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In October 2007 the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles celebrated its 20th anniversary. To mark this occasion they have released this astounding box set of 20 CD’s featuring numerous musical highlights from a series of concerts given at The Palace of Versailles, together with highlights from recordings from the past 20 years. The music spans the period of the reigns of Louis XIII to Louis XVI including symphonies, opera arias, masses, motets, sonatas, concertos and ballet music, from the pens of Boesset, Lully, Charpentier, Marais, Couperin, Lalande, Rameau, Mondonville, Campra, Gretry, Philidor and more. There are even some premiere recordings! Having already received unanimous critical and public acclaim throughout France and in other European countries this amazing release is now available to the UK market. It includes a free CD-ROM and a booklet with extensive notes in English and French. Major Works: Blamont: | Égine Virginie Pochon, Caroline Mutel, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Arnaud Marzorati Les Nouveaux Caractères, Sébastien d’Hérin (clavecin et direction) | Brossard: | In convertendo Choeur de Chambre Accentus, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Christophe Coin | Cambini: | String Quartet in G minor Quatuor Cambini | Campra: | Confi tebor tibi domine Le Parnasse Français, Louis Castelain | Charpentier, M-A: | Messe des morts à quatre voix (H10) Collegium vocale de Gand, Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot Litanies de la Vierge, H83 Ensemble Jacques Moderne, Joël Suhubiette Miserere Ensemble Jacques Moderne, Joël Suhubiette Médée: extracts Le Concert Spirituel, Alice Piérot | Couperin, F: | Troisieme lecon de Tenebres pour le Mercredy Saint Patricia Petitbon, Sophie Daneman Les Arts Florissants, William Christie Premier Concert in G Major Les Folies françoises, Patrick Cohën-Akenine, violon et direction artistique Deuxieme Concert in D Les Folies françoises, Patrick Cohën-Akenine, violon et direction artistique | Desmarest: | Usquequo Domine Les Arts Florissants, William Christie De Profundis (Psalm 129) Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet | Destouches: | Callirhoé (excerpts) Le Concert Spirituel, Alice Piérot | Devienne: | Flute Quartet in A minor, Op. 66 No. 1 Alexis Kossenko (flute) Quatuor Cambini | Giroust: | Benedic anima mea Jean-Claude Malgoire, direction | Gossec: | Terribilis est Jean-Claude Malgoire, direction | Jadin, H: | Piano Sonata in D major, Op. 5 No. 2 Andreas Staier | Lalande: | Les Folies de Cardenio (extracts) Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Christophe Coin | Leduc, S: | Symphony in E flat major Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer | Lully: | Miserere Olivier Schneebeli Isis (excerpts) Musica Florea, Olivier Schneebeli Amadis (extracts) Véronique Gens Musica Florea, Olivier Schneebeli | Lully Fils: | Concert donné au souper du Roy Musica Florea, Marek Štryncl | Mondonville: | Sonate en symphonie, Op. 3 No. 4 Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski Sonate en symphonie, Op. 3 No. 6 Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski Nisi Dominus Le Parnasse Français, Louis Castelain Dominus Regnavit Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | Mont: | Exultat animus Collegium vocale de Gand, Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot Magnificat Collegium vocale de Gand, Ricercar Consort, Philippe Pierlot | Mozart: | Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K310 Andreas Staier 9 variations in C major on a theme by Nicolas Dezede ‘Lison dormait' K264 Andreas Staier | Piccinni: | Didon Roberta Invernizzi (Soprano) Cappella della Pietà de’ Turchini Didone abbandonata Roberta Invernizzi (Soprano) Cappella della Pietà de’ Turchini | Rameau: | In Convertendo Les Arts Florissants, William Christie Hippolyte et Aricie (Extracts) Véronique Gens, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Bernarda Fink, Russell Smythe Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | Rebel: | Zélindor, roi des Sylphes (joint project composed with François Francoeur (1698-1787)) Bénédicte Tauran, Mathias Vidal, Arnaud Richard, Aurore Bucher Ausonia, Frédérick Haas et Mira Glodeanu, direction artistique | Rigel: | The departure from Egypt Olivier Schneebeli, direction Symphony in D minor, Op. 21 No. 2 Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer | Sacchini: | Oedipe à Colone Roberta Invernizzi (Soprano) Cappella della Pietà de’ Turchini | Vachon: | String Quartet in F minor, Op. 5 No. 3 Quatuor Cambini |
Also Includes: Olivier Latry playing organ Works by Nicolas Séjean (1745-1819); Guillaume Lasceux (1740-1831); Claude-Bénigne Balbastre (1727-1799); Michel Corrette (1707-1795); Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772) Early Romantic French Opera Arias by Antonio Sacchini (1730-1786); Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831); Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729-1817); Jean-François Lesueur (1760-1837); François-Joseph Gossec (1734-1829); François-André Danican Philidor (1726-1795) and André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741-1813) sung by Pierre-Yves Pruvot (Baritone) and Isabelle Poulenard (Soprano) Court Music from the time of Louis XIII including works by Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (ca 1607-1672); Antoine Boesset (1587-1643); François Richard (ca 1600-1650); Jean Lacquemant, dit Dubuisson (ca 1622-ca 1680); Ennemond Gaultier, dit « le vieux Gaultier » (1575-1651); François de Chancy (ca 1600-1656); Étienne Moulinié (1599-1676) and Michel Lambert (1610-1696) performed by Il Seminario Musicale under Gérard Lesne Early Salon Music by Antoine Boesset (1587-1643) and Robert Ballard (ca1520-1588) perfomed by Monique Zanetti (soprano) and Claire Antonini (lute)
“Music fit for kings - The Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles – set up by the French Gaovernment to research and perform French music from the years between 1600 and 1800 – have gathered together 20 CDs
worth of alluring material, most of it from live recordings made last autumn by Radio France at concerts in various rooms of the Versailles palace…..for anyone who loves French Baroque and Classical music, this box is
a cast-iron must have.” Gramophone Magazine, August 2008 | 
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Handel: | Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV46a Isabelle Poulenard, Jennifer Smith, Nathalie Stutzmann & John Elwes Teseo Eirian James, Delia Jones, Julia Gooding, Derek Lee Ragin, Catherine Napoli & Jeffrey Gall Amadigi di Gaula Nathalie Stutzmann, Jennifer Smith, Eiddwen Harrhy, Bernarda Fink & Pascal Bertin |
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski "Minkowski, among the liveliest of period-performance specialists, brings out the inventiveness, helped by an excellent cast… these include Della Jones as Medea, Eirian James in the castrato role of Teseo, Julia Gooding as Agilea and characterful counter-tenors Derek Lee Ragin and Jeffrey Gall as Egeo and Arcane" Penguin Guide *** on Teseo |
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Dorothea Röschmann, Bernarda Fink, Werner Güra & Christian Gerhaher Symphony Orchestra & Choir of the Bavarian Radio, Nikolaus Harnoncourt Das Paradies und die Peri tells the story of the Peri, a creature from Persian and Islamic mythology. She has been expelled from Paradise and tries to regain entrance by giving the gift that is most dear to heaven. Eventually, the Peri is admitted after bringing a tear from the cheek of a repentant old sinner who has been moved by a child praying. Live recording “Nikolaus Harnoncourt rivals John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv) in his acute feeling for pacing and atmosphere, and his sympathetic handling of Schumann's potentially square rhythmic structures.
Chorus, orchestra and soloists could hardly be bettered, with Christoph Strehl a lyrically eloquent narrator and Dorothea Röschmann by turns tender and fierily intense as the questing heroine.” Richard Wigmore, Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2008 “Bar a few ponderous moments in the otherwise fine cast, Harnoncourt, with the Bavarian Radio Symphony, is a gripping judge of narrative, exploiting the loneliness of Peri's disconsolate sobbing outside the gates of Heaven. Dorothea Röschmann is excellent as Peri, fluidly colouring hope and despair.” The Times, 24th May 2008 **** “With Dorothea Roschmann in the title role, and luxury support from the likes of Bernarda Fink and Christian Gerhaher, Harnoncourt lends this charming work the polish it deserves.” The Observer, 25th May 2008 |
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Bernarda Fink (mezzo) & Roger Vignoles (piano) ‘The value of Schumann’s songs lies chiefly in their spiritual depth, and in this respect they belong with the greatest and most magnificent inexistence; indeed on can say, with regard to the finest of them, that there are few creative works that can be placed quite beside them.’ (Franz Brendel, 1860) |
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Christine Schäfer (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Werner Güra (tenor) & Gerald Finley & Christian Gerhaher (bass) Concentus Musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt | | | 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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Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Brahms: | Sapphische Ode, Op. 94 No. 4 Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105 No. 1 Bei dir sind meine Gedanken Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 No. 2 Nachtigall Verzagen Alte Liebe, Op. 72 No. 1 An die Nachtigall, Op. 46 No. 4 (Text: L.C.H. Hölty) Das Mädchen spricht, Op. 107 No. 3 Dein blaues Auge, Op. 59, No. 8 Geheimnis Ständchen, Op. 106 No. 1 Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43 No. 1 Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, Op. 96 No. 1 Auf dem Kirchhofe, Op. 105 No. 4 Die Mainacht, Op. 43 No. 2 Anklänge Spanisches Lied Mädchenlied, Op. 95/6 Am Sonntag Morgen Op. 49 No. 1 Liebestreu, Op. 3 No. 1 Vergebliches Ständchen, Op. 84 No. 4 Das Mädchen Therese, Op. 86 No. 1 Mädchenlied, Op. 107 No. 5 Der Jäger Op. 95/4 Der Schmied Op. 19/4 Der Gang Zum Liebchen, Op. 31 No. 3 Sonntag, Op. 47 No. 3 Mädchenlied, Op.85/3 Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby) |
Bernarda Fink (mezzo) & Roger Vignoles (piano) "For all the tragic, premature loss last year of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Argentinian Bernarda Fink is just one of a golden generation of mezzos vying for the mantle of Janet Baker. One of the most versatile, as at ease in Baroque repertoire as in music from Handel and Mozart to Schumann, Fink's rich, warm voice boasts the perfect blend of colour and clarity for this selection of 31 songs from the almost 200 Brahms wrote. Her musical intelligence combines with the sensitivity of Roger Vignoles to capture the folk-song spirit behind their urbane polish." The Observer | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Mark Padmore (Tito), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Vitellia), Bernarda Fink (Sesto), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Annio), Sunhae Im (Servilia) & Sergio Foresti (Publio) RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs “René Jacobs’ splendid recording of this opera arrives after Charles Mackerras’ set featuring Magdalena Kozená. Here the singing honours are more evenly spread, and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra’s period instruments add terrific punch. The revelation is the Bulgarian Alexandrina Pendatchanska, jaggedly dramatic as Vitellia. Eloquence shines from Bernarda Fink’s Sextus, while Mark Padmore’s emperor is intelligent and human.” The Times | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Mark Padmore (Tito), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Vitellia), Bernarda Fink (Sesto), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Annio), Sunhae Im (Servilia) & Sergio Foresti (Publio) RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs "utterly compelling...the lyricism and simplicity of the arias and choruses is unparalleled." The Independent on Sunday *****  CD Review
Critics Disc of the Year - December 2006 |
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Gramophone Awards 2007
