Jazz
Gary Thomas
115 products
Fux, J.J.: Fede Sacrilega Nella Morte Del Precursor S. Giova
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / Parrott, Kirkby, Taverner Players
Recorded in: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London 3-5 January 1981 Producer(s) Brian Couzens Sound Engineer(s) Ralph Couzens
Pariah's Pariah
Found on Sordid Streets
Britten: War Requiem
JANACEK: Violin Sonata / Capriccio / Romance / Dumka
Janácek: Piano Music Vol 1 / Thomas Hlawatsch
Bach, J.S.: Cantatas - Bwv 51, 59, 243 / Magnificat
Lecuona: Complete Piano Music Vol 3 / Thomas Tirino
Lecuona: Complete Piano Music Vol 2 / Tirino, Bartos
BRITTEN: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge / Simple Symp
Heinichen: Dresden Wind Concertos / Dean, Stadler, Et Al

A few years ago, the name of Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729) came out of the blue as a wonderful surprise. Baroque music lovers around the world were amazed to discover an obscure composer who, in his best works, was second to none--easily comparable to Vivaldi in terms of originality, rhythmic exuberance, and boundless imagination. A half decade and a few recordings later, Heinichen has become a popular name, and rightly so. These Dresden Wind Concertos display treasures of passionate invention, energized by a spectacular use of dynamic contrasts and poetized by delicate touches of lyricism in the solo writing for woodwinds. Just listen to the dialogue (an obbligato figure in Heinichen's style) between traverso flute and pizzicato strings in the Concerto S. 225's last movement, or the biting orchestral outbursts in the G minor oboe concerto. Examples of Heinichen's vivid, sometimes unpredictable inspiration abound in every page of these extraordinary works. The Fiori Musicali ensemble, on period instruments, plays with enthusiasm and poetic commitment. The virtuosity may not be as extreme as that of Concerto Köln (on Capriccio), but each performance reaches a perfect balance between expressive ardor and precision--a quality mirrored by the accurate and natural sonics of the Radio Bremen engineers. --Luca Sabbatini, ClassicsToday.com
Early Music - Sephardic Romances / Wimmer, Ensemble Accentus
The Best Of Puccini
Transcendental Bach / Thomas Labé
The tradition of transcribing, arranging and adapting the music of Johann Sebastian Bach can be traced to the master himself: Bach made a lifelong habit of arranging works, his own and those of other composers. Indeed, Bach ranks among the most skilled and prolific arrangers in the history of music. Arrangements of his work by others can be considered in two broad catagories. In the first are contained those transcriptions which do not incorporate substantial changes to the original compositions, for example Liszt's Six Preludes and Fugues. In the second category are found those arrangements which display a creative intent on the part of the arranger - one can think of Mozart's transcription for string trio of six fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, each preceded by an original prelude (KV 404a), or Gounod's Méditation sur le premier prélude de piano de S. Bach (1853), to which the words of the Ave Maria were subsequently added. It is to this latter genre of creative Bach transcriptions that the works contained on this disc belong. - Thomas Labé
