Eduard Brunner - Clarinet Quartets of Roman - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Prior to his career as a conductor René Jacobs was in demand as a countertenor whose repertoire included not only the classics, but also long-neglected composer. On this CD from 1981, he showed not only that there were significant and interesting cantatas even before Bach, but also that Telemann as Thomas cantor in Leipzig, as well as Bach, the office boasts glorious sacred music had filled as it yes indeed did in Hamburg as music director of the main churches. Album Tracks 1. Aria - Elegy Upon the Death of His Father - Dietrich Buxtehude 2. Cantata 'Jubilate Domino' - Dietrich Buxtehude 3. Aria 'Ach, Dass Ich Wassers G'nug Hatte' - Johann Christoph Bach 4. Cantata 'Ach Herr, Strafe Mich Nicht' 5. Herr, Sei Mir Gnadig 6. Ach, Du Herr, Wie Lange? 7. Wende Dich, Herr 8. Denn Im Tode 9. Ich Bin So Mude Vom Seufzen 10. Meine Gestait Ist Verfallen 11. Weichet Ihr Ubeltater 12. Denn Der Herr Horet Mein Weinen 13. Es Mussen Alle Meine Feinde 14. 'Ihr Volker, Hort' - Aria 15. 'Ihr Volker, Hort' - (Recitativo) Misurato 16. 'Ihr Volker, Hort' - Vivace

The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra enjoyed a long and intensive artistic collaboration, which was brought to an abrupt end by his death in October 2021. BR-KLASSIK is now presenting outstanding live recordings of concerts from the past years that have not yet been released. This recording of Shostakovich's Eighth Symphony documents a concert given in September 2006 at Munich's Philharmonie i'm Gasteig.For Shostakovich's contemporaries, educated in the spirit of Socialist Realism, it was clear that the Eighth Symphony had to have a programme and, even more specifically, a topical reference to current events. And at the time, there could hardly have been anything more topical than the recent, decisive turning point in the war in the form of the battle for Stalingrad. It is therefore hardly surprising that the Eighth Symphony, composed in less than nine weeks between July 2 and September 9, 1943, was also referred to as the InchStalingradInch. Under the pressure of circumstance, Shostakovich was obliged to develop an aesthetic of ambiguity, secret hidden meanings and abysmal irony that was almost without parallel in cultural history. This work also expresses the sheer compulsion under which a musical language in conformity with the system had to be created.Haitink first conducted a Munich subscription concert in 1958, and from then on was a regular guest with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra - either at the Herkulessaal of the Residenz or at the Philharmonie i'm Gasteig. This congenial collaboration lasted more than six decades. The orchestral musicians and singers enjoyed working with him just as much as the BR sound engineers. As an interpreter of the symphonic repertoire, and especially that of the German-Austrian Late Romantic period, Haitink was held in high esteem throughout the world. With him, Dmitri Shostakovich's

Album Tracks 1. I. Allegro Moderato 2. II. Andante 3. III. Menuetto Poco Allegro 4. IV. Rondo 5. I. Allegro Moderato Con Espressione 6. II. Andante Con Variatione 7. III. Menuetto 8. IV. Rondo-Allegretto 9. I. Allegro Moderato 10. II. Adagio 11. III. Rondo 12. I. Allegro 13. II. Adagio 14. III. Rondo. Allegretto 15. I. Allegro Moderato 16. II. Adagio Con Espressione 17. III. Rondo-Allegretto