martedì 31 agosto 2010

Francesco Feo - Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem

Francesco Feo - Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem
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Passacaille | Recorded: 2009 | Released: 2009
La Divina Armonia - Lorenzo Ghielmi

Note: Unfortunately I couldn't scan the booklet for 2 reasons: it is bound with the digipak cover in a book-like manner; even if it wasn't bound 84pages are way too many to be scanned. I hope you forgive me for this and if you like the music just buy the cd! For what it offers it's very cheap. Many colour illustrations depicting the various passages of the Passio, text translation in 4 languages + the original latin one, good paper, elegant packaging and what matters more a superb performance.
Edit 6/9/10:
The texts can be found here
http://unbound.biola.edu
compare the latin vulgata clementina of John chapters 18 and 19 with any bible translation you want.

As for the pictures accompanying the booklet you can find them all here
http://www.comunicare.it/sacromonte/frame-default.htm
after clicking one of the numbers a new frame will open, then click "interno" and it will show the works. 

lunedì 30 agosto 2010

Hyacinthe Jadin - String Trios Op.2

Hyacinthe Jadin - String Trios Op.2
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NCA | Recorded: 1999 | Released: 2000
Ensemble Les Adieux (on period instruments)

Hyacinthe Jadin (April 27, 1776, Versailles – September 27, 1800, Paris) was a French composer who came from a distinguished musical family. His uncle Georges Jadin was a composer in Versailles and Paris, along with his father Jean Jadin, who had also played bassoon for the French Royal Orchestra. He was one of five musically gifted brothers, the most famous of which was Louis-Emmanuel Jadin.
Jadin was a pupil of Nicolas Joseph Hüllmandel, who belonged to the famous École des Pianistes Parisiens (School of Pianists in Paris). Hüllmandel himself was a student of C.P.E. Bach, and was an excellent teacher who brought out Jadin's pianistic brilliance. At the age of 9, Jadin’s first composition, a Rondo for piano, was published in the Journal de Clavecin. By the age of thirteen, Jadin had premiered his first work with the Concert Spirituel.

giovedì 26 agosto 2010

Jan Dismas Zelenka - Missa Votiva ZWV18

Jan Dismas Zelenka - Missa Votiva ZWV18
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Carus | Recorded: 2008 | Released: 2010
Kammerchor Stuttgart - Barockorchester Stuttgart (on period instruments) - Frieder Bernius

Extraordinarily well-written, prodigiously inventive, and relentlessly exciting--these aren't terms normally used to describe 18th-century Masses, but then there is nothing "normal" about this late work by Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka. Simply put, if you aren't acquainted with Zelenka (or if you've experienced a previous aversion to Masses), when you hear this piece--a substantial and powerful conception, from the first note of the Kyrie to the final chord of the Dona nobis pacem--you will wonder why this composer does not enjoy much greater esteem and popularity with performers, particularly alongside J.S. Bach (his contemporary) and Mozart.

lunedì 23 agosto 2010

Georg Joseph Vogler (+F.J.Haydn) - Großes Requiem Es-Dur (+Te Deum HobXIIIc:2)

Georg Joseph Vogler (+F.J.Haydn) - Großes Requiem Es-Dur (+Te Deum HobXIIIc:2)
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Oehms Classics | Recorded: 2008 | Released: 2009
Neue Hofkapelle München (on period instruments) - orpheus chor münchen - Gerd Guglhör

Georg Joseph Vogler, called Abbé Vogler, was born in Würzburg in 1749. He became famous as an expert in music theory, conductor and composer. In 1772, he accepted a position at the court of Prince Elector Karl Theodor in Mannheim and later followed his employer to Munich. From 1786 onwards, he worked at the court of the kings of Sweden as a conductor.
The orpheus chor münchen closely collaborates with the Bavarian Radio Broadcasting Company. The ensemble focuses on choir music from the modern era and on works from the 17th and 18th centuries.

giovedì 19 agosto 2010

Giovanni Battista Sammartini - The Late Symphonies Vol.1

Giovanni Battista Sammartini - The Late Symphonies Vol.1
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Brilliant Classics | Recorded: 2005 | Released: 2008
Accademia d’Arcadia (on period instruments) - Alessandra Rossi Lürig 

These are the first recordings of late symphonies by G.B. Sammartini, ‘the father of the classical style’.
Although Sammartini laid the foundations of the symphony his works are virtually unknown. In Italy the Arcadia Foundation seeks to correct this. The Sammartini project set out to publish and catalogue the composer’s works. Another aim is to perform and record previously unpublished works, including the late symphonies. There are 68 symphonies attributed to Sammartini with certainty. Another 74 might be by him as well.
Stylish performances by the Accademia d’Arcadia on period instruments under Alessandra Rossi Lürig. These first recordings offer a most enjoyable and interesting insight into this unjustly neglected composer.

martedì 17 agosto 2010

Lotti, Zelenka, Bach - Messa, Miserere, Cantata

Lotti, Zelenka, Bach - Messa, Miserere, Cantata
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  DHM | Recorded: 2008 | Released: 2009
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor - Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble - Thomas Hengelbrock 

Jan Dismas ZELENKA (1679 - 1745)
Miserere in c minor (ZWV 57) [14:39]
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685 - 1750)
Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, cantata (BWV 12) [24:25]
Antonio LOTTI (1667 - 1740)
Missa a tre cori [36:55]

Reviews
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/May10/Lotti_Zelenka_Bach_88697526842.htm
http://www.musica-dei-donum.org/cd_reviews/dhm_88697526842.html

lunedì 16 agosto 2010

Michael Haydn - Der Bassgeiger zu Wörgl

Michael Haydn - Der Bassgeiger zu Wörgl
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CPO | Recorded: 1997 & 1998 | Released: 1998
Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss - Johannes Goritzki
 
Michael Haydn, like his brother, was a chorister at St Stephen's in Vienna. Shortly after leaving the choir-school, he was appointed Kapellmeister at Großwardein and later, in 1762, at Salzburg. The latter office he held for forty-three years, during which time he wrote over 360 compositions for the church and much instrumental music. He was an intimate friend of Mozart, who had a high opinion of his work, and the teacher of Carl Maria von Weber.
Michael Haydn's sacred choral works are generally regarded as being his most important, including the Missa Hispanica (which he exchanged for his diploma at Stockholm), a Mass in D minor, a Lauda Sion, and a set of graduals, forty-two of which are reprinted in Anton Diabelli's Ecciesiaslicon. He was also a prolific composer of secular music, including forty symphonies, a number of concerti and chamber music including a string quintet in C major which was once thought to have been by his brother Joseph.