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    La Nuova Musica; David Bates, Lucy Crowe, Tim Mead - Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 54 & 170 (2017)

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    La Nuova Musica; David Bates, Lucy Crowe, Tim Mead - Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 54 & 170 (2017)

    Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas BWV 54 & 170 (2017)
    Lucy Crowe, soprano; Tim Mead, countertenor; La Nuova Musica; David Bates, conductor

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 278 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 151 Mb | Artwork included
    Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMM907589 | Time: 01:04:14

    Two of Bach’s finest cantatas, both for solo alto, composed in Weimar (1714) and Leipzig (1726) respectively, are here coupled with the delicious agony of grief that is Pergolesi’s 'Stabat mater', an acknowledged masterpiece by one of the 18th century’s most influential composers. Bach so admired the composition of his Neapolitan colleague that he made his own ‘parody’ of it to a German text. On this recording, La Nuova Musica, in its 10th anniversary year, and its two eminent soloists display equal mastery of both idioms.

    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - George Frideric Handel: Music for Queen Caroline (2014)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - George Frideric Handel: Music for Queen Caroline (2014)

    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - George Frideric Handel: Music for Queen Caroline (2014)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 421 Mb | Total time: 72:07 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Les Arts Florissants Editions | AF004 | Recorded: 2013

    Caroline of Ansbach, [actually Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline von Brandenburg-Ansbach] wife of King George II, remarkably beautiful patron of the arts and sciences, considered Handel an esteemed confidant. It was in Hanover that Caroline first encountered Handel, actively encouraging his appointment as Kapellmeister there in 1710, and it was apparently at her behest that he composed five of his Italian chamber duets. With the accession of the elector as George I in 1714, Caroline became Princess of Wales and on his death, in 1727, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, consort of King George II.

    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B-minor (2018)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B-minor (2018)

    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B-minor (2018)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 530 Mb | Total time: 105:03 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HAF 8905293.94 | Recorded: 2016

    One of the supreme monuments of western sacred music, the Mass in B minor has been constantly reexamined by successive generations of performers. The questions it raises for musicologists and conductors are many and varied; each of them strives to give his or her own reading with the necessary humility. It was in this frame of mind that William Christie tackled the work in the course of a memorable tour in 2016.

    Ivor Bolton, Concerto Köln - Francesco Cavalli: Ercole Amante (2010)

    Posted By: Vilboa
    Ivor Bolton, Concerto Köln - Francesco Cavalli: Ercole Amante (2010)

    Ivor Bolton, Concerto Köln - Francesco Cavalli: Ercole Amante (2010)
    NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 6.38+7.77 Gb (2xDVD9) | 198 min
    Classical | Opus Arte | Sub: English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Italiano, Nederlands

    This hilarious contemporary version of Francesco Cavalli's baroque opera Hercules in Love was commissioned on occasion of the marriage of Louis XIV, the Sun King, to Maria Theresa of Spain. The original production took two years to complete and was at the time the greatest show ever performed in Europe. Directed by David Alden, this surreal production is a triumph of commedia buffa resplendent with decorative and symbolic elements, and complemented by Constance Hoffman's exceptional costumes. Led by Ivor Bolton, a master of baroque music, the chorus of De Nederlandse Opera and Concerto Köln give a sublime performance. With Luca Pisaroni's (Ercole) singing being heroic and melodious in turn, and Veronica Cangemi as a splendid Iole, this is an outstanding production by the DNO.

    Fleur Barron, Matthew Brook, Tim Mead, Nicky Spence, La Nuova Musica, David Bates - Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (2023)

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    Fleur Barron, Matthew Brook, Tim Mead, Nicky Spence, La Nuova Musica, David Bates - Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (2023)

    Fleur Barron, Matthew Brook, Giulia Semenzato, Tim Mead, Nicky Spence, La Nuova Musica & David Bates - Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (2023)
    WEB FLAC (tracks) - 311 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 137 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:57:31
    Classical, Opera | Label: Pentatone

    La Nuova Musica and its artistic director David Bates present Henry Purcell's most widely admired work Dido and Aeneas. With Nathum Tate's libretto based on Virgil's Aeneid Book IV, Dido and Aeneas is a miniature opera, as well as the only all-sung opera Purcell ever composed.

    Stephen Cleobury, Academy of Ancient Music & Choir of King’s College, Cambridge - Henry Purcell: Music for Queen Mary (2006)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Stephen Cleobury, Academy of Ancient Music & Choir of King’s College, Cambridge - Henry Purcell: Music for Queen Mary (2006)

    Stephen Cleobury, Academy of Ancient Music & Choir of King’s College, Cambridge - Henry Purcell: Music for Queen Mary (2006)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 307 Mb | Total time: 70:03 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 3 44438 2 | Recorded: 2005

    In the repertoire on this new disc… Cleobury, King's College, and the AAM prove currently unbeatable. King's College Chapel provides a glorious acoustic, splendidly recorded, bathing the music in resonance but retaining every detail.

    Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company - George Frideric Handel: Flavio (2010)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company - George Frideric Handel: Flavio (2010)

    Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company - George Frideric Handel: Flavio (2010)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 671 Mb | Total time: 77:03+69:20 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHAN 0773(2) | Recorded: 2010

    Early music specialists are still working through the wealth of Handel operas that began coming more to light in the late 20th century. Flavio, Rè di Longobardi remains one of his more obscure works. Its musical variety and richness make it a piece that deserves more attention and this excellent recording in Chandos' series of Baroque operas featuring Christian Curnyn and Early Opera Company makes a strong case for it. The plot, like that of many of Handel's operas, is convoluted to the point of being indecipherable, but each of the characters is carefully drawn. These singers invest each one with an incisive dramatic distinctiveness, and their voices are different enough that here is never in doubt as to which characters are singing. Curnyn leads a superb cast in an elegant performance.

    Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company - George Frideric Handel: Amadigi di Gaula (2022)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company - George Frideric Handel: Amadigi di Gaula (2022)

    Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company - George Frideric Handel: Amadigi di Gaula (2022)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 732 Mb | Total time: 157:16 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Chandos | # CHSA04062 | Recorded: 2021

    Countertenor Tim Mead leads an all-star cast in the Early Opera Company’s recording of Handel’s Amadigi di Gaula, conducted by Christian Curnyn. The opera was first performed in London in 1715, in the first season under the reign of George I, in the King’s Theatre on the Haymarket. The complex, twisting plot features lovers Amadigi and Orianna, imprisoned by the sorceress Melissa (who wants Amadigi’s love). Amadigi’s ally Dardano turns against his friend when he realises his love for Orianna (with whom Dardano is in love) and sides with Melissa. Her plans are repeatedly foiled, and true love triumphs at the final curtain! Amadigi is considerd the finest of his early London operas in terms of musical sophistication, theatrical pacing, and a perfectly balanced exploration of the interconnected relationships, motivations, and emotional divergences among just four dissimilar yet equally arresting characters.

    Tim Mead, La Nuova Musica & David Bates - Beauteous Softness (2023)

    Posted By: delpotro
    Tim Mead, La Nuova Musica & David Bates - Beauteous Softness (2023)

    Tim Mead, La Nuova Musica & David Bates - Beauteous Softness (2023)
    XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | Covers included | 01:09:58 | 394 Mb
    Classical, Vocal | Label: Pentatone

    Countertenor Tim Mead presents Beauteous Softness, a programme containing restrained yet profoundly moving songs by seventeenth-century English composers such as Purcell, Blow, Humfrey and Webb, in collaboration with La Nuova Musica and David Bates. The album also showcases the rich musical context that provided the foundation from which Purcell rose to prominence.

    Richard Neville-Towle, Ludus Baroque - George Frideric Handel: The Triumph of Time & Truth (2014)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Richard Neville-Towle, Ludus Baroque - George Frideric Handel: The Triumph of Time & Truth (2014)

    Richard Neville-Towle, Ludus Baroque - George Frideric Handel: The Triumph of Time & Truth (2014)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 749 Mb | Total time: 154:43 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Delphian | # 34135 | Recorded: 2013

    On their third disc for Delphian, Ludus Baroque and five stellar soloists bring to life Handel's rarely-heard final oratorio The Triumph of Time and Truth - a remarkable Protestant re-casting of a work written fifty years earlier to a text by the young composer's Roman patron Cardinal Pamphilj. The work, neglected by centuries of scholarship on account of its hybrid origins, here proves an extraordinary feast of riches, and the ideal vehicle for Richard Neville-Towle's carefully assembled cast of exceptional soloists, vigorous, intelligent chorus and an orchestra made up from some of the UK's leading period instrumentalists.

    Raphaël Pichon - J. S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 (2022)

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    Raphaël Pichon - J. S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 (2022)

    Raphaël Pichon - J. S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 (2022)
    WEB FLAC (Tracks) | Cover | 02:41:28 | 747,12 МБ
    Classical | Label: harmonia mundi

    Bach and Pymalion: history of a passion; and the exploration of inner drama associated with the brilliant cantor, as well as the constant refinement of the art of singing. A milestone in this 15-year relationship is the new recording of the St. Matthew Passion with Raphael Pichon at the helm of an extraordinary ensemble of singers and musicians, convincing in the precision and seriousness of the accomplished work. This reading is about a tragedy at once intimate and theatrical, human and metaphysical, in five acts.

    Harry Bicket, The English Concert - George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda (2021)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Harry Bicket, The English Concert - George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda (2021)

    Harry Bicket, The English Concert - George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda (2021)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 983 Mb | Total time: 68:58+66:12+65:00 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Linn Records | # CKD658 | Recorded: 2020

    In Handel’s Rodelinda, the characters know only too well that in the corridors of power, complete candour is unwise. In the face of dishonour and the loss of her loved ones, Rodelinda’s dignified resistance and exemplary spirit ultimately elevate her amongst her rivals. In this recording The English Concert together with an all-star cast, directed by Harry Bicket, bring to life Handel’s music as it underpins the intricate twists and turns of his characters and their complex relationships.

    Justin Doyle, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin - Handel: Messiah (2020)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Justin Doyle, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin - Handel: Messiah (2020)

    Justin Doyle, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin - Handel: Messiah (2020)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 697 Mb | Total time: 83:55 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Pentatone | # PTC5186853 | Recorded: 2020

    The RIAS-Kammerchor Berlin and its chief conductor Justin Doyle present Handel’s Messiah, together with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and an all-British quartet of outstanding soloists, consisting of Julia Doyle (soprano), Tim Mead (countertenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor) and Roderick Williams (bass). Messiah (1742) is not only Handel’s most famous work, but equally one of the cornerstones of British choral culture. Over the years, a tradition of mass performances full of pomp and circumstance took root, with the "Hallelujah" as a showstopper. This new period-instruments recording, however, aims to bring the piece back to the size and intimacy of the earliest performances.

    Jos Van Veldhoven, Netherlands Bach Society - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion / St. Matthew Passion (2011)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Jos Van Veldhoven, Netherlands Bach Society - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion / St. Matthew Passion (2011)

    Jos Van Veldhoven, Netherlands Bach Society - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion / St. Matthew Passion (2011)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 721 Mb | Total time: 165:14 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Channel Classics | 32511 | Recorded: 2010

    Bach's St Matthew Passion is almost always described as a double-choir composition for two choirs and two orchestras. Two large ensembles play in dialogue, and the score presents a symmetrical structure. The scoring of the two groups of singers and players is identical, and each ensemble has four soloists for the arias. On the stage one often sees two equal groups of singers, and an orchestra likewise divided exactly into two. The Evangelist and Jesus are often the only exceptions to this impressive symmetry.

    Paul Goodwin, Kammerorchester Basel, Lawrence Zazzo, Nuria Rial - Handel: Riccardo Primo (2008)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Paul Goodwin, Kammerorchester Basel, Lawrence Zazzo, Nuria Rial - Handel: Riccardo Primo (2008)

    Paul Goodwin, Kammerorchester Basel, Lawrence Zazzo, Nuria Rial - Handel: Riccardo Primo (2008)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 915 Mb | Total time: 42:31+74:29+59:30 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | 88697174212 | Recorded: 2007

    Rewritten with enhanced regal bravado for the coronation of George II, Handel's 1727 opera of Richard the Lionheart is a rarely heard but rewarding enterprise. Goodwin conducts a fervent Basel Chamber Orchestra in this new scholarly version, fully exploiting the dramatic twists of the King's quest to reclaim his abducted fiancée, Constanza. Amid much nice character-building from the decent cast, Nuria Rial enjoys Constanza's luxuriant lines, while Lawrence Zazzo revels as the Lionheart. Riccardo's Act III revenge aria is truly ominous, furiously driven by Goodwin and some innovative brass writing.