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30 January 2013

Matthias Weckman: Abendmusiken

FLAC tracks | covers | RAR 345 Mb

2010 | Zig-Zag territoires

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For its first collaboration with Zig-Zag Territoires, the ensemble Les Cyclopes, which includes among others the promising young singers Eugénie Warnier, Damien Guillon, Robert Getchell and Benoît Arnould, presents a musical portrait of the composer Matthias Weckmann, who was born in Thuringia in 1616 and died in Hamburg in 1674.

This programme consisting of three cantatas, two sonatas, a harpsichord suite and the chorale ‘Komm, heiliger Geist’ played on the organ of St Ludger’s Church, Norden, aims to illustrate the different facets of his output, the fruit of his eclectic training and the atmosphere of intellectual ferment and philosophical openmindedness that reigned in seventeenth-century Hamburg.

Wie liegt die Stadt so wüste

Sonata a 4

Weine nicht

Komm, heiliger Geist, Hene Gott

Sonata a 4

Partita en Ré mineur pour clavecin

Wenn der Herr die Gefangnen zu Zion erloesen wird

Les Cyclopes

27 January 2013

Venetian Vespers [McCreesh]

EAC | FLAC, CUE, Log | Covers | 1050 Mb

5 CD | 2008 | Brilliant

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Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort and Players have become famous for their recreations of the great liturgical set pieces of the Venetian 16th and early 17th centuries. These recordings made by Deutsche Grammophon in the 1990s are state of the art and were critically acclaimed. In this 5Cd set we are taken back to St Mark’s Basilica, the most important church in the city-state, and the Confraternity of San Rocco, for which Giovanni Gabrieli and his colleague the falsetto Bartolemeo Barbarino composed remarkable collection of instrumental and vocal music. This recording includes wide range of Gabrieli’s work, from intimate motets, to the reconstructed glory of the 33 part Magnificat On CDs 1 and 2 we are in St Mark’s at Easter time in 1600. The smell of incense hangs in the chill air of the basilica and the huge building resonates with sound of voices – the service has begun. The central work is the Missa Congratulamini mihi by Lassus. As was customary, the Credo has been omitted, and substituted with non-liturgical vocal works by composers such as Giovanni and Alessandro Gabrieli, Bendinelli, and Merulo. Organ toccatas, Sacrae symphonea and other vocal works are placed between the movements of the Mass. The Venetian Vespers on CDs 3 and 4 again draws on music from a variety of composers as services such as the vespers at this time were often made up of movements of Mass and Vespers settings by different composers. The composer of the most famous setting of the Vespers, Claudio Monteverdi features here with his Messa et salmi, alongside Banchieri, Cavalli, and Giovanni Gabrieli.

Gramophone reviewing Music for San Rocco said ‘It is hard to imagine this fine recording of Gabrieli’s music being superseded for some time to come. For the sheer splendour of the music, and the excellence of the performances, this recording is a must, a real five-star achievement’. January 1997

Venetian Vespers Gramophone review ‘Among the performers there is a feeling of common enterprise that is hard to describe, but which sets this record apart from so many others where the overall impression is of a sequence of unrelated pieces given a disjointed series of separate performances…. There is some carefully thought out and gracefully shaped instrumental playing…. In short this is an heroic achievement of the highest possible order’. June 1993

Venetian Easter Mass, Gramophone review. ‘The impact is tremendous in some items…as usual, the singing and playing are of a high order..’ July 1997

CD 1 & 2

Venetian Vespers

CD 3 & 4

Venetian Easter Mass

CD 5

Music for St.Rocco

Works included:

Banchieri: Suonata prima

Cavalli: Lauda Jerusalem

Finetti: O Maria, quae rapis corda hominum

Gabrieli, A: Intonazione del quinto tono

Maria stabat ad momentum

Gabrieli, G: Surrexit Christus a 11

Canzon (a 8) No. 8

Hic est filius Dei a 18

Sonata octavi toni a 12

Canzon (a 12) No. 17

Regina coeli a 12

Sonata con voce: Dulcis Jesu a 20

In ecclesiis a 14

Buccinate in neomenia tuba a 19

Intonation del nono tono

Timor et tremor a 6

Grandi: O intemerata

O quam tu pulchra es

Lasso: Missa Congratulamini mihi

Marini, B: Sonata con tre violini in eco

Monteverdi: Laudate Dominum

Deus qui mundum crimine iacentem

Laetatus sum

Rigatti: Salve regina

Magnificat

Nisi Dominus

Dixit Dominus

Gabrieli Consort, Paul Mccreesh

26 January 2013

Carmina Burana

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Date CD: October 16, 1992 | Harmonia Mundi

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What a recording! The engagement of each participant is absolute; they take pleasure in rendering this music, in all of its facets. The proofs are too numerous to list them all here; let's just take a few examples: the voice of Pilar Figueras, as charming as the one of her sister (Ludus de Passione), the inimitable verve of René Zosso (Officium lusorum), the recorder played with skill by René Clemencic (everywhere). Above all, the pieces grouping the whole ensemble (In taberna quando sumus, Bacche bene venies) are full of life and imagination. Sometimes the voices are bad, but that's part of the game! For people looking for emotions, of all kinds.

(comment from Medieval.org)

The courageous and scholarly reconstruction of the traditional Carmina Burana ("Lyrics from Benediktbeuren") by Dr René Clemencic and his group of singers and instrumentalists presents a spirited and lively picture of student (and clerical) life between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. It includes exuberant songs of eating and drinking as well as songs of tender freshness telling of springtime and love. The "Dicers' Mass" (Officium Lusorum) parodies many well known Gregorian chants. Its satire would only come naturally to those who knew their service-books backwards and whose lives were largely taken up with the work of preparing and singing the liturgy. For this reason this 'mass' has an astonishing dimension of sheer familiarity.

(Review from Grammophone.net)

This performance features Hans Breitschopf (countertenor), René Clemencic (recorders, flute, cornet, shepherd's flute, organ), Richard Erig (shawm, bombarde), Andràs Kécskès (lute, rubebe, psaltery), Pedro Liendo (baritone), Anne Osnowycz (buche), Frantisek Pik (cornet, courbe, mandolin), Spiros Rantos (vielles, rabab), Walter Schiefer (percussion), Zeger Vandersteene (countertenor, percussion), and René Zosso (hurdy-gurdy, chant).

According to director Clemencic, this is not intended to be a definitive version of the Carmina Burana, but rather a faithful rendering of the text received. It is fun, lively, and full of spirit. Originally recorded for vinyl in 1974, the transfer to disc has been expertly achieved.

tracklist:

CD1 - Carmina gulatorum et potarum - Carmina lusorum - Carmina moralia et divina
1. Bacche, bene venies I (CB 200)
2. Virent prata hiemata (CB 151)
3. Nomen a solempnibus (CB 52)
4. Alte clamat Epicurus (CB 211) - Nu lebe ich (CB 211a)
5. Vite perdite II (CB 31)
6. Vacillantis trutine I (CB 108)
7. In taberna quando sumus (CB 196)

Officium lusorum (CB 215/215a):
8. Introitus: Lugeamus omnes in Decio
9. Epistola: Lectio actuum apopholorum
10. Sequentia: Victime novali
11. Evangelium: Sequentia falsi evangelii
12. Oratio: Ornemus!
13. Dic, Christi veritas (CB 131) - Bulla fulminante (CB 131a)
14. Licet eger II (CB 8)
15. Si vocatus ad nupcias (CB 26,3)
16. Nomen a solempnibus II (CB 52)
17. Fas et nefas ambulant (CB 19)
18. Flete flenda (CB 5)
19. Homo qui vigeas (CB 22)
20. Procurans odium II (CB 12)
21. Crucifigat omnes (CB 47)

CD2 - Carmina Moralia - Carmina Veris et Amoris
1. Deduc, Syon, uberrimas (CB 34)
2. Ecce, torpet probitas (CB 3)
3. In terra sumus rex (CB 11)
4. Tempus transit gelidum (CB 153)
5. Bacche, bene venies II (CB 200)
6. Licet eger (CB 8)
7. In Gedonis ara (CB 37)
8. Exiit diluculo rustica puella (CB 90)
9. Clauso Chronos (CB 73)
10. Olim sudor Herculis (CB 63)
11. Virent prata hiemata (CB 151/151a)
12. Veris dulcis in tempore I (CB 159)
13. Vacillantis trutine II (CB 108)
14. Michi confer, venditor I (CB 16)
15. Veris dulcis in tempore II (CB 159)

CD3 - Carmina Divina - Ludus de Passione - Carmina amoris infelicis
1. Ave nobilis venerabilis Maria (CB 11)
2. Fulget dies celebris (CB 153)
3. Ave, domina mundi (CB 18)
4. Ave Maria, gratia plena (CB 15)
5. Deus, in nomine tue (CB 15)
6. Ludus de Passione (CB 16)
7. Regali ex progenie Maria (CB 18)
8. Sanctissima et glorissima (CB 18)
9. Iste mundus furibundus (CB 24)
10. Axe Phebus aureo (CB 71)
11. Dulce solum natalis patrie (CB 119)
12. Procurans odium I (CB 12)
13. Vite perdite I (CB 31)
14. Sic mea fata canendo solo (CB 116)
15. Ich was ein chint so wolgetan (CB 185)

Clemencic Consort
René Clemencic
Recorded in February 1974

I'm resurrecting here some of the works that "disappeared" from Avax or were "abandoned" from the original uploaders. There's not a real project behind it, I'm just cleaning up my HDs and following the tide. What I downloaded long ago is flowing back. All credits go to the first uploader. Enjoy...

25 January 2013

Music of the Crusades

The Early Music Consort of London

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Contents:

1 Anon., French 13th century: La quinte estampie reale

2 Marcabru: Pax in nomine Domini!

3 Anon., French: Parti de mal

4 Anon., French: Chevalier, mult estes guariz

5 Guiot de Dijon: Chanterai por mon corage

6 Anon., French 13th century: Danse Real

7 Anon., French: Sede, Syon, in pulvere

8 Walther von der Vogelweide: Palästinalied

9 Anon., French 13th century: Condicio - O nacio - Mane prima

10 Anon., French: O tocius Asie

11 Anon., French 13th century: La uitime estampie reale

12 Anon., French: Cum sint difficilia

13 Le Châtelain de Coucy: Li noviaus tens

14 Gaucelm Faidit: Fortz chausa es

15 Anon., French 13th century: Je ne puis - Amors me tienent - Veritatem

16 Conon de Béthune: Ahi! Amours

17 Anon., French 13th century: La tierche estampie reale

18 Richard Coeur de Lion: Ja nus hons pris

19 Thibaut de Champagne: Au tens plain de felonnie

Performers: Christina Clarke (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Charles Brett (countertenor), Nigel Rogers (tenor), Geoffrey Shaw (baritone), David Munrow (recorder, flute, shawn, crumhorn & bagpipes), Eleanor Sloan (treble rebec), Oliver Brookes (bass rebec), James Tyler (lute & citole), Gillian Reid (bells), Christopher Hogwood (harp, organ, nakers & tabor), James Blades (nakers & tabor

Playing time: 52'

Recording date: 1970

I'm beginning here to resurrect some of the works that "disappeared" from Avax or were "abandoned" from the original uploaders. There's not a real thought behind it, I'm just cleaning up my HDs and following the wind. What I downloaded long ago is flowing back. All credits go to the first uploader. Enjoy...

24 January 2013

Beethoven and his Teachers

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This recording by Cullan Bryant and Dmitry Rachmanov gives fans of piano duet music the chance to hear a couple of rarities, plus Beethoven's duets on period instruments.

Beethoven and His Teachers mixes the works of Beethoven with pieces by three men known to have taught the great master at some point. Christian Gottlob Neefe was an organist and opera conductor mostly known for being Beethoven's first significant composition teacher, but he also made piano arrangements of and prepared vocal-piano scores for Mozart's opera music. His Six Easy Pieces from Die Zauberflöte are quite charming and capture several of the most famous melodies. Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, a friend of the Haydns, taught Beethoven harmony and counterpoint. Albrechtsberger's Prelude and Fugue is a Classical-era take on the Baroque form, but it still uses a few of the ornamental and fantasia traits of the earlier period. Haydn's Il Maestro e lo Scolare, well-known to duet students, but rarely recorded, is performed by Bryant and Rachmanov quite winningly, both acting as equal partners in agreeable imitation throughout the variations. Among the highlights of Beethoven's duets are the duo's reading of the Waldstein Variations, WoO 67, and the Variations on Ich denke dein, WoO 74, for which they are joined by Maria Ferrante, who sings the theme of the work. The inclusion of Beethoven's own transcription of the Grosse Fuge is of interest because of the use of the historical instrument, but, even as well as Bryant and Rachmanov play it, it doesn't quite live up to the effectiveness of the string quartet version. Overall, however, this recording is a great choice for those looking for original instrument performances of this repertoire.

tracklist:

CD 1

Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata in D major, Op. 6
Christian Gottlob Neefe - Six Easy Pieces from Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte"
Ludwig van Beethoven - Eight Variations in C major
on a Theme by Count Waldstein, WoO 67
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger - Prelude and Fugue in B flat major
Ludwig van Beethoven - Drei Märsche, Op. 45

CD 2

Ludwig van Beethoven - Six Variations in D major
on the Air Ich denke dein, WoO 74
Franz Joseph Haydn - Divertimento in F major, H. 17a/1
"Il Maestro e lo Scolare"
Ludwig van Beethoven - Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 134

Cullan Bryant and Dmitry Rachmanov: period piano
Maria Ferrante: soprano

23 January 2013

R.Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

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Released: 1 Jul. 1994 | Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Recorded: 1954 (mono)

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Alfred Poell, Alfred Neugebauer, Hilde Rossel-Majdan
Lisa Otto, Murray Dickie, Peter Klein, Walter Berry
Franz Bierbach, Rudolf Schock, August Jaresch
Hilde Guden, Oskar Czerwenka, Irmgard Seefried
Rita Streich, Lisa della Casa, Paul Schoffler

Salzburg Vienna Philharmoniker
Karl Böhm (conductor)

"Ariadne auf Naxos (Ariadne on Naxos) is an opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal." -- Wikipedia

Gueden is one of the main assets of the 1954 Ariadne, singing Zerbinetta with as much accuracy and a fuller tone than most of her rivals on CD in an attractively insouciant interpretation. As for Karajan (EMI, 4/88) a year or two later and for Bohm in 1944, Seefried is as winning a Composer as any. Schock, also Karajan's Bacchus, is equal to the stringent demands of the part and sings it with panache. Della Casa's Ariadne has inborn grace and musicality. -- Alan Blyth, Gramophone [11/1994] ”

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Prologue. 'Mein Herr Haushofmeister!'
2. Prologue. 'Hier finden Euer Gnaden die Mamsell Zerbinetta'
3. Prologue. 'Hast ein Stückerl Notenpapier?'
4. Prologue. 'Ist schon geschehn. Wir sind bereit'
5. Prologue. 'Nein, Herr, so kommt es nicht'
6. Prologue. 'An Ihre Plätze, meine Damen und Herren!'
7. Prologue. 'Sein wir wieder gut... Musik ist eine heilige Kunst'
8. Opera. Overture
9. Opera. 'Schläft sie?'
10. Opera. 'Wo war ich? Tot? Und lebe'
11. Opera. 'Ein Schönes war. hieß Theseus - Ariadne'
12. Opera. 'Ach, so versuchet doch ein kleines Lied'
13. Opera. 'Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist'
14. Opera. 'Die Dame gibt trübem Sinn'

Disc 2
1. Opera. 'Großmächtige Prinzessin'
2. Opera. 'Hübsch gepredigt! Aber tauben Ohren!'
3. Opera. 'Ein schönes Wunder!' - 'Ein reizender Knabe!'
4. Opera. 'Circe, kannst du mich hören?'
5. Opera. 'Theseus! Nein! nein! Es ist der schöne stille Gott!'
6. Opera. 'Gibt es kein Hinüber?'

22 January 2013

Handel, Scarlatti: Il Primo uomo - Arias for Nicolini

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In his debut album, Russian alto countertenor Dmitry Egorov chose excerpts from four operas, two by Alessandro Scarlatti, and two by Georg Friedrich Handel.

tracklist:

Alessandro Scarlatti:
1. Sinfonia (Tigrane)
2. Il fiero aspetto (La Caduta)
3. Reo mi credi (Tigrane)
4. Esser degg’io come un scoglio (Tigrane)
5. All’ acquisto di Gloria (Tigrane)
6. S’io non t’amassi (La Caduta)
7. Sinfonia (La Caduta)

Georg Friedrich Händel:
8. Or la tromba (Rinaldo)
9. Sussurrate (Amadigi)
10. Non sa temere (Amadigi)
11. Cara sposa (Rinaldo)
12. Venti, turbine (Rinaldo)
13. Il tricerbero (Rinaldo)
14. O rendetemi il mio bene (Amadigi)
15. Sento la gioia (Amadigi)
16. Ballet music: Les songes agréables et funestes (Alcina)

Dmitry Egorov – countertenor
La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider

Fasch, Graupner, Graun . Concertos, Arias, Sonatas

Easy CD-DA | FLACtracks | Covers | 237 Mb

Date CD: March 29, 2011 | Dynamic

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J.G. Graun. Concerto in C major

alto recorder, violin & strings

J.F. Fasch. Sonata in G major

flute, 2 recorders & continuo

J.C. Graupner. Kommst du grosser Welteretter

mezzo-soprano, recorder & strings

J.F. Fasch. Sei nicht mehr der Suende

mezzo-soprano & strings

J.C. Graupner. Tobet nur ihr Prufungswellen

mezzo-soprano & strings

J.F. Fasch. Sonata in B flat major

recorder, 2 violins & continuo

J.C. Graupner. Concerto in F major

recorder & strings

Collegium Pro Musica

17 January 2013

Jordi Savall: The Celtic Viol II

EAC Rip | APE + cue + log | Covers
2010 | Alia Vox | 461 Mb

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This second volume follows the critically acclaimed and best-selling Volume I, but is far from being only a continuation. Thanks to different types of viol (treble and lyra) and particularly inspired rhythms coming from Frank McGuire on bodhran (an Irish frame drum), Jordi Savall has enriched his vision of this fascinating repertoire. Andrew Lawrence-King offers a perfect counterpoint on Irish harp and psaltery.
Tracklist:
I. The Galway Set (D-minor, 440)
1. The Galway Bay Hornpipe Traditional Irish 2. The Rover Reformed John Playford (1718) 3. Lord Frog Dance John Walsh (1713)
II. The Gold Ring Set (D major, 440)
4. The Hills of Lorne Charlie Hunter of Oban 5. Miss Sally Hunter of Thurston Jig Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831) 6. Mrs. Scott Skinner James Scott Skinner (1843-1927) 7. Alexander’s Hornspipe & Harvest Home Traditional Irish 8. The Gold Ring Jig Traditional Irish
III. The Abergeldie Castle Set (E-minor, 415)
9. Abergeldie Castle Strathspey Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976) 10. Caribou Barren Dan R. MacDonald 11. Regents Rant Traditional Scottish 12. Crabs in the skillet Slow Jig Ryan’s Collection (Boston, 1883) 13. Lord Moira’s Hornpipe Ryan’s Collection (Boston, 1883)
IV. The Nathaniel Gow Set (A-minor, 440)
14. The Braes o’ Bushbie Slow march P. John Bowie, 1789 15. Nathaniel Gow’s Lament for the Death of his Brother Nathaniel Gow 16. Abigail Judge O’Carolan (1670-1738) 17. Planxty O’Daly O’Carolan (O’Neill, Chicago, 1903)
V. The Lancashire Pipes Set (E Major / minor)
18. The Lancashire Pipes (E-major) Manchester Gamba Book 19. Pigges of Rumsey / Kate of Bardie (E-major) Manchester Gamba Book 20. The Cup of Tea (E-minor) Traditional Irish 21. A Toye (E-major) Manchester Gamba Book
VI. The Archibald MacDonald Set (D minor / major)
22. Planxty Sir Ulick Burke (D-minor) O’Carolan (O’Neill, Chicago, 1903) 23. The Sword Dance-New Stepny Slip Jig (D-minor) Traditional Irish 24. Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch (D-minor) Traditional Irish 25. Jimmy Holme’s Favorite – Reel (D-major) Ryan’s Collection (Boston, 1883)
VII. The Liverpool Set (D-major, 440)
26. Planxty Irwin O’Carolan (O’Neill, Chicago, 1903) 27. The Liverpool Hornpipe James Stewart Robertson 28. Peter’s Peerie Boat Jig Tom Anderson (1910-1991)

Jordi Savall - 6 strings treble viol & lyra-viol Andrew Lawrence-King - Irish harps & psaltery Frank McGuire - bodhran

15 January 2013

Jordi Savall: The Celtic Viol

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2009 | Alia Vox | 397 Mb

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The indefatigable and versatile Jordi Savall has long included folk music in his various historical recording projects. Here he turns to Celtic traditions, specifically instrumental dance music for the fiddle.

In his eloquent preface to the substantial notes which come with the disc, he explains how he encountered this music live during 1977 at a festival in Kilkenny, Ireland. As in many Irish town festivals during Summer he encountered musicians playing fiddles, flutes and penny whistles in the pubs, streets and squares. This led to research on the existing written sources of music which is normally acquired by ear from generation to generation. In the mainly C17th books by Irish and Scottish compilers, he found, notated as single melodic lines, an immensely rich resource of jigs, strathspeys, hornpipes, laments, reels and other forms. Accompaniments were improvised on the spot, as they are today, and thus not usually notated.

Tracklist:

I
1. The Musical Priest / Scotch Mary Traditional Irish 3’42
2. Caledonia’s Wail for Niel Gow Simon Fraser (1816 Collection) 3’52
3. The Humours of Scariff Traditional Irish 2’07

II
4. Alastair MacAlastair Strathspey by Nathaniel Gow 2’12
5. Tom Brigg’s, Jig Ryan’s Mammoth Collection 1’07
6. The Globby O, Jig Ryan’s Mammoth Collection 1’58
7. Lord Moira’s & Jinrikisha Ryan’s Mammoth Collection 1’34
8. Sackow’s (Jig) Traditional Irish 1’44

III
9. Hard is my Fate Traditional Scottish 3’01
10. Chapel Keithack William Marshall (1822 Collection) 3’14
11. Gudewife, Admit the Wanderer Simon Fraser (1816 Collection) 2’47

IV
12. Macpherson’s Lament James Macpherson (ca.1675-1700) 2’55
13. Tullochgorum Traditional Scottish Reel 1’31
14. Pretty Peggy Traditional Scottish 1’14

V
15. Twas within a furlong of Edinburgh Town H. Playford’s Dancing Master 1696 2’32
16. Màiri Bhàn Òg: Mary Young & fair Simon Fraser (1816 Collection) 4’28
17. Dowd’s Reel Traditional Irish 2’46

VI
18. Lady Mary Hay’s Scots Measure Scottish Dance 2’23
19. Carolan’s Farewell O’Carolan (1670-1738) 4’07
20. Gusty’s Frolics Donegal Tradition 1’51
21. Emigrants Reel Ryan’s Mammoth Collection 1’49

VII
22. The Lamentations of Owen Roe O’Neill O’Carolan 2’42
23. Princess Beatrice W.B. Laybourn (1835-1886) Book III 1’40
24. Prince Charlie’s Last view of Edinburgh Traditional Scottish 3’25
25. Trip it Upstairs (Single Jig) Traditional Irish 2’21

VIII
26. Mrs. McPherson of Gibton William Marshall (1822 Collection) 1’50
27. Tuttle’s Traditional Irish 2’59
28. Lament for the Death of his Second Wife Niel Gow 5’33
29. The Gander in the pratie hole Traditional Irish 1’46

Jordi Savall - Treble Viols
Andrew Lawrence-King - Irish Harp & Psalterium

13 January 2013

Joseph Martin Kraus: Miserere, Requiem, Stella Coeli

The small German label CPO has made a specialty out of unearthing buried treasures. Thanks to the gorgeous work of five soloists, period-instrument orchestra La Stagione Frankfurt and the Deutscher Kammerchor under conductor Michael Schneider, three sacred pieces by Joseph Martin Kraus glow with colour and life. A contemporary of Mozart's, Kraus (1756-1792) wrote in a similar style yet shows his own, slightly more Baroque-influenced style of invention. Kraus spent years composing for the Swedish court in Stockholm, but his ears and eyes were open to the latest musical developments in the rest of Europe. The nearly 30-minute Miserere is the finest of all, full of musical motifs that carry all the way through. Any of these pieces deserve your ears if you like Mozart and Haydn. Better yet, it would be great to hear them performed live in Toronto. -- Toronto Star, John Terauds, January 2010

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tracklist:

Miserere, for 4 voices, chorus, 2 horns, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in C minor, Vb. 4:
1. Miserere
2. Amplius
3. Tibi soli
4. Ecce enim
5. Auditui
6. Averte
7. Ne projicias
8. Docebo
9. Domine labia
10. Sacrificium
11. Tunc acceptabis
12. Gloria patria
13. Sicut erat
Requiem, for 4 voices, chorus, 2 horns, strings & continuo in D minor, Vb. 1:
14. Requiem
15. Te decet hymnus
16. Kyrie
17. Dies irae
18. Lacrymosa
19. Huic ergo
20. Domina Jesus
21. Quam olim Abrahae
22. Sanctus
23. Benedictus
24. Agnus Dei
Stella coeli, for 4 voices, chorus, 2 horns, 2 flutes, strings, organ & continuo in C major, Vb. 10:
25. Allegro moderato
26. Andante

Annemei Blessing-Leyhausen, soprano
Paul Gerhard Adam, alt
Carmen Schüller, alt
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Ekkehard Abele, bass

La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider

12 January 2013

Brahms: Complete Piano Trios

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CD 2

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'Enriching performances that make one aware of Brahms's stature first and the superb musicianship of the executants second - which is exactly as it should be!' (Gramophone)

'These are very desirable recordings' (Gramophone)

'A clear first recommendation for any of the five works. I find these fully the equal of any other versions of any of the trios in the catalogs, whether by present-day or 'golden age' performers. Wonderful music-making' (Fanfare, USA)

Tracklist:

CD1

Trio in B major for piano, violin and cello, Op 8

1 Movement 1: Allegro con brio [14'51]

2 Movement 2: Scherzo. Allegro molto [6'18]

3 Movement 3: Adagio [8'03]

4 Movement 4: Allegro [6'28]

Trio in E flat major for piano, violin and horn, Op 40

5 Movement 1: Andante - Poco più animato [7'39]

6 Movement 2: Scherzo. Allegro [6'39]

7 Movement 3: Adagio mesto [6'44]

8 Movement 4: Finale. Allegro con brio [6'17]

CD2

Trio in C major for piano, violin and cello, Op 87

1 Movement 1: Allegro [9'26]

2 Movement 2: Andante con moto [7'33]

3 Movement 3: Scherzo. Presto [4'23]

4 Movement 4: Finale. Allegro giocoso [5'58]

Trio in C minor for piano, violin and cello, Op 101

5 Movement 1: Allegro energico [7'07]

6 Movement 2: Presto non assai [3'31]

7 Movement 3: Andante grazioso [4'04]

8 Movement 4: Allegro molto [5'17]

Trio in A minor for piano, clarinet/viola and cello, Op 114

9 Movement 1: Allegro [8'10]

10 Movement 2: Adagio [8'00]

11 Movement 3: Andantino grazioso [4'34]

12 Movement 4: Allegro [4'35]

The Florestan Trio

Stephen Stirling (horn)

Richard Hosford (clarinet)

10 January 2013

Philip Glass - Dracula (Michael Riesman)

Easy CD-DA | FLAC tracks | Covers | 257 Mb

Date CD: February 16, 2007 | Orange Mountain Music | 68:05

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Riesman is a veteran of Glass' ensemble, and his piano version of the score is probably as effective an arrangement for the instrument as is possible, and it can be fully enjoyed for what it is. The original version has the advantage of a broader color palette, and in particular, the expressive possibilities for string vibrato, critical in a work this melodramatic, and the power that comes from notes sustaining without any decay.

tracklist:

Dracula
Journey to the Inn
The Inn
The Crypt
Carriage Without a Driver
The Castle
The Drawing Room
"Excellent, Mr. Renfield"
The Three Consorts of Dracula
The Storm
Horrible Tragedy
London Fog
In the Theatre
Lucy's Bitten
Seward Sanatorium
Renfield
In His Cell
When the Dream Comes
Dracula Enters
Or a Wolf
Women in White
Renfield in the Drawing Room
Dr. Van Helsing and Dracula
Mina on the Terrace
Mina's Bedroom / The Abbey
The End of Dracula
Dracula: Epilogue

09 January 2013

Schumann - Piano Quintet Op. 44; Piano Trio No. 1 Op. 63

EAC | FLAC, CUE, Log | Covers | 310 Mb

1990 | Sony - CBS Records Masterworks

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Piano Quintet Op.44

The Budapest String Quartet

Rudolf Serkin, piano

Piano Trio Op.63

Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano

Alexander Schneider, violin

Pablo Casals, cello

08 January 2013

Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni - 3 Violin Concertos

EAC | FLAC + CUE + LOG | Covers | 370 Mb

Date CD: 2000 | Sony Japan

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If you are looking for a rigorous, true and passionate approach to Vivaldi's music, this is the CD you have to buy.

tracklist:

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in E major "La primavera", RV 269
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in G minor "L'estate", RV 315
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in F major "L'autunno", RV 293
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in F minor "L'inverno", RV 297
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in E flat major, RV 257
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in B flat major, RV 376
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo in D major, RV 211

Giuliano Carmignola: violin
Venice Baroque Orchestra conducted by Andrea Marcon

REQUESTS

30 January 2013

Matthias Weckman: Abendmusiken

27 January 2013

Venetian Vespers [McCreesh]

26 January 2013

Carmina Burana

25 January 2013

Music of the Crusades

24 January 2013

Beethoven and his Teachers

23 January 2013

R.Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

22 January 2013

Handel, Scarlatti: Il Primo uomo - Arias for Nicolini

Fasch, Graupner, Graun . Concertos, Arias, Sonatas

17 January 2013

Jordi Savall: The Celtic Viol II

15 January 2013

Jordi Savall: The Celtic Viol

13 January 2013

Joseph Martin Kraus: Miserere, Requiem, Stella Coeli

12 January 2013

Brahms: Complete Piano Trios

10 January 2013

Philip Glass - Dracula (Michael Riesman)

09 January 2013

Schumann - Piano Quintet Op. 44; Piano Trio No. 1 Op. 63

08 January 2013

Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni - 3 Violin Concertos

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