Mozart, Haydn – Piano Concertos – Alexandre Tharaud

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major, K.271 "Jeunehomme"
Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A major, K.386
"Ch'io mi scordi di te?" Concert aria, K.505 *
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Piano Concerto in D major, Hob.XVIII:11

Alexandre Tharaud - piano
Joyce DiDonato - mezzosoprano *
Les Violons du Roy
Bernard Labadie - conductor

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Mozart – Clarinet Concerto, Excerpts from 'La Clemenza di Tito' – Frans Brüggen

in memoriam Frans Brüggen 

(30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622
"La Clemenza de Tito" (excerpts), K. 621
Adagio in B-flat major, K.411
"Maurerische Trauermusik" (The Masonic Funeral Music), K. 477

Eric Hoeprich - clarinet
Joyce DiDonato - mezzo-soprano
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century [on period instruments]
Frans Brüggen - conductor

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Vivaldi – Sacred Music – Robert King (Vol.10)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Sacred Music (Vol.10):
Gloria, RV 589
Nisi Dominus, RV 803
Ostro picta, RV 642
Giovanni Maria Ruggieri (fl c 1690-1720):
Gloria, RV anh.23

Carolyn Sampson - soprano
Joanne Lunn - soprano
Joyce Didonato - mezzo-soprano
Tuva Semmingsen - mezzo-soprano
Robin Blaze - counter tenor
Hilary Summers - contralto
The King's Consort [on period instruments]
Robert King - conductor

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Vivaldi – Sacred Music – Robert King (Vol.9)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Sacred Music (Vol.9):
Laudate pueri, RV 602
Salve Regina, RV 618
Ascende laeta, RV 635
Gaude mater Ecclesia, RV 613
Vos aurae per montes, RV 634
Gloria Patri, RV 602a

Carolyn Sampson - soprano
Susan Gritton - soprano
Joanne Lunn - soprano
Joyce Didonato - mezzo-soprano
Nathalie Stutzmann - contralto
The King's Consort [on period instruments]
Robert King - conductor

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Rossini – Stabat Mater – Antonio Pappano

remembering Gioachino Rossini on the anniversary of his death

(29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868)

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):
Stabat Mater

Anna Netrebko - soprano
Joyce Didonato - mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Brownlee - tenor
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo - bass
Coro dell'Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Roma
Orchestra dell'Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Roma
Antonio Papano - conductor

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