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New Releases
| Handel. Clori, Tirsi e Fileno (HWV 96) -
Italian Cantatas vol. 5. Glossa (1 CD, March 2009). Roberta
Invernizzi, soprano; Yetzabel Arias Fernández, soprano; Romina
Basso, contralto. Fabio Bonizzoni, La Risonanza.
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 J.S.
Bach. The Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012. Accent ACC 24196 (2
CDs, January 2009). Sigiswald Kuijken, Violoncello da spalla
(shoulder-cello) built by
Dmitry Badiarov.
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| Telemann. Brockes Passion (1719).
Harmonia Mundi HMC 902013/14 (2 CDs, March 2009).
Details. René Jacobs, AKAMUS, RIAS-Kammerchor. Brigitte
Christensen, soprano; Lydia Teuscher, soprano; Marie-Claude
Chappuis, mezzo-soprano; Donát Havár, tenor; Daniel Behle,
tenor; Johannes Weisser, baritone. This oratorio features great,
virtuoso da capo arias and may have been performed by singers
from the Hamburg Opera.
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| Handel. Alcina. (HWV 34, London 1735).
DG-Archiv 477 737-4 (3 CDs, March 2009). (Joyce
DiDonato's blog about recording Alcina). Alan Curtis,
Il Complesso Barocco. Alcina: Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano;
Ruggiero: Maite Beaumont, mezzo-soprano; Morgana: Karina Gauvin,
soprano; Bradamante: Sonia Prina, contralto; Oronte: Kobie van
Rensburg, tenor; Oberto: Laura Cherici, soprano; Melisso: Vito
Priante, bass. Curtis's recording of Handel's Ezio with
Hallenberg, Gauvin, Prina, et al. will follow shortly on DG-Archiv.
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| Bruhns et al. Mein Herz Ist Bereit - German
solo cantatas from the 17th Century. Pan Classics PC 10211
(1 CD, December 2008).
Details. Peter Kooij, bass. CordArte. Bruhns, Mein Herz ist
Bereit; Tunder, Salve coelestis pater; Pachelbel, Ach Herr, wie
ist meiner Feinde so viel; Rosenmüller, Lauda Jerusalem; Biber,
Nisi Dominus, plus instrumental works by Buxtehude, Tunder,
Schmelzer & the Kriegers.
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| Carl Friedrich Abel. The Drexel Manuscript
Suites. Glossa (1 CD, February 2009). Paulo Pandolfo, viola
da gamba.
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 William
Byrd. Hodie Simon Petrus. Hyperion CDA 67653 (1 CD,
February 2009).
Details. Andrew Carwood, The Cardinall's Musick. Volume 11
of 13 in The William Byrd Edition.
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| Henry Purcell. Dido & Aeneas. Chandos
CHAN 0757 (1 CD, January 2009). Elizabeth Kenny & Stephen
Devine, OAE. Dido: Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano; Aeneas: Gerald
Finley, baritone; Belinda: Lucy Crowe, soprano; Sorceress:
Patricia Bardon, mezzo-soprano; Spirit: William Purefoy,
countertenor; Second Woman: Sarah Tynan, soprano; Sailor: John
Mark Ainsley, tenor.
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| Handel. Saul. (HWV 53, London 1739).
Carus 83.243 (3 CDs, January 2009).
Details. Hans-Christoph Rademann, Dresdner Barockorchester,
Dresdner Kammerchor. Michal: Ditte Andersen, soprano; Merab:
Anna Prohaska, soprano; Jonathan: Maximilian Schmitt, tenor;
David: Tim Mead, countertenor; Saul: York Felix Speer, bass;
High Priest and Witch of Endor: Eric Stoklossa, tenor.
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| Handel. Israel in Egypt. (HWV 54, London
1739). Carus 55.054 (2 CDs, January 2009).
Details. Holger Speck, Les Favorites, Vocalensemble Rastatt.
Antonia Bourvé & Cornelia Winter, sopranos; Michael Hofmeister &
Terry Wey, countertenors; Jan Kobow, tenor; Markus Flaig &
Konstantin Wolff, basses.
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| Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739). Fredegunda
(Hamburg 1715). Naxos 8.660231/32 (2 CDs, January 2009).
Review of the February 2007 performance. Christoph Hammer,
Neue Hofkapelle München. Fredegunda: Dora Pavlikova, soprano;
Galsuinde: Bianca Koch, soprano; Bazina: Katja Stuber, soprano;
Chilperich: Tomi Wendt, baritone; Sigibert: Michael Kranebitter,
bass; Hermenegild: Tomo Matsubara, bass; Landerich: Tobias
Haaks, bass.
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| Vivaldi. New Discoveries. Naïve / Opus
111 Vivaldi Edition (1 CD, March 2009).
Details. Federico Maria Sardelli, Modo Antiquo. Romina
Basso, mezzo-soprano. Includes motet Vos invito RV 811;
Se lento ancora il fulmine, aria from Agrippo RV
697; aria Se fide quanto belle RV 749.32; concerto RV 157
for strings; concerto RV 812 for oboe & cello; concerto RV 578a
for two violins and cello; sonata RV 806 for recorder; sonatas
RV 798 & RV 810 for violin.
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| Haydn. Arie per un'Amante (Arias for Luigia
Polzelli). dhm (1 CD, February 2009). Núria Rial, soprano;
Margot Oitzinger, mezzo-soprano. Michi Gaigg, L'Orfeo
Barockorchester.
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| Virgilio Mazzacchi (1597-1646). Vespro della
Beata Virgine. Harmonia Mundi (1 CD, February 2009). Konrad
Junghänel, Cantus Coelln, Concerto Palatino.
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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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| Leonardo Leo (1694-1744). Le Nozze di Iole
ed Ercole. ORF 2011768 (2 CDs, November 2008). Christoph
Hammer, Neue Hofkapelle München. Iole: Susanne Bernhard,
soprano; Ercole: Kai Wessel, countertenor; Alceo/Teseo: Dominik
Wörner, bass.
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| Handel. Concerti grossi Op. 6. Decca
4780319 (3 CDs, January 2009). Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino
Armonico.
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| Handel. Organ Concertos Op. 4. Decca (1
CD, April 2009). Ottavio Dantone, Accademia Bizantina.
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| Jean-Baptiste Barrière (1707-1747). Concert
Spirituel - 6 Sonatas for Cello & Basso Continuo. dhm (1 CD,
January 2009). Jonas Iten, cello; Rainer Zipperling, cello &
viola da gamba; Naoki Kitaya, harpsichord; Rosanto Conte,
theorbo & guitar.
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| Vivaldi. Il Ballo. Naïve / Opus 111
Vivaldi Edition OPS 30474 (1 CD, March 2009). Diego Fasolis, I
Barocchisti. Duilio Galfetti, violin.
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| Handel. Opera arias & duets. Naïve (1
CD, January 2009). Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano.
Sandrine Piau, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto.
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| Johann Friedrich Fasch & Carl Friedrich
Christian Fasch. Concerti & Ouverture. dhm (1 CD, October
2008). Cassone Spadano, Grazzi Bernardini, Zefiro.
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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. This superb performance and recording
will be the NewOlde.com Best Handel Recording for 2008 (along
with the Curtis Tolomeo).
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 Alessandro
Scarlatti & Pergolesi. Masses. Naïve / Opus 111 OP 30461
(1 CD, October 2008). Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano.
Scarlatti, Messa per il Santissimo Natale (1707); Pergolesi,
Messa Romana "di S. Emidio" (1734). Highly recommended! The
Pergolesi mass is musically the closest work recorded to date to
his Stabat Mater.
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| J.S. Bach. Cantatas 4, 131, 182. Mirare?
(1 CD, January 2009). Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort.
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| J.S. Bach. Solo Cantatas BWV 35, 169 & 170.
Harmonia Mundi HMC 902016 (1 CD, January 2009).
Details. Bernarda Fink, contralto. Petra Müllejans,
Freiburger Barockorchester.
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| Telemann. Christmas Cantatas / Ouverture à
la Pastorelle. Christoph Bernhard. Fürchtett euch night -
Weichnachtskonzert. Hungaroton HCD 32611 (1 CD, October
2008).
Details. Pál Németh, Capella Savaria. Mária Zádori, soprano;
Judit Németh, mezzo-soprano; Gábor Kállay, tenor; Klaus Mertens,
baritone.
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| Jean-Baptiste Lully. Cadmus et Hermione
(1673). Alpha (DVD, October 2008). Livret:
French /
English. I was misled by the
website
promoting this DVD which proclaims that it features
"prononciation restituée, travail sur la rhétorique gestuelle et
chorégraphique, éclairage à la bougie et recherche sur la
machinerie d'époque". While the singers' costumes and the sets
are superb and the singers' gestures appear to be historically
inspired, the opera is ruined by bizarre and silly modern
ballet, ie, inappropriately costumed dancers turning
trapeze-like somersaults while suspended on wires and a slow toe
dance during Amour's air with occasional kicks, as well as other
similar stunts. Despite the extremely high quality of
performance by the leading historical dancers (at least in the
U.S.), they again have been excluded from an ostensibly
historical staging in favor of circus acts that clash with the
rest of the production. This has been done before (by the same
person, Jean-Marie Villégier) in highly-touted but ridiculous
and disappointing touring production of Atys that visited
Brooklyn in 1989. It's unfortunate that, 19 years later, modern
dance can still be passed off as historically inspired with
nearly all the
reviewers.
Staging directed by Benjamin Lazar. Musical director: Vincent
Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique. Cadmus: André Morsch, baritone;
Hermione: Claire Lefiliâtre, soprano; Charite / Melisse:
Isabelle Druet, mezzo-soprano; Amour / Pales: Camille Poul,
soprano; Arbas / Pan: Arnaud Marzorati, baritone; Nourrice /
Echion: Jean-François Lombard, haute-contre.
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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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 Louis
Couperin. Passacaille de Mr Couperin. Louis Couperin Edition
Volume 2. Aeolus AE-10114 (1 CD, November 2008).
Details. Bob van Asperen, 1681 Vaudry harpsichord.
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| Handel. Acis & Galatea. (HWV 49a, London
1718). Linn Records CKD 319 (2 CDs, October 2008).
Details. John Butt, Dunedin Consort & Players. Galatea:
Susan Hamilton, soprano; Acis: Nicholas Mulroy, tenor; Damon:
Thomas Hobbs, tenor; Coridon: Nicholas Hurndall Smith, tenor;
Polyphemus: Matthew Brook, bass.
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| Telemann. Bass Kantaten. Rondeau ROP
6022 (1 CD, November 2008).
Details. Gotthold Schwarz, bass; Sächsische Barockorchester.
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| Handel. Jephtha. (HWV 70, London 1752).
Carus 83.422 (3 CDs, December 2008).
Details. Matthias Grünert, Dresdner Barockorchester,
Kammerchor der Frauenkirche. Iphis: Birte Kulawik, soprano;
Angel: Miriam Meyer, soprano; Storge: Britta Schwarz,
mezzo-soprano; Hamor: Patrick van Goethem, countertenor;
Jephtha: Markus Schäfer, tenor; Zebul: Gotthold Schwarz, bass.
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| Assissi - Christmas Cantatas. Phoenix
Edition 149 (1 CD, October 2008).
Details. Christmas treasures from the library of the Sacro
Convento in Assissi. Francesco Maria Benedetti (1683-1746),
Canata Morale per Il Santissimo Natale, Salve Regina; P. Zucari
(c.1600), Salve Regina; G.B Po Del Finale, "Oh quam jubilat",
Motetto per il Santissimo Natale; Porpora, "Stelle lucide".
Werner Ehrhardt, L'Arte del Mondo. Ruth Ziesak, soprano;
Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet.
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| Giulio Caccini (c.1550-1618). L'Euridice.
Ricercar RIC 269 (1 CD, September 2008).
Details. Nicolas Achten, Scherzi Musicali.
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| Telemann, Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758),
Johann Ludwig Bach (1677-1731). Mitteldeutsche Barockkantaten.
Amati AMI 2305 (1 CD, November 2008). Michael Scholl,
Telemann-Consort-Magdeburg, Biederitzer Kantorei. Susanne
Gorzny, soprano; Steve Waechter, countertenor; Michael Zabanoff,
tenor; Matthias Vieweg, bass.
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| Philippe Rogier (1561-1596) Missa Domine
Dominus noster & Matheo Romero (1575-1647). Missa bonae
vountatis. Ricercar RIC 271 (2 CDs, September 2008).
Details. Jean Tubéry, La Fenice, Choeur de Chambre de Namur.
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| Franz Xavier Hammer (1741-1817). The Last
Gambist - Sonatas for Viola da Gamba. Christophorous (1 CD,
November 2008). Simone Eckert, Hamburger Ratsmusik.
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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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| Jean Gilles (1668-1705). Requiem / Motet "Cantate Jordan
Incolae". Ligia Digital (1 CD, November 2008). Jean-Marc
Andrieu, Orchestre Les Passions, Choeur de chambre Les Éléments
(Joël Suhubiette). Anne Magoüet, soprano; Vincent Lièvre-Picard,
haute-contre; Gilles Ragon, tenor; Alain Buet, baritone.
Interview with Jean-Marc Andrieu about Jean Gilles. The
grand motet "Cantate Jordan Incolae", previously recorded by
Niquet on Adda in 1989, is one of the finest large scale choral
works of its time.
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| Michel Corrette. Concertos pour Orgue /
Noëls. Tempéraments (1 CD, November 2008). Fabio Bonizzoni,
organ, Ensemble La Risonanza.
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| François Couperin. Pièces de Clavecin des
Livres I & II. Alpha (2 CDs, November 2007). Frederick Haas,
1751 Hemsch harpsichord.
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| Vivaldi. La Fida Ninfa. (RV 714, Verona
1732). Opus 111 / Naïve (3 CDs, November 2008). Jean-Chrisophe
Spinosi, Ensemble Matheus. Morasto: Verónica Cangemi, soprano;
Licori: Sandrine Piau, soprano; Osmino: Philippe Jaroussky,
countertenor; Elpina/Giunone: Sara Mingardo, contralto; Narete:
Topi Lehtipuu, tenor; Oralto/Eolo: Lorenzo Regazzo, bass.
Spinosi's first two Vivaldi opera recordings are the absolute
worst of the worst -- the musical equivalent of Eurotrash
contemporary stagings, with extreme, squeezebox dynamics and
extreme tempo variations. Griselda is only a slight
improvement, thanks to the recording engineers. It is improbable
that this will be any better, as corrupt or incompetent
reviewers in the mainstream media and at commercial classical
magazines such as Goldberg and Gramophone
consistently have lavished praise on Spinosi's atrocities.
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| J.S. Bach. Cantatas Vol. 4: La Nativité.
Atma Classique SACD 22403 (1 CD, October 2008).
Details. Cantatas BWV 61, 122, 123 & 182. Fourth volume in
the slowly progressing Canadian OVPP complete Bach cantatas
project. Eric Milnes, Montréal Baroque. Monika Mauch, soprano;
Matthew White, countertenor; Charles Daniels, tenor; Harry Van
Der Kamp, bass.
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| Alessandro Melani (1639-1703). L'Europa
(Festa teatrale) / Sacred Works. cpo (1 CD, October
2008). Hermann Max, Das Kleine Konzert. Veronika Winter,
soprano; Cornelia Samuelis, soprano; Kai Wessel, countertenor;
Benoît Haller, tenor; Ekkehard Abele, bass.
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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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| Handel, arranged by Mendelssohn (1828/29).
Acis & Galatea. (With a different German translation than in
Mozart's arrangement.) Carus 83.420 (1 CD, October 2008).
Details (pdf). Nicholas McGegan, FestspielOrchester
Göttingen, NDR Chor. Galatea: Julia Kleiter, soprano; Acis:
Christoph Prégardien, tenor; Damon: Michael Slattery, tenor;
Polyphem: Wolf Matthias Friedrich, baritone.
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| Reinhard Keiser. Dialogus von der Geburt
Christi (Christmas Oratorio); Graupner, Magnificat.
Carus 83.417 (1 CD, October 2008).
Details. Jürgen Ochs, Rastatter Hofkapelle.
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| C.P.E. Bach. Magnificat / Die Himmel
erzählen die Ehre Gottes (Cantata). Carus 83.412 (1 CD,
October 2008).
Details. Fritz Näf, L'arpa festante, Basler Madrigalisten.
Monika Mauch, soprano; Matthias Rexroth, countertenor; Hans Jörg
Mammel, tenor; Gotthold Schwarz, bass.
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| Buxtehude. Opera Omnia 9: Organ Works 4.
Challenge Classics (1 CD, October 2008). Ton Koopman, organ.
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| 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. Moore's arias have
to be skipped, as she sounds like she swallowed a vibrator.
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| Handel. English Cantatas. Avie AV 2153
(2 CDs, September 2008). Nicki Kennedy, soprano; Sally
Bruce-Payne, contralto. Brook Street Band. Contents: Cantata: So
Pleasing the Pain Is; Cantata: With Roving; Cantata: To Lonely
Shades; I like the am'rous youth that's free; An Answer to
Collin's Complaint; The Forsaken Nymph; Dear Adonis, Beauty's
Treasure; Love's but the Frailty of the Mind; 'Twas when the
seas were roaring; Transporting Joys.
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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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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. French edition with book. (May 2008).
FR
International edition with English & German translations.
(September 2008).
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| Jean-Baptiste Lully. Armide (1686).
Naxos 8.660209/10 (2 CDs, October 2008). Ryan Brown, Opera
Lafayette. Armide: Stéphanie Houtzeel, mezzo-soprano; Renaud:
Robert Getchell, tenor; Hidraot & Ubalde: François Loup, bass;
Le Chevalier Danois: Tony Boutté, tenor; La Haine: William
Sharp, baritone; Phénice: Ann Monoyios, soprano; Sidonie: Miriam
Dubrow, soprano. [Online
score (pdf)].
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| G.B. Bononcini. San Nicola di Bari (Rome
1693). Ramée RAM 0806 (1 CD, October 2008).
Details.
Peter Van Heyghen, Les Muffatti. Lavinia Bertotti, soprano;
Elena Cecchi Fedi, soprano; Gabriella Martellacci, contralto;
Furio Zanasi, baritone.
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| Marin Marais. Pièces de Viole, Book 2, Part
1 - Les Folies d'Espagne. Ligia Digital Lidi 0301195-08 (2
CDs, October 2008). Jean-Louis Charbonnier, bass viol; Paul
Rousseau, bass viol; Claire Giardelli, bass viol; Mauricio
Burgalia, theorbo; Pierre Trocellier, harpsichord.
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 Handel.
Rodrigo (Vincer se stesso è la maggior vittoria). (HWV 5,
Florence 1707). Naïve Ambroisie AM132 (3 CDs, January 2009).
Eduardo López Banzo, Al Ayre Español. Rodrigo: Maria Riccarda
Wesseling, mezzo-soprano; Esilena: Maria Bayo, soprano;
Florinda: Sharon Rostorf-Zamir, soprano; Evanco: Anne-Catherine
Gillet, soprano; Fernando: Max Emmanuel Cencic, countertenor;
Giuliano: Kobie Van Rensburg, tenor.
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| M-A Charpentier. Noël - Christmas Cantatas.
Carus 83.196 (1 CD, September 2008).
Details. Kay Johannsen, Ensemble 94, solistensensemble
stimmkunst. Andrea Brown, soprano; Undine Holzwarth, soprano;
Marion Eckstein, contralto; Alexandra Paulmichl, contralto;
Daniel Schreiber, tenor; Fabian Wöhrle, tenor; Thomas Scharr,
baritone; Dominik Wörner, bass.
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| Handel. Concerti Grossi Op. 3 & Op. 6 &
Organ Concertos Op. 4. Harmonia Mundi (4 CDs, October 2008).
Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr, Academy of Ancient Music.
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| Vivaldi. Vespro per la Vergine. dhm
88697318702 (1 CD, October 2008). Roland Wilson, Musica Fiata,
La Capella Ducale.
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| Haydn. Operatic Arias & Overtures. Sony
(1 CD, October 2008). Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano. Alan
Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco.
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| J.S. Bach. Cantatas for the complete
liturgical year, volume VII: O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort.
Accent ACC 25307 (1 CD, September 2008). Sigiswald Kuijken, La
Petite Bande. Siri Thornhill, soprano; Petra Noskaiová,
contralto; Marcus Ullmann, tenor; Jan van der Crabben, bass.
Cantatas BWV 2, 10 & 20.
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| J.S. Bach. Early Cantatas, volume 3: Weimar
Cantatas 2. Chandos CHAN 0752(2) (2 CDs, September 2008).
Emma Kirkby, soprano; Michael Chance, countertenor; Charles
Daniels, tenor; Peter Harvey, baritone. Purcell Quartet. BWV
172, 182 & 21.
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| Représentation des Ténèbres. Arion ARN
68786 (1 CD, October 2008). Michael Verschaeve, La Compagnie
Baroque. Elodie Nadaud & Elodie Mourot, sopranos. Works by
François Couperin, Bernier, Marais, Valette de Montigny,
Brossard, Bourignon & others.
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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. 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 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 605005 (2 CDs, September 2008). Hugo Reyne, La
Simphonie du Marais. One CD includes sacred music (a=392) by
Boesset, Bouzignac, Formé, Gantez & others. On the other CD is
the Ballet de la Prospérité des armes de France (a=440) with
music by Chancy, La Barre, Mollier, Verpé and others.
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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. Highly recommended!
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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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| 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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| Haydn. Italian Arias. DG (1 CD, October
2008). Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone. Gottfried von der Golz,
Freiburger Barockorchester.
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Reissues of particular interest:
Schütz. Histoire de la Résurrection / 7 Paroles du Christ
+ Johann Sebastiani (1622-1683), Matthäus Passion (1672).
(2 CDs). Philippe Pierlot, Ricercar Consort.
FR
Vivaldi Opera Edition. Naïve/Opus 111 OP 30470.
Reissues of the first six Opus 111 Vivaldi opera recordings &
Juditha Triumphans, plus the Alia Vox recording of Farnace. 27
CDs + 1 DVD + 208-page book. Recommended for the book and the
recordings, of L'Olimpiade, Orlando Fïnto Pazzo, and Juditha
Triumphans.
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JP
Vivaldi. Vespri per l'Assunzione di Maria Vergine.
Opus 111/Naïve. Alessandrini.
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JP
Handel. Il Trionfo / Teseo / Amadigi. Warner (Erato),
6 CDs. Minkowski.
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JP
Blow. Venus & Adonis. L'Oiseau-Lyre. Pickett.
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Vivaldi. Dorilla in Tempe. Pierre Verany. Bezzina.
Better performance than all but two of the disappointing Naïve
Vivaldi Edition opera recordings.
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Coming Soon
| Handel. Ezio. (HWV 29, London 1732). DG
Archiv 477 807-3 (3 CDs, March 2009). Alan Curtis, Il Complesso
Barocco. Ezio: Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano; Fulvia: Karina
Gauvin, soprano; Valentiniano: Sonia Prina, contralto; Massimo:
Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, tenor; Varo: Vito Priante, bass;
Onoria: Marianne Andersen, mezzo-soprano. Libretto by
Metastasio. |
| Handel. Brockes Passion. (HWV 48,
Hamburg 1719). Carus 83.428 (Forthcoming 2009). Peter Neumann,
Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor. Tochter Zion: Letizia
Scherrer, soprano; Evangelist: Markus Brutscher, tenor; Jesus:
Andreas Wolf, bass; Petrus: Julian Prégardien, tenor; Gläubige
Seele: Johanna Winkel, soprano; Maria: Elvira Bill,
mezzo-soprano; Judas: Jan Thomer, countertenor; Manfred Bittner,
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. |
| Johann Mattheson. Der Liebreiche und
Geduldige David (Hamburg 1723). cpo (Recorded in October
2007). Michael Willens, Die Kölner Akademie. Nicki Kennedy,
soprano; Ursula Ettinger, contralto; Max Ciolek, tenor;
Christian Hilz, tenor; Raimonds Spogis, bass. |
| Francesco Feo (1691-1761). Messe. cpo
(Recorded in October 2007). Matthias Jung, Sächsisches
Vocalensemble, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle. Tobias Berndt, baritone. |
Recommended Interviews from Goldberg
Vincent Dumestre by Yutha Tep, Issue 37.
Martin Gester by Brian Robins, Issue 36.
Sigiswald Kuijken by Brian Robins, Issue 34, in which he discusses
the violoncello da spalla and holeless natural trumpet, among other matters.
Christophe Rousset by Brian Robins, Issue 33.
Also:
Jean-François Madeuf by Jeffrey Nussbaum on the Historic Brass
Society website (2006). J-FM: "I never play [natural trumpet] with holes. I only
did that when I was learning this very difficult (but so wonderful) instrument."
Early Music World -
new website by Brian Robins
http://www.newolde.com
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J.S.
Bach. The Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012. Accent ACC 24196 (2
CDs, January 2009). Sigiswald Kuijken, Violoncello da spalla
(shoulder-cello) built by
Dmitry Badiarov.
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William
Byrd. Hodie Simon Petrus. Hyperion CDA 67653 (1 CD,
February 2009).
Details. Andrew Carwood, The Cardinall's Musick. Volume 11
of 13 in The William Byrd Edition.
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JP
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. This superb performance and recording
will be the NewOlde.com Best Handel Recording for 2008 (along
with the Curtis Tolomeo).
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JP
Alessandro
Scarlatti & Pergolesi. Masses. Naïve / Opus 111 OP 30461
(1 CD, October 2008). Rinaldo Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano.
Scarlatti, Messa per il Santissimo Natale (1707); Pergolesi,
Messa Romana "di S. Emidio" (1734). Highly recommended! The
Pergolesi mass is musically the closest work recorded to date to
his Stabat Mater.
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JP
Louis
Couperin. Passacaille de Mr Couperin. Louis Couperin Edition
Volume 2. Aeolus AE-10114 (1 CD, November 2008).
Details. Bob van Asperen, 1681 Vaudry harpsichord.
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DE
Handel.
Rodrigo (Vincer se stesso è la maggior vittoria). (HWV 5,
Florence 1707). Naïve Ambroisie AM132 (3 CDs, January 2009).
Eduardo López Banzo, Al Ayre Español. Rodrigo: Maria Riccarda
Wesseling, mezzo-soprano; Esilena: Maria Bayo, soprano;
Florinda: Sharon Rostorf-Zamir, soprano; Evanco: Anne-Catherine
Gillet, soprano; Fernando: Max Emmanuel Cencic, countertenor;
Giuliano: Kobie Van Rensburg, tenor.
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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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