mercoledì 3 agosto 2011

G.B.Pescetti - Sonate per Gravicembalo


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Secondo gli studiosi, nell'ambito di tutta la produzione musicale di Giovanni Battista, l'opera clavicembalistica risulterebbe quella di maggior pregio, soprattutto dal punto di vista dell'innovazione stilistica. Oltre a sei Sonate per Clavicembalo conservate ancora manoscritte, sono arrivate fino ai giorni nostri le Sonate per Gravicembalo, pubblicate a Londra nel 1739, oggetto di questa registrazione.
Si tratta di composizioni che possono collocarsi in area di transizione tra stile barocco e stile galante, generalmente concepite in numero variabile di movimenti che, dal carattere contrastante, variano da due a quattro. Tra i tratti salienti che contraddistinguono felicemente la musica di Pescetti, possiamo sicuramente sottolineare la chiarezza espositiva, l'eleganza, l'essenzialità, l'ispirazione di breve gittata ma incisiva, oltre alla non comune spontaneità e fluidità di linguaggio.
Queste Sonate per Gravicembalo rappresentano, quindi, un fulgido esempio della Musica italiana del Settecento, sotto l'aspetto significativo dell'arte intesa come momento di comunicazione di suoni, di immagini, di sensazioni e sentimenti.
La musica di Pescetti richiede un tipo clavicembalo dal colore sonoro pieno e scuro, dalle note che abbiano una lunga tenuta ma anche un attacco definito e penetrante. Per questa incisione è stato utilizzato un ottimo strumento storico a due manuali, copia di Pascal Taskin (Parigi 1769), il cui originale è conservato presso la prestigiosa Russell Collection di Edimburgo.


Giovanni Battista Pescetti (1704–66) came from the same Venetian milieu as Legrenzi, Vivaldi, Platti, and Galuppi; the latter was in fact Pescetti’s classmate and collaborator in Venice. In 1737 Pescetti moved to London, where he took over the directorship of the King’s Theatre from Porpora (not Covent Garden, as stated in the liner notes). Thus, Pescetti was for a time a direct competitor to Handel, until the latter abandoned Italian opera in favor of oratorios. Naturally for any musician active in London at the time, Pescetti’s keyboard music owes a great deal to Handel, although there is nary a trace of the French element that permeates Handel’s music. The nine sonatas recorded here, all cast in a traditional three- or four-movement format, are thoroughly Italian in style, although there are indications that Pescetti was influenced by German keyboard music as well. Pescetti alternates between simple melody-with-bass, in the style of a Handelian allemande or gavotte, and more complex textures, as in the fugal opening of the A tempo giusto of Sonata 3, although he does not follow through with an unadulterated fugue à la Bach. Elsewhere, Pescetti is fond of introducing the opening theme(s) of a movement in imitative fashion, which lends a degree of interest to otherwise mediocre material. Much of the music is written in the grand style of Handel—the best example being the eight-minute Minuet of Sonata 1, which is a theme-and-variations in the spirit of Handel’s variations on “The Harmonious Blacksmith.”
FANFARE: Christopher Brodersen


contents:


Sonata I
Sonata II
Sonata III
Sonata IV

Sonata V
Sonata VI
Sonata VII
Sonata VIII
Sonata IX


Filippo Emanuele Ravizza, harpsichord

giovedì 28 luglio 2011

Bara Faustus' Dreame


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Another supremely high-concept disc superlatively executed, this package called Bara Faustus' Dreame performed by Les Witches and produced by Alpha is essentially a recital of soulfully sorrowful songs and deeply despairing dances by Dowland, Morley, Byrd, Philips, and others. Mixing mournful instrumental pieces bearing names like Pavana Dolorosa with doleful songs with titles like "In darkness let me dwell," the program is certain to incite even the most optimistic to embrace nihilism. Performed with consummate artistry by the instrumental ensemble called Les Witches, augmented with the complete sympathy of vocalizing guest Witches, the recital is sure to drive even the most happy folks to unassuageable hopelessness. Produced with the standard lush sound, customary sumptuous notes, and usual lavish art reproductions by Alpha, the package is bound to please even the most discriminating record collectors. Any listener looking for a reason to do themselves in can be positive of finding at least one if not several in Bara Faustus' Dreame. 


contents:


1 - Anonyme - Goe from my window
2 - John Dowland - Com when i call
3 - Richard Alison - Goe from my window
4 - Dowland - van Eyck - Can she excuse / Excuse moy
5 - Peter Phillips - Pavana dolorosa. Tregian
6 - Peter Phillips - Galiarda dolorosa
7 - John Dowland - From silent night
8 - Alfonso Ferrabosco - Dovehouse pavan
9 - Alfonso Ferrabosco - Heare me. O God
10 - William Byrd - Tregian's ground
11 - Giovanni Coperario - In darkness let me dwell
12 - John Ward - Fantasy
13 - Anonyme - The shepherd's joy
14 - Thomas Morley - O mistresse mine
15 - John Dowland - Thomas Morley - Captaine pipers pavin
16 - John Dowland - Thomas Morley - Galliard Can she excuse
17 - John Dowland - If my complaints could passions move


Les Witches

lunedì 25 luglio 2011

Denoye & Corrette d'apres Vivaldi


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A sumptuous mass from Denoyé, newly discovered, paying tribute to Rameau. And Corrette's jubilatory Versailles Grand Motet based on Vivaldi's Spring from the Four Seasons. A live CD from the 2007 Ambronay Festival in collaboration with France Musique.


contents:


Michel Corrette
Motet à grand choeur « Laudate dominum » (1766)

Jacques Antoine Denoyé
Messe à grand choeur et symphonie (1758)


Judith Gautier, dessus
Rodrigo del Pozo, haute-contre
Chistophe Einhorn, taille
Jean-Louis Georgel, basse


La Maîtrise de Bretagne
Le Parlement de Musique
dir. Martin Gester

Concert du 16 Septembre 2007

sabato 16 luglio 2011

W.F. Bach - Oeuvres pour Clavecin

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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784), considered by many the most talented of J. S. Bach's children, is also the least known of the great master's three composing sons. In contrast to his father's orderly, wholesome and responsible lifestile, Wilhelm Friedemann's was erratic and characterized by excesses. Add to that a puzzling inability to "market" himself, and you will easily understand why this (in my, and many other's opinion) genius ended his life in abject powerty.


contents:


Keyboard Sonata in A major, F. 8 (BR A15)
Fantasia en ut mineur, FK nv2
Prelude for keyboard in C minor, F. 29 (BR A54)
March for harpsichord in E flat major, F. 30 (BR A56)
Suite for keyboard in G minor, F. 24 (BR A39)
8 Fugues for keyboard, F. 31 (BR A81-88)
Keyboard Sonata in G major, F. 7 (BR A14)


Christophe Rousset
 
German harpsichord with two keyboards
built in the von Nagel workshop in Paris
after an early instrument attributed
to Michael Mietke, Berlin around 1710.



mercoledì 13 luglio 2011

Giacinto Calderara - Ricimero


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Giacinto Calderara (1729-1803)

The music talent of the Italian composer Giacinto Calderara was already apparent during his childhood. Young Calderara started forming his own musical thoughts from an early age and soon started coming up with the compositions which made a name for him far beyond the boundaries of his home town. Caldrerara was just twenty years old when he was given the respected and coveted post of music at the cathedral in Asti. Calderara's Ricimero was staged more than twenty times after its premiere performance and a modified version of his opera was staged in Asti, Casale and Monferrato, Turin and Ivrea in 2003 during festivities commemorating the two-hundred anniversary of the composer's death.

Mercoledì 12 marzo al teatro Municipale è stato rappresentato "Ricimero" (...) Ricimero aprì, il 27 dicembre 1755 la stagione al Teatro Regio di Torino e trionfò per ben 21 repliche. L'evento di mercoledì 12 marzo è stata l'occasione per ascoltare le belle voci dei cantanti lirici che indossavano sfarzosi costumi di Roberto De Valle tratti dal repertorio dei rinomati figurinisti Caramba ed Eugenio Guglielminetti; l'orchestra della Compagnia d'Opera Italiana magistralmente diretta da Maurizio Benedetti e il narratore Mario Brusa.


contents:


1. Ouverture. Allegro
2. Ouverture. Andante
3. Ouverture. Presto
4. Se Quel Tuo Sguardo Amato
5. Se I Monti Andar Vedrai
6. Lasciami In Pace Almeno
7. Sei Vincitor, È Vero
8. Scorgerai In Me L'Amante
9. Sentirsi Il Petto Accendere
10. Tutti Temer Dovrete
11. Io Ti Lascio, Oh Figlia Amata
12. Se A Quel Vezzoso Pianto
13. Empia Mano, E Tu Scrivesti!
14. Rasserena Il Mesto Ciglio
15. Del Rigor Della Mia Stella
16. Dille Che Mio Tesoro
17. Ombre Addio: Restate In Pace
18. Caro, Gli Sdegni Miei
19. In Giorno Sì Ameno



RICIMERO Re de' Goti destinato sposo d'Eduige
poi Amante di Ernelinda.
Signora MANUELA KRISCAK, Soprano

RODOALDO Re di Norvegia, e Padre di Ernelinda.
Signor LEONARDO DE LISI, Tenore

ERNELINDA Figlia di Rodoaldo, Amante di Vitige.
Signora ALEXANDRA ZABALA, Soprano

EDUIGE Figlia di Grimoaldo già Re di Norvegia
Signora ANNA LISA SEGAL, Soprano

VITIGE Principe Reale di Dania, Amante d'Ernelinda
Signora CLAUDIA NICOLE BANDERA, Mezzosoprano

EDELBERTO Principe Reale di Boemia, Amante d'Eduige
Signora KLARA LOCZI, Soprano

NARRATORE Signor MARIO BRUSA

Libretto del Signor FRANCESCO SILVANI
rielaborato dal Signor GIUSEPPE VETTORI

La Musica è del Signor GIACINTO CALDERARA,
Maestro di Cappella della Cattedrale di Asti

ORCHESTRA DELLA COMPAGNIA D'OPERA ITALIANA
Diretta dal Signor MAURIZIO BENEDETTI

lunedì 4 luglio 2011

Vivarte 60 CD Collection


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Limited EU 60 CD box set containing 60 of the finest releases from the esteemed Sony Classical label Vivarte. The 60 discs included here feature the works of all the great composers including Bach, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi, Schubert, Beethoven and many others. Sony Classical.


contents:


1-2. BACH : œuvres pour luth
(Lutz Kirchhof)
3. BACH : 3 sonates pour viole de gambe ; sonate en la majeur
(Anner Bylsma, Bob Van Asperen)
4. Le clavecin aux Pays-Bas
(Bob Van Asperen)
5. BACH : cantates profanes BWV 206 & 207a
(Frieder Bernius)
6. MOZART : Missa Longa
(Philipp Cieslewicz, Carsten Muller, Tolzer Knabenchor)
7. MOZART : Divertimento K.334 & K.247
(L'Archibudelli)
8. MOZART : Divertimento K.563
(L'Archibudelli)
9. SCHUBERT : Quintette à cordes D.956
(Vera Beths, Lisa Rautenberg, Steven Dann, Judy Gatwood, Anner Bylsma)
10. SCHUBERT : Symphonies n° 5 & 6
(Bruno Weil)
11-12. SCHÜTZ : Psalmen Davids SWV 22-47
(Frieder Bernius)
13-14. BACH : 6 Suites pour violoncelle, BWV 1007-1012
(Anner Bylsma)
15. Italia Mia
(Paul Van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble)
16. The Lute in Dance and Dream
(Lutz Kirchhof)
17. BEETHOVEN : Sextuors, quintette, duo
(L'Archibudelli)
18. SCHUBERT : Symphonies n° 7 & 8
(Bruno Weil)
19. BEETHOVEN : Trios à cordes Op.9 n° 1-3
(L'Archibudelli)
20. Febus Avant!
(Paul Van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble)
21. GOMBERT : Musique pour la cour de Charles V
(Paul Van Nevel)
22. Airs de cour français du XVIIe siècle
(Lutz Kirchhof)
23. VIVALDI : Les quatre saisons ; Sinfonia "Al Santo Sepolcro" ; Concerto Op.3
(Charlotte Nediger, Tafelmusik)
24. HAYDN : Symponies n° 41-43
(Bruno Weil, Tafelmusik)
25. HAYDN : Symponies n° 44, 51 & 52
(Bruno Weil, Tafelmusik)
26-27. WEISS : œuvres pour luth vol. 1 & 2
(Lutz Kirchhof)
28. VIVALDI : Sonates pour violoncelle et basse continue
(Anner Bylsma)
29. BEETHOVEN : Trios « L'Archiduc » et « des Esprits »
(Anner Bylsma, Vera Beths, Jos Van Immerseel)
30. HAENDEL : Concerti Grossi, Op. 3
(Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik)
31. Motets du XVIIe siècle
(Niederaltaicher Scholaren)
32. HAYDN : Les trois derniers trios avec piano
(Anner Bylsma, Vera Beths, Robert Levin)
33. BOCCHERINI : Concertos pour violoncelle en ut majeur et ré majeur
(Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik)
34. BOCCHERINI : Sonates pour violoncelle
(Anner Bylsma, Kenneth Slowik, Bob Van Asperen)
35. MOZART : Quintette avec clarinet, quatuor avec clarinette, Trio Kegelstatt
(L'Archibudelli)
36. Musique pour orgue d'Allemagne du nord
(Gustav Leonhardt)
37-38. C.P.E BACH : Intégrale des sonates pour flûte
(Barthold Kuijken, Bob Van Asperen)
39. FRANCHOMME & CHOPIN : Grand Duo Concertant
(Anner Bylsma, Lambert Orkis, Kenneth Slowik)
40. SCHUBERT : Messe n° 5 ; Deutsche Messe
(Bruno Weil)
41. Musique pour orgue en France et au sud des Pays-Bas
(Gustav Leonhardt)
42-43. HAYDN : La Création (Intégrale)
(Bruno Weil, Tafelmusik, Toelzer Knabenchor)
44. AGRICOLA : Un labyrinthe secret
(Paul Van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble)
45-46. BEETHOVEN : Sonates pour violoncelle et piano
(Anner Bylsma, Jos Van Immerseel)
47. MOZART : Requiem
(Bruno Weil, Tafelmusik)
48. SCHUBERT : Trios avec piano n° 1 & 2
(Anner Bylsma, Vera Beths, Jos Van Immerseel)
49. VIVALDI : 11 concertos
(Anner Bylsma, Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik)
50. HAYDN : Les trois derniers quatuors à cordes
(L'Archibudelli)
51. HAENDEL : Feuermusik
(Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik)
52-54. TELEMANN : Quatuors parisiens n° 1-12
(Gustav Leonhardt)
55. Utopia Triumphans (Musique de la Renaissance)
(Paul Van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble)
56. BACH : concertos pour violon
(Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik)
57-58. BACH : concertos brandebourgeois
(Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik)
59. BRAHMS & SCHUMANN : Sonates pour violoncelle Op. 38 & Op. 99
5 Pièces dans le style populaire Op. 102
(Anner Bylsma, Lambert Orkis)
60. HAENDEL : Music for the Royal Fireworks
(Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik)

sabato 25 giugno 2011

J.S.Bach - Cantatas (Richter)


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Volume 1 - Advent and Christmas

CD 1
«Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland», BWV 61
«Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn», BWV 132
«Christen, ätzet diesen Tag», BWV 63

CD 2
«Christum wir sollen loben schon», BWV 121
«Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget», BWV 64
«Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende», BWV 28
«Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm», BWV 171

CD 3
«Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid», BWV 58
«Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen», BWV 65
«Meinem Jesum laß ich nicht», BWV 124
«Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen», BWV 13

CD 4
«Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh’ allzeit», BWV 111
«Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?», BWV 81
«Ich habe genug», BWV 82


Volume 2 - Easter

CD 1
«Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn», BWV 92
«Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort», BWV 126
«Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn», BWV 23

CD 2
«Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern», BWV 1
«Himmelskönig, sei willkommen», BWV 182

CD 3
«Christ lag in Todesbanden», BWV 4
«Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden», BWV 6
«Der Friede sei mit dir», BWV 158
«Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ», BWV 67

CD 4
«Du Hirte Israel, höre», BWV 104
«Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen», BWV 12

CD 5
«Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe», BWV 108
«Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen», BWV 87


Volume 3 - Ascension Day - Whitsun - Trinity

CD 1
«Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen» (Himmelfahrts-Oratorium), BWV 11
«Sie werden euch in den Bann tun», BWV 44
«O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe», BWV 34

CD 2
«Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt», BWV 68
«Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen», BWV 175
«Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott», BWV 129

CD 3
«Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot», BWV 39
«Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes», BWV 76
«Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder», BWV 135

CD 4
«Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis», BWV 21
«Ein ungefärbt Gemüte», BWV 24

CD 5
«Freue dich, erlöste Schar», BWV 30
«Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten», BWV 93

CD 6
«Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben», BWV 147
«Meine Seel erhebt den Herren», BWV 10


Volume 4 - Sunday after Trinity I

CD 1
«Es ist das Heil uns kommen her», BWV 9
«Es wartet alles auf dich», BWV 187
«Wo Gott, der Herr, nicht bei uns hält», BWV 178

CD 2
«Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist», BWV 45
«Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht», BWV 105
«Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben», BWV 102

CD 3
«Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut», BWV 199
«Siehe zu, daß deine Gottesfurcht nicht Heuchelei sei», BWV 179
«Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren», BWV 137

CD 4
«Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ», BWV 33
«Jesu, der du meine Seele», BWV 78
«Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich», BWV 17

CD 5
«Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen», BWV 51
«Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan», BWV 100
«Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende», BWV 27

CD 6
«Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?», BWV 8
«Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens», BWV 148


Volume 5 - Sunday after Trinity II

CD 1
«Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottessohn», BWV 96
«Wo soll ich fliehen hin», BWV 5
«Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen», BWV 56

CD 2
«Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele», BWV 180
«Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir», BWV 38
«Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht», BWV 55

CD 3
«Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit», BWV 115
«Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott», BWV 139
«O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort», BWV 60
«Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig», BWV 26

CD 4
«Du Friedenfürst, Herr Jesu Christ», BWV 116
«Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!», BWV 70
«Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme», BWV 140

CD 5
«Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir», BWV 130
«Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott», BWV 80
«Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit», BWV 106




Edith Mathis, Sheila Armstrong, Lotte Schädle
Ursula Buckel, Maria Stader – Soprano

Anna Reynolds, Herthe Töpper
Trudeliese Schmidt, Julia Hamari – Alto

Peter Schreier, Ernst Haefliger
John van Kesteren – Tenor

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Theo Adam
Kurt Moll, Kieth Engen – Bass

Münchener Bach-Chor
Münchener Bach-Orchester
dir. Karl Richter

sabato 4 giugno 2011

Andreas Scholl - Wayfaring Stranger


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1 - I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger
2 - The Salley Gardens
3 - My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose
4 - Wild Mountain Thyme
5 - Henry Martin
6 - Charming Beauty Bright
7 - I Will Give My Love an Apple
8 - She Moved Through the Fair
9 - Blow the Wind Southerly
10 - The Wife of Usher's Well
11 - I Loved a Lass
12 - Pretty Saro
13 - Down in Yon Forest
14 - Barbara Allen
15 - The Wraggle Taggle Gypsies
16 - Annie Laurie
17 - Black Is the Colour

Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Stacey Shames, Harp
Edin Karamazov, Lute

Jon Pickow, Banjo
Jon Pickow, Dulcimer


Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

mercoledì 1 giugno 2011

G.F.Handel - Operas


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Han22Oper1. Rinaldo, 3 CDs
Jean-Claude Malgoire, La Grande Écurie et La Chambre du Roy
Carolyn Watkinson: Mezzo-Soprano (Rinaldo)
Paul Esswood: Contralto (Goffredo)
Charles Brett: Contralto (Eustazio)

Han22Oper2. Giulio Cesare, 2 CDs
Julius Rudel, New York City Opera
Beverly Sills: Soprano (Cleopatra)
Beverly Wolff: Mezzo-Soprano (Sextus)
Maureen Forrester: Contralto (Cornelia)

Han22Oper3. Tamerlano, 3 CDs
Jean-Claude Malgoire, La Grande Écurie et La Chambre du Roy
Mieke van der Sluis: Soprano (Asteria)
Isabelle Poulenard: Soprano (Irene)
Henri Ledroit: Countertenor (Tamerlano)

Han22Oper4. Rodelinda, 3 CDs
Michael Schneider, La Stagione
Barbara Schlick: Soprano (Rodelinda)
Claudia Schubert: Alto (Eduige)
David Cordier: Countertenor (Bertarido)

Han22Oper5. Alessandro, 3 CDs
Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande
Sophie Boulin: Soprano (Rossane)
Isabelle Poulenard: Soprano (Lisaura)
Ria Bollen: Contralto (Cleone)


Han22Oper6. Lotario, 2 CDs
Alan Curtis, Il Compresso Barocco
Simone Kermes: Adelaide, Soprano
Sara Mingardo: Lotario, Contralto
Hilary Summers: Idelberto, Contralto

Han22Oper7. Partenope, 3 CDs
Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande
Krisztina Laki: Partenope, Soprano
Rosmira: Helga Müller Molinari, Contralto
Arsace:René Jacobs, Contralto

Han22Oper8. Serse, 3 CDs
Jean-Claude Malgoire, La Grande Écurie et La Chambre du Roy
Carolyn Watkinson: Serse, mezzo-soprano
Paul Esswood: Arsamene, countertenor
Ortrun Wenkel: Amastre, contralto
Barbara Hendricks: Romilda, soprano

sabato 28 maggio 2011

W.A.Mozart - Requiem K.626


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The repertoire choices here seem curiously conservative, considering the course of Jordi Savall's career in recent years. The answer to that conundrum lies in the date of recording – 1991. Back then, Savall was a much more mainstream kind of period performance performer, so a disc of Mozart's Requiem would have seemed like a logical choice for him, especially given that the year marked the bicentenary of the composer's death.Even back then he was a radical, and what makes this recording prophetic is the relaxed way that the period performance conventions are applied. In the early 90s, there was still a lingering sense of academic earnestness about most period instrument performance, but Jordi Savall demonstrates the value of a light touch, which has since more or less become the convention. In the context of the Mozart Requiem, that sits uneasily with the gravity of the subject, although it serves to highlight the Classical elegance that is never far from the surface in Mozart's music. There are no super-fast tempos here, at least by period performance standards, the Rex tremendae is the only movement that seems a shade faster than comfortable. Subtle dynamics rather than rubato are used to shape the soloists phrases, and despite the almost playful atmosphere, closer listening reveals an impressive discipline in the tempos, balance and ornamentation.


contents:


Maurerische Trauermusik, K.477 (Ode funebre)
Requiem, K.626


La Cappella Reyal de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations
dir. Jordi Savall

lunedì 23 maggio 2011

Johann Bernhard Bach - Die Orchestersuiten


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Johann Bernhard Bach (23 May 1676 – 11 June 1749) was a German composer, and second cousin of J. S. Bach. He was born in Erfurt, and his early musical education was by his father, Johann Aegidus Bach. He took up his position as organist in Erfurt in 1695, and then took a similar position in Magdeburg. He replaced Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach as organist in Eisenach, and also as harpsichordist in the court orchestra in 1703. Most of his musical output has been lost, but amongst his surviving music there are four orchestral suites. It is known that J.S. Bach had individual parts prepared for performance by his orchestra.
His musical style has been described as being similar to that of Telemann.
These Suites are thought to have been written before 1730. (more here)


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Suite No.1 in g minor
Suite No.2 in G major
Suite No.3 in e minor
Suite No.4 in D major


Freiburger Barockorchester
dir. Thomas Hengelbrock

domenica 22 maggio 2011

Alexander Agricola - Missa In myne Zyn


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Of the eight Masses by Agricola that have survived, the Missa in myne zyn is possibly the last, most demanding to perform and the most elaborate, making use of every possible technique, to include the thematic material of Agricola’s own 3-part song In myne zyn. The secular pieces recorded here lend themselves particularly well to the techniques of ornamentation and improvisation that the composer himself suggests.



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1 - Ante Missam: In minen sin
2 - Ante Missam: Si j'aime mon amy
3 - Ante Missam: Bien soiez venu – Alleluia
4 - Ante Missam: In mynen zin
5 - Ad Missam: Gloria, extrait de Missa In myne Zyn
6 - Ad Missam: Comme femme desconfortée II
7 - Ad Missam: Credo, extrait de Missa In myne Zyn
8 - Ad Missam: D'ung aultre amer III
9 - Ad Missam: Sanctus, extrait de Missa In myne Zyn
10 - Ad Missam: Tout a par moy II
11 - Ad Missam: Agnus Dei, extrait de Missa In myne Zyn
12 - Ad Vesperam: Pater meus agricola est
13 - Ad Vesperam: Regina coeli


Capilla Flamenca
Dirk Snellings

martedì 17 maggio 2011

Italia mia


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A1 Claudio Monteverdi - O Rosetta, che Rosetta
A2 Philippe Verdelot - Italia mia
A3 Vincenzo Calestani - Damigella tutta bella
A4 Giaches De Wert - Vezzosi augelli
A5 Joan Ambrosio Dalza - Passo e mezzo
A6 Bartolomeo Tromboncino - Virgine bella (Canzone del Petrarca)
A7 Girolamo Frescobaldi - Capriccio del soggetto sopra l'Aria di Ru
ggiero
A8 Bartolomeo Tromboncino - Ostinato vo'seguire
A9 Joan Ambrosio Dalza - Piva

B1 Rossinus Mantuanus - Lirum Bililirum (Un sonar de piva in fachin
esco)
B2 Andrea Gabrieli - Ecco l'aurora
B3 Joan Ambrosio Dalza - Pavana alla venetiana
B4 Claudio Monteverdi - Beatus vir
B5 Anonymous - Three Dances
B6 Giulio Caccini - Amarilli mia bella
B7 Luzzasco Luzzaschi - Quivi Sospiri
B8 Orazio Vecchi - So ben mi chi ha bon tempo


The Waverly Consort
dir. Michael Jaffee

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This record is very hard to find, so I hope noone will be hurt if I post the lossless rip too.

lunedì 16 maggio 2011

G.F.Handel - Heroic Arias


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da: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV11
Aria: Pena tiranna (Dardano)

da: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV17
Aria: Va tacito e nascosto (Cesare)

da: Rinaldo, HWV7
Aria: Venti turbini (Rinaldo)

da: Ariodante
, HWV33
Act 2. Aria: Scherza infida (Ariodante)

da: Serse
, HWV40
Overture: Grave – Allegro

da: Giustino
, HWV37
Act 3. Aria: Zeffiretto, che scorre nel prato (Giustino)

da: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV17
Act 2. Aria: Al lamp dell' armi (Cesare)

da: Ottone, Re di Germania
, HWV15
Act 3 Scene 2 No 2. Aria: Tanti affanni (Ottone)

da: Rinaldo, HWV7
Act 3. Aria: Or la tromba (Rinaldo)
Act 1. Aria: Cara sposa (Rinaldo)

da: Giustino
, HWV37
Act 1. Aria: Se parla nel mio cor (Giustino)

da: Alcina, HWV34
Aria: Verdi prati (Ruggiero)


James Bowman (countertenor)
The King's Consort
dir. Robert King

venerdì 13 maggio 2011

Beethoven - Piano Sonatas


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CD 1

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique"), Op.13
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op.14 No.1
Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op.14 No.2
Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major Op.22

CD 2

Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op.2 No.1
Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op.2 No.2
Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op.2 No.3
Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op.49 No.1

CD 3

Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op.7
Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op.10 No.1
Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op.10 No.2
Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op.10 No.3

CD 4

Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major ('Funeral March'), Op.26
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major ('Quasi una fantasia'), Op.27 No.1
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ('Moonlight'), Op.27 No.2
Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major ('Pastoral'), Op.28

CD 5

Sonata No. 16 In G Major, Op.31 No.1
Sonata No. 17 In D Minor, 'Der Sturm', Op.31 No.2
Sonata No. 18 In E Flat Major, Op.31 No.3

CD 6

Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op.53, "Waldstein"
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op.57, "Appassionata"
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op.78
Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op.79

CD 7

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op.81a, “Das Lebewohl”
Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op.90 (1814)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op.106, “Hammerklavier”

CD 8

Sonata No.28 in A major, Op.101
Sonata No.30 in E major, Op.109
Sonata No.31 in A flat major, Op.110
Sonata No.32 in c minor, Op.111


Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano


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BONUS in the same folder


8 tracks - MP3 192 Kbps - 97Mb


contents:


1. Thirteen Variations in A major on "Es war einmal ein alter Mann"
from the Singspiel Das rote Käppchen by Dittersdorf, WoO 66 (1792)
2. Twelve Variations in C major on the "Menuett à la Vigano"
from the ballet Le nozze disturbate by Haibel, WoO 68 (1795)
3. Nine Variations in A major on "Quant'è più bello"
from the opera La Molinara by Paisiello, WoO 69 (1795)
4. Six Variations in G major on "Nel cor più non mi sento"
from the opera La Molinara by Paisiello, WoO 70 (1795)
5. Twelve Variations in A major on the Russian Dance
from the ballet Das Waldmädchen by Wranitzky, WoO 71 (1796)
6. Eight Variations in C major on "Une fièvre brûlante"
from the opera Richard Coeur de Lion by Grétry, WoO 72 (1796)
7. Ten Variations in B-flat major on "La stessa, la stessissima"
from the opera Falstaff by Salieri, WoO 73 (1799)
8. Seven Variations in F major on "Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen"
from the opera Das unterbrochene Opferfest by Winter, WoO 75 (1799)

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