Concerto Koln - Bach vs. Scheibe - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Joseph Moog is a German pianist, the son of two musicians who gave him piano lessons at age 4. He attended the Academy of Music in Karlsruhe, and he studied with Bernd Glemser in Würzburg and Arie Vardi in Hannover. He is the recipient of numerous honors, including the International Classical Music Award, and he was named a Young Steinway Artist in 2009. He has performed frequently in Germany as a recitalist, and appeared with various orchestras, including the Munich Radio Orchestra, the SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern, and the German State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate. A recording artist since 2005, Moog has a discography that includes music by Beethoven, Liszt, Rachmaninov, and Scarlatti.

David Zinman, one of today's most versatile and enterprising conductors, renowned for his interpretations of Beethoven and the music of his American compatriots, has recorded the major works of Richard Strauss with his venerable Swiss orchestra. These excellent performances are reissued here in a single box. ClassicsToday InchThere's much to savor over the course of these seven discs... Zinman's clear-headed, intelligent interpretations are well worth getting to know.Inch MusicWeb International InchZinman has the measure of the scope and scaleInch of Strauss's music. InchThroughout the project there is no question that the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra play particularly well, while the Arte Nova engineers have produced an atmospheric acoustic and a suitably opulent sound quality... Undoubtedly a major collection.Inch

As one of the world's leading baroque ensembles, Concerto Koln has won numerous prizes and has been delighting audiences with it's outstanding interpretations for decades. In their latest album InchMost CelebratedInch, the renowned ensemble presents a selection of masterpieces by composers such as George Frideric Handel and the brothers Giuseppe and Giovanni Battista Sammartini. Oboist Clara Blessing is featured as a soloist on many of these works and enchants the listeners with her virtuosic and sensible playing. Baroque music in it's most authentic form.