Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.9/29) – Sammartini, W.F.Bach, C.P.E.Bach, J.C.Bach, Boccherini – Symphonies

Music of the Enlightenment (CD9/29) - From "Sinfonia" to "Sinfonie":

Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700-1775):
Sinfonia in D major *
Sinfonia in G major *
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784):
Sinfonie in F major +
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788):
Orchester-Sinfonie no.1 Wq.183/1 #
Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782):
Symphony in G minor, op.6 no.6 +
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Symphony in D minor "La casa del Diavolo", op.12 no.4 *

Ensemble 415 [on period instruments] *
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments] +
The English Concert [on period instruments] #
Chiara Banchini - conductor *
Stephan Mai - conductor +
Andrew Manze - conductor #

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.7/29) – Haydn, Mozart, Pleyel – Concertos

Music of the Enlightenment (CD7/29) - Concerto: from Paris to Vienna:

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Violin Concerto no.1 in C major, Hob.VIIa:1 *
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Keyboard Concerto in G major, K.107 no.2 (after Keyboard Sonata by J.C. Bach) +
Sinfonia Concertante in in E flat major, K.297-b #
Ignaz Joseph Pleyel (1757-1831):
Cello Concerto in C major, Ben.106 §

Gottfried von der Goltz - violin *
Lars-Ulrik Mortensen - harpsichord +
Suzanne Kaiser - flute #
Ann Kathrin Brüggemann - oboe #
Javier Zafra - bassoon #
Erwin Wieringa - horn #
Ivan Monighetti - cello §
Freiburger Barockorchester [on period instruments] * #
London Baroque [on period instruments] +
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments] §
Gottfried von der Goltz - conductor * #
Stephan Mai - conductor §

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.5/29) – Vivaldi, Telemann, J.S.Bach, Handel – Concertos

Music of the Enlightenment (CD5/29) - The apotheosis of the Baroque concerto:

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
Le Quattro Stagioni *
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767):
Violin Concerto "The Frog" +
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Brandenburg Concerto no.6 BWV 1051 #
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Organ Concerto op.4 no.3 §

Midori Seiler - violin * +
Richard Egarr - organ §, harpsichord #
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments] * +
Academy of Ancient Music [on period instruments] # §
Clemens-Maria Nuszbaumer - conductor *
Stephan Mai - conductor +
Richard Egarr - conductor # §

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.4/29) – Handel – Solomon - (part 2)

Music of the Enlightenment (CD4/29) - Oratorio "Solomon":

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Solomon - oratorio (part 2)

Sarah Connolly - contralto
Susan Gritton - soprano
Carolyn Sampson - soprano
Mark Padmore - tenor
David Wilson-Johnson - bas
RIAS Kammerchor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]
Daniel Reuss - conductor

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.3/29) – Handel – Solomon - (part 1)

 

Music of the Enlightenment (CD3/29) - Oratorio "Solomon":

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Solomon - oratorio (part 1)

Sarah Connolly - contralto
Susan Gritton - soprano
Carolyn Sampson - soprano
Mark Padmore - tenor
David Wilson-Johnson - bas
RIAS Kammerchor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]
Daniel Reuss - conductor

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Music of the Enlightenment (Vol.2/29) – Campra, Pergolesi – Sacred Music

Music of the Enlightenment (CD2 / 29) - Sacred Music:

André Campra (1660-1744):
Messe de Requiem *
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736):
Stabat Mater +

Elisabeth Baudry - soprano *
Monique Zanetti - soprano *
Anna Proshaka - soprano +
Bernarda Fink - contralto +
Josep Benet - alto *
John Elwes - tenor *
Stephen Varcoe - bass *
Chœur de La Chapelle Royale *
La Chapelle Royale  [on period instruments] *
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin  [on period instruments] +
Philippe Herreweghe - conductor *

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Vivaldi – Cello Concertos – Queyras

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1714):
Sinfonia in C major RV 709
Concerto in G minor RV 416
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736):
Sinfonia No. 12 in A minor "La Passione di Gesu"
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1714):
Cello Concerto in F major RV 412
Concerto in C major RV 114
Cello Concerto in E minor RV 409
Concerto No. 11 in D minor RV 565
Cello Concerto in B minor RV 424
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736):
Sinfonia No. 6 in G minor "San Elena al Calvario"
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1714):
Cello Concerto in A minor RV 419

Jean-Guihen Queyras - cello
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]
Georg Kallweit - conductor

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Boccherini – Symphonies op.35, 41 & 42 – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Symphony no.26 in C minor, op.41
Symphony no.19 in E flat major, op.35
Symphony no.8 in A major, op.15
Symphony no.27 in D major, op.42

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]

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J.S. Bach – Secular Cantatas – René Jacobs

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Cantata "Geschwinde, geschwinde ihr wirbelnden Winde" BWV 201
Cantata "Zerreisset, zersprenget, zertrümmert die Gruft" BWV 205
Cantata "Lasst uns sorgen, lasst uns wachen" BWV213

Efrat Ben-Nun - soprano
Cristina Kiehr - soprano
Katharina Kammerloher - contralto
Andreas Scholl - counter tenor
Christoph Prégardien - tenor
James Taylor - tenor
Kurt Azesberger - tenor
Roman Trekel - baritone
Peter Lika - bass
Klaus Häger - bass
Rias Kammerchor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]
René Jacobs - conductor

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J.S. Bach – Orchestral Suites – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Orchestral Suites nos.1-4

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]

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Haydn, Pleyel – Cello Concertos – Ivan Monighetti

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Cello Concerto No.2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2
Cello Concerto No.1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
Ignaz Joseph Pleyel (1757-1831):
Cello concerto in C major Ben 106

Ivan Monighetti - cello
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]

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C.P.E. Bach – Symphonies & Concertos – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788):
Symphony in E flat major, Wq 179
Concerto for Harpsichord, Strings and B.C. in C major, Wq 20
Symphony in E minor, Wq 178
Concerto for Cello, Strings and B.C in A minor., Wq 170
Symphony in G major, Wq 173

Raphael Alpermann - harpsichord
Peter Bruns - cello
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]

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J.S.Bach, Müthel – Keyboard Concertos – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

remembering Johann Gottfried Müthel on his birthday

(January 17, 1728 – July 14, 1788)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor BWV 1052 *
Triple Concerto for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord and Strings in A minor BWV 1044 +
Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728-1788):
Keyboard Concerto in B flat major #

Raphael Alpermann - harpsichord *
Christoph Huntgeburth - flute +
Georg Kallweit - violin +
Zvi Meniker - pianoforte +
Christine Schornsheim - pianoforte #
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]

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Johann Christian Bach – Requiem, Miserere – Hans-Christoph Rademann

remembering Johann Christian Bach on his birthday

(September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782)

Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782):
Missa da Requiem
Miserere in B flat major

Lenneke Ruiten - soprano
Ruth Sandhoff - contralto
Colin Balzer - tenor
Thomas E. Bauer - bass
RIAS Kammerchor
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]
Hans-Christoph Rademann - conductor

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Friedrich der Grosse – Music for the Berlin Court – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

remembering Frederick the Great (Friedrich der Große) on the anniversary of his death

(24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786)

Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703-1771):
Overture and Allegro in D minor
Christoph Nichelmann (1717-1762):
Concerto per il Cembalo concertante in C minor
Friedrich der Grosse (1712-1786):
Sonata for Flute and B.C. in C minor
Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703-1771):
Sonata per il Viola da Gamba concertata in A minor
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788):
Sinfonia No.1 Wq 183, 1 in D major

Raphael Alpermann - fortepiano
Christoph Huntgeburth - flute
Jan Freiheit - viola da gamba
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]

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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach – Symphonies – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

remembering Wilhelm Friedemann Bach on the anniversary of his death

(22 November 1710 – 1 July 1784)

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784):
Symphony in D major Fk 64
Adagio & Fugue in D minor Fk 65
Concerto for Harpsichord, Strings and Basso Continuo in E minor Fk 43
Adagio & Fugue in F minor
Symphony in F major Fk 67

Raphael Alpermann - harpsichord
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]

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Platti – Concerti Grossi after Corelli – Akademie für Alte Musik

Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763):
Concerto grosso after Corelli No.4 in F major Kat.-Nr.540
Concerto grosso after Corelli No.5 in G minor Kat.-Nr.541
Concerto grosso after Corelli No.10 in F major Kat.-Nr.544
Concerto con violoncello obligato in D minor
Concerto "per Oboé" in G minor

Xenia Löffler - oboe
Sebastian Hess - cello
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]
Georg Kallweit - direction

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Musik am Preussischen Hof - 1. Musik am Berliner Hof

Christoph Nichelmann (1717-1762):
Ouverture in B major for 2 Oboes, Strings and B.C.
Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721-1783):
Sinfonia in D major for 2 Horns, Strings and B.C.
Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773):
Concerto in E flat major for Flute, Strings and B.C. "Pour Potsdam" *
Christoph Schaffrath (1709-1763):
Overture and Allegro assai for Strings and B.C.
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788):
Concerto in F major for 2 Harpsichords, 2 Horns, Strings and B.C. Wq 46 +

Ernst Burghard Hilse - flute *
Christine Schornsheim - harpsichord +
Raphael Alpermann - harpsichord +
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]

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Telemann, Pfeiffer, Graun - Viola da Gamba Concertata - S.Pank

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767):
Overture (Suite) in D major TWV 55: D 6 for Viola da Gamba, Strings and Basso continuo
Johann Pfeiffer (?1697-1791):
Concerto in A major for Viola da Gamba, two Violins and Basso continuo
Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702/03-1771):
Concerto in D major for Viola da Gamba, Strings and Basso continuo

Siegfried Pank - viola da gamba
Christine Schornsheim - harpsichord
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin [on period instruments]

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