Hamburg Archive
American First Sonatas – Sonatas by REINAGLE, MACDOWELL, GRIFFES & SIEGMEISTER – Cecile Licad, p. – Danacord
Cecile Licad embarks on a fine tour of first American piano sonatas, our home-spun answer to European models. American First Sonatas – REINAGLE: Philadelphia Sonata No. 1 in D Major; MACDOWELL: Piano Sonata No. 1 in g, Op. 45 “Tragica”; GRIFFES: Sonata for Piano; SIEGMEISTER: American Sonata (No. 1) – Cecile Licad, p. – Danacord […]
REGER: Organ Works performed by Christoph Schoener – MD&G
REGER: Organ Works performed by Christoph Schoener (TrackList follows) MD&G 949 1919-6 multichannel SACD with 2+2+2 option (see below) TT: 63:43 (10/30/15) [Distr. by E1] ****: Recording and performance should please audiophiles as well as organ fans. Christoph Schoener is the organist in this fine collection of organ works by Max Reger. Reger, who died […]
REINHARD KEISER: St. Mark Passion – Soloists/ Ens. Jacques Moderne/ Gli Incogniti/ Joel Suhubiette – Mirare
The St. Mark Passion we wish Bach had written. REINHARD KEISER: St. Mark Passion (Bergmann Ed.) –Jan Kobow (Evangelist)/ Thomas E. Bauer (Jesus)/ Ens. Jacques Moderne/ Gli Incogniti/ Joel Suhubiette – Mirare MIR 254, 77 min. [Distr. by Harmonia mundi] ****: It was the castle chapel at Weimar at Good Friday in 1712 or 1713 […]
CPE BACH: Die Letzten Leiden des Erlösers (The Last Sufferings of the Savior) – Soloists/ Hartmut Haenchen – Berlin Classics (2 CDs)
C. P. E. Bach’s oratorio-in-all-but-name builds in color and intensity as it progresses.
C.P.E. BACH: Die Letzten Leiden des Erlösers (The Last Sufferings of the Savior) -Soloists/ Ch. Orch. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach/ RIAS Ch. Choir/ Hartmut Haenchen – Berlin Classics (2 CDs)
C.P.E. Bach’s oratorio-in-all-but-name builds in color and intensity as it progresses in this performance – sympathetic, beautifully-played and well-sung.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor; GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A Minor – Stewart Goodyear, p./ Czech Nat. Sym./ Stanislav Bogunia – Steinway & Sons
The classic combination of Romantic piano concertos has a new, inspired champion.
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH: Berlin Symphonies, Wq. 174, 175, 178, 179, 180, and 181 – Orch. de Chambre de Lausanne / Christian Zacharias – MD&G
Dash and daring from C. P. E., well-captured in these performances from Lausanne.
12 2012 Christmas CDs – Classical and Jazz
A variety of Christmas CDs for possible addition to your collection.
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH: Six Sinfonias for String Orch., W. 182 – The Vivaldi Project/ John Hsu – Centaur
Some of CPE’s most audacious music—and this from a composer known for his musical eccentricities.
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1; Haydn Variations – North German Radio Sym., Hamburg/ Wilhelm Furtwaengler – Tahra
A 1951 mono recording on SACD? Absolutely. If they can do it for countless historic jazz recordings, why not Furtwaengler recordings?
JOHANNES ECCARD: Mass for Five Parts; Motets and Canticles – Norddeutscher Kammerchor/ Maria Jugensen, conductor – MD&G
The voices are presented in an affecting and effective manner that allows the blended sonorities to come through with powerful force and much presence.
BACH: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 – Margot Guilleaume, soprano/ Gertrud Pitzinger, alto/Walter Geisler, tenor/Josef Greindl, bass/NWDR Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Hamburg/ Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt – Tahra
The esteemed 1950 performance–pirated by Royale Records–is here restored to its rightful place among earnest and potent realizations of this mighty score.
REINHARD KEISER: Passion Oratorio According to St. Mark – Bernhard Hirtreiter, tenor I (Evangelist) / Hartmut Elbert, bass (Jesus) / Jochen Elbert, tenor II (Peter, Pilate) /Parthenia Vocal & Baroque Orch./Christian Brembneck – Christophorus
Lovers of Baroque choral music will want to hear this work.
“Ouvertüren” Music for the Hamburg Opera = SCHURMANN: Suite Louis le Pleux; ERLEBACH: Overture No. 4; KEISER: Le Ridicule Prince Jodelet (Sinfonia); HANDEL: Almira, suite of dances; SCHIEFERDECKER: Concerts musicaux: Premier Concert (Harmonia mundi)
Unfamiliar but lively instrumental works originally composed for Germany’s very first opera house
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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