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Recent AmorArtis recordings

Mozart, W.A.
Requiem
Lorna Haywood, D'Anna Fortunato,
Patrick Romano, John Cheek
AmorArtis Chorus & Period Instrument Orchestra
Vox
...Not just another period instrument interpretation.....the chorus is superb. ---Opera News
   
   
Musica Dei
Polyphonic works by Lassus and Palestrina
(Commemorating the 400th anniversary of their deaths)
AmorArtis Chamber Choir
Newport Classic
"Beautiful singing, superbly recorded" ... American Record Guide
 
Christmas Around the World
AmorArtis Chamber Choir
Vox 7512

And more....

More recordings by Johannes Somary and AmorArtis are listed below.

Albinoni
Adagio
English Chamber Orchestra
on Vanguard CSRV 344; VBD-376
 
Concerto "Saint Marc"
Martin Berinbaum, trupmet
English Chamber Orchestra
on Vanguard C10098
 
Arensky
Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
English Chamber Orchestra
on Vanguard VCD-72012
 
 
Bach, J.S.
 Cantatas Nos. 11 and 80
 AmorArtis Chorale, English Chamber Orchestra
 Vanguard VCD-72000
 
 Cantatas and Motets
 Ann Monoyios, Shirley Love, John Ostendorf
 AmorArtis Chorale and Orchestra
 Vox Cum Laude
 
 Concerto for Violin, Oboe, Strings
 Yuval Waldman, Virginia Brewer, Edward Brewer
 AmorArtis Orchestra
 Omega OCD 1013
 
 Mass in B Minor
 Felicity Palmer, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Michael Rippon
 English Chamber Orchestra
 Vanguard
 
 The Six Brandenburg Concertos
 English Chamber Orchestra
 Vanguard
 
 Saint Matthew Passion
 Ernst Haefliger, Elly Ameling, Birgit Finnilae, Seth McCoy, Benjamin Luxon
 Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra
 Vanguard VBD-377
 
Borodin
Nocturne
English Chamber Orchestra
on Vanguard CSRV 344; VCD-72012
 
Britten
Simple Symphony
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard CSRV 344
 
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Will Geer, narrator
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard
 
Carissimi
Biblical Oratorios: Jepthe; Judicium Extremum
AmorArtis Chorale and Orchestra
Decca
 
Corelli
Christmas Concerto
Yuval Waldman, Virginia Brewer, Edward Brewer
AmorArtis Orchestra
on Omega OCD 1013
 
Courbois
Cantatas
John Ostendorf, Bronx Arts Ensemble Orchestra
Leonarda
 
Dvorak
Serenade for Strings
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard
 
Grieg
Holberg Suite
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard C10067
 
The Last Spring
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard
 
Handel
Acis and Galatea
Julianne Baird, Brayson Hisrts, Stephen Oosting, John Ostendorf
AmorArtis Baroque Orchestra
Newport Classic NCD 60045-1/2
 
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
English Chamber Orchestra
on Vanguard CSRV 344
 
Jepthe*
Reri Brist, Maureen Forrester, Alexander Young
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard
*Winner, Stereo Review Record of the Year Award
 
Judas Maccabeus
Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard C10126
 
Messiah (Complete)*
Margaret Price, Yvonne Minton, Alexander Young, Justino Diaz
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard VBD2-10090
*Winner, Stereo Review Record of the Year Award
 
Messiah (Highlights)
Vanguard VBD-10100; CSRV 1010
 
Royal Fireworks Music; The Water Music
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard VBD-711176; CSRV 7177
 
Semele
Shiela Armstrong, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Justino Diaz
English chamber Orchestra
Vanguard
 
Sinfonia
AmorArtis
Vanguard CSRV 344
 
Solomon*
Shiela Armstrong, Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Justino Diaz, Michael Rippon,
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard
*Winner, Stereo Review Record of the Year Award
 
Sosarme
Julianne Baird, Jennifer Lane, D'Anna Fortunato, Drew Minter, John Aler, Nathaniel Watson, Taghkanic Chorale, AmorArtis Orchestra
Newport Classic
 
Theodora*
Heather Harper, Maureen Forrester
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard
*Winner, Stereo Review Record of the Year Award
 
Haydn
Symphonies Nos. 100 and 103
The Mostly Mozart Orchestra
Vanguard VBD-25007
 
Trumpet Concerto
Martin Berinbaum, trumpet
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard C10098
 
Hummel
Trumpet Concerto
Martin Berinbaum, trumpet
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard C10098
 
La Guerre
Cantatas
John Ostendorf
Bronx Arts Ensemble Orchestra
Leonarda
 
Lassus
Polyphonic works by Palestrina and Lassus
(Commemorating the 400th anniversary of their deaths)
AmorArtis Chamber Choir
Newport Classic
 
Mozart
Mass in C Minor
Carole Bogard, Ann Murray, Richard Lewis, Michael Rippon
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard
 
Requiem
Carole Bogard, Ann Murray, Richard Lewis, Michael Rippon
AmorArtis Chorale, English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard
 
Requiem
Lorna Haywood, D'Anna Fortunato, Patrick Romano, John Cheek
AmorArtis Chorus & Period Instrument Orchestra
Vox
 
Pachelbel
Canon
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard CSRV 344; VBD-376
 
Palestrina
Polyphonic works by Palestrina and Lassus
(Commemorating the 400th anniversary of their deaths)
AmorArtis Chamber Choir
Newport Classic
 
Prokofiev
Classical Sympony
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard
 
Peter and the Wolf
Will Geer, narrator
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard
 
Saint-Saëns
Requiem*
AmorArtis
Premier PRCD 1025
* Nominated, "Best Choral Recording of 1992" Grammy Awards, Preliminary Round
 
Schütz
St. Matthew Passion and Fili Mi Absalom
Grayson Hirst, John Ostendorf
AmorArtis Chorale and Baroque Orchestra and Sackbut Quartet
Newport Classic NCD 60110
 
Somary
A Ballad of God and His People*
AmorArtis
Premier PRCD 1025
* Nominated, "Best Choral Recording of 1992" Grammy Awards, Preliminary Round
 
Tchaikovsky
Serenade in C
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard VCD-72012
 
Torelli
Sonata a cinque, no. 7
Martin Berinbaum, trumpet
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard C10098
 
Vivaldi
The Four Season
Yuval Waldman, Virginia Brewer, Edward Brewer
English Chamber Orchestra
Omega OCD 1013
 
Weill
Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12
Kiddish for Chorus, Tenor and Organ
Yuval Waldman, Grayson Hirst, Ray Pellerin
AmorArtic Chamber Choir, AmorArtis Orchestra
Newport Classic NCD 60098
 
Wiren
Serenade for Strings
English Chamber Orchestra
Vanguard VCD-72012

 

Other recordings...

 

A Baroque Christmas
AmorArtis Chorale and Orchestra
Decca
 
American Music by Bird, Freeman and Somary
Includes Suite in D Major by Arthur Bird, Songs of Innocence and Three Is Company by Johannes Somary, and Suite for Winds by John Freeman
Andrea Matthews, Zheng Zhou
Bronx Arts Ensemble
Premier 1043
 
Cantatas by Jacquet de La Guerre and Courbois
John Ostendorf
Bronx Arts Ensemble Orchestra
Leonarda
 
Christmas Around the World
AmorArtis Chamber Choir
Vox 7512
 
Classical Favorites for Strings
Albinoni, Adagio; Pachelbel, Canon; Borodin, Nocturn;
Handel
, Entrance of the Queen of Sheeba; Britten, Simple Symphony
English Chamber Ortchestra
Vanguard CSRV 344; VBD-376
 
Classical Hits/Movies and Concertos
AmorArtis
Vanguard VBD 53
 
Orchestral Music from Imperial Russia
Glinka, Russand Ludmilla Overture; Liadov, Eight Russian Folk Songs;
Rimsky-Korsakoff, Fantasy on Russian Folk Songs;
Taneyev, Concert Suite for Violin and Orchestr
Polish National Radioand Television Orchestra
Newport Classic
 
Renaissance, Baroque, and Contemporary Sacred Music
St. Thomas More Choir of Yale University
Carillon Records
 
Romantic Serenades
Dag Wiren, Serenade for Strings, Arensky, Variation;
Borodin, Nocturne; Tchaikovsky Serenade in C
AmorArtis
Vanguard VCD-72012
 
Solid Gold Baroque
Albinoni, Adagio; Pachelbel, Canon;
Handel, Alla Hornpipe fromWater Music, and Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
AmorArtis
Vanguard Vbd-376
 
Traditional Christmas Carols
AmorArtis Chamber Choir
Polygram 314 520 249-2
 
Vanguard's World of Music
AmorArtis
Vanguard VCD 51

 

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