Le dolce sirene Bach Aria Soloists

• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643): Sì dolce è'l tormento, SV 332:
• 1 Monteverdi: Sì dolce è'l tormento, SV 332 04:27
• George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Messiah, HWV 56:
• 2 Handel: Messiah, HWV 56: Rejoice Greatly 05:05
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847): Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Major for Organ, Op. 65 No. 4, MWV W 59:
• 3 Mendelssohn: Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Major for Organ, Op. 65 No. 4, MWV W 59: I. Allegro con brio 04:07
• George Frideric Handel: 9 German Arias:
• 4 Handel: 9 German Arias: No. 3, Süsse Stille, sanfter Quelle, HWV 205 05:59
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Ich bin in mir vergnügt, BWV 204:
• 5 Bach: Ich bin in mir vergnügt, BWV 204: No. 4, Die Schätzbarkeit der weiten Erden 04:18
• Violin Sonata in G Major, BWV 1021:
• 6 Bach: Violin Sonata in G Major, BWV 1021: I. Adagio 04:08
• 7 Bach: Violin Sonata in G Major, BWV 1021: II. Vivace 01:00
• 8 Bach: Violin Sonata in G Major, BWV 1021: III. Largo 02:47
• 9 Bach: Violin Sonata in G Major, BWV 1021: IV. Presto 01:29
• Cecilia McDowall (b. 1951): 4 Shakespeare Songs:
• 10 McDowall: 4 Shakespeare Songs: No. 1, What ’Tis To Love 02:17
• 11 McDowall: 4 Shakespeare Songs: No. 2, Give Me My Robe 03:42
• 12 McDowall: 4 Shakespeare Songs: No. 3, How Should I Your True Love Know? 02:42
• 13 McDowall: 4 Shakespeare Songs: No. 4, First Rehearse 02:16
• Elizabeth Suh Lane, Sarah Tannehill Anderson, Elisa Williams Bickers, Hannah Collins (b. 1956): La follia Variations:
• 14 Lane, Anderson, Bickers, Collins: La follia Variations 07:12
• Total Runtime 51:29

Info for Le dolce sirene

Reference Recordings is proud to present a very special release! Entitled Le Dolce Sirene to represent the dynamic all-women force of Bach Aria Soloists, this exciting album includes works by Monteverdi, Handel, Mendelssohn and Bach, alongside a new transcription of Cecilia McDowall's song cycle Four Shakespeare Songs.

Hailed for producing "the most surprising and brilliantly innovative collaborations in Kansas City," Bach Aria Soloists dedicates their critically acclaimed concert series to presenting the genius and relevance of Johann Sebastian Bach, his contemporaries, and those he inspired. The ensemble's repertoire is adventurous and broad, including chamber music from Renaissance to contemporary, vocal arias, tango and new living composer commissions. BAS consists of founder/Artistic Director and violinist Elizabeth Suh Lane, GRAMMY®­-winning soprano Sarah Tannehill Anderson, Elisa Williams Bickers who plays harpsichord, organ and piano and cellist Hannah Collins. Elizabeth Suh Lane calls their new recording, "a quintessential representation of our Baroque and contemporary chamber music performance. Much of it highlights our soprano Sarah Tannehill Anderson, but because of the exposed, soloistic compositional virtuosity of Bach and Handel, and the BAS treatment that we utilize for this music that begs for improvisation, it also exposes the versatility of virtuosity of all of our soloists."

“There’s no match for the ensemble's talent and creativity” (Kansas City Star)

“BAS offers music-making of striking beauty, energy, and an infectious enthusiasm for the works at hand.” (Fanfare Magazine)

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