Wasa Baroque Ensemble

Great Baroque Masterpieces - Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Serse; The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Handel - Bourée; Concerto Grosso in B flat maj...
Performers: Aratore, Johann; Banfalvi, Bela; Benkocs, Tamas; Csanky, Emilia; Edlinger, Richard; Eklund, Niklas; Hill, Robert [Harpsichord, Piano]; Hobling, Guido [Violin]; Holbling, Anna; Jablokov, Alexander; Ka...
Conductors: Müller-Brühl, Helmut; ; Krcek, Jaroslav; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Mallon, Kevin; Creswick, Bradley; Kopelman, Jozef; Tinge, John; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Morandi, Pier G.; Kraemer, Nicho...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; Wasa Baroque Ensemble

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Art and Music - Canaletto - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-09-20

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6/2; Tomaso Albinoni: Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 9; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in B flat major, Op. 4 no 1/RV 383a; Tito Manlio, RV...
Performers: Camden, Anthony; Graham, Joanna; Hommel, Christian; Hooker, Chris; Keohane, Maria; Kiss, Jozsef [Oboe]; Ringholz, Teresa; Ryden, Susanne; Watkinson, Andrew
Conductors: Krcek, Jaroslav; Georgiadis, John; Kraemer, Nicholas; Medlam, Charles; Bania, Gabriel; Tarr, Edward H. [Trumpet]; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Östman, Arnold; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; City of London Sinfonia; London Baroque; London Virtuosi; Wasa Baroque Ensemble

The romance and mystique of Venice made it an essential part of this series. For those who could afford it, a painting was an impressive...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

The Art of the Baroque Trumpet Vol 5 - An Italian Concert

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-10-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets and Strings in D major; Tito Manlio, RV 738; Griselda, RV 718; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata for Trumpet, 2 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Marco Antonio Z...
Performers: Keohane, Maria
Conductors: Tarr, Edward H.
Ensemble: Wasa Baroque Ensemble

The works on this recording exemplify the trumpet's historical setting in Italy during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The trumpet only began to...continue...