Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CD’s
This time it is the new albums by Thüringer Bach Collegium, Terra Nova Collective, Ensemble Schirokko Hamburg, Ensemble Diderot and organist Samuel Kummer.
1. Prinz Johann Ernst v. Sachsen-Weimar (1697-1715)
– Concerto violin in B flat major based on J.S. Bachs organ transcription BWV 983
Performers: Thüringer Bach Collegium conducted by Gernot Süßmuth, violin
(cd: ‘Virtuosi’, Audite 97.790, 2021)
2. Hébert Leemans (1741-1771)
– Symphony VII in F major
Performers: Terra Nova Collective conducted by Vlad Weverberg
(cd: ‘The Symphonies’, Et’Cetera KTC 1721, 2021)
3. Augustin Pfleger (1635-1686)
– ‘Ecce Domine’
Performers: Beat Duddeck, contratenor. Ensemble Schirokko Hamburg
(cd: ‘O Lux Beata Trinitas’, Solo Musica SM 349, 2021)
4. Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623-1680)
– Sonata a 3 violini
Performers: Ensemble Diderot conducted by Johannes Pramsohler, violin
(cd: ‘Sonates for three violins’, Audax ADX 13729, 2021)
5. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
– From ‘Die Kunst der Fuge’, BWV 1080: ‘Fuga a 3 Soggetti’
Performer: Samuel Kummer, Zacharias Hildebrandt-organ (1746), Wenzelkirche, Naumburg (D)
(sacd: ‘The Art of Fugue BWV 1080’, Aeolus AE-11291, 2021)
