Another batch of early-music treasures this week - Trevor Pinnock excels both at the podium and the keyboard, with several great performances from his English Concert restored to life and featuring soloists such as Nancy Argenta and Simon Standage. Organ solo albums from Ton Koopman and Karl Richter and choral favourites by Handel and Vivaldi complete the selection...
Trevor Pinnock performs five of Handel’s Keyboard Suites.
Available formats: Presto CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Two sets of Propers for Christmas, sung by the monks of the Benedictine Abbey Münsterschwarzach.
Available format: Presto CD
The English Concert under Trevor Pinnock perform four of Handel’s Concerti grossi Op. 6.
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The English Concert under Trevor Pinnock perform the six Concerti grossi Op. 3 by Handel.
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Concertos for oboe, oboe d’amore, and flute, violin & harpsichord by Bach, performed by David Reichenberg, Simon Standage & Lisa Beznosiuk with The English Concert and Trevor Pinnock.
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Bach’s six keyboard partitas played on the harpsichord by Trevor Pinnock.
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Six Trio Sonatas by Handel, for various instruments, performed by Michaela Comberti, Simon Standage, Lisa Beznosiuk, Anthony Pleeth and Trevor Pinnock.
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Jennifer Smith and John Elwes sing 'Silete venti' and 'Cecilia, volgi un sguardo' by Handel, accompanied by The English Concert and Trevor Pinnock.
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Haydn’s ‘Matin’, ‘Midi’ & ‘Soir’ Symphonies, performed by The English Concert and Trevor Pinnock.
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Nancy Argenta, Ingrid Attrot, Catherine Denley, Ashley Stafford & Stephen Varcoe lend their voices these well-known choral works, with The English Concert Choir & Orchestra under Trevor Pinnock.
Available format: Presto CD
Arleen Augér, Lynne Dawson, Diana Montague, Leigh Nixon, John Mark Ainsley & Simon Birchall are the soloists in choral works by Handel, with the choir & orchestra of Westminster Abbey and Simon Preston.
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Three well-known works by Leopold Mozart played by the Ensemble Eduard Melkus. Also includes Starzer’s 10 Dances.
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Karl Richter performs Bach’s six organ concertos.
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Paul Goodwin plays oboe concertos by Mozart, Lebrun & CPE Bach, with The English Concert and Trevor Pinnock.
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Three works for Christmas by Corelli, Scarlatti and Vivaldi, performed by The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock with soloists including Nancy Argenta, Peter Hanson and Walter Reiter.
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Six Concerti grossi from Op. 3 and Op. 6 by Handel, played by The English Concert and Trevor Pinnock.
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Ton Koopman plays Bach’s six trio sonatas for organ, BWV525-530
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Musica Antiqua Köln perform works composer for l’Orchestra di Dresda, including Dieupart’s Concerto in A minor and Quantz’s Concerto in G major.
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Chaconnes by composers including Corelli, Purcell and Blow, performed by Musica Antiqua Köln under Reinhard Goebel.
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Vocal works by Vivaldi, including the Stabat Mater and Nisi Dominus, sung by Michael Chance with The English Concert and Trevor Pinnock.
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Musica Antiqua Köln and Reinhard Goebel perform concertos and divertimenti by Telemann.
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Musica Antiqua Köln and Reinhard Goebel perform double concertos by CPE, JC, JCF and WF Bach.
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Flute and recorder concertos by Barbella, Mancini and Vivaldi, performed by Gudrun Heyens on recorder and Wilbert Hazelzet on flute, with Musica Antiqua Köln and Reinhard Goebel.
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Heinz Holliger performs oboe concertos by Graun, Krebs and Telemann.
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Ralph Kirkpatrick performs 21 harpsichord sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti.
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