Diana Montague (Iphigénie), Thomas Allen (Oreste), John Aler (Pylade), René Massis (Thoas), Nancy Argenta (Une prêtesse), Sophie Boulin (Une prêtesse), Colette Alliot-Lugaz (Diane), Danielle Borst (Une grecque), René Schirrer (Un scythe)
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SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER CELEBRATES HIS 70th BIRTHDAY IN STYLE
30-CD box, in the packaging-style of the Messiaen Edition of 2008: tremendous value for this calibre of recorded material.
Original Jackets
The 108-page booklet includes an extended interview-article (2,500 words) with Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music in London, recording producer and trumpet-player.
The truly great DG / Archiv & Philips recordings from across his career, ranging from Monteverdi to Stravinsky via Handel, Bach, Mozart and Verdi.
Released to co-incide with his 70th birthday, several major performances, at least one TV appearance and the publication of his long-awaited book on Bach
One of the great advocates of period-instrument performance he has received more Gramophone awards than any other living artist … and now Sir John Eliot Gardiner is reaching the ripe old age of 70 without any signs of letting up on his almost frenetic life in music.
It’s an overwhelmingly vocal collection, a sequence of highly dramatic musical works that faithfully reflects Gardiner’s musical ideals and predilections. Sung texts and translations will be available as a digital download. The 30-CD box, in the packaging-style of the Messiaen Edition of 2008, presents the recordings in their original jackets, the 108-page booklet includes an extended interview-article with Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music in London, recording producer and trumpet-player. As ever with Gardiner, this provides a stimulating account of his life and music, and we plan to make the full interview, conducted earlier this year, available on the special website we are preparing for the occasion.
The birthday itself falls on 20 April 2013. Around it will be a marathon concert in London’s Royal Albert Hall, consisting of all the Bach Passions and Oratorios performed in a single day. Gardiner is also publishing a book on Bach, and there will be TV appearances as well (The Andrew Marr Show in the UK).
Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine
Domine ad adiuvandum a 6
Dixit Dominus a 6
Nigra sum a 1
Laudate, pueri Dominum a 8
Pulchra es a 2
Laetatus sum a 6
Duo seraphim a 3
Nisi Dominus a 10
Audi coelum a 8
Lauda Jerusalem a 7
Sonata sopra Sancta Maria a 1
Ave maris stella a 8
Magnificat I a 7
Magnificat II a 6
Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 1
Prelude
Hornpipe
Air
Rondeau
Overture
Song in Two Parts: "Come, come, come, let us leave"
Scene of the Drunken Poet: "Fill up the Bowl"
First Act Tune: Jig
Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 2
Prelude...Come, all ye songsters of the sky
Prelude
Trio: "May the God of Wit inspire"
Echo
Chorus: "Now Joyn your Warbling Voices all"
A Dance of Fairies
Song and Chorus: "Sing while we trip it on the Green"
No.14 "See, even Night herself is here"
No.15 "I am come to lock all fast"
No.16 "One charming night"
No.17 "Hush, no more"
No.18 Dance for the followers of night
Second Act Tune: Air
Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 3
A Song in Two Parts and Chorus: "If Love's a Sweet Passion"
Overture: Symphony while the Swans come forward
Dance for the Fairies
Dance for the Green Men
Song: "Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air, appear"
Dialog: "Now the Maids and the Men"
Song: "When I have often heard"
A Dance of Haymakers
Song and Chorus: "A Thousand Thousand ways we'll find"
Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 4
Symphony
No.31 Solo & Chorus "Now the night"
Duet: "Let the fifes, and the Clarions"
Entry of Phoebus
Song: "When a cruel long Winter"- Chorus: "Hail! Great Parent of us all"
Song: "Thus the ever Grateful Spring"
Song: "Here's the Summer, Sprightly, Gay"
Song: "See my many Colour'd Fields"
Song and Chorus: "Now Winter comes Slowly"
Fourth Act Tune: Air
Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 5
Prelude
Epithalamium - Thrice happy Lovers
The Plaint
Entry Dance
Symphony
Thus the gloomy world
Thus happy and free
Song: "Yes, Daphne, in your Looks I find"
Monkey's Dance
Hark! How all things
Hark! the Ech'ing Air
Sure the dull God
Prelude
Solo: "See, see, I obey"
Duet: Turn then thine Eyes"
Solo: "My Torch, indeed"
Trio: "They shall be as happy"
Air
Chorus: "They shall be as happy"
Chaconne: Dance for Chinese Man and Woman
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One
No.1 Chorus I/II: "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen"
No.2 Evangelist, Jesus: "Da Jesus diese Rede vollendet hatte"
No.3 Choral: "Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen"
No.4 Evangelist, Chorus I/II, Jesus: "Da versammelten sich die Hohenpriester"
No.5 Recitative (Alto): "Du lieber Heiland du"
No.6 Aria (Alto): "Buss und Reu"
No.7 Evangelist, Judas: "Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer"
No.8 Aria (Soprano): "Blute nur, du liebes Herz"
No.9 Evangelist, Chorus I, Jesus: "Aber am ersten Tage der süssen Brot"
No.10 Choral: "Ich bin's, ich sollte büssen"
No.11 Evangelist, Jesus, Judas: "Er antwortete und sprach"
No.12 Recitative (Soprano): "Wiewohl mein Herz in Tränen schwimmt"
No.13 Aria (Soprano): "Ich will dir mein Herz schenken"
No.14 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten"
No.15 Choral: "Erkenne mich, mein Hüter"
No.16 Evangelist, Jesus, Petrus: "Petrus aber antwortete"
No.17 Choral: "Ich will hier bei dir stehen"
No.18 Evangelist, Jesus: "Da kam Jesus mit ihnen zu einem Hofe"
No.19 Recitative (Tenor, Chorus II): "O Schmerz! hier zittert das gequälte Herz"
No.20 Aria (Tenor, Chorus II): "Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen"
No.21 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und ging hin ein wenig"
No.22 Recitative (Bass): "Der Heiland fällt vor seinem Vater nieder"
No.23 Aria (Bass): "Gerne will ich mich bequemen"
No.24 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und er kam zu seinen Jüngern"
No.25 Choral: "Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit"
No.26 Evangelist, Jesus, Judas: "Und er kam und fand sie aber schlafend"
No.27 Aria (Soprano, Alto, Chorus II): "So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen" - Chorus I/II: "Sind Blitze, sind Donner"
No.28 Evangelist, Jesus: "Und siehe, einer aus denen"
No.29 Choral: "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß"
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two
No.30 Aria (Alto, Chorus II): "Ach nun ist mein Jesu hin"
No.31 Evangelist: "Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten"
No.48 Recitative (Soprano): "Er hat uns allen wohl getan"
No.49 Aria (Soprano): "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben"
No.50 Evangelist, Chorus I/II, Pilatus: "Sie schrieen aber noch mehr"
No.51 Recitative (Alto): "Erbarm es Gott"
No.52 Aria (Alto): "Können Tränen meiner Wangen"
No.53 Evangelist, Chorus I/II: "Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte"
No.54 Choral: "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"
No.55 Evangelist: "Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten"
No.56 Recitative (Bass): "Ja freilich will in uns das Fleisch und Blut"
No.57 Aria (Bass): "Komm, süsses Kreuz"
No.58 Evangelist, Chorus I/II: "Und da sie an die Stätte kamen"
No.59 Recitative (Alto): "Ach Golgatha"
No.60 Aria (Alto, Chorus II): "Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand" - "Wohin?"
No.61 Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus I/II: "Und von der sechsten Stunde an" - "Der rufet dem Elias" - "Und bald lief" - "Halt!" - "Aber Jesus schriee abermal"
No.62 Choral: "Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden"
No.63 Evangelist, Chorus I/II: "Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zerriss" - "Wahrlich, dieser ist Gottes Sohn" - "Und es waren viel Weiber da"
No.64 Recitative (Bass): "Am Abend, da es kühle war"
No.65 Aria (Bass): "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein"
No.66 Evangelist, Chorus I/II, Pilatus: "Und Joseph nahm den Leib" - "Herr, wir haben gedacht" - "Pilatus sprach zu ihnen"
No.67 Recitative (Soprano,Alto,Tenor,Bass,Chorus II): "Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht" - "Mein Jesu, gute Nacht"
No.68 Chorus I/II: "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder"
George Frideric Handel: Jephtha
Overture - Menuet
George Frideric Handel: Jephtha / Act 1
"It must be so: or these vile Ammonites"
"Pour forth no more unheeded pray'rs"
"No more to Ammon's god and king"
"But Jephta comes"
"Virtue my soul shall still embrace"
"'Twill be a painful separation, Jephta"/"In gentle murmurs will I mourn"
"Happy this embassy, my charming Iphis"/"Dull delay, in piercing anguish"
"Ill suits the voice of love when glory calls"/"Take the heart you fondly gave"
"I go. My soul, inspir'd by thy command"/"These labours past, how happy we!"
"What mean these doubtful fancies"
"O God, behold our sore distress"
"Some dire event hangs o'er our heads"/"Scenes of horror, scenes of woe"
"Say, my dear mother"
"The smiling dawn of happy days"
"Such, Jephta, was the haughty king's reply"
"When his loud voice in thunder spoke"
George Frideric Handel: Jephtha / Act 2
"Glad tidings of great joy to thee, dear Iphis"
"Cherub and Seraphim, unbodied forms"
"Up the dreadful steep ascending"
"'Tis well. Haste, haste, ye maidens"/"Tune the soft melodious lute"
"Heav'n smiles once more on his repentant people"/"His mighty arm, with sudden blow"
"In glory high, in might serene"
Symphony - "Hail, glorious conqueror"
"Welcome as the cheerful light"
"Horror! confusion!"/"Open thy marble jaws, O tomb"
"Why is my brother thus afflicted"
"First perish thou, and perish all the world"
"If such thy cruel purpose"/"On me let blind mistaken zeal"
"O spare your daughter"
"Such news flies swift"
"Happy they! this vital breath"
"Deeper, and deeper still"
"How dark, O Lord, are Thy decrees!"
George Frideric Handel: Jephtha / Act 3
"Hide thou thy hated beams, O sun"
"Waft her, angels, through the skies"
"Ye sacred priests"/"Farewell, ye limpid springs and floods"
"Doubtful fear and rev'rent awe"
Symphony
"Rise, Jephta, and ye rev'rend priests"
"Happy, Iphis shalt thou live"
"For ever blessed be Thy holy name"
"Theme sublime of endless praise"
"Let me congratulate this happy turn"/"Laud her, all ye virgin train"
"O let me fold thee in a mother's arms"/"Sweet as sight
"My faithful Hamor, may that Providence"/"All that is in Hamor mine"
"Ye house of Gilead, with one voice"
Not Applicable: Applause
Applause
Christoph Willibald von Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride / Act 1
Scène 1. Introduction et choeur. "Grands Dieux ! soyez-nous secouables"
Récitatif. "Iphigénie, ô ciel!" - Choeur. "O songe affreux!" - Récitatif. "O race de Pélops!"
Air. "O toi qui prolongeas mes jours" - Choeur. "Quand verrons-nous tarir nos pleurs?"
Scène 2. Récitatif. "Dieux! le malheur en" - Air. "De noir pressentiments"
Scène 3. Choeur. "Les Dieux apaisent" - Récitatif. "Dieux! étouffez en moi" - Scène 4. Récitatif. "Et vous, à vos Dieux" - Choeur. "Il nous fallait du sang"
Ballet - Scène 5. Choeur. "Il nous fallait du sang"
Christoph Willibald von Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride / Act 2
Scène 1. Récitatif. "Quel silence effrayant!"
Air. "Dieux qui me poursuivez" - Récitatif. "Quel langage accablant"
Scène 4. Air. "De tes forfaits la trame" - Récitatif. "Qu'oses-tu proposer" - Scène 5. Récitatif. "C'est à toi de mourir!" - Scène 6. Récitatif. "Arrêtez!"
Scène 7. Récitatif. "Ta soeur! qu'ai-je entendu?" - Air. "Dans cet objet touchant" - Choeur final. "Les Dieux, longtemps en courroux"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta, K.366
Ouverture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta, K.366 / Act 1
Domine ad adiuvandum a 6