CPO
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Giardini & J.C. Bach: Quartets & Quintets
Arianna Zambon (oboe), Francesco D'Orazio (violin), Paola Nervi (viola), Rebeca Ferri (cello), Manuel Granatiero (flute), Giorgio Tabacco (harpsichord), L'Astrée
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[Triendl] He is a wonderful artist, and he and cellist Thedéen make music most beautifully together. Urgently recommended. —
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E.T.A. Hoffman - Chamber Music
Beethoven Trio Ravensburg, Dorothee Mields (soprano), Jan Kobow (tenor), Wolfgang Brunner (piano), Isabelle Moretti (harp), Parisii-Quartett
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Die helle Sonn Leuchtet
German Hymns
Franz Vitzthum (countertenor), Klaus Wenk (tenor), Gerhard Holzle (tenor), Marcus (bass baritone)
Ensemble STIMMWERCK
I find this disc quite fascinating and I hope that the huge hymn repertoire will continue to be explored. —
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Telemann - Six Cantatas 1731
Première recording
Klaus Mertens (bass-baritone), Maria Jones (soprano), Maria Jones (soprano) & Klaus Mertens (bass-baritone)
Les Amis de Philippe, Ludger Rémy
For the most part the performances are pleasing, though Maria Jonas is more persuasive in her mezzo range than in higher registers. Her 'Erbarme dich' (Cantata 5) - the text is secular - is... —
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Jan van Gilse: Piano Concerto & Variations on a Saint-Nicolas Song
Oliver Triendl (piano)
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, David Porcelijn
Gilse’s gift for atmosphere and orchestration is greater than his gift for melody, but the work is certainly interesting, vividly recorded and played in commanding style by all concerned —
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The Sarastro Quartet play with conviction, as though these unfamiliar works have been well bedded in —
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Romberg, A: Der Messias
Veronika Winter, Markus Schaefer, Ekkehard Abele & Bernhard Scheffel
Rheinische Kantorei & Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max
