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Joachim Fontaine, Ensemble UnaVolta, Kantorei Saarlouis - George Frideric Handel: Israel in Babylon (2005)

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Date: 19 Mar 2024 14:18:40
Joachim Fontaine, Ensemble UnaVolta, Kantorei Saarlouis - George Frideric Handel: Israel in Babylon (2005)

Joachim Fontaine, Ensemble UnaVolta, Kantorei Saarlouis - George Frideric Handel: Israel in Babylon (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 656 Mb | Total time: 47:37+76:57 | Scans included
Classical | Label: K617 | # K6171722 | Recorded: 2005

Israel in Babylon is a pasticcio compiled by Edward Toms in 1764, with pre-existing instrumental works by Handel transformed into arias. The performance is fantastic, with thrilling choral work from the Kantorei Saarlouis, expert solo singing Julia Gooding, Jonathan Peter Kenney and Joseph Cornwell, and spirited playing from the Ensemble UnaVolta under Joachim Fontaine.
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Joachim Fontaine, Kantorei Saarlouis, La Grande Société Philharmonique - Théodore Gouvy: Iphigénie en Tauride (2010)

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Date: 13 Aug 2020 10:00:07
Joachim Fontaine, Kantorei Saarlouis, La Grande Société Philharmonique - Théodore Gouvy: Iphigénie en Tauride (2010)

Joachim Fontaine, Kantorei Saarlouis, La Grande Société Philharmonique - Théodore Gouvy: Iphigénie en Tauride (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 414 Mb | Total time: 106:15 | Covers included
Classical | Label: CPO ‎| 777 504-2 | Recorded: 2006

Political and cultural circumstances – depending on whether Lorraine / Lothringen belonged to France or Germany – made Théodore Gouvy a border crosser between these two countries. It was very unusual for a French composer of his generation not to assign a central role to music theater in his oeuvre. His rejection of Wagner's music dramas also made him something of an exception in France. It is true, however, that the oratorio was a key genre within his oeuvre – and the oratorio at least can be counted as a dramatic genre. Gouvy wrote six major oratorio compositions, two based on Nordic subjects and two drawing on ancient tragedies.
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