Prospero Classical
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…aus der Stille
$21.99CDProspero Classical
Jun 06, 2025PROSP0113 -
Flute Concertos from Sanssouci
$21.99CDProspero Classical
May 30, 2025PROSP0112 -
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Streichquartette
Be(h)lcanto
Anton Gerzenberg: Reflections
Spotlight on Adventure
If Love's A Sweet Passion
20 Years Capella de la Torre
Beethoven: Complete Bagatelles / Christoph Scheffelt
PIANO WORKS
FAREWELL FROM ZURICH
TOMBEAUX
Far from Alone / Sarnthein
| The excellent violist Ursula Sarntheim presents a diverse sounding panopticon on the famous Stradivarius viola 'Gibson' from 1743, ranging from Baroque masterpieces to folk music and new music. At first glance, the pieces do not seem to fit together in the classical sense, but in fact there are strong connections to be discovered alongside the contrasts. Ursula Sarntheim studied in Cologne from 1991 to 1998 and in Copenhagen from 1996-1997. She has been a member of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich since 1998. She is also a member of Trio Oreade, who were awarded First Prize at the International String Trio Competition in Munich in 2012. |
Haydn News: Chamber Music Arrangements / Nuovo Aspetto
A Song in the Wood / Duo Daluna
It was a matter of concern for the artists not only to record music that they personally like very much and that is close to their hearts, but also to bring composers who have unfortunately fallen into oblivion, such as Roger Quilter (1877-1953), back into the musical consciousness and thus also onto the current programs of the recitals and lieder evenings.
Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6 / Weber
Pure Bach / Viviane Chassot
The music of Johann Sebastian Bach has brought accordionist Viviane Chassot out of a serious personal crisis. Since she discovered how well the music of the Thomaskantor can be reproduced on the accordion, she has now created a Bach album - after Haydn and Mozart. With works from the Woltemperierte Clavier, the well-known ''Italian Concerto'' as well as other suites and partitas. The artist explains: ''The liveliness and power may jump out at us first when we hear Bach's music. But the composer did not have an easy life and anything but a straight path through life - he had to put up with many strokes of fate, became an orphan at the age of ten, lost his first wife at an early age; children also died. Death accompanied him throughout his life - and I think that these aspects of pain and loss always resonate in his music, even when it is superficially dancing or simply cheerful''. Bach and accordion - this combination is not exactly obvious. But Viviane Chassot says: ''What is very much in favor of the accordion as a possible instrument for Bach's music for keyboard instruments are the wind-like shaping possibilities that I have thanks to the bellows. With it and with differentiated articulation, I can make the music breathe and speak; I achieve dynamics and a variety of colors through diverse registration possibilities. And the virtuoso dance movements are given a musical - even archaic - touch on the accordion''.
Bach, Frescobaldi, Part: Grenzgange / Sostmann
| "In this music, border crossings become audible to me: from baroque to contemporary music, from music to religion, from the secular to the divine. That is why it is also about life and death, resurrection, enlightenment and remembrance - as in Bach's Chaconne in memory of his first wife Maria Barbara Bach". With these words, pianist Alexandra Sostmann describes her album Grenzgänge on PROSPERO, co-produced with Bayerischer Rundfunk, which cleverly combines music by Bach, Pachelbel and Frescobaldi with works by Ligeti and Pärt to create a fascinating musical journey from the beginnings of music for keyboard instruments to the composers of our day. |
…aus der Stille
Flute Concertos from Sanssouci
Schubert: String Quintet in C, Arranged for Saxophones
New Worlds - Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Avner Dorman: F
Profumi di Napoli
