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    Complete Cantatas
    Plyta 1.Harmonices Mundi - Paratum Cor Meum (Kantate)Harmonices Mundi - Hemmt Eure Traenenflut (KantateHarmonices Mundi - De Profundis Clamavi (Kantate)Harmonices Mundi - Die Zeit Meines Abschieds Ist VHarmonices Mundi - Jauchzt Dem Herren Alle Welt (KHarmonices Mundi - O Werter Heil'ger Geist (KantatPlyta 2.Harmonices Mundi - Mein Herz Ist BereitHarmonices Mundi - Ich Liege Und SchlafeHarmonices Mundi - Entstanden Ist Der Heilige GeisHarmonices Mundi - Wohl Dem, Der Den Herren FuerchHarmonices Mundi - Der Herr Hat Seinen Stuhl Im HiHarmonices Mundi - Muss Nicht Der Mensch Auf Diese? Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697) was born in Denmark, where he caught theattention of Buxtehude, becoming his most talented and favourite pupil.He became composer at the Danish Royal Court when his untimely deathat age 31 ended a splendid career. Many works by Bruhns have been lost.The young Johann Sebastian Bach has a great admiration for the vocalworks by Bruhns, and their influence may be clearly seen in Bach's earlyworks.? This new recording presents the complete Cantatas by Bruhns, written inthe "Stylus Phantasticus" displaying a notable freedom of form andexpression of feeling.? Performed by 4 excellent vocal soloists and the Harmonices Mundi,conducted by Claudio Astronio, who already recorded successfully forBrilliant Classics works by Handel, Cabezon (complete works) WilhelmFriedemann Bach and Stradella.
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    Ryden, S: Händel: Duetti
    The supreme master of the chamber duet genre was Agostino Steffani, recently celebrated by Cecilia Bartoli, and it is no coincidence that Handel had a manuscript copy of Steffani's famous duets with him at the beginning of his stay in Rome. The Italian composer's work was a model for the young musician from Saxony, an inspiration that left tangible traces in those very duets. There is a distinct network of connections between Handel's duets, his other compositions and those of several of his contemporaries that bears witness to consistent borrowing. The duets are a case in point, revealing a criss-crossing of musical loans from one composition to another. Apart from Steffani, Handel also borrowed musical ideas from colleagues such as Giovanni Maria Clari and Pietro Torri, Dietrich Buxtehude and Antonio Caldara.The duets continued to charm the world of music even after Handel's death, when, with the exception of the grand oratorios, the rest of his output faded somewhat into the background. Each duet in this collection is preceded by a compatible instrumental piece, which acts as a sort of prelude. Although these latter compositions were originally written for the keyboard, they were also transcribed for various basso continuo instruments, which is how they are performed here. The practice of alternating instrumental and vocal pieces was typical of court and academy performance during the 1700s, and is well suited to Handel's duets.Harmonices Mundi and Claudio Astronio have made fine recordings for Brilliant of several other Baroque composers. Here they are joined by two bright stars of the Baroque opera and vocal scene.Other information:- Recordings made in 2009, previously unreleased.- Two wonderful voices, ranking among the best in this particular field (Italian vocal baroque music): Gemma Bertagnolli and Susanne Rydén, backed by the period instruments ensemble Harmonices Mundi/Claudio Astronio.
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    Duets
    Alessandro Stradella led a particularly colourful life worthy of a sumptuous Hollywood costume drama. Born in Nepi in around 1639, he had become a successful composer in Rome by the time he was 20 years old. Among his more adventurous day-to-day pursuits were his attempt to embezzle money from the Catholic Church, his affairs with the wives and mistresses of important members of the aristocracy, and his occasional need to flee cities in order to escape his would-be aggressors. Unbelievably, Stradella still found time to write more than 300 compositions including operas, oratorios, instrumental music and chamber works.This special collection brings together the vocal duets of this audacious and prolific composer. The duets - each of which is difficult to pinpoint in the chronology of Stradella's output - are written for varying pairs of voices, sometimes at the same pitch and sometimes at differing pitches. Rather than adopting a hard and fast rule for the composition of the works, Stradella has let the text govern the manner in which the vocal lines are played out, and many of the works include imitation between the two voices (Si, quella tu sei che il mio cor sempre adoro is unique in that it presents a dialogue between the two characters). Also featuring Trionfate, invitti colli, the trio for two sopranos and bass, the collection brings together esteemed singers Susanne Rydén, Emma Kirkby, Sergio Foresti, Christine Marsoner and Alessio Tosi interpret the repertoire in varying combinations. The instrumentalists are the acclaimed early ensemble Harmonices Mundi, directed by Claudio Astronio.Other information:- Recorded 2013.- Two Early Music Divas in Duets by Stradella: Emma Kirkby and Susanne Rydén!- The music by Alessandro Stradella is gaining rapidly in recognition and popularity. The composer's extremely adventurous life (he was a lady-killer, who himself was murdered in the end by a revengeful rival) and his equally adventurous music presents a forceful image of a fascinating and important figure of the Italian Baroque.- Kirkby and Rydén sing duets on secular texts, mini cantatas dealing with the eternal topics of love, sorrow, bliss and betrayal.- Baroque specialist Claudio Astronio leads his own ensemble Harmonices Mundi, playing on original instruments.- Contains notes on the composer and about the historical violone and transcriptions used for the recording.
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    Astronio, C: Obras De Musica-Complete Edition
    Blind from childhood, Antonio de Cabezon (b.1510) was was appointed organist in the chapel of Queen Isabella at the age of 16, and in 1538, became músico de la cámara to her husband Charles V. After Isabella's death he was appointed the musical tutor of Prince Philip and his sisters. Cabezon accompanied Philip on trips to Milan, Naples, Germany and the Netherlands between 1548 and 1551. These tours would doubtless have given him exposure to a wide range of music performed by leading musicians of the period. His music reveals both cosmopolitanism and traits that have been identified as belonging distinctly to Spanish musical style or to a personal style.This complete recorded survey of his Obras de música para tecla arpa y vihuela represents one of the most remarkable, and celebrated collections of instrumental music of the sixteenth-century. The collection divides by genre into instrumental elaborations of liturgical texts, intabulations and transcriptions of popular motets by composers such as Mouton and Josquin, and the famous and original tientos, prized for their combination of the composer's intensity of expression with a good deal of variety and ingenuity.The performances on a variety of instruments and ensembles are masterminded by the Italian keyboard player and musicologist Claudio Astronio, whose musical enthusiasms range from early music to jazz and pop.Other information:- A new and original INTEGRALE of Brilliant Classics, the only available complete recording, recorded in 1995--2010.- Excellent liner notes written by Spanish musicologist Andrew Woolley- Cabezon was a master of the keyboard (organ and spinet), and most of his works are instrumental, either solo keyboard or for ensembles of stringed instruments.- A unique survey of an important era in the musical history, played by expert musicians, using period instruments: Claudio Astronio and his Harmonices Mundi.
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