Claudio Monteverdi et al. - Venetian Vespers

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Paul McCreesh's second major recording (and second Gramophone Award winner) reconstructs Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation at San Marco circa 1643, using music by Monteverdi and contemporaries including Cavalli, Grandi, and Rigatti. The music is less dense and lavishly scored than on A Venetian Coronation, but more virtuosic and varied--ranging from Finetti's sweet, languid "O Maria, quæ rapis" for two falsettists and Monteverdi's lively "Laudate Dominum" for solo tenor, to Marini's sensuous sonata for three violins and Monteverdi's spectacular "Lætatus sum" for six singers, two violins, two trombones, and bassoon over a repeated four-note bass. There is so much excitement here that even the opening of "Lætatus sum"--four measures of only the repeating bass--shimmers with energy. --Matthew Westphal 

Contents:

Disc: 1

1. Sacristy Bell (after G. Gabrieli)
2. Organ: Intonazione
3. Versicle & Response: Deus in adiutorium - Domine ad adiuvandum
4. Antiphon: Angelus Domini
5. Rigatti - Psalm: Dixit Dominus
6. Grandi - Motet: O intemerata
7. Antiphon: Beata es Maria
8. Monteverdi - Psalm 112: Laudate peuri
9. Banchieri - Organ: Suonata prima
10. Antiphon: Beatam me dicent
11. Monteverdi - Psalm 121: Laetatus sum
12. Finetti - Motet: O Maria, quae rapis corda hominum
13. Antiphon: Haec est quae nescavit
14. Rigatti - Psalm 126: Nisi Dominus
15. Banchieri - Organ: Dialogo secondo
16. Antiphon: Ante thronum
17. Cavalli - Psalm 147: Lauda Jerusalem
18. Grandi - Motet: O quam tu pulchra es

Disc: 2

1. Organ: Praeambulum
2. Chapter: Ecce virgo
3. Monteverdi - Hymn: Deus qui mundum crimine iacentem
4. Versicle & Response: Ave Maria / Dominus tecum
5. Antiphon: Spiritus Sanctus
6. Rigatti - Magnificat
7. Marini - Sonata con tre violini in eco
8. Collect: Dominus vobiscum - Deus, qui de beatae Mariae
9. Dismissal: Dominus vobiscum - Benedicamus Domino
10. Monteverdi - Motet: Laudate Dominum
11. Fasolo - Organ: Intonazione
12. Rigatti - Motet: Salve regina

 
Gabrieli Consort and Players
dir. Paul McCreesh

Clavichord Music

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Contents:

Matthias Weckmann - Four Variations on the Song 'Die lieblichen Blicke'
Jan Adam Reincken - Suite in G major
Johann Mattheson - Fugue in G major
Johann Mattheson - Fughetta in C minor
George Frideric Handel - Suite in D minor HWV 447
George Frideric Handel - Fugue in C minor HWV 607
George Frideric Handel - Fugue in B flat major HWV 610
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Sonata IV Wq 59/6
Georg Philipp Telemann - Fantasia in G minor TWV 33:17
Georg Philipp Telemann - Fantasia in G minor TWV 33:8
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Fantasia in C major Wq 63/4

Gisela Gumz, clavichord

Haydn - Symphonies (Goodman)

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contents:

  Haydn - Symphonies 1-5  
Symphony No 1 in D major  
Symphony No 2 in C major
Symphony No 3 in G major  
Symphony No 4 in D major  
Symphony No 5 in A major  

Haydn - Symphonies 6-8
 Symphony No 6 in D major 'Le Matin'  
Symphony No 7 in C major 'Le Midi'
 Symphony No 8 in G major 'Le Soir'

 Haydn - Symphonies 9-12
 Symphony No 9 in C major  
Symphony No 10 in D major  
Symphony No 11 in E flat major  
Symphony No 12 in E major  

Haydn - Symphonies 13-16  
Symphony No 13 in D major  
Symphony No 14 in A major  
Symphony No 15 in D major
Symphony No 16 in B flat major  

Haydn - Symphonies 17-21
  Symphony No 17 in F major
Symphony No 18 in G major  
Symphony No 19 in D major
  Symphony No 20 in C major  
Symphony No 21 in A major

 Haydn - Symphonies 22-25  
Symphony No 22 in E flat major 'The Philosopher'
Symphony No 23 in G major
 Symphony No 24 in D major
Symphony No 25 in C major

 Haydn - Symphonies 42-44  
Symphony No 42 in D major  
Symphony No 43 in E flat major 'Mercury'
Symphony No 44 in E minor 'Trauersinfonie'

 Haydn - Symphonies 45-47
 Symphony No 45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell'  
Symphony No 46 in B major
Symphony No 47 in G major

  Haydn - Symphonies 48-50  
Symphony No 48 in C major 'Maria Theresia'  
Symphony No 49 in F minor 'La Passione'
Symphony No 50 in C major

 Haydn - Symphonies 70-72  
Symphony No 70 in D major
 Symphony No 71 in B flat major  
Symphony No 72 in D major

 Haydn - Symphonies 73-75  
Symphony No 73 in D major 'La Chasse'
Symphony No 74 in E flat major  
Symphony No 75 in D major  

Haydn - Symphonies 76-78
 Symphony No 76 in E flat major  
Symphony No 77 in B flat major  
Symphony No 78 in C minor

 Haydn - Symphonies 82-84
 Symphony No 82 in C major 'The Bear'  
Symphony No 83 in G minor 'The Hen'
Symphony No 84 in E flat major

 Haydn - Symphonies 85-87  
Symphony No 85 in B flat major 'La Reine'  
Symphony No 86 in D major
Symphony No 87 in A major

Haydn - Symphonies 90-92
 Symphony No 90 in C major
Symphony No 91 in E flat major  
Symphony No 92 in G major 'Oxford'  

Haydn - Symphonies 93-95  
Symphony No 93 in D major  
Symphony No 94 in G major 'Surprise'  
Symphony No 95 in C minor  

Haydn - Symphonies 101-102  
Symphony No 101 in D major 'The Clock'  
Symphony No 102 in B flat major  
Overture to an English opera 'Windsor Castle'
  
Haydn - Symphonies 94, 100, 104 
(Nimbus Records)
 Symphony No 94 in G major 'Surprise'
Symphony No 100 in G major 'Military'  
Symphony No 104 in D major 'London'  

The Hanover Band  
dir. Roy Goodman

Oboe Romantico (Vinyl rip)

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Contents:

Vincenzo Bellini
Concerto in Mi bemolle

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Introduzione, tema e variazioni in fa, op.112

Johann Wenzeslaus Kalliwoda
Concertino in Fa, op.110

Han De Vries, oboe
Amsterdam Philarmonic Orchestra
dir. Anton Kersjes

George Frideric Handel - The Secret Handel

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"Christopher Hogwood’s incisive mind regularly leads to strong and imaginative concepts and this, the first of a series of clavichord discs dedicated to Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, is a perfect example. The clavichord has a history of domestic usage, the intimate nature of its utterances seeming both exquisite and slightly enigmatic. Its main mechanical feature of stretching strings gives the player the ‘touch’ to grade dynamics, alter pitch through vibrating and other idiomatic colouring. These are delicate nuances with an instrument of such softness, offered as fleeting gestures, usually for the player’s ears alone." - GRAMOPHONE

tracklist:

1. Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, No.3 in D Minor, HWV 428
2. Aria (Chaconne) and variations for keyboard in G major, HWV 430/4a
3. Fugue for keyboard in C minor, HWV 610
4. Suite for 2 harpsichords in C minor, HWV 446 (fragment)
5. Minuet for keyboard in A major, HWV 545
6. Minuet for keyboard in A major, HWV 547
7. Minuet for keyboard in A major, HWV 546
8. Air for keyboard in F major, HWV 464
9. Water Music Suite No.1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348: Bourrée and Hornpipe
10. Aria and variations for clavichord in B flat major
11. Air for keyboard in B flat major, HWV 469
12. Concerto for keyboard (2 movements) in G major, HWV 487
13. Air Lentement for keyboard in G minor, HWV 467
14. Concerto for keyboard (2 movements) in G major, HWV 487
15. Allemande for keyboard in B minor, HWV 479
16. Courante for keyboard in B minor, HWV 489
17. Sarabande for clavichord in B minor
18. Gigue for clavichord in B minor
19. Jesu meine Freude, chorale for keyboard in G minor, HWV 480
20. Chaconne for harpsichord in G major, HWV 435


Christopher Hogwood, clavichord

F.J.Haydn - Divertimenti a 8 voci (2 vols.)

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It is tempting to imagine that had Prince Esterhazy been a keen spoons player I might now be reviewing Haydn's Spoons something or other - and brilliant it would have sounded too. However, Haydn's employer was a great lover of that otherwise obscure member of the viol family known as the baryton, and so the composer was set to work to compose music for the Prince to play. Amongst them are these octets which bear witness to the astonishingly high skill of the Court musicians, other than the Prince. The works are for eight obligato parts, and each instrument is individually put to the test. However, the baryton plays on its own very rarely, and so in the event of any Princely hesitation no essential part of the music would be missing! The writer of the sleeve notes describes the octets as "high points of Papa Haydn's compositional skills...halfway between chamber music and the larger symphonic forms", and I'm not going to argue with that. Well worth treating yourself to if you fancy something a bit different by one of the musical giants.

Reviewed by Simon Carpenter

Contents:

CD 1
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Divertimento a 8 voci n° 7 G-dur Hob. X. 12
Divertimento a 8 voci n° 3 A-moll A-Dur Hob. X. 3
Divertimento per il Pariton con 2 corni viola e basso D-Dur Hob. X. 10
Divertimento a 8 voci n° 2 G-dur Hob. X. 5

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Divertimento a 8 voci n° 1 D-dur Hob. X. 2
Divertimento a 8 voci n° 6 A-dur Hob. X. 6Divertimento a 8 voci n° 5 D-dur Hob. X. 1Divertimento a 8 voci n° 4 G-dur Hob. X. 4


Ricercar Consort

Francois Fernandez, violon, alto
Sayuri Yamagata, violon (vol.I)
Alda Stuurop, violon (vol.II)
Ryo Terakado, alto
Philippe Pierlot, baryton
Rainer Zipperling, cello
Eric Mathot, contrebasse
Claude Maury, cor
Piet Dombrecht, cor

baryton

Johann Joachim Quantz - 7 Sonatas for Flute

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Johann Joachim Quantz was the most important flute virtuoso of the eighteenth century. Best known today for his Essay on Playing the Flute (Berlin, 1752), he wrote some two hundred sonatas for flute and continuo, about forty trio sonatas for two instruments and continuo, six quartets for flute, violin, viola and continuo, and some three hundred concertos for flute and strings. Many of these works were composed for King Frederick II of Prussia, Frederick the Great, himself an accomplished flautist and composer whom Quantz taught and later served as royal court musician from 1741 until his death. In addition, the eight surviving flutes by Quantz were probably all made for King Frederick.

content:


B minor QV 1-167 (Dresden)
D major QV 1-47 D-dur (Potsdam)
C major QV 1-12 (Potsdam)
C minor QV 1-15 (Dresden)
F major QV 1-86 (Dresden)
E minor QV 1-73 (Dresden)
G major QV 1-105 (Potsdam)


Benedek Csalog - Baroque Flute
Rita Papp - Harpsichord

First recording