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Although the titles “Le Matin”, “Le Midi” and “Le Soir” have favored the popularity of the three works in our days, they served Haydn merely as an inspiring impulse to compose. Haydn’s Symphonies Nos. 6-8...

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Release Date: June 19, 2020

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The Thomaskantor position in Leipzig was one of the most important jobs for musicians in Germany in the 18th century. Several important musicians applied to succeed Johann Kuhnau after his death in 1722. In the...

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Release Date: September 17, 2021

$42.99

This 6-album set presents the complete recordings with flute music by Joseph Haydn made by Barthold Kuijken on the Accent label. Always playing historically accurate transverse flutes, on these albums (which contain trios and quartets...

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Release Date: November 17, 2017

$37.99

‘Hermann of the Cherusci’ and the Varus Battle found their way into the German founding myth a long time ago. Arminius, whose Teutons roundly defeated three of Varus’ legions, was already described as the ‘Liberator...

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Release Date: September 21, 2018

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Countertenor Christophe Dumaux is one of the most important countertenors of our days. He is invited to the world’s most prestigious opera houses and festivals including the Metropolitan Opera New York, the Paris Opera, the...

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Release Date: January 31, 2020

$41.99

For a long time, a large portion of Handel’s early opera Rodrigo was thought to have been lost. It was back in 1707 in Rome that George Frideric Handel wrote Rodrigo, but it was not...

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Release Date: September 20, 2019

$23.99

The Viennese Court Kapellmeister Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) is regarded in music history as the forefather of modern counterpoint, and his instructional work "Gradus ad parnassum" continues to influence education in this subject to the...

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Release Date: February 05, 2021

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When the cantor Johann Sebastian Bach performed sacred cantatas in Leipzig on Sundays and public holidays, his colleagues did the same in many other places in Lutheran Germany. Among them was Christoph Graupner, the court...

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Release Date: February 16, 2018

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Carl Heinrich Graun, like other Italian-influenced or Italian-trained German composers of his time, composed Italian cantatas throughout his entire creative period. The three cantatas belong to a small group in Graun’s output, for soprano. The...

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Release Date: September 06, 2019

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This recording from the 2018 Göttingen Handel Festival presents two rarely heard works by George Frideric Handel: "The Choice of Hercules" and the "Te Deum for the Victory of Dettingen". In "The Choice of Hercules"...

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Release Date: September 17, 2021

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The bassoon was only able to establish itself as a solo instrument towards the end of the 17th century. The first virtuosos came from France, where the bassoon was used as a bass instrument in...

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Release Date: July 02, 2021

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The 18th century was a time when deportment and noble behavior were essential for people of quality. Dance formed a major part of all social ceremonies and theatrical presentations. Nowhere was dancing more highly regarded...

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Release Date: June 22, 2018

$23.99

Gregor Joseph Werner (1693-1766) was Kapellmeister at the Eszterházy court in Eisenstadt, and on his death he was succeeded by Joseph Haydn. A surviving manuscript score of his oratorio “Der gute Hirt” (The Good Shepherd)...

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Release Date: October 02, 2020

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During the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras under the reigns of Elizabeth I and her successor James I, extensive patronage of the arts was undertaken by cultured aristocrats; this was a unique and adventurous age of...

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Release Date: October 27, 2017

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The Habsburg dynasty was one of the most powerful in Europe from the early 13th to the early 19th century. It was also a major power in cultural artistic matters and attracted the best musicians...

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Release Date: May 03, 2019