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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Toivo Tulev - Songs
Robin Blaze (countertenor) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Paul Hillier (direction) Toivo Tulev is one of the principal figures in Estonian music today. Deeply influenced by his study of Gregorian chant,Tulev’s works have a mystic, incantatory dimension. Songs is the title of the largest work on this CD, but it reflects on the other works as well, and not only because they are vocal or choral. During the 1980s, the composer was a member of the EPCC: this background has given him an innate sense of what singers can do. Dedicated to Paul Hillier, Songs is a polychoral piece with various groups of singers and instruments distributed around the concert venue.The text is a collage created by the composer from various sources: the Bible, the Song of Songs and two poems, Cantico espiritual and Coplas del alma que pena por ver a Dios by St John of the Cross.The small orchestra includes recorder and duduk, an instrument whose longing quality is well suited to the poems. World-renowned countertenor Robin Blaze joins Paul Hillier and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir in this world premiere recording. | 
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Rosemary Joshua, Gerard Finley & Robin Blaze Clare College Chapel Choir & OAE, René Jacobs |
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| |  | Bach - Cantatas Volume 39
Carolyn Sampson, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij & Dmitry Badiarov (violoncello da spalla) Bach Collegium Japan & Concerto Palatino, Masaaki Suzuki After two volumes concentrating on solo cantatas, the full forces of Bach Collegium Japan return in this programme of five cantatas dated 1725. The choir instantly makes its presence felt in the first movement of the opening work, BWV68. This is a large-scale hymn arrangement, where the choir is supported by an orchestra featuring horn and oboes. This is followed by one of the most charming and beautiful soprano arias in all of Bach’s cantatas, Mein gläubiges Herze’, in which Carolyn Sampson shines. The five works all include, to a certain extent, unusual instrumental combinations: from the three recorders which lend a pastoral character to Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV175, to the wind quartet (two oboi d’amore and two oboi da caccia) appearing in Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV183. The variety of timbres is further aided by the appearance of the cornet and trombones of Concerto Palatino. Gerd Türk glows in the intensely melodic tenor aria ‘Seht, was die Liebe tut’ (from BWV 85), Peter Kooij, whose bass becomes the voice of Christ in Ich bin ein guter Hirt, (BWV85). All in all, another impressive installment in this highly acclaimed cycle. “The wonderfully trim and naturally expressive period band and choir, underpinned by an exceptional group of continuo players…. High-quality Bach singing and playing.” The Guardian “…fine performances with notable contributions from all the soloists…” Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 |
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| |  | Bach - Secular Cantatas
Monika Frimmer (soprano), Robin Blaze (alto), Markus Schäfer (tenor) & Stephan MacLeod (bass) Café Zimmermann & Les Chantres du centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Gustav Leonhardt & Olivier Schneebeli A big splash to start the new musical season: after two years of
absence, Gustav Leonhardt picks up the baton again on this record
featuring two beautiful and neglected cantatas. He is accompanied
by Café Zimmermann.Two of Alpha's star performers join forces in this exceptional project. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bach - Cantatas Volume 37Solo cantatas for alto
Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki Robin Blaze’s performance of which together with the BCJ and Suzuki won much acclaim at the BBC Proms this year: “The discovery of the evening was Blaze’s perfect little fragment of a solo cantata” The Times “In all these works, Bach employs a highly embellished organ, which Masaaki Suzuki delivers with authority. Witness more golden Blaze in the last cantata to cap a disc of especially committed and engaged performances - in a series whose quality shows no signs of letting up.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2008 “Robin Blaze responds with tenderly articulated phrasing to the lyrical opening aria of Vergnügt Ruh and, as we have come to expect from these musicians, the instrumental partnership is intuitively complementary and well served by the spacious SACD acoustic.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Carolyn Sampson (soprano I), Rachel Nicholls (soprano II), Robin Blaze (alto), Gerd Türk (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass) Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki “…this is a rounded and impressive reading whose "Dona nobis pacem" encapsulates the best of Suzki: committed, life-affirming and generous.” Gramophone Magazine, February 2008 “The choir is small enough, two/three to a part, to project great clarity and detail - 'Osanna' is delightfully exuberant - though elsewhere Suzuki's tempos are rather deliberate…” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | As Steals the MornHandel - Arias & scenes for tenor
Handel: | Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove (Alceste, Act IV) Where'er you walk (from Semele) Urne voi (Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Part I) Forte e lieto (Tamerlano, Act I, 1) Oh per me lieto, avventuroso giorno! (Tamerlano, Act III, 10) Figlia mia (Samson, Act I) Tu, spietato ((Samson, Act I) Total eclipse (Samson) Did love constrain thee? (Samson, Act II, 2) Your charms to ruin led the way Let but that spirit …(Samson,Act III, 1) Then shall I make …; Thus when the sun from’s watry bed (Samson) Fatto inferno … Pastorello d'un povero armento Esther: Tune your harps to cheerful strains Heav'n smiles once more … (Jephtha, Act II, 2) His mighty arm (Jephtha, Act III, 1) Jephtha: Waft her, angels, through the skies As steals the morn (from L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato) |
Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato) The English Concert, Andrew Manze "This is one of the most alluring recitals of its kind that has come my way for a very long time" BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, *****/***** “Handel was one of the first Baroque composers to invest his talents in the tenor voice and here this unique English legacy is recalled. Through his shading, dynamic range and commitment to the text, Padmore seduces the listener.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Henry & William Lawes - Songs
Hely, C: | Fantasia Saraband | Lawes, H: | A Tale out of Anacreon Oh, that joy so soon should waste Sweet, stay awhile; why do you rise? From the heav’ns now I fly Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph that liv’st unseen Oh sweet woods, the delight of solitariness Tavola: In quel gelato core una voce Loves Sweet Repose: Amidst the myrtles as I walk No Reprieve: Now, now Lucasia, now make haste The Angler’s Song: Man’s life is but vain, for ’tis subject to pain A Pastoral Elegie: Cease you jolly shepherds Amarillis, by a spring Slide soft, you silver floods When shall I see my captive heart? | Lawes, W: | When man for sin thy judgment feels Corant for two lutes A Dreame: I laid me down upon a pillow soft Alman for two lutes Country Dance Corant from The Royall Consort Oh, my Clarissa, thou cruel fair Oh, let me still and silent lie Gather your rosebuds while you may | Saman: | Monsieur Saman his Coranto |
Robin Blaze (countertenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute, theorbo), Rebecca Outram (soprano), Robert Macdonald (bass), William Carter (lute, guitar, theorbo) & Frances Kelly (double harp) 'On this engaging tour of the melancholy but colourful world of the Lawes brothers we are conducted by alto Robin Blaze and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, both at the height of their powers. Blaze soars with ease throughout the alto range while Kenny's sympathetic accompanimnet is a model of its kind' (Early Music Forum of Scotland News) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bach - Cantatas Volume 33
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Jan Kobow (tenor) & Dominik Wörner (bass) Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki “Yet again a fine achievement, striking the right balance between deep contemplation and freshness of approach.” (International Record Review)  BBC Music Magazine
Disc of the month - February 2007 |
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| |  | Bach - Cantatas Volume 32'Mit Fried und Freud'
Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (counter-tenor), Andreas Weller (tenor) & Peter Kooij (bass) Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki “Once more there is cause to extol the by now well-accustomed merits of Masaaki Suzuki’s complete cycle of Bach cantatas: a profound knowledge of style, a multifaceted art of phrasing, and perfectly-judged choices of tempo and musical character have been the distinguishing features of this series since its inception.” Klassik Heute | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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