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Telemann. Der geduldige Socrates. Amherst Early
Music Festival. Historically-informed staging with student
singers, dancers and orchestra. Drew Minter, director; Avi
Stein, music director; Dorothy Olsen and Kaspar D. Mainz, dance
directors; Ronnie Snader, costumes. Connecticut College, New
London, CT. 13 July 2012, 8:00 pm.
Details.
I'm increasingly frustrated by the failure of the "historic
performance" industry to embrace authentic brass instruments.
More than 30 years after
Don
Smithers's dispute with the Teldec Bach Cantatas project,
most early music conductors continue either not to care, or to
prefer the predictable though audibly inferior sound of the
holed, modern "baroque" trumpet, to the authentic, holeless
natural trumpet with a large, historical mouthpiece. The
standard of natural trumpet playing is now very high, as you
can hear, for example, on Sigiswald Kuijken's recent recording of
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 with
Jean-François Madeuf. Unfortunately, few trumpeters even
bother to try to perfect performance on holeless instruments,
and the almost universally ignorant reviewers typically
criticize what they perceive to be the imperfect sound of an
authentic instrument.
New Releases
2011 Releases
| J.C. Bach. Amadis de Gaule
(Paris 1779). Glossa (2 CDs, May 2012).
Details. Didier Talpain, Solamente Naturali, Musica
Florea. Amadis: Philippe Do, tenor; Oriane: Katia
Velletaz, soprano; Arcalaüs: Pierre-Yves Pruvot,
baritone; Arcabonne: Hjördis Thébault, soprano; Urgande
/ Une Coryphée: Liliana Faraon, soprano.
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| Handel. Atalanta. (HWV 35,
London 1736). Magnatune (2 CDs, June 2006), reissued on
Philharmonia Baroque (2 CDs, April 2012).
Details. Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque
Orchestra. Atalanta: Dominique Labelle, soprano;
Meleagro: Susanne Rydén, soprano; Irene: Cécile van de
Sant, mezzo-soprano; Aminta: Michael Slattery, tenor;
Nicandro: Philip Cutlip, bass; Mercurio: Corey McKern,
bass.
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| Handel. Theodora (HWV
68, 1750). Glyndebourne GFOCD 014-96 (3 CDs, May 2012,
live recording from 1996). William Christie, OAE.
Theodora: Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Irene: Lorraine Hunt,
mezzo-soprano; Didymus: David Daniels, countertenor;
Septimius: Richard Croft, tenor; Valens: Frode Osen,
bass.
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DE |
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| Caldara, Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Leo, Galuppi, Perez,
Hasse, Traetta, Jommelli, Piccinni, Gassman, Mysliveček,
Sarti,
Cherubini, Cimarosa & Paisiello. L'Olimpiade
(pasticcio). Naïve (2 CDs, May 2012).
Details with list of arias (pdf) /
Video from the recording sessions. Markellos
Chryssicos,
Venice Baroque Orchestra. Argene: Karina Gauvin, soprano;
Aristea: Ruth
Rosique, soprano; Megacle: Romina Basso, mezzo-soprano;
Licida: Franziska Gottwald, mezzo-soprano; Aminta:
Nicholas Spanos, countertenor; Clistene: Nicholas Phan,
tenor. Compiled from the
respective composers' operas on Metastasio's great
Olimpiade libretto. Upcoming performances: London,
28 May; Dijon, 30 May; Brussels, 4 June; Parigi, 6 June;
Siena, 14 July; Rome, 19 October. Collegium 1704 will
perform and hopefully record Mysliveček's
L'Olimpiade in 2013.
Details.
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| Telemann. Flavius Bertaridus,
König der Langobarden TWV 21:27 (Hamburg 1729).
dhm 0886919260526 (3 CDs, June 2012). Alessandro De
Marchi, Academia Montis Regalis. Flavius Bertaridus: Maîte Beaumont,
mezzo-soprano; Rodelinda: Nina Bernsteiner, soprano;
Onulfus: David D.Q.
Lee, countertenor; Flavia: Ann-Beth Solvang, mezzo-soprano;
Grimoaldus: Antonio Abete, bass; Orontes: Jürgen Sacher, tenor;
Cunibert: Katerina
Tretyakova, soprano; Regimbert / Schutzgeist: Melissa Petit, soprano.
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| Monteverdi. Il ritorno di
Ulisse in patria (Venice 1640). Glossa (3 CDs, May 2012).
Claudio Cavina, La Venexiana. Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani,
tenor; Josè Maria Lo Monaco, contralto; Roberta Mameli,
soprano; Makoto Sakurada, tenor; Francesca Lombardi,
soprano; Paolo Antognetti, tenor; Marta Fumagalli,
mezzo-soprano; Gian Luca Zoccatelli, tenor; Marco Bussi,
bass.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
 Gluck. Il Trionfo di Clelia
(Bologna 1763). MDG 609 1733-2 (3 CDs, March
2012).
Video. Giuseppe Sigismondi de Risio, Armonia Atenea.
Clelia: Hélène Le Corre, soprano; Orazio: Mary-Ellen Nesi,
mezzo-soprano; Tarquinio: Irini Karaianni, mezzo-soprano;
Larissa: Burçu
Uyar, soprano; Porsenna: Vassilis Kavayias, tenor;
Mannio: Florin Cesar
Ouatou, countertenor.
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| Handel. Esther. (Cannons
version, HWV 50a, London 1720). Linn CKD 397 (2 CDs,
April 2012).
Video /
Details. John Butt, Dunedin Consort. Esther: Susan
Hamilton, soprano; Robin Blaze, countertenor; Thomas
Hobbs, tenor; James Gilchrist, tenor; Nicholas Mulroy,
tenor; Haman: Matthew Brook, bass.
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| Handel. Alceste. (HWV 45, London
1750). Chandos (1 CD, May 2012). Christian Curnyn, Early
Opera Company. Lucy Crowe, soprano; Benjamin Hulett,
tenor; Andrew Foster Williams, bass.
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JP |
 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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| Alessandro Stradella. La Susanna
(1681). Brilliant Classics 94345 (2 CDs, April 2012).
Claudio Astronico, Harmonices Mundi. Susanna: Gemma
Bertagnoli, soprano; Daniele: Isabel Álvarez, soprano;
Testo: Martín Oro, countertenor; Secondo Giudice: Mirko
Guadagnini, tenor; Primo Giudice: Sergio Foresti, bass.
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| Benedetto Marcello. Duetti. ORF (1 CD,
May 2012).
Silvia Frigato, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto. Game di Legno
Consort.
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| Domenico Gabrielli (1651/9?-1690).
Cantate. Stradivarius STR 33878 (1 CD,
June 2012).
Details. Emanuela Galli, soprano. Sistite Sidera.
Davide Pozzi, harpsichord & organ; Gabriele Palomba,
theorbo; Marco Testori, cello.
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| Johann Christian Schieferdecker (1679-1732).
Geistliche Konzerte. Carus 83.398 (1 CD, May
2012).
Carus's new player cycles through excerpts of all the
tracks of this fine recording. Klaus Mertens,
baritone; Jan Kobow, tenor. Simone Eckert, Hamburger
Ratsmusik. Schieferdecker succeeded Buxtehude in Lübeck,
marrying his daughter as a condition of employment.
Unfortunately, the music of Schieferdecker's operas for
Leipzig, Weissenfels and Hamburg and his oratorios for
Lübeck has been lost.
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FR |
DE |
CA |
| Andrzej Siewiński (c.1725). Requiem.
Dux 0859 (1 CD, April 2012).
Details. Anna Szostak, Parnassos, Camerata Silesia.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
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| Christopher Gibbons (1615-1676). Motets, Anthems, Fantasias
& Voluntaries. Harmonia Mundi (1 CD, August 2012).
Richard Egarr, Academy of Ancient Music.
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FR |
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| Handel, Hasse, Smith, Arne, Gluck,
Guadagni. Arias for Guadagni - The First Modern
Castrato. Hyperion CDA 67924 (1 CD, May 2012).
Details. Iestyn Davies, countertenor. Jonathan
Cohen, Arcangelo.
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UK |
FR |
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| Vivaldi. New Discoveries II. Naïve
Vivaldi Edition (1 CD, June 2012). Ann Hallenberg,
mezzo-soprano. Federico Maria Sardelli, Modo Antiquo.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi. Opera Arias. Glossa
(1 CD, May 2012). Roberta Invernizzi, soprano. Fabio Bonizzoni, La
Risonanza.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Alessandro Scarlatti.
L'Olimpia, L'Arianna, Su le sponde del Tebro.
cpo (1 CD, May 2012). Adriana Fernández, soprano.
Marcello Di Lisa, Concerto de' Cavalieri.
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FR |
DE |
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| M.-A. Charpentier. Leçons de
Ténèbres. Alpha (1 CD, June 2012). Stephan
Macleod, baritone. Alexis Kossenko, Arte dei Suonatori.
UK |
FR |
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| Schütz. Psaumes de David.
K.617 (1 CD, May 2012). Benoît Haller, La Chapelle
Rhename.
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UK |
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| Telemann. Cantatas. Hänssler (1
CD, February 2012). Ulrich Stölzel, Collegium vocale
Siegen, Hannoversche Hofkapelle. Stefanie Wüst, soprano;
Angela Froemer, contralto; Georg Poplutz, tenor; Jens
Hamann, bass.
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UK |
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DE |
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| J.S. Bach, J. Christoph Bach, Georg Böhm.
Mein Freund ist Mein - Cantatas & Motets.
Challenge Classics (1 CD, May 2012).
Video. Leonardo García Alarcón, Ensemble Clematis.
Mariana Flores, soprano; Capucine Keller, soprano;
Paulin Bündgen, countertenor; Fernando Guimarães, tenor;
Christian Immler, baritone.
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| Thomas-Louis Bourgeois (1676-1751).
Les Sirènes - Cantates. Carus 83.374 (1
CD, April 2012).
Details. Carolyn Sampson, soprano. Anne-Catherine
Bucher, Le Concert Lorrain.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
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| Handel. Handel with Care - Opera and
Oratorio Arias. dhm 88697526952 (1 CD, September 2012). Wolfgang Katschner,
Lautten Compagney.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
 Handel & Caldara. Carmelite
Vespers 1709. dhm 88691926042 (2 CDs, 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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DE |
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| Leonardo Vinci (1690-1730).
Fileno - Soprano Cantatas. Pan Classics (1 CD,
April 2012). Emanuela Galli, soprano; Francesca
Cassinari, soprano. Stefano Aresi, Stile Galante.
Includes "Fille, tu parti", a cantata by Alessandro
Scarlatti formerly attributed to Vinci.
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| Fux. Kaiser Requiem.
dhm 88697959972 (1 CD, April 2012).
Details (pdf). Roland Wilson, Musica Fiata. Monika
Mauch, soprano; Constanze Backes, soprano; Alexander
Schneider, countertenor; Markus Brutscher, tenor; Harry
van der Kamp, bass.
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UK |
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DE |
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| J.S. Bach. Johannes-Passion BWV 245.
Challenge Classics CC 72545 (2 CDs, March 2012). Details.
Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
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| Pergolesi. Stabat Mater, Laudate Pueri.
Oehms Classics (1 CD, March 2012). Valer Barna-Sabadus,
sopranist; Terry Wey, countertenor. Michael Hofstetter,
Neumeyer Consort, Ensemble Barock Vokal der HfM Mainz.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
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| J.S. Bach. Cantatas BWV 46 &
102; Zelenka. Lamentationes pro die Mercurii
sancto. Passacaille (1 CD, April 2012). Marcel
Ponseele, Il Gardellino. Damien Guillon, countertenor;
Marcus Ullmann, tenor; Lieven Termont, bass.
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FR |
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| Giovanni Gabrieli, Viadana, Barbarino,
Palestrina. Italian Vespers 1612. Decca
28947835066 (1 CD, May 2012).
Video. Robert Hollingworth, I Fagiolini, De
Profundis. Includes a reconstruction by Hugh Keyte of
Gabrieli's 7-choir Magnificat.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Bernhard Joachim Hagen (1720-1787). The Augsburg
Manuscript - Music for Lute. Pan Classics PC 10267 (1 CD, April 2012).
Details. Robert Barto, lute.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566).
Complete Tientos and Variations. Naxos
8.572475-76 (2 CDs, May 2012). Glen Wilson, harpsichord.
UK |
DE |
CA |
| Graupner. Chalumeaux Concertos,
Ouvertures & Sonatas. Challenge Classics (1 CD,
May 2012). Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria.
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| Quantz. Flute Concertos.
Accent (1 CD, June 2012). Frank Theuns, traverso. Les
Buffardins.
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FR |
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| Vivaldi. La Cetra (Op. 9) - 12
violin concertos. Channel Classics CCS SA 33412
(2 CDs, May 2012). Rachel Podger, Holland Baroque
Society.
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UK |
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DE |
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| Domenico Scarlatti. Clavecin
Migliai 1763. Intégral (1 CD, March 2012).
Details. Aline D'Ambricourt, harpsichord.
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| Domenico Scarlatti. Sonatas.
Metronome METCD 1087 (1 CD, March 2012).
Details. Carole Cerasi, harpsichord.
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| Domenico Scarlatti. Vivi felice.
Pan Classics PC 10258 (1 CD, January 2012). Diego Ares,
harpsichord by Joel Katzman after Francisco Pérez
Mirabel, Seville 1734.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann. Paris Quartets.
dhm (1 CD, June 2012). The Age of Passions.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
Telemann. Complete Violin Concertos.
Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin. Vol. 5.
Recording in May 2013.
Vol. 4. cpo. (1 CD, May
2012). The Wallfisch Band.
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FR |
DE |
CA
Vol. 3. cpo 777 473-2. (1 CD,
August 2010). The Wallfisch Band.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP
Vol. 2. cpo 777 089-2 (1 CD,
January 2007). L'Orfeo Barockorchester.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP
Vol. 1. cpo 999 900-2. (1 CD
2004). L'Orfeo Barockorchester.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi. Violin Concertos Vol. 4.
Naïve Vivaldi Edition (1 CD, April 2012). Riccardo
Minasi, Il Pomo d'Oro.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner (1676-1754)
& Johann Georg Weichenberger (1676-1740).
Austria 1676. Brilliant Classics (1 CD, April
2012).
Details. Miguel Yisrael, baroque lute.
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
| G.B. Bassani (c.1650-1716).
Complete Sonatas Op. 5. Brilliant Classics
94259 (2 CDs, April 2012). Ensemble StilModerno.
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FR |
DE |
CA |
| Graupner. Die Sieben Wörte Jesu
am Kreuz. (Cycle of seven cantatas,
1743). Analekta (2 CDs, March 2012).
Booklet (pdf). Geneviève Soly, Les Idées Heureuses.
Isabelle Desrochers, soprano; Dorothéa Ventura, soprano;
Jacques-André Houle, countertenor; Normand Richard,
bass; Frédéric Antoun, tenor; Claudine Ledoux,
contralto.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Haydn. Haydn à l'anglaise.
Nimbus NI 6174 (1 CD, March 2012).
Details. Derek McCulloch, Caf€ Mozart. Emma Kirkby,
soprano; Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor; Jenny Thomas,
traverso; Ian Gammie, guitar; Alastair Ross, square
piano. Haydn's songs as edited by William Shield;
'Ballads' adapted from his istrumental music by Samuel
Arnold; Rondos on his Canzonettas by Thomas Haigh.
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UK |
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| Monteverdi. Selva morale e
spirituale, Vol. II. Coro 16101 (1 CD, April
2012).
Details. Harry Christophers, The Sixteen.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Secular Cantatas
BWV 201, 205, 213. Ambronay (2 CDs + DVD, April
2012). Leonardo García Alarcón, Les Agrémens, Choeur de
Chambre de Namur. Céline Scheen, soprano; Clint Van der
Linde, countertenor; Fabio Trümpy, tenor; Makoto
Sakurada, tenor; Christian Immler, bass; Alejandro
Meerapfel, baritone.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Buxtehude. Membra Jesu Nostri BuxWV 75;
Cantata "Fried- und freudenreiche Himmelfahrt" BuxWV 76.
Accent (1 CD, February 2012). Sigiswald Kuijken, La
Petite Bande. Anne-Katrin Schenck, soprano; Marie
Kuijken, soprano; Gunther Vandeven, countertenor;
Giuseppe Maletto, tenor; Knut Schoch, tenor; Jens Weber,
tenor; Fulvio Bettini, bass; Jens Hamann, bass.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Buxtehude. Opera Omnia 16: Vocal
Works 6 - Membra Jesu Nostri. Challenge Classics (1
CD, May 2012). Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
& Chorus.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Buxtehude. Opera Omnia 15: Chamber
Music 3. Challenge Classics (1 CD, April 2012). Ton
Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Zelenka. Responsoria pro Hebdomada Sancta
ZWV 55; Lamentatio Ieremiae Prophetae ZWV 53.
Accent (2 CDs, February 2012). Václav Luks, Collegium
1704, Collegium Vocale 1704.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
 Zelenka.
Missa Omnium Sanctorum ZWV 21; Christe eleison
ZWV 29; Barbara dira effera! ZWV 164. Nibiru (1
CD, February 2012).
Details /
Video. Adam Viktora, Ensemble Inégal, Prague
Baroque Soloists. Gabriela Elbenová, soprano; Kai
Wessel, countertenor; Jan Kobow, tenor; Marlán Krejcík,
bass; Tomás Král, bass.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Manuel Pla (c.1725-1766) & Joseph Pla
(1728-1762). Música Religiosa a Solo - Stabat
Mater & Salve Regina. La Mà de Guido 2106 (1
CD, March 2012).
Booklet (pdf). Olivia Centurioni, Orquestra Barroca
Catalana. Raquel Andueza, soprano; Pau Bordas, bass.
UK |
FR |
| Porpora. Vespro per la Festività
dell'assunta.
Ambronay (1 CD, March 2012).
Video.
Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique, La Maîtrise de
Bretagne. Marilia Vargas,
soprano; Delphine Galou, contralto; Michiko Takahashi,
soprano. Maîtrise de Bretagne.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Purcell, Johnson, Pepusch, Locke, Ravenscroft &
Traditional. Love's Madness. Carus
83.371 (1 CD, March 2012). Dorothee Mields, soprano.
Wolfgang Katschner, Lautten Compangney Berlin.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Aus Meines Herzens Grunde - Die Schönsten
Alten Kirchenlieder. Carus 83.015 (3 CDs, March
2012).
Details. Kay Johannsen, organ; Götz Payer, piano;
Ruth Sandhoff & Sarah Wegener, sopranos; Marion
Eckstein, mezzo-soprano; Andreas Weller, tenor; Klaus
Mertens & Thilo Dahlmann, bass.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| J.S. Bach. Cantatas BWV 35 &
170, Trio Sonata BWV 527. Zig-Zag Territoires
(1 CD, April 2012). Damien Guillon, countertenor &
director. Le Banquet Céleste.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| J.S. Bach. Alto Cantatas BWV 170, 54 & 35.
Quintone (1 CD, February 2012). Maarten Engeltjes,
countertenor. Klaas Stok, Concerto d'Amsterdam. Vincent
van Laar, organ.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Bruhns, Tunder, Strungk. Sacred Arias.
dhm 88697901812 (1 CD, April 2012).
Details. Dorothee Mields, soprano.
Concerto Melante.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Lotti, Agostino.
Italian Love Cantatas. cpo (1 CD,
January 2012). Silvia Vajente, Epoca Barocca.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778).
Consolations des Miseres de Ma Vie.
Quantum (1 CD, Feburary 2012). Alba Ensemble.
Marie-Bénédicte Souquet, soprano; Georges Wanis, tenor.
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FR |
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| Buxtehude, J.S. Bach, J. Christoph Bach.
Freud und Lust. Deux-Elles DXL 1147 (1 CD,
December 2011).
Details. Ryland Angel, countertenor. Rick Erickson,
Holy Trinity Bach Players.
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Telemann. Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst
(Hamburg, 1725-26). Complete recording of all 72
cantatas by Bergen Barokk in progress:
Volume 4:
The cantatas for middle voice, transverse flute & basso
continuo I. Toccata Classics TOCC 0084 (1 CD,
February 2012).
Details. Franz Vitzthum, countertenor; Peter
Holtslag, traverso; Hans Knut Sveen, harpsichord &
organ; Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, cello & viol.
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CA |
JP
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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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
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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UK |
FR |
DE |
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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| attr: J.S. Bach. Apocryphal
Bach Masses II. cpo (1 CD, January 2012).
Wolfgang Helbich, Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, Solisten
der Musikhochschule Bremen, Alsfelder Vokalensemble,
Hannoversche Hofkapelle. Missa in G Major BWV Anh.,
Missa in A Minor BWV Anh. 24, Magnificat in C Major BWV
Anh. 30, Sancti BWV 237, 239, 240, Cantata BWV 150.
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| Handel. Theodora (HWV
68, London 1750). Naxos 8.572700-02 (3 CDs, March 2012).
Details /
Libretto (pdf).
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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| 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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| Frescobaldi, Ortiz, De'Cavalieri, Michi, Animuccia,
Kapsberger. Intorno all'oratorio di San Filippo
Neri. Urania (1 CD, March 2012).
Video. Renato Criscuolo, Musica Perduta.
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FR |
DE |
JP |
| 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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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.
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DE |
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| William Corkine. Each Lovely
Grace - The Second Book of Ayres (1612). Nimbus
NI 6173 (1 CD, January 2012).
Details. Nadine Balbeisi, soprano; Fernando Marín,
viola da gamba, lyra-viol.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Michael Praetorius (1571-1621). Ostermesse.
cpo (1 CD, March 2012). Manfred Cordes,
Weiser-Renaissance.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Telemann. Paris Quartets.
dhm (1 CD, June 2012). The Age of Passions.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Richard Jones. Chamber Airs and
Sonatas. Glossa (1 CD, June 2012). Kreeta Maria
Kentala, violin; Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord; Lauri
Pulakka, cello.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Leo, Fiorenza, de Majo, Sollima.
Neapolitan Cello Concertos. Glossa (1 CD, April 2012).
Giovanni Sollima, cello. Antonio Florio, I Turchini.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| J.C. Pepusch (1667-1752).
Concertos & Ouvertures for London. Ramée (1 CD,
April 2012). The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle
Gentlemen.
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FR |
DE |
| De Machy. Pièces de Violle - Suites de
danse (Paris, 1685).
Glossa (1 CD, April 2012). Paolo Pandolfo, viola da
gamba.
UK |
FR |
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| J.S. Bach. Goldberg Variations. La
Dolce Volta (1 CD, April 2012). Frédérick Haas,
harpsichord.
Upcoming performances in Norwich, Belgium, Holland,
Germany, Sweden & France.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
Haydn. Complete Keyboard
Sonatas. Tall Poppies Records (Australia).
Geoffrey Lancaster, fortepiano.
Vol. 3: TP216 (1 CD,
March 2012).
Details. Prelude in E-flat major / Sonata No. 59 in
E-flat major; Prelude in G major / Sonata No. 54 in G
major; Prelude in B minor / Sonata No. 47 in B minor;
Prelude in E-flat major / Sonata No. 40 in E-flat major.
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JP
Vol. 2: TP208 (1 CD, 2010).
Details. Prelude in D major / Sonata No. 30 in D
major (Hob. XVI:19) - 1767; Prelude in E minor / Sonata
in No. 53 in E minor (Hob. XVI:34) - c.1780-83; Prelude
in F major / Sonata No. 38 in F major (Hob. XVI:23) -
1773; Prelude in D major / Sonata No. 16 in D major
(Hob. XVI:14) - ca. 1761/62 - c.1767.
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JP
Vol. 1: TP201 (1 CD, 2009).
Details. Prelude in G minor / Sonata No. 32 in G
minor (Hob. XVI:44) - c.1770; Prelude in A-flat major /
Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major (Hob. XVI:46) - c.1767/68;
Prelude in C minor / Sonata No. 33 in C minor (Hob.
XVI:20) - 1771/78. Fortepiano by
Paul McNulty
after Stein (1788), Vallotti temperament. Highly
recommended! Fine performance and recording and truly
outstanding liner notes (40 pages). Lancaster introduces
each sonata with an improvised prelude. On this disk,
two are by Clementi.
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| Telemann. The Autograph Scores.
Chandos CHAN 0787 (1 CD, April 2012). Simon Standage,
Collegium Musicum 90.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Purcell, Blow, Greene, Hart, Pepusch, Roseingrave,
Arne. Verses & Voluntaries - The 1723 Abraham
Jordan Organ of St. George's, Southall. Regent
366 (1 CD, March 2012). William Whitehead, organ. The
organ was restored to its original specification by
Mander Organs in 2009.
Details.
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DE |
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| J.S. Bach, Handel, Monteverdi, Purcell, Rameau,
Telemann, Vivaldi. The Galileo Project.
Tafelmusik (1 CD & 1 DVD, March 2012).
Details. Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| William Lawes. Royall Consorts.
Atma (2 CDs, March 2012). Les Voix Humaines.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Dowland, Daniel Bacheler, Philip Rosseter, Danyel,
John Sturt, Johnson. The Jacobean Lutenists.
Db Productions (1 CD, March 2012). Karl Nyhlin,
renaissance lute.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Pisendel, Handel, Telemann, Fasch, Heinichen.
Violinkonzerte aus Dresden. Raumklang
RK 3105 (1 CD, March 2012). Johannes Pramsohler,
International Baroque Players.
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| Thysius Lute Book (1595-1646), Gregorio Huwet
(before 1550-c.1616); Nicolas Vallet (c.1583-after
1644); Joachim van den Hove (1567-1620); Emanuel
Adriaenssen (c. 1554-1604). Lute Music of the
Netherlands. Carpe Diem CD-16289 (1 CD, March
2012).
Details. Anthony Bailes, lute.
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UK |
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DE |
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| d'Anglebert, Dollé, Forqueray, Marais.
Hommages. Ramée (1 CD, March 2012). Mieneke van
der Velden, viola da gamba; Glen Wilson, harpsichord.
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| J.S. Bach. Cello Suites. Linn CKD 396 (2 CDs, March 2012).
Details. Richard Tunnicliffe, cello.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Cello Suites. Avie AV
2212 (2 CDs, April 2011).
Details. Tanya Tomkins, cello. Performance of all 6
cello suites by Tanya Tomkins at the Library of
Congress, Saturday, April 28, 2012, noon and 3 pm, with
a lecture on the suites by Daniel Boomhower at 2 pm
(free tickets -- standbys always get in in my
experience).
Details.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| C.P.E. Bach. Preussische und
Württembergische Sonaten. Brilliant Classics
94320 (3 CDs, March 2012). Pieter-Jan Belder,
harpsichord & clavichord.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| C.P.E. Bach. Fantasien, Rondos
und Sonaten. Gramola (1 CD, December 2011).
Richard Fuller, fortepiano.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Heinichen, Kirnberger. German
Baroque Oboe Sonatas. Ricercar (1 CD, February
2012). Benoît Laurent, Lingua Franca.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Striggio. Mass for 40 and 60 voices.
Glossa (1 CD, March 2012). Hervé Niquet, Le Concert
Spirituel.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Rameau & Marchand. Pièces de clavecin.
Ambronay (1 CD, March 2012). Christophe Rousset,
harpsichord.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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 |
JP |
| 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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
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 |
| 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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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 |
 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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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Italian Cantatas for Bass.
Accent (1 CD, February 2012). Raimund Nolte, bass.
Batzdorfer Hofkapelle.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Kobelius, Erlebach, Hildebrand, Schop, Böhm, Franck,
Sweelinck, Krieger, Young, Casati, Bertali.
Himmels-Lieder - Sacred songs & cantatas.
Christophorus (1 CD, January 2012). Franz Vitzthum,
countertenor. Capricomus Consort Band.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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 |
FR |
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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Johannes-Passion BWV 245.
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.
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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 |
DE |
| 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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Jean-Baptiste Notre (1732-1807).
Le Livre d'Orgue. Quantum (1 CD,
Feburary 2012).
Details. Pascal Vigneron, organ.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| 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 88697885792 (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 |
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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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP
Blu-ray (OA BD7098 D):
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Gabrieli, Merula, de Macque, Frescobaldi, Salvatore,
Castello. 1600. Naïve (1 CD, January 2012). Monique Zanetti,
soprano. Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Clérambault, Campra, Dornel. Amour viens
animer ma voix! Ramée (1 CD, January
2012). Hugo Oliveira, baritone. Ludovice Ensemble.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Monteverdi. Vespro della beata vergine
(1610). Rondeau (2 CDs, November 2011). Jörg
Breiding, Vox Werdensis, Himlische Cantorey, Knabenchor
Hannover, Concerto Palatino, Musica Alta Ripa.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| G.B. Bononcini & A.M. Bononcini. Sono amante -
Kantaten & Kammermusik. Thorofon CTH 2584 (1 CD,
October 2011).
Details. Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano. Ensemble La Ninfea.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Anima Christi - Motets français des
XIIème et XVIIIème siècles. Bayard (1 CD, November 2011). Details.
Ensemble Athénaïs
- 6 female voices and b.c.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Lully. Phaëton, Atys, Armide - Ouvertures
avec tous les airs. Tudor 7185 (1 CD, February
2012).
Details. Dominik Kiefer, Capriccio Barock Orchester.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Il Flauto Veneziano. dhm
88697988632 (1 CD, March 2012). Dorothee Oberlinger,
recorder.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Buxtehude. VII Suonate, op. 2.
Chandos Chaconne (1 CD, February 2012). The Purcell
Quartet.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
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.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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 |
| Dandrieu. Pièces de Clavecin.
Bongiovanni (1 CD, November 2011). Maria Clotilde Sieni,
harpsichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bull, Byrd, Farnaby, Gibbons, Morley, Philips,
Tomkins. The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book vol. 1.
Brilliant Classics 94303 (2 CDs, February
2012). Pieter-Jan Belder, harpsichord.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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.
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 |
| Mozart, Schobert, Soler, Vivaldi, Telemann, Haydn, Planayavsky.
A Due Cembali - Caprices. K617 (1 CD, January 2012). Excerpts.
Aline Zylberajch & Martin Gester, harpsichords & organ.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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 |
| 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.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Andreas Lidl (c.1740-c.1789).
Divertimenti for Baryton Trio. Brilliant
Classics (1 CD, November 2011). Esterházy Trio.
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 |
| Galuppi. Harpsichord Concertos.
Brilliant Classics 94161 (2 CDs, November 2011). Roberto
Loreggian, harpsichord. Ensemble ConSerto Musico.
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 |
| 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.
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 |
| CPE Bach. Sonatas Wq 51/4 &
65/17, 22, 31, 69. Ligia Digital (1 CD,
November 2011). Jocelyn Cuiller, clavichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| 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 |
| 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.
US |
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.
US |
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.
US |
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.
US |
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.
US |
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.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
New Releases in 2009
Reissues of Particular Interest
| Froberger. Meditations & Fantasias.
Virgin (2 CDs, 1996-98, reissued March 2012). Siegbert
Rampe, harpsichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| 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.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
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.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP
Handel. Lotario. dhm (August 2011). Curtis.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP
Handel. Amadigi di Gaula. Warner Classics
(1991, 2011). Minkowski.
US |
UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP Handel, Alessandro. dhm (1985,
2011). S. Kuijken.
US |
UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP
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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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP
In the Studio / Forthcoming CDs
| Reinhard Keiser. Brockes Passion
(1712, Copenhagen version 1721). (2 CDs, to be recorded in
June-July 2012).
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.
Details. |
| Francisco António de Almeida (1702-1755). La
Spinalba ovvero il Vecchio Matto (Dramma comico, Lisbon
1739). Naxos. Forthcoming, Autumn 2012.
Italian / Portuguese libretto (pdf) /
Video /
Video /
Details. Marcos Magalhães, Os Músicos do Tejo.
Spinalba: Ana Quintans, soprano; Togno: João Fernades,
bass; Arsenio: Luís Rodrigues, baritone; Vespina: Joana
Seara, soprano; Dianora: Cátia Moreso, mezzo-soprano;
Elisa: Inês Madeira, mezzo-soprano; Ippolito: Fernando
Guimarães, tenor; Leandro: Mário Alves, tenor. |
| Telemann. Miriways
(Hamburg 1728). cpo. Forthcoming.
Details. Michi Gaigg, L'Orfeo Barockorchester.
Miriways: Markus Volpert, baritone; Sophi: Ulrike
Hofbauer, soprano; Bemira: Julie Martin du Theil,
soprano; Nisibis: Gabriele Hierdeis, soprano; Murzah:
Stefan Zenkl, baritone; Zemir: Susanne Drexi,
mezzo-soprano; Samischa: Ida Adrian, mezzo-soprano. |
| J.C. Bach. Zanaida.
Zig-Zag Territoires (forthcoming 2012). David Stern
Opera Fuoco. Zanaida: Sara Hershkowitz, soprano;
Roselane: Chantal Santon, soprano; Mustafa: Pierrick
Boisseau, baritone; Tamasse: Marina de Liso,
mezzo-soprano; Osira: Vannina Santoni, soprano; Cisseo:
Daphné Touchais, mezzo-soprano; Aglatida: Majdouline
Zerari, mezzo-soprano; Silvera: Julie Fioretti, soprano;
Gianguir: Jeffrey Thompson, tenor. |
| Gioseffo Zamponi (c.1615-1662).
Ulisse nell' Isola de Circé (Brussels 1650).
Ricerar (forthcoming 2012).
Details /
Video. Leonardo García Alarcón, Ensemble Clematis,
Cappella Mediterranea, Solistes du Choeur de Chambre de
Namur. Circé: Céline Scheen, soprano; Ulisse: Furio
Zanasi, baritone; Venere: Mariana Flores, soprano;
Argesta: Dominique Visse, countertenor; Euriloco /
Tritone / Marte: Fernando Guimarães, tenor; Giove:
Matteo Belloto, bass; Mercurio / Apollo: Zachary Wilder,
tenor; Satiro: Fabián Schofrin, countertenor; Nettuno:
Sergio Foresti, bass. |
| 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. |
| Handel. Giove in Argo (Self pasticcio
opera, HWV A14, London 1739). Forthcoming. Alan Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco.
Calisto: Karina Gauvin, soprano; Iside:
Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano; Diana: Theodora Baka, soprano;
Arete (Giove): Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, tenor; Osiris (Erosto): Vito Priante, bass;
Licaone: Johannes Weisser, 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). Decca. Forthcoming
2013. George Petrou, Athens Camerata. Alessandro: Max Emanuel
Cencic, countertenor; Tassile: Xavier Sabata, countertenor;
Julia Lezhneva, soprano; Juan Sancho, tenor. |
| 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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Gluck. Il Trionfo di Clelia
(Bologna 1763). MDG 609 1733-2 (3 CDs, March
2012).
Video. Giuseppe Sigismondi de Risio, Armonia Atenea.
Clelia: Hélène Le Corre, soprano; Orazio: Mary-Ellen Nesi,
mezzo-soprano; Tarquinio: Irini Karaianni, mezzo-soprano;
Larissa: Burçu
Uyar, soprano; Porsenna: Vassilis Kavayias, tenor;
Mannio: Florin Cesar
Ouatou, countertenor.
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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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Handel & Caldara. Carmelite
Vespers 1709. dhm 88691926042 (2 CDs, 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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Zelenka.
Missa Omnium Sanctorum ZWV 21; Christe eleison
ZWV 29; Barbara dira effera! ZWV 164. Nibiru (1
CD, February 2012).
Details /
Video. Adam Viktora, Ensemble Inégal, Prague
Baroque Soloists. Gabriela Elbenová, soprano; Kai
Wessel, countertenor; Jan Kobow, tenor; Marlán Krejcík,
bass; Tomás Král, bass.
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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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