Bruckner: The Symphonies (Box Set)

Classical | 10 RAR | 2.85 GB | APE, CUE, Logs
Covers CD Date: October 11, 2005 | Philips

Haitink has long been a renowned interpreter of Bruckner, and the Concertgebouw with which he has long been associated, and who can also lay claim to a rich Bruckner tradition dating back to Mengelberg, are in possession of arguably the ideal 'Bruckner sound'. This cycle was one of Haitink's first major projects with the Concertgebouw, and in many ways it shares a common approach with the Bruckner of Van Beinum.



This box of Bruckner symphonies, recorded from 1960-72 in Holland, was rereleased in 2005. These were recorded during Haitink's halcyon days as director of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, when, in my opinion, he did his best and most reliable work in the recording studio. These performances include Bruckner's "Nulte" symphony, the so-called Symphony No. 0, and the traditional nine symphonies in varying arrangements. Haitink plays the original versions of Symphonies 0-4 and the first version of the titanic Symphony No. 8.

tracklist

CD 1
Symphony No.0 in D minor - Original version
Symphony No.1 in C minor - "Linz Version" 186



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Symphony No.1 in C minor - "Linz Version" 1866 (cont.)
Symphony No.2 in C minor

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Symphony No.3 in D minor - Version 1877

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Symphony No.4 in E flat major - "Romantic" - Version 1878/1880

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Symphony No.5 in B flat major

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Symphony No.6 in A major - Original version

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Symphony No.7 in E major

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CD 8
Symphony No.8 in C minor

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Symphony No.9 in D minor

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Booklet

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Bach - Trio Sonatas [Robert King]

EAC | APE+CUE, no LOG | Booklet | 335 MB | TT 69:58

Recorded: October 1995, St Paul's Church, New Southgate, London

Released: March 1996 | Label: HYPERION

The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)


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'An impressive combination of enterprising arrangements with outstanding musicianship. On all counts this is an outstanding release' (Classic CD)

'Un véritable petit bijou' (Répertoire, France)

'A marvellous way of getting to know the ins and outs of six superb examples of Bach's contrapuntal craft' (Gramophone)

'As played by The King's Consort, these sonatas have a deliciously intimate and conversational quality that is very difficult to achieve at the organ ... Both playing and sound are stunning. If you love Bach's instrumental chamber music you must hear this disc. If you are an organist you may never think of these pieces in quite the same way again' (American Record Guide)

Tracklist:

Trio Sonata in D minor, BWV527 arr. Robert King (b1960)

1 Movement 1: Andante [4'50]

2 Movement 2: Adagio e dolce [5'30]

3 Movement 3: Vivace [3'38]

Trio Sonata in G major, BWV530 arr. Robert King (b1960)

4 Movement 1: Vivace [3'34]

5 Movement 2: Lento [4'39]

6 Movement 3: Allegro [3'19]

Trio Sonata in E minor, BWV528 arr. Robert King (b1960)

7 Movement 1: Adagio – Vivace [2'54]

8 Movement 2: Andante [5'18]

9 Movement 3: Poco allegro [2'41]

Trio Sonata in C minor, BWV526 arr. Robert King (b1960)

10 Movement 1: Vivace [3'22]

11 Movement 2: Largo [3'01]

12 Movement 3: Allegro [3'25]

Trio Sonata in C major, BWV529 arr. Robert King (b1960)

13 Movement 1: Allegro [4'16]

14 Movement 2: Largo [5'32]

15 Movement 3: Allegro [3'08]

Trio Sonata in E flat major, BWV525 arr. Robert King (b1960)

16 Movement 1: [Allegro moderato] [2'29]

17 Movement 2: Adagio [4'59]

18 Movement 3: Allegro [3'23]

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Handel - Alexander Balus [Robert King]

2 CD | CD-DA | APE, CUE, no LOG | Scans | 732 MB | TT 155:01

Recorded: November 1997 St Jude-on-the-Hill, London, United Kingdom

Released: October 1997 | Label: HYPERYON CDA67241/2

The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)

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'This is a landmark in recording history ... Self-recommending, I think' (The Sunday Times)

'All Handelians will want this set' (Gramophone)

'An outstanding recording … an enthralling experience' (Choir & Organ)

'A winner … one of those experiences where you know almost from the first chord that an enjoyable and rewarding evening lies ahead of you. The cast is on top form' (Early Music)

'A very well sung and very welcome appearance of one of Handel's most rarely performed works … For her [Lynne Dawson] interpretation alone the recording is worth buying' (Classic CD)

'We may be grateful that yet another glory has been restored by Robert King and his accomplished forces' (The Times)

'King and his musicians approach the piece with vitality and affection and, in so doing, carried me along from start to finish' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Lynne Dawson y rayonne en princesse meurtrie; Catherine Denley trouve ice l'un de ses meilleurs emploie. Bel et bon orchestre, choeur impeccable. Pour quelques grands moments et tout un acte de béatitude, tendez les deux oreilles à Alexander Balus' (Diapason, France)

'The set deserves a warm welcome from all Handelians' (Hi Fi News)

'A landmark in discographic history. We must be grateful for so splendid a debut recording. All the soloists are excellent' (American Record Guide)

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Handel - Neun Deutsche Arien [Sampson, King's Consort]

EAC | FLAC, no CUE, no LOG | Covers + Booklet PDF | 350 MB | TT 69:22

Recorded: October 2006, Menuhin Hall, Yehudi Menuhin School

Stoke d'Abernon, Cobham, Surrey, United Kingdom

Released: June 2007 | Label: HYPERION

Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Alexandra Bellamy (oboe)
The King's Consort

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'With her pure, luminous tone, graceful sense of phrase and discerning musicality, Carolyn Sampson gives enchanting performances of music that is essentially about enchantment … 'Süsse Stille' is exquisitely shaped and savoured, with a rapt, confiding pianissimo at the da capo. Elsewhere Sampson perfectly catches the blissful langour of 'Künft'ger Zeiten eitler Kummer' and brings a smiling eagerness to 'Die ihr aus dunklen Grüften', enhancing the da capo with playful touches of ornamentation' (Gramophone)

'The nine German arias Handel composed … still rank among his best-kept secrets. Barthold Brockes's verses are a pantheistic celebration of God-in-Nature, and Handel responded with music of hedonistic enchantment, from the rapt, wondering Süsse Stille to the laughing ebullience of Das zitternde Glänzen. Always a lovely Handel soprano, Carolyn Sampson sings these arias with her trademark pellucid tone and refined phrasing. She spins a smooth, serene line in the more contemplative numbers, and dances blithely in an aria such as Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken, vying with violinist Stéphanie-Marie Degand in playful coloratura flourishes' (The Daily Telegraph)

Tracklist:

1 Die ihr aus dunkeln Grüften, HWV208 [5'41]

2 In den angenehmen Büschen, HWV209 [3'30]

Oboe Sonata in F major, HWV363a

3 Movement 1: Adagio [1'40]

4 Movement 2: Allegro [1'54]

5 Movement 3: Adagio [2'13]

6 Movement 4: Bourrée anglaise [0'49]

7 Movement 5: Menuet [1'16]

8 Künft'ger Zeiten eitler Kummer, HWV202 [6'31]

9 Süße Stille, sanfte Quelle, HWV205 [5'34]

Oboe Sonata in B flat major, HWV357

10 Movement 1: Allegro [3'05]

11 Movement 2: Grave [1'37]

12 Movement 3: Allegro [2'15]

13 Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise, HWV206 [4'15]

14 Süßer Blumen Ambraflocken, HWV204 [7'17]

15 Das zitternde Glänzen der spielenden Wellen, HWV203 [4'37]

Oboe Sonata in C minor, HWV366 Op 1 No 8

16 Movement 1: Largo [2'08]

17 Movement 2: Allegro [1'34]

18 Movement 3: Adagio [1'49]

19 Movement 4: Bourrée anglaise [0'48]

20 Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden, HWV210 [5'20]

21 Meine Seele hört im Sehen, HWV207 [5'29]

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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater & A. Scarlatti: 3 Concerti grossi

Classical | Flac + Cue | 2 CD, Covers | Size: 630 MB

date: 26 Nov 1997

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Performer: Mirella Freni, Teresa Berganza

Orchestra: Naples Scarlatti Orchestra

Conductor: Ettore Gracis

Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Alessandro Scarlatti

Tracks cd 1

Pergolesi - Stabat Mater

A. Scarlatti - Concerto Grosso Nr. 1 f-moll

A. Scarlatti - Concerto Grosso Nr. 3 F-Dur

A. Scarlatti - Concerto Grosso Nr. 5 d-moll

Tracks cd 2

A. Scarlatti - Stabat Mater

A. Scarlatti - Concerto Grosso Nr. 4 g-moll

A. Scarlatti - Concerto Grosso Nr. 5 d-moll

A. Scarlatti - Concerto Grosso Nr. 6 E-Dur

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Vanessa-Mae: China Girl

EAC | FLAC + LOG | Booklet | 268 Mb

Date CD: 1997 | CCT | 45:00

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The talent of the young violin virtuoso Vanessa-Mae is known the world over. She made her first CD at the age of 12 and took the world by storm. This CD is the second of her Classical Albums. She presents first quite surely the most-known Chinese violin concerto, the "Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto" by Chinese composers Ho Zhan Hao and Chen Kang, which is based on an old Chinese legend about two lovers and written somehow like a Chinese opera. The second piece is a fantasy written by Vanessa-Mae on Puccini's opera "Turandot" which follows the dramatic story of the opera. And the third piece is called "Happy Valley - The 1997 Re-unification Overture" for violin, orchestra, and chorus which Vanessa-Mae wrote, in collaboration with Andy Hill, for the 1997 re-unification of Hong Kong with China. This last piece has somewhat a pop character, yet the mixture of pop character, old Chinese songs, and virtuosistic violin playing is quite interesting.

tracklist


Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
Violin Fantasy On Puccini's 'Turandot'
Happy Valley - The 1997 Re-unification Overture
for Violin, Orchestra And Chorus

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F.Chopin Complete Works

Classical, Romantic| 16 CD | EAC | FLAC tracks, no CUE, no LOG

Scans | 3,52 GB | Fileserve & Filesonic | TT 19h12'55"

Released: November 2008 | Label: HYPERION CDS44351/66

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Vol. 1 - Sonatas

Vol. 2 - Preludes

Vol. 3 - Etudes

Vol. 4 - Ballades

Vol. 5 - Scherzi & Variations

Vol. 6 - Polonaises & Impromptus

Vol. 7 - Polonaises & Impromptus

Vol. 8 - Nocturnes

Vol. 9 - Nocturnes

Vol.10 - Waltzes

Vol.11 - Mazurkas

Vol.12 - Mazurkas

Vol.13 - Masterpieces & Miniatures

Vol.14 - The Orchestral Works

Vol.15 - Chamber Works

Vol.16 - Songs

Garrick Ohlsson (piano)

'This is an oustanding achievement, which any genuine Chopin lover and student of Romantic music should own … A landmark in the recording of Chopin's music … Garrick Ohlsson and Hyperion deserve the greatest success in bringing this important undertaking to such a consistently impressive conclusion' (International Record Review)

'Hyperion's big deal … Ohlsson is a powerful and committed player, and is afforded very good sound by the engineers … This is almost certainly how these pieces were played in Chopin's time' (Mail on Sunday)

'The collaborative works receive particularly rewarding performances… Ohlsson arguably offers more consistent artistry than Biret, Ashkenazy, Magaloff, and Harasiewicz' (ClassicsToday.com)

'Garrick Ohlsson’s complete survey of everything Chopin wrote for piano (including chamber music, songs, and for piano and orchestra) will delight the completist and the Chopin connoisseur. Ohlsson (who won the Chopin International Piano Competition in 1970) gives us accounts of this wondrous repertoire in weighty and commanding style, aristocratic and impulsive (but not lacking light and shade or contemplative contrasts) and, at times, very sensitive and searching. These vivid recordings were made in the second half of the 1990s and have previously appeared on the Arabesque label. They now sit very well in Hyperion’s catalogue' (ClassicalSource.com)

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Mozart: Così Fan Tutte

Classical | Easy CD-DA, FLAC tracks, CUE, No Log
3 CDs, Cover, HQ, Book | 775 MB
CD Date: 10/12/2004 | Harmonia Mundi

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"It begins startlingly: brisk, staccato, pistol-shot chords, and the oboe is off at a fashionably rapid pace which is arrested at the orchestral statement ‘Cosi fan tutte’: and then the Presto, at a tempo that tests the agility of the woodwind (and does not find it wanting). This is not, in short, a conventional performance, either of the traditional or the ‘period-instrument’ type. Rene Jacobs tends to make the fast music faster than usual and the slow slower. Several numbers emerge with a real brilliance of sound and execution: the last of the three trios in the opening scene, for instance, the sextet, the men’s laughing trio, the stretto of the Act 1 finale, or the end of the ‘lesson-in-love’ quartet. In much of the slower music he is apt to luxuriate. The farewell quintet is a case in point, but it is agonizingly lovely; the heavenly trio that follows too is leisurely, with a cloudy, sensuous quality to the sound..."

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Performer:

Bernarda Fink, Graciela Oddone, Marcel Boone

Werner Güra, Véronique Gens, Pietro Spagnoli

Conductor: René Jacobs

Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Cologne, Cologne Chamber Choir

Tracklist

CD1

01 - Atto 1: Overture-Andante - Presto

02 - 'La mia Dorabella' (terzetto)

03 - 'Fuor' la spada' (rec.)

04 - 'E la fede delle femmine' (terzetto)

05 - 'Una bella serenata' (terzetto)

06 - 'Ah guarda, sorella' (duetto)

07 - 'Vorrei dir' (aria Don Alfonso)

08 - 'Sento, o Dio' (quintetto)

09 - 'Al fato dan legge' (duettino)

10 - 'Bella vita militar!' (coro)

11 - 'Di scrivermi ogni giorno' (quintetto)

12 - 'Soave sia il vento' (terzettino)

13 - 'Non son cattivo comico, va bene' (rec.)

14 - 'Che vita maledetta' (rec.)

15 - 'Smanie implacabili' (aria Dorabella)

16 - 'Signora Dorabella' (rec.)

17 - 'In uomini, in soldati' (aria Despina)

18 - 'Che silenzio!' (rec.)

19 - 'Alla bella Despinetta' (sestetto)

20 - 'Oh ciel! Mirate' (rec.)

21 - 'Come scoglio' (aria Fiordiligi)

22 - 'Oh, non partite!' (rec.)

CD2

01 - ATTO PRIMO - 'Non siate ritrosi' (aria Guglielmo)

02 - 'Un'aura amorosa' (aria Ferrando)

03 - 'Oh la saria da ridere' (rec.)

04 - 'Ah, che tutta in un momento' (Finale)

05 - 'Eccovi il medico'

06 - 'Dove son?'

07 - 'Dammi un bacio'

08 - ATTO SECONDO - 'Andate la' (rec.)

09 - 'Una donna' (Aria Despina)

10 - 'Sorella, cosa dici?' (rec.)

11 - 'Prendero quel brunettino' (duetto)

12 - 'Secondate, aurette amiche' (duetto con coro)

13 - 'La mano a me date' (quartetto)

14 - 'Oh che bella giornata!' (rec.)

15 - 'Il core vi dono' (duetto)

16 - 'Barbara, perche fuggi?' (rec.)

17 - 'Ah, lo veggio' (aria Ferrando)

18 - 'Ei parte...senti...ah no!' (scena Fiordiligi)

CD3

01 - Per pieta, ben io, perdona (rondo)

02 - Amico, abbiamo vinto! (rec.)

03 - Donne mie (aria Guglielmo)

04 - In qual fiero contrasto (rec.)

05 - Tradito, schernito (cavatina Ferrando)

06 - E amore un ladroncello (aria Dorabella)

07 - Come tutto congiura (rec.)

08 - Fra gli amplessi (duetto)

09 - Ah poveretto me (rec.)

10 - Tutti accusan le donne (rec.)

11 - Fate presto (finale)

12 - Benedetti i doppi conjugi (coro)

13 - E nel tuo, nel mio bicchiero

14 - Bella vita militar! (coro)

15 - Sani e salvi agli amplessi amorosi

16 - Giusto ciel!

17 - Fortunato l'uom che prende (tutti)

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Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni

Easy CD-DA | FLAC tracks | Covers | 610 Mb

2 CD | Date CD: 5/5/2009 | Brilliant | 115:00

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contents:


cd 1

Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"
Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"
Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"
Concerto for Violin in F minor, Op. 8 no 4/RV 297 "L'inverno"
Concerto for Violin in E flat major, Op. 8 no 5/RV 253 "La tempesta di mare"
Concerto for Violin in C major, Op. 8 no 6/RV 180 "Il piacere"

cd 2

Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 8 no 7/RV 242 "Per Pisendel"
Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 8/RV 332
Concerto for Oboe in D minor, Op. 8 no 9/RV 454
Concerto for Violin in B flat major, Op. 8 no 10/RV 362 "La caccia"
Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 8 no 11/RV 210
Concerto for Oboe in C major, Op. 8 no 12/RV 449


Enrico Casazza
La Magnifica Comunità

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Teldec Anthology

Easy CD-DA | FLAC tracks | Covers | 366 Mb

Date CD: 1994 | Teldec | 77:05

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contents:



01 - Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria in excelsis
(Gloria, Harnoncourt)
02 - G.B.Pergolesi - Stabat mater dolorosa
(Stabat Mater, Harnoncourt)
03 - Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto RV558 in C major
(Allegro molto, Il Giardino Armonico)
04 - Luigi Boccherini - Concerto No.7 in G major
(Adagio, Bylsma)
05 - Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto No.4 in F minor op.8-4, L'inverno
(Largo, Harnoncourt)
06 - Diogenio Bigaglia - Sonata in A minor
(Allegro, Bruggen)
07 - Georg Friedrich Handel - Samson
(The Holy One of Israel be thy guide, Harnoncourt)
08 - Georg Friedrich Handel - Samson
 (To fame immortal go, Harnoncourt)
09 - Francois Couperin - Les Nations
(Gigue, Quadro Amsterdam)
10 - Claudio Monteverdi - L'Incoronazione di Poppea
(A Dio, Roma, Harnoncourt)
11 - Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto No.2 in G minor RV104 ''La Notte''
(Allegro, Il Giardino Armonico)
12 - Thomas Campian - A secret love
(Pro Cantione Antiqua)
13 - Georg Philipp Telemann - Overture in D major TWV55
(Harlequinade, Harnoncourt)
14 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Missa, K.257
(Gloria, Harnoncourt)
15 - Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas
(Thy hand, Belinda - When I am laid, Bolton)
16 - Carl Philipp Bach - Prussian Sonata No.4 in C minor
(Presto, van Asperen)
17 - Joseph Haydn - Symphony No.69 in C major
(Finale. Presto, Harnoncourt)
18 - Johann Sebastian Bach - O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort
(Tragicomedia)
19 - Georg Friedrich Handel - Concerto op.7, No.4
(Allegro, Tachezi)
20 - Jean-Marie Leclair - Violin Concerto op.7, No.5 in A minor
(Allegro assai, Scroeder)
21 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No.12 in G minor K.110
(Allegro, Harnoncourt)
22 - Johann Sebastian Bach - Halt im Gedachtnis Jesum Christ
(Leonhardt)
23 - Marin Marais - Suite in C major
(Rondeau, Quadro Hotteterre)
24 - Manuel de Zumaya - Celebren, publiquen
(Chanticleer)
25 - Georg Friedrich Handel - Messiah
(Hallelujah,  Harnoncourt)

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Haydn: The Symphonies [16 CD]

XLD log | FLAC+CUE | 16 RAR | 5.56GB

HELIOS & Nimbus | 1991/1995

Hanover Band, Roy Goodman (conductor)


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These are period recordings using authentic instruments of the eighteenth century. Yet as would also be expected Goodman's interpretations have none of the frigidity of some authentic recordings. He is able to maintain the eighteenth century sense of order, but he also hints at the Romanticism that is slowly being born, especially in his leisurely interpretation of Haydn's slow movement. He conducts from the harpsichord and his playing there is exquisitely done. The only genuine disappointments in Hyperion's otherwise brilliant history is their non completion of Roy Goodman's Haydn cycle. This was inexplicably halted, probably due to lack of funding for such a mammoth project.

'Roy Goodman's Haydn series with the Hanover Band has been an unmitigated pleasure. This is vital and energetic Haydn playing where clarity and crispness are allied to a real flair for capturing the musical character of each movement. These endlessly imaginative performances are among the best of all period-instrument Haydn' (International Record Review)

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Mendelssohn: Elias

FLAC, CUE, No Log | Cover | 540 Mb

Date CD: August 23, 1993 | Harmonia Mundi

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...Herreweghe [has a] lean, lithe way with the score... If you want to experience the work at its most compelling, and can bear with the original German text, try...the intimate Herreweghe.

-- Gramophone [1/1996]

...I have also enjoyed Philippe Herreweghe’s version of Elijah on period instruments with La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent and Orch. des Champs Elysées. Using a German text this recording from Metz in 1993 has a pleasing cast of soloists.

-- Michael Cookson, MusicWeb International 

Petteri Salomaa

Soile Isokoski

Monica Groop

John Mark Ainsley

La Chapelle Royale

Collegium Vocale Gent

Philippe Herreweghe

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