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TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA Jeanne Lamon, Music Director THE GALILEO PROJECT: Music of the Spheres Programmed and Scripted by: Alison Mackay Stage Director: Marshall Pynkoski Production Designer: Glenn Davidson Narrated by: Shaun Smyth Booklet: English 1 DVD & 1 CD music soundtrack: full priced Total Time DVD: 1:26:47 Total Time CD: 56:54 Recording Date: May 2010 Picture Format: NTSC 0 Sound Format: Stereo AC3 In-Store: March 27, 2012 Product Number: TMK1001DVDCD UPC 8 80513 10015 8

DVD and CD Soundtrack: Explore the fusion of the arts, science and culture in the 17th and 18th centuries in this imaginative DVD and CD commemorating Galileo's first public demonstration of the telescope. The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra performs music by Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach and Handel to a backdrop of high-definition images from the Hubble telescope, NASA and Canadian astronomers. Actor Shaun Smyth narrates a compelling script and the musicians, playing by memory, weave in and around a magical stage set. The Galileo Project was created, programmed and scripted by Alison Mackay, and filmed by the international award-winning 90th Parallel Productions. BONUS FEATURES: The DVD includes two bonus tracks of original animated films of Tafelmusik by director David New, and the package also includes a music-only CD soundtrack of the gorgeous baroque music featured in the film. Tafelmusik Media label: www.tafelmusik.org Distributed by: www.naxos.com

The musical performance, through it all, was of the highest order bursts of virtuosity were too widespread and numerous to list.

- The New York Times (on the live concert of The Galileo Project)

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The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres CD Soundtrack Listing

Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 2 violins in A Major, op. 3, no. 5 1. Allegro 2:23 2. Largo 1:42

Jean-Baptiste Lully Excerpts from Phaeton 3. Ouverture 2:30 Suite des quatre saisons / Dances for the four seasons:

4. Le Printemps /Spring (Ritournelle Act IV, sc i) 1:06 5. Lt / Summer (Air pour les Egyptiens) 1:27 6. LAutomne / Fall (Air pour Triton et ses suivants) 1:32 7. LHiver / Winter (Air pour les peuples qui portent des prsents Isis) 1:32

8. Entre des furies / Entrance of the furies 1:10 9. Chaconne 3:47

Claudio Monteverdi 10. Ciaccona, after Zefiro torna 2:30

Tarquinio Merula 11. Ciaccona 2:35

Michelangelo Galilei 12. (Underscoring) Excerpt from Toccata in C Minor for solo lute, 3:48 from Il primo libro dintavolatura di liuto Toccata in C Major for solo lute, from Il primo libro dintavolatura di liuto (Underscoring): Improvised

Biagio Marini 13. Passacaglia, from Op. 22 4:01

C. Monteverdi 14. Moresca, from Orfeo 2:14

Henry Purcell 15. Rondeau, from Abdelazer 1:30

Jean-Philippe Rameau 16. Entre de Jupiter / Entrance of Jupiter), from Hippolyte et Aricie 0:52

George Frideric Handel 17. Allegro, from Concerto grosso in D Major, op. 3, no. 6 1:53

J-P. Rameau 18. Entre de Venus / Entrance of Venus, from Les surprises de lAmour 1:03

Georg Philipp Telemann 19. Allegro, from Concerto for 4 violins in D Major 1:29

Jan Dismas Zelenka 20. Adagio ma non troppo, from Sonata in F Major, ZWV 181/1 2:44

J-P. Rameau 21.Entre de Mercure / Entrance of Mercury, from Plate 1:26

J-B. Lully 22. Air pour les suivants de Saturne / Air for the followers of Saturn, from Phaeton 1:20

Silvius Leopold Weiss

23. Allegro, from Concerto for lute in C Major (reconstructed by L. Harris) 4:43

Johann Sebastian Bach 24. Sinfonia Wie schn leuchtet der Morgenstern / How brightly shines the morning star, after BWV 1 3:52

J.S. Bach 25. Sinfonia, after BWV 29 3:39

TOTAL MUSIC 56:54

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J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Brandenburg Concertos

CD 1 Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1- 3 CD 2 Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4- 6

Booklet: English, French, German 2 CD Package: Midprice Total Time: CD1: 42:03; CD2: 51:24 Recording Date: Originally recorded by Sony Classical S2K 66289 DDD, Disc 1 in 1993 and Disc 2 in 1994 Released on Tafelmusik Media label: March 2012 Sound Format: 20-bit technology for high definition sound In-Store: March 27, 2012 Product Number: TMK1004CD2 UPC 8 80513 10042 4

The Six Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) are considered by musicians, critics and audiences alike among the finest musical compositions of the baroque era. Bach presented the concertos to the Margrave of Brandenburg, Christian Ludwig, in Berlin, March 24, 1721, with the hopes some patronage would come his way. The music was preserved in the Brandenburg archives, and when rediscovered in the 19th century became some of the most beloved music of all time. Beloved is the operative word in this re-release of the masterpieces in the hands of JEANNE LAMON and the TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA. Critic Teb Libbey wrote, Lucid and refreshingly pure, like water drawn from a cool, clear stream, these accounts are notable for the consistently clean textures and solid bass lines, for the way melodic lines and voice leading are clearly delineated, and for the manner in which the solo instruments emerge from the tutti with just the right amount of presence. With excellent sound, these are well-nigh ideal realizations. 1995 JUNO Award Winner Best Classical Album: Large Ensemble.

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To my ears, these are Brandenburgs straight from the heart and as such they are performances which invite repeated listening. Gramophone

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CD1 Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046

1. I. 410 2. II. Adagio 339 3. III. Allegro 408 4. IV. Menuetto Trio Polonaise Trio 728 Jeanne Lamon, Piccolo Violin Ab Koster & Derek Conrod, Horns John Abberger, Washington McClain & Marie-France Richard, Oboes Michael McCraw, Bassoon

Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047

5. I. 513 6. II. Andante 325 7. Allegro assai 304 Crispian Steele-Perkins, Trumpet Marion Verbruggen, Recorder John Abberger, Oboe Jeanne Lamon, Solo Violin

Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

8. I. 552 9. II. Allegro 446

TOTAL TIME 4203

CD2 Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049

1. Allegro 652 2. II. Andante 310 3. III. Presto 449

Jeanne Lamon, Solo Violin Marion Verbruggen & Alison Melville, Recorders Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050

4. I. Allegro 1002 5. II. Affettuoso 501 6. III. Allegro 510

Charlotte Nediger, Harpsichord Marten Root, Transverse Flute Jeanne Lamon, Solo Violin Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051

7. I. 559 8. II. Adagio ma non troppo 424 9. III. Allegro 537

Stephen Marvin & Jeanne Lamon, Violas TOTAL TIME 5124

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Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

The Four Seasons Jeanne Lamon, Solo Violin & Direction Booklet: English, French, German CD Package: Midprice Total Time: 53:52 Recording Date: Originally recorded by Sony Classical SK 48 251 DDD in 1991 Released on Tafelmusik Media label: March 2012 Sound Format: 20-bit technology for high definition sound In-Store: March 27, 2012 Product Number: TMK1007CD UPC 8 80513 10072 1

Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 1741) is not only his best-known composition, but a work that has become one of the most recognized and popular pieces of music ever written. The four concertos which comprise the composition follow the seasons of spring, summer, fall and winter, and by turn offer superbly varied textures that take the listener from the festive, sprightly air of spring, to the heat and thunderstorms of summer, to the icy sleet of winter. There are literally hundreds of recordings of this work, but this particular re-release with the TAFELMUSIK BAROQUE ORCHESTRA and JEANNE LAMON stands out as one of the best. Although first released in 1992, one need only check some of the current on-line comments (amazon.com) to find there are still passionate consumers declaring the performance as enlightened, disciplined, elegant and dignified without being stuffy and stilted. Or how about, This is one of those done-to-death works that serious collectors must own. Winner of England's The Penguin Guides highest accolade in 1994 the Rosette.

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riveting performance highly imaginative and stylistically faithful to Vivaldi. - The Sunday Times

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The Four Seasons Concertos for Violin, Strings and Basso continuo, Op. 8, Nos. 1-4 Jeanne Lamon, Violin Concerto in E major, Op. 8 No. 1, RV 269 La primavera

1. I. Allegro