Chelsea: When Ann Coulter Calls in Sick

Keren Ann's repertoire (8 studio albums) is full of timeless classics and nuggets to rediscover, magnified by the arrangements and sound textures of one of the most eminent French string quartets. From "Jardin d'hiver" to the recent album "Bleue", Keren Ann and the Debussy Quartet revisit 20 years of songwriting in new and rearranged versions.

Danish soprano Ditte Andersen and Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg were heard to stunning effect in Spedidam's splendid 2006 recording of Gluck's Aristeo and Bauci e Filemone with the ensemble Les Talens Lyriques under Christophe Rousset. Here they tackle another obscure corner of the Baroque: cantatas and operatic arias discovered in the libraries of the palaces at Meinungen and Sonderhausen, many of which were previously unknown. The Italian composers represented include a few who are well known, but they are predominantly obscure – Antonio Caldara, Giovanni Battista Bononcini, as well as his brother Antonio, Francesco Gasparini, Giovanni Battista Alveri, Giuseppe Maria Andrea di Orlandini, Attilio Ariosti, Giovanni Porta, and Tommaso Bernardo Gaffi.