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Forgotten Treasures Vol 2 - Danzi: Fagottkonzerte, Overture in E flat major / Willens, Gower, et al

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2009-01-08

Works: Franz Danzi: Overture in E flat major, Op. 32; Concerto for Bassoon in G minor; Concerto for Bassoon in C major; Concerto for Bassoon in F major
Performers: Gower, Jane
Conductors: Willens, Michael A.
Ensemble: Cologne Academy

All three concertos have second movements marked Andante, suggesting a simple, cantabile style with an easily flowing tempo, never pressed but considerably faster than the...continue...

Forgotten Treasures Vol 3 - Wiener Kontrabasskonzerte / Willens, Sinclair, et al

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2009-01-08

Works: Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Concerto for Double Bass in E flat major; Václav Pichl: Concerto for Double Bass in D major; Johann Baptist Vanhal: Concerto for Double Bass in E flat major
Performers: Sinclair, David
Conductors: Willens, Michael A.
Ensemble: Cologne Academy

The works recorded here present examples of the Viennese bass concerto from its early period of the mid 1760's to its heyday around 1785. All...continue...

Forgotten Treasures Vol 5 - Romberg: Symphonies / Willens, Cologne Academy

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2009-01-08

Works: Bernhard Romberg: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 23 "Trauer-Symphonie"; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 28; Symphony no 3 in C major, Op. 53
Conductors: Willens, Michael A.
Ensemble: Cologne Academy

Forgotten Treasures Vol 7 - Virtuoso Concertos for Oboe / Niesemann, Willens, et al

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2009-01-08

Works: Johann Christian Fischer: Concerto for Oboe no 1 in C major; Concerto for Oboe no 2 in E flat major; Concerto for Oboe no 7 in F major; Carl Stamitz: Concerto for Oboe no 2 in B flat major
Performers: Niesemann, Michael
Conductors: Willens, Michael A.
Ensemble: Cologne Academy

Johann Christian Fischer (1733-1800) was one of the most celebrated oboists of the Classical Era. His oboe concertos are here performed by Michael Niesermann, who...continue...

Forgotten Treasures Vol 6 - Guillemyn: Chant d'Automne; etc / Hübner, Willens, et al

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2009-01-08

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Morceau de concert for Horn and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 94; Romance for Horn and Orchestra in F major, Op. 36; Romance for Horn and Piano in E major, Op. 67; Jean-Toussain...
Performers: Hübner, Ulrich
Conductors: Willens, Michael A.
Ensemble: Cologne Academy

Forgotten Treasures Vol 8 - Neukomm: Piano Concerto, Ariaan a Naxos, etc / Willens, Fukuda, Kielland, et al

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2008-11-09

Works: Sigismund R. von Neukomm: Fantasie in C minor for Orchestra, Op. 11; Grand Concerto for Piano, Op. 12; Serenata composta per la Signor Hunnius; Ariaan a Naxos
Performers: Fukuda, Riko; Kielland, Marianne Beate
Conductors: Willens, Michael A.
Ensemble: Cologne Academy

The Salzburg composer Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm (1778-1858) was something of a musical globetrotter, serving in St Petersburg and Rio de Janeiro, spending most of...continue...

Forgotten Treasures Vol 4 - Wilms: Symphony & Solo Concerti / Willens, Giacometti, Sandhoff, et al

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2008-10-04

Works: Johann Willem Wilms: Concerto for Piano in C major, Op. 12; Symphony in E flat major, Op. 14; Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 24
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo; Sandhoff, Martin
Conductors: Willens, Michael A.
Ensemble: Cologne Academy

Had he been asked to name his favourite instrument, Johann Wilhelm Wilms would have surely replied "the orchestra". This might sound rather strange coming from...continue...