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    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - George Frideric Handel: Belshazzar (2013)

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    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - George Frideric Handel: Belshazzar (2013)

    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - George Frideric Handel: Belshazzar (2013)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 880 Mb | Total time: 55:21+68:13+42:52 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Les Arts Florissants | # AF.001 | Recorded: 2012

    A brand-new label from one of the world's finest early music ensembles makes an auspicious debut with this stunning new recording of Handel's oratorio Belshazzar. Les Arts Florissants, led by the great William Christie, have launched their new label with the goal of expanding the ensemble's connection to the listening public on a scale far beyond the concert hall. Belshazzar was first performed in 1745, and was frequently revised. Christie has chosen what he considers to be the most successful of the various versions of Belshazzar, resulting in the restoration of the piece in all its splendor. The libretto's subject, which focuses on the decline of a once glorious society and the ephemeral nature of Empire, is especially relevant today. This deluxe set also includes a bonus essay by Jean Echenoz entitled In Babylon, printed separately on special paper and included alongside the regular booklet. This specially commissioned work draws the reader deep into the ancient, majestic city, the seat of power of Belshazzar the King.

    Alessandro Quarta, Concerto Romano - Bernardo Pasquini: La sete di Christo (2015)

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    Alessandro Quarta, Concerto Romano - Bernardo Pasquini: La sete di Christo (2015)

    Alessandro Quarta, Concerto Romano - Bernardo Pasquini: La sete di Christo (2015)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 315 Mb | Total time: 66:56 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Christophorus | CRH77398 | Recorded: 2015

    The importance of the musician Bernardo Pasquini is well known to all those who dedicate themselves to the study of the harpsichord or organ. They frequently encounter his compositions, which are of such fundamental importance for the development of late-baroque Italian music for keyboard instruments. His vocal music, on the other hand, consisting primarily of cantatas, operas and oratorios, is far less known. But it includes true gems of vocal art from the late Roman Seicento.

    Mikis Theodorakis - Axion esti (Lobgepriesen sei) (1998)

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    Mikis Theodorakis - Axion esti (Lobgepriesen sei) (1998)

    Mikis Theodorakis - Axion esti (Lobgepriesen sei) (1998)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 348 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 146 Mb | Scans included
    Classical, Oratorio, Greek Songs | Label: Berlin Classics | # 0093522BC | Time: 01:10:27

    Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis is probably best known for the soundtrack to the film 'Zorba the Greek,' but he has produced an extensive body of concert music and includes Olivier Messiaen among his teachers. Much of his work has a political subtext and attempts a synthesis of popular, folk and classical symphonic styles, communicating directly with simple rhythms and a pared-down harmonic vocabulary reminiscent of Carl Orff. The oratorio "axion esti" is a setting of a poem by Nobel Prize winner Odysseus Elytis that refers to events of the Second World War and the subsequent German-Italian occupation of Greece. The nationalist flavor of the piece is underscored by the use of Byzantine church music, Greek folk dances and native instruments such as the bouzouki, in addition to a vocalist cast as a "folk singer." This 1983 Dresden performance, conducted by Theodorakis himself, is sung in German.

    Gabriele Palomba, La Venexiana - Giovanni Bononcini: La Conversione di Maddalena (2020)

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    Gabriele Palomba, La Venexiana - Giovanni Bononcini: La Conversione di Maddalena (2020)

    Gabriele Palomba, La Venexiana - Giovanni Bononcini: La Conversione di Maddalena (2020)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 525 Mb | Total time: 50:06+55:07 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Glossa | GCD 920944 | Recorded: 2019

    Giovanni Bononcini composed the four-part oratorio La Conversione di Maddalena for the Habsburg emperor Leopold I in 1701. The musician from Modena, at the time at the apex of his European fame, had at his disposal the best forces of the Imperial Chapel: four singers (two sopranos, a contralto and a bass) of top rate and an instrumental ensemble, limited to strings but adequately consistent to articulate a concert dialectic with tutti-concertino, including soloist pages for the violin, the cello and the viola da gamba.

    Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra - Handel Edition Vol. 4: Messiah; Samson; Arias [6CDs] (2008)

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    Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra - Handel Edition Vol. 4: Messiah; Samson; Arias [6CDs] (2008)

    Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra - Handel Edition Vol. 4: Messiah; Samson; Arias from Rinaldo and other operas (2008)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 2.06 Gb | Total time: 7h 30'33'' | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Warner Classics | 2564 69568-6 | Recorded: 1974, 1978, 1982, 1994

    The performance here of Samson is definitive. It is lively, colourful and highly dramatic. There is no comparison with the tedious performance by the Sixteen on Coro. The performance of the Messiah with limited modern instrumental forces of the English Chamber Orchestra and Chorus with very good soloists doesn't sacrifice grandeur nor does it go to the other extreme of over-blown pomp. It is a very good performamce on modern instruments under the direction of the Baroque music specialist conductor Raymond Leppard.

    Matthew Halls, Retrospect Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach: Easter & Ascension Oratorios (2011)

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    Matthew Halls, Retrospect Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach: Easter & Ascension Oratorios (2011)

    Matthew Halls, Retrospect Ensemble - Johann Sebastian Bach: Easter & Ascension Oratorios (2011)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 314 Mb | Total time: 70:26 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Linn Records | # BKD 373 | Recorded: 2010

    This, the second release of the highly anticipated Retrospect Ensemble series, features the Easter Oratorio, one of Bach's best-known oratorios and a monumental work, as well as the Ascension Oratorio. Retrospect Ensemble employs large-scale forces for this recording including four-part choir and orchestra (including timpani). This dynamic recording highlights the skill and brilliance of Bach's writing through the inspired story telling of its star soloists and the passion of the Ensemble.

    Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Oster-Oratorium (1999)

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    Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Oster-Oratorium (1999)

    Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Oster-Oratorium (1999)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 302 Mb | Total time: 72:36 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMX 2951513 | Recorded: 1995

    Once in while a recording comes along in which the performers, producers, and recording team get everything right. This is one of them. First issued in 1995, this production of Bach’s Easter “oratorium” easily can claim supremacy among several very good alternatives. Largely cobbled from an earlier secular cantata for a duke’s birthday, the music is some of Bach’s most poignant while being alternately festive and meditative. There are no “roles” as we find in the Passions, no Evangelist-type recitatives, no chorales, and there’s no real dramatic story line. Instead, we visit a particular scene–Peter, John, and the two Marys discover the empty tomb and contemplate its meaning.

    Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion (2001)

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    Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion (2001)

    Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion (2001)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 486 Mb | Total time: 110:51 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMC 901748.49 | Recorded: 2001

    Philippe Herreweghe uses the second of Bach's four versions of the St. John Passion, the one from 1725, which substitutes some of the arias and the opening chorus, along with lesser changes. The result is somewhat more dramatic than the standard version, which Herreweghe recorded previously. Those familiar with the conductor's work will find his usual warmth, making the most of the lyric moments, but they'll also find greater sensitivity to rhythmic and dramatic thrust and a generally livelier approach. The singers are uniformly fine. Padmore is an unusually effective Evangelist, projecting the drama without undue overacting.

    Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1999)

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    Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1999)

    Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1999)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 683 Mb | Total time: 161.22 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMC 901676.78 | Recorded: 1998

    Johann Sebastian Bach's monumental St. Matthew Passion was first performed on Good Friday in 1727 at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. It is the largest single composition Bach ever wrote, both in terms of length and in terms of instrumental and vocal forces. It requires two choruses, two orchestras, four vocal soloists for the arias and vocal soloists for each of the various character parts. Philippe Herreweghe's 1999 recording of Bach's masterpiece features a stellar cast and was a perennial catalog bestseller.

    Václav Luks, Collegium 1704, Collegium Vocale 1704 - George Frideric Handel: Messiah (2019)

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    Václav Luks, Collegium 1704, Collegium Vocale 1704 - George Frideric Handel: Messiah (2019)

    Václav Luks, Collegium 1704, Collegium Vocale 1704 - George Frideric Handel: Messiah (2019)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 668 Mb | Total time: 48:43+81:55 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Accent Records ‎| ACC24354 | Recorded: 2018

    Handel’s Messiah is already very well represented on the market with dozens of existing recordings and new productions appearing at regular intervals. Yet this is a very special version, carefully crafted by the Prague-based Collegium Vocale and Collegium 1704 under the baton of Vaclav Luks, founder of the ensemble and one of the most exciting conductors of the Baroque and Classical repertoire. The fine young singers Giulia Semenzato, Benno Schachtner, Krystian Adam, and Krešimir Stražanac joined the ensembles for two moving live performances in Prague’s Rudolfinum in March 2018, and those performances are now presented here.

    Christoph Spering, Das Neue Orchester - Ludwig van Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85 (2008)

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    Christoph Spering, Das Neue Orchester - Ludwig van Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85 (2008)

    Christoph Spering, Das Neue Orchester - Ludwig van Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85 (2008)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 206 Mb | Total time: 63:39 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Naïve | # OP30281 | Recorded: 1999

    Oper und Oratorium waren für Ludwig van Beethoven, den Revolutionär auf dem Gebiet der Instrumentalmusik, Nebenschauplätze – oder doch nicht? Immerhin zeigt sich Fidelio als Höhepunkt der spätklassischen Oper, und im Jahre 1803 erklang erstmals Beethovens Oratorium "Christus am Ölberge" – heute immer noch ein selten gespieltes Ausnahmewerk, von dem höchstens Auszüge in vielen Aufnahmen verbreitet sind. Die Tenor-Arie "Jehova, du mein Vater" etwa ist hin und wieder im Rahmen von Künstlerporträts auf CD zu hören. Der Kölner Dirigent Christoph Spering, den man mit Fug und Recht als Pionier auf dem Gebiet des klassisch-romantischen Vokalrepertoires bezeichnen kann, legt nun eine Aufnahme des Werkes in authentischer Praxis vor.

    John Nelson, English Chamber Orchertra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Semele (1993)

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    John Nelson, English Chamber Orchertra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Semele (1993)

    John Nelson, English Chamber Orchertra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne - George Frideric Handel: Semele (1993)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 828 Mb | Total time: 62:08+45:19+67:12 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon ‎| 435 782-2 | Recorded: 1990

    This magnificent performance is without a doubt among the top two or three Handel opera recordings in the catalog. John Nelson outdoes even the period instrument competition, conducting with a vitality and freshness that sweeps all before it. Kathleen Battle is a great Semele (if listening to this woman sing "Myself I Will Adore" isn't a classic example of typecasting, then what is?). But the real palm must go to Marilyn Horne as the jealous Juno, who simply stops the show with her two arias (she sings Ino as well). A very great recording.

    Gabriel Garrido, Ensemble Elyma - David Perez: Il martirio di San Bartolomeo (2002)

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    Gabriel Garrido, Ensemble Elyma - David Perez: Il martirio di San Bartolomeo (2002)

    Gabriel Garrido, Ensemble Elyma - David Perez: Il martirio di San Bartolomeo (2002)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 263 Mb | Total time: 61:26 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Fondazione Teatro Massimo | # FTM003 A-B | Recorded: 2001

    Perez compuso una treintena de óperas, caracterizadas por la gran elaboración de las partes instrumentales y la riqueza armónica y rítmica, que subrayan el fuerte discurso dramático, como se transmite claramente en Il Solimano (1757). También fue autor de música sacra, considerada por algunos estudiosos cualitativamente superior a su producción teatral, calificada de menos original. En aquel campo destacan su Il martirio di San Bartolomeo y un Te Deum.

    Maria Luisa Baldassari, Ensemble Les Nations - Domenico Gabrielli: S. Sigismondo re di Borgogna (2008)

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    Maria Luisa Baldassari, Ensemble Les Nations - Domenico Gabrielli: S. Sigismondo re di Borgogna (2008)

    Maria Luisa Baldassari, Ensemble Les Nations - Domenico Gabrielli: S. Sigismondo re di Borgogna (2008)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 301 Mb | Total time: 60:58 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Tactus | TCT 650702 | Recorded: 2007

    Domenico Gabrielli, unrelated to the more famous Gabrielis (spelled with one "l"), was one of a group of composers specializing in oratorio in the city of Bologna in the second half of the seventeenth century. Though the oratorio tradition was nurtured by the church of Santa Maria di Galliera in that city, some of the music was apparently semi-secular; the work recorded here, S. Sigismondo re di Borgogna (St. Sigismund, King of Burgundy), though its protagonist was eventually canonized, has a blood-and-guts story involving armed conflict, decapitation, and the burial of an entire family in a well. Sigismund was a historical figure, who died in 524, and his story might have been (or might still be) suited to operatic treatment.

    John Butt, Dunedin Consort - George Frideric Handel: Esther, Original Cannons Version 1720 (2012)

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    John Butt, Dunedin Consort - George Frideric Handel: Esther, Original Cannons Version 1720 (2012)

    John Butt, Dunedin Consort - George Frideric Handel: Esther, Original Cannons Version 1720 (2012)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 525 Mb | Total time: 65:30+34:11 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Linn Records | CKD 397 | Recorded: 2011

    With its 2012 release of Handel's Esther, the Dunedin Consort continues its admirable series of recordings of little known or recently reconstructed versions of Baroque oratorios, begun in 2006 with its award-winning Dublin version of Messiah. There have been other reconstructions of the early version of Esther, Handel's first English oratorio, but the impetus behind this one, "the first reconstructable version, 1720" comes from research published in 2010 by musicologist John H. Roberts that clarifies which music reflects Handel's intentions for a private 1720 performance at Cannons, the residence of James Bridges, who became Duke of Chandos, and which was added for its 1732 revival.