Concerti con varii strumenti. Dresdner Konzerte : FBO

“ … An interpretative bull’s eye.” “The fanciful concertos of Pisendel receive here, in terms of quality, a very outstanding performance.”

Le Grazie Veneziane : Musica degli Ospedali - Music from the Ospedali

The Ospedali in Venice had developed, over the course of their existence, from being purely charitable orphanages into renowned centres of Venetian musical culture. Far beyond the borders of Venice concerts given by musical young ladies trained at the Ospedali became celebrated during the 18th century. Sacred music written for female singers and instrumentalists, and performed by women in the churches, existed at that time only in Venice. This unique musical tradition became widely famous largely through the works of such notable composers as Vivaldi, Hasse, Porpora and Galuppi, who were active as teachers at the four "Ospedali grandi". Tonal beauty, almost floating choralpassages and virtuosic solo sections create the especial fascination of the works presented on this CD "Le Grazie Veneziane". The soloists Maria Grazia Schiavo, Emanuela Galli, José Maria Lo Monaco and the ladies of the Vocal Concert Dresden, under the direction of Peter Kopp, recreate what was described euphorically as the "heavenly singing" at the Ospedali in the 18th century.

Entre le boeuf

Le papillon et la Fleur

Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant

Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant

Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant

Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant

Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant

Canti con flauto I : Sieben Lieder des 19. Jahrhunderts für hohe Stimme, Querflöte und Klavier

E Lucevan le Stelle : Romanza of Cavaradossi from Tosca

Canon coronato à 3 - F Lydian : from: Salmi Concertati a 4 voci con Strumenti, Bologna 1689

Les Sirènes. Thomas-Louis Bourgeois - Cantates

Thomas-Louis Bourgeois [1676 1751] is one of the masters of the French chamber cantata at the time of the Régence, when at last it was permissible to introduce Italian influences openly in France. His imaginative music, as elegant as it is compositionally skillful, forms a welcome complement to the works of contemporaries such as Campra or Rameau who are infinitely better known today. Carolyn Sampson and Le Concert Lorrain revive for us the charming insouciance of the Régence.

Brahms: Wach auf, meins Herzens Schöne [Speck]

No matter how devotedly the collecting of folk songs was pursued in the 19th century, there is little basic agreement about what distinguishes a true folk song. There were two opposing schools of thought: those who wanted to include songs in folk style and who instead ruled out popular and bawdy songs, and those who were concerned exclusively with questions of genuine provenance and authenticity. Johannes Brahms regarded the question about the authenticity of folk songs as of secondary importance to their aesthetic quality, and throughout his life stood by the principle of their Romantic use and compositional arrangement. Holger Speck conducts the Vocalensemble Rastatt,accompanied on the piano by the renowned pianist Anne Le Bozec.