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András Schiff, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos (2021)

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András Schiff, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos (2021)

András Schiff, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johannes Brahms: Piano Concertos (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 405 Mb | Total time: 78:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: ECM Records | # 485 5770 | Recorded: 2019

“My enthusiasm for Brahms goes back to my youth, and the piano concertos are largely responsible for it,” writes Sir András Schiff in a liner note for this remarkable new recording. It finds the great pianist reassessing interpretive approaches to Brahms in the inspired company of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. To fully bring out the characteristics of Brahms’s music Schiff’s choice of instrument is a Blüthner piano built in Leipzig around 1859, the year in which the D minor concerto was premiered.

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rebecca Miller - C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies (2015)

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Rebecca Miller - C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies (2015)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Symphonies (2015)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Rebecca Miller

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 297 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 136 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Signum Records | # SIGCD395 | Time: 00:56:33

Avant garde. Eccentric. A maniac. Wild and adventurous. Off the wall. Extraordinary. No marketing hyperbole - this is how the players of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment describe Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach and his music. One of the many children of JS Bach, CPE Bach always lived in his father’s shadow, and now is an almost unknown figure at least beyond the classical cogniscenti. How can such an unknown be considered a gamechanger? A listen to his music reveals just why – it constantly shifts, wrongfooting the listener when they least expect it with wild changes of direction and colour – it is bright, effervescent, and is a fascinating link between the music of his father (and the Baroque era) and Joseph Haydn (and the Classical era).

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti (2000)

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti (2000)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti (2000)
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 376 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 181 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Linn Records | # CKD 151 | Time: 01:14:03

The popular Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment presents a fantastic and exuberantly played selection of Vivaldi. Named a ‘Choice' recording by Gramophone upon release, the OAE joyfully celebrate some of Vivaldi's finest instrumental writing. The soloists are drawn from within the distinguished ranks of the OAE including Anthony Robson (oboe), Andrew Clark (horn), Roger Montgomery (horn), David Watkin (cello), Lisa Beznosiuk (flute), Elizabeth Kenny (lute) and Catherine Mackintosh (viola). The concertos assembled on this disc afford the listener a glimpse of Vivaldi's originality, not only as a sensitive colourist and master of form, but also as a felicitous melodist whose harmonies and phraseology are charged with heady atmosphere. The dancing rhythms and distinctive characters of these concerti together with the variety of instrumental combinations and sparkling performances make this a fresh and constantly engaging listen.

Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music - Handel: Dettingen Te Deum (2008)

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Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music - Handel: Dettingen Te Deum (2008)

Stephen Layton, The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music - George Frideric Handel: Dettingen Te Deum; Zadok the Priest; Organ Concerto No.14 (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 270 Mb | Total time: 60:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67678 | Recorded: 2007

The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, is one of Britain’s great mixed choirs. Under its new director, the mercurial Stephen Layton, it has reached new heights of musical excellence in this latest disc for Hyperion. Accompanied throughout by the Academy of Ancient Music, the choir performs one of Handel’s most florid and dazzling works, the Dettingen Te Deum, which was written to celebrate King George II’s triumphal return from the Battle of Dettingen in 1743. As might be imagined, much of this work is thrillingly bellicose, but some highly cultivated writing shows the composer’s range, expressive versatility and imagination.

Ian Bostridge, Harry Bicket, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Great Handel (2007)

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Ian Bostridge, Harry Bicket, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Great Handel (2007)

Ian Bostridge, Harry Bicket, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Great Handel (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 306 Mb | Total time: 65:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 382243-2 | Recorded: 2006

Bostridge is sharply attuned to the subtlety of Handel's work setting, colouring his sound with a rich palette of timbres and effects: sonorous and sensuous in 'Ombra mai fù', hauntingly stark in 'Total eclipse'. …Harry Bicket's direction is sensitive and unfussy - tempos are well-judged, allowing him to shape Handel's long-breathed melodic lines with supple grace.

Sarah Connolly, OAE, Vladimir Jurowski - Mahler: Totenfeier & Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (2012)

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Sarah Connolly, OAE, Vladimir Jurowski - Mahler: Totenfeier & Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (2012)

Gustav Mahler - Totenfeier & Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (2012)
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conducted by Vladimir Jurowski

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 144 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 95 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Signum Records | # SIGCD259 | Time: 00:38:16

In this live recording from the Royal Festival Hall the OAE shines its musical torch into the realms of some later repertoire, shedding new light on the music of Mahler. Conducted by Principal Artist Vladimir Jurowski, this album includes the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer), written in the wake of an unhappy affair with a soprano, and the extraordinarily exciting and powerful Totenfeier, Mahler’s first foray into orchestral music, and later reworked into the opening movement of his second symphony.

Anthony Halstead, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johan Helmich Roman: Solo Concertos (1994)

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Anthony Halstead, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johan Helmich Roman: Solo Concertos (1994)

Anthony Halstead, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johan Helmich Roman: Solo Concertos (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 466 Mb | Total time: 71:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Musica Sveciae | # MSCD 405 | Recorded: 1992

Johan Helmich Roman (born 26 October 1694 in Stockholm, died 20 November 1758 on the Haraldsmåla estate in Småland) is one of Sweden’s most important composers of all time. He has been called ‘the father of Swedish music’, and with good reason. As chief conductor of the Royal Court Orchestra, composer, musician and teacher, Roman laid the ground for an increasingly rich music scene in 18th century Sweden. He was also the first Swedish composer to attain international status, and had a prolific musical output covering most of the genres of his time, instrumental and vocal, with the exception of opera and oratorios.

Emanuel Ax, Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1999)

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Emanuel Ax, Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1999)

Emanuel Ax, Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 228 Mb | Total time: 62:08 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # SK60771 | Recorded: 1998

The required calling card of any pianist-composer in the 1820s and '30s was a virtuosic piano piece accompanied by an orchestra. When the 21-year-old Chopin arrived in Paris in the fall of 1831, he had several such compositions under his arm, including the Concerto in E Minor (which, although the first of his two concertos to be published, was composed after the Concerto in F Minor) and the already heralded Variations (which had inspired Robert Schumann to remark, "Hats off, gentlemen–a genius.").

Aksel Rykkvin, Nigel Short, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Aksel!: Arias by Bach, Handel & Mozart (2016)

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Aksel Rykkvin, Nigel Short, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Aksel!: Arias by Bach, Handel & Mozart (2016)

Aksel Rykkvin, Nigel Short, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Aksel!: Arias by Bach, Handel & Mozart (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 264 Mb | Total time: 58:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Signum Classics | # SIGCD435 | Recorded: 2016

The solo boy soprano album has a kind of intensity, born of knowing that the sound will soon end, that attracts some and puts others off, but Norwegian treble Aksel Rykkvin, with flawless schoolboy good looks, has become something of a sensation with this album of Baroque and Classical arias. His voice has a rather metallic quality, and you might think that forcing it into these big arias would be an unnatural thing. Yet in fact some of these pieces, including the tough arias from Handel's Alcina, were originally written for a boy soprano, and Bach's church music made use of them as well. Rykkvin handles the acrobatics quite well.

Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide (2018)

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Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide (2018)

Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Albina Shagimuratova, Daniela Barcellona - Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 877 Mb | Total time: 66:48+65:18+63:16+36:21 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Opera Rara | # ORC57 | Recorded: 2017

Semiramide, based on a play by Voltaire about an ancient Assyrian queen, was Rossini's last Italian opera. Some five hours long in performance, it has always been subject to cuts from producers worried that it was a butt-breaker, but Rossini insisted that it be performed as written. He was right: its massive two acts have a logic and flow that do not flag. Despite its size and difficulty (check the hefty list of sponsors and patrons in the booklet), the opera is being revived increasingly often. The work has been called the last Baroque opera, with its tragic plot from antiquity encrusted with glittering, highly ornamented arias, and you might suppose that a performance stands or falls with the singers. This version certainly offers strong ones, including the superb pair of sopranos Albina Shagimuratova in the title role and Daniela Barcellona in the travesti or cross-dressing role of the commander Arsace.

Stephen Layton, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio (2013)

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Stephen Layton, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio (2013)

Stephen Layton, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 724 Mb | Total time: 151:49 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA 68031/2 | Recorded: 2012

Christmas Oratorio is topical, it’s also universal. It doesn’t require lights or tinsel or presents under the tree to instruct, inspire, and/or entertain, especially if it is presented in as fine a performance as this one fashioned by Stephen Layton and his cohort. Layton is the director of music at Trinity College, Cambridge (having succeeded Richard Marlow), and his choir is top-notch, as is the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, mercifully identified as OAE. OAE’s roster is rife with such familiar names from the period instruments movement as Margaret Faultless (who is just that here) and Alison Bury. To mention Anthony Robson, oboe, and David Blackadder, trumpet, is not to slight any of the other players.

Frans Bruggen, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the 18th Century - Haydn: Symphonies [13CDs] (2009)

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Frans Bruggen, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the 18th Century - Haydn: Symphonies [13CDs] (2009)

Frans Brüggen, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the 18th Century - Joseph Haydn: Sturm & Drang, Paris, London Symphonies [13CDs] (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 4,15 Gb | Total time: 16 h 15'18'' | Scans included
Classical | Label: DECCA | # 480 228 2 | Recorded: 1992-2000

The crowning glory of this collection rests in Frans Brüggen’s marvelous set of the 12 “London” Symphonies. These, along with some of the lesser-known late works, such as Symphonies Nos. 86 and 90 (with its thrilling horn writing), alone justify purchase of this inexpensive 13-disc collection–but really it’s all pretty fine. One of the more anachronistic aspects of the “authentic-instrument” movement has been that works written to be performed without conductor at all (or in collaboration between concertmaster and players) receive the loving ministrations of “specialists” such as Brüggen (and Harnoncourt, for example) whose inclinations in terms of tempo manipulation and expressive phrasing could make a Stokowski blush. And so we find a finale of Symphony No. 88 that’s even slower than Karl Böhm’s, and when you come right down to it, it’s none the worse for the experience: it makes up in charm what it lacks in sheer energy.

Cecilia Bartoli, Adam Fischer, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - The Salieri Album (2003)

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Cecilia Bartoli, Adam Fischer, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - The Salieri Album (2003)

Cecilia Bartoli, Adam Fischer, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - The Salieri Album (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 325 Mb | Total time: 68:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: DECCA | # 470 631-2 | Recorded: 2003

Antonio Salieri is, unfortunately, best known as Mozart's great Viennese rival. Some of his work has appeared on recordings, and he was clearly an interesting composer of well-crafted, entertaining music. But now that a singer with the stature and prodigious gifts of Cecilia Bartoli has undertaken an entire CD of his opera arias, he may just become a quasi-household name. Here he proves himself a composer who wrote for virtuosos; Bartoli is nothing if not a vituoso. And, indeed, this CD opens with an impressive bang: An aria from La secchia rapita features a wild vocal line complete with wild coloratura, huge leaps, a range from low G to high D flat (Bartoli flirts more and more with the soprano range while using her chest register even more forcefully!), and vast dynamic changes accompanied by a full orchestra augmented with grand, martial trumpets.

David Daniels, Roger Norrington, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - George Frideric Handel: Operatic Arias (1998)

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David Daniels, Roger Norrington, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - George Frideric Handel: Operatic Arias (1998)

David Daniels, Roger Norrington, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - George Frideric Handel: Operatic Arias (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 318 Mb | Total time: 69:26 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Veritas | # 45326 2 | Recorded: 1998

The ever-increasing popularity of Handel and his contemporaries, and their employment of alto castratos, has encouraged the development of countertenors capable of similar vocal feats to the original interpreters of the heroic roles in these works. Among these the distinguished American, David Daniels, who burst on to the scene here a couple of years ago at Glyndebourne in Theodora, is a leading contender. If I would place Scholl in the category of Deller and Esswood, with their luminous, soft-grained tone, Daniels is closer to the more earthy sound of Bowman, his voice — like Bowman's — astonishingly large in volume.

Emmanuelle Haim, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea (2009)

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Emmanuelle Haim, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea (2009)

Emmanuelle Haïm, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea (2009)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 193 min+41 min (bonus) | 7,55+7,36 Gb (2xDVD9)
Classical | Label: DECCA | Sub: English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol, Chinese | Recorded: 2008

The major debut on Decca DVD of Danielle de Niese. Returning to the opera house where she sang her sensational Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare, Danielle performs the title role in Monteverdi's great opera of lust and power, in Robert Carsen's new, modern-dress staging. De Niese is perfectly cast as the beautiful and seductive Poppea who ruthlessly grabs power as Nero's lover but, in this production, is doomed from the moment of her coronation. De Niese's performance is vocally and dramatically powerful, perfectly complemented by Alice Coote as Nero. The two are supported by an outstanding cast, together with period-performance stars Emmanuelle Haïm conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Carsen creates an intelligent and visually-strong production, focusing on the personal side of the story. At times the action is violent and shocking, but this is juxtaposed with episodes of lightness and humour.