This is Rameau's 1754 revision of Castor et Pollux, performed by Toronto's Opera in Concert and the Aradia Ensemble from a score prepared by conductor Kevin Mallon. Though it is a studio recording, it followed closely on the heels of a series of live performances, and it benefits from the spontaneity and dramatic energy gained from them. The ...
Several large projects devoted to Vivaldi's sacred music got underway in the early 2000s, and this disc, billed as volume one of a series on the Naxos label, apparently begins what is likely to become, given the completist tendencies of the label, a voluminous new one. It stands on its own just fine, however, for the general listeners who may be ...
There are recordings, notably those by American-French conductor William Christie, that capture the sumptuous quality of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's choral music better than this one does, but this release by Canada's Aradia Ensemble is nevertheless worth considering. Its pairing of the splendid Te Deum and the uniquely folk-like Messe de Minuit ...
This regional Canadian disc -- pianist Boris Zarankin and youthful baritone Giles Tomkins are primarily known in the Toronto area -- displays an impressive level of original thinking and technical facility. First there's the overall shape of the program -- Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte (To the Faraway Lover), the first true song cycle, is ...
Canadian Brass has joined forces with the Elmer Iseler Singers, one of Canada's premiere choral ensembles, and with organist John Tuttle in performances of some of the most famous Protestant hymns, including one new piece written for the CD. The results of the collaboration are mixed. The most effective arrangements are those that come closest to ...
The performances on this disc of Henry Purcell's theatrical music by Toronto's energetic Aradia Ensemble are pleasant but not extraordinary. The novelty is the programming, which brings listeners closer than other releases to the unique quality of this music. Purcell's music for plays contained both pieces that are part of the action and ...
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