Cantata da Camera

On this CD:

1. Augellin vago e canoro, Cantata for soprano, 2 treble recorders & basso continuo
Composed by Alessandro Scarlatti
Performed by Greta de Reyghere

2. Che faremo ò cor mio, Cantata for soprano, treble recorder & basso continuo
Composed by Antonio Maria Bononcini
Performed by Greta de Reyghere

3. E già tre volte sorse, Cantata for soprano, treble recorder & basso continuo
Composed by Giuseppe Porsile
Performed by Greta de Reyghere

4. Posa sopra d'un faggio, Cantata for soprano, treble recorder & basso continuo
Composed by Italian Anonymous
Performed by Greta de Reyghere

5. Torno à voi piante amorose, Cantata for soprano, 2 treble recorders & basso continuo
Composed by Antonio Maria Bononcini
Performed by Greta de Reyghere

Tracks:

Questo Silenzio Ombroso - Sandrine Piau
Dolce Piange Romito Usignuolo - Sandrine Piau
Or Mentr'io Dormo - Sandrine Piau
Introduction - Sandrine Piau
Filen, Mio Caro Bene - Sandrine Piau
Aria: Chiedi Pur Ai Monti - Sandrine Piau
Recit: Ma Se Prova Bastante - Sandrine Piau
Aria: Che Ti Sembra, Son Fedele - Sandrine Piau
Recit: Cleopatra Mia Reina - Sandrine Piau
Aria: Parto Dunque O Mio Tesoro - Sandrine Piau
Recit: Antonio, E Qual Destino - Sandrine Piau
Aria: Vo Goder Senza Contrasto Te Mia Vita - Sandrine Piau
Recit: Somministriamo A Giove - Sandrine Piau
Duo: Deh, Mio Ben, Troppo Ti Sprona - Sandrine Piau
Recit: Regina, E Scritto In Ciel - Sandrine Piau
Duo: Dunque Mio Core, All'Armi - Sandrine Piau
E Pur Vuole Il Cielo E Amore - Sandrine Piau
In Si Duro Martire Che Piu Penare - Sandrine Piau
Recit: Leandro, Anima Mia - Sandrine Piau
Aria: Non Mi Togliete Il Bene - Sandrine Piau
Recit: Vieni, Leandro, A Consolar - Sandrine Piau
Aria: La Speranza Dice Al Core - Sandrine Piau
Recit: Cosi Fra Se Parlava - Sandrine Piau
Aria: Di Donna Amante - Sandrine Piau
Recit: Mentre Sul Carro Aurato - Sandrine Piau
Aria: Piu Di Te, Mirtillo Mio - Sandrine Piau
Recit: Ma Come In Questi prati - Sandrine Piau
Aria: No, Non Diperar Chi Sa? - Sandrine Piau
Recit: Dimmi, Intatta Per Me - Sandrine Piau
Aria: Si, Per Te, Mio Bene - Sandrine Piau
Recit: E Tu, Clori Gentille - Sandrine Piau
Duo: Sin Che Il Sole Spande I Rai - Sandrine Piau

Tracks:

Medea In Corinto - Sandrine Piau
Soffri, Mio Caro Alcino - Sandrine Piau
I Preludio - Sandrine Piau
II Allemanda - Sandrine Piau
III Giga - Sandrine Piau
D'improvviso - Sandrine Piau
I Grave - Sandrine Piau
II Vivace - Sandrine Piau
III Adagio - Sandrine Piau
IV Vivace - Sandrine Piau
Vicino A Un Rivoletto - Sandrine Piau

Tracks:

Splenda L'Alba In Oriente - Sandrine Piau
La Lucrezia - Sandrine Piau
I Allegro - Sandrine Piau
II A Tempo Ordinario - Allegro Non Presto - Sandrine Piau
III Passacaille - Sandrine Piau
IV Gigue - Sandrine Piau
V Menuett - Sandrine Piau
Mi Palpita Il Cor - Sandrine Piau
Carco Sempre Di Gloria - Sandrine Piau

Tracks:

Preludio - Gerard Lesne
Aria: Siedi Amarilli - Gerard Lesne
Arioso: Lo Ti Miro - Gerard Lesne
Recit: Ah! Si Che I Tuoi Begl' Occhi - Gerard Lesne
Aria: Se Scherza E Ride - Gerard Lesne
Aria: Lasciami Un Sol Momento - Gerard Lesne
Recit: E Possibile, O Dio - Gerard Lesne
Aria: Soffro In Pace - Gerard Lesne
I Andante - Gerard Lesne
II Allegro - Gerard Lesne
III Menuet I (Grazioso) - Menuet II - Gerard Lesne
Ritournelle - Gerard Lesne
Recit: Misero Pastorello - Gerard Lesne
Aria: Se Tarda L'aurora - Gerard Lesne
Recit: Consolati, Cor Mio - Gerard Lesne
Aria: Si, Vi Rivedro - Gerard Lesne
I Tempo Giusto - Gerard Lesne
II Spiritoso - Gerard Lesne
III Lento - Gerard Lesne
IV Allegro - Gerard Lesne
Recit: Giu La Stagion D'Amore - Gerard Lesne
Aria: Vaghe Rose - Gerard Lesne
Recit: Pastorella Gentile - Gerard Lesne
Aria: Occhi Vezzosi - Gerard Lesne

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-07-22

This is a four disc set that includes cantatas by:Alessandro Scarlatti-Caldara-Handel and Giovanni Bonancini. What a treasure trove of music!!!!The cantata, to some extent, is a development from the madrigal that appeared in Italy at the start of the seventeenth century. While the madrigal was refined and delicate, the cantata evolved because composers felt the need to introduce a dramatic narrative element into vocal chamber music and thusly the music took a lighter, wittier turn.Scarlatti is considered as one if the initiators, and also one of the reformers of this genre, whose outlines he established. In his cantatas for a single solo voice and continuo,Scarlatti treats the latter as a true partner of the voice. Caldara,who was Scarlatti's contemporary,played a large part in the development of the chamber cantata for one to five voices. Bonancini,who was essentially centered on opera, nonetheless wrote innumerable cantatas for one or more soloists. Handel's stay in Italy between the years 1706 and 1710 resulted in a time of intense creative activity, and he quite naturally gravitated towards the cantata. One of my favorites of Handels on this disc is:"Splenda l'alba in oriente", Lesne does a very learned and skillful renditon of this music. The lightness of his countertenor voice suits this genre very well. He has good diction and a nice emotional response to the varying moods of the music. Sandrine Piau (soprano) does a nice job of blending and complementing the countertenor tone quality. All in all it's a most enjoyable and varied listening experience.

Wonderfully Sensitive.......2006-01-20

I want to just say that being a countertenor, it's hard to find a partner who can counter your unique tone quality and timbre. Sandrine Piau is one of the best period sopranos I have ever had the pleasure of hearing. The most pure and beautiful tone you can imagine. She plays off Gerard Lesne as if they are one voice, yet still seperate entities in their roles as musical indivuals in this recording. The selections are nothing short of amazing, and had me hooked from the very first track. Every once of energy has been given to the sensitivity of this unworldly pure music. The Handel pieces are a rare find and a surprise to those who think they know G.F. Handel like the back of their hand. And of course Gerard Lesne is one of the most celebrated countertenors on the stage today. His sound is unique yet still beautiful in that he is keen to preserve the music in its intended context. This recording is an amazing find for those who can't get enough of the countertenor sound, and can't find many recordings of Caldara, and Bonocini.

Dellightful Baroque performances from a masterful contralto.......2004-03-29

One wonders how Virgin Classics manages to produce and market these "Pleasure 4" 4-CD sets for such low prices, but prospective buyers need not worry that they might be getting an inferior product. While an avid lover of Baroque music, before buying this set I had never been aware of contralto Gérard Lesne's name, though I soon noticed that it appears on a number of disks that I already owned--along with the names of great Baroque maestros like Philippe Herreweghe and William Christie and outstanding performers like Fabio Bondi and Véronique Gens. The discography of Lesne and his Il Seminario Musicale is nothing short of astounding in quantity and range, including many disks that have received rave reviews from Amazon reviewers and customers. Lesne is certainly as versatile a countertenor as Andreas Scholl and David Daniels, though he is apparently a little less in the limelight. The cantatas presented here are well arranged so that there is considerable contrast in style and tempo from one piece to the next, assuring that the listener never feels a sense of monotony. Moreover, we have four disks of cantatas each by a different composer, and many of these works will be new to even the average Baroque aficionado. I myself was not even aware of Caldara (c. 1670-1736), ten years younger than Scarlatti, who though "one of the most prolific composers of his generation," gets less than eight minutes on Harmonia Mundi's 15-disk Les Lumieres du Baroque (on the CD called "The Golden Age of the Oratorio"). Bononcini (1670-1747) was an equally prolific writer of vocal music, a pioneer of Italian opera, and an associate--and later rival--of Handel (1685-1759) in London. It is a delight to be able to revel in and compare some of the many delightful cantatas produced more-or-less contemporaneously by these great composers, performed with an alternation of loving gentleness and sprightly vitality by Lesne and ISM with instrumental interludes and accompaniments that can stand with the best of Baroque period performances. Lovers of late 17th and early 18th century music will find these relaxing disks ideal not only for dedicated listening, but also for playing in the background while working, doing household chores, or driving. If you already have some of Lesne's recordings, you will want this set as well, and for those who do not, this set is likely to become the beginning of a Lesne collection you will cherish for years.

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ASIN: B00009YWAQ
Release Date: 2003-07-22

Caldara: Medea - Stradella: Motets / Piau, Lesne, Il Seminario musicale

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Sumptuous Singing but Minus the Documentation
Beatiful music, sung with feeling and meaning
An exciting discovery of unknown works
A treasure!
Why isn't Caldara better known?

Caldara: Medea - Stradella: Motets / Piau, Lesne, Il Seminario musicale
Antonio Caldara , Alessandro Stradella , Gérard Lesne , Sandrine Piau , Il Seminario musicale , Ryo Terakado , and Pierre Hantaï
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ASIN: B00000J2QB
Release Date: 1999-06-08

Tracks:

Medea In Corinto - Gerard Lesne
Soffri, Mio Caro Alcino - Gerard Lesne
Son Da Camera, Op.2 No.3 in D: I. Prld - Gerard Lesne
Son Da Camera, Op.2 No.3 in D: II. Allemanda - Gerard Lesne
Son Da Camera, Op.2 No.3 in D: III. Giga - Gerard Lesne
D'Improvviso Amor Ferisce - Gerard Lesne
Son A Tre, Op.1 No.5 in e: I. Grave - Gerard Lesne
Son A Tre, Op.1 No.5 in e: II. Vivace - Gerard Lesne
Son A Tre, Op.1 No.5 in e: III. Adagio - Gerard Lesne
Son A Tre, Op.1 No.5 in e: IV. Vivace - Gerard Lesne
Vicino A Un Rivoletto - Gerard Lesne

Tracks:

Crocifissione E Morte Di N.S. Giesu Christo: Da Cuspide Ferrate - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau
Crocifissione E Morte Di N.S. Giesu Christo: Gia Compito E De Tormenti - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau
Crocifissione E Morte Di N.S. Giesu Christo: Cosi Conchiude Al Suo Morir - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau
Benedictus Dominus Deus - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau
O Vos Omnes Qui Transitis: O Vos Omnes Qui Transitis - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau
O Vos Omnes Qui Transitis: O Quam Suavis - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau
O Vos Omnes Qui Transitis: Valete Mundi Gloria - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau
Chare Jesu Suavissime: Chare Jesu Suavissime - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau
Chare Jesu Suavissime: Quis Es Hic - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau
Chare Jesu Suavissime: Canite Superi Gaudete - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau
Chare Jesu Suavissime: In Flamis Amoris - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau
Chare Jesu Suavissime: Admirabile Laetitiae Signum - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau
Lamentatione Per Il Mercoledi Santo - Gerard Lesne/Sandrine Piau

Customer Reviews:

Sumptuous Singing but Minus the Documentation.......2007-04-22

Disc 1: Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736): Cantatas. 1. Medea in Corinto. 2. Soffri, mio caro Alcino. 3. D'improvviso amor ferisce. 4. Vicino a un rivoletto. Additional instrumental music: Sonata da camera in D major, Op. 2 No. 3 [1699]; Sónata a tre, Op. 1 No. 5 [Venice, 1693]. Performed by: Gérard Lesne, male alto, and Il Seminario Musicale [Ryo Terakado, Bernadette Charbonnier, violins; Bruno Cocset, cello; Vincent Charbonnier, double bass; Eric Bellocq, Pascal Monteilhet, theorbos; Pierre Hantai, harpsichord]. Recorded at the Temple de la Villette, Paris, in June 1990. Total time: 67'56".

Disc 2: Alessandro Stradella (1639 - 1682): Motets. 1. Crocifissione e morte die N. S. Giesù Christo. 2. Benedictus Dominus Deus. 3. O vos omnes qui transitis. 4. Chare Jesu suavissime. 5. Lamentatione per il Mercoledi Santo. Performed by Sandrine Piau, soprano, and Gérard Lesne, male alto, with Il Seminario Musicale [Fabrizio Cipriani, Sophie Gevers-Demoures, violins; Bruno Cocset, bass violin and cello; Richard Myron, double bass; Pascal Monteilhet, theorbo; Jean-Charles Ablitzer, positive organ; Blandine Rannou, harpsichord]. Recorded at the Chapelle de l'Ermitage, Versailles, France in March 1995. Total time: 61'38".

The French male alto Gérard Lesne has one of the most fascinating voices to come out of the early music scene, its lovely, smooth and natural timbre being far removed from anything resembling the "crowing" of some eighties' countertenors. Lesne distinguishes himself from the British school of countertenor by his deliberate use of vibrato, something that he has mastered so perfectly that no early music purist will want to fault him, at least not on the repertoire presented here. (I found him a little too operatic when he performed Bach cantatas with Philippe Herreweghe.) The first CD contains four cantatas and two short instrumental pieces by Antonio Caldara, one of those fascinating characters to emerge from the Republic of Venice in the second half of the seventeenth century. The two sonatas played here so delightfully by Il Seminario Musicale are firmly based in the seventeenth century and are very reminiscent of similar works by Arcangelo Corelli. The cantatas on the other hand are highly dramatic (Medea in Corinto) or imitative of nature (Vicino a un rivoletto) and show Caldara not only to be a child of his age but a composer very much worth the listening to. His contemporaries were also of this opinion, and he spent the latter years of his life composing for the Imperial Court in Vienna.

The second CD is devoted to that rather enigmatic composer of a generation earlier, Alessandro Stradella, whose main claim to fame seems to be that he was brutally murdered. Gérard Lesne had already sung the title role in Stradella's oratorio San Giovanni Battista (directed by Mark Minkowski: Stradella: San Giovanni Battista), a recording which received considerable praise in the press, including from the BBC's Edward Greenfield. On this CD Lesne sings two solo motets and then is joined by the lovely French soprano Sandrine Piau for three further sacred pieces. The two harmonize wonderfully, and it is difficult to imagine a better or more engaged performance than this. My only question-mark would be behind the engineering and/or the acoustics which seemed less bright and less convincing than on the Caldara CD.

So, after all that praise, why only four stars? Well, this is a budget priced reissue, and the saving has been made on the documentation. Adelaide de Place's accompanying essay is less than a page long and tells us almost nothing (and the German translation has a hideous misprint [?] in the last sentence which makes Stradella love castrati instead of contrasts!). And there are no texts available, so we never really find out what the beautiful singing is about - a real disadvantage that could make serious listeners try to get hold of the original issues second-hand.

Beatiful music, sung with feeling and meaning.......2000-07-19

At the time of this review the original full price releases (with sung texts and translations) were available from Amazon.de, but for anyone buying this reissue who wants to know what is being sung, here are texts to one of the Italian tracks on the Caldara CD, and one Italian and two Latin tracks on the Stradella CD. This represents about half the music on the 2CD set:

D'improvviso amor ferisce Text by Pietro Ottoboni () Set by Antonio Caldara (1670-1736) Albano, 1712

D'improvviso amor ferisce al girar d'un vago ciglio e la piaga sente il cor. par diletto e pur svanisce il piacer quando il periglio si discuopre nel dolor.

Cosi, Filli crudel, questo mio seno scopo formasti a strali tuoi di foco, ma poi come baleno spari la tua pietade e di me gioco prendesti, ond'io che mi distruggio in pianto; son di tua crudelta piu che di tua belta misero vanto.

Se quanto bella sei, tu fosti a dolor mei, Filli, Filli pietosa, saresto un vago fiore, un fior ma senza spine, fra l'umidette trine, piu grato della rosa.

Resta pure nel tuo natio costume, che superbetta ancora, tu del mio cor sarai l'amato Nume; e quell'hora fatal, quell'istess'hora che d'improvviso a te mi rese amante quanto tu sei crudel me vuol costante.

Al tuo ciglio che mi feri tante piaghe mostrero sin che havra peta di me. E verra presto quel di che sprezzato non saro e gradita la mia fe.

Crocifissione e morte di N.S. Giesu Christo Text by Anonymous Set by Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)

Da cuspide ferrate su la funesta trave inchiodato languia l'Eterno Amore quando giunto al confini di sanguigna agonia in soavi sospiri paleso moribondo i suoi martiri. "Gia compito e de tormenti il rigor che m'impiago. Gia marcati ho quei torrenti ch'il mio duolo insanguino. Quel che chiede la mia fede il mio cor tutto esegui. Giunta e l'hora ch'il mio cor dunque si mora. Su, mio cor, dunque si mora. Gia le funi e le catene il mio amor lieto soffri, gia su e nato fra le pene questo cor al fin langui. In tempesta si funesta questo sen gia naufrago. Giunta e l'hora..." Cosi conchiude al suo morir le prove dell'infocato amore a si dolce parlar. Che pensi, o core!

O vos omnes qui transitis per viam Text by Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682) adapted from liturgy. Set by Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682) Rome, c.1670

O vos omnes qui transitis per viam, Fulcite me floribus, stipate me malis, quia amore langueo. O amor tonantis quam fervidus es, tu cordis amantis et salus et spes.

O quam suavis est spiritus tuus dulcissime Jesu, amandissime Christe diligentibus te.

Sordet telus tua flagrani charitate, o mi dilecte inter mille prae electe da quietem laboranti ad superna properanti. Nites huius mundi fructus, cinosura sis et ductus, chare Jesu, suspiranti.

Valete mundi gloria, solus amor Jesu me delectat illi vivam, in hoc moriar et requiescam.

Chare Jesu suavissime Text by Anonymous Set by Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682)

"Chare Jesu suavissime nil desidero nisi te, coeli pignus iucundissime, cibo dulci nutris me, Chare Jesu suavissime...

Sic dapes amoris in panem latentis laetificant me, sic unda cruoris in vina manentis inebriat me, Chare Jesu suavissime..."

Quis est hic qui tam dulciter alloquitur Deum? Vide Philippum qui totus in charitatis amore conversus ad altissimum prorsus extollitur. Ergi in hac die tanto hoeroi dicato cantemus, celebremus eum.

Canite superi, gaudete mortales, et omnes plaudite. Coelum radiis, terra gaudiis refulgeat, et tanti diei gloriae coelitum cantibus, hominum plausibus celebrentur.

In flamis amoris nunc vere iucundus, ardescat, liquescat laetissimus mundus, et musicis choris dum iuste laetantur, terrae gaudia coelu sequantur.

Expellat iam fletus serenus hic dies, dum venit dum redit duclissima quies, et superum coetus dum iuste laetantur, terrae gaudia coelu sequantur.

Admirabile laetitiae signum, o gaudium vere dignum, dum superi et mortales concordi plausu, cythara tangunt, laudes pangunt, et dulciter exhilarant.

Ergo cantibus aether exultet, tellus resultet, et digno concentu, in tanto concentu, dum resonet melos terrae, plausus ascendat ad coelus. Alleluia.

An exciting discovery of unknown works.......2000-01-30

I find it really puzzling when people write reviews only to complain about the inadequacy of packaging. I'm sure Gerard Lesne had nothing to do with the label's decision to reissue these recordings without texts - so he shouldn't be getting three stars because of that (see one of the reviews below). These are wonderful recordings. CD1 contains four cantatas and two sonatas by the Venetian composer Antonio Caldara. Until recently, Caldara was barely represented on disc, but now there are two exceptional recordings: this one and Maddalena ai Piedi di Cristo/Jacobs (don't miss!). Although three of the cantatas on this disc are relatively conventional pastorales, the fourth one, Medea in Corinto, is anything but striking. Caldara demonstrates genuine dramatic skills, tracing Medea's famous revenge from the moment she first realizes Jason's been unfaithful to the moment she seals her decision to punish Jason by summoning the demons to carry out the deed. Lesne's superb intonation renders the character of Medea almost jarringly real. Who needs sleeve notes? CD2 features five motets by Alessandro Stradella, another relatively unknown Italian who really deserves to be heard. (don't miss Stradella's oratorio San Giovanni Battista/Minkowski, Erato 2292-45739-2, also with Lesne - buy it, you'll thank me). Each of the motets on this disc is structurally distinct, but what unites them is Stradella's remarkable gift as a melodist. Lesne is joined here by soprano Sandrine Piau, his frequent singing partner. They make a memorable vocal combination. gkolomietz@yahoo.com

A treasure!.......1999-07-07

Virgin has been very generous pairing these 2 formidable recordings and giving it away at such modest price. Gerad Lesne is not only the greatest countertenor around, he is one of the finest artists in the music world. His musicianship, his voice, everything in him tells. And these Stradella motets are gorgeous. Don't miss this!

Why isn't Caldara better known?.......1999-06-30

Caldara used to be one of the really big names of European music until Mozart came along and people like Caldara and Jommelli were forgotten. Then when Mendelssohn came along it was 'back to Bach' and the roccoco Italians were passed over again. At the time of this review the only major Caldara work in the catalogue is his Passion recorded by Fabio Biondi (also on Virgin). Here we have a major early-classical cantata, Medea, with shorter pieces, and a second CD with cantatas by Stradella (who it has to be said is more famous for being stabbed by a jealous husband than for his compositions).

Gerard Lesne is a little more mannered than his Germanic rival Andreas Scholl, but that is an advantage with at this kind of material that tends toward mannerism anyway, and the Caldara disc is one of the best things he did while on Virgin Veritas' books. I was so struck with the singing on both of these discs after buying it as a 2-for-1 release that I eventually tracked down the two original full price releases (which at the time were still available on Amazon.de) so as to be able to enjoy listening with the texts and translations to hand. But it is a shame about the lack of texts here - something of an insult to two of the best recordings in the Veritas back catalogue.

Tracks:

Fanfare
Adagio
Gavotte En Rondeau
Largo
Aria: Mein Glaubiges Herz
Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Ave Maria
Trumpet Voluntary
Allegro Spiritoso
Air
Trumpet Tune
Bourree
Ave Maria
Alleluia
The Queen's Dolour
Chorale: Jesu Bleibet Meine Freude
Chorale: In Allen Meinen Taten
Adagio
Chorale: Jesu Meine Freude
Wachet Auf

Vivaldi Edition: Concerti e cantate da camera

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Vivaldi Edition: Concerti e cantate da camera

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Release Date: 2002-08-13

Caldara - Medea (Cantatas for solo countertenor) / Il Seminario musicale · Lesne

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Caldara - Medea (Cantatas for solo countertenor) / Il Seminario musicale · Lesne
Antonio Caldara , Gérard Lesne , Il Seminario musicale , and Bruno Cocset, Pierre Hantaï, Pascal Monteilhet, Eric Bellocq Ryo Terakado
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ASIN: B000025TV5
Release Date: 2001-06-05

Tracks:

Medea In Corinto
Soffri, Mio Caro Alcino
I. Prelude
II. Allemanda
III. Giga
D'Improvviso
I. Grave
II. Vivace
III. Adagio
IV. Vivace
Vicino A Un Rivoletto

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Great recordings of lesser-known gems

Britten, Holst and Finzi

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Release Date: 1992-10-28

Tracks:

Requiem da Camera: I Prelude. Slow - Appassionata
Requiem da Camera: II Quasi senza misura
Requiem da Camera: III Con dignita
Requiem da Camera: IV
Deus In adjutorium meum
Chorale On An Old French Carol
Cantata misericordium Op.69
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Two Psalms: Psalm 148

Customer Reviews:

Great recordings of lesser-known gems.......2000-07-25

This disc is a great introduction to the shorter choral works of Finzi, Britten, and Holst. The two major works on the disc--Finzi's "Requiem da Camera" and Britten's "Cantata misericordium"--deserve many more performances than they normally receive. The third movement of the Requiem, "Only a man harrowing clods," in particular, is quite haunting. The Holst Psalm-settings are inventive as well.

Tracks:

Largo
Con Spirito
Lento
Vivace
Affettuoso Andante
Vivace
Largo
Vivace
Tempo Giusto
Vivace
Lento
Presto Assai
Andante E Affettuoso
Non Tanto Presto
Vivace
Andante Ma Non Presto
Largo
Presto Assai
Vivace
Lento
Con Spirito
Largo
Vivace
Largo
Andante Ma Non Presto
Presto Assai
Affettuoso
Allegro
Lento
(No Indication)

Tracks:

Il Lamento D'Olimpia - Gloria Banditelli
Care Luci Del Mio Bene - Gloria Banditelli
Cieco Nume, Tiranno Spietato - Christina Miatello
Ah, Non Avesse, No, Permesso Il Fato - Christina Miatello
Vidi In Cimento Due Vaghi Amori - Christina Miatello
Che Tirannia Di Stele - Christina Miatello

Average customer rating:

A joyful Christmas box of many rare musical jewels.

Classical Christmas

Manufacturer: Delta
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Passions | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music

Holiday Music | Box Sets | Stores | Music

General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music

Box Sets | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music

Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music
ASIN: B000001W1V
Release Date: 1993-09-30

Tracks:

No. 2 March - Berlin Symphony Orchestra
No. 4 Dance Scene - Berlin Symphony Orchestra
No. 5 Scene and the Grandfather Dance - Berlin Symphony Orchestra
No. 6 Scene - Berlin Symphony Orchestra
No. 7 Scene - Berlin Symphony Orchestra
No. 8 Scene - Berlin Symphony Orchestra
No. 12 Divertissement: Chocolate (Spanish Dance)/Coffee (Arabian Dance) - Berlin Symphony Orchestra
No. 13 Waltz of the Flowers - Berlin Symphony Orchestra
No. 14 Pas de Deux - Berlin Symphony Orchestra
No. 15 Closing Waltz and Grand Finale - Berlin Symphony Orchestra

Tracks:

Vom Himmel Hoch (Christmas Cantata): Coro - Vom Himmel Hoch da ... - Dresden Kreuzchor, Dresden Philharmonic
Ave Verum (From "Mozartiana-Suite") - Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart
Messiah: Coro - And the Glory of the Lord - RIAS-Kammerchor, Rias Sinfonietta
Tantum Ergo in E Flat Major D. 962 - Gisela Fetting, Astrid Pilzecher, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Karl Heinz Schmieder, Ekkehard Wagner
Ave Maria - Budapest Strings
Laudate Pueri Op. 39, 2 - Dresden Kreuzchor, Michael Christfried Winkler
Bringet Dem Herrn Ehre Seines Namens - Musicum Leipzig, Neues Bachisches Collegium, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Laudate Dominum KV 339 - Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Chor "Jeunesses Musicales", Maria Zadori
Ave Maria - Frank Berger, Hans Dieter Weber
Virga Jesse - Dresden Kreuzchor
Salve Regina Op. 47 D. 223 - Magdalena Hajosyova, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Wachet Auf Ruft Uns Die Stimme BWV 645 - Frank Berger, Hans Dieter Weber
Largo (From "Xerxes") - Werner Hollweg, Wiener Symphoniker
Gloria (From "Magnificat") - Berliner Singakademie, Stattskapelle Berlin
Concerto Fatto Per la Notte Di Natale in G Minor Op. 6 No. 8: Adagio-A - Virtuisi Saxoniae
T, Ihr Pauden! Erschallet, Trompeten! - Ludwig Guttler, Leipzig University Chorus, New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer

Tracks:

Sleepers, Wake, The Voice Is Calling - Ludwig Guttler
Wie Scheuchter Der Morgenstern - Felix Friedrich
Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn - Ludwig Guttler, Friedrich Kircheis
Sleppers, Wake, The Voice Is Calling - Hans-Jurgen Scholze
Kommst du Nun, Jesu, Cvom Himmel Hreunter - Ludwig Guttler, Friedrich Kircheis
In Dulci Jubilo - Felix Friedrich
Wie SchLeuchtet Der Morgenstern - Ludwig Guttler, Friedrich Kircheis
Voluntary - Friedrich Kircheis
Allein Gott in Der HSei Ehr - Felix Friedrich
Herzlich Lieb Hab Ich Dich - Ludwig Guttler, Friedrich Kircheis
Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm' Ich Her - Holm Vogel
Concerto NoAllemand - Ludwig Guttler, Friedrich Kircheis, Kurt Sandau

Tracks:

T, Ihr Pauken (From Cantata No. 214) - Ludwig Guttler, Leipzig University Chorus, , New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Sinfonia (From Christmas Oratorio) - Ludwig Guttler, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Virtuosi Saxoniae
In Dulci Jubilo - Ludwig Guttler, Leipzig Capella Fidicinia, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Rostock Motet Choir, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Gror Herr, O Starker K (From Christmas Oratorio) - Ludwig Guttler, Siegfried Lorenz, , New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her - Ludwig Guttler, Leipzig Capella Fidicinia, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Rostock Motet Choir, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Hallelujah (From Cantata No. 143) - Ludwig Guttler, , New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Jesu Mein Herzens Freud - Ludwig Guttler, Leipzig Capella Fidicinia, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Rostock Motet Choir, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Herr Jesu Christ, Dich Zu Uns Wend - Matthias Eisenberg, Ludwig Guttler, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Gloria in Excelsis Deo - Ludwig Guttler, Leipzig Capella Fidicinia, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Rostock Motet Choir, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Wie Wohl Ist Mir, O Freund Der Seelen - Walter Heinz Bernstein, Gisela Burkhardt, Ludwig Guttler, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Siegfried Pank, Max Pommer, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Lobet Den Herrn Alle Heiden - Ludwig Guttler, Leipzig Capella Fidicinia, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Rostock Motet Choir, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Prelude und Fugue in G, BWV 541 - Matthias Eisenberg, Ludwig Guttler, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Thomanerchor Leipzig
FriedefHerr Jesu Christ (From Cantata No. 143) - Ludwig Guttler, , New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Air (From Orchestral Suite No. 3) - German Bach Soloists, Ludwig Guttler, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Sei Lob und Preis Mit Ehren (From Cantata No. 51) - German Bach Soloists, Edita Gruberova, Ludwig Guttler, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Thomanerchor Leipzig
Freut Euch und Jubilieret - Ludwig Guttler, Leipzig Capella Fidicinia, New Bach Collegium Musicum, Max Pommer, Rostock Motet Choir, Thomanerchor Leipzig

Tracks:

In Dulci Jubilo
Pastorale Per la Notte Di Natale - Virtuisi Saxoniae
Sonata Per Chiesa et Camera - The Berlin Chamber Orchestra, ,
Jubilate Domino
Concerto Fatto Per la Notte Di Nattale - Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
Sonatta Natalis - Virtuisi Saxoniae
Vom Himmel Hoch
Air (From Water Music) - Budapest Strings
Concerto Per il Natale, RV 270 - Virtuisi Saxoniae
Tochter Zion
Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 6 - Virtuisi Saxoniae
Trumpet Tune and Air

Customer Reviews:

A joyful Christmas box of many rare musical jewels........2001-12-10

Laserlight has the rights to so much recorded music - excellent, good, indifferent, bad - & of such varying sound quality, that it's difficult to rate the label's bargain compilations. Most are afflicted with "excerpt-itis," the "greatest hits" disease. However, some compiler with an interesting ear for the offbeat & a sense of humor put this fine five-CD Christmas box together. He or she did so by leaning on some less familiar music & by relying largely on good performances from ye olde East Germany ensembles & conductors, (as do Koch-Schwann & Berlin Classics labels, at higher prices).

The #1 disk is a solid performance of The Nutcracker Suite (also issued as a single disk by Laserlight) by Peter Wohlert conducting the Berlin Symphony (not to be confused with the Berlin Philharmonic). With that over-cooked chestnut out of the way, this compilation gets interesting.

We get some venerable excerpts of Bach cantatas, oratorios, motets & Lutheran hymns, performed by Fidicinia Capella, New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum, & the German Bach Soloists, all respectable ensembles. Edita Gruberova even joins in "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen." Plus an earful of grand organ preludes.

Handel is represented by a happy section of "Water Music" & a piece for brass instruments from his oratorio, "Judas Maccabaeus." What, no "Halleluah Chorus?" Believe me, you don't need it! But it's here all the same.

Mozart checks in with the lovely, too brief, "Ave verum Corpus," motet for chorus, strings, & organ, K. 618. We also get snappy, dutiful baroque contributions from Vivaldi, Corelli & Purcell.

The remainder of the set is filled out with music from: Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky; Francesco Onofrio Manfredini; Johann Ludwig Krebs; George Friedrich Kauffmann; John the Elder Alcock; Michel Corrette; Michael Praetorius; Johann David Heinichen; Johann Heinrich Schmelzer; & Giuseppe Torelli. The inclusion of these marvelous obscurities pushes this bargain compilation over the top.

I give it four stars because the performances & sound quality vary considerably. But the compensation comes from hours of joyously felt Nativity music, a good deal of it unfamiliar yet beautiful all the same. Load all five into the CD changer, hit the random button, relax & enjoy your spiced eggnog with family & friends.

The five CDs are titled: 1. The Nutcracker 2. Classical Christmas 3. Christmas Music for Trumpet & Organ 4. Johann Sebastian Bach - Christmas Music 5. Baroque Christmas Music. They can be purchased individually.

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