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Release:  Spring, 2008

MO 0111: All Your Cares Beguile: Music of Baroque London

Martin Davids (baroque violin), David Yearsley (organ)

 

Violinist Martin Davids and organist David Yearsley present an entertaining program of music for violin by London-based Baroque composers both native and immigrant: George Frideric Handel, Francesco Veracini, Henry Purcell, Johann Christian Pepusch, Domenico Scarlatti, Thomas Arne & Nicola Mattheis. Also featured is an original 18th century Italian chamber organ.

 

Release:  Summer, 2008

MO 0301: John Bull: Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 1

Peter Watchorn & Mahan Esfahani (harpsichords after Andreas Ruckers, 1646 and Ioannes Moermans, 1584 & 1642)

 

In this first release in the world premiere recording of the complete works of the English virtuoso harpsichordist and mystical composer, John Bull (1562-1628), Peter Watchorn and Mahan Esfahani provide a bird’s-eye view of the diversity and range of Bull’s output, from exquisite pavans and galliards to folk-song settings and character pieces, culminating in the greatest variation setting before Bach’s Goldbergs, the magnificent and difficult-to-play Walsingham. This recording features the first modern reconstruction of the 1642 harpsichord by Ioannes Moermans, now in the Russell Collection, Edinburgh.

 

Release:  Summer, 2008

MO 0302: William Byrd: Gradualia (1607)

Ensemble Plus Ultra, directed by Michael Noone

 

William Byrd (1543-1623), England’s most universal composer of the 16th and 17th centuries, remained a Catholic throughout the reigns of the two Protestant monarchs, Elizabeth I and James I. Though conforming outwardly to the new regulations regarding religious observance, Byrd nevertheless continued to produce music for the “old” faith, culminating in the huge collection of settings of the Jesuit Gradualia, published in 1607. Ensemble Plus Ultra, directed by Michael Noone,

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famous for his work in the reviving Spanish Renaissance vocal repertory, provides intimate performances of a representative selection from this secret devotional music, which celebrates Catholicism in Protestant England.

 

Release:  Summer, 2008

MO 0303: Sweet Was the Song: A Baroque Christmas

Max van Egmond (baritone) Smithsonian Chamber Players/Kenneth Slowik

 

By special arrangement with the Smithsonian Institution comes this re-release of Max van Egmond’s 1990 Christmas CD, which includes beloved traditional carols of many countries, both familiar and less well-known, with the celebrated Dutch baritone accompanied by America’s leading Early Music specialists, the Smithsonian Chamber Players.

 

Release:  Fall, 2008

MO 0202: J. S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, Book II

Peter Watchorn (pedal harpsichord)

 

Harpsichordist Peter Watchorn presents Bach’s 1744 sequel to his original Well-Tempered Clavier from twenty-two years earlier, consisting of another twenty-four preludes and fugues composed in all twelve major and minor keys. For the conclusion of this great collection, a large German-style harpsichord and pedal harpsichord are used as well as Bradley Lehman’s 2004 “Bach” temperament, derived from the spiral border on the autograph title page of Book 1.

 

Release:  Fall, 2008

MO 0207: Robert & Clara Schumann, Sigismond Thalberg: Piano Trios in D minor, G minor and A major.

The Atlantis Trio (Jaap Schröder, violin; Penelope Crawford, fortepiano; Enid Sutherland, cello)

 

The trio continues its exploration of the great piano trios of the early 19th century using instruments of the period, including fortepianos by Conrad Graf and Sebastian Erard. The Schumanns are represented by Robert’s Trio in D minor and Clara’s in G minor, while the great pianist Sigismond Thalberg’s fine but rarely heard Trio in A major completes the program: a trio of Trios.

 

Release:  Fall, 2008

MO 0211: Georg Philipp Telemann: Seven Sonatas for recorder and continuo

Saskia Coolen (recorder), Margriet Tindemans (viola da gamba), Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)

 

J. S. Bach’s friend: the celebrated, long-lived and prolific composer, Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), stood godfather to his second son, Carl Philipp Emanuel. Among his many solo sonatas are seven for solo recorder and continuo, works that range from simple pieces for amateurs through to full-fledged virtuoso showpieces. Distinguished Dutch musicians Saskia Coolen (recorder) and Margriet Tindemans (viola da gamba) are joined by Peter Watchorn (harpsichord) in this complete recording of these essential and colourful works.

 

Release:  Fall, 2008

MO 0304: Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Quartets, Op. 1-3; Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4

The Atlantis Ensemble (Jaap Schröder, violin; Penelope Crawford, fortepiano; Daniel Foster, viola; Enid Sutherland, cello)

 

The Atlantis Ensemble continues its Mendelssohn 2009 project in celebration of the bi-centenary of the composer’s birth in 1809 with the first four published works by the youthful Felix. The three fine Quartets for piano and string trio (Op. 1- 3) are complemented by the exquisite Sonata for violin and fortepiano in F minor, Op. 4. Instruments from Mendelssohn’s own day are used, including Penelope Crawford’s magnificent 1835 fortepiano by the Viennese master-builder, Conrad Graf which has been featured on many Musica Omnia recordings.

 

Release:  Fall, 2008

MO 0307: Georg Philipp Telemann: Sonatas for diverse winds
Owen Watkins (recorder, oboe, chalumeau), Jamie Hey (cello), Peter Watchorn (harpsichord & organ)

 
Australia's most versatile player of baroque wind instruments, Owen Watkins, presents a varied recital of sonatas by Bach's friend and contemporary, Georg Philipp Telemann. Instruments include the recorder, baroque oboe and chalumeau, an early form of clarinet. Fellow Australians Jamie Hey (baroque cello) and Peter Watchorn (harpsichord & organ) provide the continuo.

 

Release:  Spring, 2009

MO 0210: J. S. Bach: Clavierübung, Parts II & III: Italian Concerto, BWV 971, French Overture, BWV 831, Four Duets, BWV 802-805

Peter Watchorn (harpsichord)

 

Peter Watchorn continues his journey through the complete harpsichord works of the master with this recording of the Italian Concerto, French Overture and four Duets (large two-part Inventions), which appeared as part two and in part three of the four volume Keyboard Practice (Clavierübung), issued in print between 1726 and 1742.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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