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Cecilia Bartoli - Unreleased
19th Nov 2021
The Roman mezzo is in electrifying form in a programme of operatic and concert-arias by Haydn, Mysliveček, Mozart and Beethoven with the Kammerorchester Basel, recorded back in 2013.
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Kate Lindsey on Tiranno
29th Jun 2021
The American mezzo talks to Katherine about her recent album exploring baroque depictions of Nero (and the women surrounding him), which features music by Monteverdi, Handel, Alessandro Scarlatti and Bartolomeo Monari.
Popular Composers: Cantatas
- Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714–88)
- Bach, Johann Christoph (1642–1703)
- Bach, Johann Michael (1648–94)
- Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)
- Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann (1710–84)
- Bartók, Béla (1881–1945)
- Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827)
- Berlioz, Hector (1803–69)
- Britten, Benjamin (1913–76)
- Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637–1707)
- Carissimi, Giacomo (1605–74)
- Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676–1749)
- Debussy, Claude Achille (1862–1918)
- Eisler, Hanns (1898–1962)
- Graupner, Johann Christoph (1683–1760)
- Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759)
- Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732–1809)
- Mendelssohn, Felix (1809–47)
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–91)
- Orff, Carl (1895–1982)
- Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeievitch (1891–1953)
- Rameau, Jean Philippe (1683–1764)
- Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660–1725)
- Sibelius, Jean (1865–1957)
- Stravinsky, Igor Feodorovich (1882–1971)
- Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681–1767)
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872–1958)
- Vivaldi, Antonio (1678–1741)
- Walton, William Turner (1902–83)
- Webern, Anton (1883–1945)
Popular Works: Cantatas
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV1 'Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern' (32)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV4 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' (Easter Cantata) (67)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV6 'Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden' (32)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV12 'Weinen, Klagen, sorgen, Zagen' (38)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV21 'Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis' (42)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV31 'Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret' (34)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV34 'O ewiges Feuer, O Ursprung der Liebe' (34)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV36 'Schwingt freudig euch empor' (38)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV51 'Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen' (78)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV54 'Widerstehe doch der Sünde' (41)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV56 'Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen' (73)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV61 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland' (46)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV63 'Christen, aetzet diesen Tag' (40)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV67 'Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ' (31)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV79 'Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild' (35)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV80 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott' (51)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV82 'Ich habe genug' (126)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV106 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' (Actus tragicus) (58)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV121 'Christum wir sollen loben schon' (34)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV131 'Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir' (34)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV137 'Lobe den Herrn, den mächtigen König der Ehren' (32)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' (72)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' (50)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV158 'Der Friede sei mit dir' (45)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV169 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben' (35)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV170 'Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust' (62)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV172 'Erschallet, ihr Lieder' (31)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV182 'Himmelskönig, sei willkommen' (32)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV199 'Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut' (63)
- Bach, J S: Cantata BWV202 'Weichet Nur, betrübte Schatten' (Wedding Cantata) (57)
- Bach, J S: Jesu, bleibet meine Freude (from Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben') (413)
- Bach, J S: Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata BWV208 (125)
- Beethoven: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 112 (41)
- Berlioz: Cléopâtre - Scène lyrique, H36 (36)
- Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 (121)
- Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV75 (36)
- Haydn: Arianna a Naxos, cantata, Hob.XXVIb/2 (47)
- Mozart: Die ihr des unermeßlichen Weltfalls - Kantate, K619 (33)
- Orff: Carmina Burana (131)
- Orff: Carmina Burana: O Fortuna (56)
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