Since you are interested in Horn Concerto KV447 / Horn Quintet KV407 / A Musical Joke KV522 / Duets for Horns (excerpts), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem K626 (recorded live in Tokyo 1998) Mona Julsrud / Wilke te Brummelstroete / Zeger Vandersteene / Jelle Draijer / Netherlands Chamber Choir / Orchestra of 18th Century / Frans Bruggen [ Glossa / CD - released 16/Mar/2010 ] Much is known about the special and particular circumstances surrounding the composition of Mozart's Requiem. 1791 was a tumultuous year, and before Mozart's life was cut short at the start of December he had composed, among other works, Die... |
BUSNOIS
L'Homme Arme: 6 Masses attributed to Antoine Busnois Cantica Symphonia / Giuseppe Maletto (direction) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] A notable manuscript from the late 15th century, housed today in Naples, contains a cycle of six cantus firmus masses all based on the chanson L'homme armé which can be regarded as a treatise on polyphonic composition as well as providing even more... |
DUFAY
Quadrivium - 15 Isorhythmic Motets Cantica Symphonica / Giuseppe Maletto (direction) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] Dufay put music to the consecration of the awesome cathedral of Florence, with that marvellous dome built by Brunelleschi that today, after more than five hundred years, still overwhelms us with its immense beauty. This work of art rendered by... |
HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 2 - Cantatas for Marchese Ruspoli Emanuela Galli & Roberta Invernizzi (sopranos) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice October 2007 - "…the Italian ensemble… deliver delectable performances at an unmatched level of thoughtful preparation, penetrating programming and artistic interpretation." |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (complete opera) Emanuela Galli, Mirko Guadagnini, Marina De Liso, Cristina Calzolari / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina [ Glossa / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2017 ] "Cavina's wonderful account goes straight to the top of the list of recommended recordings. Do not miss it." Editor's Choice, Gramophone, November 2007 |
W. A. MOZART
The Last Concerto 1791: Clarinet Concerto KV622 / La clemenza di Tito, K621 - highlights / etc Eric Hoeprich (clavier) Joyce DiDonato (soprano) / Orchestra of the 18th Century, Franz Bruggen [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "We're hardly lacking for pretty-toned mezzo-sopranos these days, but Joyce DiDonato has more than just a lovely voice - she's got what showbiz folks call 'pizzazz'." Gramophone, August, 2006 |
MOZART / BRAHMS
Clarinet Quintets Eric Hoeprich (clarinet) / London Haydn Quartet [ Glossa / CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] Eric Hoeprich returns to Glossa on splendid form with two pillars of the chamber music repertory in the Clarinet Quintets of Mozart and Brahms. For this release - recorded in the tranquil English surroundings of St Martin's Church, East Woodhay in... |
BLONDEAU / CAMPION / SERMISY / ANON
La Magdalene: The cult of Mary Magdalene in the early 16th century Graindelavoix / Bjorn Schmelzer [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "This bold approach, justified by careful reading of contemporaneous sources, gives the music a singularly dramatic lift." Sunday Times, 28th June 2009 **** |
HANDEL
Italian Cantatas Volume 5 - Rome (1707) Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), Yetzabel Arias Fernández (soprano) & Romina Basso (alto) / La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa Handel Italian Cantatas / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice June 2009 - "Bonizzoni has the admirable knack of conveying the strong rhetorical elements in Handel's vivacious music, and the entire performance is beautifully... |
LULLY
Ballets & recits italiens La Risonanza / Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord & direction) [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] Nowadays, little introduction on record is needed for the dramatic output of Jean-Baptiste Lully: his style has become unquestionably associated with French music of the 17th century. |
MONTEVERDI
Primo libro & nono libro dei madrigali La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa La Venexiana Monteverdi Madrigals / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "There is some terrific bass solo singing by Matteo Bellotto in 'Alcun non mi consigli' a nice theatrical delivery in 'Bel pastor', and some engaging bravura in 'Zefiro torna'." BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 **** |
MONTEVERDI
Il quarto libro de madrigali, 1603 La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa La Venexiana Monteverdi Madrigals / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "In their Monteverdi Editions, La Venexiana bring a dramatic delivery of the words and a uniquely Italian blend of solo voices to this glorious music, unrivalled on disc." The Sunday Times |
MONTEVERDI
Il quinto libro de madrigali, 1605 La Venexiana / Claudio Cavina [ Glossa La Venexiana Monteverdi Madrigals / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "This recording is one of the best in La Venxiana's Monteverdi series - musically sustained with a convincing sense of ensemble and pace, and crisply recorded." BBC Music Magazine, March 2008 **** |
J. S. BACH
St John Passion BWV245 Markus Schafer / Thomas Oliemans / Peter Kooij (bass) / Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen [ Glossa / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "This is a most moving performance. It is beautifully conducted by Franz Brüggen, unfolding with a natural expressiveness that is never short on drama but avoid the slash-and-burn vigour of some other period-instruments versions..This is a very... |