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Antonio Vivaldi - Concertos Vol II [6CDs] (2013)

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Antonio Vivaldi - Concertos Vol II [6CDs] (2013)

Antonio Vivaldi - Concertos Vol II [6CDs] (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,85 Gb | TT: 6h 41m | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naïve | # OP 30556 | Recorded: 1994-2011

Fireworks, virtuosity and bravura pieces are essential ingredients of Vivaldi’s concerto oeuvre. Discover or rediscover Vivaldi’s concertos played by the most prestigious artists.

Alarius Ensemble, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Virtuoso Violin Music of the 17th Century (1998)

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Alarius Ensemble, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Virtuoso Violin Music of the 17th Century (1998)

Alarius Ensemble, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien - Virtuoso Violin Music of the 17th Century (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 335 Mb | Total time: 62:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Teldec | # 3984-21801-2 | Recorded: 1968

The works of the early Baroque Italian composers featured on this CD all make some kind of use of the new virtuoso violin technique. Thus they enable us to understand how, as a result of untold experiments, a technique that was specifically suited to the violin gradually began to emerge.

Barthold Kuijken, Marc Hantaï, Frank Theuns - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Six Concertos for five Flutes (2004)

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Barthold Kuijken, Marc Hantaï, Frank Theuns - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Six Concertos for five Flutes (2004)

Barthold Kuijken, Marc Hantaï, Frank Theuns - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Six Concertos for five Flutes (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 258 Mb | Total time: 72:32 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Accent | # ACC 24161 | Recorded: 1995

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier was perhaps the very first free-lance composer in history. Being born in Thionville in Lorraine as the son of a confectioner, he went to Perpignan in 1713 and established himself there as a collector for the Royal Tobacco Excise Office, a position he held the next ten years. He must have received some musical training, though, since in 1721 a drinking song by a 'M. Boismortier de Metz' was published. His musical activities increased and he went to Paris, where he received his first permission to publish music in 1724. He published duos for transverse flute and cantatas, which was the start of a career as France's most prolific composer in the 18th century, whose oeuvre consists of more than 100 opus numbers with instrumental music, and in addition to that cantatas, motets and some stage works. He also was active as a theorist, writing treatises on the transverse flute and the 'pardessus de viole'.

Barthold Kuijken, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra - The Colorful Telemann (2020)

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Barthold Kuijken, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra - The Colorful Telemann (2020)

Barthold Kuijken, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra - The Colorful Telemann: Ouverture, Concertos, Sonata, Sinfonia Melodica (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 316 Mb | Total time: 64:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.573900 | Recorded: 2019

The Colourful Telemann presents works from different periods of Georg Philipp Telemanns life, reflecting his lively personality and exploring his seemingly unlimited invention over a wide variety of styles and genres. A contemporary of Bach and Handel, Telemann wrote music that stands out for its delightful and remarkably generous character, each piece like a leisurely walk with a good friend. From the German and French influences of the earlier Sonata to the dignified Sinfonia Melodica, possibly composed in the year of his death, this is Telemann at his best. Barthold Kuijken is an eminent leader in the field of early music.

Barthold Kuijken, Immanuel Davis, Arnie Tanimoto, Donald Livingston - La Magnifique (2021)

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Barthold Kuijken, Immanuel Davis, Arnie Tanimoto, Donald Livingston - La Magnifique (2021)

Barthold Kuijken, Immanuel Davis, Arnie Tanimoto, Donald Livingston - La Magnifique: Flute Music for the Court of Louis XIV (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 337 Mb | Total time: 68:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.579083 | Recorded: 2017

This programme portrays the ‘birth’ of the flute in France in the late 17th century and the following 40 years of its life as a new and fashionable instrument. A famous patron of the arts, King Louis XIV gathered elite composers and musicians to create the refinement, elegance and good taste that was demanded at his Paris Court. From the early petites pièces to more virtuoso suites and sonatas with their ornamented lyricism and grand dance rhythms, the mellow, robust and almost husky sounds of flutes from this period blend and weave around each other like the voices of two singers.

Barthold Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen - French and Italian Flute Music of the 18th Century (2007)

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Barthold Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen - French and Italian Flute Music of the 18th Century (2007)

Barthold Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen - French and Italian Flute Music of the 18th Century (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 579 Mb | Total time: 128:24 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Accent | # ACC 30009 | Recorded: 1979, 1991

Germany's Accent label has released a series of twin-CD sets featuring the Baroque flute recordings made by Barthold Kuijken, sometimes (as here) accompanied by his cello-playing brother Wieland. The originals date back to the late '70s, when Kuijken was one of the Dutch specialists who brought historical performance out of the too-precious phase, and they still sound good. This release pairs a 1979 set of French flute sonatas from the middle eighteenth century with a 1991 group of Italian works of the same period. The two discs, both recorded in Belgian churches, don't have exactly the same ambiance, but the pairing is an intelligent one, making this a good pick from among the various discs available.

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 50th Anniversary Edition [50CDs], Part 1 (2008)

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Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 50th Anniversary Edition [50CDs], Part 1 (2008)

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 50th Anniversary Edition [50CDs], Part 1 (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 6,92 Gb | Total time: 50:56:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 88697 281822 | Recorded: 1969-2000

A beautifully-packaged 50-disc box set, released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, one of the most important and adventurous early music labels. The set contains 50 classic recordings of baroque and ancient music, chosen to represent the breadth of this huge and varied catalogue and each disc is slip-cased with artwork replicating the original CD or LP artwork.

Seon - Excellence in Early Music [85CDs] Vol.3 (2014)

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Seon - Excellence in Early Music [85CDs] Vol.3 (2014)

Seon - Excellence in Early Music [85CDs] Vol.3 (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 5,84 Gb | Total time: 77:26:37 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony | # 88843089382 | Recorded: 1970-1984

SEON (Studio Erichson) is a period music label by the legendary producer Wolf Erichson. Erichson founded the label in 1969 as one of the first labels dedicated only to authentic music. The recordings were made with the best available recording techniques of the time and still deliver a high quality product in line with today's standards. This special boxset offers all SEON CD reissues from the late 90s on 85 CDs in a limited edition boxset.

Kuijken, Haynes, Rubinlicht, Kohnen - François Couperin: Nouveaux Concerts from "Les Goûts Réunis" (1998)

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Kuijken, Haynes, Rubinlicht, Kohnen - François Couperin: Nouveaux Concerts from "Les Goûts Réunis" (1998)

Barthold Kuijken, Bruce Haynes, Janine Rubinlicht, Sigiswald Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen - François Couperin: Nouveaux Concerts from "Les Goûts Réunis" (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 609 Mb | Total time: 64:00+49:57 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Seon ‎| SB2K 60714 | Recorded: 1972, 1974

François Couperin’s period of pre-eminence falls neatly between those of Lully and Rameau, whose rising reputations have rather overshadowed his in recent years. Yet Couperin produced some splendid music: for example, the elegant Nouveaux concerts, written for chamber concerts at the French court and published in 1724 under the title Les goûts réunis (referring to their mixture of French and Italian styles). This reissue comprises eight of the ten Nouveaux concerts in accomplished period performances from 1972 and 1974. While the leisurely tempi and restrained playing now give the recording a somewhat dated air, the music largely retains its capacity to charm.

Barthold Kuijken, Les Voix Humaines, Eric Milnes - Telemann: Oeuvres pour Flute et Violes (2004)

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Barthold Kuijken, Les Voix Humaines, Eric Milnes - Telemann: Oeuvres pour Flute et Violes (2004)

Barthold Kuijken, Les Voix Humaines, Eric Milnes - Telemann: Oeuvres pour Flute et Violes (2004)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:09:24 | 424 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Atma Classique | Catalog: ACD2 2245

Finally together on disc, here are the expressive gambists of Les Voix Humaines and the eloquent breath of Baroque flutist Barthold Kuijken, accompanied by the harpsichordist Eric Milnes. In an array of works by Telemann exploring the French and Italian 'mixed style' adopted by the Germans, and the galant style, these artists perform in turn fantaisies for solo traverso, duets for two gambas, a sonata for traverso and continuo, a sonata for traverso, gamba, and continuo, and the rare instrumental combination of the two quadros for traverso, two gambas, and continuo.