Schenck, Johannes

Music for Viola da Gamba / Weiland Kuijken

1 CD / Regis Records / 2011-09-02

Works: Carl Friedrich Abel: [Arpeggio] for solo viola da gamba, WKO 205; Piece in D minor for bass viol, WKO 206; Allegro for solo viola da gamba, WKO 207; Adagio, for viola da gamba (Ms Drexel 5871), WKO 2...
Performers: Kuijken, Wieland [Cello, Viola da Gamba]

Gambomania / Ralph Rousseau

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Tobias Hume: My Mistresse hath a Pritty Thing (from The First Part of Ayres); A Question (Musical Humors, 25); An Answere (Musical Humors, 26); Now I come, for viola da gamba (from The First Part of ...
Performers: Rousseau, Ralph

The most representative survey of the evolution of music for the bass viol, from its beginnings to its extinction when the Viennese classic style emerged....continue...

Auf Wiener Art - Music from the Habsburg Imperial / Jardin Secret

1 CD / Coro / 2009-10-13

Works: Antonio Cesti: Il pomo d'oro, opera in a prologue & 4 acts; Francesco Cavalli: Giasone; Jacques de Saint-Luc: Tombeau de François Ginter; Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Stärcke der Lieb; Joha...
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Ensemble: Le Jardin Secret

A brand-new recording from the supremely talented young group that brought us last year's Musique pour Mazarin, this superb new disc contains music that is...continue...

Unico van Wassenaer & Contemporaries / Kanji, Ogg, Meer

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Count Unico-Wilhelm van Wassenaer: Sonata prima for recorder & continuo in F major; Sonata Seconda for recorder & continuo in G minor; Sonata Terza for recorder & continuo in G minor; Gerbrant Quirij...
Performers: Kanji, Ricardo; Ogg, Jacques; Van der Meer, Richte

Schenk: Bacchus, Ceres en Venus / Grijp, Camerata Trajectina

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Johannes Schenck: Bacchus, Ceres en Venus, for voice & continuo, Op. 1
Performers: Arends, Renate; Kaasschieter, Mariet; Klundert, Marco van de; Loonen, Bernhard; Meel, Nico van der; Meppelink, Hieke; Omvlee, Mark; Schweppe, Jasper; Stam, Caroline
Conductors: Grijp, Louis Peter
Ensemble: Camerata Trajectina

World premiere recording of an important baroque Dutch singspiel. Johan Schenck was a composer and violist who enjoyed a successful career as a performer and...continue...

Schenk: Il Giardino Armonico / La Suave Melodia

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Johannes Schenck: Il Giardino armonico, sonatas (12) for 2 violins, viola da gamba & continuo, Op. 3
Performers: Polman, Franc
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Ensemble: La Suave Melodia

Modus Phantasticus - Bach, Schütz, etc / Charivari Agréable

1 CD / Signum UK / 2003-11-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721; Orgelbüchlein; Heinrich Schütz: Il primo libro de madrigali, Op 1; David Funck: Suite in D major; Davidt A. Baudringer: Sona...
Performers: Heinrich, Susanne; Ichise, Reiko; Morikawa, Asako; Ng, Kah-Ming; Pell, Susanna; Sayce, Lynda
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Ensemble: Charivari Agréable

Schenck: The Nymphs of the Rhine Vol 2 / Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-04-01

Works: Johannes Schenck: Sonata for 2 viola da gambas no 7 in B minor, Op. 8/7; Sonata for 2 viola da gambas no 8 in C minor, Op. 8/8; Sonata for 2 viola da gambas no 9 in E minor, Op. 8/9; Sonata for 2 vio...
Performers: Little, Margaret; Napper, Susan
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

"Johannes Schenck was from Amsterdam and was perhaps the most prolific baroque composer for the viols outside France. His music is rich and inventive... We...continue...

Schenck: The Nymphs of the Rhine Vol 1 / Les Voix Humaines

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-01-01

Works: Johannes Schenck: Le Nymphe di Rheno, sonatas (12) for 2 violas da gamba, Op. 8
Performers: Little, Margaret; Napper, Susan
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Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

This is a beautiful, beautiful album! If you imagine that an hour of music performed by only two violas da Gamba could not hold your...continue...

Les maisons de plaisance - Music for Two Viols / Kuijken

1 CD / Accent / 2000-11-21

Works: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Sonate for 2 viols, no 3 in C minor; Johannes Schenck: Sonata for 2 viola da gambas & continuo in C minor, Op. 8; Christoph Schaffrath: Duet for 2 viola da gambas in D mi...
Performers: Kuijken, Sigiswald; Kuijken, Wieland [Cello, Viola da Gamba]

"A new release by any or all of the Kuijkens is grounds for rejoicing among viol aficionados. This reedy but gutsy ancestor of the cello...continue...

Schenck: Les Fantaisies bisarres / Duftschmid, Zerer, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2000-08-01

Works: Johannes Schenck: Suites (12) for 2 Bass Viola da Gambas, Op. 8 "Le nymphe di Rheno"; Solo for viola da gamba in A minor (autograph, Albertina Vienna); Chaconne for viola da gamba & continuo in G maj...
Performers: Duftschmid, Lorenz; Lislevand, Rolf; Watillon, Sophie; Zerer, Wolfgang

Johannes Schenck, although little known today, enjoyed an outstanding reputation not only as a composer but also as the leading viola da gamba virtuoso of...continue...

Les Voix Humaines. Works For Lyra Viol And Bass Viol. Jordi Savall

1 CD / Alia Vox / 1998-08-01

Works: Carl Friedrich Abel: Suite for bass viola da gamba in D minor, WKO 205-209; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Pa...
Performers: Savall, Jordi