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New Releases
 Handel.
Aminta e Fillide (HWV 83) / Clori, mia bella Clori (HWV 92) -
Italian Cantatas vol. 4. Glossa GCD 921524 (1 CD, September
2008). Maria Grazia Schiavo, soprano; Núria Rial, soprano. Fabio
Bonizzoni, La Risonanza.
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Jean-Baptiste Lully. Proserpine (1680).
Glossa (2 CDs 2008). Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel.
Proserpine: Salomé Haller, soprano; Aréthuse: Blandine
Staskiewicz, mezzo-soprano; Cérès: Stéphanie d'Oustrac,
mezzo-soprano; Alphée: Cyril Auvity, haute-contre; Mercure:
François-Nicolas Geslot, haute-contre; Ascalaphe: Benoît Arnould,
baritone; Jupiter: Marc Labonnette, baritone; Pluton: João
Fernandes, bass. Recorded without the prologue. French edition
with book. (May 2008).
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International edition with English & German translations.
(September 2008).
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 Telemann.
Kapitänsmusik 1724 (TVWV 15:2). cpo 777 176-2 (1 CD,
September 2008). Ludger Rémy, Telemannisches Collegium
Michaelstein. Magdalena Podkoscielna, soprano; David Erler,
countertenor; Andreas Post, tenor; Matthias Vieweg, bass;
Ekkehard Abele, bass. Contents: Oratorio "Freuet euch des Herrn"
& Serenata "Geliebter Aufenthalt beglückter Stille".
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| De Profundis. (1 CD, October 2008).
Stephan Macleod, bass. Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort. May
include Bruhns, De Profundis; Weckmann, "Kommet her zu mir" &
Johann Christoph Bach, "Wie bist du denn, o Gott".
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 Alessandro
Scarlatti. Venere, Adone e Amore: Serenatas & Cantatas.
ABC Classics 476 617-0 (3 CDs, December 2007).
Details. Rosalind Halton, Chacona. Jane Edwards, soprano;
Miriam Allan, soprano; Vivien Hamilton, soprano; Tessa Miller,
soprano; James Sanderson, countertenor. The second & third CDs
are a reissue of the 2-CD set "Olimpia - Cantatas of Alessandro
Scarlatti", ABC Classics 461 687-2 (2000).
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| Alessandro Scarlatti & Pergolesi. Masses.
Naïve / Opus 111 (1 CD, October 2008). Rinaldo Alessandrini,
Concerto Italiano. Scarlatti, Messa per il Santissimo Natale;
Pergolesi, Missa Romana "di S. Emidio".
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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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| Musiques au temps de Richelieu. Musiques
à la Chabotterie (2 CDs, September 2008). Hugo Reyne, La
Simphonie du Marais. Ballet de la Prospérité des armes de France
(1641). Ballet de Mr. le Cardinal (Chancy, La Barre, Mollier,
Verpré.)
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| Porpora. Or sì m'avveggio, oh Amore -
Cantatas for soprano. Hyperion CDA 67621 (1 CD, September
2008).
Details. Elena Cecchi Fedi, soprano. Carlo Ipata, Auser
Musici.
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 Handel.
Joshua. (HWV 64, London 1748). MDG (2 CDs, August 2008).
Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor. Achsah:
Myung-Hee Hyun, soprano; Othniel: Alex Potter, countertenor;
Joshua: James Gilchrist, tenor; Angel: Georg Poplutz, tenor;
Caleb: Konstantin Wolff, bass.
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| Handel. Rodrigo (Vincer se stesso è la
maggior vittoria). (HWV 5, Florence 1707). Naïve Ambroisie
(2 CDs, August 2008). Eduardo López Banzo, Al Ayre Español.
Rodrigo: Maria Riccarda Wesseling, mezzo-soprano; Esilena: Maria
Bayo, soprano; Florinda: Deborah York, soprano, soprano; Evanco:
Anne-Catherine Gillet, soprano; Fernando: Max Emmanuel Cencic,
countertenor; Giuliano: Kobie Van Rensburg, tenor.
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| Zelenka. Missa Votiva (ZWV 18, 1739).
Zig-Zag Territoires (1 CD, August 2008).
Details. Václav Luks, Collegium 1704.
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| Handel. Furore - Arias. Virgin (1 CD,
November 2008). Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; Christophe
Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques.
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| Handel. Arias & Dances from Alcina &
Agrippina. Analekta (1 CD, August 2008). Karina Gauvin,
soprano. Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik.
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| Zelenka, Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti,
Caldara. Italian Oratorio Arias. Analekta (1 CD, August
2008). Matthew White, countertenor.
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| Buxtehude. Opera Omnia 8: Organ Works 3.
Challenge Classics (1 CD, September 2008). Ton Koopman, organ.
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| Haydn. Arias. DG (1 CD, October 2008).
Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone. Gottfried von der Golz,
Freiburger Barockorchester.
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| François Couperin. Ordres pour Clavecin.
Vol. 2. Naïve Ambroisie (2 CDs, September 2008). Violaine
Cochard, harpsichord.
FR Vol. 1: Ordres 1-3-6-7. Ambroisie AMB
9989 (2 CDs 2005). Violaine Cochard, anonymous lyonnais
harpsichord, ravalé par Joseph Collesse (1748).
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| François Couperin. Pièces de Violes.
Mirare MIR 040 (1 CD, May 2008).
Details. Philippe Pierlot, bass viol; Emmanuel Balssa, bass
viol; Eduardo Eguez, theorbo & guitar; Pierre Hantaï,
harpsichord.
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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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| Handel. Sento Brillar - Arias for Carestini.
RCA (1 CD, July 2008). Vesselina Kasarova, mezzo-soprano. Alan
Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco.
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| Handel. 9 German Arias; Johann Mattheson,
3 German Arias. Carus 83.426 (1 CD, August 2008).
Details. Monika Mauch, soprano. Rien Voskuilen, L'arpa
festante.
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| Le Grazie Veneziane - Music from the
Ospedali. Porpora, De profundis; Hasse, Laudate
pueri; Galuppi, Dixit Dominus. Carus 83.264 (1 CD,
August 2008).
Details. Peter Kopp, Dresdner Instrumental-Concert, Vocal
Concert Dresden. Emanuela Galli, soprano; Maria Grazia Schaivo,
soprano; Josè Maria Lo Monaco, mezzo-soprano.
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| Handel. Un Momento di Contento - Arias for
Tenor. Coviello COV 20808 (1 CD, July 2008). Christoph Genz,
tenor; Julia Wagner, soprano. David Timm,
Händelfestspielorchester Halle.
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| Vivaldi. Mottetti Sacri. Stradivarius (1
CD, August 2008). Claudio Astronio, Harmonices Mundi, Bozen
Baroque Orchestra & Choir. Susanne Rydén, soprano; Gemma
Bertagnolli, soprano; Massimiliano Mauthe, countertenor.
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| Handel. Semele. (HWV 58, London 1744).
Naxos 8.570431/33 (3 CDs, July 2008).
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Libretto with German translation (pdf). Joachim Carlos
Martini, Junge Kantorei, Barockorchester Frankfurt. Semele:
Elisabeth Scholl, soprano; Iris & Cupid: Julla Schmidt, soprano;
Athamas: Ralf Popken, countertenor; Ino: Britta Schwarz,
contralto; Juno: Annette Markert, contralto; Jupiter / Apollo:
Knut Schoch, tenor; Cadmus / Somnus / High Priest: Klaus Mertens,
baritone. Disappointing -- a so-so live recording of a mediocre
performance featuring massive and muddy choral sound, German
accents ranging from mild (Schoch) to very harsh (Schmidt), and
legato singing by Scholl, who was overmatched by the role. A
non-historical lute accompanies most movements, but fortunately
it wasn't closely miked, as on the weird Chandos recording.
Includes three fine arias not in the HG edition that usually
aren't performed: "See, she blushing turns her eyes" (Ino) in
place of the recitative on the same text and the aria "Hymen,
haste, thy touch prepare" (Athamus) (I/1); "Come, Zephyrs, come"
(Cupid), a long, da capo version of an arioso from Hercules
(II/2); and "Behold in this mirror" (Juno) (III/2) in place of
the recitative on the same text.
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| Jean-Baptiste Lully. Psyché. cpo 777
367-2 (3 CDs, June 2008). Steven Stubbs & Paul O'Dette, Boston
Early Music Festival Orchestra & Chorus. Psyché: Carolyn
Sampson, soprano; Venus: Karina Gauvin, soprano; Aaron Sheehan,
tenor; Vulcan: Colin Balzer, tenor; Olivier Laquerre, bass;
Zéphire: Jason McStoots, tenor; Palemon: Matthew Shaw, baritone;
Silenus: José Lemos, countertenor.
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| Handel. O Praise the Lord - Anthems &
Psalms. Carus 83.421 (1 CD, June 2008). Laudate pueri HWV
237; Nisi Dominus HWV 238; I will magnify thee HWV 250b; O
praise the Lord with one consent HWV 254. Jochen M. Arnold, Gli
Scarlattisti. Capella Principale. Iris-Anna Deckert, soprano;
Susan Eitrich, soprano; Franz Vitzthum, countertenor; Andreas
Weller, tenor; Dieter Wagner, tenor; Jens Hamann, bass.
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| Benedetto Marcello. Joaz (Vienna 1726).
ORF 2011382 (2 CDs, June 2008). Christoph Hammer, Neue
Hofkapelle München. Athalia: Maria Erlacher, soprano; Joaz:
Markus Forster, countertenor; Josabet: Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano;
Mathan: Daniel Johannsen, tenor; Azaria: Martin Bruns, baritone;
Joiada: Dominik Wörner, bass. Libretto by Apostolo Zeno.
ORF Shop.
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| André Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813). La
Caravane du Caïre & Le Jugement de Midas (excerpts). (2 CDs,
July 2008). Presumably drawn from Minkowski's superb 1991
recording of La Caravane du Caïre and Leonhardt's 1980
recording of excerpts from Le Jugement de Midas, both on
Ricercar.
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| Jean-Baptiste Lully. Ballet des Arts
(1663/1685). Accord (1 CD, June 2008).
Details. Hugo Reyne, La Simphonie du Marais. Lully ou le
Musicien du Soleil, Volume X.
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| W.A. Mozart. Demofoonte - opera fragment.
Arts Music 47746-9 (2 CDs, June 2008).
Details. Bruno Weil, Capella Coloniensis. Mattias Habich,
speaker; Sunhae Im, soprano; Eleonore Marguerre, soprano; Netta
Or, soprano.
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| Hieronymus Praetorius (1560-1629). San Marco
in Hamburg - Motets. cpo 777 245-2 (1 CD, June 2008).
Manfred Cordes, Weser-Renaissance Bremen.
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| J.S. Bach. Music for Lute-Harpsichord.
Naxos (2 CDs, August 2008). Elizabeth Farr, lautenwerk by Keith
Hill.
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| J.S. Bach et al. Jauchzet Gott in Allen
Landen (BWV 51) - Cantatas for Soprano & Trumpet. Phoenix
Edition 102 (1 CD, June 2008).
Details. Ruth Ziesak, soprano; Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet.
Berliner Barock Compagney. The same soloists recorded BWV 51 on
modern instruments in 2000 on Capriccio.
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| Antonio Soler. Sonatas for Harpsichord, vol. 1.
Brilliant Classics (2 CDs, July 2008). Pieter-Jan Belder,
harpsichord.
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| Henry Purcell. Keyboard Music - Grounds and Suites.
Harmonia Mundi (1 CD, September 2008). Richard Egarr,
harpsichord.
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| Vivaldi. Concerti per Cello, vol. 2. Naïve / Opus 111
Vivaldi Edition (1 CD, August 2008). Christophe Coin, cello.
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| Solos for a German flute - Chamber music by
Handel & Dieupart. Accent ACC 24194 (1 CD, July 2008). Frank
Theuns, traverso. Les Buffardins.
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| Vivaldi. Concertos & Cantata with Bassoon.
Etcetera KTC 1324 (1 CD, April 2008).
Details. Pieter Dirksen, La Suave Melodia. Frans Robert
Berkhout, bassoon; Georgia Brown, traverso; Clint van der Linde,
countertenor.
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| Georg Muffat. Auserlesene mit Ernst und Lust
- Instrumental Music. Channel Classics (1 CD, June 2008).
Matthew Halls, Holland Baroque Society.
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| Haydn. Trios à cordes No. 14, 59, 80, 85, 96
& 97. Alpha (1 CD, June 2008).
Details.
Quatour Rincontro.
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| Dowland, Tessier, Batchelor, Caccini, Guedron.
A Musical Banquet. ECM (1 CD, June 2008). Monika Mauch,
soprano; Nigel North, lute. Music from the songbook of Robert
Dowland, son of John Dowland.
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| Biber. Fidicinium Sacro Profanum.
Zig-Zag Territoires (1 CD, June 2008). David Plantier, Les
Plaisirs du Parnasse.
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| Robert de Visée. Pièces de Théorbe.
Metronome MET 1072 (1 CD, June 2008). Fred Jacobs, theorbo.
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| Almirante. Modern pasticcio opera with
music by J.S. Bach, Handel, Fux, Daniel Purcell & Henry Purcell.
Phoenix Edition 106 (1 CD, May 2008).
Details. Jörg Zwicker, Capella Leopoldina. Deborah York &
Lydia Vierlander, sopranos.
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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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| Jean-Féry Rebel, Les Éléments (suite) &
Rameau, Suite from Castor & Pollux. Phoenix Edition 110
(1 CD, May 2008).
Details. Michi Gaigg, L'Orfeo Barockorchester.
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| Alessandro Scarlatti. Il Martirio di Santa
Cecilia (1708). cpo 777 258-2 (2 CDs, April 2008).
Previously released on Classic Voice TVO 046 (2003, 2000). Diego
Fasolis, I Barocchisti. Cecilia: Nancy Argenta, soprano; Nutrice:
Marinella Pennicchi, soprano; Almachin: Bernhard Landauer,
countertenor; Il suo Consigliere: Marco Beasley, tenor.
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| Psalterion & Fortepiano - From C.P.E. Bach
to Mozart. Ambronay AMY 012 (1 CD, June 2008). Margit
Übellacker, psalterion; Aline Zylberajch, fortepiano.
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| Michel Corrette. Les Amusemens du Parnasse -
Harpsichord Pieces. Pierre Verany PV708021 (1 CD, April
2008). Jean-Patrice Brosse, harpsichord. Livres II (1750) and
III (1754). Book III contains arrangements of Italian arias,
including three movements from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater.
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| Charles Levens (1689-1764). Te Deum, Deus
Noster Refugium. Éditions Hortus (1 CD, April 2008). Michel
Laplénie, Sagittarius, Group Vocal Arpège. A recording by the
same performers of Levens' Messes des Morts was released
on Lira d'Arco in 2003 and reissued on Etcetera.
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| Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
(1665-1729). Céphale et Procris (Paris 1694). ORF
2011291 (2 CDs, April 2008).
Details (Deutsch) (pdf).
Details (Français). Daniela Dolci, Musica Fiorita. Procris:
Raphaële Kennedy, soprano; Céphale: Achim Schulz, haute-contre;
Dorine: Camilla de Falleiro, soprano; Arcas: Lisandro Abadie,
bass.
ORF Shop.
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| Gluck. Ezio (Vienna version, 1763/64).
Oehms Classics (2 CDs, May 2008). Michael Hofstetter, Chor und
Orchester der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele. Valentiniano III:
Ruth Sandhoff, mezzo-soprano; Fulvia: Kirsten Blaise, soprano;
Ezio: Franco Fagioli, countertenor; Onoria: Sophie Marin-Degor,
soprano; Massimo: Stefano Ferrari, tenor; Varo: Netta Or,
soprano. The 1750 Prague version was recorded by Andreas Stoehr
on Coviello. Note that Netta Or, Varo on this recording,
performed Onoria on the other recording, where Onoria was a
tenor. Both recordings are very good but incomplete. With both
in hand, it's possible to piece together most of the libretto.
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| Vivaldi. Orlando furioso. (RV 728,
Venice 1727). cpo 777 095-2 (3 CDs, March 2008, recorded in
2002). Federico Maria Sardelli, Modo Antiquo, Coro da Camera
Italiano. Orlando: Anne Desler, mezzo-soprano; Angelica: Nicki
Kennedy, soprano; Alcina: Marina de Liso, mezzo-soprano; Medoro:
Luca Dordolo, tenor; Bradamante: Lucia Sciannimanico,
mezzo-soprano; Ruggiero: Thierry Grégoire, countertenor;
Alfonso: Martin Kronthaler, baritone. There was a partial
release of this recording on 2 CDs in 2003 on Amadeus AMS
078/79.
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| Handel. Dettingen Te Deum (HWV 283,
London 1743) & Organ Concerto HWV 296a & Zadok the Priest.
Hyperion CDA 67679 (1 CD, June 2008).
Details. Stephen Layton, Academy of Ancient Music, Choir of
Trinity College Cambridge. Christopher Lowrey, countertenor;
Robin Firth, tenor; Neal Davies, bass. Richard Marlow, organ.
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| Handel. Israel in Egypt. (HWV 54, London
1739). Naxos (2 CDs, May 2008). Kevin Mallon, Aradia Ensemble.
Jennifer Such, Eve Rachel McLeod & Laura Albino, sopranos;
Jennifer Ens Modolo, contralto; Nils Brown & Bud Roach, tenor;
Sean Watson & Jason Nedecky, bass.
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| Domenico Scarlatti. Missa di Madrid (1754),
Stabat Mater, Missa "La Stella". Tactus TC 681906 (1 CD, May
2008).
Details. Elena Sartori, Melodi Cantores.
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| Marco Da Gagliano (1582-1643). La Dafne
(1608). Arion ENR 68776 (1 CD, May 2008).
Details. Jay Bernfeld, viol & director, Ensemble Fuoco e
Cenere. Dafne: Chantal Santon, soprano; Venere: Guillemette
Laurens, mezzo-soprano; Amore: Daphné Touchais, soprano; Apollo:
Mathieu Abelli, tenor. Tirsi: Benoît Porcherot, tenor; Pastor:
Marc Mandoritta, tenor; Pastor: Philippe Roche, bass.
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| Musik der Hamburger Pfeffersäcke.
Raumklang RK 2703 (1 CD, May 2008).
Details. Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg. Yeree Suh,
soprano. Telemann, Ouverture & arias from Omphale
(c.1723); Keiser, Suite from Hercules und Hebe (1699);
Handel, Sinfonia & violin concerto (c.1706/07).
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| Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777).
Concerts choisis. Accent ACC 24186 (1 CD, June 2008).
Alexander Weimann, Echo du Danube. Concerto for oboe & bassoon
WWV 345, Concerto for harp WWV 281, Concerto for pianoforte &
violin WWV 342.
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| Wenzel Ludwig Edler von Radolt (1667-1716).
Viennese Lute Concertos. Challenge Classics (1 CD, March
2008). Hubert Hoffmann, lute. Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua
Austria.
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| Hasse, J.G. Graun, C.P.E Bach, W.F. Bach,
Haydn, Mozart. Sinfonias from the Enlightenment.
Challenge Classics CC 72193 (2 CDs, February 2008).
Details. moderntimes_1800. Ilia Korol, violin & Natalia
Grigonrieva, harpsichord.
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| Handel. Hercules. (HWV 60, London 1745).
Naxos 8.557960/62 (3 CDs, May 2008), reissue of 2006 release by
Junge Kantorei. Joachim Carlos Martini, Frankfurt Baroque
Orchestra, Junge Kantorei.
Libretto with German translation (pdf). Dejanira: Nicola
Wemyss, soprano; Iole: Gerlinde Sämann, soprano; Lichas: Franz
Vitzthum, countertenor; Hyllus: Kurt Schoch, tenor; Hercules:
Peter Kooij, bass.
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| Handel. Il Trionfo del Tempo e del
Disinganno. (HWV 46a, Rome 1707). Hyperion CDA 67681/2 (2
CDs, May 2008).
Details. Alessandro De Marchi, Academia Montis Regalis.
Bellezza: Roberta Invernizzi, soprano; Piacere: Kate Aldrich,
mezzo-soprano; Disinganno: Martín Oro, countertenor; Tempo: Jörg
Dürmüller, tenor. This is a superb recording that I highly
recommend, while continuing to recommend the energetic recording
by Minkowski and Alessandrini's version with the brisk sarabanda.
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| Handel. Complete Harpsichord Music.
Brilliant Classics 93713 (4 CDs, May 2008). Michael Borgstede,
harpsichord.
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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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| Sainte-Colombe, Marais, Rameau, Forqueray, de
Visée. Tombeau pour Mr de Ste Colombe & Autres Portraits.
Zig Zag Territoires ZZT 080302 (1 CD, March 2008).
Details. Marianne Müller, bass viol, Ensemble Spirale.
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| Crystal Tears. Harmonia Mundi (1 CD + 1
DVD, May 2008). Andreas Scholl, countertenor; Julian Behr, lute.
Concerto Viole. 2007 tour program: Dowland: Go crystal tears; Go
nightly cares; Sorrow come; Semper Dowland semper dolens; Can
she excuse my wrongs; From silent night; Come heavy sleep. Byrd:
Though Amaryllis dance in green. Johnson: Have you seen the
bright lily grow? Bennet: Venus' birds. Mando: Like as the day.
Anon: O Death, rock me asleep.
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| Alessandro Stradella. Santa Pelagia.
Stradivarius STR 33792 (1 CD, March 2008).
Details. Maurizio Fornero, I Musici di Santa Pelagia,
Festina Lente. Laura Antonaz, soprano; Alessandro Carmignani,
countertenor; Fabio Furnari, tenor; Walter Testolin, bass.
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| 200 Ans de Musique à Versailles - Voyage au
Coeur du Baroque Français. Musique de Baroque Français (20
CDs, November 2007). Includes recordings made during four
weekends of concerts celebrating the 20th anniversary of the
Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles in 2007 including two
divertissements: François Francoeur & François Rebel,
Zélindor, Roi des Silphes (CD 10) and François Colin de
Blamont, Égine. (CD 11).
Click here for the contents of each disk.
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| François Francœur & François Rebel (1701-1775).
Pirame et Thisbé (1726, ultime version de 1771). Mirare MIR
058 (2 CDs, April 2008).
Details. Daniel Cuiller, Ensemble Stradivaria, Choeur de
l'Académie Baroque. Pirame: Thomas Dolié, baritone; Thisbé:
Judith van Wanroij, soprano; Ninus: Jeffrey Thompson, tenor;
Zoraïde: Katia Velletaz, soprano; Zoroastre: Jean Teitgen, bass.
Prologue: La Gloire: Leonor Leprêtre, soprano; Vénus: Adèle
Carlier, soprano.
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| François Couperin. Messe des Paroisses &
Messe des Couvents. Syrius (2 CDs, April 2008). Pierre
Bardon, organ. Jean-Christophe Candau, Ensemble Vox Cantoris,
plainchant.
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| Pepusch, Handel, Telemann, Lotti. When
Love's Soft Passion - Cantatas. Thorofon CTH 2543 (1 CD,
February 2008).
Details. Ensemble Musica Poetica. Sabine Kaipainen,
mezzo-soprano.
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| Telemann. Paris Quartets. Brilliant
Classics (3 CDs, April 2008). Jed Wentz, Musica ad Rhenum.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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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UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Henry Purcell. Cease, Anxious World - Songs
and Chamber Music. Mirare MIR 033 (1 CD, April 2008).
Benjamin Perrot, theorbo & director, Ensemble La Rêveuse. Julie
Hassler, soprano; Stéphan Dudermel, violon; Florence Bolton,
treble & bass viol; Angélique Mauillon, harp; Bertrand Cuiller,
harpsichord & organ.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Luigi Rossi & Marco Marazzoli. Soleils
Baroques. Ambronay (1 CD, April 2008). Jérôme Corréas, Les
Paladins.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Keyboard Works,
vol. 2: Fantasias & Fugues. Naxos 8.570530 (1 CD, April
2008). Julia Brown, harpsichord.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| "Elemente" - Trigonale Festival for Early
Music (Austria) 2007. Raumklang RK 2705 (2 CDs, April 2008).
Details. Live recording of performances by The Hilliard
Ensemble, Il Giardino Armonico, La Fenice, Harmony of Nations
Baroque Orchestra, Christine Schornsheim, Ensemble Unicorn, &
Concertino Amarilli.
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FR |
DE |
JP |
| Galuppi. La Clemenza di Tito (Turin
1760). Hungaroton 32538/39 (2 CDs, March 2008).
Details. Fabio Pirona, Pál Németh, Savaria Baroque
Orchestra. Vitellia: Mónika González, soprano; Servilia: Zita
Váradi, soprano; Sesto: Andrea Meláth, mezzo-soprano; Annio:
Barnabás Hegyi, countertenor; Tito: Zoltán Megyesi, tenor;
Publio: Tamás Kóbor, tenor.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Marin Marais. Sémélé (1709). Glossa GCD
921614 (International edition, 2 CDs, March 2008). Hervé Niquet,
Le Concert Spirituel. Sémélé: Shannon Mercer, soprano; La Grande
Prêtresse de Bacchus: Jaël Azaretti, soprano; Dorine: Bénédicte
Tauran, soprano; Junon: Hjördis Thébault, mezzo-soprano; Adraste:
Anders Dahlin, haute-contre; Jupiter: Thomas Dolié, baritone;
Cadmus: Marc Labonnette, baritone; Mercure: Lisandro Abadie,
baritone. Superb opera suffers from a modern re-orchestration
with strumming guitar.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Matthew Passion. Bach's last
performing version c. 1742. Linn CKD 313 (2 CDs, March 2008).
Sleeve notes & downloadable studio master. John Butt,
Dunedin Consort & Players. (Original vocal forces &
instrumentation.) Evangelist: Nicholas Mulroy, tenor; Jesus:
Matthew Brook, bass; Susan Hamilton, soprano; Cecilia Osmond,
soprano; Clare Wilkinson, contralto; Annie Gill, contralto;
Malcom Bennett, tenor; Brian Bannatyne-Scott, bass. I haven't
heard this, but the Linn / Dunedin Consort recording of Handel's
Messiah is the best Handel recording to date. It excels
in every respect: research, performance practice, performers and
recording. These forces have demonstrated what is possible, but
unfortunately, most labels continue to release second-rate
recordings of shoddy performances by celebrity conductors who
lurch from one fad to another, yet are praised to the hilt in
the corrupt commercial classical press.
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UK |
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DE |
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JP |
| Henry Purcell. Complete Chamber Music.
Brilliant Classics 93647 (7 CDs, April 2008). Pieter-Jan Belder,
Musica Amphion.
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UK |
FR |
CA |
JP |
| Joseph-Nicholas-Pancrace Royer (1705-1755).
Pièces de Clavecin 1746. Naïve Ambroisie (1 CD, March 2008).
Christophe Rousset, harpsichord. This apparently is not a
reissue Rousset's fine 1993 recording of Royer's complete known
harpsichord works on L'Oiseau-Lyre.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Buxtehude. Membra Jesu Nostri. K617207
(1 CD, March 2008). Benoît Haller, La Chapelle Rhénane.
Stéphanie Révidat, Tanya Aspelmeier & Salomé Haller, sopranos;
Rolf Ehlers, haute-contre; Julian Prégardien, tenor; Benoît
Arnould, bass.
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FR |
DE |
JP |
| Rameau, Marais, de Visée, Sainte-Colombe,
Forqueray. Portraits Croisés - Tombeaux, suites & other
homages. Zig-Zag Territoires (1 CD, March 2008). Marianne
Muller, bass viol, Ensemble Spirale.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| German Baroque Cantatas. Sony Vivarte
88697225032 (1 CD, March 2008). Stephan MacLeod, bass &
direction, Gli Angeli Genève. J.S. Bach, Ich habe genug BWV 82;
Telemann, Du aber Daniel, gehe dahin; Buxtehude, Jesu meines
Lebens Leben; Bruhns, Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt; Johann
Christoph Bach, Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Aci, Galatea e Polifemo. (HWV
72, Rome 1708). Brilliant Classics (2 CDs, March 2008). Marco
Vitale, Contrasto Armonico. Aci: Stefanie True, soprano;
Galatea: Luciana Manchini, mezzo-soprano; Polifemo: Mitchell
Sandler, bass.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Tolomeo, Rè d'Egitto. (HWV 25,
London 1728). DG-Archiv 477 710-6 (3 CDs, February 2008). Alan
Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco. Seleuce: Karina Gauvin, soprano;
Elisa: Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano; Tolomeo: Ann Hallenberg,
mezzo-soprano; Alessandro: Romina Basso, mezzo-soprano; Araspe:
Pietro Spagnoli, bass. Superb performance and recording.
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UK |
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DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Esther. (Second version, HWV
50b, London 1732). Somm 238/9 (2 CDs, November 2007).
2002 London Handel Festival Production. Laurence Cummings,
London Handel Orchestra. Esther: Rosemary Joshua, soprano;
Mordecai: Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano; Hamon: Christopher
Purves, bass; Ahasuerus: James Bowman, countertenor; Israelite
woman: Rebecca Outram, soprano.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Complete Sonatas & Works for Violin
& Continuo. Somm 068 (1 CD, December 2007).
Details. Adrian Butterfield, violin; Katherine Sharman,
cello; Laurence Cummings, harpsichord.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Antoine Forqueray. Pièces pour viole
transcribed for harpsichord by Jean-Baptiste Forqueray.
Zig-Zag Territoires (2 CDs, March 2008).
Details. Blandine Rannou, harpsichord.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| 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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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Clérambault, Bernier, Duphly. Médée furieuse.
Naïve Ambroisie (1 CD, March 2008). Stéphanie d'Oustrac,
mezzo-soprano. Ensemble Amarillis. Médée cantatas.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| Pierre Danican Philidor (1681-1731). Suites
pour hautbois. Zig-Zag Territoires (1 CD, February 2008).
Details. Antoine Torunczyk & Alfredo Bernardini, oboes.
L'Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux. Performed on a pair of oboes
built by Bernardini with pitch of a=398.
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UK |
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| Handel. Duetti Amorosi. dhm 88697214722
(1 CD, February 2008). Lawrence Cummings, Kammerorchester Basel.
Núria Rial, soprano; Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor. Duets from
Poro, Serse, Admeto, Muzio Scevola, Arminio & Teseo.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Jacques-Antoine Denoyé. Messe à Grand Choeur
& Symphonie (Strasbourg 1758); Michel Corrette. Psaume
Laudate Dominum à grand choeur & symphonie after Vivaldi's
"Spring" concerto (1766). Ambronay (1 CD, March 2008).
Details -- "Composed in a style similar to that of Rameau -
several references demonstrate knowledge of his operas." Martin
Gester, Le Parlement de Musique, La Maitrise de Bretagne. Judith
Gauthier, soprano; Rodrigo del Pozo, haute-contre; Christophe
Einhorn, tenor; Jean-Louis Georgel, baritone.
UK |
FR |
DE |
JP |
| François Couperin & Delalande. Leçons de
Ténèbres. BIS CD-1575 (1 CD, January 2008). Emma Kirkby,
soprano; Agnes Mellon, soprano; Charles Medlam, bass viol;
Terence Charleston, organ.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| J.S. Bach. Cantatas for the complete
liturgical year, volume VI. Accent ACC 25306 (1 CD, February
2008). Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande. Siri Thornhill,
soprano; Petra Noskaiová, contralto; Marcus Ullmann, tenor; Jan
van der Crabben, bass.
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UK |
FR |
DE |
CA |
JP |
| Handel. Le Cantate Italiane, volume 3 - Le
Cantate per il Cardinal Ottoboni. Glossa GCD 921523 (1 CD,
January 2008). Raffaella Milanesi, soprano; Furio Zanasi,
baritone; Salvo Vitale, bass. Fabio Bonizzoni, La Risonanza. Ah!
Crudel HWV 78; No se emendará jamás (Spanish cantata) HWV 140;
Qual ti riveggio (Ero e Leandro) HWV HWV 150; Spande ancor a mio
dispetto HWV 165.
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UK |
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DE |
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JP |
| Vivaldi. Arie ritrovate. Naïve / Opus
111 OP 30433 Vivaldi Edition (1 CD, February 2008). Sonia Prina,
contralto. Ottavio Dantone, Accademia Bizantina. Stefano
Montanari, violin. Arias from La verità in cimento, Orlando
furioso, Scanderbeg, Teuzzone & Tito Manlio, violin concerto RV
369, concerto for strings RV 136.
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UK |
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DE |
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| Handel. Acis & Galatea. (HWV 49a, London
1718). New Classical Adventure (NCA) 60183 (2 CDs, November
2007). Martin Haselböck, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra.
Galatea: Linda Perillo, soprano; Acis: Mark Bleeke, tenor;
William Hite, tenor; Thomas Gray, tenor; Polyphemus: Florian
Boesch, baritone. This is my favorite recording of Handel's
original version of Acis & Galatea.
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| Reissues of particular interest: Handel.
Il Trionfo / Teseo / Amadigi. Warner (Erato), 6 CDs.
Minkowski.
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FR |
DE |
JP
Blow. Venus & Adonis. L'Oiseau-Lyre. Pickett.
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UK |
DE |
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JP
Vivaldi. Dorilla in Tempe. Pierre Verany. Bezzina.
Better performance than all but two of the disappointing Naïve
Vivaldi Edition opera recordings.
FR
Lully (Grands Motets vols 1-3) & Charpentier (4 CDs).
Musique Sacrée à Versailles. Naxos France 8.507006F (7 CDs).
Niquet.
FR
François Couperin. Complete Harpsichord Music. Warner
(Erato) 10 CDs. Olivier Baumont.
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DE |
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JP
Lotti. Sacred Music. dhm (2 CDs). Hengelbrock, Mields.
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Coming Soon
| Handel. Parnasso in Festa. (Serenata,
HWV 73, London 1734). Hyperion CDA 67701/2. (2 CDs, October
2008.)
Details. Matthew Halls, The King's Consort. Clio: Carolyn
Sampson, soprano; Orfeo: Lucy Crowe, soprano; Calliope: Rebecca
Outram, soprano; Apollo: Diana Moore, mezzo-soprano; Clori: Ruth
Clegg, contralto; Marte: Peter Harvey, bass. |
| Pietro Torri (1650-1737). Le Martyre des
Macchabées. Musique en Wallonie (Forthcoming, live recording
at the Namur Festival in July 2007).
Details & livret (pdf). Jean Tubéry, Les Agrémens, Choeur de
Chambre de Namur. Le jeune Macchabée: François-Nicolas Geslot,
haute-contre; La mère du jeune Macchabée: Anne Magouët, soprano;
Antiochus: Alain Buet, baritone; Éléazar: Bruno Rostand, bass;
Menelaus: Matthieu Chapuis, tenor; Le Grand Prêtre: Etienne
Debaisieux, bass. |
| J.S. Bach. Suiten für Violoncello BWV
1007-1012. Accent ACC 24196 (2 CDs 2008). Sigiswald Kuijken,
Violoncello da spalla. |
| C.P.E. Bach. Magnificat, Die Himmel erzählen
die Ehre Gottes (Cantata). Carus 83.412 (1 CD, forthcoming
September 2008). Fritz Näf, L'arpa festante, Basler
Madrigalisten. Monika Mauch, soprano; Matthias Rexroth,
countertenor; Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor; Gotthold Schwarz, bass. |
| Johann Mattheson. Der Liebreiche und
Geduldige David. cpo (Recorded in October 2007). Michael
Willens, Die Kölner Akademie. Nicki Kennedy, soprano. |
| Francesco Feo (1691-1761). Messe. cpo
(Recorded in October 2007). Matthias Jung, Sächsisches
Vocalensemble, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle. Tobias Berndt, baritone. |
Recommended Interviews from Goldberg
Vincent Dumestre by Yutha Tep, Issue 37.
Martin Gester by Brian Robins, Issue 36.
Sigiswald Kuijken by Brian Robins, Issue 34, in which he discusses
the violoncello da spalla and holeless natural trumpet, among other matters.
Christophe Rousset by Brian Robins, Issue 33.
Also:
Jean-François Madeuf by Jeffrey Nussbaum on the Historic Brass
Society website (2006). J-FM: "I never play [natural trumpet] with holes. I only
did that when I was learning this very difficult (but so wonderful) instrument."
Early Music World -
new website by Brian Robins
http://www.newolde.com
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Handel.
Aminta e Fillide (HWV 83) / Clori, mia bella Clori (HWV 92) -
Italian Cantatas vol. 4. Glossa GCD 921524 (1 CD, September
2008). Maria Grazia Schiavo, soprano; Núria Rial, soprano. Fabio
Bonizzoni, La Risonanza.
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JP
Telemann.
Kapitänsmusik 1724 (TVWV 15:2). cpo 777 176-2 (1 CD,
September 2008). Ludger Rémy, Telemannisches Collegium
Michaelstein. Magdalena Podkoscielna, soprano; David Erler,
countertenor; Andreas Post, tenor; Matthias Vieweg, bass;
Ekkehard Abele, bass. Contents: Oratorio "Freuet euch des Herrn"
& Serenata "Geliebter Aufenthalt beglückter Stille".
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DE |
CA
Alessandro
Scarlatti. Venere, Adone e Amore: Serenatas & Cantatas.
ABC Classics 476 617-0 (3 CDs, December 2007).
Details. Rosalind Halton, Chacona. Jane Edwards, soprano;
Miriam Allan, soprano; Vivien Hamilton, soprano; Tessa Miller,
soprano; James Sanderson, countertenor. The second & third CDs
are a reissue of the 2-CD set "Olimpia - Cantatas of Alessandro
Scarlatti", ABC Classics 461 687-2 (2000).
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DE
Handel.
Joshua. (HWV 64, London 1748). MDG (2 CDs, August 2008).
Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor. Achsah:
Myung-Hee Hyun, soprano; Othniel: Alex Potter, countertenor;
Joshua: James Gilchrist, tenor; Angel: Georg Poplutz, tenor;
Caleb: Konstantin Wolff, bass.
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