The late Romantic composer Anton Beer-Walbrunn (1864-1929) has been impressively rediscovered in recent years by the BAYER RECORDS label with several highly acclaimed recordings of his music. Ursula Schoch and Marcel Worms present here with great passion and persuasiveness some of the works for violin and piano by this unjustly forgotten composer. A real discovery!

Susanne Westenfelder, music theorist and music journalist, writes in the booklet for the latest addition to the Calmus CD library 'Liebesleid', among other things: 'In 2017, the two researchers Kazuma Mori and Makoto Iwanaga published a study. The result: songs that bring tears to our eyes seem to have a cathartic effect on us, calm us down and even make us feel good afterwards. A German newspaper concluded what we all already suspected: Music helps against lovesickness. Tear-jerking songs for tear-jerking eyelids. ' We have taken on this mission - as usual across styles and eras. We move between baroque (Johann Grabbe: Three Madrigals) and contemporary music (Gordon Kampe: 'Je deviens fou... ') and also make a stopover in the German Romantic period with works by Johannes Brahms and another with folk songs from the British Isles (John Rutter: 'Five Traditional Songs'). We have also been able to recruit outstanding arrangers to tailor some of the love song dramas to us. These include our house and court arranger Juan M. V. Garcia with 'Hallelujah' and 'Another Love' as well as ex-King's singer Philip Lawson with the eponymous arrangement of Fritz Kreisler's 'Liebesleid'. Because alongside all the heartache, there is always certainty at the end: 'And if you are ever sad, don't despair, because it will always be like today: love's sorrow is followed by love's joy. '

Classical Music

LIEDER

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH CLARINET

HOMMAGE AN JAN KOETSIER

SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & PIANO

DAS LITERARISCHE QUINTETT

KLAVIERSTÜCKE KV 1-5/540/355/3

CONCERTOS FOR DOUBLE BASS

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music

Classical Music