Graun JG - Musique De Chambre Pour Viole De Gambe, 5 Lieder - Ensemble August Wenzinger

 

Release Date: May 27, 1997 Label: Accord Number of discs: 1 Composer:  Johann Gottlieb Graun Performer: August Wenzinger cd info/ buy

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August Wenzinger (1905–1996) was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland. He was a pioneer of historically informed performance, both as a master of the viola da gamba and as a conductor of Baroque orchestral music and operas. Wenzinger was one of the first musicians to make recordings with the viola da gamba. In 1968 he founded the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis viola da gamba trio. He has taught many acclaimed violists, including Jordi Savall, who succeeded him in 1974 as professor of viola da gamba at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

 

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