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HANDEL
Handel - Complete Chamber Music (Incls the Flute & Recorder sonatas) (Rec 1991) L'Ecole d'Orphee [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "I have found the set to be most enjoyable throughout with no really weak or 'naff' sonatas or movements. I recommend this set to you with every confidence" (MusicWeb April 2004) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Virtuoso Trumpet (Incls concertos by Haydn, Hummel & Telemann) Martin Haselback, Andra Bernard, Guy Touvron (trumpets) / Wiener Akademie / Slovak Chamber Orchestra / Bohdan Warchal, Gyargy Geiger, eva Maros [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2007 ] Licensed from Hungaroton, Hungary, AVC, Switzerland & Opus, a product of Music deLux |
HEINRICH SCHaƒÅ“TZ
Lukas-Passion SWV 480 (rec 1965) Peter Schreier (tenor) Theo Adam (bass) Siefgried Vogel (bass) Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (tenor) / Dresdner Kreuzchor / Rudolf Mauersberger [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Excellent recordings of Schütz's three passions, featuring the magnificent Peter Schreier as evangelist, in his prime. While the ascetic character of these a cappella works may not appeal to all, they are worth having just to hear Schreier in his... |
CASTELLO / van EIJCK / FRESCOBALDI / CORELLI / HANDEL / etc
The Art of the Recorder Pieter-Jan Belder, Recorder - Rainer Zipperling, Cello - Menno van Delft, Harpsichord & Organ (Rec 2004) [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 16/Aug/2005 ] This set includes his For long times the recorder (Blockflöte) was considered the somewhat retarded member of the musical instruments family. In Renaissance and Baroque however, it was one of the foremost and popular melody instruments of all.. |
HANDEL
Handel Jubilee set Various artists incls Academy of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Brandenburg Consort [ Brilliant Classics Masterworks / 10 CD - released 16/Dec/2006 ] Handel highlights must contain the Music for the Royal Fireworks, and the Water Music. In this set a large helping of concerti grossi (3 CD’s) and some flute concertos are added. The oratorio Israel in Egypt is combined with the Messiah and the... |