Harmonia Mundi - 50 Years of Musical Exploration
Harmonia Mundi - 50 Years of Musical Exploration
2007 | 29+1 CD | MP3 192 Kbps | 31 ZIP (3.2Gb)
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In 1958 the first records appeared under the banner of Harmonia Mundi, the company founded by the French journalist Bernard Coutaz. Half a century later, Coutaz is still in charge and his creation has developed into one of the most important independent classical labels in the world, carefully preserving the same values and virtues. Next year's anniversary is being marked by this collection, a retrospective of 50 works.
The emphasis is on complete pieces and not extracts, so three discs are devoted to Philippe Herreweghe's performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion, three more to Lully's opera Atys conducted by William Christie, and another trio to Reinhard Keiser's 1730 music drama Croesus.
Two discs devoted to the countertenor Alfred Deller include his consort's performance of Purcell's King Arthur, and the major instrumental works dotted through the discs range from violinist Andrew Manze's account of Biber's Rosary Sonatas and Mozart's Prague Symphony through Schubert's great B flat Piano Sonata (in Paul Lewis's fine recording), right up to Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet (the Jerusalem Quartet). There are generous notes with the set, while a CD-ROM includes all the texts, but, amazingly, none of this documentation offers an easily accessible list of the contents of each of the discs, which can only be found by thumbing through the pages of the accompanying booklet. The dates of each recording, rather important information in the circumstances, do not seem to be included at all. Despite that, though, this is a wonderful bargain, and a treasure trove of fascinating performances and repertory. (guardian.co.uk)
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CD 1 - 2
Les ’orgues historiques’ - Historic Organs
Francois Couperin 1. Messe a l’usage des paroisses - Michel Chapuis
Spanish Music 2. Concert a l’Orgue de Covarrublas - Francis Chapelet
Georg Muffat 3. Apparatus Musico-Organisticus - rene Soargin
CD 3 - 4
Alfred Deller 1968-1979
Henry Purcell 4. King Arthur, semi-operas - Deller Consort
Anonymous 5. The Folksong Recital - Alfred Deller & Mark Deller
CD 5 - 6
Les chants anciens - Late Antiquity & Middle Ages
Chant Byzantin 6. Prlere de Marie-Madeleine - Soeur Marie Keyrouz
Old Roman Chant 7. Messe de saint Marcel - Ensemble Organum, Marcel Peres
Troubadours 8. La Comtessa de Dia - Clemencic Consort, dir. Rene Clemencic
Hildegard Von Bingen - 9. Laudes & Vepres pour la fete de Sainte Ursule - Anonymous 4
Guillaume Dufay 10. Integrale des motets isorythmiques - Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel
CD 7 - 10
J.S Bach, la/the Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach 11. Matthaus-Passion BWV 244 (enregistrement 1984) - Philippe Herreweghe
12. Musikalisches Opfer / L’Offrande musicale - davitt Moroney
13. Die Kunst der Fuge / The Art of Fugue / L’Art de la fugue - Fretwork
CD11 - 13
Les annees ’Atys’ - The ’Atys’ Years
Jean -Baptiste Lully 14. Atys, tragedie en musique - Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Marin Marais 15. La Gamme, en forme de petit opera - London Baroque, Charles CD 14 - 15
Les maitres de la musique baroque
The Masters of the Baroque
Claudio Monteverdi 16. Piante della Madonna - Maria Christina Kiehr, Concerto Soave
Heinrich Ignaz Biber 17. Rosenkranz-Sonaten, 5 freudenreichen Mysterein - Andre Manze, Richard Egarr
Antonio Vivaldi 18. Stabat Mater - Andreas Scholl, Ensemble 415
Georg Philip Telemann 19. Trauer-Kantate ’Du aber, Daniel, gehe hin’ - Cantus Colln, Konrad Junghanel
Jean-Henry D’Anglebert - 20. Pieces de clavecin - Kenneth Gilbert
CD 16 - 20
50 ans de redecouvertes - 50 Years of Rediscoveries
Lord Herbert of Cherburry 21. Lute Book / Livre de luth - Paul O’Dette
Adraino Banchieri 22. Barca di Venetia per Padova - Ensemble Clement Janequin, D. Visse
Georg Philipp Telemann 23. ’La Bizarre’, Ouverture G-dur - Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
Armand-Louis Couperin 24. Simphonie de clavecins - William Christoe, David Fuller
Johann Schobert 25. Quatuor avec pianoforte - Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini
Reinhard Keiser 26. Croesus, dramma per musica - Dir. Rene Jacobs
CD 21 - 22
Le classicisme revisite! - Classicism Revisited
Joseph Haydn 27. Piano Trio no.39 Hob.XV:25 - Cohen, Hobarth, Coin
Wolfgang Amadeua Mozart 28. 6 Deutsche Tanze am Stein-vis-a-vis - Andreas Staier, Christine Schornsheim
Joseph Haydn 29. Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre Hob.VIIb:1 - Jean-Guihen Queyras
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 30. Symphonie no.38 ’Prague’ K.504 - Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs
CD 22 - 23
Au coeur du romantisme - The Heart of Romanticism
Gioacchino Rossini 31. Petite Messe solennette - RIAS Kammechor, Marcus Creed
Gioacchino Rossini 32. Sonate e quattro - Ensemble Explorations, Roel Dieltiens
Robert Schumann 33. Frauenliebe und - leben op.42 - Bernarda Fink, Roger Vignoles
Johannes Brahms 34. Sonate pour clarinette et piano op.120 no.1 - Michel Portal, Georges Pludermacher
Hugo Wolf 35. Goethe-Lieder avec orchestre - Banse, Henschel, DSO Berlin, Nagano
CD 24 - 25
Un regard neuf sur les chefs-d’oeuvre
A New Look at Masterpieces
Jean-Philippe Rameau 36. Suite en Sol - Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven 37. Symphonie no.3 ’Eroica’ transcr. piano Liszt - Georges Pludermacher
Hector Berlioz 38. Nuits d’ete, Six melodies op.7 - Brigitte Balleys, Philippe Herreweghe
Manuel de Falla 39. El Amor brujo / L’Amour sorcier version 1915 - Ginesa Ortega, Josep Pons
CD 28 - 29
D’hier a demain - From Yesterday to Tomorrow
Ernest Chausson 45. Quatuor avec piano op.30 - Les Musiciens
Aarron Copland 46. Trio Vitebsk - Trio Wanderer
Leo Janacek 47. Sur un sentier recouvert, cahiers I & II - Alain Planes, piano
Leo Janacek 48. String Quartet No.2 ’Lettres intimes’ - Melos Quartett
Bela Bartok 49. Contrasts pour violin, clarinette et piano - Ensemble Boeykens
Arvo Part 50. Berliner Messe - Theatre of Voices, dir. Paul Hillier
CD 30
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CD 1 - 2
Les ’orgues historiques’ - Historic Organs
Francois Couperin 1. Messe a l’usage des paroisses - Michel Chapuis
Spanish Music 2. Concert a l’Orgue de Covarrublas - Francis Chapelet
Georg Muffat 3. Apparatus Musico-Organisticus - rene Soargin
CD 3 - 4
Alfred Deller 1968-1979
Henry Purcell 4. King Arthur, semi-operas - Deller Consort
Anonymous 5. The Folksong Recital - Alfred Deller & Mark Deller
CD 5 - 6
Les chants anciens - Late Antiquity & Middle Ages
Chant Byzantin 6. Prlere de Marie-Madeleine - Soeur Marie Keyrouz
Old Roman Chant 7. Messe de saint Marcel - Ensemble Organum, Marcel Peres
Troubadours 8. La Comtessa de Dia - Clemencic Consort, dir. Rene Clemencic
Hildegard Von Bingen - 9. Laudes & Vepres pour la fete de Sainte Ursule - Anonymous 4
Guillaume Dufay 10. Integrale des motets isorythmiques - Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel
CD 7 - 10
J.S Bach, la/the Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach 11. Matthaus-Passion BWV 244 (enregistrement 1984) - Philippe Herreweghe
12. Musikalisches Opfer / L’Offrande musicale - davitt Moroney
13. Die Kunst der Fuge / The Art of Fugue / L’Art de la fugue - Fretwork
CD11 - 13
Les annees ’Atys’ - The ’Atys’ Years
Jean -Baptiste Lully 14. Atys, tragedie en musique - Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Marin Marais 15. La Gamme, en forme de petit opera - London Baroque, Charles CD 14 - 15
Les maitres de la musique baroque
The Masters of the Baroque
Claudio Monteverdi 16. Piante della Madonna - Maria Christina Kiehr, Concerto Soave
Heinrich Ignaz Biber 17. Rosenkranz-Sonaten, 5 freudenreichen Mysterein - Andre Manze, Richard Egarr
Antonio Vivaldi 18. Stabat Mater - Andreas Scholl, Ensemble 415
Georg Philip Telemann 19. Trauer-Kantate ’Du aber, Daniel, gehe hin’ - Cantus Colln, Konrad Junghanel
Jean-Henry D’Anglebert - 20. Pieces de clavecin - Kenneth Gilbert
CD 16 - 20
50 ans de redecouvertes - 50 Years of Rediscoveries
Lord Herbert of Cherburry 21. Lute Book / Livre de luth - Paul O’Dette
Adraino Banchieri 22. Barca di Venetia per Padova - Ensemble Clement Janequin, D. Visse
Georg Philipp Telemann 23. ’La Bizarre’, Ouverture G-dur - Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
Armand-Louis Couperin 24. Simphonie de clavecins - William Christoe, David Fuller
Johann Schobert 25. Quatuor avec pianoforte - Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini
Reinhard Keiser 26. Croesus, dramma per musica - Dir. Rene Jacobs
CD 21 - 22
Le classicisme revisite! - Classicism Revisited
Joseph Haydn 27. Piano Trio no.39 Hob.XV:25 - Cohen, Hobarth, Coin
Wolfgang Amadeua Mozart 28. 6 Deutsche Tanze am Stein-vis-a-vis - Andreas Staier, Christine Schornsheim
Joseph Haydn 29. Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre Hob.VIIb:1 - Jean-Guihen Queyras
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 30. Symphonie no.38 ’Prague’ K.504 - Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs
CD 22 - 23
Au coeur du romantisme - The Heart of Romanticism
Gioacchino Rossini 31. Petite Messe solennette - RIAS Kammechor, Marcus Creed
Gioacchino Rossini 32. Sonate e quattro - Ensemble Explorations, Roel Dieltiens
Robert Schumann 33. Frauenliebe und - leben op.42 - Bernarda Fink, Roger Vignoles
Johannes Brahms 34. Sonate pour clarinette et piano op.120 no.1 - Michel Portal, Georges Pludermacher
Hugo Wolf 35. Goethe-Lieder avec orchestre - Banse, Henschel, DSO Berlin, Nagano
CD 24 - 25
Un regard neuf sur les chefs-d’oeuvre
A New Look at Masterpieces
Jean-Philippe Rameau 36. Suite en Sol - Alexandre Tharaud, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven 37. Symphonie no.3 ’Eroica’ transcr. piano Liszt - Georges Pludermacher
Hector Berlioz 38. Nuits d’ete, Six melodies op.7 - Brigitte Balleys, Philippe Herreweghe
Manuel de Falla 39. El Amor brujo / L’Amour sorcier version 1915 - Ginesa Ortega, Josep Pons
CD 28 - 29
D’hier a demain - From Yesterday to Tomorrow
Ernest Chausson 45. Quatuor avec piano op.30 - Les Musiciens
Aarron Copland 46. Trio Vitebsk - Trio Wanderer
Leo Janacek 47. Sur un sentier recouvert, cahiers I & II - Alain Planes, piano
Leo Janacek 48. String Quartet No.2 ’Lettres intimes’ - Melos Quartett
Bela Bartok 49. Contrasts pour violin, clarinette et piano - Ensemble Boeykens
Arvo Part 50. Berliner Messe - Theatre of Voices, dir. Paul Hillier
CD 30
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