This is Rameau's 1754 revision of Castor et Pollux, performed by Toronto's Opera in Concert and the Aradia Ensemble from a score prepared by conductor Kevin Mallon. Though it is a studio recording, it followed closely on the heels of a series of live performances, and it benefits from the spontaneity and dramatic energy gained from them. The ...
Several large projects devoted to Vivaldi's sacred music got underway in the early 2000s, and this disc, billed as volume one of a series on the Naxos label, apparently begins what is likely to become, given the completist tendencies of the label, a voluminous new one. It stands on its own just fine, however, for the general listeners who may be ...
These symphonies by Bohemian composer Wenzel Pichl (he translated Die Zauberflöte into Czech at one point) stand out from the common run of early Classical-era compositions and indeed from the works featured on other Naxos-label releases in this vein. In the context of the 1760s symphony, Pichl's are ambitious and imposing works. Despite the ...
The four Vivaldi sacred works included on this album are attractive pieces with strong links to various aspects of the composer's operatic language. The third work, Canta in prato, ride in monte, RV 623 (Sing in the meadow, laugh on the hill), is especially interesting with its religious pastoral text, but all four pieces, for solo voice and ...
There are recordings, notably those by American-French conductor William Christie, that capture the sumptuous quality of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's choral music better than this one does, but this release by Canada's Aradia Ensemble is nevertheless worth considering. Its pairing of the splendid Te Deum and the uniquely folk-like Messe de Minuit ...
Three years have separated this second Naxos volume of Violin Concertos by French composer Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges from the first. In the initial venture the violin part was essayed by the redoubtable Takako Nishizaki, but in this instance Naxos has decided to share the wealth by assigning three of Saint-Georges' concertos to a ...
Under normal circumstances, music composed by members of the nobility is of historical, but not great musical interest. Take for example the professionally crafted, yet emotionally distanced, instrumental music of Frederick the Great or the lusty pop songs attributed to Henry VIII. Even if you don't "have Prince Albert in a can," you might think ...
These Haydn symphonies date from around 1760, when the symphonic genre was just a few years old; they're a little earlier than the conventional numbering suggests. They aren't among Haydn's most memorable works, but the listener attuned to his specific sort of genius will find all sorts of ways in which he tried out the expanding boundaries of the ...
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