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Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - George Frideric Handel: Deutsche Arien (1985)

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Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - George Frideric Handel: Deutsche Arien (1985)

Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - George Frideric Handel: Deutsche Arien (1985)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 229 Mb | Total time: 52:07 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI | # 7 47400 2 | Recorded: 1985

Handel’s music from his early years, in Hamburg and Italy, has a remarkably sure touch, coupled with an exuberant spirit which he seldom matched again.
The Nine German Arias are to texts by Brockes who, preparing a later edition, praised Handel for ‘[setting] them to music in a very special way’. Emma Kirkby expresses with radiant ease and simplicity the confident Pietistic message which runs through them, of God’s goodness reflected in the beauties of nature.

Arnold Östman, London Baroque Players - Handel: Agrippina (2006/1985)

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Arnold Östman, London Baroque Players - Handel: Agrippina (2006/1985)

Arnold Östman, London Baroque Players, Barbara Daniels, David Kuebler - Handel: Agrippina (2006/1985)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 6 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 7.63 Gb (DVD9) | 154 min
Classical | EuroArts | Sub: Italiano, English, Deutsch, Francais, Chinese

Agrippina is brilliant, early Handel. Composed when he was just twenty-four, it was his first big hit in the theatre. It’s full of his fresh, exuberantly inventive music and sets one of the finest librettos Handel worked with. This beautiful production, with an elegant and colorful staging, was recorded at the exquisite Rococo palace theatre in Schwetzingen, built in 1752.

Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - George Frideric Handel: Sacred Cantatas (2001)

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Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - George Frideric Handel: Sacred Cantatas (2001)

Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - George Frideric Handel: Sacred Cantatas (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 324 Mb | Total time: 67:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-106501-CAT | Recorded: 1999

Emma Kirkby always has been an excellent Handel singer, from her two 1985 recordings–Italian Cantatas with Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music (L'Oiseau Lyre) and German Arias with Charles Medlam and the London Baroque (EMI)–and 1987's Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, again with the London Baroque (Harmonia Mundi) to this new, exemplary program of Latin motets. Kirkby retains a remarkably youthful sound, exhibiting all of her admired agility and intonational accuracy, but with more richness in the lower register than in her younger days.

London Baroque, Charles Medlam - Marin Marais: La Gamme, Sonate à la Marésienne (1997)

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London Baroque, Charles Medlam - Marin Marais: La Gamme, Sonate à la Marésienne (1997)

London Baroque, Charles Medlam - Marin Marais: La Gamme, Sonate à la Marésienne (1997)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 47:09 | 321 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi France | Catalog: HMA 1901105

London Baroque, one of our best pre-classical ensembles, has chosen an all-Marais programme for its debut on gramophone records. Both works come from a collection published in 1723 containing unusually extended pieces in a style often removed from that of Marais's Pièces de violes. The most elaborate of them is La gamme which, as its name suggests, relies both on the ascending and descending levels of the scale for its invention.

Peter Harvey, Philippa Hyde, London Baroque – Rameau & Campra: French Cantatas (2007)

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Peter Harvey, Philippa Hyde, London Baroque – Rameau & Campra: French Cantatas (2007)

Peter Harvey, Philippa Hyde, London Baroque – Rameau & Campra: French Cantatas (2007)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 64:05 | 353 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: BIS | Catalog: BIS-CD-1495

Rameau’s secular chamber cantatas are early works, written before he got his longed-for chance to compose for the stage. While they are clearly the works of a talented and skilled artist, it has to be admitted that they only hint at the powerful personality and individuality of the operas. Yet even that is something to be valued from someone like Rameau, and we can be glad that London Baroque have made them the subject of one of their relatively rare excursions into French repertoire.

London Baroque - The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy (2012)

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London Baroque - The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy (2012)

London Baroque - The Trio Sonata in 18th-Century Italy (2012)
Albinoni, Bonporti, Vivaldi, Bononcini, Porpora, Sammartini, Locatelli, Gallo, Tartini

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 464 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 185 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-2015 | Time: 01:17:14

London Baroque offers another installment in its ongoing European Trio Sonata series, this time devoted to 18th-century Italy; as with the ensemble’s previous efforts the program features generally excellent performances of lesser-known repertoire. Ten years ago I reviewed a similar 18th-century Italian program by this same group titled “Stravaganze Napoletane”, also on BIS, and was generally impressed with the performances–except for one piece: Domenico Gallo’s Sonata No. 1 in G major.

Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - Handel in Italy: Solo Cantatas (2008)

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Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - Handel in Italy: Solo Cantatas (2008)

Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - Handel in Italy: Solo Cantatas (2008)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 67:23 | 374 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS | Catalog: BIS-SACD-1695

This exciting programme is presented by Emma Kirkby and London Baroque, household names in the sphere of 'early music', and certainly no new-comers to th works of Handel. Indeed, when they last joined forces in a Handel programme the website MusicWeb International called the performances ones that 'make one wish that all Handel music making could be of this order', while the reviewer in BBC Music Magazine wrote 'Ive seldom been as moved by a recording, both music and performance'.

Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - Christmas Music (2000)

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Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - Christmas Music (2000)

Emma Kirkby, London Baroque - Christmas Music (2000)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 66:49 | 348 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: BIS | Catalog: BIS-CD-1135

BIS have come up with that seasonal rarity: the intelligent, considered and beautifully presented Christmas album. Emma Kirkby's pure tone, keen intelligence and utterly natural musicality need no introduction - she has, after all, been delighting us all for decades now. No admirer of either baroque music or Emma Kirkby will want to miss this impeccably programmed disc. The short Böddecker piece acts as a perfect warm-up. It is gentle and pure - the ideal vehicle for Kirkby's voice. Listening to the Cantatas of Alessandro Scarlatti takes us to another, altogether more exalted world.

London Baroque - Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pieces de clavecin en concerts (2003)

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London Baroque - Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pieces de clavecin en concerts (2003)

London Baroque - Jean-Philippe Rameau: Pièces de clavecin en concerts (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 425 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 363 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-1385 | Time: 01:07:00

Vivaldi, Handel, Purcel, J.S. Bach and now Rameau: London Baroque is proceeding through the Baroque Masters at an impressive pace. After acclaimed recordings of the Fantazias of Purcell and Bach's trio sonatas the turn has come to Pièces de Clavecin en Concerts, Jean-Philippe Rameau's important collection of chamber music works. The title (Concert pieces for harpsichord) is actually misleading, for although the harpsichord does play an important role throughout, the violin and viola da gamba are indispensable. Here London Baroque members Ingrid Seifert, Charles Medlam and Terence Charlston again prove their almost uncanny ability to play as one. Being mainly famous for his operas and stage works, Rameau in his Pièces has created a series of character pieces of which many are portraits of friends and acquaintances of the composer. Among the titles are the names and colleagues such as Marais and Forqueray but there is also a delightful self-portrait in La Rameau. A kaleidoscopic journey through the artistic circles of Paris in 1740, which can only be recommended.

Lumieres - La musique du XVIIIeme siecle (29 CD), Part 07 [2011]

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Lumieres - La musique du XVIIIeme siecle (29 CD), Part 07 [2011]

Lumières - La musique du XVIIIème siècle (29 CD), Part 07: Vivaldi, Telemann, J.S.Bach, C.P.E.Bach, J.C.F.Bach, Schobert, Kuhnau, Mondonville, Mozart, Haydn. Beethoven [2011]
EAC (flac, image, cue, log) | TT: 80.55+80.39+72.14 | Scans | 1.09 Gb
Classical | Harmonia Mundi | 2908601.30 | Rec: 1980-2006

The eighteenth century is probably the most extraordinary period of transformation Europe has known since antiquity. Political upheavals kept pace with the innumerable inventions and discoveries of the age; every sector of the arts and of intellectual and material life was turned upside down. Between the end of the reign of Louis XIV and the revolution of 1789, music in its turn underwent a radical mutation that struck at the very heart of a well-established musical language. In this domain too, we are all children of the Age of Enlightenment: our conception of music and the way we ‘consume’ it still follows in many respects the agenda set by the eighteenth century. And it is not entirely by chance that harmonia mundi has chosen to offer you in 2011 a survey of this musical revolution which, without claiming to be exhaustive, will enable you to grasp the principal outlines of musical creation between the twilight of the Baroque and the dawn of Romanticism.

Charles Medlam, Nigel Rogers, London Baroque, Chiaroscuro - Claudio Monteverdi: L' Orfeo (1984)

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Charles Medlam, Nigel Rogers, London Baroque, Chiaroscuro - Claudio Monteverdi: L' Orfeo (1984)

Charles Medlam, Nigel Rogers, London Baroque, Chiaroscuro - Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (1984)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 436 Mb | Total time: 47:36+56:32 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # CDC 7 47142 2 | Recorded: 1983

This recording of Monteverdi's retelling of the Orpheus legend may not be as fine overall as John Eliot Gardiner's, but it has much to recommend it. Nigel Rogers was the first great modern Monteverdi tenor: he made this record after his prime, but his virtuoso passage-work and stylish ornaments should be required listening for every student of the role. The cast, chorus, and orchestra give solid, if occasionally reserved, performances (though Guillemette Laurens is a shrill Messenger). The best singing of the entire record is (perhaps unfortunately) at the beginning: Emma Kirkby's sweet voice, imaginative embellishment, and eloquent delivery as Music result in absolutely the best rendition of the Prologue on record.

Lumieres - La musique du XVIIIeme siecle (29 CD), Part 02 [2011]

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Lumieres - La musique du XVIIIeme siecle (29 CD), Part 02 [2011]

Lumières - La musique du XVIIIème siècle (29 CD), Part 02: Vivaldi, Telemann, J.S.Bach, Tartini, Monn, C.P.E.Bach, J.C.Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Pleyel, Beethoven [2011]
EAC (flac, image, cue, log) | TT: 76.43+73.10+77.59+54.27 | Scans | 1.29 Gb
Classical | Harmonia Mundi | 2908601.30 | Rec: 1991-2011

The eighteenth century is probably the most extraordinary period of transformation Europe has known since antiquity. Political upheavals kept pace with the innumerable inventions and discoveries of the age; every sector of the arts and of intellectual and material life was turned upside down. Between the end of the reign of Louis XIV and the revolution of 1789, music in its turn underwent a radical mutation that struck at the very heart of a well-established musical language. In this domain too, we are all children of the Age of Enlightenment: our conception of music and the way we ‘consume’ it still follows in many respects the agenda set by the eighteenth century. And it is not entirely by chance that harmonia mundi has chosen to offer you in 2011 a survey of this musical revolution which, without claiming to be exhaustive, will enable you to grasp the principal outlines of musical creation between the twilight of the Baroque and the dawn of Romanticism.

Charles Medlam, London Baroque - Arcangelo Corelli: Sonate da camera, Op. 2 & 4 (1991)

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Charles Medlam, London Baroque - Arcangelo Corelli: Sonate da camera, Op. 2 & 4 (1991)

Charles Medlam, London Baroque - Arcangelo Corelli: Sonate da camera, Op. 2 & 4 (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 750 Mb | Total time: 68:59+68:29 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC 901342.43 | Recorded: 1989, 1990

Arcangelo Corelli was the most famous Italian composer of the late 17th century. He owed this preeminence to his skill in harnessing the musical tendencies of his time, as is demonstrated by his celebrated Sonatas, which became the models for the chamber sonata (sonata da camera) and church sonata (sonata da chiesa). Yet the composer himself was constantly reacting against these archetypes, and it is this perpetual reflection on his own art that gives his works their extraordinary richness.

Charles Medlam, London Baroque - Arcangelo Corelli: Sonate da chiesa, Op. 1 & 3 (1991)

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Charles Medlam, London Baroque - Arcangelo Corelli: Sonate da chiesa, Op. 1 & 3 (1991)

Charles Medlam, London Baroque - Arcangelo Corelli: Sonate da chiesa, Op. 1 & 3 (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 756 Mb | Total time: 67:32+74:22 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMC 901344.45 | Recorded: 1987, 1990

Arcangelo Corelli was the most famous Italian composer of the late 17th century. He owed this preeminence to his skill in harnessing the musical tendencies of his time, as is demonstrated by his celebrated Sonatas, which became the models for the chamber sonata (sonata da camera) and church sonata (sonata da chiesa). Yet the composer himself was constantly reacting against these archetypes, and it is this perpetual reflection on his own art that gives his works their extraordinary richness.

Niklas Eklund, Nils-Erik Sparf, Knut Johannessen, Charles Medlam, Susanne Rydén - Festliche Barocktrompete (1999)

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Niklas Eklund, Nils-Erik Sparf, Knut Johannessen, Charles Medlam, Susanne Rydén - Festliche Barocktrompete (1999)

Niklas Eklund, Nils-Erik Sparf, Knut Johannessen, Charles Medlam, Susanne Rydén - Festliche Barocktrompete (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 918 Mb | Total time: 57:00+65:17+64:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.503041 | Recorded: 1995,1996

The Swedish trumpet-player Niklas Eklund, born in Göteborg (Gothenburg) in 1969, trained at the School of Music and Musicology of Göteborg University. Further studies took place under the tutelage of Edward H. Tarr at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. After five years as solo trumpet with the Basle Radio Symphony Orchestra, he left the orchestra in the autumn of 1996 to further his career as a soloist. Since then he has appeared with leading ensembles and conductors such as Zubin Metha, John Eliot Gardiner, Heinz Holliger, András Schiff, Robert King, Eric Ericson, Reinhard Goebel, Gustav Leonhardt, the London Baroque, the Bach Ensemble (New York), the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble and the English Baroque Soloists.