Hoff Ensemble, Winter Quiets Nigts

Matthias Pintscher - Figura I-V & Other Works - Teodoro Anzellotti, Arditti Quartet (2004) {Winter & Winter 910 097-2}
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© 2004 Winter & Winter | 910 097-2
Classical / Contemporary Classical / Chamber Music

2004 marks the 30th Anniversary of the Arditti String Quartet, which once again demonstrates its commitment to the advancement of New Music–this time by the young German Matthias Pintscher (b. 1971). For the discerning listener of New Music, this disc offers both substance and style. Winter & Winter's packaging is exquisite and attractive (although I haven't figured out why the booklet offers nine blank pages followed by two pages of track and publisher information, when brief liner notes or at least some biographical information–especially in the case of a young composer–would be helpful not only in giving context to the works performed but also in establishing a base listenership).

The "December Nights" were organized by the USSR People's Artist, pianist Svyaloslav Richter at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
The programme of the "December Nights" in 1987 was made of J.S.Bach's works

The "December Nights" were organized by the USSR People's Artist, pianist Svyaloslav Richter at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
The programme of the "December Nights" in 1987 was made of J.S.Bach's works

The "December Nights" were organized by the USSR People's Artist, pianist Svyaloslav Richter at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
The programme of the "December Nights" in 1987 was made of J.S.Bach's works

Hedos Ensemble - Love lives not when Hope is gone: Renaissance Love Songs
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Label/Cat#: CPO # 999 388-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2006
Genre: Classical, Folk | Style: Renaissance

The Hedos Ensemble was established in 1988 for the purpose of performing ensemble music of the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries in various instrumentations. Singers (such as the baritone Hartmut Hein on this recording) and instrumentalists join the core group of instrumentalists as required in order to present an extensive as well as diverse repertoire of chamber music from the Renaissance to the Baroque…