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Musica
Omnia: New releases 2008-2009:
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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