprano. Chursächsische
Capelle Leipzig.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johannes Eccard (1553-1611). Fröhlich will
ich singen - Sacred & Secular Songs. Carus
83.449 (1 CD, November 2011). Details.
Kai-Uwe Jirka, Staats- und Domchor Berlin, Lautten
Compagney Berlin.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johannes Eccard (1553-1611). Preussische
Festlieder. Carus 83.265 (1 CD, September
2011). Details.
Peter Kopp, Vocal Concert Dresden, Capella de la Torre.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johannes Eccard (1553-1611). Mein Schönste
Zier - Missa for 5 parts. Motets & canticas
thorugh the liturgical year. MDG 902 1694-6 (1 CD, March
2011). Details.
Maria Jürgensen, Norddeutscher Kammerchor.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Bull, Byrd, Farnaby, Gibbons, Morley, Philips,
Tomkins. The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book vol. 1.
Brilliant Classics 94303 (2 CDs, February
2012). Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Franz Benda. Violin Sonatas - Ornamented versions from a
Berlin manuscript.
Glossa (1 CD, January 2012). Leila Schayegh, violin; Václav Luks,
harsichord & fortepiano; Felix
Knecht, cello.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel (& Telemann?). Concerti Grossi
Op. 3, Concerto Doppio per oboe, fagotto e archi (attributed to Handel &
Telemann). dhm 886979874220 (1 CD, January 2012). Video of the
Concerto Doppio performed by Orchestra L'Aura Soave Cremona. Corrado
Rovaris, Ensemble Silete Venti. Simone Toni, oboe; Laurent Le Chenadec,
bassoon. The concerto doppio was discovered in Russia. After watching
the video, I consider the attribution to Telemann to be considerably
more plausible than the attribution to Handel, which seems almost as
remote as the misattribution of Germanico to Handel by the same
record company. But who would buy another set of Op. 3 simply to get a concerto by Telemann?
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Concerti Grossi op. 3. cpo
(1 CD, November 2011). Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Concerto
Copenhagen.
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
| Handel. Complete Violin Sonatas.
Naxos 8.572245 (1 CD, September 2011). Details
/
Video. Ensemble Vintage Köln: Araidne Daskalakis,
violin; Rainer Zipperling, cello & viol; Gerald
Hambitzer, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Frescobaldi. Stylus Fantasticus & the Art of
Variation. Accent (1 CD, January 2012). Luca
Guglielmi, harpsichord & organ.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi. La Porta delle Muse - Concertos &
Sinfonias. Accent ACC 24266 (1 CD, January
2012). Florian Deuter, Mónica Waisman, Harmonie
Universelle.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Matthew Locke (c.1621-1677). The Broken Consort - Suites
from Tripla concordia. Metronome
(2 CDs, December 2011). The Locke Consort.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Telemann, Quantz, Philidor, Braun, Stamitz, J.S.
Bach. Solo Traverso. Fidelio (1 CD,
January 2012). Grégoire Jeay, traverso; Sylvain
Bergeron, lute.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.C. Bach. A Music Party. agOgique
(1 CD, December 2011). Details.
Ensemble Amarillis.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Domenico Gabrielli (1651-1690). La Nascita
del Violoncello. agOgique (1 CD, November
2011). Details.
Bruno Cocset, Les Basses Réunies.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| J.S. Bach. Preludes et autres fantaisies.
agOgique (1 CD, November 2011). Details.
Violane Cochard, harpsichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Mozart, Schobert, Soler, Vivaldi, Telemann, Haydn, Planayavsky.
A Due Cembali - Caprices. K617 (1 CD, January 2012). Excerpts.
Aline Zylberajch & Martin Gester, harpsichords & organ.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Buxtehude. Complete Harpsichord Music.
Brilliant Classics 94312 (4 CDs, December 2011). Simone
Stella, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787). Music for
Flute & Strings. Brilliant Classics 94304 (1
CD, December 2011). Georgia Browne, traverso. Nordic
Affect.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Francesco Maria Zuccari (1694-1788). Cello
Sonatas. Brilliant Classics 94306 (1 CD,
December 2011). Renato Criscuolo, cello. Musica Perduta.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747-1822).
Harpsichord Music. Brilliant Classics 94293 (1
CD, December 2011). Michele Benuzzi, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Zelenka & Telemann. Horn Concertos, Ouverture & Capriccio.
Phil.Harmonie 06018 (1 CD, October 2011). Zelenka, Capriccio for 2 horns
ZWV 184; Telemann, Horn concerto TWV 51:D8, Concertos for 2 horns TWV
54:Es1 & 52:D2, Ouverture "La Musette" TWV 55:g1. Bernhard Forck,
Berliner Barock Soisten. Radek Baborák & Andreij Zust, horns.
DE |
| Telemann, Zelenka, Schaffrath. A Fagotto Solo.
Ricercar RIC 314 (1 CD, October 2011). Jérémie
Papasergio, Syntagma Amici. Oboes and bassoons with
historically-informed reeds and fingerings, generally
not used by mainstream "HIP" performers.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Corelli, Schenk, Handel. Il
Vero Orfeo - Sonatas for Viola da Gamba by and inspired
by Arcangelo Corelli. Accent ACC 24233 (1 CD,
January 2012). Friederike Heumann, viola da gamba;
Patrick Sepec, cello; Eduardo Egüez, theorbo; Dirk
Börner, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710).
Opere per organo. Tactus TC 631803 (1 CD,
November 2011).
Details. Letizia Romiti, organ.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann. 36 Fantasias.
Brilliant Classics 94228 (3 CDs, December 2011). Andrea
Coen, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Lully, Marais, Muffat. La Belle
Danse. Paradizo (1 CD, November 2011). Skip
Sempé, Capriccio Stravagante Les 24 Violons.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Giovanni Battista Vitali, Domenico
Gabrielli. La Nascita del Violoncello. Alpha
(1 CD, November 2011). Bruno Cocset, Les Basses Réunies.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Andreas Lidl (c.1740-c.1789).
Divertimenti for Baryton Trio. Brilliant
Classics (1 CD, November 2011). Esterházy Trio.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Goldberg Variations. Zig
Zag Territoires (2 CDs, October 2011). Blandine Rannou,
harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Jacques Gallot & Charles Mouton.
Pièces de luth. Ramée (1 CD, December
2011). Anthony Bailes, lute.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580-1649). Ferità
d'amore. Arcana (1 CD, October 2011). Evangelina Mascardi,
theorbo; Monica Pustilnik, theorbo; Marco Beasley, tenor.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Galuppi. Harpsichord Concertos.
Brilliant Classics 94161 (2 CDs, November 2011). Roberto
Loreggian, harpsichord. Ensemble ConSerto Musico.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Giacinto Calderara (1729-1803),
Vincenzo Calderara (1758-1802), Gaetano Piazza (18th
Century), Ignazio Pacotto (1763-1834), Melchiorre de
Vincenti (1739-1810), Giovanni Domenico Perotti (18th
Century) & Gaudenzio Deregibus ((?-1817).
Keyboard Music in Piedmont in the 18th Century.
Tactus TC 72001 (1 CD, October 2011).
Details (pdf). Mario Stefano Tonda, fortepiano.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann. A Journey Through
Literature. Ambronay (1 CD, November 2011).
Details. Les Esprits Animaux.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Pierre Février (1696-1760).
Pièces de Clavecin (Paris 1734, ca.1735).
Centaur CRC 3084/85 (2 CDs, May 2011).
Review by Johan van Veen. Charlotte Mattax Moersch,
harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Il Caro Sassone -
Handel in Italy. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907559 (1
CD, November 2011). Lucy Crowe, soprano. Harry Bickett,
The English Concert. Armida abbandonata HWV 105, Salve
Regina HWV 241, Alpestre monte HWV 71, plus other arias
and movements.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Carissimi, Rossi, Mazzochi.
Cantatas - Il Tormento e l'Estasi. Alpha (1 CD,
November 2011). Luis Antonio González, Los Músicos de Su
Alteza.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Georg Muffat. Propitia Sydera -
Concerti Grossi. Stradivarius (1 CD, October
2011). Stefano Rossi, violin; Irene De Ruvo, La
Concordanza.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Gottfried Finger. Sonatas pro
Diversis Instrumentis op. 1. Accent (1 CD,
October 2011). Echo du Danube.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.F. Fasch. Concertos for
various instruments. Accent (1 CD, September
2011). Il Gardellino.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.F. Fasch. Orchestral Music
vol. 2. Chandos (1 CD, November 2011). Tempesta
di Mare.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Franz Benda. Violin Sonatas.
Naxos 8.572307 (1 CD, October 2011).
Details. Hans-Joachim Berg, violin; Naoko Akutagawa,
harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Hasse. Sei concerti per organo
solo. Bongiovanni GB 5169-2 (1 CD, October
2011). Manuel Tomadin, organ.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Herman-François Delange (1715-1781).
Sonate e Sonate a tre. Musica Ficta (1
CD, October 2011). Ensemble Solstice.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Antoine Forqueray. Pièces de
Viols avec le basse continuë, vol. 1. Muso (1
CD, October 2011). Julien Leonard, Musicall Humors.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| CPE Bach. Sonatas Wq 51/4 &
65/17, 22, 31, 69. Ligia Digital (1 CD,
November 2011). Jocelyn Cuiller, clavichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Johann Christian Schieferdecker
(1679-1732). Musicalische Concerte
(Hamburg 1713). Challenge Classics (1 CD, October 2011).
Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Benedetto Vinaccesi (1666-1719). Cantate e sonate.
Stradivarius (1 CD, August 2011).
Details. Alessandro Casari, Gli Erranti.
Gemma Bertagnoli, soprano; Fulvio Bettini, baritone. Casari previously
recorded the outstanding CD of Vinaccesi mottetti.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Campra. Gli Strali d'Amore
(Divertimento Immaginario). Glossa (1 CD, December 2011).
Fabio Bonizzoni, La Risonanza. Roberta Invernizzi,
soprano; Cyril Auvíty, tenor; Salvo Vitale, bass.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Charpentier, Marais, François Couperin. Motets
a troix voix d'hommes. Ligia Digital (1 CD, October 2011).
Details.
Jean-Marc Andrieu, Les Passions, Orchestre Baroque de Montauban. David
Tricou, haute-contre; Sébastien Obrecht, tenor; Jean-Manuel Candenot,
baritone.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Luzzasco Luzzaschi. Concerto
delle Dame. Glossa (1 CD, October 2011).
Claudio Cavina, La Venexiana. Roberta Mameli, soprano;
Emanuella Galli, soprano; Francesca Cassinari, soprano.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Alessandro Grandi. Motets
Vénitiens. Pierre Verany (1 CD, October 2011).
Details. Dominique Moaty, soprano; Steinum
Stefansdottir, basse de violon; Marie Langlet, theorbo;
Pierre Cazes, harpsichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Caldara, Albinoni, Alessandro Scarlatti, Handel. Conversazioni
1: Cantatas from a Cardinal's Court. Avie AV 2197 (1 CD, July 2011).
Details. Andrew Radley, countertenor. Julian Perkins, Sounds Baroque. Caldara:
Clori, mia bella Clori; Albinoni: Senza il core del mio bene; Alessandro
Scarlatti: Clori vezzosa, e bella; Handel: Vedendo Amor, HWV 175, plus
instrumental music by Handel and Domenico Scarlatti.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Bénigne de Bacilly (1625-1690), Louis Couperin, Nicolas
Hotman, François Dufaut, Sainte-Colombe. L'art d'orner le beau
chant. Saphir
(1 CD, October 2011).
Details. Monique Zanetti, soprano; Paul Willenbrock, bass. A deux
Violes Esgales. Jonathan Dunford & Sylvia Abramowicz, violes; Claire
Antonini, lute; Thomas Dunford, theorbo, archlute & guitar. Highly
recommended!
UK |
FR |
DE |
| J.S. Bach. Solo Cantatas BWV 82 &
169. Decca (1 CD, October 2011). Andreas Scholl,
countertenor. Kammerorchester Basel.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Apollo & Dafne (HWV
117), Suites from Daphne & Florindo (lost Hamburg
operas), Chaconne from Terpsichore, Concerto Grosso Op.
3 No. 2, Ouverture HWV 336. cpo (1 CD, October
2011). Andreas Reize, Cantus Firmus Consort. Apollo:
Dominik Wörner, bass; Dafne: Andrea Lauren Brown,
soprano.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Lamenti: Handel,
Lucrezia (HWV 145). Haydn,
Arianna a Naxos. Hasse, Arias from
Didone Abbandonata. Oehms Classics OC 811 (1
CD, October 2011).
Details. Stefanie Irànyi, mezzo-soprano. Michael
Hofstetter, Hofkapelle München.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Buxtehude. Opera Omnia 14: Vocal
Works 5. Challenge Classics (1 CD, September 2011).
Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Chorus.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Giovanni Valentini (1582-1649).
Musiche Concertate (1619). cpo (1 CD, September
2011). Roland Wilson, La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Jommelli, J.C. Bach, Gluck, Myslivicek,
Mozart, Borghi, Pasquale Cafaro (1715-1787).
Autour de Anna de Amicis. Aparté (1 CD,
September 2011).
Video /
Details. Teodora Gheorghiu, soprano. Christophe
Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques. Cafaro composed the great
chorus Sepulto Domino recorded by Florio on the
Veni creator spiritus CD that sound somewhat
like Gluck's chorus of the furies.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| G.B. Draghi, Purcell, Raphael
Courteville, William Croft, John Weldon, Handel,
Pepusch, Haym. Musical London c.1700 - from Purcell
to Handel. Chandos CHAN 0776 (1 CD, January 2011).
Details. Peter Holman, The Parley of Instruments.
Philippa Hyde, soprano. Includes Handel, Venus &
Adonis (HWV
85 c.1711), with recitatives by Holman. I recommend this
CD especially for the Chandos
Anthem "Have mercy upon me O God" (1716) for soprano by Haym.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Montéclair. Cantates à voix seule. BIS
(1 CD, August
2011). Emma Kirkby, soprano. London Baroque.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Montéclair & Clérambault. Le Retour de la Paix
- Cantatas.
K617 (1 CD, October
2011).
Details.
Dorothée Leclair, soprano. Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Boësset, Moulinié, Dumont. L'Archange et le Lys.
Zig Zag Territoires (1 CD, October
2011).
Details. Sébastien Daucé, Ensemble Correspondances.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Luis de Briceño. El Fenix de Paris.
Alpha (1 CD, September
2011). Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi. Concerti per fagotto
II. Naïve Vivaldi Edition (1 CD, October 2011).
Sergio Azzolini, bassoon. L'aura Soave Cremona.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Froberger. Froberger on the 1658 De
Zentis. Fleur de Son (1 CD, September 2011). Pamela
Ruiter-Feenstra, harpsichord.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi. Flute Concertos Op. 10.
Accent (1 CD, September 2011). Barthold Kuijken,
traverso. Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann. A Week of Telemann - Scherzi
Melodichi & Cantatas. Capriccio C5057 (1 CD, July
2011). Details
/
Track List. Agnes Scheibelreiter, soprano. Ensemble Delirio.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Michelangelo Falvetti (1642-1692).
Il diluvio universale (Oratorio,
Messina 1682). Ambronay (1 CD, September 2011). Leonardo
Garcá-Alarcón, La Cappella Mediterranea, Choeur de
chambre de Namur. Noe: Fernando Guimarães, tenor; Rad:
Mariana Flores, soprano; Giustizia Divina: Evelyn
Ramirez, contralto; La Morte: Fabián Schofrin,
countertenor; L'Aqua: Magali Arnault, soprano; Il Dio:
Matteo Belloto, bass; Natura Umana: Caroline Weynants,
soprano.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| B. Marcello, G.B. Bononcini, Porpora,
Caldara, Mancini, A. Scarlatti. Duetti.
Virgin (1 CD, November 2011).
Details. Philippe Jaroussky & Max Emanuel Cencic,
countertenors. William Christie, Les Arts Florissants.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann. Italian Opera Arias.
dhm (1 CD, October 2011).
Concert program. Núria Rial, soprano.
Kammerorchester Basel.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Porpora. Cantatas - Nos. 7-12
of 12 cantatas to the Prince of Wales (London, 1735).
Hyperion CDA 67894 (1 CD, September 2011).
Details. Iestyn Davies, countertenor. Jonathan
Cohen, Arcangelo.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Alessandro Scarlatti, Bagio, Cavalli,
Strozzi, Faggioli, Falconieri, Marini, Monteverdi.
Ferveur et Extase. Ambronay (1 CD,
October 2011). Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano.
Héloïse Gaillard, Amarillus. Includes fragments from
Scarlatti's La Didone delirante.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Gluck, Méhul, Salieri, Gossec, Kreutzer, Meyerbeer,
Berlioz, Cherubini, Verdi. Tragédiennes 3. Virgin (1
CD, October 2011).
Details.
Véronique Gens, soprano. Christoph Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Giovanni Giorgi (d 1762). Ave
Maria. Ricercar RIC 313 (1 CD, June 2011).
Details.
Leonardo García-Alarcón, Cappella Mediterranea, Choeur
de Chambre de Namur.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Streams of Pleasure -
Oratorio Arias. Naïve V5261 (1 CD, October
2011).
Details. Karina Gauvin, soprano; Marie-Nicole
Lemieux, mezzo-soprano. Alan Curtis, Il Compless
Barocco.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi. Viva - Simone Kermes
Sings Vivaldi.
DG-Archiv 477 9843 (1 CD, September 2011). Simone Kermes,
soprano. Andrea Marcon, Venice Baroque Orchestra.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Juan García de Salazar (1639-1710).
In Dominica Palmarum. Lauda 011 (1 CD,
June 2011).
Details. Albert Recasens, La Grande Chapelle, Schola
Antiqua.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Domenico Scarlatti. Sonatas for
Viola d'Amore. Brilliant Classics (1 CD,
September 2011). Valerio Losito, viola d'amore; Andrea
Coen, harpsichord.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Haydn. Out of Hainburg.
Gramola (1 CD, September 2011).
Details. Anton Holzapel, dolce risonanza. Soloists
in the Salve Regina: Barbara Fink, soprano; Ida Aldrian,
mezzo-soprano; Daniel Johannsen, tenor; Klemens Sander,
bass.
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FR |
DE |
| J.C. Bach. Mailänder Bach:
Requiem, Miserere. Harmonia Mundi (1 CD,
October 2011).
Details. Hans-Christoph Rademann, AKAMUS, RIAS
Kammerchor. Lenneke Ruiten, soprano; Ruth Sandhoff,
contralto; Colin Balzer, tenor; Thomas E. Bauer, bass.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Complete Cantatas vol. 3: Aminta e
Filide (HWV 83). Brilliant Classics 94230 (1 CD, August 2011).
Marco Vitale, Contrasto Armonico. Aminta: Klaartje van Veldhoven,
soprano; Fillide: Stefanie True, soprano.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Louis Couperin. Complete
Harpsichord Works. Harmonia Mundi HMU 907511/14
(4 CDs, August 2011). Richard Egarr, harpsichord.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Caldara. Oratorio di Santo
Stefano, Primo Re dell'Ungheria (Rome, 1713).
Hungaroton HCD 32690 (1 CD, July 2011). Pál Németh,
Savaria Baroque Orchestra. Santo Stefano: Randall
Scotting, countertenor; Gisella: Mónika González,
soprano; Anastasio: Dávid Szigetvári, tenor; Erasto:
László Jekl, bass.
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DE |
CA |
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| Vivaldi. Il Farnace. (RV 711,
Venice 1727). Virgin Classics (3 CDs, September 2011).
Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti. Farnace: Max Emmanuel
Cencic, countertenor; Tamiri: Ruxandra Donose,
mezzo-soprano; Giliade: Karina Gauvin, soprano; Selinda:
Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano; Berenice: Mary-Ellen
Nesi, mezzo-soprano; Pompeo: Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro,
tenor. This is one of the finest Vivaldi opera
recordings. Highly recommended!
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Gluck. Ezio (Prague version,
1750). Virgin Classics (2 CDs, September 2011). Alan
Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco. Fulvia: Ann Hallenberg,
mezzo-soprano; Ezio: Sonia Prina, contralto;
Valentiniano III: Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor;
Massimo: Topi Lehtipuu, tenor.
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DE |
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JP |
| Handel. Agrippina. (HWV 6,
Venice 1709-10). Harmonia Mundi 902088/90 (3 CDs, September 2011.
(Video
from the ridiculous but costly modern production.)
René Jacobs, AKAMUS. Agrippina: Alexandrina
Pendatchanska, soprano; Nerone: Jennifer Rivera,
soprano; Poppea: Sunhae Im, soprano; Ottone: Bejun
Mehta, countertenor; Narcisso: Dominique Visse,
countertenor; Pallante: Neal Davies, baritone; Claudio:
Marco Fink, bass; Lesbo: Daniel Schmutzhard, baritone.
As usual, HUP reorchestration by Jacobs. McGegan's
recording, also on HM, is the best available.
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| Domènec Terradellas (1713-1751).
Sesostri (Rome, 1751). RCOC (3 CDs, July 2011).
Details /
Liner Notes (pdf) /
Score available. Juan Bautista Otero, Real Compañía
Ópera de Cámara (RCOC). Sesostri: Sunhae Im, soprano (video);
Amasi: Kenneth Tarver, tenor (video); Nitocri: Alexandrina
Pendatchanska, soprano (video); Artenice: Ditte Andersen,
soprano (video); Orgonte: Raffaella Milanesi, soprano
(video); Fanete:
Tom Randle, tenor (video). (Terradellas apparently was murdered
in Rome in 1751, 21 years after Vinci met the same
fate.)
This is an outstanding opera, performance and recording.
Highly recommended! No track times or total times
included! tt - CD 1: 75:52; CD 2: 70:11; CD 3: 67:57.
The libretto includes an English tranlation, unlike
Artaserse.
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JP |
Campra. Le Carnaval de Venise
(Opéra-ballet, 1699). Glossa (2 CDs, August 2011). Hervé
Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel, Les Chantres du CMBV.
Isabelle: Salomé Haller, soprano; Léonore: Marina de
Liso, mezzo-soprano; Rodolphe: Andrew Foster-Williams,
bass; Léandre: Edwin Crossley-Mercer, bass; Orphée:
Anders J. Dahlin, tenor; Euridice: Sarah Tynan, soprano;
Minerve / La Fortune: Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano; Le
Carnaval / Pluton: Luigi de Donato, bass. Keiser
composed a German/Italian singspiel on a libretto
adapated from Regnard's, Der angenehme Betrug oder
Der Carenval von Venedig, which is planned for
future performance by L'Orfeo Barockorchester. Book version -
French texts only:
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FR |
DE
Multilingual edition without book -
libretto in French and English:
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| Lamentazione -- Leo,
Miserere; Caldara, Crucifixus;
Domenico Scarlatti, Stabat Mater.
Virgin
50999 0709072 1 (1 CD, September 2011). Paul Agnew, Les
Arts Florissants. Plus works by Lotti & Legrenzi.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Purcell. A Shakespeare Fantasy. Ligia
Digital (1 CD, September 2011).
Details. Franck-Emmanuel Comte, Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu. Marina
Venant, soprano; Christophe Baska, countertenor; Marie-Liesse Barau,
contralto. Airs, duos & symphonies from The Fairy Queen, The Tempest &
Timon of Athens.
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FR |
DE |
| Cristóbal Galán (c.1630-1684).
Canto del alma. Lauda (2 CDs, April 2011).
Albert Recasens, La Grande Chapelle.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Pier Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676).
La Rosinda (Venice 1651). Ludi Musici
LM 005 (3 CDs, September 2011). Mike Fentross, La Sfera
Armoniosa. Nerea: Emanuela Galli, soprano; Rosinda:
Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, soprano; Clitofonte: Makoto
Sakurada, tenor; Plutone/Meandro: Nicola Ebau, baritone;
Rundione: Fulvio Bettini, bass; Proserpina/Aurilla:
Silvia Vajente, soprano.
It's difficult to listen to more than a few tracks of
this recording at time, as the oppressive modern
reorchestration completely overwhelms Cavalli's music
and the soloists. Virtually every movement is "enhanced"
with added instruments, including a regal. It's the
antithesis of the superb new recording of Cavalli's
Artemisia by Claudio Cavina.
Watch and in some cases read the interesting
lectures from the September 2008 Cavalli opera
conference at Gresham College, London.
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Stradella, Vivaldi, Carissimi,
Bernabel. Il più misero amante - cantatas.
La Bottega Discantica BDI 140 (1 CD, June 2011).
Details. Cristina Paolucci, soprano. Camerata
Hermans. Fabio Ceccarelli, traverso. Plus flute sonatas
by Locatelli & Nardini.
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FR |
DE |
| Josep Mir i Llussà (c.1700-1764).
Missa a 8 (1760), Stabat Mater (1756), Quomodo
Obscuratum est (1753), Lauda Jerusalem.
Musiepoca MEPCD 004 (1 CD, July 2011).
Details /
Track list. Lluís Vilamzjó, tenor. Pere Lluís
Biosca, La Xantria. Dani Espasa, Vespres d'Arnadí.
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Alessandro Scarlatti. Venere,
Amore e Ragione (Serenata, Rome 1706). La
Bottega Discantica BDI 209 (1 CD, June 2011).
Details. Piero Cartosio, Orchestra Barocca Les
Eléments. Venere: Veronica Lima, soprano; Amore:
Gabriella Costa, soprano; Ragione: Elena Biscuola,
mezzo-soprano.
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DE |
| Porpora. Passio - Duets for
Lent. Pan Classics (1 CD, July 2011).
Details. Stefano Aresi, Stile Galante. Emanuela
Galli, soprano; Francesca Cassinari, soprano; Marina De
Liso, contralto; Fulvio Bettini, baritone.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Carlo Broschi detta Farinelli
(1705-1782).
Farinelli: The Composer. NCA 60238 (1 CD, July 2011).
Details.
Jörg Waschinski, sopranist. Wolfgang Brunner, Salzburger
Hofmusik.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Besard, Huygens, Vallet, Hotman,
Richard, Gaultier, Bastide, De Machy, Dubuisson.
Amarante. Flora 2210 (1 CD, June 2011).
Details. Céline Scheen, soprano; Philippe Pierlot,
bass viol; Eduardo Egüez, lute & theorbo.
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FR |
DE |
| Esaias Reusner (1636-1679).
Delitiae Testudinis vol. 1. Stradivarius (1 CD,
August 2011). Paul Beier, lute.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Buxtehude. Complete Organ Works vol.
4. Hyperion CDA 67876 (1 CD, August 2011).
Details /
Sleeve notes (pdf). Christopher Herrick, organ at
Trinity Chapel, Cambridge.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Frescobaldi. Complete Works.
Brilliant Classics 94111 (15 CDs + CD-ROM, 2006-09,
reissued as box set August 2011). Roberto Loreggian,
organ & harpsichord; Ensemble ConSerto Musico; Modo
Antiquo; Schola Gregoriana "Scriptoria".
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi. Violin Concertos, Op.
6. Brilliant Classics 94245 (1 CD, August
2011). Frederico Guglielmo, violin & direction, L'Arte
dell'Arco.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann. Quatuors Parisiens
vol. 2 & 3. cpo (2 CDs, May 2011). John
Holloway, violin; Linde Brunmayr, traverso; Lorenz
Duftschmid, viola da gamba; Ulrike Becker, cello; Lars
Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Byrd, Bull, Tomkins, Tallis.
Mr. Tomkins - his Lessons of Worthe. Mirare (1
CD, June 2011). Betrand Cuiller, harpsichord.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Marais. Pièces de Viole,
oubliées & changées. Crystal Classics (1 CD,
July 2011). Julianne Laake, Art d'Echo.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Michel Pignolet de Montéclair
(1667-1737). Concerts a duex flûtes traverières
sans basse. Ramée (2 CDs, August 2011).
Concert review. Marion Treupel-Franck & Marie-Céline
Labbé, traversi.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Balbastre & Royer. Airs d'opéra
accommodés pour le clavecin. L'Encelade ECL
1001 (1 CD, June 2011).
Details. Keyboard transcriptions of opera arias by
Rameau, Mondonville, Rebel, Monsigny by Balbastre and
self-transcriptions by Royer. Catherine Zimmer,
harpsichord.
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FR |
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| John Blow. Venus & Adonis
(London 1683). cpo (1 CD, May 2011). Paul O'Dette &
Stephen Stubbs, Boston Early Music Festival. Venus:
Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Adonis: Tyler Duncan,
baritone; Cupid: Mireille Lebel, soprano.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
 Pergolesi. L'Olimpiade
(Rome 1735). dhm 88697807712 (3 CDs, June 2011). Alessandro De
Marchi, Academia Montis Regalis. Megacle: Olga
Pasichnyk, soprano; Aristea: Raffaela Milanesi, soprano;
Licida: Jennifer Rivera, mezzo-soprano; Argene: Ann-Beth
Solvang, mezzo-soprano; Alcandro: Martín Oro,
countertenor; Clistene: Jeffrey Francis, tenor; Aminta:
Markus Brutscher, tenor.
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| Not by Handel. Germanico.
(See the comments on the
Handel List - the lastest hypothesis is that
the opera was composed in Vienna between 1702 and 1704,
probably by Bononcini or Ariosti.) dhm 0886978604521 (2
CDs, July 2011). Ottavio Tenerani, Il Rossignolo. Maria
Grazia Schiavo, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto;
Franco Faglioli, countertenor; Sergio Foresti, bass. An early 18th Century
serenata that would not have been revived without the false
attribution to Handel. Possibly a pasticcio -- Track 23 is an aria from
Bononcini's Camilla (1696). A mediocre work
overall, but outstanding singing on this recording.
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| Handel. Ariodante. (HWV 33,
London 1735). Virgin Classics (3 CDs, May 2011). Alan
Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco. Ariodante: Joyce DiDonato,
mezzo-soprano; Ginevra: Karina Gauvin, soprano;
Polinesso: Marie-Nicole Lemieux, mezzo-soparno; Dalinda:
Sabina Puertolas, soprano; Lurcanio: Topi Lehtipuu,
tenor; Il Rè: Matthew Brook, bass; Odoardo: Anicio
Zorzi, tenor.
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DE |
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| Jean-Baptiste Lully.
Bellérophon. Aparté AP015 (2 CDs, March 2011).
Details /
Video of the complete opera - outstanding
performance! Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques;
Chœur de Chambre de Namur. Philonoé: Céline Scheen,
soprano; Stenobée: Ingrid Perruche, soprano; Argie /
Pallas: Jennifer Borghi, soprano; Bellérophon: Cyril
Auvity, tenor; Pan / Jobate: Evgueniy Alexiev, tenor;
Ápollon / Amisodar: Jean Teitgen, tenor; Bacchus / La
Pythie: Robert Getchell, tenor.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Monteverdi. Vespro della beata
vergine (1610). Pan Classics (2 CDs, May 2011).
Roland Wilson, Musica Fiata, La Capella Ducale. Dorothee
Mields, soprano; Monika Mauch, soprano; Constanze
Backes, mezzo-soprano.
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760-1802).
Die Geisternel. Carus 83.229 (3 CDs, April 2011).
Frieder Bernius, Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Kammerchor
Stuttgart. Miranda: Christiane Karg, soprano; Ariel:
Andrea L. Brown, soprano; Fernando: Benjamin Hulett,
tenor; Kaliban: Christian Feichtmair, bass; Prospero:
Falko Hönisch, baritone; Fabio: Sophie Harmsen,
mezzo-soprano; Oronzio: Patrick Pobeschin, bass;
Stefano: Christian Immler, bass.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Matthias Weckman (1616-1674).
Abendmusiken. Zig-Zag Territoires (1 CD, June
2011). Bibane Lapointe & Thierry Maeder, Ensemble Les
Cyclopes. Eugénie Warnier, soprano; Damien Guillon,
countertenor; Robert Getchell, tenor; Benoît Arnould,
bass.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Gluck. Five Symphonies. cpo 777
411-2 (1 CD, May 2011). Michi Gaigg, L'Orfeo
Barockorchester.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
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| Telemann. Der Tod Jesu
(Hamburg 1755). Rondeau ROP 6038 (1 CD, April 2011).
Details. Gotthold Schwarz, director & bass, Bach
Consort Leipzig. Siri Karoline Thornhill, soprano;
Susanne Krumbiegel, contralto; Albrecht Sack, tenor.
Along with Gotthold Schwarz's
outstanding OVPP recording of Der Tag des Gerichts,
this is one of my favorite Telemann recordings. Highly
recommended!
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann. Johannes-Passion 1749 (TWV
5:34). Amati AMI 2503 (2 CDs, April 2011). Michael Scholl,
telemann-consort-magdeburg, Kammerchor der Biederitzer
Kantorei. Britta Schwarz, mezzo-soprano; Michael
Zabanoff, tenor; Tobias Wollner, tenor; Thomas Fröb,
tenor; Matthias Vieweg, baritone.
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FR |
DE |
JP |
| Monteverdi. Amore di Marte.
Alqhai & Alqhai AA003 (1 CD, May 2011).
Details. Fahmi Alqhai, Accademia Piacere. Includes
the Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda. Mariví Blasco,
soprano; Juan Sancho, tenor; Lambert Climent, tenor;
Javier Jiménez Cuevas, bass.
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FR |
DE |
| Alessandro Striggio. Mass in 40
Parts - Ecco sì beato giorno (1566). Decca (1
CD + 1 DVD, March 2011).
Video /
Details. Robert Hollingworth, I Fagiolini. Edition
by Brian Clark & Robert Hollingworth. (The DVD included
with the European release apparently won't play on
American DVD players.)
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
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| Ferrari, Frescobaldi, Landi, Marenzio,
Marini, Bassani, S. Rossi, Rogniono, Bovicelli.
Le Lacrime di Eros. Alqhai & Alqhai AA001 (1
CD, second edition, March 2011).
Details. Fahmi Alqhai, Accademia Piacere. Mariví
Blasco, soprano.
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FR |
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| Alessandro Scarlatti. Opera
Arias. dhm 88697842162 (1 CD, April 2011).
Details. Daniela Barcellona, contralto. Marcello Di
Lisa, Concerto de'Cavalieri.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Samuel Capricornus (1628-1665).
Taffel-Lustmusik. Cornetto (1 CD, April 2011).
Cover /
Sample track - duet for soprano & bass with trombone
& dulcian. I Capricorni & Cantobaleno-Quartett. Contains
all the surviving secular music of the Stuttgart
Hofkapellmeister.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Justus Kahle (1668-1720);
Joachim Pauli (1636-1708). Zions Trost -
Kirchweihkantaten. Querstand QUE 1105 (1 CD,
April 2011). Maria Skiba, soprano. Christoph Schlütter,
Collegio Halense. Four church cantatas by Kahle,
including two recorded in the same church where they
were performed at the consecration of the new building
in 1704, plus songs by Pauli, including one from Zions
Trost.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Monteverdi, Bencini, Melani, Soler,
Alessandro Scarlatti, Carissimi, Stravinsky. Per la Vergine Maria.
Naïve Opus 111 OP 30505 (1 CD, May 2011).
Details. Rinaldo
Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Salzburg Barock - Musik am Hof
der Fürsterzbischöfe. Berlin Classics (1 CD,
May 2011). Emma Kirkby, soprano. Bell'Arte Salzburg.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Alessandro Scarlatti. Serenata a Filli Il Sole,
Urania e Clio. Glossa GCD 921511 (1 CD, April 2011). Fabio
Bonizzoni, La Risonanza. Emanuela Galli, soprano;
Yetzabel Arias Fernández, soprano; Martín Oro,
countertenor.
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DE |
CA |
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| Telemann. Lukas Passion 1748
(TVWV 5:33, 1748). cpo 777 601-2 (2 CDs, May 2011). Hermann Max,
Das Kleine Konzert, Rheinische Kantorei. Veronika
Winter, soprano; Anne Bierwirth, contralto; Julian
Podger, tenor; Clemens Heinrich, bass; Matthias Vieweg,
bass.
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann, Hoffmann, Kaiser, Heinichen. Telemann
and the Leipzig Opera. Pan Classics PC 10237 (1 CD, April
2011). Jan Kobow, tenor & director. United Continuo
Ensemble. Popular arias from "Musicalische Rüstkammer" (1719),
a recently authenticated collection of about 100 choice
arias. For more details, see
Barockoper in Leipzig (1693-1720) by Michael
Maul, who wrote the liner notes for this CD. Includes Telemann arias from
the operas, mostly lost, Mario, Die königliche Schäferin
Margenis, Der lachende Democritus, Der unglückliche
Alcmeon, Der gestürzte Epopeus, Dei syrische Unruh,
Ariadne & Die Satyren in Arcadien. Hoffmann arias from
Rhea Sylvia, Echo & Narcissus, Die asiatische Banise,
Ismenie & Montaldo. Kaiser arias from Hercules & Hebe,
Der geliebte Adonis. Heinichen arias from Die getreue
Schäferin Daphne.
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DE |
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| Telemann. Ich hoffete aufs
Licht - Funeral Music for Emperor Karl VII
(TVWV 4:13, 1745). cpo 777 603-2 (1 CD, April 2011). Michael
Schneider, La Stagione Frankfurt. Gabriele Hierdeis,
soprano; Annegret Kleindopf, soprano; Dmitry Egorov,
countertenor; Ulrike Andersen, contralto; Georg Poplutz,
tenor; Benjamin Kirchner, tenor; Nils Cooper, bass;
Stephan Schreckenberger, bass.
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DE |
CA |
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| Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663-1712) &
Handel (?). Triumph, ihr Christen seid erfeut -
Cantatas. cpo 777 643-2 (1 CD, April 2011). Bernhard
Klapprott, Capella Thuringia, Cantus Thuringia. Gudrun
Sidonie Otto, soprano; Margaret Hunter, soprano;
Christoph Dittmar, countertenor. The two cantatas of
uncertain origin that have been attributed to Handel are
"Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder" & "Triumph, ihr Christen
seid erfreut".
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| J.S. Bach, Telemann, Johann Krieger
(1652-1735), Antonio Pino (17th Century), Rupert Ignaz
Mayr (1646-1712). Musica Michaelis - Festliche
Kantaten. Amati AMI-2502 (1 CD, March 2011).
Details (pdf). Dominik Wörner, bass, Le Concert
Royal. Telemann: "Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Weit" TWV
7:20.
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DE |
JP |
| Telemann. Schirokkos Telemann -
Newly-discovered Sacred Arias. Ambitus amb
96947 (1 CD, March 2011).
Details. Tanya Aspelmeier, soprano. Rachel Harris,
Ensemble Schirokko.
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FR |
DE |
| José de Nebra (1702-1768). Esta
Dulzura Amable. Challenge Classics (1 CD, April
2011). Eduardo López-Banzo, Al Ayre Español. María
Espada, soprano. Cantatas and a keyboard sonata. These
are great, dramatic cantatas, stylistically closer to
Handel and Porpora than Hasse. Highly recommended!
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Joan Baptista Comes (c.1582-1643).
Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae. La Mà
de Guido LMG 2099 (1 CD, May 2011).
Booklet (pdf). Victoria Musicae.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| France 1789: Révolte en Musique
d'un Sans-Culotte & d'un Royaliste. Alpha (1
CD, May 2011). Jean-François Novelli, tenor; Arnaud
Marzorati, bass. Les Lunaisiens.
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DE |
CA |
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| Fray José de Larrañaga (1728-1806).
Arantzazu XVIII. NB 005 (1 CD 2007).
Liner Notes. Fabio Bonizzoni, Capilla Peñaflorida,
Peñaflorida Ensemble. Isabel Álvarez, soprano; Ainhoa
Zubillaga, mezzosoprano; Xavier Sabata, countertenor;
Jesús García Aréjula, baritone. From the online liner
notes, this CD of 18th Century vocal music from Spain
looks interesting.
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FR |
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| Hasse. Requiem in C. Carus
83.349 (1 CD, April 2011). Hans-Christoph Rademann,
Dresdner Barockorchester, Dresdner Kammerchor.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Antonio Caldara. La Conversione di
Clodoveo, Rè di Francia (1715). ATMA (2 CDs, March
2011). Alexander Weimann, Le Nouvel Opéra. Clodoveo:
Allyson McHardy, mezzo-soprano; Clotide: Nathalie
Paulin, soprano; San Remigio: Susie LeBlanc, soprano;
Uberto: Matthew White, countertenor.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Sébastien de Brossard. Oratorio sopra
l'immaculata conceptione / Cantata "Leandro". Mirare
(1 CD, April 2011). Benjamin Perrot, La Rêveuse. Chantal
Santon Jeffery, soprano; Eugénie Warnier, soprano;
Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano; Jeffrey Thompson, tenor;
Vincent Bouchet, baritone; Benoît Arnould, baritone.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi. Vespro a San Marco.
Ambronay (2 CDs, April 2011).
Details. Leonardo García Alarcón, Cappella
Mediterranea, Choeur de Chambre de Namur. María Soledad
de la Rosa, soprano; Mariana
Flores, soprano; Carolyne Weynants, soprano; Evelyn
Ramírez, contralto; Fabian Schofrin, countertenor;
Fernando Guimarães, tenor; Valério Contaldo, tenor;
Alejandro Meerapfel, bass.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
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| Handel. Amor Oriental - Handel
alla Turca. dhm 88697857492 (1 CD, April 2011).
Werner Ehrhardt, L'arte del Mondo & Pera Ensemble.
Juanita Lascarro, soprano; Florin Cezar Ouatu,
countertenor; Ahmet Özhan, Sufti singer. Blend of Handel
movements and Turkish music.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Cantatas for the
complete liturgical year, volume 13 (of 20) - Easter
Oratorio BWV 249 / Cantata BWV 6. Accent 25313
(1 CD, March 2011). Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande.
Yeree Suh, soprano; Petra Noskaiová, contralto;
Christoph Genz, tenor; Jan van der Crabben, bass.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Carlo Sturla (18th Century).
Passio di Venerdi Santo / Passione Secondo Giovanni.
Brilliant Classics 94184 (1 CD, March 2011).
Details. Luca Franco Ferrari, Il Concento
Ecclesiastico. Laura Dalfino, soprano; Marina Frandi,
contralto.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
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| Franz Josef Aumann (1728-1797).
Requiem. Pan Classics 10234 (1 CD, March 2011).
Details. Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria, St.
Florianer Sängerknaben.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
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| Handel. Alexander's Feast (HWV
75, London 1736). Delphian DCD 34094 (2 CDs, February
2011).
Details. Richard Neville-Towle, Ludus Baroque.
Sophie Bevan, soprano; Ed Lyon, tenor; William Berger,
bass. Alexander's Feast was the first Handel
oratorio performed in Italy, in a concert in 1768
organized by the 3rd Earl Cowper, who lived in Florence.
See
Rice (1990).
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Zelenka. Missa Sancti Josephi
(ZWV 14, c.1731) & Litaniae Xavierianae (ZWV
155). Nibiru (1 CD, January 2011).
Details. Adam Viktora, Ensemble Inégal, Prague
Baroque Soloists. Gabriela Eibenová, soprano; Hana
Blažíková, soprano; Jacob Huppmann, countertenor;
Jaroslav Březina, tenor; Tomáš Král, bass; Marian
Krejčík, bass.
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FR |
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| Un Camino de Santiago.
Ricercar (1 CD, April 2011).
Details. Jean Tubéry, Ensemble La Fenice. Arianna
Savall, soprano & harp. Music of pilgrims en route to
Saint-Jacques.
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DE |
CA |
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| Misión: Barroco Amazónico.
Columna Música 1CM0269 (1 CD, April 2011).
Details (pdf). Javier Illán & Pablo Gutiérrez,
Sphera AntiQva. Soledad Cardoso, soprano; Florian
Cousin, traverso.
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UK |
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| Cabezón, Companón, Blavet, Pedrini,
Dupuits, Puerto. La Nao de China - Music of the
Spanish trade route to the Far East. Columna
Música 1CM0260 (1 CD, April 2011).
Booklet (pdf). La Folia: Pedro Bonet & Belén
González, 18 recorders of different types and
tessituras.
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FR |
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| Gery de Gershem (1573-1630).
Ave Virgo Sanctissima. Accent 24235 (1 CD,
March 2011). Erik van Nevel, Currende. Plus works by
Guerrero, Cornet, Rogier and Philips.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
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| Biber. Vesperae longiores ac
breviores (1693). Carus 83.328 (1 CD, February
2011). Simon Carrington, Yale Schola Cantorum.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692-1753).
Divoti affetti alla Passione di Nostro Signore /
Esercici per l'Accompagnamento. Accent ACC
24209 (1 CD,
February 2011). Echo du Danube. Dorothee Mields,
soprano; Franz Vitzthum, countertenor. 10 duets for
soprano, alto, theorbo and organ. In 1713, Ristori
composed an Orlando furioso on a libretto
similar to Vivaldi's 1738 version. Vivaldi revived it in
1714, substituting much new music.
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| Telemann. Orpheus oder "Die
wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe" (Hamburg
1726). dhm 88697805972 (2 CDs, March 2011).
Details. Michi Gaigg, L'Orfeo
Barockorchester. Orasia: Dorothee Mields, soprano;
Orpheus: Markus Volpert, baritone; Eurydice: Ulrike
Hofbauer, soprano; Ismene: Barbara Kraus, soprano;
Eurimedes: Christian Zenker, tenor; Cephisa /
Priesterin: Marelize Gerber, soprano; Pluto: Reinhard
Meyer, bass; Ascalax: Julie Comparini, contralto.
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| Handel. Alessandro Severo.
(Self-pasticcio opera, HWV A13, London, 1738). MDG 609
1674-2 (3
CDs, January 2011). George Petrou, Armonia Atenea.
Αlessandro: Μary-Ellen Nezi, mezzo-soprano; Salustia:
Marita Solberg, soprano; Giulia: Kristina Hammarström,
mezzo-soprano; Albina: Irini Karaianni, mezzo-soprano;
Claudio: Gemma Bertagnoli, soprano; Marziano: Petros
Magoulas, bass. Handel composed a fine, new overture,
which is on the CD "Emma Kirkby sings Mrs. Arne." Also
in this set: Niccolò Manzaro. Don Crepuscolo
(Corfu 1815). Christophoros Stambaglis, bass.
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Telemann. Kapitänsmusik 1738. cpo 777
386-2 (2 CDs, January 2011). Hermann Max, Rheinische Kantorei,
Das Kleine Konzert. Veronika Winter, soprano; Cornelia Samuelis,
soprano; Jan Kobow, tenor; Immo Schröder, tenor; Ekkehard Abele,
bass; Gregor Finke, bass. Outstanding music, performances and
recording. Highly recommended! In Kapitänsmusik, for the annual
festive banquet for the officer corps of the Hamburg civic
guard, an oratorio was paired with a serenata. However, the 1738
"oratorio" in both text and music is essentially a serenata
with the closing chorale "Now thank we all our God". The named characters are Hammonia -
Hamburg (Winter), Die Andacht - Devotion (Samuelis), Das
Vertrauen - Trust (tenor), Die Unachtsamkeit - Negligence
(tenor), Die Warheit - Truth (bass), & Die Gerechtigkeit -
Justice (bass). (The liner notes fail to indicate the singers'
role assignments.) There are several movements with soloists and
chorus, a galant aria for soprano, a chorus that begins like a
Lullian passacaille, a pastoral soprano aria with recorders, a
quartet of Devotion, Trust, Truth & Justice, and a comic aria for
Negligence. The named
characters in the serenata are Der Friede - Peace (Winter), Der
Schutzgeist Deutschlands - Germany's Guardian Spirit (Samuelis),
Die Elbe (tenor), Die Zaghaftigkeit - Timidity (tenor), Der
Kreigsgeist - Spirit of War (bass), and Der Neid - Envy (bass).
It features choral movements with piccolos and
field drum which at times sound like Rameau, difficult galant
arias, a 6/8 pastoral aria,
"Scäfer stellt die Freuden ein" that sounds somewhat like "He
shall feed his flock like a shepherd", and a comic aria for
Timidity "Hide the provisions, bury the teasure".
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Telemann. Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst (Hamburg, 1725-26).
Complete recording of all 72 cantatas by Bergen Barokk in
progress:
Volume 3: The cantatas for high voice,
recorder and basso continuo II. Toccata Classics TOCC 0074
(1 CD, March 2011).
Details.
Mona Julsrud, soprano; Frode Thorsen, recorder; Thomas Boysen,
theorbo; Hans Knut Sveen, harpsichord & organ; Markku
Luolajan-Mikkola, cello.
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JP
Volume 2: The cantatas for middle voice,
violin and basso continuo I. Toccata Classics TOCC 0057 (1
CD, July 2009).
Details. Franz Vitzthum, countertenor; Bjarte Eike,
violin; Hans Knut Svenn, harpsichord & organ; Markku
Luolajan-Mikkola, cello.
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CA |
JP
Volume 1: The cantatas for high voice,
recorder & basso continuo I. Toccata Classics TOCC 0037
(1 CD, August 2006).
Details. Mona Julsrud, soprano; Frode Thorsen, recorder; Hans
Knut Sveen, harpsichord; Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, cello. This is
a superb performance and recording.
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| J.S. Bach. St Matthew Passion
BWV 244. Channel Classics CCS SA 32511 (2 CDs,
March 2011).
Details. Jos Van Veldhoven, Netherlands Bach
Society, Kampen Boys Choir. Amarylis Dieltiens, soprano;
Siri Karoline Thornhill, soprano; Tim Mead,
countertenor; Matthew White, countertenor; Evangelist:
Gerd Türk, tenor; Julian Podger, tenor; Charles Daniels,
tenor; Peter Harvey, bass; Sebastian Noack, bass.
Veldhoven describes this performance as an "asymmetrical
one-choir Passion." Coro I is a soloists' choir, and
Coro II is a ripieno group. "Coro I always takes the
lead in the Passion, while Coro II interrupts and offers
commentary. When the two do sing and play together, Coro
II mainly doubles Coro I, as in the final movement of
the first part, O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross. At
that moment, the singers and players of Coro II form a
genuine ripieno. Nowhere in the Passion is the music
introduced by Coro II." 8 ripieno singers were added to
soloists in Coro I. Coro II consist of 4 singers.
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| Buxtehude. Une alchimie musicale.
K 617 (1 CD, April 2011).
Details. Raphaële Kennedy, soprano. Ensemble Da
Pacem.
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DE |
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| J.S. Bach. Johannes Passion BWV
245. Mirare (2 CDs, March 2011). Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort. Maria Keohane,
soprano; Carlos Mena, countertenor; Hans-Jörg Mammel,
tenor; Jan Kobow, tenor; Matthias Vieweg, bass;
Stephan MacLeod, bass. My favorite recording to date of
the St. John Passion is the OVPP recording by Benoît
Haller on Zig-Zag Territoires.
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| J.S. Bach. De Profundis - Cantatas
131 & 177. Graupner. Cantata "Aus der Tiefen
rufen wir" BWV 1113/23a. Passacaille (1 CD, March
2011).
Details. Marcel Ponseele, Il Gardellino. Caroline
Weynants, soprano; Damien Guillon, countertenor; Marcus
Ullmann, tenor; Lieven Termont, bass.
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| Schütz. Musikalische Exequien.
Ricercar (1 CD, May 2011). Vox Luminus.
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UK |
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DE |
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| Heinrich Schütz.
Matthäus-Passion SWV 479 (1666). Dacapo
8.226094 (1 CD, February 2011).
Details. Paul Hillier, Ars Nova Copenhagen. Julian
Podger, tenor; Jakob Bloch Jespersen, bass.
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Heinrich Schütz. Complete
Recording. Carus. Hans-Christoph Rademann,
Dresdner Kammerchor. Vol. 2. Italienische
Madrigale. Carus 83.237 (1 CD, March 2011).
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JP
Vol. 1: Geistliche Chor-Music
1648. Carus 83.232 (2 CDs 2007).
Details.
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| Bruhns, Buxtehude, Sommer.
Jauchzet den Herrn - Psaumes de David in 17th Century
Germany. Alpha (1 CD, March 2011). Hans-Jörg
Mammel, tenor. Jean Tubéry, La Fenice.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
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| Alessandro Grandi (1575-1630).
Vespro della beata vergine. Carus 83.367 (1 CD,
May 2011). Matthew Halls, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart,
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Deborah York, soprano;
Daniel Taylor, countertenor; Ed Lyon, tenor; Peter
Harvey, bass.
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UK |
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DE |
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| Rameau. L'Orchestre de Louis XV
- Suites d'Orchestre. Alia Vox AVSA 9882 (2
CDs, June 2011). Jordi Savall, Le Concert des Nations.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Rameau. Orchestral Suites -
Zaïs, Hippolyte et Aricie. Crystal Classics (1
CD, May 2011). Michi Gaigg, L'Orfeo Barockorchester.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Giovanni Antonio
Pandolfi-Mealli (1629-1679). Sonate a Violino
Solo, Opera Quarta. Arcana (1 CD, May 2011).
Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Geminiani. Concerti grossi Op 2.
Pan Classics (1 CD, May 2011). Carlo Ipata, Auser
Musici.
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727-1789).
Con Spirito - Concerti & Sinfonie.
Tudor CD 7182 (1 CD, May 2011).
Details. Sergio Azzolini, bassoon. Dominik Kiefer,
Capriccio Barock Orchester.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Frescobaldi, Froberger, Picchi.
Phantasia. Winter & Winter (1 CD, April 2011).
Aarón Zapico, harpsichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708-1763).
Darmstadt Sinfoniae. Cyprès (1 CD, May
2011). Laura Toffetti, Tobias Bonz, Antichi Strumenti.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Johann Pfeiffer (1697-1761).
Overtures & Concertos. Accent ACC 24218 (1 CD,
April 2011). Batzdorfer Hofkapelle.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Paradies, Reichenauer, Berlin, Croft,
Pepusch, Hertel, Baldassari. Concerti Curiosi.
Signum SIGCD 249 (1 CD, March 2011). Kah-Ming Ng,
Charavari Agréable.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| La viola d'arc a la Corona
d'Aragó. La Mà de Guido LMG 2097 (1 CD, January
2011).
Booklet (pdf). Cantar alla Viola. Nadine Balbeisi,
soprano; Fernando Marín, viola d'arc.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Robert de Visée. La Musique de
la Chamber du Roy. Brilliant Classics 94154 (1
CD, April 2011). Manuel Staropoli, recorder & traverso;
Massimo Marchese, theorbo; Cristiano Contadin, bass
viol.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Mistress Elizabeth Davenant,
Her Songs. Renaissance Lute Songs - Oxford
Manuscript, 1624. Ramée (1 CD, March 2011).
Rebecca Ockenden, soprano; Sofie van den Eynde, lute.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Haydn. Die Jahreszeiten. Ars
38081 (2 CDs, March 2011). Bruno Weil, Cappella
Coloniensis, Tölzer Knabenchor. Sibylla Rubens, soprano;
Jan Kobow, tenor; Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Haydn. Lieder. Accent
ACC 24230
(1 CD, February 2011). Anne Cambier, soprano. Jan
Vermeulen, fortepiano. Includes Der erste Kuss; An
Thyris; Ein kleines Haus; Liebeslied; Das Leben ist ein
Traum; Trachten will ich nicht auf Erden; Geistliches
Lied; Fidelity;Sympathy; The Mermaid's Song;
Recollection; Pleasing Pain; Piercing Eyes; A Pastoral
Song; She Never Told Her Love; Sailor's Song +
Variationen H17:5; Adagio H17:9.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Cristoforo Caresana (c.1640-1709), Gaetano Veneziano (1656-1716)
& Guiseppe Antonio Avitrano (1670-1756).
Tenebrae - Musiche per la Settimana Santa a Napoli.
Glossa GCD 922602 (1 CD, March 2011). Antonio Florio, I
Turchini. Valentina Varriale, soprano. I like this CD
even more than
"L'Adoratione de'Maggi". Both have exceptional recorded sound
and music of the highest quality, with a lovely
performance by Valentina Varriale. Veneziano's tenebrae
could easily be mistaken for works of an
Italian-influenced French composer.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel, Alessandro Scarlatti. Il Primo
Uomo - Arias for Nicolini. dhm 88697816252 (1 CD, March
2011).
Details. Dmitry Egorov, countertenor. Michael Schneider,
La Stagione Frankfurt. Excerpts from Scarlatti's
Tigrane & La caduta de' decemviri and
Handel's Rinaldo & Amadigi, plus
ballet music from Ariodante.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.C. Bach & Mozart. Concert
Arias. Brilliant Classics 94116 (1 CD, February
2011). Didier Talpain, Solamente Naturali. Hjördis
Thébault, soprano; Hiroko Kouda, soprano; Gustáv
Beláček, baritone. Includes: Bach -- "Ebben, si vada";
"Sentimi, non partir" & "Sventurata, in van mi legno".
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Sweelinck. Orgelwerke Vol. 1.
MDG (1 CD, April 2011). Harald Vogel, organ.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Violin Sonatas.
Sony (1 CD, May 2011). Julia Schröder & ensemble (photo).
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Legrenzi, Rosenmüller, Stradella.
Venise. Ambronay (1 CD, May 2011).
Details. Manfredo Kraemer, The Rare Fruits Council.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Pieter Bustijn (1649-1729).
Suittes pour le Clavessin. Brilliant Classics
94187 (1 CD, April 2011).
Details. Alessandro Simonetto, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Sammartini. Recorder concerto &
sonatas. Brilliant Classics 94157 (1 CD, April
2011). Stefano Bagliano, recorder & conductor. Collegium
Pro Musica.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Concertos pour clavecin.
Cyprès 1661 (1 CD, Feburary 2011). Béatrice Martin,
harpsichord. Patrick Cohën-Akenine, Les Folies
Françoises.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763).
The Late Keyboard Sonatas. Accent ACC
24228 (1 CD, February 2011). Luca Guglielmi,
"Cristofori" fortepiano and harpsichord by Kerstin
Schwarz.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Bernardo Storace (c. 1630 - after
1665). Harpsichord Music - Selections from Selva
di varie compositioni (Venice 1664). Naxos
8.572209 (1 CD, April 2011).
Details. Naoko Akutagawa, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Fux. Partite a 3.
Challenge Classics (1 CD, March 2011). Gunar Letzbor,
Ars Antiqua Austria.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Biber. Rosary (Mystery) Sonatas.
Dorian DSL-92127 (2 CDs, February 2011). Julia Wedman,
violin; Felix Deak, viola da gamba; Charlotte Nediger,
harpsichord & organ; Lucas Harris, lute; Julia Seager
Scott, harp.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Karel Blažej Kopřiva (1756-1785),
Stamitz, Vanhal. Musica fons aureus - Czech
organ concertos of the 18th Century. 2HP/Arta
(1 CD, March 2011). Jarosław Tuma, Hipocondria Ensemble.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Pietro Domenico Paradisi (1707-1791).
Sonate di gravicembalo. Concerto (2
CDs, March 2011). Filippo Emanuele Ravizza, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Bull, Byrd, Dowland, Farnaby, Gibbons,
Munday, Peerson, Richardson, Tomkins. A Cleare Day -
Pieces from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. Satirino
(1 CD, March 2011). Kenneth Weiss, virginals, Flemish &
Italian harpsichords.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Cello Suites.
Aparté (2 CDs, April 2011). Ophelie Gaillard, cello.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Keyboard Suites.
Ramée (1 CD, April 2011). Cristiano Holtz, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Sylvius Leopold Weiss. The
Dresden Manuscript - Music for Two Lutes. Pan
Classics (1 CD, April 2011). Robert Barto & Karl-Ernst
Schröder, lutes.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Buxtehude. Complete Organ Works vol.
3. Hyperion CDA 67855 (1 CD, March 2011).
Details /
Sleeve notes (pdf). Christopher Herrick, organ of
St-Louis-en-l'Île, Paris after Hildebrant.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Haydn. Symphonies 85 & 86.
Ludwig-August Lebrun (1752-1790). Oboe Concerto.
Ricercar (1 CD, January 2011). Guy van Waas, Les
Agrémens. Benoît Laurent, oboe.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Gabrieli, Merula, Bartolomiej Pekiel
(c.1610-c.1670), Francesco Usper (1560-1640).
Virgo prudentissima. K617 (1 CD, March 2011).
Concert review. Etienne Meyer, Les Traversées
baroques.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre.
Sonatas for violin & b.c. Ricercar
RIC 310 (1 CD, January 2011). Florence Malgoire, Les Dominos.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi. La Stravaganza - 12
concerti, Op. 4. Virgin 50999 5193002 8 (1 CD,
February 2011). Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Ignace Vitzthumb (1724-1816). Il
vous souvient de cette fête - Arrangements of opera
arias by Fridzeri, Gluck, Gossec, Grétry, Monsigny,
Philidor & Vachon. Musique en Wallonie MEW 1055 (1 CD,
January 2011).
Details. Guy Penson, harpsichord & fortepiano; Elise
Gäbele, soprano; Thibaut Lenaerts, tenor; Benoît Giaux,
bass; Caroline Bayet, violin; Marie Haag, violin;
Bernard Woltèche, cello. This is a well-organized and
recorded collection of 15 unknown arias and one famous
aria from Orphée by Gluck. It's an enjoyable concert of
gems from the lost world of opéra-comique.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Henry Du Mont (1610-1684). Pour les
dames religieuses.
Ricercar RIC 293 (1 CD, February 2011). Bruno Boterf, Choeur de
Chambre de Namur.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Henry Du Mont (1610-1684).
Loüez par des chansons nouvelles... Musique en
Wallonie MEW 1056 (1 CD, January 2011).
Details. Stephan Van Dyck, tenor & director, Musica
Favola. Anne Cambier, soprano; Marnix de Cat,
mezzo-soprano; Dirk Snellings, bass.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Blow, Byrd, Campion, Dowland, Hume,
Lawes, Purcell. Songs of an English Cavalier.
NCA (1 CD, January 2011). Kobie von Rensburg, tenor.
Wolfgang Katschner, Lautten Compagney.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Philipp Förtsch (1652-1732).
Ich freue mich im Herrn. Carus 83.363
(1 CD, January 2011). Rien Voskuilen, L'arpa festante.
Monika Mauch, soprano; Barbara Bübl, soprano; Alex
Potter, countertenor; Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor; Markus
Flaig, bass.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Hummel. Music for the Esterhazy
Family - Missa Solemnis, Te Deum, Alma Virgo.
Brilliant Classics 94115 (1 CD, January 2011). Didier
Talpain, Solamente Naturali, Chorus Alea. Andrea Cajová,
soprano; Zuzana Dunajcanová, contralto; Ondrej Saling,
tenor; Rastislav Uhlár, bass.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| André Campra (1660-1744). Messe
de Requiem & In convertendo. K617224 (1 CD,
February 2011).
Details. Olivier Schneebeli, Les Pages & Les Chantres du
Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles; Orchestre des
Musiques Anciennes à Venir. Robert
Getchell, haute-contre; Jean-François Novelli, tenor;
Marc Labonnette, baritone.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Motets BWV 226-230.
Harmonia Mundi (1 CD, March 2011). Marcus Creed,
Vocalconsort Berlin.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Zelenka. Trio Sonatas.
Label-Hérisson 05 (1 CD, February 2011). Pasticcio
Barocco.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Orgelbüchlein with
alternating Lutheran chorales on the organ.
Syrius (2 CDs, February 2011). Pierre Bardon, organ.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Carlo Graziani (1710-1787).
Sonate per violoncello e basso continuo. Arcana
(1 CD, March 2011). Gaetano Nasillo, cello; Sara
Bennici, cello; Luca Guglielmi, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi. The French Connection
2. Avie (1 CD, April 2011). Adrian Chandler, La
Serenissima.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Joan Baptista Pla (before 1728-1773) &
Joseph Pla (1728-1762). Oboe Concertos.
dhm 88697822162 (1 CD, February 2011).
Details. Afredo
Bernardini, Zefiro.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Georg Wilhelm Gruber (1729-1796).
Concerti per fortepiano. Pan Classics
PC 10234 (1 CD, January 2011). Arthur Schoonderwoerd,
fortepiano. Ensemble Cristofori.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Haydn. Songs & Cantatas.
Brilliant Classics 94204 (1 CD, February 2011). Emma
Kirkby, soprano; Marcia Hadjimarkos, fortepiano.
Includes Arianna a Naxos; The Wanderer; Piercing Eyes;
The Spirit’s Song; Fidelity; O Tuneful Voice; A Pastoral
Song; Recollection; The Battle of the Nile; She never
told her love.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Haydn. Arianna a Naxos / 12
Songs. ABC 4764233 (1 CD, February 2011).
Details. Jane Edwards, soprano. Geoffrey Lancaster,
fortepiano.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Dowland. Lute Songs. Zig-Zag
Territoires (1 CD, February 2011).
Details. Damien Guillon, countertenor; Eric Bellocq,
lute.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Benedetto Ferrari (1597-1681),
Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1639), Bellerofonte Castaldi
(1580-1649) & Girolamo Viviani. Amanti, Io vi sò
dire. Stradivarius STR 33883 (1 CD, March
2011).
Details. Peggy Bélanger, soprano; Michel Angers,
theorbo.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Monteverdi, de Rore, D'India, Willaert,
Gagliano, Marenzio, Giacomo. La letteratura
sonante - Italian madrigals. Arte dell'arco ADJ
029 (1 CD, May 2011). La Fonteverde. Midori Suzuki,
soprano; Mihoko Hoshikawa, soprano; Sumihito Uesugi,
countertenor; Yosuke Taniguchi, tenor; Chiyuki Urano,
bass; Yositaka Ogasawara, bass.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Cantatas for the complete
liturgical year, volume XII (of XX): "Warum betrübst du
dich, mein Hertz". Accent ACC 25312 (1 CD, January
2011). Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande. Gerlinde
Sämann, soprano; Petra Noskaiová, contralto; Christoph
Genz, tenor; Jan van der Crabben, bass. BWV 138, 27, 47,
96.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Forqueray. Suites de Clavecin.
Brilliant Classics 94106 (2 CDs, March 2011). Michael
Borgstede, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Gottlieb Graun & Carl Heinrich
Graun. Concerti. cpo (1 CD, February
2011). Petra Müllejans, Capella Academica Frankfurt.
Michael Schneider, recorder.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann. Concerti & Sonata a 4.
Brilliant Classics (1 CD, March 2011). Stefano Veggetti,
Ensemble Cordia.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann. Trios & Quartets.
cpo (1 CD, February 2011). Epoca Barocca.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann. Telemannia.
Proprius PRCD 2059 (1 CD, January 2011).
Details. Maria Lindal, REBaroque.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| C.P.E. Bach. Harpsichord
Concertos Wq 43:1-6. Harmonia Mundi (2 CDs,
April 2011). Andreas Staier, harpsichord. Freiburger
Barockorchester.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Balbastre. Pièces de Clavecin.
Chandos (1 CD, February 2011). Sophie Yates,
harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Gregorio Strozzi (1615-1687).
Capricci da Sonar Op. IV. Tactus TC 614401 (1
CD, February 2011).
Details. Elena Sartori, harpsichord & organ.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Die Kunst der Fuge
BWV 1080. Eloquentia (1 CD, March 2011). Consort Sit
Fast - Atsushi Sakaï, Isabelle Saint-Yves, Thomas De
Pierrefeu, & Joshua Cheatham, viols.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Die Kunst der Fuge
BWV 1080. Glossa GCDP 31510 (1 CD, January 2011).
Details. Fabio
Bonizzoni, harpsichord; Mariko Uchimura, harpsichord.
Fabio Bonizzoni
writes: "Die Kunst der Fuge for me is a
keyboard work, and therefore the harpsichord is the most
appropriate instrument, I believe. The work presents
several problems since no 'authentic' final stage of it
exists. I have decided to record a version quite close
to the first version of this work – as preserved in an
autograph manuscript – with a few additions involving
the presence of a second harpsichord which is playing in
two of the contrapunti."
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Die Kunst der Fuge
BWV 1080. Harmonia Mundi 902064 (1 CD, January 2011).
Details. Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Die Kunst der Fuge
BWV 1080. Raumklang 3004 (1 CD, January 2011).
Details. Peter Kofler, harpsichord by Karl August
Gräbner, Dresden 1782, & organ.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Christoph Graupner (1683-1760).
Fagott- und Violinkonzerte. Carus 83.443 (1 CD,
January 2011). Sergio Azzolini, bassoon; Friedemann
Wezel, violin; Christian Leitherer, chalumeau. Ensemble
Il Capriccio.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Barsanti, Bitti, Alessandro Marcello,
Domenico Scarlatti, Veracini. Piano e Forte -
Music at the Medici Court on Cristofori's early
pianoforte (c.1730). Glossa GCD 922504 (1 CD,
January 2011). Maria Cristina Kiehr, soprano; Edoardo
Torbianelli, fortepiano; Chiara Banchini, violin; Marc
Hantaï, traverso; Rebeka Rusò, viola da gamba; Daniele
Caminiti, theorbo & archlute.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| John Blow. Venus & Adonis
(London 1683). Wigmore Hall Live 0043 (1 CD, January
2011). Elizabeth Kenny, Theatre of the Ayre. Venus:
Sophie Daneman, soprano; Adonis: Roderick Williams,
baritone; Cupid: Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano. I prefer
Pickett's recording with Catherine Bott to Jacobs's
recording with Rosemary Joshua.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi. 4 Seasons of Love.
Stradivarius STR 33883 (1 CD, March 2011).
Details. Davide Monti, violin; Alberto Rasi, cello &
director, Il Tempio Armonico.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Frescobaldi. The Twelve
Toccatas - Toccate e Partite (Rome 1615). sfz
music 0110 (1 CD, January 2011).
Details. Christopher Stembridge, harpsichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Gottfried Finger (c.1660-1730).
Furiosa: Virtuoso Music for Two Bass Viols. Pan
Classics PC 10228 (1 CD, January 2011). Jessica Horsley
& David Hatcher, bass viols.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Roland Marais (c.1685-c.1750).
Pièces de Viole - Livre II (1738). Accent ACC
24229 (1 CD, January 2011). Petr Wagner, bass viol,
Ensemble Tourbillon.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| J.S. Bach. Cantatas BWV 51 & 199 and
Arias. Harmonia Mundi (1 CD, February 2011).
Elizabeth Watts, soprano. Harry Bicket, The English
Concert.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652).
Miserere & the Music of Rome. Hyperion CDA
67860 (1 CD, February 2011).
Details /
Liner notes (pdf). Andrew Carwood, The Cardinall's
Musick.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Il Trionfo del Temp e
del Disinganno. (HWV 46a, Rome 1707). Wigmore
Hall Live 0042/2 (2 CDs, January 2011).
Review. Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company.
Bellezza: Lucy Crowe, soprano; Piacere: Anna Stéphany,
soprano; Disinganno: Hilary Summers, contralto; Tempo:
Andrew Staples, tenor.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731).
Trauermusik. Harmonia Mundi (1 CD, February
2011). Hans-Christoph Rademann, Akademie für Alte Musik
Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor. Anna Prohaska, soprano; Ivonne
Fuchs, contralto; Maximilian Schmitt, tenor; Andreas
Wolf, bass.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Francesco Cavalli. La Didone.
Dynamic CDS 537 (2 CDs, January 2011). Audio track from the 2007
DVD (modern production). Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante.
Didone: Claron McFadden, soprano; Enea: Magnus
Staveland, tenor; Iarba / Corebo: Jordi Domènech,
countertenor; Cassandra / Guinone / Damigella: Manuella
Custer, mezzo-soprano; Ecuba / Mercurio / Ilioneo:
Marina De Liso, mezzo-soprano.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Rameau. Les Surprises de
l'Amour - opera transcriptions by Ludwig
Christian Hesse (1716-1772). Alpha (1 CD,
January 2011).
Details (pdf) /
Score. Ensemble a Deux Violes Esgales. Monique
Zanetti, soprano; Stephan Macleod, baritone; Jonathan
Dunford, bass viol; Sylvia Abramowicz, bass viol; Pierre
Trocellier, harpsichord. This manuscript, discovered by
Jonathan Dunford in Berlin in 2007, includes previously
unknown movements added by Rameau in later performances.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Draghi, Purcell, Matteis, Croft,
Weldon, Handel, Pepusch, Haym. Musical London
c.1700. Chandos CHAN 0776 (1 CD, January 2011).
Philippa Hyde, soprano. Peter Holman, The Parley of
Instruments.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756).
Abramo vincitore de' propri affetti
(Bologna 1683). Bongiovanni GB 2451-2 (1 CD, January
2011). Gioele Gusberti, Ensemble Il Continuo. Laura
Antonaz, soprano; Elena Biscuola, mezzo-soprano; Gastone
Sarti, bass.
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| Handel. Cleopatra - Arias from
Giulio Cesare. Virgin 50999 907872 5 (1 CD, January 2011).
Details. Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée.
Natalie Dessay, soprano; Sonia Prina, contralto; Stephen
Wallace, countertenor. Includes the first recording to
my knowledge of the lovely siciliana "Troppo crudeli
siete" (audio),
which Handel replaced with "Piangerò la sorte mia"
before the first performance. He reworked the aria into
"Se non mi vuol amar" in Tamerlano.
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Monteverdi. Vespro della beata
vergine (1610). Virgin (2 CDs, January 2011).
Christina Pluhar, L'Arpeggiata. Núria Rial, soprano;
Miriam Allan, soprano; Luciana Mancini, mezzo-soprano;
Pascal Bertin, countertenor; João Fernandes, tenor;
Fulvio Bettini, baritone. Of the recordings of
the Monteverdi Vespers I've heard, Alessandrini's is my
favorite.
Standard edition:
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Deluxe edition:
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| Monteverdi. Vespro della beata
vergine (1610). Signum SIGCD 237 (2 CDs, January
2011). Robert Howarth, OAE.
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| Baroque Dance Unmasked -
Workshop to Performance. Dancetime Publications
(DVD, January 2011).
Details. Catherine Turocy, New York Baroque Dance
Company.
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UK |
CA |
JP |
| Fontana, Frescobaldi, Virgiliano,
Storace, Rognoni, Turini, Merula, Selma y Salaverde.
Per Flauto. MDG (1 CD, January 2011). Ganassi
Consort Köln.
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UK |
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| Franz Benda (1709-1786).
Flötenkonzerte. Christophorus CHR 77342 (1 CD,
January 2011). Laurence Dean, traverso. Hannoversche
Hofkapelle.
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| W.F. Bach. Kammermusik. NCA (1
CD, January 2011). Ensemble Sans Souci Berlin.
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UK |
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| Gaetano Meneghetti (17th & 18th
Centuries) & Giovanni Meneghetti (1730-1794).
Sonate e Concerti per violino. Tactus TC
731302 (1 CD, February 2011).
Details. Giovanni Guglielmo, violin. Enrico
Zanovello, Archicembalo Ensemble.
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| Marais. La voix de la viole.
Brilliant Classics (1 CD, February 2011). La Bellemont.
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| J.S. Bach. Suites for Orchestra.
Fuga Libera FUG 580 (2 CDs, February 2011). Paul Dombrecht, Il
Fondamento. This apparently is the first OVPP recording
of the Bach suites, hopefully with a tastefully
ornamented "air". My favorite recording thus far is
Monica Huggett's of a reconstruction of hypothetical
orginal Köthen versions on Avie, with a bit more than
OVPP, but no flute, trumpets or drums.
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| Vivaldi. Sonate a tre. Brilliant
Classics (1 CD, February 2011). Lorenzo Cavasanti &
Manuel Staropoli, recorders; Linda Murgia, cello;
Claudia Ferrero, harpsichord; Ugo Nastrucci, theorbo.
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| Johann Friedrich Meister (1638-1697).
Il Giardino del Piacere - 12 suites. Berlin
Classics BC 0016742 (1 CD, February 2011). Reinhard
Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln - their last recording.
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UK |
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| Haydn. Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3, 4
& 11. Brilliant Classics (1 CD, February 2011).
Jolanda Violante, fortepiano. Federico Guglielmo, L'Arte
dell' Arco.
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| J.S. Bach. Complete Sonatas &
Partitas for Solo Violin. Linn CDK 366 (2 CDs,
January 2011).
Details. Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin.
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| J.S. Bach. Partiten für Violine
Solo. Berlin Classics (1 CD, January 2011). Midori
Seiler, violin.
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| Geminiani. Pièces de Clavecin.
early-music.com (1 CD, January 2011). Hank Knox,
harpsichord.
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| Alessandro Scarlatti, Albinoni,
Vivaldi, Torelli. La Geniale - Sinfonias & Concertos.
Atma (1 CD, January 2011). Francis Colpron, Les
Boréades.
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| Buxtehude. Opera Omnia 13: Chamber
Music 2. Challenge Classics (1 CD, February 2011).
Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.
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| Scheidemann, Böhm, Weckmann, Reincken,
J. & H. Praetorius. St. Jacobi Hamburg - Arp
Schnitger Orgel. Organ ORG 7236-2 (1 CD,
January 2011). Jens Wollenschläger, organ.
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| Marais, François Couperin, Hotteterre,
Chedeville. French Baroque - Versailles
1700-1740. dhm (1 CD, January 2011). Dorothee
Oberlinger, recorder. Ensemble 1700.
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| J.S. Bach. Concerts avec
plusiers instruments V. Alpha (1 CD,
January 2011). Café Zimmermann.
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New Releases in 2009
Reissues of Particular Interest
| Provenzale et al. Il Canto
della Sirena. Glossa GCD 922603 (3 CDs,
November 2011, 1991-96).
Details. Reissue of Symphonia SY91S09, SY94S29, &
SY96147, Cantate napoletane dell’eta barocca, vols. 1-3.
Pino De Vittorio, tenor. Antonio Florio, I Turchini.
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Cavalli. Vespro della beata Vergine. Glossa
- originally issued by Harmonia Mundi (2 CDs, 1995, January
2012). Bruce Dickey, Concerto Palatino. This was my favorite
Cavalli recording prior to the release of Cavina's Artemisia.
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JP
Handel. Lotario. dhm (August 2011). Curtis.
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JP
Handel. Amadigi di Gaula. Warner Classics
(1991, 2011). Minkowski.
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JP Handel, Alessandro. dhm (1985,
2011). S. Kuijken. (A new recording by George Petrou will be his
first opera on DG, and Max Emanuel Cencic will sing in another
new recording on Decca.)
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Hasse. Cleofide. Capriccio
7080 (4 CDs, 1987, 2011). The original edition included a
facsimile Italian/German libretto and an English translation in
a separate 32-page booklet. The good news: The reissue comes
with a typeset Italian/German libretto. The bad news: Capriccio
made a few Euros by omitting the English translation. Perhaps
someone will post the English booklet on one of the torrent
sites for English speakers who bought the reissue.
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In the Studio / Forthcoming CDs
| Reinhard Keiser. Brockes Passion
(1712, Copenhagen version 1721). (2 CDs, Forthcoming).
Details (pdf). Peter Van Heyghen, Les Muffatti & Vox
Luminis. New edition published by
Edition Musica Poetica
based on a Copenhagen manuscript probably related to a
performance in Copenhagen in 1721. Performance in Antwerp on 12
March 2012.
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| Il viaggio di Faustina.
Glossa, to be recorded in May 2012. Antonio Florio, I Turcini.
Roberta Invernizzi, soprano. Arias for Faustina Bordoni by
Bononcini, Hasse, Porpora, Mancini & Vinci. |
| Il Tesoro di San Gennaro.
Glossa, to be recorded in March 2012. Antonio Florio, I Turcini.
Music of Fago, A. & D. Scarlatti, Caresana & Veneziano. SSATTB. |
| Hasse. Didone Abbandonata. Naxos
(forthcoming 2012). Live recording of the March 2011
production in Munich. Michael Hofstetter, Hofkapelle
München. Didone: Theresa Holzhauser, mezzo-soprano;
Selene: Magdalena Hinterdobler, soprano; Araspe: Maria
Celeng, soprano; Iarba: Valer Barna-Sabadus,
countertenor; Enea: Flavio Ferri-Benedetti,
countertenor; Osmida: Andreas Burkhart, baritone. |
| Hasse. Romolo ed Ersilia.
Alpha (forthcoming 2012). Attilio Cremonesi, Café
Zimmermann, ChorWerk Ruhr. Romolo: Marina de Liso,
mezzo-soprano; Ersilia: Rosanna Savoia, soprano;
Valeria: Robin Johannsen, soprano; Ostilio: Netta Or,
soprano; Acronte: Paola Gardina, mezzo-soprano; Curzio:
Johannes Chum, tenor. |
| Vivaldi. L'Oracolo in Messenia. (RV
726, Venice 1738). Virgin Classics (To be recorded in January
2012).
Video /
List of movements with origins (scroll down). Recreated by Fabio Biondi as a pasticcio including
arias by Giacomelli, Broschi and Hasse based on a printed
libretto of the 1742 Vienna performance recently discovered in
the Library of Congress. Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante.
Polifonte: Magnus Staveland, tenor; Merope: Ann Hallenberg,
mezzo-soprano; Epitide: Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano; Emira:
Romina Basso, contralto; Trasimede: Julia Lezhneva,
mezzo-soprano; Licisco: Franzisca Gottwald, soprano; Anassandro:
Xavier Sabata, countertenor. |
| Antoine Dauvergne (1713-1797). Hercule Mourant
(Tragédie lyrique, Paris 1761).
Aparté (2 CDs, October 2012).
Review / Livret.
Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques. Hercule: Andrew
Foster-Williams, bass; Déjanire: Véronique Gens, soprano; Hilus:
Emiliano Gonzalez-Toro, tenor; Philoctète: Edwin Crossley-Mercer, bass;
Dircé: Jaël Azzaretti, soprano; Iole: Julie Fuchs, soprano; Juno:
Jennifer Borghi, mezzo-soprano; La Jalousie: Alain Buet, bass; Le
Grand-Prêtre de Jupiter: Romain Champion, tenor. |
| Antoine Dauvergne (1713-1797). La Vénitienne
(Comédie lyrique, Paris 1768). Ricercar, forthcoming Autumn 2012.
Details
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Video /
Video /
MP3 of the 17 November 2011 broadcast. Guy van Waas, Les Agrémens,
Choeur de Chambre de Namur. Léonore: Katia Vellétaz, soprano; Isabelle:
Chantal Santon, soprano; Spinette: Kareen Durand, soprano; Isménide:
Isabelle Cals, mezzo-soprano; Octave: Mathias Vidal, tenor; Zerbin:
Alain Buet, baritone. |
| Leonardo Vinci. Artaserse
(Rome, 1730). Virgin.
Forthcoming 2012. Diego Fasolis, Concerto
Köln. Artaserse: Philippe Jaroussky,
countertenor; Mandane: Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor;
Arbace: Franco Fagioli, countertenor; Semira: Valer
Barna-Sabadus, countertenor; Artabano: Daniel Behle,
tenor. The production will go on tour to Nancy,
Lausanne, Luxembourg, Paris & Cologne in
November-December 2012.
Details. |
| J.C. Bach. Amadis de Gaule
(Paris 1779). Brilliant Classics? (forthcoming).
Details. Didier Talpain, Solamente Naturali, Musica
Florea. Amadis: Philippe Do, tenor; Oriane: Katia
Velletz, soprano; Arcalaüs: Pierre-Yves Pruvot,
baritone; Arcabonne: Hjördis Thébault, soprano; Urgande
/ Une Coryphée: Liliana Faraon, soprano. |
| Handel. Giove in Argo (Self pasticcio
opera, HWV A14, London 1739). Recorded in Spring 2010. Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco.
Calisto: Karina Gauvin, soprano; Iside:
Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano; Diana: Theodora Baka, soprano;
Arete (Giove): Topi Lehtipuu, tenor; Osiris (Erosto): Vito Priante, bass;
Licaone: Gianluca Buratto, bass. Reconstructed by John Roberts, who
discovered the two "lost" arias by Francesco Araja, as reported
in his article "The Story of Imeneo" in the 2001 Händel-Jahrbuch.
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Handel.
Alessandro. (HWV 21, London 1726). DG-Archiv.
Forthcoming 2012-13. George Petrou, Athens Camerata. |
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Handel.
Alessandro. (HWV 21, London 1726). Decca. Forthcoming
2013. Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor. |
| Gluck. Le Cinesi (Serenata, Schlosshof
1754, Vienna 1755). Virgin Classics. Forthcoming. Alan
Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco. Tangia: Ann Hallenberg,
mezzo-soprano. Silango: Topi Lehtipuu, tenor. See Heartz, Haydn, Mozart, etc. pp. 152-3
for his translation of Dittersdorf's detailed description of the
staging. |
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Handel. Giulio Cesare in Egitto. (HWV 17, London 1724).
Forthcoming. Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco. Cast in Vienna
performance, November 2011: Giulio Cesare: Marie-Nicole Lemieux,
mezzo-soprano; Cleopatra: Karina Gauvin, soprano;
Sesto: Julia Leznheva, mezzo-soprano; Cornelia: Romina Basso, mezzo-soprano; Tolomeo:
Varduhi Abrahamyan, mezzo-soprano; Achilla:
Johannes Meisser, baritone; Curio: Gianluca Buratto, bass; Nireno:
Milena Storti, mezzo-soprano. |
| Antonio Mazzoni (1717-1785). Antigono
(Lisbon 1755). CD & DVD forthcoming. Enrico Onofri,
Divino Sospiro. Berenice: Geraldine McGreevy, soprano;
Ismene: Ana Quintans, soprano; Demetrio: Pamela
Lucciarini, soprano; Clearco: Maria Hinojosa Montenegro,
soprano; Alessandro: Martín Oro, countertenor; Antigono:
Michael Spyres, tenor. This was the last opera performed
in Lisbon before an earthquake and tsunami destroyed the
city.
Gaetano Guadagni was the original Alessandro.
Details on 21-22 January 2012 performances in Lisbon.
There is an outstanding recording of Mazzoni's Il Ré
Pastore (Aminta) (Madrid 1756) by Juan
Bautista Otero et al. |
| David Pérez (1711-1778). Solimano
(Lisbon 1757 & Cádiz 1768). RCOC. Forthcoming.
Details
(pdf). Juan Bautista Otero, Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara
(RCOC). Solimano: Thomas Randall or Anders J. Dahlin, tenor;
Perane: Patricia Petibon or Aleksandrina Pendatchanska, soprano;
Selimo: Stéphanie d'Oustrac or Monica Bacelli, mezzo-soprano;
Barsina: Sunhae Im or Sophie Karthäuser. soprano; Zanghire:
Verónica Cangemi, soprano; Osmino: Magnus Staveland, tenor. |
| Porpora. Gli Orti Esperidi
(Naples 1721). RCOC. Forthcoming.
Details
(pdf). Juan Bautista Otero, Real Compañía Ópera de Cámara
(RCOC). Venere: Verónica Cangemi, soprano; Adonis: Sunhae Im,
soprano; Marte: Anders J. Dahlin, tenor; Egle: Barbara
Staskiewicz, mezzo-soprano; Palemone: Robin Johannsen, soprano. |
| Alessandro Scarlatti. Penelope
La Casta (Naples 1696). Forthcoming.
Details (pdf). Wolfgang Katschner, Lautten
Compagney. Penelope: Dorothee Mields, soprano; Ulisse:
Kobie van Rensburg, tenor; Elvida: Cécile van de Sant,
mezzo-soprano; Lutezio: Owen Willetts, countertenor;
Gismondo: Yosemeh Adjei, countertenor; Orimante: James
Elliott, tenor; Gildo: Florian Götz, baritone; Arienne:
Bele Kumberger, soprano; Matteo Sassano: Henning Kaiser,
tenor. |
| Alessandro Scarlatti. Didone
delirante (Naples 1696). Forthcoming.
Details.
Wolfgang Katschner, Lautten Compagney. Enea: Anne
Dietzmann, mezzo-soprano; Acate: Anne Schneider,
soprano; Didone: Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano; Anna:
Katharina Boschmann, soprano; Frullo: Matthias Vieweg,
bass; Creuso: Yosemeh Adjel, countertenor; Sicambre:
Susanne Langbein, soprano. |
| Jean-Philippe Rameau. Naïs. Opéra pour
la Paix, 1749. Musique à la Chabotterie. (Forthcoming 2012). Hugo Reyne, La Simphonie du Marais. Naïs: Mireille
Delunsch, soprano; Une Bergère: Dorothée Leclair, soprano; Neptune: Jean-Paul Fouchéchourt,
haute-contre; Astérion: Matthias Vidal, tenor; Télénus: Arnaud
Marzorati, baritone; Tirésie: Alain Buet, bass; Palémon:
Matthieu Helm, bass. |
| Handel. Acis & Galatea (1732
expanded, bilingual version). In the planning stages. Acis
(originally Senesino): Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor. |
| Alessandro Melani. Gli Amori di Lidia e di
Clori (1682). Chandos Chaconne (4 CDs, 2012?). Estevan Velardi, Alessandro Stradella Consort. Clori:
Anna Chierichetti, soprano; Lidia: Lavinia Bertotti, soprano;
Eurillo: Gianluca Belfiori Doro, countertenor; Rosauro: Gianluca
Buratto, bass. |
| Alessandro Stradella. Doriclea (1686).
(4 CDs, forthcoming 2013?). Estevan Velardi, Alessandro
Stradella Consort. Rosita Frisani, soprano; Cristina Jannicola,
mezzo-soprano; Linda Campanella, soprano; Gianluca Belfiori
Doro, countertenor; Carlo Putelli, tenor; Vito Priante, bass. |
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
A note about web browsers.
ORF and Philips included opera libretto files on
multi-session CDs, a now obsolete technology. The non-audio
files can't be opened in Windows 7 x64 Explorer, but you can
open and extract them with the free version of
IsoBuster.
"If one is to believe the historians of the
seventeenth century, stage directors did not yet
exist. What a fortunate age! One could attend an
opera without having to close one's eyes. One
could take delight in it, listen to it and watch
it at the same time, without feeling welling up
within oneself, scene by scene,
crescendo, rinforzando, that dull anger which is very bad for one's peace of mind." Philippe Beaussant
(La Monde de la Musique, April 2005), English translation in "Vivaldi in Scena: Thoughts on the Revival of Vivaldi's Operas" by Frédéric Delaméa in Vivaldi, Motezuma and the Opera Seria, Michael Talbot (ed.)
at 171-2 (Brepols 2008).
I'm still waiting for even one of the many conductors of
baroque Italian opera performances with organ, guitar, or harp
continuo to cite one solitary source in support of an obnoxious
fad. At one time, scholars were prominent in the historical
performance movement, but increasingly they have been replaced
by copycats and greedy salesmen.
http://www.newolde.com
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Handel.
Il Pastor Fido - First version, HWV 8a, London
1712. Harmonia Mundi (2 CDs, March 2012).
Video of recording session in the historic Temple
Church, London. David Bates,
La
Nuova Musica. Amarilli: Lucy Crowe, soprano;
Mirtillo: Anna Dennis, soprano; Eurilla: Katherine
Manley, soprano; Silvio: Clint Van Der Linde,
countertenor; Dorinda: Madeleine Shaw, mezzo-soprano;
Tireno: Lisandro Abadie, baritone. Handel's Italian pastoral was a flop in London as a
followup to his herioc and bombastic Rinaldo. A
critic wrote: "The Scene represented only ye
Country of Arcadia. ye Habits were old. -- ye Opera
Short." The first version of Il Pastor Fido has
little in common musically with the elaborate 1734 third
version, an opera-ballet, the only version recorded
previously.
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Domenico Mazzocchi (1592-1665). La catena d'Adone (Rome
1626).
Alpha (2 CDs, January 2012). Video.
Nicholas Achten, baritone, archlute, harp, harpsichord, director, Scherzi Musicali. Merel Elishevah
Kreigsman, soprano; Catherine Lybaert, soprano; Marie de Roy, soprano;
Luciana Mancini, mezzo-soprano; Reinoud Van Mechelen, tenor; Dávid Szigetvári,
tenor; Olivier Berten, baritone.
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DE
Pergolesi. L'Olimpiade
(Rome 1735). dhm 88697807712 (3 CDs, June 2011). Alessandro De
Marchi, Academia Montis Regalis. Megacle: Olga
Pasichnyk, soprano; Aristea: Raffaela Milanesi, soprano;
Licida: Jennifer Rivera, mezzo-soprano; Argene: Ann-Beth
Solvang, mezzo-soprano; Alcandro: Martín Oro,
countertenor; Clistene: Jeffrey Francis, tenor; Aminta:
Markus Brutscher, tenor.
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