Emanuel Aloys Forster - String Quintets

Emanuel Aloys Forster - String Quintets
EAC RIP | WAVPACK + CUE + LOG | HQ Scans
NCA | Recorded: 1997 | Released: 2004
Ensemble Les Adieux (on period instruments)

Alessandro Scarlatti - San Filippo Neri

Alessandro Scarlatti - San Filippo Neri
EAC RIP | FLAC + CUE + LOG | HQ Scans | 680mb
Brilliant Classics | Recorded: 2006 | Released: 2010
Alessandro Stradella Consort - Estevan Velardi

An important release for the recognition of the historical importance of Alessandro Scarlatti, the father of the (still more famous) Domenico Scarlatti.
Alessandro Scarlatti formed the bridge between the rich vocal style of the Italian Baroque masters of the 17-th century and the gallant style of Mozart and his contemporaries.
San Filippo Neri is grand and Oratorio in Handelian style, full of dramatic arias and striking instrumental effects.
Excellent performance on authentic instruments by the specialist group Alessandro Stradella Consort, conducted by Estevan Velardi.

Giacomo Antonio Perti - Gesù al Sepolcro

Giacomo Antonio Perti - Gesù al Sepolcro
EAC RIP | FLAC + CUE + LOG | HQ Scans
Tactus | Recorded: 1990 | Released: 1992
Cappella Musicale di San Petronio - Sergio Vartolo

 

Giacomo Antonio Perti - Messa, Salmi, Sinfonie e Magnificat

Giacomo Antonio Perti - Messa, Salmi, Sinfonie e Magnificat
EAC RIP | FLAC + CUE + LOG | HQ Scans | 334mb
Tactus | Recorded: 2006 | Released: 2007
Orchestra Barocca di Bologna - CORO “COLOR TEMPORIS” - Paolo Faldi

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach - Sinfonien

 

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach - Sinfonien
EAC RIP | FLAC + CUE + LOG | HQ Scans | 280mb
NAXOS | Recorded: 2008 | Released: 2010
Leipziger Kammerorchester - Morten Schuldt-Jensen

Lodovico Giustini da Pistoia - 12 Sonate da Cimbalo di piano e forte (Florence, 1732)

Lodovico Giustini da Pistoia - 12 Sonate da Cimbalo di piano e forte (Florence, 1732)
EAC RIP | FLAC + CUE + LOG | HQ Scans | 800mb
Brilliant Classics | Recorded: 2009 | Released: 2010
Andrea Coen

- Lodovico Giustini da Pistoia wrote the very first published work in the history of music especially composed for the fortepiano, in an agreeable style between Baroque and Pre-Classical. Works before that time were playable both on harpsichord and fortepiano.
- The instrument on this recording is the precious copy built by Kerstin Schwarz after the original Cristofori’s piano of Leipzig 1726.
- Andrea Coen is a Italian scholar and musician, who also wrote the most informative linernotes.
- New recordings

Franz Joseph Haydn - Applausus, Cantata HobXXIVa:6

Franz Joseph Haydn - Applausus, Cantata HobXXIVa:6
EAC RIP | FLAC + CUE + LOG | HQ Scans | 552mb
Capriccio | Recorded: 2008 | Released: 2010
Capella Augustina - Andreas Spering

 

The celebratory cantata Applausus (1768) was commissioned in honour of the abbot of the Cistercian monastery at Zwettl; because Haydn was unable to be present, he accompanied the work with a long and informative letter on performing practice.