Gottfried

Of the 29 million recordings of Vivaldi's perennial masterpiece the Four Seasons, this astoundingly beautiful, astonishingly virtuosic recording by Gottfried von der Goltz and the Freiburger Barockorchester with Andrew Lawrence-King directing the Harp Consort on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi runs a little bit back from the head of the pack. Because, with 29 million recordings, it's hard to take the lead. So while von der Goltz plays with a piquant tone and a pungent technique, plus enough panache to put across even the most hoary old phrases; and the Barockorchester plays with superb poise and supreme skill, plus enough tone color to shade every subtlety of the Four Seasons; and Deutsche Harmonia Mundi's sound has enough polish and punch, plus enough presence, to make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end, there are still a good two-dozen recordings as fine as this one…

Gottfried Huppertz - Metropolis (Original Motion Picture Score)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin / Frank Strobel
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 399 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Capriccio # C5066 | Country/Year: Germany 2011
Genre: (Neo) Classical, Stage & Screen | Style: Modern, Soundtrack

…The contrast between a stripped-down Futurist idiom and sheer melodramatic excess not only matches the film's story, but makes for a score that's fun on its own terms, and Strobel and the Berlin musicians enter into the project's overheated, over-the-top aesthetic. Recommended for anyone with the slightest interest in Metropolis.

Diese CD zeichnet das Porträt eines hervorragenden Musikers: Drei Violin- konzerte, drei Orchesterkonzerte, eine Fantasie für Orchester und die Alternativfassung eines Mittelsatzes bieten Musik, die an Vielfalt keine Wünsche offenläßt.​Ideenreichtum, Charme und eine ausgefeilte Kompositions- technik ergänzen sich zu einem Stil, der den besten Leistungen der Epoche nicht nachsteht.

In the 1770s Johann Christian Bach may have been among the most successful and prosperous musicians in all of Europe. In the 18th century the youngest son of Bach was regarded as the most famous and successful members of the Bach family. However, it appears his reputation faded even during his lifetime – today he is known by many only as a forerunner of Mozart. The new recording of five of his orchestral works, a sequel in the Carus CD series with instrumental music of Bach’s sons, shows that his music has been unjustly forgotten and that definitely it breathes its own independent spirit. Similar to Mozart, the “Milan Bach,” later known as the “London Bach” knew how to pour his varied musical experiences into his works and thus achieve his own unique style.

DG and the Freiburger Barockorchester, one of the world’s foremost period-instrument orchestras, launch a new creative partnership with an album of works associated with the celebrated Mannheim court orchestra. Mozart’s Mannheim couples little-known gems by Cannabich, Holzbauer, Vogler and others with works written by Mozart during his formative visit to Mannheim in the late 1770s.

This recording of works by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, the least well-known of the four composer sons of Bach, marks the completion of the FBO’s highly acclaimed series “Bach’s Sons” on the Carus label. Unlike his prominent brothers Carl Philipp and Johann Christian, the “Bueckeburg Bach” never ventured beyond the provinces, serving as a court musician for forty years at the court of the Count of Schaumburg-Lippe. But his music is anything but provincial. It moves impressively between the styles of both brothers, combining the artistic demands of Carl Philipp with the light Italian tone of the younger brother Johann Christian, and so defies easy musical categorization.