J.S.Bach - Easter Oratorio / Ascension Oratorio

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Conductor Masaaki Suzuki and the Japan Bach Collegium, Japan's leading historical-instrument ensemble, here take a break from a long series of cantata recordings to present Bach's Easter Oratorio and Ascension Oratorio. Actually, these recordings are very much of a piece with Suzuki's cantata discs. The two oratorios are really large cantatas, with their music imported from a variety of sources, some of them secular. There aren't dramatic roles, as in the larger cantatas, although the Ascension Oratorio does have a narrator-evangelist. The text of the Easter Oratorio is written from the point of view of onlookers to the Resurrection. Bach was among the most consistent composers who ever lived, but if he wrote any minor works, these could be placed under that heading.

Bach tweaked these works repeatedly as they were used for different occasions, and the booklet devotes a lot of space to sorting out all the different versions. As for the performances, they have the deliberate, calm quality that is the hallmark of Suzuki's Bach. In soprano Yukari Nonoshita he has found an ideal collaborator; check out track 5, the soprano-and-flute aria "Seele deine Spezieren," for an example of the hypnotic grace Suzuki's readings can have. Even her recitatives seem to glow with quiet light. Bass Chiyuki Urano is equally smooth, but the edgier sound of countertenor Patrick van Goethem is slightly out of place here. In general, those who prize the quality of contemplation in Bach's music will find Suzuki to their liking. His ongoing Bach project is producing recordings of lasting significance, and this production of the master's two small oratorios is well worth hearing.

 

 

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Easter Oratorio
"Kommt, eilet und laufet" BWV 249 (1749) 
Ascension Oratorio
"Lobet Gott in Seinem Reichen" BWV 11 (1735)




Yukari Noonoshita, (soprano)
Patrick van Goethem, (counter-tenor)
Jan Kobow, (tenor)
Chiyuki Urano, (bass)
Liliko Maeda, (transverse flute)
Masamitsu San’nomiya, (oboe d’amore)
Hidemi Suzuki, (cello)
Naoya Otsuka (harpsichord)
Naoko Imai, (organ)

Bach Collegium Musicum Japan
dir. Masaaki Suzuki

A.Scarlatti - Diana & Endimione. Cantates

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Diana e Endimione

Ero e Leandro

Correa nel sen amato

Jacqueline Nicolas, soprano

Alain Aubin, countertenor

Stuart Deeks, violin

Xavier Julien-Laferriere, violin

Helen Williams, viola

Alix Verzier, cello

Malcolm Bothwell, bass viol

Philippe Ramin, harpsichord

Antonio Vivaldi - Eleven Concertos

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1. Concerto For Strings In G Minor, RV 157
2. Concerto For Violoncello And Strings In D Major, RV 403
3. Concerto For Strings In G Minor, RV 152
4. Concerto For Violoncello And Strings In B Minor, RV 424
5. Concerto For Strings In D Minor, RV 127
6. Concerto For 2 Violins, 2Violoncellos And Strings In D Major, RV 564
7. Concerto For 2 Oboes And Strings In D Minor, RV 535
8. Concerto For Violoncello And Strings In A Minor, RV 419
9. Concerto For Violoncello, Bassoon And Strings In E Minor, RV 409
10. Concerto For 2 Oboes, 2 Violins, Bassoon And Strings In C Major, RV 557
11. Concerto For Strings In G Major 'alla rustica', RV 151
 

Anner Bylsma, cello

 
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon

T.Crecquillon - Fortune Helas...

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At a conference of musicologists in Utrecht, the Egidius Kwartet met Dr.Laura Youens, Professor of Music at George Washington University, Washington DC. She and her team not only published the music in an excellent edition, but also paid careful attention to the poetry used by Crecquillon for his songs, just as the Egidius Kwartet do. This meeting resulted in the first CD recording ever of all Crecquillon’s chansons.

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Fortune, Helas
Mon povre coeur, chansons for 4 voices
Quand me souvient de ma triste / Ung triste cueur (Response)
Or sus a cop, chanson for 4 voices
L'ardant Amour / Taire et souffir (response)
Prestés moy l'ung de ces yeulx 2:55
Amour et moy avons faict accointance, chanson for 4 voices
Si pour aimans, chanson for 4 voices
Pour ung plaisir / Si de present peine j'endure (response by Susato)
D'ung seul regart mort (ii) / Cerchant plaisir (reponse)
Pour une hellas j'endure, chanson for 4 voices
Plus je ne sçay que dire / La mort bien je desire (reponse)
Puisque malheur
La mort bien je desire, response for 4 voices (for Plus je ne sçay que dire)
Mi levay pour ung matin, chanson for 4 voices
Alix avoit aux dens, chanson for 4 voices
Ung gay bergier, chanson for 4 voices
Prenez pitié du mal, chanson for 4 voices
Puis que j'ay mis, chanson for 4 voices
A vous en est
Petite Fleur
Resveillés vous, chanson for 4 voices


Egidius Kwartet

Peter de Groot, altus
Marco van de Klundert, tenor
Hans Wijers, baritone
Donald Bentvelsen, bass
with
Maria Luz Alvarez, soprano

Egidius Consort

Saskia Coolen, recorder & viol
Erik Beijer, viol
Johannes Boer, viol
Susanne Braumann, descant viol (track 3)
Antoinette Lohmann, descant viol (track 9, 13)

J.S.Bach - Oboe Concertos

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There are many recordings of Bach works for oboe soloist on both modern and baroque oboe, and this one likely won't be easy to get hold of. Too bad, because it is such a fine recording, so enjoyable to listen to, and in my opinion is one of the best from the Bach Ensemble and its director, Joshua Rifkin. Dr. Rifkin's liner notes present the scholarly case for combining movements from Bach's cantatas to make oboe concertos, and they are clear, informative, and interesting. What really shines here though is the oboe playing by Stephen Hammer. It is flawless, beautifully phrased playing that has joy and confidence built in--so attractive to listen to again and again. I came to find this CD because I was looking for recordings on which Hammer plays, because I think very highly of his playing. This one provides an opportunity to hear him play the oboe d'amore too, which is a lower-pitched and lovely oboe that is called for in one of the three concertos on this disc. Listeners who appreciate baroque oboe playing will marvel at Hammer's ability to manage Bach's very long phrases in certain movements. Bach scarcely gave his players any point at which to breathe. Playing some of the solo parts here is like running a mile while holding your breath, but Hammer is a marvel. He manages it so beautifully. This disc is highly recommended for listening pleasure if you can get hold of it. (Violetta, an Amazon customer)

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Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Continuo in d
Concerto for Oboe d'amore, Strings and Continuo in A
Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Continuo in E-flat

[reconstructions]

Stephen Hammer, oboe & oboe d'amore

Bach Ensemble
dir. Joshua Rifkin

Michelangelo Rossi - La poesia cromatica

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Michelangelo Rossi (Michel Angelo del Violino) (ca. 1601/1602 – 1656) was an important Italian composer, violinist and organist of the Baroque era.
He was born in Genoa, where he studied with his uncle, Lelio Rossi (1601-1638), at the Cathedral of San Lorenzo. Around the year 1624 he moved to Rome to enter the service of Cardinal Maurizio of Savoy. It was there that he met the madrigal composer Sigismondo d'India as well as the keyboard composer Girolamo Frescobaldi, with whom he may have studied. All but one of his madrigals may date from this period, and they are similar to those of d'India. (Wikipedia)

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1 - Per Non Mi Dir Ch'Io Moia
2 - Alma Afflitta, Che Fai?
3 - Ohimè, Se Tanto Amante
4 - Partite Sopra la Romanesca
5 - Era L'Anima Mia
6 - O Miseria D'Amante
7 - Mentre D'Ampia Voragine Tonante
8 - Moribondo Mio Pianto
9 - Or Che la Notte
10 - Voi Volete Ch'Io Mora
11 - Langue Al Vostro Languir
12 - Come Sian Dolorose
13 - Toccata Settima
14 - Ah Dolente Partita
15 - Ciechi Desir
16 - Occhi, un Tempo Mia Vita

 
Huelgas Ensemble
dir. Paul van Nevel

Mozart - The Complete Piano Sonatas

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Brautigam uses a copy of a 1795 fortepiano with spectacular results. The attack of this instrument is much more defined, (...). His tempos are fast, (...). Recording quality is superb, a(...). I used to think Mozart's sonatas were sluggish and not of the same caliber of much of his other compositions (Haydn's sonatas seemed to sparkle in comparison). With this set, I have changed my mind... truly first class. (Amazon customer)

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Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major, K. 279
Piano Sonata No. 2 in F major, K. 28
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B flat major, K. 281

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Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, K. 282
Piano Sonata No. 5 in G major, K. 283
Piano Sonata No. 6 in D major, K. 284

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Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major, K. 309
Piano Sonata No. 9 in D major, K. 311
Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310

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Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332

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Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, K. 333
Fantasia in C minor, K. 475
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor

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Piano Sonata No. 15 in F major, K. 533 + K. 494
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545, "Sonata facile"
Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat major, K. 570
Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K. 576

Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano

Hildebrandston (Ferrara Ensemble)

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“This album follows a real change in society with the rise of the middle class in pre-Renaissance Germany. In this constantly evolving setting, music occupied a thoroughly enviable place. The Ferrara Ensemble is both the depository and the reflection of this bouquet of tendencies and emotions, and its expressive palette is at ease in every situation; Crawford Young, from his lute, attends to the ensemble’s musicality, which is never at fault.”

Roger Tellart, Diapason, January 1996 - Diapason d’or of the Year 1995-96

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1 - Sei willekommen herre Christ
2 - Damoiselle
3 - Ich sachs eins mals den lichten morgensterne
4 - Ich sachs eins mals den lichten morgensterne
5 - Bruder Konrad
6 - In feuers hitz
7 - Es leit ein schloß in österreich
8 - Ich sach ein bild
9 - Hoftanz Benzenhauer
10 - Nun will ich aber heben an (Lied vom Tanhäuser)
11 - Christ ist erstanden
12 - Christ ist erstanden
13 - Christ ist erstanden
14 - In gotts namen fahren wir
15 - Nun bitten wir den heilgen geist
16 - Ich will zu land ausreiten (Hildebrandston)
17 - Min freud möcht sich wol mehren
18 - Fortuna - Bruder Conrad
19 - Mein traut gesell (Mönch von Salzburg (Herrmann))
20 - Puer natus est
21 - Tanzmass Benzenhauer
22 - Hoftanz Benzenhauer
23 - Der Wald hat sich entlaubet
24 - Ich spring an diesen Ringe


Ferrara Ensemble

Sigmund Theophil Staden - Seelewig

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Due to the loss of 'Dafne' it is 'Seelewig' by Sigmund Theophil Staden which is now considered the first German opera. It was first performed in Nuremberg in 1644. The composer didn't call it an opera, though. Its title is, translated: 'The Sacred Wood Poem or Comedy, called Seelewig, set in singing style in the Italian manner'. It is a morality play in which it is shown "how the evil enemy seeks to ruin pious souls in many various ways and how these, however, are kept from eternal damnation by God's word, through conscience and reason."

Johan van Veen (more HERE:)

Monika Mauch, soprano (Seelewig, Singkunst)
Ute Kreidler, soprano (Sinnigunda)
Heidrun Luchterhand, soprano (Herzigilt)
Franziska Gottwald, mezzosoprano (Gwissulda, Echo)
Sebastian Hübner, tenor (Künsteling, Malkunst)
Hans Jörg Mammel, tenor (Ehrelob, Eitelkeit)
Armin Gottstein, baritone (Reichimuth)
Ulrich Maier, bass (Trügewalt)

I Ciarlatani
dir. Klaus Winkler

G.F.Handel - Overtures

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Alceste
Agrippina
Il pastor fido
Saul
Teseo
Samson


The English Concert
dir. Trevor Pinnock

G.P.Telemann - Oden 1741

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Oden (1741) (TWV 25:86-109)

Ode No. 1: Indoctum se dulce bibenti
Ode No. 2: Die Vergnügung
Ode No. 3: Die Tugend
Ode No. 4: Der Schäfer
Ode No. 5: An den Schlaf
Ode No. 6: Der fröhliche Ausgeber
Ode No. 7: Wahre Vorzüge
Ode No. 8: Das Lachen
Ode No. 9: Trinklied
Ode No. 10: Der Mittelstand zwischen Reichtum und Armut
Ode No. 11: Vernünftige Lust
Ode No. 12: Der Wein
Ode No. 13: Jugendlust
Ode No. 14: Die schlechte Mahlzeit
Ode No. 15: An Doris
Ode No. 16: Ein guter Mut
Ode No. 17: Lob des Weins
Ode No. 18: Das vergnügte Schäferleben
Ode No. 19: Die Zufriedenheit
Ode No. 20: Die Genügsamkeit
Ode No. 21: Das Gesundheittrinken
Ode No. 22: Der Freund
Ode No. 23: Das Landleben
Ode No. 24: Der Sonderling


Klaus Mertens, baritone
Ludger Rémy, harpsichord
[Bruce Kennedy, 2000, after Michael Mietke, Berlin, c1700]

Antonio Vivaldi - The 37 Bassoon Concertos

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INTEGRALE

ASV's Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto cycle occupied five individual full-price releases, now bundled together in a specially priced boxed set. It's safe to say that these 37 works constitute the largest one-composer contribution to the bassoon's concerto repertoire. While the works adhere to Vivaldi's patented quick-slow-quick three-movement form (save for the brief, four-movement "La Notte"), they're hardly stamped from the same cookie cutter. Try to predict how the churning sequences in the Allegros will play out and you'll constantly be surprised by Vivaldi's inventive vitality. The central slow movements contain some of Vivaldi's most poignant melodies (the C major Concerto KV 467's gorgeous Andante, for instance) and starkest mood paintings, such as the bassoon's obsessive dotted rhythm motif against a bed of sustained strings in the A minor KV 499.
Each of the five discs is programmed to ensure maximum contrast and variety for those who wish to sit through, say, seven or eight concertos at a stretch. I wager that listeners will often return to discs three through five, for the Zagreb Soloists under Tonko Ninic's guidance bring more characterful bite, color, and accentuation to Vivaldi's orchestral writing than the less individual proficiency of Philip Ledger's excellent English Chamber Orchestra. Bassoon soloist Daniel Smith commands his unwieldy instrument to the point where it's all too easy to take his suave tone, superb breath control, and idiomatic flair for granted. Theoretically, five CDs' worth of baroque bassoon concertos from a single author is tantamount to overkill, but this set proves a glorious exception.

--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com

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Disc 1
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C major, RV 467    
F major, RV 491    
A minor, RV 500    
A minor, RV 499    
C major, RV 466    
F major, RV 486    
C major, RV 474    
F major, RV 487    

 

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C major, RV 476    
C major, RV 469    
G major, RV 494    
C major, RV 470    
F major, RV 488    
C major, RV 472    
D minor, RV 481    
C major, RV 479    
       
 

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B flat major ("La notte"),
C major, RV 477    
C major, RV 475    
G minor, RV 496    
F major, RV 490    
G minor, RV 495    
C major, RV 471    

 

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G major, RV 492    
F major, RV 489    
G major, RV 493    
E minor, RV 484    
B flat major, RV 504    
C minor, RV 480    
B flat major, RV 503    

 

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A minor, RV 497    
F major, RV 485    
E flat major, RV 483    
C major, RV 478    
A minor, RV 498    
C minor, RV 480
B flat major, RV 502

Daniel Smith, Bassoon

English Chamber Orchestra
Philip Ledger

Zagreb Soloist
Tonko Ninic

 

Marco Uccellini - La Hortensia Virtuosa

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The sonatas of Marco Uccellini, for violin and continuo, represent early manifestations of the virtuoso violin impulse that led to the instrumental masterpieces of the High Baroque. The music on this disc was written between 1645 and 1667, and it elaborates the semi-improvisatory quality of the earliest instrumental sonatas into spectacular, free-rhythmed fantasies of instrumental display. This kind of music takes a specialist well-versed in Baroque playing techniques and ornamentation practices to bring it to life, and veteran Lucy van Dael, accompanied by harpsichordist Bob van Asperen and several other fine players, certainly fills the bill. She plays an Amati violin from 1646 that seems as though it can transport the listener back to the Modena palaces in which this music arose. The historically detailed booklet notes indicate the orientation of this disc toward libraries, specialists, and those with a serious interest in the early Italian Baroque, and it will find a ready audience among these groups and institutions. But the average lover of the violin, or the listener newly immersed in the music of performers who have given Monteverdi his proper level of intensity, may be attracted as well by the flashy free spirit and some of the unusual sonorities of this music. Sample the Sonata decima from the Op. 5 set (track 9), with its long, rhapsodic flights at the very top of the violin's range. The engineers of the Aeolus label have brought out every detail of van Dael's masterful playing.

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Sonata quarta detta 'La Hortensia virtuosa' (op. IV)
Sonata seconda detta 'La Luciminia contenta' (op. IV)
Sonata overo Toccata quinta detta 'La Laura rilucente' (op. IV)
Sonata nona (op. IV)
Sonata quarta (op. IV)
Sonata terza (op. IV)
Sonata ottava (op. IV)
Sonata quinta (op. IV)
Sonata decima (op. IV)
Sonata prima (op. IV)
Sinfonia prima (op. IX)
Sonata prima (op. VII)
Sonata seconda (op. VII)


Lucy Van Dael, violin
Bob van Asperen, harpsichord
Toyohiko Satoh, liuto attiorbato
Jaap ter Linden, cello

C.W.Gluck - Philemon & Baucis

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La Feste d'Apollo was composed for the marriage of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, and Maria Amalia, Archduchess of Austria, in the summer of 1769. It consisted of a prologue and three non-related acts, two of which are recorded here: Aristeo and Bauci e Filemone. In addition to music, there was a tournament, a festival celebrating the arts and sciences, and a Chinese fair. Even the general public was invited.

The first opera, "Aristeo" is related to the Orpheus story. It tells how Aristeaus, who was partly divine, had become enamored of Euridyce and caused her death. He subsequently becomes enamored of a nymph named Cidippe. At the advice of his mother, Cirene, Aristeaus does penance for his crimes and misdeeds and ultimately weds Cidippe.

The second opera "Philemon and Baucis" tells the famous story of the aged couple who offer hospitality to Zeus, disguised as a weary traveller, and receive immortality as a reward. In the opera, the story is modified as the couple become a pair of young lovers with Zeus himself officiating at their wedding as part of the reward for their good deeds. This opera is lyrical and pastoral in tone.

Le Feste d'Apollo

Atto d'Aristeo
Aristeo Ann Hallenberg
Ati Magnus Staveland
Cirene Ditte Andersen
Cidippe/Silvia Marie Lenormand

Atto di Bauci e Filemone
Bauci Ditte Andersen
Filemone Marie Lenormand
Giove Magnus Staveland
Una pastorella Ann Hallenberg


Choeur de chambre de Namur
Les Talens Lyriques
dir. Christophe Rousset

J.P.Rameau - Les Indes Galantes (Suite)

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Jean-Philippe Rameau's opéra-ballet Les Indes Galantes premiered in Paris in 1735 but was not a critical success, so the composer prepared a revised version that included an additional act. The five suites the composer extracted are derived from the prologue and four acts, and the brief movements include orchestral arrangements of vocal numbers as well as instrumental pieces. The work displays Rameau's flair for creating evocative and compelling music for the wide variety of the opéra-ballet's dramatic situations, as well as his ear for imaginative orchestration. Familiarity with the plot is not required for appreciating the charms of these colorful miniatures. The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, led by Frans Brueggen, performs on period instruments with the elegance and crisp precision that's just right for this repertoire and makes the most of the musical and dramatic contrasts between the movements.

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01 - Ouverture
02 - Entree Des Quatre Nations
03 - Air Pour Les Esclaves Africains
04 - Air Vif
05 - Musette En Rondeau
06 - Air Pour Les Amants Et Les Amantes
07 - Air Pour Deux Polonais
08 - Menuets I-II
09 - Contredanse
10 - Ritournelle Pour Le Turc Genereux
11 - Forlane Des Matelots
12 - Tambourins I-II
13 - Ritournelle Pour Les Incas De Perou
14 - Air Des Incas
15 - Air Pour L'adoration De Soleil
16 - Gavottes I-II
17 - Ritournelle Pour La Fete Persane
18 - Marche
19 - Air Pour Zephire
20 - Air Pour Boree Et La Rose

Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
dir. Frans Bruggen