Sassmanshaus Violine

Maurice Ravel's music reflects the cultural and creative ferment of his times, as the heady sensuality of the Belle Époque made way for neo-classicism, the Jazz Age and modernism. Strikingly diverse in mood and scale, his works assert his distinctive identity, expressed through craftsmanship of the utmost finesse and beauty: deeply sensitive and balancing sincerity, irony and a touch of provocation. An essential collection of landmark performances, this 21-CD box of Ravel's complete works brings together major interpreters of the present day and preceding generations. There are even contributions from the composer himself, as conductor, pianist (on piano rolls) and artistic supervisor.

Telemann's 1733 compendium exhibits impeccable 'table manners' thanks to Concentus Musicus Wien's innate vivacity and Harnoncourt's charm offensive.

Maurice Ravel's music reflects the cultural and creative ferment of his times, as the heady sensuality of the Belle Époque made way for neo-classicism, the Jazz Age and modernism. Strikingly diverse in mood and scale, his works assert his distinctive identity, expressed through craftsmanship of the utmost finesse and beauty: deeply sensitive and balancing sincerity, irony and a touch of provocation. An essential collection of landmark performances, this 21-CD box of Ravel's complete works brings together major interpreters of the present day and preceding generations. There are even contributions from the composer himself, as conductor, pianist (on piano rolls) and artistic supervisor.

Samvel Aloumyan Armenian piano (3. V 1941 - 1987).

Heinz Holliger is widely considered the greatest oboe virtuoso of modern times. He is also a noted composer and conductor; as a composer he is one of the few who has maintained a strict adherence to serial procedures. Holliger has been the recipient of many prizes, including the Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau in Germany, and he is an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and lutist Thomas Dunford illuminate aspects of the elusive amalgamation that is the 17th-century English notion of melancholy. The inconsolable 'Mad Lover' of the album title is reimagined as a character from the reign of Charles II. This tale is told through music from the pen of such violin virtuosos as the prodigiously gifted Nicola Matteis. Heightened by the exuberance and abandon common to those musicians transplanted from Italy, the beguiling nuances of this language of yearning and loss continue to echo in the popular music of our time.

G. P. Telemann - Musique de Table • Tafelmusik • Banquet Music - N. Harnoncourt
Baroque | Easy CD-DA, APE, Cue | No Log | 4 CD, covers |293+240+284+325+5 MB | RS
TELDEC 2292-44688 | 1989

Telemann's Musique de Table or “Banquet Music” is unquestionably one of the most important instrumental collections of the baroque era. Published in 1733, it consists of three large sets or “Productions”; each contains an opening orchestral suite, a quartet, a concerto, a trio, a solo, and an orchestral Conclusion. The whole, then, includes eighteen separate pieces.
Each set would have provided appropriate entertainment for a single evening's festivities at one of Europe's several hundred princely or ducal courts.
Telemann himself engraved the pewter plates for the collection, advertised its publication, and secured 206 subscribers from eight countries, among them a “Mr. Hendel” in London.