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11 April 2025
Barbara Strozzi • Alessandro Stradella [Isabelle Poulenard]
Barbara Strozzi (1619-1664)
Lamento
A pena il sol
L'amante bugiardo
Cantate: Fin che tù
spiri
Moralita amorosa
L'amante segreto
Tradimento
Alessandro Stradella (1642-1682)
Lontananza e gelosia
Si salvi chi puó
Cantate "L'Arianna"
Isabelle Poulenard (soprano)
Marianne Muller (viola da gamba)
Emer Buckley (harpsichord)
(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of abby@Susato)
Beethoven · Ravel · Salonen · Grey · Messiaen [Leila Josefowicz]
Recital
CD 1
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Theme and Variations
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Violin Sonata in G major
Mark Grey (°1967)
San Andreas Suite
CD 2
Esa-Pekka Salonen (°1958)
Lachen verlernt
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonatensatz (Scherzo from the F.A.E. sonata),
WoO 2
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
John Novacek (piano)
(2CD, flac tracks, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of quackalist@Susato)
Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969) • CD 52-54 La Gioconda
Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)
CD 52-54 Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886)
La Gioconda
Maria Callas (soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano)
Irene Companeez
(contralto), Ivo Vinco (bass)
Pier Miranda Ferraro
(tenor), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone)
Leonardo Monreale (bass),
Carlo Forti (bass-baritone)
Renato Ercolani (baritone), Aldo Biffi
(baritone)
Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass)
Coro del Teatro Alla Scala,
Milano
Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano
Antonino Votto
(3CD, flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Donne@Susato)
10 April 2025
Caldara • Tůma: Missa Sanctorum Cosmae et Damiani & 2 Sonate da Chiesa [Lajos Rovatkay]
Caldara • Tůma
Antonio Caldara (c1670-1736)
Missa Sanctorum Cosmae et Damiani
František Tůma (1704-1774)
Sonata a 4 in E minor
Antonio Caldara (c1670-1736)
Caro mea vere est cibus
František Tůma (1704-1774)
Sonata a 5 in E minor
Antonio Caldara (c1670-1736)
Graduale "Benedicta et venerabilis es"
Monika Frimmer (soprano), Ralf Popken (alto)
Wilfried Jochens (tenor),
Klaus Mertens (baritone)
Westfälische Kantorei
Capella Agostino
Steffani
Lajos Rovatkay
(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Bodtje@Susato)
Heroes [Andreas Scholl]
Heroes
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Serse, HWV 40: "Frondi tenere e
belle"
Serse, HWV 40: "Ombra mai fu"
Semele HWV 58: "Where'er
you walk"
Saul, HWV 53: "Such haughty Beauties"
Saul, HWV
53: "O Lord, whose Mercies numberless"
Rodelinda, HWV 34: "Vivi,
tiranno, io t'ho scampato"
Rodelinda, HWV 34: "Con rauco mormorio"
Giulio
Cesare, HWV 17: "Dall'ondoso periglio"
Giulio Cesare, HWV 17: "Aure,
deh, per pietà"
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
Artaserse: "Pallido il sole"
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (1714-1787)
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.
30: "Che farò senza Euridice?"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Ascanio in Alba, KV 111: "Al mio ben
mi veggio avanti"
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (1714-1787)
Telemaco, or L'isola di
Circe, Wq. 34: "Ah! non turbi il mio riposo"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Mitridate, re di Ponto, KV 87: "Venga
pur, minacci e frema"
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Roger
Norrington
(flac tracks, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of quackalist@Susato)
Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969) • CD 50-51 Lucia di Lammermoor
Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)
CD 50-51 Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Lucia di Lammermoor
Maria Callas (soprano), Ferruccio Tagliavini (tenor)
Piero Cappuccilli (baritone), Bernard Ladysz (bass-baritone)
Leonard Del Ferro (tenor), Margreta Elkins (mezzo-soprano)
Renzo Casellato
(tenor)
Philharmonia Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Tullio Serafin
(2CD, flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Donne@Susato)
Alfred Schnittke: Piano Quintet, String Quartet No. 3, Canon In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky [Mondriaan String Quartet, Fred Oldenburg]
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Piano Quintet
Canon In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky
String Quartet No. 3
The Mondriaan String Quartet
Fred Oldenburg (piano)
(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Bodtje@Susato)
09 April 2025
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus [Ciro Longobardi]
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus
CD 1
Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus I-XII
CD 2
Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus XIII-XX
Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux
Ciro Longobardi (piano)
(2CD, flac tracks, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of quackalist@Susato)
08 April 2025
Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969) • CD 49 Mad Scenes
Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)
CD 49 Mad Scenes
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Anna Bolena: Piangete voi?...Al dolce
guidami castel natio (Act II)
Joseph Rouleau (bass), Monica Sinclair (contralto)
Duncan Robertson
(tenor), John Lanigan (tenor)
Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896)
Hamlet: À vos jeux...Partagez-vous mes
fleurs... Et maintenant écoutez ma chanson (Act IV)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Il Pirata: Oh! S'io potessi... Col sorriso
d'innocenza (Act II)
Maria Callas (soprano)
Philharmonia Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Nicola Rescigno
(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Donne@Susato)
D. Fr. Kuhlau: Complete Piano Quartets [Elisabeth Westenholz, Tutter Givskov), Lars Grunth, Asger Lund Christiansen]
Friedrich Kuhlau (1786-1832)
Complete Piano Quartets
CD 1
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32
Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major,
Op. 50
CD 2
Piano Quartet No. 3 in G minor, Op. 108
Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 33
Elisabeth Westenholz (piano), Tutter Givskov (violin)
Lars Grunth
(viola), Asger Lund Christiansen (cello)
(2CD, flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Bodtje@Susato)
Vivaldi: Virtuoso Cantatas [Philippe Jaroussky]
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Virtuoso Cantatas
Cantata 'Alla caccia dell'alme e de' cori', RV 670
Qual per ignoto calle,
RV 677
Orlando Furioso: "Piangerò sinche l'onda", RV 728
Prelude, RV
728
Cantata 'Care selve, amici prati', RV 671
Cello Sonata in B flat
major, RV 47
Perfidissimo cor! Inquo fato!, RV 674
Tito Manlio: "Di
verde ulivo", RV 778
Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede, RV 676
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)
Ensemble Artaserse
(flac tracks, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of quackalist@Susato)
07 April 2025
Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969) • CD 48 Verdi Arias I
Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)
CD 48 Verdi: Arias I
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Macbeth: Nel di della vittoria...Vieni!
T'affretta! (Act I)
Macbeth: La luce langue (Act II)
Macbeth: Una
macchia è qui tuttora (Act IV)
Nabucco: Ben io t'invenni...Anch'io
dischiuso un giorno (Act II)
Ernani: Sorta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani,
involami (Act I)
Don Carlo: Tu che le vanità (Atto IV)
Maria Callas (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Nicola Rescigno
(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Donne@Susato)
Great Operas at the MET • Richard Wagner: The Ring
Great Operas at the Met
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
(see back inlays and booklets for details)
Orff: Catulli Carmina, Trionfo di Afrodite [Franz Welser-Möst]
Carl Orff (1895-1982)
Catulli Carmina
Trionfo di Afrodite
Dagmar Schellenberger (soprano), Lothar Odinius (tenor)
Lisa Larson
(soprano), Robert Swenson (tenor)
Alfred Reiter (bass)
Mozart
Chor Linz
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Franz Welser-Möst
(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Bodtje@Susato)
06 April 2025
Vivaldi: Serenata a Tre [Andrea Buccarella]
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Serenata a Tre, RV 690
Marie Lys (soprano), Sophie Rennert (mezzo-soprano)
Anicio Zorzi Giustiani (tenor)
Abchordis Ensemble
Andrea Buccarella
(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of abby@Susato)
The Pearls of Polish Music: Szymanowski [Jerzy Maksymiuk]
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Concert Overture, Op. 12
Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35
Symphony No.
4, Op. 60 "Symphonie Concertante"
Jakub Jakowicz (violin), Piotr Paleczny (piano)
Sinfonia Varsovia
Jerzy Maksymiuk
(flac image, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of Bodtje@Susato)






























