Bach; Hoffmann; Telemann: Sacred Cantatas for Alto and Tenor

Advantages: Lively, fun, recorder solos
Disadvantages: None

...was the main proponent for the recorder using it both in his chamber works and church cantatas. As a recorder player himself, Telemann showed great feeling and understanding for the instrument. The Composer George Philipp Telemann was born in 1691 in Germany. At the age of 12, he wrote his first opera. He went on to study law at Leipzig University. However, when his musical talents were discovered, he was commissioned to write a cantata every two weeks for the principal church in the city. At 21, he was the head of Leipzig musical society. At 24, he was musical director for the Count of Promnitz in Poland. He moved on to Eisenach and then to Frankfurt before settling in Hamburg where he was to die in 1767. Telemann was regarded as a progressive composer who was moving away from the elaborate Baroque counterpoint to the more melodic classical style... Read review

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Advantages: Everything you could ever want from a classical CD
Disadvantages: none

.... The Nutcracker - Suite Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky 17. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor Composed by Felix Mendelssohn 18. Cavalleria rusticana Composed by Pietro Mascagni 19. Gloria in D Composed by Antonio Vivaldi 20. Coronation Anthems Composed by George Frideric Handel 21. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach 22. Requiem in D minor Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 23. Ave Maria Composed by Charles Gounod 24. Miserere mei Composed by Gregorio Allegri 25. Requiem Composed by Gabriel Fauré 26. Lakmé Composed by Léo Delibes 27. Les contes d'Hoffmann Composed by Jacques Offenbach 28. Pavane Composed by Gabriel Fauré 29. Gianni Schicchi Composed by Giacomo Puccini 30. Madama Butterfly Composed by Giacomo Puccini 31. Nabucco Composed... Read review

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Advantages: A new sound to most of us
Disadvantages: Definately will not appeal to everybody

...Pavane, [3'52"] Galliard-La Gamba [ dance tunes] Sopranino, Soprano, alto capped Shawms, tenor Shawm & Bass Curtal. 3, Crimson Velvet [Ballard tune] [2'27"] Alto, tenor, bass flutes & lute. 4, La Doune Cella [4'35"] La Shy Myze Cornet, Basset recorder, sackbut & bass curtal. La Bounette English bagpipe, soprano capped shawm alto & bass curtal. 5, The obtaining of the Great Galleazzo [Ballard] [7'06"] Voice & lute. 6, Browning my Dere [3'25"] Browning Fantasy Alto, tenor, Basset & Bass recorders. 7, Les Bransles Gays [dance tune... Read review

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