b. 1944 American conductor Christie moved to France in 1971, where he founded Les Arts Florissants, a flexible vocal and instrumental group, in 1979. With them he has staged and recorded many French works, including operas by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–87) and Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764). Their production of King Arthur by Henry Purcell (1659–95) was seen at Covent ...
accepts Angelica and Medoro’s love for each other and rejoices in his own destiny and triumph over love and his own madness. Recommended Recording: Orlando, Les Arts Florissants; William Christie, conductor’ Erato CD 0630–14636–2; Soloists: Rosemary Joshua (Angelica), Rosa Mannion (Dorinda), Patricia Bardon (Orlando), Hilary Summers (Medoro), Harry van der Kamp (Zoroastro) Personalities | George Frideric Handel | Late ...
b. 1967 German countertenor Scholl studied at the Schola Cantorum in Basle. He has worked with many leading Baroque specialists, including William Christie, Philip Herreweghe, Christopher Hogwood and Ton Koopman, singing oratorios and cantatas by J. S. Bach and Handel. His recordings include Handel’s Messiah and Solomon, and Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and B minor Mass. He ...
Naïs, 1749), Rameau’s imaginative concept of orchestral colour and intuitive feeling for dance reached full fruition. Recommended Recording: Hippolyte et Aricie, soloists, Les Arts Florissants (dir) William Christie (Erato) Sounds Familiar Castor et Pollux Rameau was very skilled at composing emotionally charged vocal airs. One of the most celebrated, ‘Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux’, occurs in Act I of ...
to Rome he travelled once more to Paris, but with the advent of xenophobic Fronde he found himself unwelcome there. Recommended Recording: Orfeo, Les Arts Florissants (cond) William Christie (Harmonia Mundi) Introduction | Early Baroque | Classical Personalities | Salamone Rossi | Early Baroque | Classical ...
near the truth when he blamed its failure on ‘the intrigues of the envious and the ignorant’. Recommended Recording: La descente d’Orphée aux enfers, Les Arts Florissants (dir) William Christie (Erato) Introduction | Early Baroque | Classical Personalities | Arcangelo Corelli | Early Baroque | Classical ...
supple, often contrapuntal choruses to the tender intimacy of recitatives and airs with obbligato instruments. Recommended Recording: Te Deum, Motets, soloists, Les Arts Florissants (cond) William Christie (Harmonia Mundi) Introduction | Late Baroque | Classical Personalities | Jean-Marie Leclair | Late Baroque | Classical ...
(Piano, singer-songwriter, b. 1939) New York-born Sedaka started writing songs as a teenager with lyricist Howard Greenfield. They wrote many hits for Sedaka, including 1959’s ‘Oh Carol’, 1961’s ‘Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen’ and 1962’s US No. 1, ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’. The early 1970s saw a Sedaka renaissance when he made two albums with what ...
Italian operatic repertory, Chailly’s discography includes the symphonies of Bruckner and Mahler, as well as Shostakovich, Stravinsky and Berio. Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | William Christie | Contemporary | Classical ...
legend. The machinery it required for its extravagant scenic effects conforms with the Roman taste of the time. Recommended Recording: Il Sant’Alessio, soloists, Les Arts Florissants (dir) William Christie (Erato) Introduction | Early Baroque | Classical Personalities | Henry Lawes | Early Baroque | Classical ...
January Kerplunk Green Day returned to the Art Of Ears Studio in May and September 1991 to lay down tracks for their second LP Kerplunk. Produced by Andy Ernst and the band themselves for $1,500, the 12 tracks were brash, confident and compulsive. As a songwriter, Billie Joe showed a maturity far beyond his tender years on ...
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