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| Johann Philipp Förtsch (1652-1732). Sacred
Concertos. cpo 777 369-2 (1 CD, January 2009). Roland
Wilson, Musica Fiata, Capella Ducale.
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| De Profundis. Mirare MIR 041 (1 CD,
October 2008). Stephan Macleod, bass; François Fernandez,
violin. Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort. Bruhns, De Profundis
& Johann Christoph Bach, "Wie bist du denn, o Gott", and works
by Becker, Buxtehude & Tunder.
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| Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752). Tenor
Cantatas & Recorder Sonatas. Enchiriadis (1 CD, November
2008).
Details. Muriel Rochat Rienth, recorder & director, La
Tempesta Basel. Felix Rienth, tenor.
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| Monteverdi. Vespro della Beata Vergine
(1610). Challenge Classics CC 72311 (2 CDs, October 2008).
Details. Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande. Follows
Monteverdi's instructions in the 1610 edition, with one voice
per part.
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| Francesco Cavalli. Gli amori d'Apollo e di
Dafne. K617211/2 (2 CDs, October 2008). Gabriel Garrido,
Ensemble Elyma. Dafne: Rosa Domínguez, soprano; Apollo: Anders
Dahlin, tenor; Aurora: Emanuela Galli, soprano; Cefalo: Stephan
Van Dyck, tenor; Amore: Paola Quagliata, soprano; Alfesibeo /
Sonno: Furio Zanasi, bass.
Italian/French libretto (pdf) (not included in printed
booklet).
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| Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672).
Weihnachtshistorie. Edition Chrismon 478 (1 CD, November
2008). Ralf Popken, Capella Sancti Georgi.
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| Georg Böhm (1661-1733). Cantatas (vol. 2).
dhm (1 CD, October 2008). Ralf Popken, Capella Sancti Georgi,
Musica Alta Ripa.
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| Johann Philipp Kreiger (1649-1725). Lieben
und Geliebet Werden - Music from operas. NCA (1 CD,
September 2008). Wolfgang Katschner, Lautten Compagney. Mona
Spägele, soprano; Wilfred Jochens, tenor; Wolf Matthias
Freidrich, bass.
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| Ippolito Ghezzi (c.1650-c.1709). L'Adamo
(Oratorio à 3 voci); Dialoghi sacri; Lamentationi per la
Settimana Santa. Tactus TC 653201 (1 CD, August 2008).
Details. Roberto Cascio, Cappella Musicale di San Giacomo
Maggiore di Bologna. Patrizia Cigna, soprano; Andrea Fusari,
tenor; Gastone Sarti, bass; Marcella Ventura, soprano; Barbara
Vignudelli, soprano.
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| Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792). La
Primavera - Cantate per una Primadonna. Phoenix Edition 101
(1 CD, May 2008).
Details. Simone Kermes, soprano. Werner Ehrhardt, L'Arte del
Mondo.
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| Wenzel Ludwig Edler von Radolt (1667-1716).
Viennese Lute Concertos. Challenge Classics (1 CD, March
2008). Hubert Hoffmann, lute. Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua
Austria.
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| František Tůma (1704-1774). Partite, Sonate
e Sinfonie. Naïve OP 30436 (1 CD, May 2008). Rinaldo
Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano.
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| Marco Da Gagliano (1582-1643). La Dafne
(1608). Arion ENR 68776 (1 CD, May 2008).
Details. Jay Bernfeld, viol & director, Ensemble Fuoco e
Cenere. Dafne: Chantal Santon, soprano; Venere: Guillemette
Laurens, mezzo-soprano; Amore: Daphné Touchais, soprano; Apollo:
Mathieu Abelli, tenor. Tirsi: Benoît Porcherot, tenor; Pastor:
Marc Mandoritta, tenor; Pastor: Philippe Roche, bass.
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| Rupert Ignaz Mayr (1646-1712). Confitebor
tibi - Psalms, Motets, Concerti. Profil PH08022 (1 CD,
January 2008). Doris Hagel, L'arpa festante, Capella
Weilburgensis vocalis. Mechthild Bach, soprano; Elisabeth Popien,
contralto; Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor; Gotthold Schwarz, bass.
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| Domenico Gabrielli (1659-1690). S.
Sigismondo re di Borgogna (Bologna 1687). Tactus TC 650702
(1 CD, March 2008).
Details. Maria Luisa Baldassari, Ensemble Les Nations. S.
Sigismondo: Elena Biscuola, contralto; Inomachia: Laura Antonaz,
soprano; Gondemaro: Patrizia Vaccari, soprano; Duce: Fabio
Furnari, tenor; Clodomiro: Andrea Favari, bass.
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| Bartolomiej Pekiel (?-1670), Mikolaj Zielenski
(c.1550-c.1615), Marcin Mielczewski (c.1590-1651), Stanislaw
Szarzynski (f.1690-1715). Polish Baroque. Ambronay (1 CD,
November 2007).
Details. Graham O'Reilly, Ensemble européen William Byrd,
Ensemble Ventosum. Sacred vocal works.
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| Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714). Die
Liebe Gottes ist ausgegossen - Cantatas. cpo 777 346-2 (2
CDs, February 2008). Ludger Rémy, Les Amis de Philippe. Dorothee
Mields, soprano; Margaret C. Hunter, soprano; Alexander
Schneider, countertenor; Andreas Post, tenor; Matthias Vieweg,
bass.
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| Maurizio Cazatti (1620-1677). Absalone ed
altre Cantate. Arion ARN 68713 (1 CD, November 2007). Paulin
Bündgen, countertenor & director, Ensemble Céladon.
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| Christoph Martin Wieland (libretto) & Anton
Schweitzer (1735-1787) (music). Alceste (Weimar 1773).
Berlin Classics (2 CDs, February 2008).
Details (pdf). Michael Hofstetter, Concerto Köln. Alceste:
Simone Schneider, soprano; Parthenia: Cyndia Sieden, soprano;
Admet: Christoph Genz, tenor; Herkules: Josef Wagner, bass.
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| Sances, Ziani, Schmelzer. Stabat Mater.
Mirare MIR-050 (1 CD, October 2007). Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar
Consort. Carlos Mena, countertenor.
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| Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758). Passio
Jesu Christi. Naxos 8.570326 (1 CD, January 2008).
Details. Mary Térey-Smith, Capella Savaria Baroque Orchestra, Schola Cantorum
Budapestiensis. Daughter of Zion: Mária Zádori, soprano;
Evangelist: Zoltán Megyesi, tenor; Jesus: Péter Cser, bass. The
libretto is shortened version of the Brockes Passion, with
revisions.
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| Domencio Belli, Cristofano Malvezzi, Giulio
Caccini & Claudio Saracini. Firenze 1616. Alpha (1 CD,
January 2008). Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique.
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| Heinrich Schütz. Geistliche Chor-Musik 1648.
Carus 83.232 (2 CDs, September 2007).
Details. Hans-Christoph Rademann, Dresdner Kammerchor,
Cappella Sagittariana.
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| Schütz. Weihnachtshistorie. Plus
cantatas by Buxtehude, Krieger & Thiele. Berlin Classics (1 CD,
November 2007). Wolfgang Katschner, Lautten Compagney. Susanne
Rydén, soprano; Christophe Prégardien, tenor.
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| Kuehnel, Daube, Straube. German Lute Music
of the 18th Century. Symphonia (1 CD, January 2008). Alberto
Crugnola, lute.
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| Romanus Weichlein (1652-1706). Missa
Rectorum Cordium (1687). Symphonia (1 CD, January 2008).
Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria, Kepler Konsort, St.
Florianer Sängerknaben, Vocalensemble NOVA. Radu Marian,
sopranist; Markus Forster, countertenor.
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| Michael Praetorius (1571-1621). Puer natus
in Bethlehem: Advent & Christmas Music. cpo 777 327-2 (1 CD,
November 2007). Manfred Cordes, Bremen Barock Consort.
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| Schelle, Petritz, Erlebach, Jacobi, Liebe,
Bessel. Machet die Tore weit - Baroque Christmas Cantatas
from Central Germany. cpo 777 332-2 (1 CD, November 2007).
Matthias Jung, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle, Sächsisches Vocalensemble.
Birte Kulawik, soprano; Dorothea Wagner, mezzo-soprano; David
Erler, Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor; Matthias Lutze, bass.
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| J.C.F. Fischer (c.1650-1746). Missa St.
Michaelis Arcangeli. MDG (1 CD, December 2007). Rainer
Johannes Homburg, Handel's Comany, Kammerchor der
Marien-Kantorei Lemgo. Also includes Missa "Nun komm der Heiden
Heiland".
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| In Nativitate Domini. Berlin Classics
0016242BC (1 CD, October 2007). Annegret Seidel, Bell'Arte
Salzburg. Emma Kirkby, soprano; Susanne Rydén, soprano. Works by
Vejvanovsky, Vierdanck, Geist, Lübeck, Biber, Böddecker,
Altenburg, Schmelzer, Lechler, Hammerschmidt, Schütz, Michael
Praetorius, Staden & Dedekind.
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| Johann Valentin Rathgeber (1682-1750). Messe
von Muri / Concertos. Audite 92559 (1 CD, November 2007).
Johannes Strobl, Cappella Murensis, Ensemble Arcimboldo.
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| Andreas Hofer (c.1628-1684). Musikalische
Vesper. Cantate C58030 (1 CD, August 2007).
Details. With works by Biber, Valentini & Dolar. Annegret
Siedel, Bell'arte Salzburg. Monika Mauch, soprano; Tiina Zahn,
mezzo-soprano; Henning Voss, countertenor; Henning Kaiser,
tenor; Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass.
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| Johann Christoph Altnikol (1719-1759).
Befiehl du deine Wege. Carus 83.168 (1 CD, October 2007).
Jörg Straube, Norddeutscher Figuralchor, Musica Alta Ripa.
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| Heinrich Schütz. Histoire de la Résurrection
/ Musikalische Exequien. K617199 (1 CD, October 2007).
Details. Benoît Haller, La Chapelle Rhénane.
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| Andrea Luchesi (1741-1801). La Passione di
Gesù Cristo (Bonn 1776). Tactus TC 741203 (1 CD, April
2007).
Details. G. Battista Columbro, Orchestra Barocca di Cremona,
Coro dell'Accademia Musicale San Giorgio. Pietro: Alessandra
Vavasori, contralto; Maddalena: Paola Manfredini, soprano;
Giuseppe: Manuel Pierattelli, tenor; Giovanni: Angelo Manzotti,
sopranist; Nicodemo: Elena Bertuzzi, soprano.
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| Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756). Messa,
Salmi, Sinfonie e Magnificat. Tactus TC 661602 (1 CD, April
2007).
Details. Paolo Faldi, Orchestra Barocca di Bologna, Coro
"Color Temporis". Silvia Vajente, soprano; Pamela Lucciarini,
soprano; Gloria Banditelli, contralto; Vincenzo Di Donato,
tenor; Gastone Sarti, bass.
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| Flores de Lisboa: Canções, vilancicos e
romances portugeses. K617195 (1 CD, September 2007).
Details. Rogério Gonçalves, A Corte Musical.
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| Carlo Farina. Pavane & Gagliarde
(1626-1628). Olive Music (1 CD, June 2007). Il Concerto
delle Viole.
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| Michael Haydn & Georg Druschetzky. Paroles
de Vent. Ambronay AMY 011 (1 CD, September 2007). Pierre Cao,
Arsys Bourgogne & Zefiro. Johannette Zomer, soprano; Britta
Schwarz, contralto; Guy de Mey, tenor; Cornelius Hauptmann,
bass.
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| Antonio Bertali (1605-1669). Missa
Resurrectionis - Easter Sunday in Imperial Vienna 1666.
reZound RZCD 5013 (1 CD, September 2007).
Review. Simon Carrington, Yale Schola Cantorum; Spiritus
Collective, Greg Ingles, director & sackbut, & Yale Collegium
Players, Robert Mealy director & solo violin. Includes two
motets by Christian Geist (c.1650-1711) and a sonata for
trumpets, trombones and strings by Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky
(c.1633-1693).
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| Pachelbel. Christ lag in Todesbanden -
Cantatas. Ricercar RIC 255 (1 CD, August 2007). Jean Tubéry,
Les Agrémens, Choeur de Chambre de Namur.
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| J.C.F. Fischer (1656-1746). Le Journal du
Printemps. cpo 777 150-2 (1 CD, September 2007). Michi Gaigg,
L'Orfeo Barockorchester.
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| Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681-1732).
David (1724). Virgin Veritas 3788772 (August 2007). Alan
Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco. Micol: Simone Kermes, soprano;
Gionata: Birgitte Christensen, soprano; David: Marijana
Mijanovic, contralto; Abner: Sonia Prina, contralto; Saul: Furio
Zanasi, baritone; Falti: Vito Priante, bass.
Review of the performance at the 2003 Festival d'Ambronay.
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| Monteverdi. Orfeo (1607). Naïve / Opus
111 OP 30439 (2 CDs + book, August 2007). Rinaldo Alessandrini,
Concerto Italiano. Orfeo: Furio Zanasi, tenor; Euridice /
Proserpina: Anna Simboli, soprano; Messageria / Speranza: Sara
Mingardo, contralto; La Musica: Monica Piccinini, soprano;
Caronte: Sergio Foresti, bass; Plutone: Antonio Abete, bass;
Apollo: Luca Dordolo, tenor.
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JP |
| Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762. Violin
Sonatas, Op 5, numbers 1-6. cpo 777 225-2 (1 CD, July 2007).
Anton Steck, violin; Markus Möllenbeck, cello; Christian Rieger,
harpsichord.
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| Heinrich Schütz. Opus ultimum -
Schwanengesang. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901895/96 (2 CDs, April
2007).
Details. Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent,
Concerto Palatino.
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| David Pohle (1624-1695). Wie der Hirsch
schreyet - Musica Sacra. Carus 83.413 (1 CD, June 2007).
Details. Rien Voskuilen, L'arpa Festante. Monika Mauch,
soprano; David Erler, countertenor; Hans-Jörg Mammel, tenor.
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| Rupert Ignaz Mayr (1646-1712). Musica Sacra.
ORF SACD 427 (1 CD 2007). Christoph Hammer, Neue Hofkapelle
München. Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano; Matthias Lucht, countertenor;
Daniel Johannsen, tenor; Dominik Wörner, bass-baritone.
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| Pier Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676).
L'Ormindo (1644). Pan Classics 10196 (2 CDs, May 2007).
Jérôme Correas, Les Paladins. L'Armonia (Prologue): Sandrine Piau, soprano;
Ormindo: Martín Oro, countertenor; Amida: Howard
Crook, tenor; Nerillo: Dominique Visse,
countertenor; Sicle: Magali Léger, soprano; Erice: Jean-François
Lombard, tenor; Erisbie: Stéphanie Révidat, soprano;
Mirinda: Karine Deshayes, mezzo-soprano; Hariadeno: Jacques
Bona, baritone; Osmano: Benoît Arnould, baritone.
Complete
Italian libretto (pdf) /
Pinchgut Opera Italian/English libretto for their 2009
production (pdf). The original score requires
"more than three and a half hours" (210 minutes) to perform. (Pinchgut
blog.) Both the recording (131:20) and the Pinchgut
production (130) are heavily cut, but differently. Both cut the
small roles, Il Destino, Amore, La Fortuna, I Venti, Custode
dell'arsenale d'Ansa, and Messo, and the recording also cut
Melide while Pinchgut cut the prologue.
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| Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c.1620-c.1680).
Sonatae a Violino Solo. Alpha 109 (1 CD, May 2007). Hélène
Schmitt, violin.
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FR |
DE |
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JP |
| Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784). Te
Deum, Magnificat, Introitus, Concerti. Ars Musici 1408 (1
CD, February 2007). Norbert Düchtel, L'arpa festante, & Markus
Utz, Ensemble Cantissimi.
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| Arcangelo Corelli. Violin Sonatas Op. 5,
Nos. 7-12. Naxos 8.557799 (1 CD, April 2007). François
Fernandez, violin; Glen Wilson, harpsichord.
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JP |
| Fracesc Valls (c.1671-1747). Salms, Missa
quarti toni, Missa primi toni. La Ma de Guido LMG 2074 (1
CD, February 2007). Joan Grimalt, Exaudi Nos.
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| Chi mi sente cantar - Das Lautenbuch der
Elisabeth von Hessen. hr-musik.de 035-06 (1 CD, February
2007).
Details. Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone; Joachim Held, lute &
theorbo.
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| Stefano Landi (1586-1639). La Morte d'Orfeo
(1619). Zig Zag Territoires ZZT070402 (2 CDs, April 2007).
Details. Françoise Lasserre, Akadêmia. Orfeo: Cyril Auvity,
tenor; Teti / Calliope: Guillemette Laurens, contralto; Ireno /
Fileno nuntio: Jan Van Elsacker, tenor; Bacco / Caronte:
Dominique Visse, countertenor.
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| Antonio Mazzoni (Bologna 1717-1785). Aminta
(Il Rè Pastore) (Madrid 1756). K617 201 (2 CDs, May
2007).
Complete CD booklet (pdf) |
German libretto /
English translation of Il Rè Pastore (pdf) as set by
Mozart. Juan Bautista Otero, Real Compañía Ópera de
Cámara. Aminta: Anna-Maria Panzarella, soprano; Tamiri: Celine
Ricci, soprano; Elisa: Delphine Gillot, soprano; Agenore: Marina
Pardo, mezzo-soprano; Alessandro: Leif Aruhn-Solén, tenor. The
first complete recording of an opera directed by Farinelli in
Madrid. This is my favorite recent recording of an Italian
opera. There are many stylistic similarities to music by
composers closely associated with Farinelli when he was a
performer, i.e., Hasse, Giacomelli & Riccardo Broschi. Tamiri's
virtuoso aria "Di tante sue procelle", written for Teresa
Castellini (illustrated in the
famous portrait by Amigoni with Farinelli and Metastasio),
approaches in difficulty Broschi's "Qual guerriero in campo
armato". Highly recommended!
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JP |
| Francesco Provenzale (1624-1704). Missa
defunctorum. Naïve / Opus 111 (1 CD, April 2007). Paired with Cristofaro Caresana (c.1640-1709). Dixit Dominus.
Concert notes (in Italian) by Dinko Fabris. Antonio Florio,
Cappella de'Turchini. Valentina Varriale, soprano; Lucia
Sciannimanico, contralto; Giuseppe De Vittorio & Rosario Totaro,
tenors; Giuseppe Naviglio, bass.
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JP |
| Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731). Das ist
meine Freude - Motetten. Carus 83.187 (1 CD, April 2007).
Details. Florian Heyerick, Ex Tempore Gent, Orpheon Consort.
Stephan van Dijck, tenor; Dirk Snellings, bass.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806). Vocal &
Instrumental Music. Missa Tempore Quadragesimae MH553 / Ave
Regina MH140 / Responsoria ad Matutinum in Nativitate Domini
MH639 / Sinfonia MH340 / Divertimento MH299. Etcetera KTC4020 (1
CD, February 2007). Florian Heyerick, Ex Tempore, Academia
Palatina (Mannheim).
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| Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806). Notturni.
Hungaroton HCD 32413 (1 CD, January 2007).
Details. Pál Németh, Savaria Baroque Orchestra.
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| Roberto Valentini "Inglese" (c.1671-1747).
Sonate à Flauto e Basso. Ramée (1 CD, March 2007).
Details. Ensemble Mediolanum. Sabine Ambos, recorder; Felix
Koch, cello; Wiebke Weidanz, harpsichord & lautenwerk.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Pachelbel (1663-1706). Arien &
Concerti. Cavalli CCD 332 (1 CD, February 2007). London
Baroque. Emma Kirkby, soprano; Kai Wessel, countertenor; Jan
Kobow, tenor; Klaus Mertens, bass.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Jacob Richmann (c.1680-1726). Sechs Sonaten
für Viola da Gamba und Basso continuo Op. 1. Cavalli CCD 277
(1 CD, January 2007). Sabina Lehrmann, viola da gamba; Haralt
Martens, bass violin; Sepp Hornsteiner, archlute & chitarrone;
Michael Eberth, organ.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
 Antonio
Bertali, Antonio Caldara (born 12 years after this coronation),
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Wolfgang Ebner et al. Coronatio
Solemnissima - The Emperor's Coronation - Leopold I, 1658.
Christophorus SACD 77283 (1 CD, November 2006). Amo Paduch,
Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
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| J.C.F. Fischer (c.1650-1746). Musica Sacra.
Carus 83.172 (1 CD, January 2007).
Details. Jürgen Ochs, Rastatter Hofkapelle.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837). Der
Durchzug durchs Rote Meer. cpo 777 220-2 (1 CD, January
2007). Hermann Max, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert.
Simone Kermes, soprano; Veronika Winter, soprano; Hans Jörg
Mammel, tenor; Ekkehard Abele, bass; Wolf Matthias Friedrich,
bass.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Musique and Sweet Poetrie. BIS SACD 1505
(1 CD, December 2006).
Details. Emma Kirkby, soprano; Jakob Lindberg, lute.
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UK |
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| Francesco Cavalli. Vespero delli cinque
Laudate. Dynamic CDS520 (1 CD, December 2006). Bruno Gini,
Coro Claudio Monteverdi, Quoniam Ensemble, Ensemble de
Saqueboutiers.
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| Monteverdi. Orfeo (1607). Glossa GES
920913-E, -F & -S (2 CDs & book (3 languages available now,
German & Italian forthcoming), February 2007). Claudio Cavina,
La Venexiana. Orfeo: Mirko Guadagnini, tenor; La Musica /
Euridice: Emanuella Galli, soprano; Messaggiera: Marina de Liso,
mezzo-soprano; Prosperina: Cristina Calzolari, soprano; Plutone:
Matteo Bellotto, bass; Speranza: Josè Maria Lo Monaco,
mezzo-soprano; Caronte: Salvo Vitale, bass; Apollo: Vincenzo Di
Donato, tenor. French book:
FR English book:
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DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| John Dowland, Anthony Holborne, Samuel Scheidt.
Consort Music & Airs for Flute. Paradizo PA0001 (1 CD,
November 2006). Julien Martin, recorder. Skip Sempé, Capriccio
Stravagante.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
 Christoph
Schaffrath (1709-1763). Trios & Sonatas. cpo 777 116-2 (1
CD 2006). Epoca Barocca.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Carolus Hacquart (c.1640-c.1701). Cantiones
& Sonates. Eufoda Musica Ficta MF 8006 (1 CD, June 2006).
Details. Leonardo García Alarcón & Stéphanie de Failly,
Clematis Ensemble. Céline Scheen, soprano; Stephan Van Dyck,
tenor; Dirk Snellings, bass.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806). Die
Hochzeit auf der Alm / Der Bassgeiger zu Wörgl. Profil
PH06061 (1 CD, September 2006). Wolfgang Brunner, Salzburger
Hokmusik. Dorothee Mields, soprano; Jörg Waschinski, sopranist;
Monika Waeckerle, mezzo-soprano; Markus Forster, countertenor;
Bernhard Bertchold, tenor; Michael Schopper, bass.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Antonio Bertali (1605-1669). Prothimia
Suavissima - parte seconda (1672). Arcana A340 (1 CD,
November 2006). Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria.
UK |
DE |
FR |
JP |
| Pirro Capacelli Albergati (1663-1735). Il
Convito di Baldassarro (Oratorio à 5, 1691). Tactus TC
660102 (1 CD, November 2006).
Details. Robert Cascio, Fortuna Ensemble. Gastone Sarti,
bass; Maria Adele Magnelli, soprano; Marcella Ventura,
contralto; Andrea Fusari, tenor; Valentina Domenicali, soprano.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Domenico Cimarosa. Gli Orazi e i Curiazi
(Venice 1796). Oehms Classics OC 910 (2 CDs, October 2006).
Details. Michael Hofstetter, Chor und Orchester der
Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele (period instruments). Marco
Orazio: Andreas Karasiak, tenor; Orazia: Kirsten Blaise,
soprano; Curiazio: Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano; Sabina: Lisa
Larsson, soprano; Augere: Tobias Schabel, bass; Publio Orazio:
Florian Mock, tenor; Sacerdote: Daniel Sütö, bass.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Joseph Balthasar Hochreiter (1669-1731),
Missa ad multos annos. Beniamin Ludwig Ramhaufski
(1631-1694), Missa a 23. Gloria in Excelsis Deo:
Festmusik aus Österreichs Klöstern-Lambach. Symphonia SY 06220
(1 CD, November 2006). Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria. Franz
Farnberger, St. Florianer Sängerknaben.
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| Johan Schenck (c.1656-1712). Bacchus, Ceres
en Venus (Amsterdam 1686). Globe 6060 (1 CD, October 2006).
Details. Louis Peter Grijp, Camerata Trajectina. Bacchus:
Jasper Schweppe, baritone; Ceres / Maatzang: Hieke Meppelink,
soprano; Venus / Danskunst: Renate Arends, soprano; Sylenus:
Bernard Loonen, tenor; Mercurius: Nico van der Meel, tenor;
Gevolg van Ceres / Dichtkunst / Iris: Mariët Kaasschieter,
soprano; Menade: Caroline Stam, soprano; Bacchant: Mark Omvlee,
tenor; Landman: Marco van de Klundert, tenor.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Nicolaus Bruhns. De Profundis Clamavi and
other German Sacred Cantatas by Weckmann, Biber, Johann
Christoph Bach, Schmelzer, Christian Geist & Benedictus Buns.
Ramée (1 CD, October 2006). Mieneke van der Velden, viola da
gamba & direction, L'Armonia Sonora. Peter Kooij, bass.
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FR |
DE |
JP |
| Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677). Cantatas &
Arias. Plus instrumental interludes by Marini. Aeon AE0643
(1 CD, September 2006).
Details (pdf). Marion Fourquier, harp and direction,
Ensemble Poïésis. Cristiana Presutti, soprano.
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FR |
DE |
JP |
| Joseph-Marie-Clément dall'Abaco (1710-1805).
11 Capricen für Violoncello. Raumklang (1 CD, September
2006). Kristin von der Goltz, cello.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710-1791).
Cantate per Passione. Accent 24181 (1 CD, October 2006).
Elisabeth Scholl, soprano. Ensemble Echo du Danube.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
 Antonio
Maria Gasparo Sacchini (1730-1786). Oedipe à Colone
(Paris 1786). Naxos 8.660196/97 (2 CDs, August 2006).
French/English libretto
online here (pdf). Ryan Brown, Opera Lafayette. Oedipe:
François Loup, bass; Polinice: Robert Getchell, tenor; Antigone:
Nathalie Paulin, soprano; Thésée: Tony Boutté, tenor; Eriphile:
Kirsten Blaise, soprano; Le Grand Prêtre des Euménides: Jonathan
Kimple; Une Athénienne: Kara Morgan; Un Coriphée: Philip Cave;
Un Hérault: Jason Kaminski.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
 Johann
Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801). Betulia Liberata. cpo 777
063-2 (2 CDs, June 2006). Hermann Max, Das Kleine Konzert,
Rheinische Kantorei. Giuditta: Nele Gramß soprano; Amital:
Salomé Haller, soprano; Ozia: Markus Schäfer, tenor; Carmi: Hans
Jörg Mammel, tenor; Achior: Harry van der Kamp, bass. Metastasio
libretto set by Reutter, Jommelli, Holzbauer, Calegari, Mozart,
Gassmann, Anfossi and other composers.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
 Johann
Valentin Meder (1649-1719). St. Matthew Passion (Riga 1701).
Raumklang RK2506 (1 CD, July 2006). Michael Alexander Willens,
Die Kölner Akademie. Nicki Kennedy & Hannah Morrison, sopranos;
Dorothee Merkel, contralto; Gerd Türk, tenor; Christian Hilz,
bass. This early passion on a wordy libretto consists mainly of
recitative and arioso. Most of the short, solo arias are based
on chorales, and the choruses are typically brief interjections.
The recording is very well done, but I had great difficulty
making sense of the libretto with the included German-only texts
that are run together without line breaks between parts. After
obtaining a copy of the excellent, bi-lingual libretto provided
for the BEMF performance in Cambridge, MA last April, I listened
again and had a much more positive experience. It's essential to
follow the libretto closely to appreciate this work, yet that is
impossible with what the record company has provided.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Samuel Friedrich Capricornus (1628-1665).
Theatrum Musicum & Leçons de Ténèbres (Lieder von dem Leyden
un Tode Jesu). K 617 188 (1 CD, May 2006).
Details. Benoît Haller, tenor & director, La Chapelle
Rhénane. Tanya Aspelmeier & Barbara Ostertag, sopranos;
Jean-François Lombard, haute-contre; Benoît Arnould, bass.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| Francesc Valls (1665-1747). Que Estruendo.
Symphonia SY05215 (1 CD, July 2006). Rogério Gonçalves (interview),
A Corte Musical.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| Romanus Weichlein (1652-1706). Parnassus
Ecclesiastico-Musicus (Ulm 1702). Symphonia SY04213 (1 CD,
April 2006). Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria, Kepler Konsort,
St. Florianer Sängerknaben.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| Antonia Bembo (Venice, c.1640 - Paris, c.1720).
Produzioni Armoniche. Alpha 099 (1 CD, July 2006).
Details. Maria Jonas, mezzo-soprano & director,
Convoce.Coeln. Stephan Rath, lutes; Bernhard Hentrich, cello;
Markus Märkl, harpsichord.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Francesco Venturini (c.1675-1745). Concerti
da Camera (c.1715). Zig Zag Territoires ZZT060502 (1 CD, May
2006).
Details. David Plantier, La Cetra. Venturini was a native of
Flanders who was active at the court of Hanover. "This set
contains marvelous Italianate concertos as well as majestic
overtures and energetic dances in the French manner,
orchestrated with a sense of color worthy of Rameau, Bach or
Telemann."
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| João Rodrigues Esteves (c.1700-c.1751).
Miserere, Lamentations,
Stabat Mater. Ambronay AMY 006 (1 CD, May 2006).
Rodrigues Esteves studied in Rome from 1719 to 1726 and from
1729 to 1751 was master of the Royal Chapel in the Lisbon
cathedral. Graham O'Reilly, Ensemble européen William Byrd.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| Johann Sigismund Scholze (Sperontes)
(1705-1750). Singende Muse an der Pleisse. Ramée (2 CDs,
January 2006). Martin Petzold, tenor; Ulrike Staude, soprano;
Ulrich Wedemeier, lute & guitar; Thomas Fritzsch, cello, viola
da gamba, bass violin; Ludger Rémy, harpsichord, organ &
fortepiano; Simon Standage, violin.
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| Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (c.1682-1732).
Sventurata Didone. ORF CD 456 (1 CD 2006).
Details /
Review by Johan Van Veen. Christoph
Hammer, Neue Hofkapelle München. Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano. A
correspondent wrote to recommend this live recording, which
includes the cantata "Fra cetre, e fra trombe", composed for the
wedding of the Prince-Elector of Saxony in Dresden in 1719. The
Introduccione and two arias are accompanied by trumpet and
drums.
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FR |
DE |
JP |
| Music in Old Wroclaw. Dux 0485 (1 CD,
January 2006).
Details. Jan Tomasz Adamus, Harmonologia & Concerto
Palatino. Music by Wolf-Ernst Rothe, Christoph Bernhard
(1627-1692) & Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630).
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UK |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Antonio Sartorio (1630-1680). Giulio Cesare
in Egitto (Venice 1676). ORF CD 409 (3 CDs + CD-ROM,
January 2006).
Details. Attilio Cremonesi, La Cetra. Giulio Cesare:
Alexandrina Pendatschanska, soprano; Cleopatra: Laura Alonso,
soprano; Tolomeo: Dominique Visse, countertenor: Curio: Andries
Cloete, tenor; Achilla: Federico Sacchi, bass; Sesto Pompeo:
Amel Brahim-Djelloul, soprano; Nireno: Maria Cristina Kiehr,
soprano; Cornelia: Claire Brua, mezzo-soprano; Rodisbe: Steven
Cole, tenor. From the Innsbrucker Festwochen 2004. The libretto
by G.F. Bussani was adapted for Handel by Haym. Italian/English
and Italian/German libretti are on a fourth CD set up with the
old multi-session CD standard, which some computers are
unable to recognize. If you only see audio files in Windows
Explorer (as I did), you can open and extract the pdf files with
the free version of
IsoBuster.
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DE |
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| Christoph Bernhard (1627-1692) & Christian
Herwich (1605-1663). Dresden 1652. NCA 60147 (1 CD,
December 2005).
Cover. Klaus Mertens, bass. Hamburger Ratsmusik. Simone
Eckert, viol; Ulrich Wedemeier, lute; Michael Fuerst, organ.
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| Corelli, Farina, Maurizio Cazzati, Francesca
Caccini, Pestry Zbornik. La Follia Variations. ECM
4763101 (1 CD, January 2006). Stephen Stubbs, Teatro Lirico.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| Schütz. Symphoniae Sacrae III. Harmonia
Mundi HMC 901850/51 (2 CDs 2005). Konrad Junghänel, Cantus Cölln
& Concerto Palatino.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Domenico Gabrielli (1651-1690). L'opera
completa per violoncello (1689). Arte dell'arco TDK-AD009 (1
CD 2004). Hidemi Suzuki, cello; Emmanuel Balssa, cello; Naoya
Ohtsuka, harpsichord.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| Georg Böhm. Mein Freund ist mein. Cantatas.
cpo 7771432 (1 CD, October 2005). Ralf Popken, Capella Sancti
Georgi, Musica Alta Ripa.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Monteverdi. Selva morale e spirituale.
Ambronay AMY001 (4 CDs, September 2005). Gabriel Garrido,
Ensemble Elyma. Adriana Fernández, soprano; Philippe Jaroussky,
countertenor; Fabian Schofrin, countertenor; Erwan Chuberre,
tenor.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784).
Requiem & Missa Solemnis. Tactus TC701306 (1 CD, June 2005).
Details. Eleana Sartori, organ. Melodi Cantores.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
JP |
| Peter Phillips. Complete Keyboard Works,
volume 1. MD+G 34112572 (1 CD, May 2005). Siegbert Rampe,
harpsichord, clavichord, organ, virginal.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
 Johann
Georg Conradi (c.1645-1699). Die schöne und getreue Ariadne
(Hamburg 1691). cpo 777 073-2 (3 CDs, July 2005).
Details. Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs. Boston Early Music
Festival Orchestra & Chorus. Ariadne: Karina Gauvin, soprano;
Theseus: James Taylor, tenor; Pamphilius: Jan Kobow, tenor;
Pasiphae & Venus: Ellen Hargis, soprano; Bacchus & Evanthes:
Matthew White, countertenor; Pirithous: Julian Podger, tenor;
Minos: Marek Rzepka, bass-baritone; Phedra: Barbara Borden,
soprano. The only survivor of nine Hamburg operas by Conradi,
Ariadne was staged at the 2003 BEMF. It is an exceptional
opera, with more overt Lullian influence than recorded Keiser
operas. The quality of the music is comparable to Keiser's
Croesus and unquestionably superior to Mattheson's Boris
Goudenov, the 2005 BEMF opera production. Unfortunately, as
in Boris Goudenov, O'Dette & Stubbs present a PIP
performance (Pluckers Inspired Performance), that reconfigures
the continuo section from the historical two harpsichords plus
theorbos to one infrequent harpsichord, close miked lutes and
almost constant guitar, with occasional harp. Without the BEMF's
superb historical staging, it's not as easy to forgive the
annoying, strumming guitar that intrudes upon many movements. To
my knowledge there is absolutely no evidence that the
guitar was used as a continuo instrument at the Hamburg Opera.
(Or in contemporaneous opera houses in London, Dresden, Venice,
Naples, etc.) Just because guitars may have been used in opera
houses to accompany dancers, typically by themselves and without
other instruments, is no excuse for using them in place of
harpsichords or lutes in the continuo section. I recognize that
the Average American hates the sound of the harpsichord and
likes guitars, but the Average American doesn't attend the BEMF
or buy recordings of baroque operas. With HIP continuo and less
plucked string bias in the recording, this otherwise excellent
production would have received a NewOlde.com award.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Andrea Luchesi (1741-1801). Requiem e Dies
Irae (1771). Tactus TC 741201 (1 CD 2005).
Details. Giovanni Battista Columbro, Orchestra Barocca di
Cremona, Piccoli cantori di Brianza, Coro Civico "M. Boni" di
Cremona. Nadia Mantelli, soprano; Alessandra Vavasori,
contralto; Emanuele D'Aguanno, tenor; Francesco Azzolini, bass.
Reviewed in EMR 107:43 by Peter Branscombe, who wrote:
"This is an impressive, dramatic, even operatic work that I am
glad to have the chance of hearing. It receives a fervent
performance, following a lively overture of a later date."
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Christoph Schaffrath. Sonatas for Viola da
Gamba, Violin, Cello & Harpsichord. Zig-Zag Territoires (1
CD, May 2005). Guido Balestracci, viol; Amandine Beyer, violin;
Martin Zeller, cello; Massimiliano Rashietti, harpsichord.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Brade, Tunder, Selle, Schütz, et al. Musik
auf Schloss Gottorf. Norddeutsche Solowerke für Bass und
Violen da gamba. NCA 60137 (1 CD 2004).
Details. Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone. Simone Eckert,
Hamburger Ratsmusik.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| Sebastián Durón (1660-1716), Juan Lima de
Serqueira (1655-after 1726), et al. Cantadas de Pasión
para voz sola con varios generos de instrumentos. Arcana A333 (1
CD, April 2005). María Luz Álvarez, soprano. Thomas Wimmer,
Accentus Austria.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| Giovanni Maria Orlandini (1675-1760). Il
Giocatore - 3 Intermezzi. Tactus TC 671501 (1 CD 2004).
Details. Sandro Volta, Symphonia Perusina. Bacocco-Giudice:
Virgilio Bianconi, tenor; Serpilla: Maria Pia Moriyon, soprano.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (c.1580-1651).
Mottets à la Vierge. Pierre Verany PV 705021 (1 CD 2005).
Dominique Moaty, soprano; Emmanuelle Guigues, viol; Marie
Langlet, viol; Pierre Cazes, harpsichord.
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FR |
| Michael Haydn. Requiem / Missa in Honorem
Sanctae Ursulae. Hyperion CDA 67510 (2 CDs 2005).
Details. Robert King, The King's Consort. Carolyn Sampson,
soprano; Hilary Summers, contralto; James Gilchrist, tenor;
Peter Harvey, bass.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Francesco Gasparini, Francesco Conti, Ruggiero
Fedeli, Domenico Natale Sarro (Sarri) & Francesco Magini.
Dolce mio ben. Berlin Classics 0017702BC (1 CD, November
2004). Maite Beaumont, mezzo-soprano. Wolfgang Katschner,
Lautten Compagney. Cantatas and opera arias of 1700 from the
music library of Schloss Sondershausen.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| Antonio dos Santos Cunha (c.1786-1815).
Responsórios para o Officio da Sexta-Feira Santa. K617 168
(1 CD, March 2005).
Details. Luiz Alves da Silva, countertenor & Mathias Weibel,
violin, Ensemble Turicum. The latest in Ensemble Turicum's
series of recordings of music from colonial Brazil.
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DE |
| Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656-1705).
Sonates pour Violon & Basse continue (Dresden 1694). Zig-Zag
Territoires ZZT050201 (1 CD, February 2005).
Details. David Plantier, violin. Les plaisirs du Parnasse.
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FR |
DE |
| Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728-1788). III
Sonates et II Ariosi avec XII Variations pour le Clavessin
(1756). Teknon TK 12-252 (2 CDs, December 2004).
Details.
Menno van Delft, clavichord by J.A. Hass, Hamburg 1763.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
JP |
| Arcangelo Corelli. Sonate a Violino e
Violone o Cimbalo, Op. 5. Arcana A 423 (2 CDs 2004). Enrico
Gatti, violin; Gaetano Nasillo, cello; Guido Morini,
harpsichord.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709). Concertos.
Chandos CHAN 0716 (1 CD, February 2005). Collegium Musicum 90.
Simon Standage & Catherine Weiss, violins; Crispian
Steele-Perkins & David Blackadder, trumpets.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Joseph Vilsmayr (1663-1722).
Artificiosus Concentus pro camera à Violino Solo (Salzburg
1715). Arcana A328 (1 CD, October 2004). Gunar Letzbor,
violin. French translation of Letzbor's notes on
abeillemusic.com. Six partitas for unaccompanied violin.
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DE |
FR |
JP |
| Francesco Gasparini (1661-1727). Dori &
Daliso (cantata) / Mirena & Floro (intermezzo in 3
parts). Symphonia SY03207 (1 CD, October 2004).
Details. Carlo Ipata, Auser Musici. Elena Cecchi Fedi,
soprano; Lucia Sciannimanico, contralto; Marco Orestano
Cristarella, baritone. That Gasparini's music deserves to be
revived is clear from the cantatas recorded on Andreas Scholl's
"Arcadia" CD.
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DE |
FR |
| Johann Rosenmüller (c.1619-1684).
Weihnachtshistorie - History of the Nativity. Harmonia Mundi
HMC 901861 (1 CD, October 2004). Konrad Junghänel, Cantus Cölln,
Concerto Palatino. Junghänel's earilier Rosenmüller recordings,
Vespro della beata Vergine (HMC 901611/2 - also with
Concerto Palatino) and Sacri Concerti (dhm 05472-77181-2)
are outstanding.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630). Israels
Brünnlein. cpo 999 959-2 (2 CDs, November 2004). Manfred
Cordes, Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen. I highly recommend
the Cantus Cölln CD of selections from Israels Brünnlein and
Opella Nova II (dhm 05472 77359 2). The new set by
Weser-Renaissance obviously includes more music.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Frescobaldi. Harpsichord Works. Alba
ABCD 178 (1 CD, November 2004).
Details. Aapo Häkkinen. 2-manual harpsichord with undamped
4' by Philippe Humeau after Domencio di Pesaro 1590, tuned to
a=349 and "2/11 comma meantone".
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Domenico Mazzocchi (1592-1665). Musiche
Sacre e Morali. AS Musique ASM002 (1 CD, November 2004).
Jill Feldman, soprano; Orlanda Vélez Isidro, soprano; Kenneth
Weiss, harpsichord & organ. A chromatic harpsichord built by
Willard Martin with 19 keys per octave was flown to Europe for
this and other forthcoming recordings. Vocal music by Mazzocchi,
plus harpsichord pieces by Mayone, Frescobaldi & Trabaci.
FR |
| Antonio Bertali. Pièces virtuoses.
Mirare (1 CD, November 2004). Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar
Consort.
UK |
FR |
DE |
| Claudio Monteverdi. Vespri della beata
vergine. Opus 111 (Naïve) OP30403 (2 CDs, September 2004).
Details. Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano. Roberta
Invernizzi, Monica Piccinini & Anna Simboli, sopranos; Sara
Mingardo, contralto; Francesco Ghelardini, countertenor;
Vincenzo di Donato, Luca Dordolo & Gianluca Ferrarini, tenors;
Pietro Spagnoli & Furio Zanasi, baritones; Antonio Abete &
Daniele Carnovich, basses.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Christophe Graupner. Partitas for
Harpsichord, Vol. 1. Analekta FL 2 3109 (1 CD 2002).
Details. Geneviève Soly. Hubbard German harpsichord. This
series has been very favorably reviewed on the hpschd-l.
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP Vol. 2.
Details. Analekta FL 2 3164 (1 CD 2003).
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DE |
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CA |
JP
Vol. 3.
Details. Analekta FL 2 3181 (1 CD 2004).
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UK |
DE |
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CA |
JP
Vol. 4.
Details. Analekta AN 2 9116 (1 CD 2005).
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP
Vol. 5. Analekta AN 2 9118 (1 CD, January 2006).
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP
Vol. 6. Analekta AN 2 9119 (1 CD, April 2007).
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UK |
DE |
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CA |
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| Amodei (1649-1693?). Cataldo. BIS
CD-1415 (1 CD 2004). Emma Kirkby, soprano; Lars Erik Mortensen,
harpsichord; Jacob Lindberg, theorbo. Clifford Bartlett writes
in EMR 101:24-26 (June 2004): "I've been very
enthusiastic about several discs this month, but if you can only
buy one, make it this for its marvelous singing, brilliant
accompaniment and an amazing 'new' composer."
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UK |
DE |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Per Il Santissimo Natale. Ricercar 237
(1 CD 2004). Jean Tubéry, La Fenice. Maria Cristina Kiehr,
soprano; Kathelijne van Laetham, mezzo-soprano; John Elwes,
tenor. Clifford Bartlett writes in EMR 101:27 (June
2004): "This is a beautiful recording: there's so much good
music around that is known only specialists, and recordings by
such a fine group as this should encourage listeners who also
perform to emulate them."
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| Provenzale. La bella devozione. Opus 111
(1 CD, April 2004). Antonio Florio, La Cappella de'Turchini.
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| Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (1710-1791).
Catone in Utica (Munich 1753).
Oehms Classics
OC901 (3 CDs, April 2004). Christoph Hammer, Neue Hofkapelle
München. Catone: Kobie van Rensburg, tenor; Giulio Cesare:
Robert Crowe, sopranist; Arbace: Johnny Maldonado, countertenor;
Emilia: Sandra Moon, soprano; Marzia: Simone Schneider, soprano;
Fulvio: Florian Simson, tenor.
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| Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli (c.1690-1772).
Sonates pour violon & basse continue. Alpha 046 (1 CD 2004).
Details. Hélène Schmitt, violin; Gaetano Nasillo, cello;
Karl-Ernst Schröder, guitar; Andrea Marchiol, harpsichord &
organ.
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| Johann-Friedrich Reichart (1752-1814). Erwin
& Elmire (1793). cpo 999 860-2 (2 CDs 2004). Andreas
Spering, Cappella Coloniensis. Simone Kermes, Johanna Stojkovic,
Jörg Dürmüller, Michael Kupfer. Revised version of Goethe's
libretto, first set by several composers in 1776. "Reichart used
accompanied recitative throughout -- the first time a German
opera had followed Gluck's lead in this respect." Thomas Bauman,
North German Opera in the Age of Goethe, p. 256
(Cambridge 1985).
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| Francesco Geminiani. Concerti Grossi after
Corelli violin sonatas op. 5. Zig Zag Territoires ZZT040301
(2 CDs, March 2004). Chiara Banchini, Ensemble 415.
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| Niccolò Piccinni (1728-1800). Le Donne
Vendicate. (Rome 1763). Intermezzi for four voices in two
parts. Libretto after Carlo Goldoni. Chandos 0705 (2 CDs 2004,
recorded 1999). Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti. Count Bellezza:
Vincenzo Di Donato, tenor; Lindora: Giuliana Castellani,
soprano; Ferramonte: Mauro Buda, baritone; Aurelia: Sylva
Pozzer, soprano.
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| Leopold Anton Kozeluch (1747-1818). Moisè in
Egitto (Vienna 1787). cpo 999 948-2 (2 CDs 2003). Hermann
Max, Rheinisches Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert. Merime: Simone
Kermes, soprano; Aaronne: Linda Perillo, soprano; Moisè: Markus
Schäfer, tenor; Faraone: Tom Sol, bass. Exceptional Italian
oratorio with mostly da capo arias and no secco recitative.
Kozeluch replaced Merime's dramatic aria at the beginning of
Part II with more modern music for a 1790 revival, and both
versions are included here.
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| Pirro Capacelli Albergati (1663-1735).
Magnificat / Oratorio / Cantate spirituali. Oratorio for
soprano and bass: La Beata Caterina da Bologna tentata di
solitudine (Bologna 1710); Cantata for tenor: Santa Brigada;
Cantata for alto: San Cristoforo. Tactus 660101 (1 CD, December
2003).
Details. Roberto Cascio, Fortuna Ensemble. Valentina
Domenicali, soprano; Gastone Sarti, bass; Marcella Ventura,
contralto; Andrea Fusari, tenor.
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| Francesco Cavalli. La Statira, Principessa
di Persia. Opus 111/Naïve OP30382 (2 CDs, October 2003).
Antonio Florio, La Cappella de'Turchini. Statira: Roberta
Invernizzi, soprano; Cloridaspe: Dionisia Di Vico, mezzo;
Ermosilla / Usimano: Maria Ercolano, soprano; Floralba: Maria
Grazia Schiavo, soprano; Brisante: Daniela Del Monaco,
contralto; Maga / Eurillo: Roberta Andalò, soprano; Elissena:
Giuseppe De Vittorio, tenor; Plutone / Nicarco / Dario: Giuseppe
Naviglio, bass; Vaffrino: Rosario Totaro, tenor; Mercurio /
Brimonte: Stefano di Fraia, tenor.
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| Andreas Hammerschmidt. Sacred Works. cpo
999 846-2 (1 CD 2003). Manfred Cordes, Weser-Renaissance Bremen.
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| Georg Böhm (1661-1733). Die Claviersuiten
(Hamburg & Lüneburg c.1700). Glossa GCD 921801 (2 CDs, October 2003).
Details. Mitzi Meyerson, harpsichord.
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| Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801). Zeit &
Ewigkeit, Heilig ist Gott der Herr, Psalm 149. cpo 999 955-2
(1 CD 2003). Peter Kopp, Dresdner Instrumental-Concert,
Körnercher Sing-Verein Dresden. Simone Kermes, soprano; Britta
Schwarz, alto; Marcus Ullmann, tenor; Gotthold Schwarz, bass.
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| Antonio de Literes (1673-1747). Júpiter y
Semele o El estrago en la fineza (1718). Harmonia Mundi
Ibérica HMI 987036/37 (2 CDs 2003). Eduardo López Banzo, Al Ayre
Español. Júpiter: Marta Almajano; Cupido: Lola Casariego; Juno:
Soledad Cardoso; Enarreta: Marina Pardo; Cadmo / Sátiro: Jordi
Ricart; Ydaspes: Jose Hernández; Semele: Virginia Ardid.
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| Joseph Schuster (1748-1812). Demofoonte.
dhm 74321 98282-2 (2 CDs 2003). Ludger Rémy, Barockorchester "La
Ciaccona". Demofoonte: Andreas Post, tenor; Dircea: Dorothee
Mields, soprano; Timante: Jörg Waschinski, sopranist; Matusio:
Jan Kobow, tenor; Creusa: Marie Melnitzki, soprano; Cherinto:
Werner Buchin, countertenor; Adrasto: Bernhard Schafferer,
countertenor. Based on the Metastasio libretto previously set by
Caldara, Gluck, Jommelli, Hasse, Galuppi and many others.
Schuster was director of music at the Dresden court.
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| Luis Misón, Antonio Rosales, Pablo Esteve, Blas
de Laserna, Pablo del Moral. El Maestro de baile y otras
Tonadillas: a musical context for Goya. K617151 (1 CD 2003).
Gabriel Garrido, Ensemble Elyma. Cecilia Lavilla Berganza,
soprano; Olga Pitarch, soprano; Salvador Parrón, tenor.
Sleeve notes: Music in the theatres of Madrid in the 18th
Century: The tonadillas escénica, by Begoña Lolo.
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| Georg Gebel d.J. (1709-1753). Johannes
Passion. cpo 999 894-2 (2 CDs 2003).
Review by Johan van Veen. Ludger Rémy, Weimarer
Barock-Ensemble, Ensemble inCanto Weimar. Ika Kruse (Ancilla),
Dorothee Mields (arias), soprano; Thomas Riede (Petrus), Henning
Voss (arias), alto; Mirko Heimerl (Servus), Jan Kobow
(Evangelist & arias), tenor; Sebastian Bluth (Jesus), Friedemann
Klos (Pilatus), Klaus Mertens (arias), bass.
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| Girolamo Abos (1715-1760), Giuseppe Tartini
(1692-1770) & Quirino Gasparini (1721-1778). Stabat Mater.
Cyprès CYP1639 (1 CD 2003).
Details. Daniel Cuiller, Ensemble Stradivaria. Isabelle
Poulenard, soprano; Isabelle Desrochers, soprano; Martin Oro,
countertenor. Abos was a Maltese of Spanish extraction who
composed in the Neapolitan style, and Quirino Gasparini was the
maestro di cappella of the Turin Cathedral.
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| Benedetto Ferrari. Musiche Varie.
Ambroisie AMB 9932 (1 CD 2003). Philippe Jaroussky,
countertenor. Ensemble Artaserse.
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| Giovanni Battista Buonamente. Balli, Sonate
& Canzoni. Stradivarius STR 33603 (1 CD, 2003). Monica
Huggett, violin; Bruce Dickey, cornetto; Galatea, Paul Beier,
director. "The string playing ... is exceptionally good, with
the 1636 sonata for three violins being particularly enjoyable.
... Even more impressive are the five tracks played by the [six]
pluckers alone: how so many of them can play at the same time
and yet achieve a perfect balance and an incredible transparency
of texture is almost unbelievable." Brian Clark, Early Music
Review 91: 18 (June 2003).
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| De Aeternitate. Sacred vocal music of
the German baroque. Mirare 9911 (1 CD 2002). Carlos Mena,
countertenor. Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort. Works by J.
Christoph Bach, J.M. Bach, Bernhard, Fischer, Geist, Nikolaus
Hasse, Spahn, Reincken & Hoffmann.
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| David Perez (1711-1778). Il Martirio di San
Bartolomeo (Rome 1749). Butterfly Records, Palermo FTM003 (2
CDs 2002). Gabriel Garrido, Ensemble Elyma. San Bartolomeo:
Gloria Banditelli, contralto; Ormusse: Flavio Oliver,
countertenor; Astiage: Gian Paolo Fagotto, tenor; Oronte: Martín
Oro, countertenor. The New York Performing Arts Library has a
copy. |
| Benedetto Vinaccesi (1666-1719). Motteti
(Venice 1714). Stradivarius STR 33594 (1 CD 2002). Includes a
sonata for organ by Benedetto Marcello.
Review by Dinko Fabris. Alessandro Casari, Ensemble Gli
Erranti. Elisa Franzetti, soprano; Emanuele Bianchi,
countertenor; Walter Testolin, bass. A superb recording that I
highly recommend.
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| Bonaventura Aliotti. Il Sansone (Naples
1686, Modena 1688). K617133 (1 CD, 2002). Gabriel Garrido,
Ensemble Elyma, Coro Antonio Il Verso. Sleeve notes:
The personality and works of Bonaventura Aliotti |
The sources and the plot. Sansone: Franceco Garrigosa,
tenor; Dalila: Adriana Fernández, soprano; Inganno: Claudine
Ansermet, soprano; Capitano dei Filistei: Claudio Cavina,
countertenor; Morfeo: Ivan Garcia, bass.
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| Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801). Aci e
Galatea osia I Ciclopi Amanti. Orfeo C 222 022 (2 CDs 2002).
Frieder Bernius, Stuttgarter Kammerchor & Barockorchester.
Galatea: Brigitte Geller, Aci: Martin Homrich, Polifemo: Klaus
Häger, Dorinda: Christiane Libor, Lisia: Marcus Ullmann,
Orgonte: Ulf Bästlein, Nettuno: Wilhelm Schwinghammer. Favorably
reviewed by Brian Clark in Early Music Review 87:22
(February 2003). Text in Italian and German only.
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| Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621). The
Complete Keyboard Works. NM Classics 92119 (9 CDs 2002).
Bernard Winsemius,
Leo
van Doeselaar,
Pieter van Dijk, Freddy Eichelberger, Liuwe Tamminga,
Reinhard Jaud, Stef Tuinstra, Bert Matter, Vincent van Laar -
organ; Pieter Dirksen, Bob van Asperen, Menno van Delft,
Pieter-Jan Belder, Siebe Henstra & Glen Wilson - harpsichord.
Organs include the
Van Covelens organ (1511).
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| Nikolaus Bruhns. Deutsche Kantaten.
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901752. (1 CD). Konrad Junghänel,
Cantus Cölln.
Susanne Rydén. 2002.
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| Jan Baptist Verrijt. Flammae divinae, opus
5. NM Classics 92076 (1 CD, 2001).
Review. Anthony Rooley, The Consort of Musicke. Emma Kirkby
& Evelyn Tubb (sopranos), Joseph Cornwell & Andrew King
(tenors), Lucy Ballard (alto), & Simon Grant (bass).
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| Franz Xavier Richter (1709-1789). Leçons de
ténèbres (Stasbourg 1773). Cyprès CYP 1624 (1 CD 2000).
Details. Daniel Cuiller, Ensemble Stradivaria. Isabelle
Poulenard, soprano; Pascal Bertin, countertenor; Gilles Ragon,
tenor; Peter Harvey, bass.
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| Giacomo Facco (1676-1753). Amor es todo
invención, o Júpiter y Amphitrión (1720). Pavanne ADW 74468
(3 CDs).
Aníbal E. Cetrangolo, Ensemble Albalonga. Luca Dordolo,
Adriana Fernández, Vincenzo Di Donato, Patrizia Vaccari,
Giampaolo Fagotto, Bianca Simone. Cetrangolo's 1994 Symphonia CD
(SY 94S27) of two vocal works by Facco is outstanding. It
consists of a Serenata for six voices and the only surviving
fragment of Facco's contribution to the opera "Amor aumenta el
valor", with an orchestra of 22 instruments led by Enrico Gatti.
All of these works were composed in Madrid and are in Spanish.
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| Willem de Fesch (1687-1757). Joseph. NM
92079 (3 CDs). Jed Wentz, Musica ad Rhenum. Claron McFadden,
Roberta Alexander, Susanna Moncayo von Hase, Nico van der Meel,
Henk Vonk, Tom Sol, National Kinderkoor, Viri Cantores. Fesch
emigrated to London, where he played violin in Handel's
orchestra. He composed two English oratorios, of which this is
the sole survivor.
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| Carlo Agostino Badia (ca 1672-1738). La Fuga
in Egitto.
ORF CD 236 (1 CD, 2001). Antonio Florio, Cappella
de'Turcini. Roberta Invernizzi.
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Some Favorite Recordings
| Maurice Greene. Songs and Keyboard Works.
Musica Oscura 0709789 (1 CD 1995). Emma Kirkby, soprano;
Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord.
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| Anthoni van Noordt, Sybrant van Noordt, Jr.,
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Pieter Bustijn, Johann Adam Reincken,
anonymous. The Harpsichord in the Netherlands, 1580-1712.
Sony SK 46349. Bob van Asperen. Velen Castle Ruckers
harpsichord.
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| David Petersen. Speelstukken (1683).
Astrée E8615. Manfredo Kraemer, violin. The Rare Fruits Council.
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| Mozart. Mitradate. Decca 460 772 (3
CDs). Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques. Natalie Dessay,
Cecilia Bartoli, Giuseppe Sabbatini, Brian Asawa, Sandrine Piau,
Juan Diego Florez. My favorite Mozart opera recording.
(Gardiner's Idomeneo is my favorite of the Big Eight.)
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Benevolo. Missa Azzolina & other sacred music. Naxos 8.553636. Hervé
Niquet. Le Concert Spirituel. (1996).
Durante. Lamentations Jeremiae Prophetae, Vespro Breve. Arts 47522-2.
Fasolis, Invernizzi, Galli, Domínguez, Labusch, Cantor, Beasley, Abete, Zanasi,
Sonatori de la Gioio. (1998).
Nicolaus Bruhns. L'oeuvre d'orgue, Cantates. Jan Willem Jansen,
organs, with Martin Gester & Le Parlement de Musique, Salomé Haller, Thierry
Dagon, Koki Katano, Dirk Snellings. New north German-style organ at Musée des
Augustins & Delaunay organ (1683).
Monteverdi. Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria. K617 091 (3 CDs). Gabriel
Garrido, Ensemble Elyma. Banditelli, Zanasi, Kiehr, Fouchécourt.
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Antonio
Bertali, Antonio Caldara (born 12 years after this coronation),
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Wolfgang Ebner et al. Coronatio
Solemnissima - The Emperor's Coronation - Leopold I, 1658.
Christophorus SACD 77283 (1 CD, November 2006). Amo Paduch,
Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble.
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JP
Christoph
Schaffrath (1709-1763). Trios & Sonatas. cpo 777 116-2 (1
CD 2006). Epoca Barocca.
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JP
Antonio
Maria Gasparo Sacchini (1730-1786). Oedipe à Colone
(Paris 1786). Naxos 8.660196/97 (2 CDs, August 2006).
French/English libretto
online here (pdf). Ryan Brown, Opera Lafayette. Oedipe:
François Loup, bass; Polinice: Robert Getchell, tenor; Antigone:
Nathalie Paulin, soprano; Thésée: Tony Boutté, tenor; Eriphile:
Kirsten Blaise, soprano; Le Grand Prêtre des Euménides: Jonathan
Kimple; Une Athénienne: Kara Morgan; Un Coriphée: Philip Cave;
Un Hérault: Jason Kaminski.
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Johann
Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801). Betulia Liberata. cpo 777
063-2 (2 CDs, June 2006). Hermann Max, Das Kleine Konzert,
Rheinische Kantorei. Giuditta: Nele Gramß soprano; Amital:
Salomé Haller, soprano; Ozia: Markus Schäfer, tenor; Carmi: Hans
Jörg Mammel, tenor; Achior: Harry van der Kamp, bass. Metastasio
libretto set by Reutter, Jommelli, Holzbauer, Calegari, Mozart,
Gassmann, Anfossi and other composers.
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Johann
Valentin Meder (1649-1719). St. Matthew Passion (Riga 1701).
Raumklang RK2506 (1 CD, July 2006). Michael Alexander Willens,
Die Kölner Akademie. Nicki Kennedy & Hannah Morrison, sopranos;
Dorothee Merkel, contralto; Gerd Türk, tenor; Christian Hilz,
bass. This early passion on a wordy libretto consists mainly of
recitative and arioso. Most of the short, solo arias are based
on chorales, and the choruses are typically brief interjections.
The recording is very well done, but I had great difficulty
making sense of the libretto with the included German-only texts
that are run together without line breaks between parts. After
obtaining a copy of the excellent, bi-lingual libretto provided
for the BEMF performance in Cambridge, MA last April, I listened
again and had a much more positive experience. It's essential to
follow the libretto closely to appreciate this work, yet that is
impossible with what the record company has provided.
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Johann
Georg Conradi (c.1645-1699). Die schöne und getreue Ariadne
(Hamburg 1691). cpo 777 073-2 (3 CDs, July 2005).
Details. Paul O'Dette & Stephen Stubbs. Boston Early Music
Festival Orchestra & Chorus. Ariadne: Karina Gauvin, soprano;
Theseus: James Taylor, tenor; Pamphilius: Jan Kobow, tenor;
Pasiphae & Venus: Ellen Hargis, soprano; Bacchus & Evanthes:
Matthew White, countertenor; Pirithous: Julian Podger, tenor;
Minos: Marek Rzepka, bass-baritone; Phedra: Barbara Borden,
soprano. The only survivor of nine Hamburg operas by Conradi,
Ariadne was staged at the 2003 BEMF. It is an exceptional
opera, with more overt Lullian influence than recorded Keiser
operas. The quality of the music is comparable to Keiser's
Croesus and unquestionably superior to Mattheson's Boris
Goudenov, the 2005 BEMF opera production. Unfortunately, as
in Boris Goudenov, O'Dette & Stubbs present a PIP
performance (Pluckers Inspired Performance), that reconfigures
the continuo section from the historical two harpsichords plus
theorbos to one infrequent harpsichord, close miked lutes and
almost constant guitar, with occasional harp. Without the BEMF's
superb historical staging, it's not as easy to forgive the
annoying, strumming guitar that intrudes upon many movements. To
my knowledge there is absolutely no evidence that the
guitar was used as a continuo instrument at the Hamburg Opera.
(Or in contemporaneous opera houses in London, Dresden, Venice,
Naples, etc.) Just because guitars may have been used in opera
houses to accompany dancers, typically by themselves and without
other instruments, is no excuse for using them in place of
harpsichords or lutes in the continuo section. I recognize that
the Average American hates the sound of the harpsichord and
likes guitars, but the Average American doesn't attend the BEMF
or buy recordings of baroque operas. With HIP continuo and less
plucked string bias in the recording, this otherwise excellent
production would have received a NewOlde.com award.
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