Anima Eterna Brugge
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In Time / Siranossian, Lehmann, Anima Eterna Brugge
Chouchane Siranossian is a rising star of the baroque and classical violin, Jakob Lehmann a virtuoso violinist and orchestral director who frequently conducts Anima Eterna. Together, they embody what the Bruges orchestra and its founder, Jos van Immerseel, have decided to call the ‘Next Generation Anima Eterna’… Today they are presenting Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in its original version. "We wanted to take a look into Mendelssohn’s workshop. He struggled with his self-diagnosed ‘revision disease’ and always strove to work hard on himself and his creations" says Jakob Lehmann. Chouchane Siranossian continues, "It was a fascinating experience for me to discover historical research and its implementation on period instruments in collaboration with Anima Eterna Brugge. In my interpretation, I used exclusively the fingerings, bowings and other performance markings of Ferdinand David and Joseph Joachim, both of whom rehearsed the work with the composer." This recording is rounded off with the Octet, also in its original version, which is longer and has many alterations in instrumentation, harmony and articulation.
Schubertiade / Anima Eterna Brugge, Immerseel
4 CD’s, 17 musicians, 32 master pieces: these are the main ingredients of Schubertiade - a compilation of vocal and instrumental chamber music by Schubert, hand-picked and assembled by Jos van Immerseel to form the soundtrack to 4 imaginary Schubertian salons.
An ode to the master of Ständchen and Forellenquintett, this recording is also a celebration of Anima Eterna Brugge’s maestro, who, over the past 25 years, has led the orchestra to many happy encounters with his favorite composer.
Janacek: Sinfonietta; Dvorak: Symphony "from The New World"
SYMPHONY NO. 5 - DOCUMENTARY
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41; Bassoon Concerto / Immerseel, Gower, Anima Eterna Brugge
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REVIEW:
These are exciting, distinctive readings that don't make the music into something that it is not. Tempos, while decidedly brisk, do not seem rushed, even in the slow movements. The sense of excitement thus produced feels real, not artificially forced upon the music. The readings are full of ideas that seem inevitable.
– Fanfare
Mozart: Symphonies, Concertos, and Sonatas
This economically priced box set of six CDs brings together all the previous releases of Mozart works performed by Jos van Immerseel. This impressive body of work perfectly encapsulates van Immerseel’s intimate relationship with Mozart’s music and shows his interpretations to be as inspired as they historically informed.
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 / Heras-Casado, Anima Eterna Brugge
Orff, Gershwin, Liszt: Anima Eterna / Immerseel, Anima Eterna
After a boxed set devoted to nineteenth-century French music (Alpha, 2015) and another containing Beethoven’s symphonies and overtures (Alpha, 2018), Jos Van Immerseel and his period-instrument ensemble Anima Eterna present an anthology of seven albums including recordings of major nineteenth- and twentieth-century composers of many nationalities. Whether it is Liszt with his symphonic poems, Orff with his Carmina Burana or Gershwin with his Rhapsody in Blue, all of them seem to be driven by a deep-seated urge to push back the formal limits of orchestral music by confronting it with other traditions and musical horizons, thus giving it a universal resonance.
