As it’s rather thin on early music on R3 this week, I thought I might share some of my recent youtube discoveries:
A major opera catch to begin with:
Jean Philippe Rameau 1735 Les Indes Galantes: W Christie Les Arts Florissants with English subtitles.
(I must say, toward the end I felt rather like being fed with too much rich food.)
One of the ‘rarely performed works’ Radio3 broadcast during the Baroque Spring was a Vivaldi’s oratorio Juditha Triumphans. It was an all-female voice performance which made it quite hard to follow but there is no such problem when watching it even as a concert performance. I don’t think this is the same performance as that on Radio 3. This is by Venice Baroque conducted by Andrea Marcon.
Libretto with an English translation (from p17)
Not an opera but a wonderful song recital:
La lyra d'Orfeo: Luigi Rossi à la cour d'Anne d'Autriche
Christina Pluhar & L'Arpeggiata with Veronique Gens
Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater is not exactly a discovery but I find this live performance rather good. (As far as I am concerned Concerto Köln can’t go wrong).
(Last accessed 5 June 201)
A major opera catch to begin with:
Jean Philippe Rameau 1735 Les Indes Galantes: W Christie Les Arts Florissants with English subtitles.
(I must say, toward the end I felt rather like being fed with too much rich food.)
One of the ‘rarely performed works’ Radio3 broadcast during the Baroque Spring was a Vivaldi’s oratorio Juditha Triumphans. It was an all-female voice performance which made it quite hard to follow but there is no such problem when watching it even as a concert performance. I don’t think this is the same performance as that on Radio 3. This is by Venice Baroque conducted by Andrea Marcon.
Libretto with an English translation (from p17)
Not an opera but a wonderful song recital:
La lyra d'Orfeo: Luigi Rossi à la cour d'Anne d'Autriche
Christina Pluhar & L'Arpeggiata with Veronique Gens
Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater is not exactly a discovery but I find this live performance rather good. (As far as I am concerned Concerto Köln can’t go wrong).
(Last accessed 5 June 201)
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