Sweelinck / Moulaert / Toth - Sweelinck Buxtehude & Co. - Northern Baroque - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Three classics from Grimm's fairy tales musically retold by Berlin composer Mark Scheibe. Narrator Meike Droste and the recorder players of the Boreas Quartet Bremen bring the fairy tale characters to life in vivid language and new verses. The ensemble's entire range of instruments is used from the tirilating sopranino to the donkey-like contrabass recorder. Album Tracks 1. Bremer Stadtmusikanten~Ouvertüre 2. Bremer Stadtmusikanten~Esel, Hund, Katze und Hahn 3. Bremer Stadtmusikanten~Auf nach Bremen 4. Bremer Stadtmusikanten~Hunger 5. Bremer Stadtmusikanten~Da ist ein Haus 6. Bremer Stadtmusikanten~Die Pyramide 7. Bremer Stadtmusikanten~Flucht der Räuber 8. Bremer Stadtmusikanten~Mampf-Suite 9. Bremer Stadtmusikanten~Schnarchwalzer 10. Bremer Stadtmusikanten~Räubermusik & Finale 11. Dummling~Drei Brüder 12. Dummling~Ameisen 13. Dummling~Enten 14. Dummling~Honigbienen 15. Dummling~Das graue Schloss 16. Dummling~Tausend Perlen suchen 17. Dummling~Entenwalzer 18. Dummling~Drei Königstöchter 19. Dummling~Erlösung vom bösen Zauber 20. Dummling~Hochzeit 21. Frau Holle~Die andere und die eine 22. Frau Holle~Am Spinnrad 23. Frau Holle~Die alte Tante 24. Frau Holle~Die blutige Spindel 25. Frau Holle~Sommerwiese 26. Frau Holle~Frau Holle-Melodie 27. Frau Holle~Heimweh 28. Frau Holle~Goldregen 29. Frau Holle~Sie ist golden 30. Frau Holle~Das schnellere Gold 31. Frau Holle~Schmutzig 32. Frau Holle~Moral

Mozart & Beethoven Quintets for Pianoforte and Winds (Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon) performed by Jan Vermeulen (Pianoforte) on Anton Walter's pianoforte (Cir. Vienna 1795) & Il Gardellino Marcel Ponseele (oboe), Benjamin Dieltjens (clarinet), Luc Berge (horn) and Alain Derijckere. 'I have written 2 great concerts and then get a quintet that extraordinary applause; I even think it is the best thing I've written in my life. ' - Mozart. Given previously incurred works as the opera Idomeneo KV 366, the Wind Serenade Gran Partita KV 361 or three of the six Haydn quartets (K. 387, K. 421 and K. 428) like some this statement in favor of the Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and bassoon KV 452 wonder something. But a closer look shows the work that Mozart's assessment is not far-fetched as it seems at first. Beethoven took the piece anyway as a model for his quintet Op.16, and since then the two compositions are inseparable. Mozart mentioned in the cited letter, that the work has been interpreted exceptionally beautiful in it's premiere. The same enthusiasm he would bring surely meet even the interpretation of il Gardellino and Jan Vermeulen. This shows once again that only masters bring a masterpiece to it's best advantage. Album Tracks 1. Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon in E Flat Major, K. 452 Largo-Allegro Moderato 2. Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon in E Flat Major, K. 452 Larghetto 3. Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon in E Flat Major, K. 452 Rondo Allegretto 4. Adagio for Piano in B minor, K. 540 5. Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon in E Flat Major, Op. 16 Grave - Allegro Ma Non Troppo 6. Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon in E Flat Major, Op. 16 Andante Cantabile 7. Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn & Bassoon in E Flat Major,

Album Tracks 1. Schubert, Franz Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 137, No. 1, D. 384 2. Violin Sonata in a Minor, Op. 137, No. 2, D. 385 3. Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 137, No. 3, D. 408 4. Duo Sonata in a Major, Op. 162, D. 574