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Händel Highlights - A sampler of Handel Favorites from Berlin Classics [3 CDs]

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Performers: Adam, Theo; Ahlgrimm, Isolde; Auger, Arleen; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Bosse, Gerhard; Buchner, Eberhard; Buschnakowski, Werner; Erben, Friedemann; Glaetzner, Burkhard; Goritzki, Ingo; H...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Margraf, Horst-Tanu; Seyfarth, Lothar; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Creed, Marcus
Ensemble: ; Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin ; Berlin Radio Solistenvereinigung

Handel is rivaled only by J.S. Bach as the most important composer of the Baroque period. Great orchestral works and oratorios brought the German-born composer...continue...

Air - The most beautiful Baroque melodies

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049; Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D mino...
Performers: Ahlgrimm, Isolde; Biggs, E. Power; Haupt, Eckart; Pank, Siegfried; Pischner, Hans; Tast, Werner
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Orchestra

Bach - Legendary Recordings / Thomanerchor Leipzig

10 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Cantata no 59 "Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten" BWV 59; Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Magnificat; Cantata no 5...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Arnold, Siegfried; Augér, Arleen; Büchner, Eberhard; Bartel, Hans Christian; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Borleis, Jens; Bosse, Gerhard; Donath, Günther; Erben,...
Conductors: Ramin, Günther; Thomas, Kurt; Mauersberger, Erhard; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim
Ensemble: ; New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

On May 29, 1723, J.S. Bach arrived in Leipzig. That meant that St. Thomas' School had a new teacher, the choir of St. Thomas' had...continue...

Bach: Kantaten BWV 106, 31, 66 / Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 106, "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit," ("Actus Tragicus"), BWV 106 (BC B18); Cantata no 31 "Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret" BWV 31; Cantata no 66, "Erfre...
Performers: Büchner, Eberhard; Borleis, Jens; Gebauer, Reiner; Linde, Hans-Peter; Lorenz, Siegfried; Morawietz, Heinz; Pank, Siegfried; Polster, Hermann-Christian; Reuther, Almuth; Stephan, Gunther; Termer,...
Conductors: Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; St. Thomas Church Choir, Leipzig

Baroque Favourites

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Italian Concerto, for solo keyboard in F major (Clavier-Übung II/1), BWV 971 (BC L7); George Frederick Handel: Sonata for...
Performers: Ahlgrimm, Isolde; Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Glaetzner, Burkhard; Pank, Siegfried; Suske, Karl; Tast, Werner

Oboe - Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Vivaldi, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A major, BWV 1055; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314 (285d); Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Oboe in C major, H. 7g/C1 ...
Performers: Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Gerbeth, Klaus; Glaetzner, Burkhard; Goritzki, Ingo; Krause, Horst; Mahn, Kurt; Pank, Siegfried; Rosel, Peter; Schornsheim, Christine; Sonstevold, Knut [Bassoon...
Conductors: ; Blomstedt, Herbert; Rögner, Heinz; Haenchen, Hartmut
Ensemble: ; Mitteldeutscher Bach Konvent; New Bach Collegium Musicum Leipzig

Here is a new series from Berlin Classics featuring portraits of the most important instruments from a selection of solo, chamber and orchestral works. The...continue...

Zelenka: Trio Sonatas / Glaetzner, Sonstevold

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Jan Dismas Zelenka: Trio Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon & continuo no 1 in F major, ZWV 181/1; Trio Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon & continuo no 2 in G minor, ZWV 181/2; Trio Sonata for oboe, violin, basso...
Performers: Bernstein, Walter Heinz; Beyer, Achim; Glaetzner, Burkhard; Goritzki, Ingo; Pank, Siegfried; Sönstevold, Knut [Bassoon]

Johann Friedrich Fasch: Sonatas for Oboe / Glaetzner, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Friedrich Fasch: Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon & continuo in G minor; Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon & continuo in F major; Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon & continuo in B flat major; Sonata for 2 oboe...
Performers: Beyer, Achim; Glaetzner, Burkhard; Goritzki, Ingo; Klepel, Lutz; Pank, Siegfried; Reinhardt, Thomas; Schornsheim, Christine

"The oboists, Glaetzner and Goritzki, have a gorgeous singing quality - they blend together perfectly and affectionately, and their European style is elegant. They use...continue...

Handel: Italian Solo Cantatas / Adele Stolte, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Crudel Tiranno Amor, cantata, HWV 97; Ah che troppo ineguali (O del ciel Maria regina), solo cantata, HWV 230; Tra le fiamme, HWV 170
Performers: Notzold, Wolfgang; Pank, Siegfried
Conductors: Sanderling, Thomas
Ensemble: Handel Festival Orchestra, Halle

Handel was already in his early twenties, having spent four years in Hamburg, when he arrived in Italy, and the short period he spent there...continue...