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World music CD DVD shop and Classic distribution
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ID: RRC1260
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Baroque
Lynne Dawson, Hilary Summers, John Mark Ainsley & Alastair Miles
Brandenburg Consort & King's College Choir, Stephen Cleobury |
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ID: SMCCD0051
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Baroque
Subcollection: Piano |
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ID: IMLCD105
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Baroque
Subcollection: Cello |
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ID: IMLCD054
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Baroque
Subcollection: Choral |
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ID: ATH23026
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Baroque
Subcollection: HarpsichordPeriod-instrument specialist Joanna Leach takes us on a journey through the development of keyboard instruments used in wealthy homes, from a spinet through three square pianos; each contemporary with the music played.
1 - 15: Spinet (Barton, 1727)
16 - 20: Square Piano (Longman & Broderip, 1787)
21 - 29: Square Piano (Stodart, 1823)
30 - 34: Square Piano (Clementi, 1832)
Musically both educational and extremely entertaining - a fine and unique recital. |
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ID: GD130
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Baroque
The CD includes two popular pieces of Baroque music: Vivaldi's The Four Seasons and Händel's Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 9. These are not only paragons of mastery and innovation but also works which present to the performers the opportunity to demonstrate sound culture, attitude towards the peculiarities of the Baroque style, virtuosity and keen sense of music-making. Named after the four seasons, the concertos are a touchstone for the mastery of both orchestra and soloist. This is the flute version of the work, performed by Professor Lydia Oshavkova, famous not only at home but also in many countries in the world. An excellent interpreter of Renaissance and Baroque music, Oshavkova possesses all the qualities necessary to rank her among the most remarkable flutists of today. Her performances feature flexibility of metre and rhythm, beautiful tone, freedom of expression and technical stability. Conductor Nikolai Boyadjiev's Ladies' Chamber Orchestra consists of prominent professionals from leading symphony orch |
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ID: BR0022
CDs: 1
Type: CD
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Collection:
Baroque
Some may believe the music of 18th Century Iberian composers to be less interesting than the music from Germany, France and Italy of this period. However, these two volumes of keyboard music illustrate the originality of Spanish and Portuguese composers Angles, Albéniz, Cantallos, Carvalho, Ferrer, Freixanet, Jacinto, Seixas and Soler. At the beginning of the 18th Century, Louis XI was King of Spain. He felt little enthusiasm for Spanish national art and preferred foreign artists. Consequently, Italian singers and composers gradually influenced the aristocratic tastes and the court life in Spain. It was a similar situation in Portugal. When King Johan V (1707-1750) became ruler of Portugal, he set about cultivating the arts in the city of Lisbon. Portuguese musicians had the opportunity to take apprenticeships in Italy while Italian musicians, such as Domenico Scarlatti were welcomed into Lisbon to perform. The authoritative musical figures during this time were! men of the church. Father Antonio Soler was a friar, organist and composer as well as an important theoretician who dominated the musical scene in Spain. The first pianofortes were being manufactured and Soler was fortunate to have a piano at the monastery. Although he wrote for the organ, the compositional quality of his keyboard works show that he had the piano in mind. His Portuguese counterpart was José António Carlos de Seixas. Seixas became Portugal?s finest keyboard player of this period who bridged the gap between Baroque and Classical eras. Both composers did not simply duplicate Italian idioms, but developed and expanded the style while recalling their Spanish and Portuguese roots. They blended vocal-like melodies into quasi-contrapuntal lines and simple block harmonies. This formed a model on which classical composers such as Haydn and Mozart were to base their compositions. |
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