Sunday 30 April 2017

Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria - René Jacobs



Claudio MONTEVERDI
(1567 - 1643)

Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
opera in a prologue and 5 acts (SV 325)


Mirella Hagen, soprano (Amore, Giunone)
Katarina Bradic, mezzo-soprano (Penelope)
Marie-Claude Chappuis, mezzo-soprano (L'Humana Fragilità, Minerva)
Mary-Ellen Nesi, mezzo-soprano (Ericlea, Fortuna, Melanto)
Johannes Chum, tenor (Anfinomo)
Pierre Derhet, tenor (Eurimaco)
Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, tenor (Giove, Telemaco)
Mark Milhofer, tenor (Pisandro)
Jörg Schneider, tenor (Iro)
Thomas Walker, tenor (Eumete)
Stéphane Degout, baritone (Ulisse)
Marcos Fink, bass (Antinoo, Tempo)
Jérôme Varnier, bass (Nettuno)

Baroque Orchestra B'Rock

DIR.: RENÉ JACOBS


recorded: March 18, 2017, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: NPO4 (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder March 18, 2017


N.B. René Jacobs opted for a version in five acts, which is assumed to have been Monteverdi's intention.


(01) prologue [10'08"]
(02) act 1 [42'43"]
(03) act 2 [25'51"]
(04) act 3 [23'52"]
(05) act 4 [22'10"]
(06) act 5 [22'34"]


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Sunday 23 April 2017

Mendelssohn & his time II - Soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment



Mendelssohn & his time II

Soloists of The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment


Antony Pay, clarinet (01-04)
Kati Debretzeni, violin
Cathy Weiss, violin
Jan Schlapp, viola
Martin Kelly, viola (05-08)
Robin Michael, cello


recorded: March 12, 2009, St George's, Bristol


period instruments
mp3 - bitrate: 256 kbps (VBR)
source: BBC Radio 3 (digital)
recorded with harddisc recorder


In 2009 soloists of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment gave a series of four concerts devoted to Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and his time. This is the second in the series. The next two will be posted in due course.


Carl Maria VON WEBER (1786-1826)

Quintet for clarinet, 2 violins, viola and cello in B flat, op. 34 (J 182)

(01) allegro [10'39"]
(02) fantasia. adagio [05'10"]
(03) menuetto [05'23"]
(04) rondo. allegro [06'34"]


Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello No 1 in A, op. 18

(05) allegro con moto [11'23"]
(06) intermezzo. andante sostenuto [07'37"]
(07) scherzo. allegro di molto [04'29"]
(08) allegro vivace [06'35"]


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Monday 17 April 2017

Kunzen: Die Auferstehung - Leo Krämer



Friedrich Ludwig Aemilius KUNZEN
(1761 - 1817)

Die Auferstehung
oratorio (1796)
libretto: Thomas Thaarup
sung in German

Elizabeth Wiles, soprano
Gabi May, mezzo-soprano
Andreas Wagner, tenor
Algirdas Drevinskas, tenor
Vinzenz Haab, baritone

Philharmonischer Chor an der Saar
Choir of the Saarland Bach Society
Sinfonietta Saarland

DIR.: LEO KRÄMER


recorded: May 6, 2007, St. Laurentius, Schwalbach-Hülzweiler
[Musikfestspiele Saar - Nordische Nacht 2007]


modern instruments, period style
mp3 - bitrate: 256 kbps
source: unknown

Thanks to the original uploader


(01) [part 1] [19'52"]
(02) [part 2] [14'40"]
(03) [part 3] [13'26"]
(04) [part 4] [08'32"]


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Sunday 9 April 2017

Schuster: La Passione di Gesu Cristo - Václav Luks



Joseph SCHUSTER
(1748 - 1812)

La Passione di Gesu Cristo
oratorio in 2 parts (1778)
libretto: Pietro Metastasio

Dora Pavlikova, mezzo-soprano (Maddalena)
Václav Cízek, tenor (Pietro)
Sebastian Monti, tenor (Giovanni)
Eric Stoklossa, tenor (Giuseppe di Arimathia)

Collegium Vocale 1704
Collegium 1704

DIR.: VÁCLAV LUKS


recorded: March 10, 2012, Czech Museum of Music, Prague

mp3 - bitrate: 256 kbps
period instruments
recording of radio broadcast (source unknown)

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Parte 1 (18 tracks) [55'27"]

Parte 2 (13 tracks) [38'47"]


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Sunday 2 April 2017

Schütz: Die sieben Worte & St Matthew Passion - Florian Heyerick



Heinrich SCHÜTZ
(1585 - 1672)

Die sieben Worte
&
St Matthew Passion

Ex Tempore

Goedele Heidbüchel, soprano
Patrick Van Goethem, alto
Stefaan Vandenbroucke, tenor
Ian Degen, baritone
Dirk Snellings, bass

DIR.: FLORIAN HEYERICK


recorded: August 25, 2002, Pieterskerk, Utrecht
[Holland Festival Early Music Utrecht 2002]

period instruments (01)
lossless (flac)
source: Radio 4 (NL)
recorded with CD recorder


(01) Die Sieben Wortte unseres lieben Erlösers und Seeligmachers Jesu Christi
(SWV 478) [16'25"]


Historia des Leidens und Sterbens unsers Herrn und Heylandes Jesu Christi
nach dem Evangelisten S. Matheum (St Matthew Passion) (SWV 479)

(02) Introitus [00'51"]
(03) Und es begab sich [04'06"]
(04) Aber am ersten Tage der süßen Brot [04'25"]
(05) Und da sie den Lobgesang gesprochen hatten [08'14"]
(06) Die aber Jesum gegriffen hatten [05'55"]
(07) Des Morgens aber hielten alle Hohenpriester [09'25"]
(08) Und da sie an die Stätte kamen [08'19"]
(09) Und am Abend kam ein reicher Mann von Arimathia [03'30"]
(10) Beschluss [01'59"]


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