Romanus Weichlein: Opus I, 1695

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
September 25, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      WEICHLEIN, ROMANUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Ensemble Masques
    • PERFORMER
      Fortin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 25, 2015
    • UPC
      3760014192128
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA212
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Encaenia musices, Op. 1: Sonata No. 3 in A Minor

      Composer: Romanus Weichlein

      Ensemble: Ensemble Masques

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    2. Frische Clavier Fruchte: Sonata No. 6 in B-Flat Major: I. Ciaccona (arr. for 2 harpsichords)

      Composer: Johann Kuhnau

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Skip Sempé

    3. Encaenia musices, Op. 1: Sonata No. 11 in B Minor

      Composer: Romanus Weichlein

      Ensemble: Ensemble Masques

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    4. Capriccio in D Major

      Composer: Georg Böhm

      Performer: Olivier Fortin

    5. Encaenia musices, Op. 1: Sonata No. 9 in D Minor

      Composer: Romanus Weichlein

      Ensemble: Ensemble Masques

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    6. Ciaccona in D Minor (POP 14)

      Composer: Johann Pachelbel

      Performer: Olivier Fortin

    7. Encaenia musices, Op. 1: Sonata No. 6 in F Major

      Composer: Romanus Weichlein

      Ensemble: Ensemble Masques

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    8. Ciaccona in C Major (arr. for 2 harpsichords)

      Composer: Johann Caspar Kerll

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Skip Sempé

    9. Encaenia musices, Op. 1: Sonata No. 2 in G Minor

      Composer: Romanus Weichlein

      Ensemble: Ensemble Masques

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    10. Apparatus musico-organisticus: Passacaglia in G Minor

      Composer: Georg Muffat

      Performer: Olivier Fortin


After a first disc devoted to Schmelzer, enthusiastically hailed by the critics ('Editor's Choice' Gramophone, 'Choc' of Classica), the ensemble Masques, conducted by Olivier Fortin, returns to Alpha with a programme combining works by Muffat, Kerll and Pachelbel along with those of a composer who has remained largely unknown and totally forgotten: Romanus Weichlein (1652-1706). Benedictine monk, prefect and official composer of the Benedictine abbey of Säben, Romanus Weichlein left several collections of sonatas and masses as well as large chaconnes, magnificent works in the tradition of his compatriots Biber, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky´ and Georg Muffat. In this new program, Masques presents both ensemble pieces and others for solo or two harpsichords (the second harpsichord being played by Skip Sempé), always featuring the expressiveness, eloquence and profound interpretation for which it is known.