Sassmanshaus Violine

The eighteenth century is probably the most extraordinary period of transformation Europe has known since Antiquity. Political upheavals kept pace with the innumerable inventions and discoveries of the age– every sector of the arts and of intellectual and material life was turned upside down. Between the end of the reign of Louis XIV and the Revolution of 1789, music in its turn underwent a radical mutation that struck at the very heart of a well-established musical language. In this domain too, we are all children of the Age of Enlightenment: our conception of music and the way we ‘consume’ it still follow in many respects the agenda set by the eighteenth century.

Despite to the rather cheap cover art, this is an excellent performance, registered in attendance of the composer, and with the composers wife, Yvonne Loriod, on the piano.

At last a clutch of horn concertos for our decade and, I suspect, for quite a bit longer as well… Pyatts’ is very much in that mode of supple, understated and often witty playing, accompanied by truly discriminating orchestral forces.
Mozart 250th Anniversary Edition: Violin Concertos, Concertos for Wind is a 5-disc set.

The Graun brothers, both of whom held leading positions in the Berlin royal ensemble, were regarded as ‘fiery instrumental composers’ and numbered among the most famous musicians of their time. The elegant gestures, the sensitive tone, and the colloquial interaction of the musicians are remarkable, and the decision to employ a fortepiano instead of a harpsichord as the continuo instrument underscores the progressive element in these compositions.

The first comprehensive Edition of Beethoven's Complete Works! More than 700 works / 87 CDs for an incredible price! Qualitative excellent recordings (DDD) from 1987 - 2007. In a space saving and aesthetic casket.
This Edition with a total of 748 works was arranged based on the well-known “Beethoven-Compendium” of Barry Cooper (Thames & Hudson Ltd., London 1991).
The combination of this unique Beethoven Edition is definitely the extensive works of Beethoven which has ever exist.

The Silver Trio brings together three composers of very different origins and epochs for its latest release. The young Ludwig van Beethoven, who came from the piano as a soloist, dared to take his first steps towards chamber music in 1794 by expanding the line-up to include two string instruments - and thus created epoch-making masterpieces that raised the equality of the three instruments to a new level. Sergei Rachmaninoff was also at home on the piano. Leonard Bernstein was also a student and 19 years old when his trio was formed - typical of his style with a lot of temperament. All of them are the three fascinatingly fresh early works that the still very young Austrian-Swiss trio knows how to implement with congenial youthful verve.