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21 December 2019

Deller Edition, Vol.1, No.9 [Alfred Deller]



Duets for Counter-tenors


Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
Sweet Nymph, Come to Thy Lover

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Sweetness of Nature

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Erhöre mich, wenn ich rufe

Robert Jones (c1577-1617)
Sweet Kate

Anonymous
Ah, My Dear Son

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Currite, populi, psallite timpanis (sv297)

Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
Miraculous love's wounding
I go before, my darling

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Der Herr ist gross

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Angelus ad pastores ait (sv222)
Fuge anima mea mundum (sv305)
Salve Regina (sv327)

John Blow (1649-1708)
If my Celia could persuade
Ah Heav'n! What is it I hear?

Richard Deering (c1580-1630)
O bone Jesu
Gaudent in coelis

Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Mark Deller (counter-tenor)
Ensemble of Baroque Instruments

(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Tom Pouce@Susato)

Vivaldi: Sacred Music - 10 [Robert King]



Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Sacred Music - 10


Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Gloria in D major, RV589
Nisi Dominus RV803
Ostro picta, armata spina RV642

Giovanni Maria Ruggieri (fl1690-1720)
Gloria RV anh. 23

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (soprano), Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano), Hilary Summers (alto), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor)
Choir of the King's Consort
The King's Consort

(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Carlos@Susato)


Georg Friedrich Händel: Messiah [Jordi Savall]



Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1750)

Messiah

An Oratorio HWV 56


Rachel Redmond (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter tenor), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthias Winckhler (bass)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations

(2CD, flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Roy@Susato)


Deller Edition, Vol.1, No.8 [Alfred Deller]



Madrigal Masterpieces

The Renaissance in France, Italy and England


Clément Janequin (1485-1558)
Ce moys de may
La bataille de Marignan
Au joly boys

Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594)
Mon coeur se recommande à vous
Matona mia cara

Luca Marenzio (1553-1599)
Scaldava il sol

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Baci soavi e cari (sv27)

William Byrd (1543-1623)
Lullaby, my sweet little baby

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Ecco mormorar l'onde (sv51)

Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
Now is the month maying

Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)
Ecco morirò dunque / Hai, gia mi disco loro

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
A un giro sol de bell'occhi lucenti (sv84)
Non più guerra, pietate (sv88)
Sfogava con le stelle (sv78)

Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
When David heard that Absalon was slain


(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Tom Pouce@Susato)


Ladies sing Baroque



Ladies sing Baroque


CD 1

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Stabat mater dolorosa a due - Grave

Sara Mingardo (contralto), Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano)
Concerto Italiano

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Motetto in furore iustissimae irae - Allegro

Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Accademia Bizantina

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Lamento della Ninfa, “Amor” dicea

Rosana Bertini (soprano)
Concerto Italiano

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
A Song for St Cecilia’s day, The Soft Complaining flute

Lucy Crowe (soprano), Florian Cousin (flute)
Les musiciens du Louvre

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Zeffiretti che sussurrate

Sandrine Piau (soprano), Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano)
Modo Antiquo

Juditha triumphans, “Veni, sequere fida”

Academia Montis regalis

Georg Friederich Händel (1685-1759)
Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno: “Fido Specchio...”

Deborah York (soprano)
Concerto Italiano

Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno: Se la bellezza perde vahezza ...”

Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Saint Matthew Passion, “Erbarme Dich”

Chorus Musicus
Das neue Orchester

Georg Friederich Händel (1685-1759)
Radamisto, “Vive in te”

Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
La verità in cimento, “Se l’acquisto di quell Soglio”

Ensemble Matheus

CD 2

Georg Friederich Händel (1685-1759)
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, “Se pieta”

Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Les Talens Lyriques

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Orlando furioso, “Nel profondo”
Stabat mater dolorosa, largo

Ensemble Matheus

Nicola Antonio Porpora (1686-1768)
Polifemo, “Alto giove”

Veronica Cangemi (soprano)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
L’Olimpiade, “Gemo in un punto e fremo”

Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Concerto Italiano

Orlando finto pazzo, “Anderò, volerò, griderò”

Sonia Prina (contralto)
Academia Montis regalis

Barbara Strozzi (c1619-1677)
Lamento: Lagrime mie, a che vi trattenete

Modo Antiquo

Arietta a voce sola, “Miei pensieri”


Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
“Bid the virtues”

Patricia Petibon (soprano)

Georg Friederich Händel (1685-1759)
Theodora, “To thee, thou glorious son of worth”

Karina Gauvin (soprano), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Il Complesso Barocco

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Ottone in villa, “Gelosia”

Julia Lezhneva (soprano)
Il Giardino Armonico

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Mass in B minor, “Agnus Dei”

Les musiciens du Louvre

(2CD, flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of De Betancourt y Molina@Susato)


Vivaldi: Sacred Music - 9 [Robert King]



Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Sacred Music - 9


Laudate pueri, RV602
Salve Regina, RV618
Ascende laeta, RV635
Gaude mater Ecclesia, RV613
Vos aurae per montes, RV634

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Susan Gritton (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo soprano), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto)
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort

(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Carlos@Susato)


Deller Edition, Vol.1, No.7 [Alfred Deller]



The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet


The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet
Hymns for alternating plainsong and polyphony

The Deller Consort

(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Tom Pouce@Susato)

20 December 2019

Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen [Bohumil Gregor]



Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)

The Cunning Little Vixen


Helena Tattermuschova (soprano), Eva Zikmundová (soprano), Zdenek Kroupa (bass)
Prague National Theatre Chorus
Prague National Theatre Orchestra
Bohumil Gregor

(2CD, flac tracks, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of drger@Susato)


Flour de Flours [Norbert Rodenkirchen]



Flour de Flours


Lais and virelais


Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)
En demantant et lamentant

Anonymous / Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)
Te sanctum Dominum / Douce dame jolie

Adam de la Bassée (d1286) / Anonymous
Ludus super Anticlaudianum / Leges sacras, Ave cuius vera contritio, Olim in Harmonia, Ave Domina, Modestos Blanditiae, O felix custodia

Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)
J'aim la flour de valour
Liement me deport

Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377) / Anonymous
Dame, a qui m'otri de cuer / 2eme Estampie Royal

Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)
Foy porter, honneur garder

Anonymous
Ardua spes mundi

Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)
Ghaetta
Quant je sui mis au retour

Adam de la Halle (1240-1287)
On me defent ke mon cuer ne croie

Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)
Tels rit au main au soir pleure
Joie, plaisence et douce norriture

Norbert Rodenkirchen (medieval transverse flute)

(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of basso profundo@Susato)



Joseph Kraus: La Primavera [Simone Kermes]



Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792)


Secular Cantatas


Olympie, VB 33
La Scusa, VB 43
La Primavera, VB 47
La Gelosia, VB 46
La Pesca, VB 44

Simone Kermes (soprano)
L'Arte del Mondo

(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of basso profundo@Susato)


More Info at AllMusic
Buy at Presto Classical

Robert de Visée: Intimité et Grandeur [Fred Jacobs]



Robert de Visée (1650-1725)


Pièces de théorbe in C major
Pièces de théorbe in F major
Pièces de théorbe in C minor
Pièces de théorbe in G minor
Pièces de théorbe in D minor
Pièces de théorbe in A major
Pièces de théorbe in E minor
Chaconne in A minor

Fred Jacobs (french theorbo)

(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of basso profundo@Susato)


Review at Early Music Review
Buy at Presto Classical

Musical Games of the Renaissance [Pomerium]



Musical Games of the Renaissance


Chant
Argentum et aurum

Heinrich Isaac (c1450-1517)
Missa Argentum et aurum - Kyrie, Gloria

Baude Cordier (fl c1410)
Belle, bonne, sage

Antoine Busnois (d1492)
In hydraulis

Anonymous
L'homme armé

Guillaume Dufay (c1397-1474)
Il sera par vous conbatu / L'home armé

Johannes Ockeghem (c1410-1497)
Missa L'homme armé - Kyrie

Josquin Desprez (c1450-1521)
Missa L'homme armé - Gloria

Baude Cordier (fl c1410)
Tout par compas

Josquin Desprez (c1450-1521)
Missa Di dadi - Sanctus


(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of basso profundo@Susato)

Review at Early Music America
More Info from Pomerium

Giants [Margret Köll, Luca Pianca]



Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)


Partita in C minor, BWV 997
Prelude, Fugue and Allegro, BWV 998

Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)


Belta, poi che t'assenti
Gagliarda del Principe da Venosa
Canzon del Principe con le fioriture
Ahi, disperata vita

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)


L'Orfeo intavolato

Margret Köll (triple harp)
Luca Pianca (lute)

(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of basso profundo@Susato)


More Info at ArkivMusic
Buy at Presto Classical

Meeting of Angels [Ustad Nishat Khan, Ensemble Gilles Binchois]



Meeting of Angels


Alleluia - Pascha nostrum
Introit - Dominus illuminatio mea
Introit - Statuit ei Dominus
Introit - Reminiscere miserationum
Graduel - Bonum est confiteri Domino
Solo Sitar - Raag Bhairavi: A Raag Played at Dawn of the Morning
Alleluia - Excita Domine, potentiam tuam
Introit - Tibi dixit cor meum
Offertorium Domine, in auxilium meum

Ensemble Gilles Binchois

(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of basso profundo@Susato)



Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Piano Concerto No. 3 [Lars Vogt]



Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)


Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op.56
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op.37

Lars Vogt (piano)
Royal Northern Sinfonia

(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of basso profundo@Susato)


Review at MusicWeb
More Info at ArkivMusic
Buy at Presto Classical

Benedetto Marcello: Il Pianto e Il Riso delle Quattro Stagione dell' Anno [Fabrizzio Ghiglione]



Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)


Il Pianto e Il Riso delle Quattro Stagione dell' Anno

per la morte, esaltazione e coronazione 
di Maria sempre Vergine Assunta in Cielo

Silvia Piccollo (soprano)
Alessandro Carmignani (counter-tenor)
Marco Beasley (tenor)
Orchestra dell' Associazione Culturale Don Milani
Schola Cantorum G.B. Trofello

(2CD, flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of basso profundo@Susato)


More Info at ArkivMusic
Buy at Presto Classical

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