Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.15/29) – Rameau – Castor et Pollux (part 3)

Music of the Enlightenment (CD15/29) - The last Glories of 'Tragédie lyrique':

Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764):
Castor & Pollux (part III)

Sarah Connolly - contralto
Howard Crook - tenor
Jérôme Corréas - baritone
Agnes Mellon - soprano
Véronique Gens - soprano
René Schirrer - bass
Sandrine Piau - soprano
Mark Padmore - haute-contre
Claire Brua - soprano
Sophie Daneman - soprano
Adrian Brand - tenor
Jean-Claude Sarragosse - bass

Les Arts Florissants [on period instruments]
William Christie - conductor

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.14/29) – Rameau – Castor et Pollux (part 2)

Music of the Enlightenment (CD14/29) - The last Glories of 'Tragédie lyrique':

Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764):
Castor & Pollux (part II)

Sarah Connolly - contralto
Howard Crook - tenor
Jérôme Corréas - baritone
Agnes Mellon - soprano
Véronique Gens - soprano
René Schirrer - bass
Sandrine Piau - soprano
Mark Padmore - haute-contre
Claire Brua - soprano
Sophie Daneman - soprano
Adrian Brand - tenor
Jean-Claude Sarragosse - bass

Les Arts Florissants [on period instruments]
William Christie - conductor

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.13/29) – Rameau – Castor et Pollux (part 1)

Music of the Enlightenment (CD13/29) - The last Glories of 'Tragédie lyrique':

Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764):
Castor & Pollux (part I)

Sarah Connolly - contralto
Howard Crook - tenor
Jérôme Corréas - baritone
Agnes Mellon - soprano
Véronique Gens - soprano
René Schirrer - bass
Sandrine Piau - soprano
Mark Padmore - haute-contre
Claire Brua - soprano
Sophie Daneman - soprano
Adrian Brand - tenor
Jean-Claude Sarragosse - bass

Les Arts Florissants [on period instruments]
William Christie - conductor

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.4/29) – Handel – Solomon - (part 2)

Music of the Enlightenment (CD4/29) - Oratorio "Solomon":

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Solomon - oratorio (part 2)

Sarah Connolly - contralto
Susan Gritton - soprano
Carolyn Sampson - soprano
Mark Padmore - tenor
David Wilson-Johnson - bas
RIAS Kammerchor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]
Daniel Reuss - conductor

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.3/29) – Handel – Solomon - (part 1)

 

Music of the Enlightenment (CD3/29) - Oratorio "Solomon":

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Solomon - oratorio (part 1)

Sarah Connolly - contralto
Susan Gritton - soprano
Carolyn Sampson - soprano
Mark Padmore - tenor
David Wilson-Johnson - bas
RIAS Kammerchor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]
Daniel Reuss - conductor

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Vivaldi – Sacred Music – Robert King (Vol.4)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Sacred Music (Vol.4):
Juditha Triumphans devicta Holofernes barbariae RV 644

Ann Murray - soprano
Maria Cristina Kiehr - soprano
Susan Bickley - mezzo-soprano
Sarah Connolly - mezzo-soprano
Jean Rigby - mezzo-soprano
The King's Consort [on period instruments]
Robert King - conductor

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Bach – Advent & Christmas Cantatas – Herreweghe

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Cantatas:

CD 1 - Advent Cantatas:
Cantata "Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36
Cantata "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 61
Cantata "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 62

CD 2 - Christmas Cantatas (1724):
Cantata "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" BWV 91
Cantata "Christum wir sollen loben schon" BWV 121
Cantata "Ich freue mich in dir" BWV 133

CD 3 - Christmas Cantatas (1725):
Cantata "Das neugeborne Kindelein" BWV 122
Cantata "Unser Mund sei voll Lachens" BWV 110
Cantata "Selig ist der Mann" BWV 57

Dorothee Mields - soprano
Vasilika Jezovšek - soprano
Sibylla Rubens - soprano
Sarah Connolly - contralto
Ingeborg Danz - contralto
Mark Padmore - tenor
Christoph Prégardien - tenor
Peter Kooy - bass
Collegium Vocale Gent [on period instruments]
Philippe Herreweghe - conductor

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Mahler – Totenfeier, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen – Vladimir Jurowski

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Totenfeier
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Sarah Connolly - mezzo-soprano
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Vladimir Jurowski - conductor

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Mendelssohn – Songs and Duets (Vol.3) – VA

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) - Songs and Duets (Vol.3):
Gruß Op. 19a-5
Sonntagslied Op.34-5
Entsagung Op. 9-11
'Die Sterne schau'n in stiller Nacht' Op. 99-2
'Wenn ich in deine Augen sehe' (by Fanny M.)
Frühlingslied Op. 34-3
Sehnsucht Op. 9-7 (by Fanny M.)
Schilflied Op. 71-4
Altdeutsches Lied Op. 57-1
Keine von der Erde Schönen (RomanceNo.1)
Schlafloser Augen Leuchte (Romance No.2)
Suleika und Hatem (Fanny M.) Op.8-12
Suleika Op. 57-3
Der Mond Op. 86-5
Das Heimweh (by Fanny M.) Op.8-2
'Wie kann ich froh und lustig sein?' (FolksongNo.1)
Abendlied Op. 8-9
Morgenlied Op. 86-2
Im Frühling Op. 9-4
Romanze Op. 8-10
Tröstung Op. 711
'Im wunderschönen Monat Mai' (by Fanny M.)
Pilgerspruch Op. 8-5
Minnelied im Mai Op. 8-1
'Aus meinen Tränen sprießen' (by Fanny M.)
Nachtlied Op. 71-6

Sophie Daneman - soprano
Sarah Connolly - mezzo-soprano
Mark Padmore - tenor
Stephan Loges - baritone
Eugene Asti - piano

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