France's Naïve label has made its mark with stirringly played recordings of Baroque music by top groups from all over Europe, presented in packaging with striking contemporary design elements that emphasize the music's energy and relevance. The label has done well enough that it has been able to amplify its own catalog with reissues of ...
What can anyone add to the praise that has deservedly been heaped on Robert King and the King's Consort's 11 discs of the complete sacred music of Vivaldi? Can one add that every single performance is first class -- wonderfully musical, deeply dedicated, and profoundly spiritual? Can one add that every single performer is first class -- absolutely ...
If speed was the sine quo non of historically informed period instrument performance practice, this disc coupling Vivaldi's Gloria and Magnificat along with a pair of concerti performed by the Concerto Italiano under the direction of Rinaldo Alessandrini would be hands down the best historically informed period-instrument performance practice ...
The quality of the vocal performances in this live recording of Alcina can be strongly correlated to the singers' prior experience in the Baroque repertoire. Contralto Sonia Prina, with a solid background in Baroque opera, is absolutely stellar in the role of Bradamante, a woman impersonating a man in her quest to release her lover from the spells ...
If the idea of six sorrowful sacred cantatas written by four pre-Bach German composers appeals to you, this disc by the Collegium Vocale Gent under the direction of Philippe Herreweghe is the disc for you. Opening with three works by Lübeck organist Franz Tunder (1614-1667) -- Dominus illuminatio mea, Wend' ab deinen Zorn, and an Ein feste Burg ...
This disc from the budget line of France's Naïve label offers exciting music at an exciting price -- but a word of caution is necessary when dealing with music as generally familiar as these Vivaldi choral warhorses -- the Gloria heard here, although not identified as such, is the famous one (RV 589) with the opening octave fanfare in the strings. ...
You might not expect the figure of Mary to have called forth exceptional music from the Protestant Bach, but the Marian feast days survived the Lutheran paring of the Catholic calendar, and at least the first two of these three cantatas are imposing works. Best of all is the opening chorale of the Cantata No. 1, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern ...
It's difficult to know where to begin enumerating the qualities that make this astonishing performance of Dido and Aeneas unique. The most obvious is geographical: the recording was made at the Opera Theatre of Novosibirsk, Siberia. The chorus is the New Siberian Singers and the early music ensemble Musica Aeterna, is based in Novosibirsk, and ...
Why did Bach, a German Lutheran composer, write Latin church music? The churches for which he wrote music used Latin settings on certain major holidays and feast days. But there was another reason: Bach was a practical man, and music suited to the needs of the Catholic court of the Elector of Saxony in Dresden could (and in several cases did) do ...
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