Netherlands Bach Society

It goes without saying that Telemann had a thorough command of the French and Italian styles. Countless ensembles, including ours, have played such pieces. In ‘Barbaric Beauty’ we follow a completely different path by focussing on Telemann's Polish style. At least, this is how he described the pieces he wrote after discovering the music played along the Polish-Hungarian border. It was at the beginning of his career, when he was just 25 years old, that he heard sounds that were to inspire him throughout his life.

Christoph Willibald Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice (Paris Version-1774)
Jochen Kowalski / Kammerorchester »Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach« / Hartmut Haenchen
2xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 447 MB | Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Capriccio # 60 008 | Country/Year: Germany 1989
Genre: Classical | Style: Opera, Viennese School

"Once the head conductor of the Netherlands Philharmonic and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, and as the principal guest conductor with the Deutschen Staatsoper (German State Opera) in Berlin since 1995, Hartmut Haenchen (originally spelled Hänchen) is noted for the clear, precise phrasing and sumptuously sonorous tones he evokes from his musicians. (…) Since 1980, Haenchen has acted as the artistic director of the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, which was founded in Berlin and has presented revivals of C.P.E. Bach's music from re-discovered manuscripts. The ensemble has appeared in many television productions, has received awards for several recordings, and regularly tours…"