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Baroque music

  • Johann Heinichen Dresden Vespers hit a sweet spot

    May 31st, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Accent, Baroque music, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Ensemble Polyharmonique, Jarosław Thiel, Johann David Heinichen, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra

    In 1720, Johann David Heinichen was rehearsing his latest opera in Dresden. The lead castrato pitched a fit. He tore up the music and hurled the pieces at Heinichen’s feet. That incident was all the excuse King Augustus the Strong needed. He dismissed his temperamental — and very expensive — singers. It effectively ended Italian […]

  • Johann Mattheson “Joseph” — contemplative masterwork

    May 18th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, Capriccio, CD Review, choral music, Christian Bonath, Classical music, Ensemble Paulinum, Joseph Mattheson, Noteworthy Release, Pulchra Musica Baroque Orchestra

    Joseph Mattheson was a close friend of Georg Fredrich Handel. In part because the two shared an affinity for vocal writing. Mattheson was director of the Hamburg Cathedral. His operas were performed at the famed Oper am Gänsemarkt. Because of these connections, Mattheson had access to the best singers in the city. And that’s who […]

  • Kölner Akademie’s Telemann Easter Cantatas Highly Recommended

    Apr 14th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, CPO, Georg Philipp Telemann, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens

    Let’s be clear. This is a mere sampling of Georg Philipp Telemann’s output for Easter. After all, he composed Easter cantatas and oratorios for about sixty years.  And often more than one for a specific date. This release focuses on works composed during the 1720s. Telemann was in his 30s, working in Frankfurt. He was the city’s […]

  • Classical Interviews – Jeanette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire

    Mar 14th, 2022 | By WTJU
    Tags: Apollo's Fire, Baroque music, Classical music, early music, interview, Jeanette Sorrell

    Jeanette Sorrell is the Founder and Artistic Director of Apollo’s Fire which is a baroque orchestra with a vibrant, lively sound that has won awards, including a Grammy and a large, global following. She grew up playing the piano and listening to composers like Bach and Vivaldi -but when she heard Baroque music as a […]

  • Francesco Zappa: 6 Duets for Violin and Cello

    Feb 24th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Anna Camorini, Baroque music, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, Francesco Zappa, Giocomo Coletti, Noteworthy Release, Urania

    Let’s be clear: we’re talking about Francesco Zappa (1717-1803), not Frank Zappa (1940-1993). Zappa was a Milanese cellist and composer. He spent most of his professional life in The Hague. There he served (at various times) as a performer, composer, teacher, and impresario. The six duets for violin and cello on this release were published […]

  • Pietro Antonio Locatelli Op. 7 Concertos make the transition

    Feb 22nd, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, Classical music, Ensemble Baroque "Carlo Antonio Marino", Natale Arnoldi, Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Tactus

    This release presents the six concertos Pietro Locatelli published as his Opus VII. The year was 1741, and styles were changing. The concerto form of Vivaldi and Corelli were beginning to show their age. Style Galant was on the rise. In this collection, Locatelli transitions from his past into his present. That’s not to say […]

  • Fortunato Chelleri: Six Symphonies Nouvelles entertain

    Feb 15th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Atalanta Fugiens Orchestra, Baroque music, CD Review, Classical music, Fortunato Chelleri, Urania, Vanni Moretto

    Fortunato Chelleri was certainly a cosmopolitan composer. He was an Italian opera composer initially. And then he was a court composer in Florence, Venice, and Barcelona. In 1722 he worked with Giovanni Platti in Würzburg. He served in the Royal Swedish court in the 1730s and returned to Germany to finish his career. All the […]

  • Leila Schayegh completes LeClair violin concerto series

    Jan 25th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, Glossa, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Leila Schayegh, Noteworthy Release

    This completes Leila Schayegh’s traversal of Jean-Marie Leclair Op. 7 and Op. 10 concertos. LeClair was one of the premier violinists of the early 1700s. He’s credited with founding the French school of violin-playing. Bottom line: LeClair was a monster player — and he expected anyone performing his concertos to be the same! As with […]

  • Georg Philipp Telemann Sings of Love

    Jan 4th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Georg Philipp Telemann, Georg Poplutz, Julia Kirchner, La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider

    This release is all about love. Rest assured, these three secular cantatas are but a fraction of those Telemann wrote. The program is well-planned.   The three cantatas come from three different sources. They were written for different occasions and presented different views of love. Julia Kirchner and Georg Poplutz each perform a solo cantata, […]

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