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    John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir ‎- Johann Sebastian Bach: Advent Cantatas BWV 36, 61 & 62 (1992)

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    John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir ‎- Johann Sebastian Bach: Advent Cantatas BWV 36, 61 & 62 (1992)

    John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists ‎- Johann Sebastian Bach: Advent Cantatas BWV 36, 61 & 62 (1992)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 298 Mb | Total time: 61:09 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 437 327-2 | Recorded: 1992

    John Eliot Gardiner continues his series for Archiv with works which Bach performed on the First Sunday in Advent - two of them linked, to a greater or lesser extent, to Luther's great hymn Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, itself a metrical version of the fourth-century Veni redemptor gentium, the third a parody by and large of birthday music which Bach performed several times during the mid to late 1720s.

    Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir and Players - Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat (1994)

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    Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir and Players - Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat (1994)

    Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir and Players - Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat (1994)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 307 Mb | Total time: 67:41 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Virgin Veritas | # 7 59326 2 | Recorded: 1992

    Parrott's decision to perform this selection of Vivaldi's sacred music with sopranos and altos shows how the all-female forces of La Pietà might have coped with tenor and bass lines. Delectable performances in superior sound.

    Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert and Choir - Joseph Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai, Theresienmesse (1993)

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    Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert and Choir - Joseph Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai, Theresienmesse (1993)

    Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert and Choir - Joseph Haydn: Missa Sancti Nicolai, Theresienmesse (1993)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 338 Mb | Total time: 72:10 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 437 807-2 | Recorded: 1993

    A superb recording of Haydn's Saint Nicholas Mass on period instruments by Trevor Pinnock conducting the English Concert. One needn't be an expert in Haydn or in classical vocal music to enjoy the brilliant clarity of the orchestra or the fecundity of Haydn's writing, and the soloists–Nancy Argenta, Catherine Robbin, Michael Schade, and Alastair Miles–are perfect. The Theresienmesse, a mass in B flat minor, is also featured on this disc.

    Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90 - Antonio Vivaldi: Ottone in villa (1998)

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    Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90 - Antonio Vivaldi: Ottone in villa (1998)

    Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90 - Antonio Vivaldi: Ottone in villa (1998)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 663 Mb | Total time: 75:54+68:47 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 0614(2) | Recorded: 1997

    This, Vivaldi's very first opera, was premièred in Vicenza in 1713 and was an instant hit. The story is a relatively uncomplicated one by the standards of Baroque opera, of amatory pretences and misunderstandings: it has been admirably summarised by Eric Cross (who has edited the work) as a 'light-weight, amoral entertainment in which the flirtatious Cleonilla consistently has the upper hand, and gullible Emperor Ottone (a far from heroic figure) never discovers the truth about the way he has been deceived'. The score proceeds in a succession of secco recitatives (with just a very occasional accompagnato) and da capo arias – which the present cast ornament very stylishly.

    Simon Standage, Collegium Musicum 90 - George Frideric Handel: Apollo e Daphne (1995)

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    Simon Standage, Collegium Musicum 90 - George Frideric Handel: Apollo e Daphne (1995)

    Simon Standage, Collegium Musicum 90 - George Frideric Handel: Apollo e Daphne; Crudel tiranno Amor (1995)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 255 Mb | Total time: 58:07 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 0583 | Recorded: 1994

    Handel's Apollo e Dafne is a difficult work to put in context. Completed in Hanover in 1710 but possibly begun in Italy, its purpose isn't clear, while, as secular cantatas go, it's long (40 minutes) and ambitiously scored for two soloists and an orchestra of strings, oboes, flute, bassoon and continuo. But this isn't just a chunk of operatic experimentation: it sets its own, faster pace than the leisurely unfolding of a full-length Baroque stage-work, yet its simple Ovidian episode, in which Apollo's pursuit of the nymph Dafne results in her transformation into a tree, is drawn with all the subtlety and skill of the instinctive dramatic genius that Handel was.

    Jan Willem de Vriend, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam - Georg Frideric Handel: La Resurrezione (2003)

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    Jan Willem de Vriend, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam - Georg Frideric Handel: La Resurrezione (2003)

    Jan Willem de Vriend, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam - Georg Frideric Handel: La Resurrezione (2003)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 528 Mb | Total time: 63:21+50:22 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Challenge Classics | # CC 72120 | Recorded: 2001

    Händel’s La Resurrezione is an oratorio for Easter. It was first performed on Easter Sunday 1708 in Rome. The libretto was written by Carlo Sigismondo Capece. The events related in the story are those of the period between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, when Christ ‘descended into Hell’ to redeem the souls of the patriarchs and prophets who had prepared for His coming. The events in the underworld are set out in series of lively exchanges between an Angel and Lucifer. Meanwhile, the story as seen on earth is related through the conversations of three mortal characters, Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas and St John the Evangelist. The two planes of the drama are united when the Angel appears to the women at the sepulchre and announces the Resurrection to them.

    Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel: La Resurrezione (1991)

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    Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel: La Resurrezione (1991)

    Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - George Frideric Handel: La Resurrezione (1991)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 544 Mb | Total time: 63:50+52:21 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Erato | # 2292-45617-2 | Recorded: 1990

    La Resurrezione, composed in Rome in 1708, was Handel’s first oratorio on a sacred theme. The soloists take the roles of an Angel, Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas, St John and Lucifer, who are portrayed in vivid operatic terms with the help of a lavishly-scored orchestra. The distinguished Dutch keyboard-player and conductor Ton Koopman (b.1944) founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in 1979. The group consists of internationally renowned baroque specialists. Conductor and orchestra are joined here by singers acknowledged as leading specialists in the baroque repertoire.

    Jurgen Budday, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor - George Frideric Handel: Solomon (2004)

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    Jurgen Budday, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor - George Frideric Handel: Solomon (2004)

    Jürgen Budday, Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor - George Frideric Handel: Solomon (2004)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 610 Mb | Total time: 70:19+75:02 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: K&K | # KuK 73 | Recorded: 2003

    The series of recordings of the Abbey of Maulbronn is prolific, and after a very good Messiah, we arrive now Solomon, another oratorio of Haendel. Solomon is a rather fixed work, a single scene, that of the famous judgment, presenting a little bit of "action", but the music, powerful and refined, is the most inspired Handel, and the virtuoso treatment of the choruses reveals a incomparable mastery.

    John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir - George Frideric Handel: Solomon (1985)

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    John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir - George Frideric Handel: Solomon (1985)

    John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir - George Frideric Handel: Solomon (1985)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 685 Mb | Total time: 68:32+67:23 | Covers included
    Classical | Label: Philips | # 475 7561 | Recorded: 1984

    Acts I and III of this oratorio are sumptuous pageants: Solomon on the throne with his adoring Queen; Solomon receives the Queen of Sheba. In between, Act II's depiction of Solomon's judgment (over the baby) is one of the finest dramatic scenes Handel wrote in any context. The First Harlot's fear, desperation, and gratitude, the Second Harlot's grief-crazed jealousy, Solomon's serene wisdom–all are smashingly portrayed by Handel and by Rodgers, Jones and Watkinson. Argenta's Queen is a girlish delight; the regal Hendricks as Sheba sounds quite comfortable among these Baroque specialists; Rolfe Johnson and Varcoe have two splendid arias each. The choir and orchestra–whether in the amorous "Nightingale" chorus, the sequence of pictorial numbers in Act III, or the stunning double choruses throughout–are magnificent.

    Roger Norrington, London Classical Players - Mozart: Don Giovanni [Prague Version] (2022)

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    Roger Norrington, London Classical Players - Mozart: Don Giovanni [Prague Version] (2022)

    Roger Norrington, London Classical Players - Mozart: Don Giovanni [Prague Version] (2022)
    WEB FLAC | Tracks ~ 524 Mb | Total time: 2 h 23 min | Cover included
    Classical | Label: Erato | Recorded: 1992

    On the release date of our Sir Roger Norrington retrospective boxset, we also release his long-lost instrumental recordings of Brahms. Norrington approached this project after recording his Beethoven cycle, wondering if mid-19th-century would fit with his views on historically informed performance: “Tempos spacious but forthright; tempo modification, sensitive but simple; textures clear, as benefits such polyphonic writing; balance restored in favour of the winds…” A definitively original vision that gives these recordings a unique appeal.

    Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir & Players - George Frideric Handel: Israel in Egypt (2003)

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    Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir & Players - George Frideric Handel: Israel in Egypt (2003)

    Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir & Players - George Frideric Handel: Israel in Egypt (2003)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 595 Mb | Total time: 68:38+66:36 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Erato | # 5 62155 2 | Recorded: 1989

    Using some of the finest early-music soloists of the day, Parrott and his forces give posterity a recording that welds tightly focused emotion to a laudable and uncommon feel for the music. The soloists produce appropriately light but well-focused tone and display an ability to negotiate the intricacies of Handel’s notes evenly and with an exceptional grasp of the phrasing required for successful performance. The choral lines are carefully etched and meticulously balanced, resulting in a superlative overall sound that—in spite of the small choir—is rich and capable of exceeding power when required.

    Harry Christophers, The Sixteen - The Handel Collection [12 CDs] (2010)

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    Harry Christophers, The Sixteen - The Handel Collection [12 CDs] (2010)

    Harry Christophers, The Sixteen - The Handel Collection [12 CDs] (2010)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 3,32 Gb | Total time: 11 h 43 min | Scans included
    Classical | Label: CORO | # COR16080 | Recorded: 2002-2006, 2009

    Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have long been celebrated for their recordings and performances of Handel. Over the past three decades Harry Christophers and his award-winning ensemble have expanded their Handel repertoire to take in his greatest works. They have also made numerous recordings of Handel’s masterpieces and this twelve CD boxed set features a selection of some of their finest discs along with three remarkable solo albums featuring The Sixteen’s celebrated orchestra and acclaimed sopranos Sarah Connolly, Ann Murray and Elin Manahan Thomas.

    John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists - Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Ballet music (2007)

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    John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists - Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Ballet music (2007)

    John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists - Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Ballet music from Alcina, Il pastor fido and Terpsichore [6CDs] (2007)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.50 Gb | Total time: 05:43:20 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Erato | # 2564 69838-3 | Recorded: 1981, 1985, 1986

    As well as recording for, and eventually publicly falling out with, Deutsche Grammophon, John Eliot Gardiner made a series of recordings for Erato, which Warner Classics are now bundling together at bargain price. Pairing the opera Tamerlano with the joyously exuberant choral setting of Milton (with a disc of ballet music from the operas too) makes no obvious sense, except that both rank among Gardiner's finest Handel performances; and his versions of each (L'Allegro from 1981, Tamerlano from five years later) arguably remain the most recommendable in the current catalogue. The cast in Tamerlano is led by a pair of outstanding counter tenors, Derek Ragin and Michael Chance, then both at the start of their careers, with tenor Nigel Robson as Bajazet, while the soloists in L'Allegro include Marie McLaughlin, Jennifer Smith and Martyn Hill; dramatic energy and vitality course through both performances.

    Charles Medlam, London Baroque - John Blow: Venus & Adonis (1988)

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    Charles Medlam, London Baroque - John Blow: Venus & Adonis (1988)

    Charles Medlam, London Baroque - John Blow: Venus & Adonis (1988)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 208 Mb | Total time: 49:44 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC 901276 | Recorded: 1987

    John Blow’s opera, Venus and Adonis , explores and exploits the themes of power play, manipulation, and yearning. Venus’s reluctance to surrender coupled with Adonis’s innocence leads to both a tragic accident and poignant transcendence. The work was the first to have been written by a female librettist, Anne Finch.

    Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert - Gloria: Vivaldi, Corelli, A. Scarlatti (1993)

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    Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert - Gloria: Vivaldi, Corelli, A. Scarlatti (1993)

    Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert - Gloria: Vivaldi, Corelli, A. Scarlatti (1993)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 291 Mb | Total time: 60:55 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 437 834-2 | Recorded: 1992

    This DG Archiv compilation, subtitled “Christmas in Rome” was recorded by English forces directed by Trevor Pinnock a quarter of a century ago in the resonant acoustic of the magnificent church of Santa Maria Maggiore and has worn very well. It comprises three festive works from contemporaneous, Italian baroque composers, although the Scarlatti item is certainly less familiar or celebrated than the other two. Nonetheless, it is worthy to stand alongside them, sweetly and elegantly sung by Nancy Argenta’s silvery (sic) soprano. The forces employed throughout are not large but the performers are robust and energetic, without being frantic, and the astringent original instruments are well tuned.