Haydn: Il ritorno di Tobia - Roger Norrington

 

In memoriam

Roger Norrington

(1934 - 2025)

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(1732 - 1809)

Il ritorno di Tobia

oratorio in 2 parts (H XXI,1) (Vienna, 1775)

libretto: Giovanni Gastone Boccherini

Lucy Crowe, soprano (Sara)

Rachel Nicholls, soprano (Raffaelle)

Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano (Anna)

Andrew Kennedy, tenor (Tobia)

Christopher Maltman, baritone (Tobit)

Joyful Company of Singers

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

DIR.: ROGER NORRINGTON

recorded: Feb 10, 2009, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

period instruments

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source: BBC Radio 3

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included: CD booklet with lyrics & translation

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(01) Part 1 [72'55"]

(02) Part 2 [64'11"]

links:

Il ritorno di Tobia

score

Lucy Crowe

Rachel Nicholls

Ann Hallenberg

Andrew Kennedy

Christopher Maltman

Joyful Company of Singers

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Roger Norrington

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N.B. As a tribute to Roger Norrington, I have re-uploaded these three concerts:

- Farewell concert with Haydn (Gateshead, Nov 18, 2021)

- Beethoven, Chopin, Berlioz (Brussels, August 30, 2013)

- Haydn, Die Jahreszeiten (Zurich, July 4, 2012)

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Ferrandini & Traetta: The tears of Mary - Christophe Rousset

 

Giovanni Battista FERRANDINI

&

Tommaso TRAETTA

The tears of Mary

María Espada, soprano

Monica Piccinini, soprano

Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano

Milena Storti, mezzo-soprano

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, tenor

Magnus Staveland, tenor

Frédéric Caton, baritone

Jussi Lehtipuu, baritone

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR.: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

recorded: Feb 9, 2013, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

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source: NPO4 (NL) (stream)

programme with liner-notes and lyrics included

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Giovanni Battista PERGOLESI (1710-1736)

(01) Salve Regina in c minor [13'30"]

Leonardo LEO (1694-1744)

(02) Iudica me Deus (KraL B.1.6) [09'57"]

Giovanni Battista FERRANDINI (1710-1791)

(03) Il pianto di Maria [24'17"]

Tommaso TRAETTA (1727-1779)

(04) Stabat mater [39'27"]

Picture: Pietà (Luis de Morales, c1568)

links: 

Leonardo Leo - score

Giovanni Battista Ferrandini

Ferrandini, Il pianto di Maria - score

Tommaso Traetta

Traetta, Stabat mater - score

Maria Espada

Monica Piccinini

Ann Hallenberg

Milena Storti

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro

Magnus Staveland

Frédéric Caton

Jussi Lehtipuu

Les Talens Lyriques

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Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ - John Eliot Gardiner

 

Hector BERLIOZ

(1803 - 1869)

L'enfance du Christ

oratorio in 3 parts, op. 25 (Paris, 1854)

libretto: Hector Berlioz

Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano (La vierge Marie)

Michael Spyres, tenor (Le récitant)

Gareth Treseder, tenor (Centurion)

Lionel Lhote, baritone (Joseph)

Alex Ashworth, bass (Le père de famille, Polydorus)

William Thomas, bass (Hérode)

Monteverdi Choir

Trinity Boys Choir

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

DIR.: JOHN ELIOT GARDINER

recorded: Dec 11, 2021, St Marin-in-the-Fields, London

period instruments

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libretto [F/E] included [pdf]

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(01) Part 1: Le songe d'Hérode [41'46"]

(02) Part 2: La fuite en Égypte [16'06"]

(03) Part 3: L'arrivée à Saïs [39'55"]

links:

L'enfance du Christ

score

Ann Hallenberg

Michael Spyres

Gareth Treseder

Lionel Lhote

Alex Ashworth

William Thomas

Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

Trinity Boys Choir

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Handel: Belshazzar - Marcus Creed

 

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Belshazzar

oratorio in 3 acts (HWV 61) (version 1751)

Katherine Fuge, soprano (Nitocris)

Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano (Cyrus)

Robin Blaze, alto (Daniel)

Werner Güra, tenor (Belshazzar)

Neal Davies, bass (Gobrias)

Netherlands Radio Choir

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

DIR.: MARCUS CREED

recorded: Oct 25, 2003, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: NPO Radio 4 (NL) (digital radio)

(01) act 1 [68'32"]

(02) act 2 [45'39"]

(03) act 3 [28'05"]

links:

Belshazzar

libretto

score

Katherine Fuge

Ann Hallenberg

Robin Blaze

Werner Güra

Neal Davies

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Marcus Creed

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Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto - Christophe Rousset

 

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Giulio Cesare in Egitto

opera in 3 acts (version 1725)

Karina Gauvin, soprano (Cleopatra)

Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano (Sesto)

Eve-Maud Hubeaux, mezzo-soprano (Cornelia)

Christopher Lowrey, alto (Giulio Cesare)

Kacper Szelazek, alto (Tolomeo)

Ashley Riches, bass (Achilla)

Les Talens Lyriques

DIR.: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

recorded: Sept 20, 2019, Ateneul Român, Bucharest

[International Festival George Enescu 2019]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

(01) act 1 [78'46"]

(02) act 2 (1) [27'25"]

(03) act 2 (2) [27'28"]

(04) act 3 [51'24"]

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Giulio Cesare

libretto

score

Karina Gauvin

Ann Hallenberg

Eve-Maude Hubeaux

Christopher Lowrey

Kacper Szelazek

Ashley Riches

Les Talens Lyriques

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Handel: Theodora - Jonathan Cohen

 

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Theodora (HWV 68)

oratorio in 3 acts

Louise Alder, soprano (Theodora)

Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano (Irene)

Iestyn Davies, alto (Didymus)

Benjamin Hulett, tenor (Septimius)

Tareq Nazmi, bass (Valens)

Arcangelo Chorus

Arcangelo

DIR.: JONATHAN COHEN

recorded: Sept 7, 2018, Royal Albert Hall, London

[BBC Proms 2018]

period instruments

lossless (flac)

source: BBC Radio 3 (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder

(01) act 1 [64'54"]

(02) act 2 [46'37"]

(03) act 3 [35'31"]

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Theodora and Didymus

Handel, Theodora

libretto

score

Louise Alder

Ann Hallenberg

Iestyn Davies

Benjamin Hulett

Tareq Nazmi

Arcangelo

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Handel: Ariodante - Ann Hallenberg & Ian Page

George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)

Ariodante (HWV 33)

opera in 3 acts

Francesca Aspromonte (Dalinda), soprano
Roberta Mameli (Ginevra), soprano
Ann Hallenberg (Ariodante), mezzo-soprano
Christophe Dumaux (Polinesso), alto
Olof Lilja (Odoardo), tenor
Martin Vanberg (Lurcanio), tenor
Johannes Weisser (Rè di Scozia), bass

Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra

DIR.: IAN PAGE

recorded: August 9, 2019, Slottsteater, Drottningholm

 period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: Klara (B) (digital radio)

(01) act 1 [1.08'50"]

(02) act 2 [1.14'44"]

(03) act 3 [59'07"]

links:

Ariodante

score

libretto

review performance

Francesca Aspromonte

Roberta Mameli

Ann Hallenberg

Christophe Dumaux

Olof Lilja

Martin Vanberg

Johannes Weisser

Drottningholm Slottsteater

Ian Page

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Telemann and France - Ann Hallenberg & Christophe Rousset

Telemann and France

Les Talens Lyriques

Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano

DIR.: CHRISTOPHE ROUSSET

rec: April 24, 2018, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels

period instruments

lossless [flac]

source: Klara (B) (digital radio)

recorded with harddisc recorder June 14, 2018

programme (NL) included [pdf]

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

(01) Overture in G 'La Putaine' (TWV 55,GA1) [18'07"]

(02) Orpheus, oder Die wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe (TWV 21,18): [05'25"]

Hélas! quels soupirs me répondent

C'est ma plus chère envie

(03) Overture in B flat 'Völker-Ouvertüre' (TWV 55,B5) [18'09"]

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU (1683-1764)

(04) Le berger fidèle, cantate à une voix avec symphonie [14'09"]

(05) Les fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour:

instrumental suite [24'39"]

[encore]

(06) Castor et Pollux (exc) [05'18"]

links:

score Telemann, TWV 55,GA1

score Telemann TWV 55,B5

score Rameau, Le berger fidèle

score Rameau, Les fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour

Ann Hallenberg

Les Talens Lyriques

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Handel & Telemann - Collegium 1704 (Václav Luks)

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)

&

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)

Vocal Works

Céline Scheen, soprano
Aleksandra Turalska, soprano
Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano
Kamila Mazalová, contralto
Aneta Petrasová, contralto
Václav Cizek, tenor
Alessio Tosi, tenor
Lisandro Abadie, bass
Marián Krejcik, bass

Collegium Vocale 1704
Collegium 1704

DIR.: VÁCLAV LUKS

recorded: Jan 22, 2016, De Bijloke, Ghent

period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: Klara (B) (digital)
recorded with harddisc recorder Feb 9, 2016

programme & lyrics included (pdf)

George Frideric HANDEL (1685-1759)
(01) Utrecht Te Deum in D (HWV 278) [26'45"]
(02) Donna che in ciel (HWV 233) [27'28"]

solo: Ann Hallenberg

Georg Philipp TELEMANN (1681-1767)
(03) Die Donnerode (TWV 6,3) [38'58"]

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 score Utrecht Te Deum

Collegium 1704

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Vivaldi: Catone in Utica - Andrea Marcon

Antonio VIVALDI (1678 - 1741)

Catone in Utica (RV 705)

opera in 3 acts (1737)

Anett Fritsch, soprano (Cesare)
Roberta Invernizzi, soprano (Arbace)
Francesca Ascioti, mezzo-soprano (Marzia)
Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano (Emilia)
Carlos Mena, alto (Fulvio)
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, tenor (Catone)

La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
DIR.: ANDREA MARCON

recorded: Feb 6, 2016, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

 synopsis included

period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: NPO 4 (NL) (digital)
recorded with harddisc recorder Feb 6, 2016

N.B. The first act has been lost. The overture is taken from L'Olimpiade (RV 725)
(01) act 2 [68'21"]
(02) act 3 [37'48"]

links:

Catone in Utica - libretto
Anett Fritsch
Roberta Invernizzi
Francesca Ascioti
Ann Hallenberg
Carlos Mena
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Andrea Marcon

 

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