Freedom
Lucie Skeaping explores the concept of liberty and asks if we want to be enchained by love. Or find eternal escape through death? With music by Byrd, Barbara Strozzi and Handel.
At a time when our own freedoms are being restored, Lucie Skeaping explores the concept of liberty. Freedom from or freedom to? Do we want to be enchained by love? Or find release through that ultimate escape, death? What does classical myth tell us, and religious belief? All the big ideas are here, with music including Byrd, Barbara Strozzi and Handel.
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George Frideric Handel
Judas Maccabeus: Come ever-smiling liberty
Singer: Lisa Saffer. Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Anon.
Lost is my liberty
Performer: Anthony Rooley.- Hyperion.
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Nicolas Gombert
Media vita in morte sumus
Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.- CYPRES.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV.639
Performer: Bernard Foccroulle.- RICERCAR.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein BWV.641
Performer: Marie Rouqui茅. Performer: Etienne Floutier.- PAN CLASSICS.
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Barbara Strozzi
Liberta: Non ci lusinghi piu
Ensemble: Orlando di Lasso Ensemble.- THOROFON.
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Francesca Caccini
La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina: Per la piu vaga e bella
Ensemble: La Villanella Basel.- Ramee.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Andromeda liberata: Sovvente il sole
Performer: Daniel Hope. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
Armide: Ah! si la liberte
Singer: No茅mi Rime. Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
Armide: Act 5; Passecaille (Divertissement)
Ensemble: Caf茅 Zimmermann.- ALPHA.
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William Byrd
Walsingham (Have with you to Walsingham) MB.7.8
Performer: Davitt Moroney.- HYPERION.
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William Byrd
Quomodo cantabimus
Choir: Gallicantus. Conductor: Gabriel Crouch.- SIGNUM.
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George Frideric Handel
Israel in Egypt: Sing ye to the Lord
Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen.- COLLINS DIGITAL.
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