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Martin Gester, Le Parlament de Musique - Alessandro Scarlatti: La Giuditta (2005)

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Martin Gester, Le Parlament de Musique - Alessandro Scarlatti: La Giuditta (2005)

Martin Gester, Le Parlament de Musique - Alessandro Scarlatti: La Giuditta (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 412 Mb | Total time: 77:07 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ambronay | # AMY 004 | Recorded: 2004

The biblical story of the princess Judith, who seduces and then beheads the invading Assyrian general Holofernes, has attracted composers from the early days of opera almost down to the present day with its mixture of gore, patriotic self-sacrifice, and latent feminist themes.

Martin Gester, Les Parlament de Musique - Antonio Caldara: La conversione di Clodoveo, re di Francia (1997)

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Martin Gester, Les Parlament de Musique - Antonio Caldara: La conversione di Clodoveo, re di Francia (1997)

Martin Gester, Les Parlament de Musique - Antonio Caldara: La conversione di Clodoveo, re di Francia (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 404 Mb | Total time: 43:04+41:51 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Accord | # 205792 | Recorded: 1996

Antonio Caldara (c.1670-1736) was in his time a celebrated composer. He has left behind a very extensive oeuvre of operas, cantatas, masses, oratorios and motets. On this double CD the oratorio "La conversioni di Clodoveo, re di Francia" is recorded. The oratory, originally in Latin, was the spiritual opposite of the opera; gradually it has separated itself from ecclesiastical performances and became a sort of replacement of the opera during the rest periods of the theater. "La conversione" had its premiere in Rome in 1715. The libretto is based on historical facts. The story is about King Clovis, invincible and only believing in himself and Clothilde, his consort, who directs attention to his inner self and eventually converts him to the Christian faith. The performance is from Le Parlement de Musique led by Martin Gester.

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Montéclair, Hotteterre, Couperin, Marais (1991)

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Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Montéclair, Hotteterre, Couperin, Marais (1991)

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Montéclair, Hotteterre, Couperin, Marais (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 317 Mb | Total time: 59:19 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Opus 111 | # OPS 47-9111 | Recorded: 1991

This recording includes works for the oboe by four French Baroque composers, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Francois Courpin, and Marin Marais. Among them Montéclair is a cantata "Pan et Syrinx" (Pan et Syrinx). The story of the faun Pan chasing the nymph Silinks is popular with composers. On the one hand, this is a sad story about love that can never be obtained, and the drama and imagination in it are quite suitable for composers to play; A flute, this "pan flute" can be played with a modern flute (as in Debussy's Syrinx), or with an oboe like Montéclair. The tone of the oboe is not as cold as the flute, but rather warm, elegant and fresh. On the one hand, it is very suitable for depicting the quiet life of nature or the countryside. The sweet memories of a lost love couldn't be more fitting.

Van Diemen’s Band & Martin Gester - Handel: 6 Concerti grossi, Op. 3 (2021)

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Van Diemen’s Band & Martin Gester - Handel: 6 Concerti grossi, Op. 3 (2021)

Van Diemen’s Band & Martin Gester - Handel: 6 Concerti grossi, Op. 3 (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 317 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 144 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:01:58
Classical | Label: BIS

What we know as ‘Handel’s Opus 3’ is most likely little more than a brazen attempt by the London publisher John Walsh to make some quick money.

Martin Gester, Arte dei Suonatori - Johann Schobert: Sinfonies au salon (2018)

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Martin Gester, Arte dei Suonatori - Johann Schobert: Sinfonies au salon (2018)

Martin Gester, Arte dei Suonatori - Johann Schobert: Sinfonies au salon (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 441 Mb | Total time: 75:17 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ligia | # 206272 | Recorded: 2017

On disait de Johann Schobert dans les années 1760 à Paris, qu’il était le claveciniste le plus à la mode, recherché dans les salons pour son caractère brillant, virtuose et étrange. Ses œuvres sont faites d’un style tout neuf, qui paraît étrange, à la fois profond et brillant. Il excellait dans l’évocation d’atmosphères poétiques rares, tantôt sombres, tantôt viriles et décidées, souvent rêveuses et nostalgiques.

Martin Gester, Arte dei Suonatori - Georg Philipp Telemann: Ouvertures pittoresques (2013)

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Martin Gester, Arte dei Suonatori - Georg Philipp Telemann: Ouvertures pittoresques (2013)

Martin Gester, Arte dei Suonatori - Georg Philipp Telemann: Ouvertures pittoresques (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 433 Mb | Total time: 77:12 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS Records | # BIS-1979 SACD | Recorded: 2012

Throughout a long and extremely productive career, Georg Philipp Telemann harboured a great affection for the overture-suite, consisting of a French overture followed by a number of dances and character movements. Tempering the rigid model inherited from the French tradition with his own rich powers of invention and playfulness, he remained true to the form long after it had gone out of fashion.

Martin Gester, Arte dei Suonatori - Venetian Christmas: Vivaldi, Hasse, Perotti, Torelli (2014)

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Martin Gester, Arte dei Suonatori - Venetian Christmas: Vivaldi, Hasse, Perotti, Torelli (2014)

Martin Gester, Arte dei Suonatori - Venetian Christmas: Vivaldi, Hasse, Perotti, Torelli (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 396 Mb | Total time: 74:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | BIS-2089 SACD | Recorded: 2013

In Venice in the 18th century, Christmas was celebrated as only Venetians know how to celebrate: according to one account, more wax was burnt to light up the three storeys of the Procuratie on Christmas Eve, than in all the rest of Italy in an entire year. At the same time, rather than being an independent feast – and as such, the most singularly important one of the year – the Venetian Christmas was also part of the city's famous Carnevale, which at this time lasted for almost six months. This lent a rather special character to the celebrations, compared with for instance the more clerically inclined Rome.

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Vivaldi: La Senna festeggiante (2003)

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Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Vivaldi: La Senna festeggiante (2003)

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Vivaldi: La Senna festeggiante (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 456 Mb | Total time: 84:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Accord | 476 054-2 | Recorded: 1997

Vivaldi is best known as a composer of instrumental music, but the man has also written a lot of secular vocal music, from large-scale operas to the more intimate cantatas. "La Senna festeggiante" is not a real opera, but a 'serenata', a word derived from the Italian 'sereno' (clear). The genre was so named because the spectacles in question were performed outdoors on clear, warm summer nights. Serenatas were usually written by order of a nobleman or high clergyman, as part of large celebrations to mark a special event such as a birthday, the birth of an heir, a marriage, the arrival of an important person, and so on. They were usually performed in the principal's palace garden.

Arte Dei Suonatori, Martin Gester - Handel: Twelve Grand Concertos (2008)

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Arte Dei Suonatori, Martin Gester - Handel: Twelve Grand Concertos (2008)

Arte Dei Suonatori, Martin Gester - Handel: Twelve Grand Concertos (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 893 Mb | Total time: 163'39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-1705 SACD | Recorded: 2007

Composed during a few hectic weeks in the autumn of 1739, the set was partly intended by Handel – renowned mainly as a writer for singers and as an organist – to reinforce his stature as an instrumental composer. The result is music that exhibits a great variety of musical thought and invention, here interpreted by the highly acclaimed Polish ensemble Arte dei Suonatori making their third recording for BIS. The recordings are the fruit of a regular collaboration between the ensemble and French conductor Martin Gester, focusing on the baroque concerto.

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Charpentier: Te Deum & Motets pour le Roy Louis (2004)

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Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Charpentier: Te Deum & Motets pour le Roy Louis (2004)

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Charpentier: Te Deum & Motets pour le Roy Louis (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 286 Mb | Total time: 61:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Opus 111 | # OP 30297 | Recorded: 2000

Charpentier's Te Deum written in the bright key of D major features a four-part choir and eight soloists. It displays the composer's total command of religious music combined with a gift for melodic writing. Brilliant and majestic, yet profound, this Te Deum (Charpentier wrote four Te deums) was probably composed to celebrate the victory at Steinkerque in August 1692 during the wars against the countries of the League of Augsburg. [The struggle would eventually be in vain; and Strasburg, and the Palatine succession lost to France].

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Alessandro Scarlatti: Lamentazioni per la Settimana Santa (1993)

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Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Alessandro Scarlatti: Lamentazioni per la Settimana Santa (1993)

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Alessandro Scarlatti: Lamentazioni per la Settimana Santa (1993)
Classical | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 378 Mb | Total time: 72:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Opus111 | # OPS 30-66 | Recorded: 1992

Lamentations or tenebrae were composed for the Matins services of Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Holy Week but were sung on the preceding evening. Each service consisted of three nocturnes and each nocturne was divided into three lessons. The Lamentations of Jeremiah were always sung during the three lessons of the first nocturne of each service. That makes nine tenebrae in all. Scarlatti however, set to music only six of them, all of which are sung on this new release. Five of the Lamentations are for soprano and the remaining one for tenor.

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Sébastien de Brossard: Cantiques Sacrez (1992)

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Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Sébastien de Brossard: Cantiques Sacrez (1992)

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - Sébastien de Brossard: Cantiques Sacrez (1992)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 380 Mb | Total time: 70:23 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Opus 111 | OPS 30 - 69 | Recorded: 1991

Brossard did not have much formal training but was, nevertheless, a composer, theorist and lute player. He was a priest at Notre Dame and composed a number of sacred works, notably motets, oratorios, masses, and cantatas. (Prior to this he had composed a number of chansons and airs as well.) He wrote a number of treatises and collected many works that originated outside of France. Some of the publications by Brossard included dictionaries, collections, and catalogues. Characteristics of his music were extensive crescendos in a single vocal piece, initiation of the violin sonata in France, and harmonies that can only be considered ordinary.

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - La Passion selon Saint Matthieu (Manuscrit d'Uppsala 1667) (1996)

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Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - La Passion selon Saint Matthieu (Manuscrit d'Uppsala 1667) (1996)

Martin Gester, Le Parlement de Musique - La Passion selon Saint Matthieu (Manuscrit d'Uppsala 1667) (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 361 Mb | Total time: 74:07 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Accord | 205482 | Recorded: 1995

La partition (manuscrit d'Uppsala, 1667) que viennent de restituer Martin Gester et son frère le musicologue Jean-Luc Gester est de tout premier ordre. On ne sait qui l'a écrite, mais celui qui le fit est un grand assurément. Climat sensuel et doloriste, beauté de l'écriture, raffinement de l'expression. Les solistes vocaux groupés autour de Gester sont épatants, chantant comme un madrigal spirituel cette passion de chambre.