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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah - Famous Choruses Scholars Baroque Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Of 30 performances I personally own, my favorite is the period performance by the Scholars Baroque Ensemble. A stripped-down orchestra and chorus give an amazingly full-bodied performance of the original 1742 composition." Kulture Revolution |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Art of Renee Fleming Renee Fleming (soprano) With Placido Domingo (tenor) and various orchestras [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 14/Jun/2012 ] The Art of Renée Fleming brings together 18 defining tracks spanning Renée's finest Decca recordings, including favorite arias by Puccini, Handel and Gershwin and duets with Bryn Terfel and Plácido Domingo. Four special bonus tracks reflect Renée's... |
PURCELL
O Solitude Andreas Scholl (countertenor) / Accademia Bizantina, Stefano Montanari [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 17/Jan/2011 ] "Ethereal yet visceral, Scholl's voice is the dream vehicle for Purcell...Stefano Montanari coaxes thrilling playing from Accademia Bizantina" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 - Vocal WINNER |
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Corelli: Concerto Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 1-6 Capella Istropolitana / Jaroslav Krechek [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] "represents very good value indeed" - Penguin Guide "stylish and sympathetic performances from ... the Capella Istropolitana" - South Wales Echo |
HANDEL
Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick Klaus Mertens / Gerlinde Samann / Knut Schoch / Junge Kantorei / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra / Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "I came away from hearing this version with renewed enthusiasm for the work." (MusicWeb April 2010) |
J. S. BACH / SCARLATTI / HANDEL
The Art of The Baroque Harpsichord Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Oct/2005 ] The present recital, including compositions by three of the great keyboard virtuosi of their time, is given on a harpsichord by Bruce Kennedy, based on a Mietke instrument from 1704. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Tobit (an oratorio) Maria Boog / Linda Perillo / Barbara Hannigan / Knut Schoch / Stephen McLeod / Junge Kantorei / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra / Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] "An oddity, not to say rarity, assembled from words sourced by Thomas Morell and music mostly by Handel … makes surprisingly good listening." (MusicWeb March 2007) |
PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |
FASCH / HANDEL / TELEMANN / PURCELL
The Art of the Baroque Trumpet Vol 1 Niklas Eklund (Baroque Trumpet) / Drottningholm Baroque Ens. / Nils-Erik Sparf [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2000 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) "...a good introduction to the repertoire, especially at a bargain price." BBC Music Magazine - October 1996 |
Niklas Eklund, Baroque Trumpet / Knut Johannessen, Organ
The Art of the Baroque Trumpet Vol 2 (Rossi, Fantini, von Eisenach) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2000 ] The second in the Baroque trumpet series from Naxos |
Olga Pasichnyk, soprano, Robert Pomakov, bass, European Union Baroque Orchestra
Handel - Apollo e Dafne (Cantata) / The Alchemist (Incidental music) [ Naxos / CD - released 14/May/2002 ] "Roy Goodman accomodates and creates for his two singers a good basis for inspired singing" Pizzicato, January 2002 |
SANCTUS
Sanctus: Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation Oxford Camerata / Rose Consort of Viols / Slovak Philharmonic Choir / Scholars Baroque Ensemble / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation |
DIXIT DOMINUS
Dixit Dominus: Classical music for reflection and mediatation Oxford Camerata / Schola Cantorum of Oxford / Le Concert Spirituel / Scholars Baroque Ensemble / etc [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: The Fairy Queen (complete) Scholars Baroque Ensemble [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] |
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MONTEVERDI / GIRAMO / ROSSI / CESTI / STROZZI / etc
Lamenti Barocchi Vol 3 [Baroque Laments] Soloists of the Cappella Musicale di S. Petronio / Sergio Vartolo [ Naxos Early Music / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "This proves as well as any disc that Naxos offers more than duplication of the standard repertoire" - Fanfare |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Masses, Vol. 5 - Masses Nos. 4, 'Grosse Orgelmesse' and 10, 'Heiligmesse' Soloists / Trinity Choir / Rebel Baroque Orchestra / Owen Burdick [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "The playing [of REBEL Baroque Orchestra] is stylish, rhythmic and technically assured...and there is remarkable precision of ensemble." The Strad |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin Concerto / Polonia / Crown of India: Interlude Tasmin Little (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Little...finds an element of wit in the fast-moving figuration [of the finale], leading to a more tender treatment of the lyrical contrasting sections." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Dec 2010 |
