Early Music at Saturday Lunchtimes ...

[doversoul1]

No Micky, I haven't come across that that. I'm afraid I didn't greatly enjoy the programme, did you? Or dover? I wasn't keen on her voice.

No, I didn’t very much either. Not exactly my idea of a voice for lute (solo) songs even in Italian songs, though I thought her Stabat Mater was quite good (maybe I became used to her voice by then).. Maria Cristina Kiehr, sings it beautifully but there doesn’t seem to be anything on youtube except in bits.

Kapsberger sounded to me rather grounded.

[DracoM]

No, not a fave here either. Sorry.

[doversoul1]

Les Arts Florissants: 11 April

[…]. Their concert includes airs by Campra, Couperin, Clérambault and more, recorded at the Classical Nights in Girona Festival in 2014.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05qdp0w

[greenilex]

Heard Campra Requiem for the first time earlier this year, beautiful intricate style, a revelation to me. It sounded good in St Mary's.

[MickyD]

Heard Campra Requiem for the first time earlier this year, beautiful intricate style, a revelation to me. It sounded good in St Mary's.

To my ears, nobody has ever beaten the vintage recording from John Eliot Gardiner...the opening Introit is beautifully done.

[doversoul1]

What we had here was far from a requiem but most enjoyable solos and duets. It looks as if there is nothing William Christie and Les Arts Florissants can’t do when it comes to French Baroque (and a lot more).Sheer delight.

[MickyD]

Their recording of Campra cantatas dates from quite a few years ago, but comes from their golden period at Harmonia Mundi. Very low price, too!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Campra-Cantatas-Arts-Florissants/dp/B00004TVGM/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1428820778&sr=1-1&keywords=Campra+cantatas

[Black Swan]

I also love he Gardiner recording. Does anyone have a recommendation on Gilles Requiem? I seem to not have a recording of this work.

[MickyD]

I have always been fond of this recording from Herreweghe and Musica Antiqua Koln, BS. You can get it very cheaply second hand from here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gilles-Requiem-Jean-Nirout/dp/B00006L3LN/ref=sr_1_4?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1428838143&sr=1-4&keywords=gilles+requiem

[doversoul1]

Heinrich Schutz: 18 April

Ars Nova Copenhagen and friends perform a programme of works by Heinrich Schutz, recorded at the Copenhagen Renaissance Festival.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05qyhg1

[doversoul1]

Franco Fagioli: 25 April

Argentinean countertenor Franco Fagioli, an acclaimed interpreter of Porpora's vocal works, performs arias by Porpora and Handel with the Academia Montis Regalis. The programme is interspersed with Vivaldi concertos, recorded at last year's Ambronay Festival

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05s355w

AKA Mr Bartoli, Fagioli must be the Marmite-est of all Marmite (countertenor voice).

[doversoul1]

Hana Blazikova, Petr Wagner, Ensemble Tourbillon: 2 May

Soprano Hana Blazikova performs a recital of arias by Fux, Bononcini and Attilio Ariosti with violist and director Petr Wagner and Ensemble Tourbillon, recorded in Prague in 2014. The programme also includes instrumental music with sonatas for viola da gamba by Fux and Corelli

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05sxtj8

No playlist but this is the concert programme (I posted this on Concert Context thread but here goes, just in case)

“Vienna, cca 1709” – Árie pro soprán a violu da gamba
PIETRO BALDASSARI (cca1690–cca1768)
Il Goder un bel sembiante
árie pro soprán, 2 violy da gamba a basso continuo (Il giudizio di Paride,1707)
JOHANN JOSEPH FUX (1660–1741)
Lascio d’esser Ninfa
árie pro soprán, sólovou violu da gamba a basso continuo (Dafne in Lauro, 1714)
ARCANGELLO CORELLI (1653–1713)
Sonáta D dur pro violu da gamba & basso continuo
GIOVANNI BATTISTA BONONCINI (1670–1747)
E pur le mie rovine
árie pro soprán, sólovou violu da gamba a melodický bas (Il ritorno di Giulio Cesare vincitore della Mauritania, 1704/1705)
JOHANN JOSEPH FUX (1660–1741)
Sento nell core
árie pro soprán, sólovou violu da gamba a basso continuo (La decima fatica d’Ercole, ovvero La sconfitta di Gerione in Spagna, 1710, K307)
JOHANN JOSEPH FUX (1660–1741)
Canon pro 2 violy da gamba & basso continuo
ATTILIO ARIOSTI (1666–1729)
Prole tenera
árie pro soprán, 2 violy da gamba a basso continuo (Le profezie d’Eliseo nell’assedio
di Samaria, 1705)
GIOVANNI BATTISTA BONONCINI (1670–1747)
Amante ozioso
árie pro soprán, sólovou violu da gamba a melodický bas (Il fiore delle eroine,1704)
GOTTFRIED FINGER (cca 1655-1730)
Sonata D dur à 2 viole da gamba senza basso
ATTILIO ARIOSTI (1666–1729)
Tal vicina a Giglio
árie pro soprán, sólovou violu da gamba a basso continuo (La Placidia, 1709)
JOHANN JOSEPH FUX (1660–1741)
So’ che piace
árie pro soprán, sólovou violu da gamba a melodický bas (Il Fonte della Salute aperto dalla grazia nel Calvario, 1716, K293)

Hana Blažíková | soprán
ENSEMBLE TOURBILLON
Petr Wagner | umělecký vedoucí, viola da gamba

http://www.fok.cz/koncert/hana-blazikova-petr-wagner/

[doversoul1]

Rameau's Theatre by Les Violons du Roy: 9 May

The exciting French Canadian ensemble Les Violons du Roy and the young French conductor Raphael Pichon perform 'Rameau's Theatre', orchestral excerpts from Rameau's dramatic works fashioned by the ensemble into an orchestral opera and featuring music from Zais, Dardanus, Les fetes d'Hebe, Castor et Pollux and more!
Plus a performance of Corelli's 'Christmas' Concerto Grosso op.6 no.8.
The concert was recorded in Montreal in 2014.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tm4h9

‘an orchestral opera’?

[doversoul1]

Musica Florea: 16 May

Czech early music ensemble Musica Florea perform sacred works by Zelenka, Janacek, Tuma and Vanhal. Recorded in Rinchnach, Bavaria in 2014.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vgxvc

[doversoul1]

Florilegium: 23 May

Chamber works by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach and Vivaldi played by Florilegium, recorded in March at New York's Frick Collection

J.S. Bach: Trio Sonata in G, BWV.525
Vivaldi: Cello Sonata in B flat, RV.47
C.P.E. Bach: Trio Sonata in G, Wq.144
Vivaldi: Concerto in D, RV.84

Florilegium:
Ashley Solomon (baroque flute and director)
Bojan Cicic (baroque violin)
Jennifer Morsches (baroque cello)
Terence Charlston (harpsichord).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05w7lwf