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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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| |  | Mozart - Lieder & Klavierstücke
Mozart: | Die betrogene Welt, K474 Abendempfindung an Laura, K523 Die Zufriedenheit, K473 An Chloë, K524 Sechs Variationen in G-Dur, K180 ("Mio caro Adone") Dans un bois solitaire, K308 Das Traumbild, K.530 Rondo in F major K494 Das Vielchen, K476 Der Fruhling, K597 Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge, K596 Gigue in G Major, K574 Lied zur Gesellenreise, K468 Die Verschweigung, K518 Das Lied der Trennung, K519 Wie unglücklich bin ich nit K147 Sei du mein Trost, K391 Fantasia in D minor, K397 |
Werner Güra (tenor) & Christoph Berner (fortepiano Streicher) After their highly personal exploration of the
Romantic lied,Werner Güra and Christoph Berner
now turn to a less well-known repertoire with this
selection of vocal and instrumental works.
Songs for voice and piano occupied Mozart almost
throughout his career as a composer. Between the
first extant song, An die Freude K53, written in the
autumn of 1768, and the last three completed in
January 1791, there are around thirty more works in the genre, which are spread irregularly over his
different creative periods.A dominant position is occupied by the year 1787, in which nearly a third of his
total song output is concentrated.
The Rondo in F major K494 of June 1786 is seldom played in its original version, namely as a separate piano
piece. Mozart later extended this graceful work by a few bars, changed the tempo marking, and used it in
this form as the final movement of his Piano Sonata K533. Scarcely better known is the 'kleine Gigue' in G
major K574.While the rondo is typical of the musical fashions of Mozart's time, the gigue harks back to the
long-vanished era of Bach and Handel. In this piece Mozart goes so far as to appropriate a theme from one
of Handel's harpsichord suites.Traces of Mozart's legendary skill in keyboard improvisation may be found in
the Fantasia in D minor K397 (1782), which is now among his most frequently played piano works.The Six
Variations in G major K180 are based on a theme from the Act II finale of Antonio Salieri's opera La fiera di
Venezia, with which Mozart probably became acquainted in Vienna in the summer of 1773.
As a lieder interpreter Werner Güra gives recitals at the Wigmore Hall in London, the Amsterdam
Concertgebouw, Lincoln Center in New York, the Barcelona Schubertiade and the Schubertiade
Schwarzenberg.Among his successful recordings for harmonia mundi are programmes of Schubert,
Schumann and Wolf - all selected as Editor's Choice by Gramophone magazine. “Werner Gürna makes real performance art of the slightest ditty. Christoph Berner, on his sweet-toned Streicher fortepiano, is intimately attuned to every nuance.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 **** |
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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 |
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, harmonia mundi
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Western music, in stellar performances by
undisputed masters in their respective fields.
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Marlis Petersen (soprano), Stella Doufexis (alto), Werner Güra (tenor), Konrad Jarnot (baritone) & Christoph Berner, Camillo Radicke (pianos) Musically speaking, these pieces derive wholly from the spirit of the Viennese waltz, the ländler and other
forms of Viennese popular music.The Liebeslieder-Walzer Op.52 are basically a dialogue between the sexes.
Numbers for all four voices alternate with duets and a few pieces for solo voice. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Werner Güra (tenor) & Christoph Berner (piano Ehrbar c.1877-8) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Patricia Petibon (soprano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Michael Schade (tenor), Malin Hartelius (soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Johannes Kalpers (tenor), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzo-soprano) & Florian Boesch (bass) Concentus Musicus Wein, Nikolaus Harnoncourt “The musical adventurer par excellence,… the scholarly conductor with temperament, the thinking musician who makes music with rough edges.” Gramophone | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Werner Güra (tenor) & Jan Schultsz (piano) "none has surpassed Güra in his understanding of the idiom….I cannot recommend this disc too strongly." The Gramophone | | | 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."
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