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Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Susan Gritton (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor) & David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Daniel Reuss Handel was 63 years old when he composed Solomon, one of his final masterpieces.The plot is simple with Act
1 dealing with the inauguration of the newly completed temple, and ends with Solomon beckoning his Queen
toward the cedar grove, where one suspects it is not just the 'amorous turtles' that 'love beneath the pleasing
gloom'. Act II is based around the well known story of two women arguing over who is the mother of the
new-born baby, and Solomon's sharp thinking to find a solution and Act III portrays the visit of the Queen of
Sheba (also known as the Queen of Egypt and Ethiopia), and her amazement at the glory and splendour of
Solomon's court.With a relatively small and diverse cast of characters (Solomon, Queen of Sheba, two
Harlots, Zadok the Priest and a Levite) it falls to the chorus, as builders and inhabitants of this 'golden' city, to
emphasis the grandeur and splendour of Solomon's kingdom and to literarily provide the pillars of the whole
piece.These grand choruses, seven of which are in eight voice parts, add to the texture and opulence of the
oratorio mirroring the glory of the court and religious intensity.
This 'perfect marriage of music and English words', as Winton Dean has called it, caused the composer serious
financial difficulties in 1749 on account of the exceptional forces it required - but today, under the baton of
Daniel Reuss, with an unbeatable British cast, finds a performance totally devoted to its noble cause! | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | 50 Milestones of Western MusicThe 50th Anniversary Boxed Set
| | Vida / A chantar La Comtessa de Dia Pilar Figueras (soprano) Clemencic Consort, René Clemencic Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book Paul O'Dette (lute) | Anglebert: | Pièces de clavecin (1689) Kenneth Gilbert | anon.: | The three ravens Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Black is the colour of my true love's hair Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) The oak and the ash Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Barbara Allen Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Lord Rendall Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Water is wide Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) The tailor and the mouse Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Down by the sally garden's Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) I will give my love an apple Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Bushes and briars Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) The foggy, foggy dew Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) She moved through the fair Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Evening Prayer Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Prière de Marie-Madeleine Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès Messe de saint Marcel Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès | Bach, J S: | St Matthew Passion, BWV244 Barbara Schlick (soprano), René Jacobs (alto), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (ténor) & Peter Kooy (basse) Chœur et Orchestre de La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Chœur d'enfants "In dulci jubilo" de Saint-Nicolas, Philippe Herreweghe Musical Offering, BWV1079 Davitt Moroney, Janet See, John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden & Martha Cook The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 Fretwork | Banchieri: | Barca di Venetia per Padova Ensemble Clément Janequin | Bartók: | Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano Ensemble Walter Boeykens | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' Transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt Georges Pludermacher (piano ) | Berlioz: | Les Nuits D'été, Op. 7 Brigitte Balleys (mezzo-soprano) Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe | Biber: | The Rosary Sonatas Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr | Brahms: | Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 Michel Portal (clarinette) & Georges Pludermacher (piano) | Bruna: | Tiento sobre la letania de la Virgen Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Cabanilles: | Corrente Italiana Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Chausson: | Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 30 Les Musiciens | Chopin: | Ballades Nos. 1-4 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) | Copland: | Trio 'Vitebsk' Trio Wanderer | Couperin, A-L: | Simphonie de clavecins William Christie & David Fuller | Couperin, F: | Messe à l'usages des Paroisses Michel Chapuis, à l'orgue des Frères Isnard de Saint-Maximin | Dufay: | Intégrale des Motets isorythmiques Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel | Duron: | Gaitilla de mano izquierda Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Falla: | El Amor Brujo Ginesa Ortega, (cantaora), Joan Martin (niño soprano / sopraniste), Iñaki Fresán (baryton) & Joan Cabero (ténor) Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure, Josep Pons | Haydn: | Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob.XV:25 'Gypsy' Patrick Cohen, Erich Höbarth & Christophe Coin Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1 Jean-Guihen Queyras (violoncelle) Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans | Heredia: | Salve de lleno Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada Tiento de falsas de quarto tono Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada Tiento lleno de primer tono Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Hildegard: | Laudes de Sainte Ursule Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula Anonymous 4 | Janacek: | Sur un sentier recouvert Alain Planès (piano) String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters' Melos Quartett | Jones, R: | Sweet Kate Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) | Keiser: | Croesus Roman Trekel, Johannes Mannov, Dorothea Röschmann, Werner Güra, Klaus Häger, Markus Schäfer, Salomé Haller, Kwangchul Youn, Graham Pushee, Brigitte Eisenfeld, Kurt Azesberger, Jörg Gottschick & Johanna Stojkovic Rias-Kammerchor & Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs | Liszt: | La Lugubre Gondola for cello & piano, S134 Emmanuelle Bertrand (violoncelle) & Pascal Amoyel (piano) | Lully: | Atys Guy de Mey, Guillemette Laurens, Agnès Mellon & Jean-François Gardeil Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | Marais: | La Gamme London Baroque, Charles Medlam | Monteverdi: | Pianto della Madonna Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes | Morley: | Sweet nymph, come to thy lover Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) I go before my darling Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Miraculous Love's wounding Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) | Mozart: | 6 German Dances, K509 Andreas Staier & Christine Schornsheim Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague' Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs | Muffat, Georg: | Apparatus musico-organisticus René Saorgin, orgue Charles Boisselin de Malaucène | Purcell: | King Arthur Maurice Bevan, Paul Elliott, Mark Deller, Honor Sheppard, Alfred Deller, Jean Knibbs, Rosemary Hardy & Honor Sheppard The King's Musick & The Deller Consort and Choir, Alfred Deller | Pärt: | Berliner Messe Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (orgue) Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier | Rameau: | Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin Alexandre Tharaud (piano) | Rossini: | Petite Messe solennelle Krassimira Stoyanova, Birgit Remmert, Steve Davislim & Hanno Müller-Brachmann RIAS Kammerchor, Marcus Creed Sonata a quattro No. 4 in B flat major Christine Busch, Margarete Adorf, Roel Dieltiens & Love Persson Roel Dieltiens | Schobert: | Quatuor pour pianoforte deux violons et violoncelle Luciano Sgrizzi, Chiara Banchini, Véronique Méjean & Philipp Bosbach | Schubert: | Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934 Isabelle Faust (violon) & Alexander Melnikov (piano) Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 Paul Lewis (piano) | Schumann: | Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano) | Shostakovich: | String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Jerusalem Quartet | Sola: | Medio registro de mano derecha Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Telemann: | Du aber Daniel, gehe hin Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel La Bizarre Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin | Vivaldi: | Stabat Mater, RV621 Andreas Scholl (contre-ténor) Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini | Wolf, H: | Goethe-Lieder Juliane Banse (soprano) & Dietrich Henschel (baryton) Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano |
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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Maurice Steger (treble recorder) Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin "…this disc will have you cheering. Maurice Steger plays the meanest recorder you will find anywhere, and while music for this instrument isn't usually regarded as the acme of excitement for thrillseekers, Steger and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin deliver blockbuster performances of all three works... Harmonia Mundi's impeccable engineering provides the finishing touch on a disc that must count as one of the most amazing and enjoyable baroque recitals of this or any other year." 10/10 classicstoday.com | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Chapter 11 - The Italian Baroque Revolution (1600-1750)Includes works by Caccini, Monteverdi, Rossi, Vecchi, Frescobaldi & Tartini
Maria Cristina Kiehr, René Jacobs, Konrad Junghänel & Claire Brua Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Ensemble Clément Janequin | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Overtures for the Hamburg Opera
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin “music of striking character, vividly presented” Independent on Sunday | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Andreas Scholl (alto), Werner Güra (tenor) & Klaus Häger (bass) RIAS-Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs "Superb, richly detailed performances set in a sumptuous acoustic." Performance ****/***** BBC Music Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | ChorusMasterworks of choral music (18th-20th centuries)
Bach, J S: | Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 - Nos. 1, 9, 23 & 43 Motet BWV228 'Fürchte dich nicht' | Brahms: | Warum ist das Licht gegeben? Op. 74 No. 1 4 Gesänge, Op. 17 4 Zigeunerlieder Op. 112b | Britten: | Sacred and Profane, Op. 91 Eight Medieval Lyrics for unaccompanied voices | Gluck: | Orfeo ed Euridice (extracts) | Graun, C H: | Cleopatra & Cesare: Finale | Haydn: | The Seasons (extracts) | Krenek: | Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae: In Sabbato Sancto - Lectio Prima | Mandyczewski: | Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht | Martin, F: | Mass for Double Choir (extracts) | Mendelssohn: | Motet Op. 69 Nr.3 "Mein Herz erhebet Gott, den Herrn" | Messiaen: | Cinq Rechants - Nos. 3 & 5 | Poulenc: | Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël | Reger: | O Jesulein süß Unser lieben Frauen Traum Kommt und laßt uns Christum ehren Schlaf, mein Kindelein | Rossini: | Petite Messe solennelle: Kyrie Stabat Mater: In sempiterna saecula. Amen | Schubert: | Nachtgesang im Walde, D913 Grab und Mond, D893 Nachthelle, D892 (Seidl) | Schumann: | Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, Op. 112 (extracts) | Silcher: | Herbei, o ihr Gläub'gen (d'ap. Adeste fideles de Ranke-Wade, 1751) | Telemann: | Orpheus, oder Die wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe (extracts) | Vaughan Williams: | Three Shakespeare Songs |
Maria Cristina Kiehr Bernarda Fink, Marlis Petersen (sopranos), Dietrich Henschel (bass), Werner Güra (tenor), Philip Mayers, Alain Planes (piano) Freiburger Barockorchester, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS-Kammerchor (3 cds for 1) "an ideal present for anyone who has shown any interest at all in choral music - give them this and they will be hooked."
The Singer | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin “...superb... The growing band of Telemaniacs need not hesitate.” Sunday Times | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Catherine Denley, Christiane Oelze, Axel Köhler, Julia Gooding RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Marcus Creed | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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