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HANDEL
Handel - Complete Chamber Music (Incls the Flute & Recorder sonatas) (Rec 1991) L'Ecole d'Orphee [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "I have found the set to be most enjoyable throughout with no really weak or 'naff' sonatas or movements. I recommend this set to you with every confidence" (MusicWeb April 2004) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Virtuoso Trumpet (Incls concertos by Haydn, Hummel & Telemann) Martin Haselback, Andra Bernard, Guy Touvron (trumpets) / Wiener Akademie / Slovak Chamber Orchestra / Bohdan Warchal, Gyargy Geiger, eva Maros [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 26/Apr/2007 ] Licensed from Hungaroton, Hungary, AVC, Switzerland & Opus, a product of Music deLux |
HEINRICH SCHaƒÅ“TZ
Lukas-Passion SWV 480 (rec 1965) Peter Schreier (tenor) Theo Adam (bass) Siefgried Vogel (bass) Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (tenor) / Dresdner Kreuzchor / Rudolf Mauersberger [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Excellent recordings of Schütz's three passions, featuring the magnificent Peter Schreier as evangelist, in his prime. While the ascetic character of these a cappella works may not appeal to all, they are worth having just to hear Schreier in his... |
HANDEL
Handel Jubilee set Various artists incls Academy of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Lynne Dawson, John Mark Ainsley, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Brandenburg Consort [ Brilliant Classics Masterworks / 10 CD - released 16/Dec/2006 ] Handel highlights must contain the Music for the Royal Fireworks, and the Water Music. In this set a large helping of concerti grossi (3 CD’s) and some flute concertos are added. The oratorio Israel in Egypt is combined with the Messiah and the... |