Dietmar Berger - La Bellezza (The Beauty) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Little is known about the life of Dietrich Steffkins. He worked during the apogee of solo music practice and was considered an extraordinary viola da gamba virtuoso. His compositions are collected in some funds together with the works of other musicians, and are still to be fully rediscovered. The purpose of this album is to testify to the compositional practice of an author who still offers great expressive possibilities through the research and use of the viola used in it's various forms. Album Tracks 1. Suite in D minor 2. Divisions for Gamba Solo 3. Suite in D Major 4. Suite in D Major 5. Sarabande 6. Hommage for Dietrich Steffkin's (2019)

Berger / Schaefer,Markus - Die Schone Mullerin [COMPACT DISCS] Digipack Packaging date 11/06/2015

The programme Schonheit und Staatsversagen (Beauty & State Failure) brings together music and text to explore the contrasts of life in Bavaria around 1800 - between city and countryside, wealth and poverty, education and illiteracy. The vivid reports of civil servant Joseph von Hazzi reveal a little-known, often harsh rural reality, full of struggle but also raw, sometimes comical pleasures. In contrast, songs by Munich composers like Josephine Lang, Franz Lachner and Lindpaintner - alongside Schumann, Leopold Mozart and Haydn - paint an idealised, emotional image of alpine life. Though shaped by different worlds, both perspectives reflect timeless human experience. This album opens up new perspectives on the past - touching, surprising, and full of musical individuality. And always, of course, with Alma! Album Tracks 1. Opening Announcement~Schonheit und Staatsversagen 2. Sennen Abschied 3. Reading from the writings of Joseph von Hazzi~Gericht Bärnstein 4. Lieder (6) for mezzo-soprano or alto & piano, Op. 26~Frühes Sterben 5. Reading from the writings of Joseph von Hazzi~Landgericht Kehlheim 6. Reading from the writings of Joseph von Hazzi~Gericht Tölz 7. Deutsche Lieder (6), for voice & piano, Op. 2~Die Abendglocke auf dem Berge 8. Reading from the writings of Joseph von Hazzi~Gericht Wolfertshausen 9. Reading from the writings of Joseph von Hazzi~Gericht Pfaffenhofen 10. Suite in G-Dur~Menuett 1, Moderato 11. Suite in G-Dur~Menuett 2, Più Lento 12. Suite in G-Dur~Menuett 3, Poco Allegro 13. Suite in G-Dur~Aria, Andante 14. Suite in G-Dur~Polonaise, Moderato 15. Reading from the writings of Joseph von Hazzi~Gericht Wildenwarth 16. Reading from the writings of Joseph von Hazzi~Gericht Landsberg 17. Stille Liebe 18. Reading from the writings of Joseph von Hazzi~Gericht Auerburg 19. Sennin 20. Lieder (6) for alto &