Sunday 27 January 2019

Mythology and Space - Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen






"Mythology and Space"

orchestral suites & ballet music


Concerto Copenhagen

DIR.: LARS ULRIK MORTENSEN


recorded: May 20, 2018, Melk Convent (Kolomanisaal)
[Internationale Barocktage Stift Melk 2018]


period instruments
lossless
source: NPO 4 (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder


John BLOW (1648/49-1708)

Venus and Adonis, masque

(01) instrumental suite [12'24"]


 Georg MUFFAT (1653-1704)

(02) Concerto XII in G 'Propitia Sydera oder Günstiges Gestirn' [15'38"]
[Ausserlesene Instrumental Music, 1701]


Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

The Fairy Queen, semi-opera (Z 629)

(03) instrumental suite [12'20"]


John Ernest GALLIARD (1666/87-1747)

Pan and Syrinx, masque

(04) instrumental suite [11'46"]


George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

Alcina, opera in 3 acts (HWV 34)

(05) ballet music [07'00"]


Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(06) Overture in G 'La Bizarre' (TWV 55,G2) [15'47"]



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Sunday 20 January 2019

Moniuszko: Halka - Fabio Biondi






Stanislaw MONIUSZKO
(1819 - 1872)


Halka
 opera in 2 acts (1846/47)


Tina Gorina, soprano (Halka)
Monika Ledzion-Porczynska, soprano (Zofia)
Pawel Chichonski, tenor (A guest)
Karol Kozlowski, tenor (A peasant)
Kiryll Lepay, tenor (A guest)
Matheus Pompeu, tenor (Jontek)
Robert Gierlach, baritone (Janusz)
Mateusz Stachura, baritone (Dziemba)
Rafal Siwek, bass (Stolnik)

Choir of the Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic
Europa Galante

DIR.: FABIO BIONDI


recorded: August 24, 2018, Lutoslawski Studio of Polish Radio, Warsaw
[Festival Chopin and his Europe 2018]


period instruments
flac - original bitrate: 256 kbps
source: Radio România Muzical
recorded with Free Sound Recorder Jan 5, 2019


  (01) act 1 [63'27"]

(02) act 2 [63'31"]


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Sunday 13 January 2019

Handel: The Choice of Hercules & Dettingen Te Deum - Laurence Cummings






George Frideric HANDEL
(1685 - 1759)

The Choice of Hercules - Dettingen Te Deum


Fflur Wyn, soprano
Rachel Kelly, soprano
Diana Moore, mezzo-soprano
Nathan Haller, tenor
Cody Quattlebaum, bass

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
(soloists: Michael Ash, alto; William Anderson, tenor; Thomas Lowen, bass)

FestspielOrchester Göttingen

DIR.: LAURENCE CUMMINGS


recorded: May 19, 2018, Stadthalle, Göttingen
[Internationale Händel-Festspiele Göttingen 2018]


  period instruments
lossless [flac]
source: NDR3 (Hamburg) (digital radio)
recorded with harddisc recorder June 24, 2018


(01) The Choice of Hercules (HWV 69) [49'21"]

Fflur Wyn (Pleasure), Rachel Kelly (Virtue), Diana Moore (Hercules), 
Nathan Haller (An Attendant on Pleasure)


 (02) Dettingen Te Deum (HWV 283) [37'48"]

Michael Ash (alto), William Anderson (tenor), Thomas Lowen, Cody Quattlebaum (bass)


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Sunday 6 January 2019

Haydn: Die Schöpfung - Charles Mackerras






Franz Joseph HAYDN
(1732 - 1809)

Die Schöpfung
oratorio in 3 parts (H XXI,2)


Christiane Oelze, soprano (Eva, Gabriel)
Paul Groves, tenor (Uriel)
John Relyea, bass (Adam, Raphael)

Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

DIR.: CHARLES MACKERRAS


recorded: July 20, 2002, Royal Albert Hall
[Proms 2002]


period instruments
source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)
recorded with videorecorder, transferred to CD


(01) Part 1 [35'20"]

(02) Part 2 [37'32"] 

(03) Part 3 [25'49"]


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