Vivaldi - Concerto di Amsterdam - Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

Vivaldi - Concerto di Amsterdam - Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Concerto | Eac, flac, cue | log, cover | 1 CD, 273 MB
January 7, 2003 | Challenge Classics | RapidShare


CD Content

# Concerto per la solennità di S Lorenzo, for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, timpani, strings & continuo in D major, RV 562a Allegro
# Concerto per la solennità di S Lorenzo, for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, timpani, strings & continuo in D major, RV 562a Grave
# Concerto for violin, 2 oboes, 2 horns, timpani, strings & continuo in F major, RV 562a Allegro
# L' Olimpiade, opera in 3 acts, RV 725 Sinfonia
# Double Orchestra Concerto, for violin, 2 string orchestras & continuo in B flat major, RV 583
# Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro, sonata for 2 violins, viola & continuo in B minor, RV 169
# Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in D major ("Il grosso Mogul"), RV 208
# Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in D minor ("per senza Cantin", without an E string), RV 243

Fasch JF - Works for Orchestra - Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

Fasch JF - Works for Orchestra - Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Orchestral | Eac, flac, cue | log, cover | 1 CD, 331 MB
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Johann Friedrich Fasch

(15 April 1688 – 5 December 1758) was a German violinist and composer.

Fasch was born in Buttelstedt, was a choirboy in Weissenfels and studied under Johann Kuhnau at the famous St. Thomas School in Leipzig and later founded a Collegium Musicum in that city. He then traveled throughout Germany, becoming a violinist in the orchestra in Bayreuth in 1714 and holding court posts in Greiz and Lukavec. In 1722 he was appointed Kapellmeister at Zerbst, a post he held until his death.

His works include cantatas, concertos, symphonies, and chamber music. None of his pieces were printed in his lifetime, and a large number of his vocal works, including four operas, have been lost. However, he was held in high regard by his contemporaries (Johann Sebastian Bach made manuscript copies of a number of his pieces), and he is today considered an important link between the Baroque and Classical periods.

Fasch died in Zerbst at the age of 70. He was the father of Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, also a musician of note.

Since 1983, the city of Zerbst holds the annual Fasch Fesivals to honour his memory.


CD Content

Suite for Orchestra in B flat Major
Concerto in F Major (flute, oboe)
Concerto in B flat Major (oboe, bassoon)
Sonata a quattro
Sinfonia in G Major
Concerto in D Major (trumpet)

Biber - Soldiers, Gypsies, Farmers and a Night Watchman - Combattimento Consort Amsterdam

Biber - Soldiers, Gypsies, Farmers and a Night Watchman - Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Baroque | Eac, flac, cue | log, cover | 1 CD, 323 MB
January 4, 2005 | Challenge Classics | RapidShare

The Biber CD is an absolute delight. Bohemian-born Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704) spent most of his life in Salzburg where he was recognized as one of the finest violinists and composers of the era. He wrote much "program music" including what is heard on this CD which producers have labeled Soldiers, Gypsies, Farmers and a Night Watchman. It contains 8 descriptive pieces each of which tells a story often in vivid musical terms; discription is given of the program for each section. Perhaps Vivaldi heard Biber's music and it influenced his writing his Op. 8 concertos known as The Four seasons, composed in 1712. As CD notes point out, Biber could be considered an avant-garde composer for several reasons including unusual treatment of instruments (the double bassist is directed to insert a small piece of cardboard-like material under the A-string to suggest drum rolls), tuning, and setting songs simultaneously, the latter done by Charles Ives two centuries later. Combattimento Consort Amsterdam is led by violinist Jan Willem de Vriend. Other instruments are viola, cello, double bass, organ, harpsichord, dulcimer and chitaronne. The group has been performing music from the period 1600-1800 for over two decades. This is a terrific CD and one I will return to often.

CD Content

Arien à 4, suite for violin, 2 violas & continuo in A major, C. 53
Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
with Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Conducted by Jan Vriend

Sonata à 6 die pauern-Kirchfarth genandt, for 3 violins, 2 violas & continuo in B-flat major, C. 110
Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
with Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Conducted by Jan Vriend

Balletto "Die Werber," suite for violin, 3 violas & continuo in B minor (attributed), C. 60 (B. XIV 250)
Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
with Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Conducted by Jan Vriend

Serenada à 5, for 2 violins, 2 violas & continuo (with optional bass voice) in C major ("Nightwatchman's Call"), C. 75
Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
with Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Conducted by Jan Vriend

Pars III of "Mensa Sonora", suite for violins, 2 violas & continuo in A minor, C. 71
Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
with Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Conducted by Jan Vriend

Ballettae à 4, suite for violin, 2 violas & continuo in E minor, C. 54
Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
with Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Conducted by Jan Vriend

Battalia, for 3 violins, 4 violas, 2 violini & keyboard in D major, C. 61 (B. XIV 122)
Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
with Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Conducted by Jan Vriend

Sonata Jucunda, for 2 violins, 3 violas & continuo in D major (by either Biber or Schmelzer), C. App 121 (B. IV 100)
Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
with Combattimento Consort Amsterdam
Conducted by Jan Vriend