P.Giles - Le Contre-tenors - Mythes & Realites

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This is a superb 2 CDs in a large format box accompanied with a 49 pp. booklet (PDF in french only) written by Peter Giles. Something like "Everything you wanted to know and are afraid to ask". An absolute "must" for anyone interested in this type of voice and related interpretation.

contents:


[1] David James (counter-tenor), The Hilliard Ensemble - Paul Hillier, dir.
Saint Godric
Crist and Sainte Marie
[2] Dominique Visse (counter-tenor), Ensemble Organum - Marcel Pérès, dir.
Anon., Carmina Burana - Le mystère de la Passion
Scene of Mary-Magdalena, 4th intervention of the angel: Dico tibi
[3] René Jacobs (counter-tenor), Akademie für Alte Musik - René Jacobs, dir.
Alessandro Scarlatti: Il primo omicidio
Parte secunda: Voce de Dio "Adam prole tu chiedi, e prole avrai"
[4] Drew Minter (counter-tenor)
Oswald von Wolkenstein
Durch Barbarei, Arabia
[5] Gérard Lesne (counter-tenor), Josep Benet (tenor), Josep Cabré (baritone)
Cunelier, Codex Chantilly
Se Galaas et le puissant Artus
[6] Dominique Visse (counter-tenor)
Josquin Desprez
Déploration sur la mort de Johannes Ockeghem
[7] Chanticleer Men's Choir
William Byrd
In Assumptione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis
[8], [48] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Robert Spencer (lute)
John Dowland
Flow my tears
[9] René Jacobs (counter-tenor), Konrad Junghänel (theorb, lute), Wieland Kuijken (bass viola)
Michel Lambert
Laisse-moy soupirer
[10] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Desmond Dupré (viola da gamba), Robert Elliott (harpsichord)
John Blow
The self-banished
[11] René Jacobs (counter-tenor), Konrad Junghänel (theorb, lute), Wieland Kuijken (bass viola), Mihoko Kimura (violon), Dirk Verelst (violin)
Michel Lambert
Vos mespris chaque jour
[12] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Desmond Dupré (viola da gamba), Robert Elliott (harpsichord)
Pelham Humfrey
A Hymne to God the Father
[13] René Jacobs (counter-tenor), Concerto Vocale - René Jacobs, dir.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Leçons de Ténèbres Du Mercredy Sainct
Responsory: Amicus meus H. 113
[14] Drew Minter (counter-tenor), John Potter (tenor), David Thomas (bass). Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Romanesca - Nicholas McGegan, dir.
Pelham Humfrey
Hear, O Heav'ns
[15] Mark Deller (counter-tenor), The King's Musick, Alfred Deller, dir.
Henry Purcell: King Arthur
For folded flocks
[16] The Deller Consort, Allfred Deller (counter-tenor & director
Henry Purcell
Te Deum (exc.)
[17] Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Collegium Vocale - Philippe Herreweghe, dir.
Henry Purcell: Wellcome to all pleasures
Here the deities approve
[18] Drew Minter (counter-tenor), Paul O'Dette (lute), Mitzi Meyerson (organ)
Henry Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia
Tis nature's voice
[19] Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor), Ensemble 415 - Clara Banchini, dir.
Antonio Vivaldi: Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater dolorosa
[20] René Jacobs (counter-tenor), Vincent Darras (counter-tenor), Concerto Vocale - René Jacobs, dir.
François Couperin
Troisième Leçon de Ténèbres
[21] Michael Chance (counter-tenor), Freiburger Barockorchester, Nicholas McGegan, dir.
Georg Friedrich Handel: Giustino
Act III, scene 8: Giustino "Sollevar'il mondo oppresso"
[22] Ralf Popken (counter-tenor), Freiburger Barockorchester, Nicholas McGegan, dir.
Georg Friedrich Handel: Radamisto
Act I, scene 6: Radamisto "Perfido, di a qu'ell empio tiranno"
[23] Derek Lee Ragin (counter-tenor), Ensemble 415 - René Jacobs, dir.
Georg Friedrich Handel: Flavio
Act II, scene 6: Guido "Rompo i lacci"
[24] Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor), Akademie fü Alte Musik, Berlin
Georg Friedrich Handel: Serse
Acte I, scene 9 "Ombra mai fù"
[25] Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor), Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, dir.
Georg Friedrich Handel: Messiah
O thou that tellest
But who may abide
[26] Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor), Les Arts Florissants - William Christie, dir.
Antonio Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo
Parte seconda, No 38: Amor Celeste, Amor Terreno "A tuo dispetto, Amor Terreno"

CD-2
[27] Bernarda Fink (alto), Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor),. Orchestra of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis - René Jacobs, dir.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat
Esurientes
[28] Gérard Lesne (alto), La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale - Philippe Herreweghe, dir.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Trauer-Ode BWV 198
Recitativo & Aria: Der Glocken bebendes Getön - Wie starb die Heldin so vergnügt
[29] Charles Brett (alto), La Chapelle Royale - Philippe Herreweghe, dir.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Der Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan, BWV 201
Mercurius: Aufgeblasne Hitze
[30] Andreas Scholl (alto), Akademie für Alte Musik - René Jacobs, dir.
Anon.
English drinking song: Of all the brave birds
[31] Peter Giles. Martin Renshaw (tenor), Anthony Bussel (baritone)
Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer's night dream
I know a bank
[32] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor - Oberon), English Opera Group Orchestra - Benjamin Britten, dir.
Georg Friedrich Handel: Flavio
Act II, scene 7: Flavio "Chi può mirare"
[33] Jeffrey Gall (counter-tenor), Ensemble 415 - René Jacobs, dir.
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in b minor
Qui sedes ad dexteram
[34] Andreas Scholl (alto), Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe, dir.
Anon., Folksong
I will give my love an apple
[35] Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor), Andreas Martin (lute)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Zweiter Teil: Erbarme dich
[36] René Jacobs (alto), La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe, dir.
Luca Marenzio: Second Book of Madrigals
Madrigal (a 5): Strider faceva
[37], [43] René Jacobs (counter-tenor), Concerto Vocale - René Jacobs, dir.
Juan Vásquez
El que sin ti bivir, ya no querriìa
[38] Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse (counter-tenor & director)
William Croft
My time, o ye Muses
[39] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Desmond Dupré (viola da gamba), Robert Elliott (harpsichord)
Josquin Desprez
Petite Camusette
[40] Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse (counter-tenor & director)
Henry Purcell
Music for a while
[41] Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor), Orchestra of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis - René Jacobs, dir.
Antonio Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo
Parte prima, No 12: Amor Celeste "Spera, consolati"
[42] Drew Minter (counter-tenor), Paul O'Dette (lute)
François Couperin
Deuxième Leçon de Ténèbres (exc.)
[43] René Jacobs (counter-tenor), Concerto Vocale - René Jacobs, dir.
Henry Purcell
Since from my dear Astrea's sight
[44] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Wieland Kuijken (bass viola), William Christie (harpsichord)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Abendempfindung
[45] René Jacobs (counter-tenor), Konrad Junghänel (lute)
Heinrich Schütz: Kleine geistliche Konzerte SWV 290
Wohl dem, der nicht wandelt,
[46] Sebastian Henning (boy soprano), René Jacobs (counter-tenor), Concerto Vocale - René Jacobs, dir.
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Duos: Quando corpus morietur & Amen
[47] Sebastian Henning (boy soprano), René Jacobs (counter-tenor), Concerto Vocale - René Jacobs, dir.
John Dowland
I saw my Lady weep

Playing time: 76'14" + 77'13" = 2h 33'27"