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Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor - J.S. Bach: Passio secundum Johannem BWV 245 Version II (1725) (2000)

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Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor - J.S. Bach: Passio secundum Johannem BWV 245 Version II (1725) (2000)

Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor - Johann Sebastian Bach: Passio secundum Johannem BWV 245 Version II (1725) (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 508 Mb | Total time: 114:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | # 332 0983-2 | Recorded: 1999

Peter Neumann ist der erste, dessen Aufnahme die zweite Fassung der ›Johannes-Passion‹ in einem Durchlauf hören läßt. Dies ist insofern wichtig, als durch die Änderungen die Aspekte ›Schuld‹ und ›Sünde‹ stärker akzentuiert werden, die theologische Aussage des Werks also in eine etwas andere Richtung weist. Das eigentlich Bemerkenswerte der vorliegenden Einspielung ist der Einsatz einer großen Kirchenorgel als Continuoinstrument, was den Arien und Chorälen eine ganz eigene Färbung verleiht.

Ralf Otto, Bachorchester Mainz, Bachchor Mainz - Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Matthäus-Passion (2019)

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Ralf Otto, Bachorchester Mainz, Bachchor Mainz - Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Matthäus-Passion (2019)

Ralf Otto, Bachorchester Mainz, Bachchor Mainz - Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion / Matthäus-Passion (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 693 Mb | Total time: 170:35 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.574036-38 | Recorded: 2018

Johann Sebastian Bach’s St Matthew Passion is widely recognised as one of the greatest masterpieces in Western sacred music. With its double orchestra and chorus this is a work of enormous proportions in every sense, and Bach was extremely resourceful in treading a fine line between creating the almost operatic spectacle valued by the secular authorities in Leipzig, and the elevated religious atmosphere sought by the clergy. This inspired mix of moving drama and theological discourse led Leonard Bernstein to declare that ‘there is nothing like it in all of music’.

Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Concerto Copenhagen - George Frideric Handel: Brockes-Passion (2019)

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Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Concerto Copenhagen - George Frideric Handel: Brockes-Passion (2019)

Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Concerto Copenhagen - George Frideric Handel: Brockes-Passion (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 751 Mb | Total time: 152:20 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 555 286-2 | Recorded: 2019

The Concerto Copenhagen is Scandinavia’s most renowned Baroque ensemble and one of the most innovative such formations worldwide. Its trademarks are its unusual program combinations featuring Scandinavian rarities and famous Baroque masterpieces. This world-class orchestra now turns to Handel’s great Brockes-Passion in a CD recording based on the Halle edition of this composer’s works. The Passion text published by the well-to-do Hamburg resident Barthold Heinrich Brockes was a literary bestseller during the early eighteenth century.

Ensemble Agamemnon & François Cardey - Una Notte Onirica: Musica notturna nel Seicento (2024)

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Ensemble Agamemnon & François Cardey - Una Notte Onirica: Musica notturna nel Seicento (2024)

Ensemble Agamemnon & François Cardey - Una Notte Onirica: Musica notturna nel Seicento (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 290 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 134 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:57:31
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: Musica Ficta

Una notte onirica is an enchanting musical journey, dedicated to the sacred and profane passions of 17th-century Italy. A soprano and six instrumentalists set up a nocturnal, intimate and sometimes disturbing atmosphere thanks to motets and sonatas by Cazzati, Turini, Marini, Rossi, Cesti and others. The torments of a jealous lover follow the luminous antiphons for the Virgin and sinfonie and lamenti compete in virtuosity. Una notte onirica is the illustration of an abundant and colourful Italian night, like a new carnival dedicated to Nyx, the goddess of the night.

Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Orchester und Chor, Regensburger Domspatzen - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1989)

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Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Orchester und Chor, Regensburger Domspatzen - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1989)

Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Orchester und Chor, Regensburger Domspatzen - Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 869 Mb | Total time: 203:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 427 704 | Recorded: 1979

The opening with the opening choir "Kommt, ihr Töchter" immediately sets the tone; not a quick-played waltz, but imposing and wide-set, like the start of a great human drama. Richter exceeds 11 minutes with this tempo. Only the version by Otto Klemperer is even slower. But unlike Klemperer, here in the rest of the MP we are not dealing with a somewhat stately approach, but with a sharply profiled and dramatic one!

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Concerto Koln, Peter Dijkstra - Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion (2016) 3CDs

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Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Concerto Koln, Peter Dijkstra - Johann Sebastian Bach: Johannes-Passion (2016) 3CDs

Johann Sebastian Bach - Johannes-Passion (2016) 3CDs
Julian Prégardien (Evangelist), Tareq Nazmi (Jesus), Christina Landshamer (soprano)
Ulrike Malotta (alto), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Krešimir Stražanac (bass)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Concerto Köln, conducted by Peter Dijkstra

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 787 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 409 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Choral | Label: BR Klassik | # 900909 | Time: 02:57:16

The music of Bach's 'St. John Passion', which the composer wrote for Holy Week in 1724 immediately after his appointment as cantor of St Thomas's Church in Leipzig, still retains all its freshness and vitality nearly 300 years later, and is a true Baroque delight. The two main choruses Herr, unser Herrscher and Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine form the beginning and culmination of a large-scale orchestral and vocal structure in which Bach reveals his absolute mastery of polyphony. Inwardly reflective chorales are as much interwoven into the events of the Passion as the haunting arias which comment on the biblical texts of the Gospel of St John. Throughout this solemn Passion oratorio, there is a constant emphasis on Baroque musical magnificence. What makes this live recording of the concert version of March 7, 2015 in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz so special? The fresh voices of the young and excellent vocal soloists, the regularly praised "astonishing three-dimensionality" and "crystalline clarity" of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks under the direction of Peter Dijkstra and, of course, the renowned period instrument ensemble Concerto Köln.

Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie - Georg Philipp Telemann: Easter Cantatas (2021)

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Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie - Georg Philipp Telemann: Easter Cantatas (2021)

Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie - Georg Philipp Telemann: Easter Cantatas (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 341 Mb | Total time: 71:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 555 425-2 | Recorded: 2020

Our CD presents a selection of five works from the extensive, largely unexplored Easter Cantata oeuvre created by Georg Philipp Telemann during the course of his sixty years in Eisenach (1708-12), Frankfurt am Main (1712-21), and Hamburg (1721-67). Four of the works recorded here date from the 1720s and take us back to the years in Telemann’s creative life as a composer when he was the new music director of Hamburg’s five principal churches and was reorganizing the city’s church music and modernizing it in musical respects.

Alessandra Visentin, Luca Oberti, Ensemble Pietro Antonio Locatelli - Antonio Vivaldi: Motets & Stabat

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Alessandra Visentin, Luca Oberti, Ensemble Pietro Antonio Locatelli - Antonio Vivaldi: Motets & Stabat

Alessandra Visentin, Luca Oberti, Ensemble Pietro Antonio Locatelli - Antonio Vivaldi: Per la Sig.ra Geltruda - Motets & Stabat Mater (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 291 Mb | Total time: 63:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Pan Classics | # PC 10414 | Recorded: 2019

The autograph reference “Per la Sig.ra Geltruda” on the manuscript of Vivaldi’s motet “Clarae stellae, scintillate” has long aroused the curiosity of researchers. By years of research around the Vivaldi expert Michael Talbot is now revealed who this “Signora Geltruda” is: Geltruda della Violetta was a girl from the Venetian orphanage La Piet , where Vivaldi worked for over a decade. Geltruda probably had an exceptionally beautiful voice that quickly attracted the interest of important personalities.

David Willcocks - George Frideric Handel: L'Allegro ed il Penseroso; Ode for St Cecilias Day (1999)

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David Willcocks - George Frideric Handel: L'Allegro ed il Penseroso; Ode for St Cecilias Day (1999)

David Willcocks - George Frideric Handel: L'Allegro ed il Penseroso; Ode for St Cecilias Day (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 760 Mb | Total time: 73:51+76:49 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | # 460 287-2 | Recorded: 1960, 1967

'L'Allegro il penseroso ed il moderato' brings together Sir David Willcocks, some fluent chamber players and the illustrious tenor Peter Pears - not the most orthodox of Handel interpreters in an era of so-called authentic performance, but here appropriately sonorous. The greater feast, however, is the 'Ode for St Cecelia', whose spiritual patronage of the sonic arts first really took off in the seventeenth century and has not looked back since. April Cantelo and Choir of King's College Cambridge offer an inspired and inspiring account of a rich, celebratory and gorgeously double-rhythmed delight.

New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro - l'europe réunie (2024)

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New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro - l'europe réunie (2024)

New Collegium & Claudio Ribeiro - l'europe réunie (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 396 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 147 Mb | 01:03:54
Classical | Label: Fra Bernardo

Eighteenth-century Europe was home to an infinity of musical styles. The fascination of composers with developments elsewhere led to a multitude of creative imitations and further transformations. Our recording is a sounding illustration of the results: a German embraces the French orchestral suite and an Italian is the driving force behind the new concerto form, only to inspire another German to other creative ventures.

Jérôme Hantaï, Pierre Hantaï, Alix Verzier - Marin Marais: Pièces de viole (1997)

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Jérôme Hantaï, Pierre Hantaï, Alix Verzier - Marin Marais: Pièces de viole (1997)

Jérôme Hantaï, Pierre Hantaï, Alix Verzier - Marin Marais: Pièces de viole (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 413 Mb | Total time: 72:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Veritas | # 5 45266 2 | Recorded: 1997

There is nothing left wanting in these performances. Hantaï and Verzier both display adroit virtuosity, possess warm tones but distinctive approaches, and share a telepathic sense of interplay, all excellent qualities in these intimate chamber works. Brother Pierre Hantaï on the keyboard sticks with them throughout, following them even in the most tempo rubato-saturated Sarabande. The lion's share of the pieces here are in the standard stylized Baroque dance forms, but Marais' expressive melodies, pungent harmonies, and highly individual take on the forms make each piece unique.

RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle - Handel: Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, Nisi Dominus (2024)

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RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle - Handel: Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, Nisi Dominus (2024)

RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle - Handel: Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, Nisi Dominus (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 288 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 141 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:01:04
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: harmonia mundi

It was in Rome, where he resided between 1707 and 1710, that the young Handel composed these three dazzling sacred works. The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the RIAS Kammerchor give us an extremely lively and colourful reading of these pieces in which the composer showcased his talent: allegiance to the forms of the past, total mastery of counterpoint and, already, a unique feeling for storytelling. Everything here announces musical genius.

Maarten Engeltjes, Shira Patchornik & PRJCT Amsterdam - Pergolesi: Stabat Mater - Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (2024)

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Maarten Engeltjes, Shira Patchornik & PRJCT Amsterdam - Pergolesi: Stabat Mater - Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (2024)

Maarten Engeltjes, Shira Patchornik & PRJCT Amsterdam - Pergolesi: Stabat Mater - Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 261 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 136 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:57:20
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: Pentatone

PRJCT Amsterdam and its artistic director Maarten Engeltjes present two of the greatest vocal works of the baroque era: Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus. While Vivaldi’s virtuosic piece contemplates the helplessness of people when God does not support their efforts, Pergolesi’s portrait of the weeping Mary at the Cross embodies what the “nameless” parents of a deceased child go through. In the Stabat Mater, Engeltjes’s counter-tenor blends together seamlessly and soothingly with Shira Patchornik’s soprano voice, resulting in an interpretation that is both profound and deeply relatable.

Andrew Lawrence-King, The Harp Consort - Les Travailleurs de la Mer (2004)

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Andrew Lawrence-King, The Harp Consort - Les Travailleurs de la Mer (2004)

Andrew Lawrence-King, The Harp Consort - Les Travailleurs de la Mer (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 443 Mb | Total time: 76:24 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 907330 | Recorded: 2003

The Baltimore Consort used to do programs similar to this one, but The Harp Consort takes the production values and vocal artistry to an even higher level. From the opening, a highly rhythmic, sensuously melodic traditional Breton number, you're drawn into a world of earthy, folk-based music that's filled out with the colors of period instruments and brought to life by the expressive voices of singers who allow the flow and pulse of the language to shape phrases and create natural accents and inflection. The result is affecting, engrossing performances that convey what we can only surmise is a reasonably accurate realization of these ancient and justifiably enduring tunes.

Ferdinand Leitner, Cappella Coloniensis - George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano (2015)

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Ferdinand Leitner, Cappella Coloniensis - George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano (2015)

Ferdinand Leitner, Cappella Coloniensis - George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 679 Mb | Total time: 79:59+65:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Profil Medien | # PH11029 | Recorded: 1966

Conductor Ferdinand Leitner (1912-96), learning his trade from masters like Walter, Busch, Richter and Karl Muck (as rehearsal pianist at Bayreuth), gained the experience that lead to his being dubbed the "singers' conductor" by all who worked with him during a long and lustrous career marked by his tenure as Zurich Opera music director (1969-84) and some 300 commercial recordings. The 1970s-80s Bayreuth stalwart, bass-baritone Franz Mazura as Tamerlano and famed American lyric soprano Helen Donath as Asteria headline this 1966 Leitner-led performance of Handel’s Tamerlano.