The german set to music, texts by a German who fled to France. The Frenchman set only texts from his own cultural sphere, but repeatedly went to Germany to see performances of Wagner operas. The French-speaking composer from western Switzerland set texts by an Austrian. It seems difficult to find any natural connections between their works, yet they are all art songs in their most beautiful manifestation with temporal, cultural and national facets which are broadened by their creators' universal awareness of art.

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Dorothea Seel is an expert of flutes of the 18th and 19th centuries. She frequently performs alongside The English Concert, London Classical Players, Concerto Cologne, Munich Chamber Orchestra, and she holds master classes for traverse flute, classic flute, and romantic flute at the Southampton University in England, the State Music College of Trossingen, and the Music Academy of Riga. For this historically informed recording, Seel has chosen music from Carl Reinecke, Theobald Bohm, Richard Strauss, Josef Rheinberger, and Albert Franz Doppler. She performs on an 1890 Julius Max Burger conical ring-keyed flute based on the Bohm model from 1832. She is joined by Christoph Hammer, who performs here on a Johann Baptist Streicher Fortepiano from the late 19th century.

Dan Ettinger is one of the leading international conductors of his generation. Since the start of the 2015/2016 season he has been Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Philharmonic and General Music Director of the City of Stuttgart. His contract was prematurely extended in July 2016 to run till the summer of 2023. Ettinger regularly conducts at the world's great opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Washington National Opera, London's Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, the Opera National de Paris, the New National Theatre in Tokyo, Opernhaus Zurich, the Salzburg Festival and the State Opera Houses of Vienna and Munich. Ever since he began his conducting career, Ettinger has been scoring great successes on the concert platform as well. From 2002 to 2003 he was First Guest Conductor of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. His appearances with the Stuttgart Philharmonic and with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Israel Symphony now form the core elements of his concert activities. On this release, he leads the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker in performing the timeless works of WA Mozart.

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For this new release, pianist Annhelena Schluter invites the listener into her world of admiration for J. S. Bach as she performs Das wohltemperierte Klavier I. Annhelena says of this project: “The pedal point of holiness that underlies Bach’s music is mixed with our world like a recurring ostinato in normal everyday life. His musical message is one of comfort. My work as a musician is based on experiences, memories and a sense of purpose; not on mere knowledge. Johann Sebastian is my role model; his works are based on goodness energy, joy and patience… Bach’s Wohltemperiertes Klavier extends to the heavens, always upward-looking, beckoning us at every cadence, at every fresh start, in every pause, constantly reiterating the invitation.” Annhelena Schluter has studied in Cologne, Wurzburg, and the United States. She continually performs in masterclasses, festivals and concerts across Europe and the USA. Not only is she an accomplished pianist, she has also won several writing competitions for her lyrics, poems, and songs, and she has founded several music ensembles.

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V 4: CANTATAS (BWV 10,12,13)

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