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Handel: Dixit Dominus Steffani: Stabat Mater | Harry Christophers The Sixteen | Stock Code: bmcd033
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| Handel: Dixit Dominus
Steffani: Stabat Mater The Sixteen adds to its stunning Handel collection with a brand new recording of Dixit Dominus set alongside a little know treasure - Agostino Steffani's Stabat Mater. Full of virtuosity, vibrant colour and dynamic energy, Handel's Dixit Dominus captures absolutely the Italian style of the period. Handel's control of forces is masterly and the range of texture and style is breathtaking. Written during the composer's time in Italy in the early eighteenth century it is amongst his first autographed works and also one of his finest. By comparison Agostino Steffani's little known Stabat Mater was one of his last compositions. Written for the Academy of Vocal Music in London, this work is the most powerful expression of Steffani's religious fervour and, outside opera, his largest, most varied and most heartfelt composition. The Sixteen Harry Christophers COR16076 Track Listing STEFFANI: Stabat Mater Solo (S) Stabat Mater dolorosa Soli (SST) and Chorus Cuius animam gementem Soli (TT) Quis est homo qui non fleret Chorus Pro peccatis suae gentis Solo (B) Vidit suum dulcem Natum Soli (SSTT) and Chorus Eia Mater, fons amoris Solo (T) and Chorus Fac me vere tecum flere Soli (TTB) Virgo virginum praeclara Soli (SST) Fac ut portem Christi mortem Chorus Fac me plagis vulnerary Soli (TTB) Inflammatus et accensus Chorus Quando corpus morietur HANDEL: Dixit Dominus Chorus Dixit Dominus Aria (Alto) Virgam virtutis tuae Aria (Soprano) Tecum principium in die virtutis Chorus Iuravit Dominus Chorus Tu es sacerdos in aeternum Soli (SSTTB) and Chorus Dominus a dextris tuis Soli (SSTTB) and Chorus Iudicabit Soli (SS) and Chorus De torrente in via bibet Chorus Gloria Patri et Filio |
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BBC Proms 2009: A Handel Celebration | Harry Christophers The Sixteen | Stock Code: bmcd052
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BBC Proms 2009: A Handel Celebration From the Royal Albert Hall Handel's Coronation Anthems have delighted audiences ever since their first performance in 1727. They appear in all their glory in this celebratory Prom concert interspersed with a selection of Handel favourites. Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have long been celebrated for their interpretations of Handel's great masterpieces. In this 2009 BBC Prom from the Royal Albert Hall they capture some of the composer's most ebullient moments in concert performance, from the ever popular Arrival of the Queen of Sheba to the ubiquitous sounds of Zadok the Priest. All Four Coronation Anthems feature on this DVD as well as virtuosic excerpts from the oratorio Semele sung by Carolyn Sampson, and the Organ Concerto in F major performed by Alastair Ross in its original version which finishes with a rousing ‘Alleluia' chorus. Bonus features include two works not shown in the BBC Two broadcast - Coronation Anthem My heart is inditing and Salve Regina. Including Bonus Features: Exclusive Interview with Harry Christophers Bonus Tracks: Coronation Anthem My heart is inditing Salve Regina (Carolyn Sampson soprano) Artist Biographies and Images BBC Proms 2009: A Handel Celebration From the Royal Albert Hall The Sixteen Harry Christophers COR16083 / CORDVD4 £15.00 Concert Programme: GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (from Solomon) Coronation Anthem: Let thy hand be strengthened Excerpts from Semele (Carolyn Sampson soprano): Endless pleasure, endless love My Racking Thoughts O ecstasy of happiness!...Myself I shall adore Coronation Anthem: The King shall rejoice Organ Concerto in F major, Op. 4 No. 4 Original version (Alastair Ross organ) Coronation Anthem: Zadok the Priest |
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Henry Purcell: Ten Sonatas in Four Parts | Retrospect Trio | Stock Code: bmcd016
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| The first recording with this new super-group marks the 350th birthday of Henry Purcell. This recording explores the timeless beauty of Purcell's ten sonatas including the magnificent Sonata IX, known as 'The Golden Sonata'.
Baroque Instrumental category finalist 2009 Classic FM Gramophone Awards Sophie Gent violin (violin 1: Sonatas 1, 3, 4, 5 & 9) Matthew Truscott violin (violin 1: Sonatas 2, 6, 7, 8 & 10) Jonathan Manson bass viol Matthew Halls harpsichord/organ |
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"Vespro della beata Vergine" | Cantus Cölln Concerto Palatino Konrad Junghänel, | Stock Code: bmcd014
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| Rome in the eighteenth century: this reconstruction of Marian Vespers – five psalms, a Magnificat and their brief antiphons – is drawn from the works of the maestro di cappella of St Peter's, Virgilio Mazzocchi, and his close colleagues Carissimi and Frescobaldi. Anything but austere, this music is a worthy successor to that of the great Palestrina.
1 CD HMC902001 3-2009 69'21 |
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SCHÜTZ. Musikalische Exequien A German Funeral Ma | La Chapelle Royale Philippe Herreweghe, dir. / co | Stock Code: bmcd013
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| Commissioned for the funeral of a prince, this German ‘burial music' deals with subjects that lie at the heart of Schütz's output: the misery of earthly life and the promise of the hereafter. In a mood of searing intensity, the music arranges texts from Scripture to form a veritable ‘funeral mass'.
1 CD HMG501261 3-2009 58'52 |
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SCARLATTI. Bella madre dei fiori Cantatas | SCARLATTI. Bella madre dei fiori Cantatas | Stock Code: bmcd010
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| Whether it be in Palermo, where Alessandro Scarlatti was born, or in Rome, where he worked as a composer, the chamber cantata was inextricably linked with the aristocratic salons of the Italian peninsula in the 1680s and 1690s. These pieces, resolutely pastoral in tone, are set in the green landscapes of the Mediterranean basin, which vibrate to the laments of the turtle-dove and the murmur of springs. All nature is invited to share the grief of lovers: Cloris weeps for Fileno, Orpheus for Eurydice, whilst the gods, the spirits, the stars are omnipresent. Scarlatti was the ideal composer to paint this enchanted realm in music.
1 CD HMG501725 - 72'48 |
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'Venezia 1625' Sonate, canzone & sinfonie | Stock Code: bmcd009
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Maurice Steger, rec. / fl. à bec Hille Perl, vdgamb. Lee Santana, chitar. Naoki Kitaya, cemb. & org. Sergio Ciomei, cemb. & org. Thomas Boysen, theorb. Mauro Valli, vlc. Margret Köll, harp Thor-Harald Johnsen, guit. baroq. Sabrina Frey, rec. / fl. à bec Eva Borhi, vl. Christian Beuse, dulcian Stefan Temmingh, rec. / fl. à bec Peter Barczi, vl. Venice, 1625: the city of the doges is one of the principal artistic centres of Europe. At the Cappella San Marco, a profoundly original style of instrumental music is in the process of discarding all reference to the tradition of vocal polyphony. The era of Baroque stravaganze has begun! Now, in the hands of a supreme master of the recorder, this ultra-virtuosic art acquires a new lease of life. 1 CD HMC902024 3-2009 67'30 |
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BACH (J.S.). Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052-1053 | Richard Egarr Academy of Ancient Music Andrew Ma | Stock Code: bmcd008
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| J. S. Bach's harpsichord concertos and the “Triple” concerto BWV 1044 span the total range of Baroque experience. Richard Egarr and The Academy of Ancient Music, led by Andrew Manze, present these masterpieces in radically fresh, intimate readings charged with dramatic intensity.
1 CD HMX2907283 5-2009 |
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HANDEL. 12 Solo Sonatas op.1 | Academy of Ancient Music Richard Egarr | Stock Code: bmcd007
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| With its varied scoring and its exploration of instrumental combinations sometimes reminiscent of the Brandenburg Concertos, this set of 12 sonatas has nothing of an opus 1 about it, whatever the title page says! On the contrary, it is the work of a mature Handel in full command of his compositional resources.
2 CD HMU907465.66 5-2009 |
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MONTEVERDI. Il Ballo delle Ingrate Sestina | Les Arts Florissants William Christie, dir. | Stock Code: bmcd006
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| To celebrate his son's wedding in 1608, the Duke of Mantua organised a series of musical entertainments, including Il ballo delle ingrate. This court ballet, set to music by his maestro di cappella Claudio Monteverdi, employs the theatrical stile recitativo to bring out the poetry of the text. The unexpected death of the young singer who was to portray the Ingrate deeply affected the composer, who dedicated to her memory the Sestina also recorded here.
1 CD HMG501108 8-2009 56'00 |
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