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Enrico Casazza, La Magnifica Comunita – Veracini: Violin Sonatas Op. 1 (2008)

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Enrico Casazza, La Magnifica Comunita – Veracini: Violin Sonatas Op. 1 (2008)

Enrico Casazza, La Magnifica Comunita – Veracini: Violin Sonatas Op. 1 (2008)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:30:26 | 900 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | Catalog: 93809

More than two centuries before John Lennon favorably compared the Beatles' popularity to that of Jesus, Italian violin virtuoso Francesco Maria Veracini confidently remarked that there was only one God, and only one Veracini. He was one of the first stars of the violin, younger than Corelli, roughly contemporary with Vivaldi and Tartini, who is better known only because of the satanic verses he wrote for the instrument.

Karl Richter - Händel: Der Messias (1989)

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Karl Richter - Händel: Der Messias (1989)

Karl Richter - Händel: Der Messias (1989)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:32:15 | 905 MB
Genre: Classical, Choral | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 413 967-2

Karl Richter was regarded as one of the great Bach conductors of the twentieth century, noted for solid regularity in rhythms and a serious approach to the music, though he was not given to following the changing pronouncements of musicologists concerning historical accuracy in performance. He was brought up in the tradition of German Protestant religious music; his father was a minister in the central German regions near where Johann Sebastian Bach had lived. Richter learned piano and organ, and as he approached his 12th birthday entered the Kreuzschule school in Dresden.

Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre - Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor (2008)

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Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre - Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor (2008)

Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre - Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 471 Mb | Total time: 53:25+53:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naïve | # V 5317 | Recorded: 2008

Like many renditions of Bach's monumental B Minor Mass, this one puts forward a musical argument: in this case, for the use of a vocal ensemble made up of ten soloists rather than a choir. Minkowski's approach may be historically aggressive, but the sound is unstintingly lovely and the pared-down arrangements shed an interesting and unusual light on this most familiar of the baroque masterworks. Highly recommended to most classical collections and all period-instrument collections.

Sigiswald Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Gustav Leonhardt - Musique à Versailles: Marais, d'Anglebert, A.Forqueray (1990)

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Sigiswald Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Gustav Leonhardt - Musique à Versailles: Marais, d'Anglebert, A.Forqueray (1990)

Sigiswald Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Gustav Leonhardt - Musique à Versailles: Marais, d'Anglebert, A.Forqueray (1990)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 46:30 | 336 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | Catalog: GD77145

Le violoniste Sigiswald Kuijken, issu d'une grande famille de musiciens, a déjà prouvé son talent dans de nombreux répertoires (Bach, Telemann, Haendel…). Le claveciniste Gustav Leonhardt, lui aussi spécialisé dans la musique baroque, a fait preuve chez DHM d'une remarquable cohésion dans la qualité de ses enregistrements. Les retrouver ensemble est donc un réel plaisir. Ce programme français dévoile les mille richesses de la musique à Versailles. Un régal pour tous les amateurs.

Sandrine Piau, Gloria Banditelli, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi – Handel: Arie e Duetti d'Amore (1996)

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Sandrine Piau, Gloria Banditelli, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi – Handel: Arie e Duetti d'Amore (1996)

Sandrine Piau, Gloria Banditelli, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi – Handel: Arie e Duetti d'Amore (1996)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:11:33 | 355 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Opus111 | Catalog: OPS30-174

Sandrine Piau does it again or should I say she did it already! This collection of superb Handel arias from '96 could be considered an earlier version or forerunner of the recently released Handel Opera Seria, and certainly very complementary to it. The ensemble she plays with is different (Fabio Bondi and his charismatic Europa Galante players), possibly somewhat less refined from the "early music" style perspective but this consideration is blown away by the dramatic presence and the stellar precision of this non-pareil Baroque vocalist.

Faenza & Marco Horvat - Bernabei: Concerto madrigalesco (2023)

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Faenza & Marco Horvat - Bernabei: Concerto madrigalesco (2023)

Faenza & Marco Horvat - Bernabei: Concerto madrigalesco (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 391 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 172 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:13:01
Classical, Vocal | Label: En Phases

Printed in Rome in 1669, the fifteen pieces that make up the Concerto madrigalesco a tre voci diverse by Ercole Bernabei (1622-1687) are recorded here for the first time in their entirety. These madrigals transport us to Baroque Rome and the world of Flavio Orsini, Duke of Bracciano, to whom they are dedicated. They afford a glimpse of the tastes that prevailed at that time among the aristocratic families, who were convinced that the arts, and music in particular, reflected not only the power and fortune, but also the sensitivity and refinement of those who patronised them.

Ensemble Diderot & Johannes Pramsohler - J.S. Bach: A Musical Offering (2023)

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Ensemble Diderot & Johannes Pramsohler - J.S. Bach: A Musical Offering (2023)

Ensemble Diderot & Johannes Pramsohler - J.S. Bach: A Musical Offering (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 279 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 111 Mb | 00:48:21
Classical | Label: Audax Records

Bach’s Musical Offering, one of the most fascinating works in music history, still raises questions even after countless interpretations and performances. Composed three years before his death, it embodies everything that makes Bach so captivating: magnificent music that is consummate in all parameters, hidden messages, romantic-transfigured history, enigmatic masterpieces, numerology… and most often it is met by nebulous, apprehensive respect.

Federico Guglielmo, L'Arte dell'Arco - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Guido: Scherzi Armonici (2004)

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Federico Guglielmo, L'Arte dell'Arco - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Guido: Scherzi Armonici (2004)

Federico Guglielmo, L'Arte dell'Arco - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Dresden Version with Winds) / Guido: Scherzi Armonici sopra le Quattro Stagioni dell'Anno (2004)
EAC | APE (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 53:23 | 307 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: CPO | Catalog: cpo 777 037-2

There is a story about Arnold Schoenberg that bears retelling now. He was in the midst of teaching a class at UCLA when a colleague burst in excitedly proclaiming "Arnold! I am just hearing Verklärte Nacht mit HORNS!" Amid much startled posturing the two rushed out to destinations unknown, leaving the class unacknowledged. But all the various arrangements of Schoenberg’s work (I’ve never heard it with horns, but the string orchestra version with timpani is quite a good one) don’t begin to compare with the numerous outrages wreaked upon this helpless Vivaldi composition.

Il Pomo d'Oro & Giuseppe Maletto - Gesualdo: Sacræ Cantiones (2023)

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Il Pomo d'Oro & Giuseppe Maletto - Gesualdo: Sacræ Cantiones (2023)

Il Pomo d'Oro & Giuseppe Maletto - Gesualdo: Sacræ Cantiones (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 289 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 151 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:05:32
Classical, Sacred, Choral | Label: Aparté

The year 1603 marked a turning point for Carlo Gesualdo: at the age of thirty-seven, the Prince of Venosa, having made a name for himself with his first four books of madrigals, turned to sacred compositions with two substantial collections of Sacræ Cantiones, published that year in Naples by Costantino Vitale. The first volume (presented here) consists of nineteen five-part motets, while the second one, which has not survived in its entirety, contains the same number of six- part motets and a motet for seven voices.

Florilegium & Ashley Solomon - The Spohr Collection, Vol. 2 (2023)

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Florilegium & Ashley Solomon - The Spohr Collection, Vol. 2 (2023)

Florilegium & Ashley Solomon - The Spohr Collection, Vol. 2 (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 361 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 190 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:21:57
Classical | Label: Channel Classics Records

Internationally acclaimed flutist Ashley Solomon and period ensemble Florilegium present “Spohr Collection, Vol. 2”. Ashley Solomon: “The opportunity of playing original flutes from the 18th century is a rare occurrence. Whenever the chance presents itself, it must be seized immediately!”.

Tatiana Troyanos, Benita Valente, Julius Rudel - Handel & Mozart: Arias & Duets (1991)

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Tatiana Troyanos, Benita Valente, Julius Rudel - Handel & Mozart: Arias & Duets (1991)

Tatiana Troyanos, Benita Valente, Julius Rudel - Handel & Mozart: Arias & Duets (1991)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:04:00 | 291 MB
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: MusicMasters | Catalog: 01612-67080-2

The dynamic mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos was born into a singing family; her Greek father was a tenor, and her German mother a soprano. Born in New York, Troyanos studied at the Juilliard School with Hans J. Heinz, while singing occasionally in the New York area (she was a member of the original chorus for the Broadway production of The Sound of Music). In April 1963 she made her operatic debut with the New York City Opera, in the New York premiere of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream. She remained with the City Opera for two years.

Les Boréades de Montréal - Alessandro Scarlatti: Recorder Concertos (2007)

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Les Boréades de Montréal - Alessandro Scarlatti: Recorder Concertos (2007)

Les Boréades de Montréal - Alessandro Scarlatti: Recorder Concertos (2007)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:00:54 | 340 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: ATMA Classique | Catalog: ACD2 2521

The anglophone listener may be deceived by both parts of the "Concertos pour flûte" title of this program of little-known Alessandro Scarlatti chamber music: the music is not for flute (or at least is not played by one), and there aren't any concertos. The recorder was and is known in French as a flûte a bec, whereas the transverse flute would have been known to Scarlatti's associates simply as a traverso.

Richard M.S. Irwin - Apprentice to Master: J.S. Bach Complete Preludes and Fugues for Organ (2023)

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Richard M.S. Irwin - Apprentice to Master: J.S. Bach Complete Preludes and Fugues for Organ (2023)

Richard M.S. Irwin - Apprentice to Master: J.S. Bach Complete Preludes and Fugues for Organ (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:29:19 | 342 / 826 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Hymns Without Words™

This complete collection of the surviving Preludes and Fugues for Organ by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) follows Bach’s progress at developing the form from c.1703, when he was first appointed as a Church Organist aged eighteen, until he has become the supreme authority in his craft, the last dating from c.1739.

Aurèle Nicolet, Karl Richter - Johann Sebastian Bach: Flöten-Sonaten (1989)

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Aurèle Nicolet, Karl Richter - Johann Sebastian Bach: Flöten-Sonaten (1989)

Aurèle Nicolet, Karl Richter - Johann Sebastian Bach: Flöten-Sonaten (1989)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 341 Mb | Total time: 64:16 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 427 113-2 | Recorded: 1969, 1973

These are carefully considered and precisely executed interprations. Nicolet has a warm tone, his excellent breathing technique creates wonderful phrasing.

Gerard McChrystal - Aria (2011) works by Handel, Michael Nyman, Villa-Lobos, Debussy, Ravel, Philip Glass, Faure, McGlynn

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Gerard McChrystal - Aria (2011) works by Handel, Michael Nyman, Villa-Lobos, Debussy, Ravel, Philip Glass, Faure, McGlynn

Gerard McChrystal - Aria (2011)
with Shiroma de Silva, piano; Craig Ogden, guitar; Smith Quartet
Codetta; Trinity Laban String Ensemble; Nic Pendlebury, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 311 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 197 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Chamber, Saxophone | Label: First Hand | # FHR13 | Time: 01:13:40

This brilliantly devised CD from Gerard McChrystal is a deeply personal album; at times mystical, the music is always beautiful and captivating. Indeed 'Aria' has similar qualities to Jan Gabarek's 'Officium' (which sold 1.4 million copies) and will appeal to this fan-base. Featuring soprano and alto saxophone with a colourful array of different ensemble accompaniments — string orchestra, choir, guitar, piano, solo, string quartet and electronics. Baroque music blends seamlessly with contemporary; Handel resolves into Michael Nyman, Debussy's Syrinx morphs into Ravel's Piece en forme de habanera. All the tracks lead to the next by key or by starting and ending on the same note. Other works include Philip Glass Façades, Faure Les Berceaux, Bozza Aria, as well as original works by Billy Cowie, Karen Tanaka, Andy Scott and Michael McGlynn (from the vocal group Anúna who featured in Riverdance). Accompanying Gerard on this album are some of the UK's finest classical musicians including the Smith Quartet and the No. 1 best-selling classical artist, guitarist Craig Ogden. Gerard McChrystal is a multi-award winning saxophonist who has performed as a soloist in over 30 countries with many of the World's leading orchestras and ensembles.