VA - Music Of The Enlightenment (2011)

The unprecedented expansion of music in the age of enlightenment
The eighteenth century is probably the most extraordinary period of transformation Europe has known since antiquity. Political upheavals kept pace with the innumerable inventions and discoveries of the age; every sector of the arts and of intellectual and material life was turned upside down. Between the end of the reign of Louis XIV and the revolution of 1789, music in its turn underwent a radical mutation that struck at the very heart of a well-established musical language. In this domain too, we are all children of the Age of Enlightenment: our conception of music and the way we ‘consume' it still follows in many respects the agenda set by the eighteenth century. And it is not entirely by chance that harmonia mundi has chosen to offer you in 2011 a survey of this musical revolution which, without claiming to be exhaustive, will enable you to grasp the principal outlines of musical creation between the twilight of the Baroque and the dawn of Romanticism.

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French Harpsichord Music: Couperin (a) vingt-cinquieme ordre; (b) vingt-sixieme ordre; © sixieme ordre (Christophe Rousset, harpsichord). Rameau (a) premiere concert; (b) cinquieme concert (Christophe Rousset, Ryo Terakado, Kaori Uemura)




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The twilight of lamentation: Campra, Requiem (Choeur et Orchestre de la Chapelle Royale, Herreweghe). Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (Anna Prohaska, Bernarda Fink, Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin)




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Oratorio: Handel, Solomon (Sarah Connolly, Susan Girton, Carolyn Sampson, Mark Padmore, David Wilson-Johnson, RIAS Kammerchor, Daniel Reuss)





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Oratorio: Handel, Solomon (Sarah Connolly, Susan Girton, Carolyn Sampson, Mark Padmore, David Wilson-Johnson, RIAS Kammerchor, Daniel Reuss)




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The apotheosis of the Baroque concerto: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons (Midori Seiler, Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin, Clemens-Maria Neszbaumer); Telemann, Violin Concerto 'The Frogs' (Midori Seiler, Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin, Stephan Mai); Bach, Brandengurg Concerto no 6 (Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr); Handel, Organ Concerto Op 4 no 3 (Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr)




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The conquest of Europe: Tartini (a) Concerto Grosso no. 5; (b) Concerto for violin and orchestra 'a Lunardo Venier' (Enrico Gatti, Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini). Monn: Concerto for violincello harpsichord and string orchestra (Jean-Guihen Queyras, Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Mullejans); CPE Bach: Harpsichord Concerto no 5 (Andreas Staier, Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Mullejans); JC Bach: Concerto for harpsichord, two violins and violincello Op 7 no 5 (London Baroque, Lars-Ulrik Mortensen, Ingrid Seifert, Charles Medlam)




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From Paris to Vienna: Haydn, Violin Concerto No 1 (Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz); Mozart: (a) Concerto K107 no 2 (London Baroque, Lars-Ulrik Mortensen, Ingrid Seifert, Richard Gwilt, Charles Medlam b) Sinfonia Concertante K297-b (Suzanne Kaiser, Ann-Kathrin Bruggemann, Javier Zafra, Erwin Wieringa, Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz); Pleyel: Cello Concerto Ben. 106 (Ivan Monighetti, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Stephan Mai)




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The Classical concerto: Mozart: Piano Concerto no 21 K467 (Samerata Salzburg, Stefan Vladar); Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 (Paul Lewis, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek)




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Symphony: Sammartini (a) Sinfonia in D major JC14 (b) Sinfonia in G major (JC30 Ensemble 415, Banchini); WF Bach: Sinfonie in F major Falck 67 (Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Stephan Mai); CPE Bach: Orechester-Sinfonie no 1 Wq 183/1 (English Concert, Manze); JC Bach: Symphony in G minor Op 6 no 6 (Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, Stephan Mai); Boccherini: Symphony 'La casa del Diavolo' (Ensemble 415, Banchini)




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Orchestral performance: Haydn (a) Symphony No 6 'Le Matin'; (b) Symphony No 7 'Le Midi' (Freiburger Barokorchester, Mullejans); Mozart: Symphony No 31 'Paris' (Freiburger Barokorchester, von der Goltz)




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The monuments of Classicism: Haydn: Symphony No 92 'Oxford'; Mozart: Symphone No 41 'Jupiter' (Freiburger Barokorchester, Jacobs)




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The 'Ninth': Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Herreweghe)




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The ast glories of the tragedie lyrique: Rameau: Castor et Pollux (Les Arts Florrisants, Christie)




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The ast glories of the tragedie lyrique: Rameau: Castor et Pollux (Les Arts Florrisants, Christie)




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The ast glories of the tragedie lyrique: Rameau: Castor et Pollux (Les Arts Florrisants, Christie)




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Gluck's reform: Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barokorchester, Jacobs)




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Gluck's reform: Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barokorchester, Jacobs)




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The spirit of the people: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Collegium Vocale Ghent, Concerto Koln, Jacobs)




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The spirit of the people: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Collegium Vocale Ghent, Concerto Koln, Jacobs)




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The spirit of the people: Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Collegium Vocale Ghent, Concerto Koln, Jacobs)




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The Baroque trio sonata: Vivaldi: Sonata in C minor Rv 53; Telemann: Sonata in A minor TWV 41:a3 (Paul Goodwin, Nigel North, Susan Sheppard, John Toll); JS Bach Sonata Sopr'il Soggetto Reale (Janet See, John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden; Davitt Moroney); CPE BAch: Sonata in F Major Wq 154; JCF Bach: Sonata in A major F.VII/2 (London Baroque, Ingrid Seifert, Richard Gwilt, Charles Medlam, Richard Egarr); Schobert: Sonata in F major Op XVI no 4 (Chiara Banchini, Veronique Mejean, Philipp Bosbach, Luciano Sgrizzi)




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From the sonata to the Classical trio: Kuhnau (a) Sonata Terza; 9B0 Sonata Quinta; © Sonata Settima (John Butt); Mondonville: Pieces de clavecin avec voix et violin (Nelson, Ritchie Christie); Mozart: (a) Sonata in F major K 376; (b) Sonata in G major K 379 (Banchini, Vesselinova)




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The keyboard trio: Haydn: Trio in C major no 43 (Hobarth, Coin, Cohen); Mozart: Trio in G major K 496 (The Mozartean Players, Richie, Lutzke, Lubin); Beethoven, Trio in C minor Op 1 no 3 (Sepec, Queyras, Staier)




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The great piano sonatas: Haydn: (a) Sonata in C minor no. 33; Sonata in D major no. 39; Sonata in C major no. 60; Sonata in E flat major no. 62 (Planes)




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The great piano sonatas: Mozart: (a) Sonata in E flat major K 282; Sonata in C major K 330; Sonata in F major K 332; Sonata in C minor K 457 (Staier)




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The great piano sonatas: Beethoven: Sonata in F minor no 1 Op 2 no 1; Sonata in D minor no 17 'The Tempest'; Sonata in E flat major no 21 'Waldstein' (Lewis)




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The birth of the quartet: Telemann: Sonata prima in A major (Freiburger BarokConsort); Mozart: String Quartet in C major no 4 K 157; Haydn: String Quartet in
C major op 33/3 'The Bird' (Jerusalem Quartet); Stamitz: Oboe Quartet in D major Op 8 (Goodwin, Terzetto, McDonald, Rogers, Gough)




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The great Classical quartets: Mozart: String Quartet in B flat major no 17 K 458; Haydn: String Quartet in D minor Op 76 no 2 (Jerusalem Quartet); Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major Op 18 no 6 (Tokyo String Quartet)




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The 'Late Quartets': Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major no 13 op 130; String Quartet in F major op 16 no 135 (Tokyo String Quartet)