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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Monteverdi - Primo libro & nono libro dei madrigali
La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina To complete their masterful Monteverdi Edition, Claudio Cavina
and La Venexiana start at the beginning - the Madrigali a cinque
voci… Book One. Monteverdi's exploration of the madrigal art
form, was to occupy the composer for more than 50 years.
In approaching the Libro primo, published in 1587 when the
composer was barely 20 years old, yet demonstrably showing clear
evidence of to his approaching maturity, La Venexiana's
performances are faithful to Monteverdi's passion for the written word, above all to the weighty theme of
love. In this final release in the Monteverdi Edition Cavina adds a twist in the tail by including on this new CD
the madrigals from the posthumous Book nine put together by the composer's Venetian publisher. “This final volume of La Venexiana's superb complete edition brings together the beginning and the end of Monteverdi's madrigalian journey.
The key characteristic shared by the 20-year-old composer's five-part pieces and the posthumously published canzonettas is his ability to write music that seems to grow spontaneously out of the words. La Venexiana's perfectly enunciated singing does full justice to the meticulously placed gestures and anguished chromatic harmonies.” Elizabeth Roche, Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2008 | 
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La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina With the re-release of La Venexiana's recording of Il terzo libro
(complete with a new essay penned by Stefano Russomanno), eight
volumes now comprise Glossa's Monteverdi Edition, all available in
the attractively and imaginatively unified design style which has
become the hallmark of the label. “I find La Venexiana’s darker hues and dramatic but not histrionic approach to be unbeatable.” Gramophone |
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| |  | Monteverdi - Lamento della Ninfa & Madrigals from the 8th Book
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini In the Lamento della Ninfa, Monteverdi developed a completely new style, with amazing intensity and impressive dramatic power. This recording by Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano was a “Gramophone Award Winner” in the year of its release. |
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| |  | Anne Sophie von Otter - In My Element
| | I let the music speak No Wonder (arr. by Elvis Costello and Ensemble) I Want to Vanish (arr. by Elvis Costello and Ensemble) | Bizet: | L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen) Les tringles des sistres tintaient (from Carmen) | Brahms: | He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein! Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze | Chaminade: | Ah! si l'amour prenait Mignonne, à l'amour j'ai lié | Dowland: | In darkness let me dwell | Grieg: | Haugtussa, Op. 67 No. 8 'Ved Gjætle-Bekken' | Haas, P: | Seven Songs in a Folk Style, Op. 18 (unreleased) | Handel: | Qui d'amor from Ariodante The world, when day's career is run (Hercules) When beauty sorrow's liv'ry wears (Hercules) | Mahler: | Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen | Monteverdi: | Adagiati, Poppea - Oblivion soave (L'incoronazione di Poppea) Disprezzata regina (L'incoronazione di Poppea) A Dio, Roma! (L'incoronazione di Poppea) | Mozart: | Parto! Parto, ma tu ben moi (from La Clemenza di Tito) Oh Dei, che smania è questa (La Clemenza di Tito) Ah, qual gelido orror; Il padre adorato (from Idomeneo) No, la morte io non pavento (Idomeno) Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio (from Le nozze di Figaro) Le nozze di Figaro, K492 - Voi che sapete | Offenbach: | Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffman) Portez armes Vous aimez le danger… Ah! que j’aime les militaires! | Purcell: | When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas | Schubert: | Im Abendrot, D799 Erlkönig, D328 | Schumann: | Süsser Freund Die Meerfee Op. 125 No. 1 | Strauss, R: | Ariadne auf Naxos: Composer's Aria: Sein wir wieder gut | Weill: | Buddy on the Nightshift My ship Surabaya Johnny (from Happy End) |
“Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants” (Opera News) |
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| |  | The Art Of Alfred DellerClassic Vanguard Recordings
Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré (lute), Walter Bergman (harpsichord), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) The Deller Consort, Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra, Ensemble of Baroque Instruments, Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (director) According to Stefano Russomanno in his excellent notes for this collection, "Monteverdi's Fifth Book of
Madrigals is a pivotal work.The door leading to drama and the representative style was now open.
Monteverdi would not be long in crossing it: two years later, L'Orfeo would come to light."
There is nobody better than La Venexiana to uncover the fascinating evolution of Italian music at one of its
greatest moments. "This set of performances by the Italian group La Venexiana, directed by the countertenor Claudio Cavina, is exemplary." Classical CD of the Week, The Guardian, | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Jan Lundgren - Magnum Mysterium
Jan Lundgren (keyboards) & Lars Danielsson (bass, cello) The Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Celebration10 Years of Zig-Zag Territoires
5 CDs for the price of 1 “…ten years of excellent releases from this idiosyncratic French label.” The Times - Geoff Brown | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Viva Villazón! (STANDARD)The Best of Rolando Villazón
Berlioz: | Dieu tout puissant, Dieu de l’aurore Thomas Gounet d’après Thomas Moore Chœur « Les Eléments » & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson A cette voix quel trouble… Je crois entendre encore (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Cilea: | Il lamento di Federico (L'Arlesiana) | Donizetti: | L'elisir d'amore: 'Una furtiva lagrima' Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero (Edgardo) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti | Gounod: | Faust - Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre... Salut, demeure chaste et pure Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido Polyeucte - Source délicieuse Roméo & Juliette - L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil | Grüber, F: | Stille Nacht arr.Philippe Rombi Orchestre Symphonique Bel Arte, Philippe Rombi | Mascagni: | Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) with Teresa Blank (mezzo-soprano) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Massenet: | Ah ! Parais, astre de mon ciel Zarastra from Le Mage Chœur et Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido Roma - Je vais la voir! Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Traduire ! Ah ! Bien souvent mon rêve s’envole… Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther) Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pído | Monteverdi: | Sì dolce è'l tormento Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim Eri già tutta mia Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim | Offenbach: | Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach (Hoffmann) With Florian Laconi (ténor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Puccini: | Rodolfo's Aria from La bohème Manon Lescaut: 'Donna non vidi mai' (previously unreleased) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti Recondita armonia (Tosca) | Sorozábal: | La Taberna del Puerto – ‘No puede ser’ Orquesta de la Communidad de Madrid, Placido Domingo | Tchaikovsky: | Eugene Onegin: Lensky's aria | Verdi: | La Donna è mobile Conte from Rigoletto Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti Lunge da lei de’ miei bollenti Alfredo from La Traviata Io l'ho perduta (from Don Carlos) Ma se m'è forza perderti (from Un ballo in maschera) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Vives: | Por el humo se sabe donde esta el fuego Fernando from Dona Frasquita Orquesta de la Communidad de Madrid, Placido Domingo | Wade: | O come, all ye faithful arr.Philippe Rombi |
Standard Version “Villazón's singing offers a combination of intelligence and glamour not seen since the ascendancy of Domingo.” The New Yorker | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Gundula Janowitz
Gundula Janowitz (soprano) with Lucia Popp, Waldemar Kmentt & Franco Corelli Chorus and orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Bernstein, Böhm, Dohnányi, Karajan, Krips, Krombholc, Schønwandt & Stein Live 1962-1990 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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