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Gretry / Agremens / Waas Parisian Symphony CD

Gretry / Les Agremens Cephale Et Procris CD

Guilmant / Verdin Organ Works CD1. Entr??E 2. Lento Assai (Dreams - R?¬ve) 3. Intermezzo 4. Grand Ch?"Ur (Tempo Di Minuetto) 5. Cantabile 6. Final 7. Stabat Mater Dolorosa

Andreas Hammerschmidt is undoubtedly the most unjustly neglected composer of seventeenth-century Lutheran Germany. Very few recordings have been devoted to him, even though his music was widely...

Samson is not merely an effective narrative, but also a drama of great psychological depth. Over it's three acts, we witness the slow but inexorable mental resurrection of a man chosen by God who,...

Semele is a masterpiece. For what else can one call a drama in which the perfect symbiosis of text and music conjures up such suggestive power? 'To hold the mind, the ears and the eyes equally...

Handel's oratorio Solomon is now regarded by it's performers and it's listeners as one of his greatest compositions. This was not, however, always the case. Solomon was not performed outside of...

Haydn / Balestracci / Tampieri / Cocset Baryton Trios CD1. Baryton Trio in a Major, H. 11/66: Adagio 2. Baryton Trio in a Major, H. 11/66: Allegro Di Molto 3. Baryton Trio in a Major, H. 11/66:...

Haydn / Terpsychordes Quartet / Bottiglieri Seven Last Words CD1. Die Sieben Letzten Worte Unseres Erl÷sers Am Kreuze (The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross), for String Quartet, H. 3/50-56: In...

Charles-Joseph Van Helmont played a leading role in music in Brussels during the Baroque period. In 1737 he followed in the footsteps of Joseph-Hector Fiocco and composed a cycle of nine Le?ons de...

Holborne / L'Acheron / Joubert-Caillet Fruit Of Love CD1. The Fruit of Love 2. Galliard I 3. Bona Speranza 4. Galliard II 5. The Night Watch 6. Last Will and Testament 7. Hermoza 8. Muy Linda 9...

Ceremonies, both festive and solemn, lie at the heart of all the works in this program devoted to German music of the 17th century, beginning with music by Heinrich Sch?tz and ending with Johann...