Hasse - Cantatas & Chamber Music - Kai Wessel & Musica Alta Ripa

Hasse - Cantatas & Chamber Music - Wessel, Musica Alta Ripa

Chamber | Eac, flac, cue | no log, cover | 1 CD, 281 MB
May 23, 2000 | MD&G Records | RapidShare

"...From the label MDG comes a miscellany of cantatas, two sonatas and a mandolin concerto which introduces us perfectly to the world of J.A.Hasse - thanks to the stupendous performance given by the ensemble Musica Alta Ripa with the countertenor Kai Wessel who interpret the elegant and beautiful music of Hasse with delicacy, lyricism, sensitivity and irreproachable technical perfection. A delight!"

CD Content

Se il cantor trace, oh Dio
Concerto for Mandolin, Strings and Basso Continuo in G major
Bella, mi parto, oh Dio
Ah troppo è ver! Quell'amoroso ardore
Sonata for Keyboard in C major
Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo in G major

Bach JS - Solo Concertos Vol.5 - Musica Alta Ripa

Bach JS - Solo Concertos Vol.5 - Musica Alta Ripa
Concerto | Eac, flac, cue | log, cover | 1 CD, 349 MB
July 25, 2000 | MD&G Records | RapidShare

All four pieces receive thoughtful, direct, and intelligent performances by the members of Musica Alta Ripa, and they are exceptionally well recorded.



Unter den zahlreichen Gesamteinspielungen der Bachschen Konzerte, die entweder bereits entstanden sind oder derzeit noch eingespielt werden, haben letztlich wohl diejenigen die besten Chancen, die wirkliche Vollständigkeit bieten. Denn die Qualitätsunterschiede sind oftmals nur marginal, und wenn gar noch dieselben Musiker spielen (Karl Kaiser flötet auf Müller-Brühls Aufnahme des fünften Brandenburgischen Konzerts ebenso wie auf der hier zu findenden Einspielung der Urfassung), dann beeinflussen außermusikalische Dinge die Kaufentscheidung.
Die Hannoveraner von Musica Alta Ripa haben da nun einen kleinen Vorteil: Denn eben jene Urfassung BWV 1050a findet sich längst nicht in jeder Gesamteinspielung – wohl aber hier. Wer also auf Vollständigkeit Wert legt, kommt um diese Einspielung nicht herum. Und wer zusätzlich noch den besonderen Ton von Musica Alta Ripa mag, der sollte an der CD nicht vorbeigehen. Die konsequente kammermusikalische Zartheit, mit der die Truppe musiziert, läßt dabei so manches Juwel in ungewohntem Licht leuchten.--Hagen Kunze


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concerto BWV 1060 for 2 harpsichord and strings C minor
Concerto BWV 1042 for violin, strings and b. c. E major
Concerto BWV 1058 for harpsichord, strings and B. c. G minor
Concerto BWV 1050a for harpsichord, flute, violin and strings (Early version of the "Brandenburg Concerto" No. 5) D major

Gregor Hollmann, Rudolf Innig, Bernward Lohr, Ludger Rémy, harpsichord
Karl Kaiser, flute
Anne Röhrig, violin
Musica Alta Ripa

Leclair - Triosonaten op4 - Musica Alta Ripa

Leclair - Triosonaten op4 - Musica Alta Ripa
Baroque | Eac, single Ape, cue | log, cover | 1 CD, 353 MB
November 2, 1994 | MD&G Records | RapidShare

Musica Alta Ripa was founded in 1984. The recorder player Danya Segal, two violinists Anne Röhrig and Ursula Bundies, cellist Juris Teichmanis, and harpsichordist Bernward Lohr, all outstanding, sought-after musicians in their fields, joined forces to form an ensemble that owes its special aura to the commingling of their individual personalities.

Musica Alta Ripa’s high artistic quality, flexibility, and richness of color as well as the great appeal of its repertoire for some time now have made it a welcome guest at important concert venues and festivals such as the Herne Early Music Days, Bach Festival in Leipzig, Flanders Festival in Bruges, Casa de Mateus International Summer Academy of Early Music in Portugal, and Bach Festival in Philadelphia. The ensemble has undertaken concert tours to the Near East and to Southeast Asia and has concertized in cities such as Milan, London, and Bogotá. In the autumn of 2002 Musica Alta Ripa participated in the staging of Francesco Cavalli’s baroque opera Giasone (1649) at the Ballhof in Hanover under Bernward Lohr. In the autumn of 2003 Giasone was performed at the Goethe Theater in Bad Lauchstädt and repeated in the Hanover program offerings. In September and October 2004 Musica Alta Ripa celebrated its twentieth anniversary in the Hanover Opera House with three gala concerts commemorating the 350th anniversary of the birth of Agostino Steffani.

Since 1991 Musica Alta Ripa has set standards with its extraordinary CD productions, all of them released by Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm: Italian chamber cantatas, instrumental music of the French late baroque, and chamber music and concertos from the generation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s pupils. Since 2000 three major CD projects dedicated to Bach’s oeuvre have been complete: the five-part cycle of his complete solo concertos, the recording of his complete flute compositions together with the transverse flutist Karl Kaiser, and the release of his chamber music for violin. The year 2003 marked the inauguration of a recording cycle featuring Georg Philipp Telemann’s concertos and chamber music.

Diapason d’or, Cannes Classical Award, Echo Klassik, Audiophile Reference — these are among the awards that have been bestowed on Musica Alta Ripa for its productions. Moreover, Musica Alta Ripa was awarded the Lower Saxony Music Prize in 2002 in recognition of its artistic endeavors.

The ensemble’s name pays tribute to Hanover, to the city in which Musica Alta Ripa was founded and in whose greater metropolitan area most of its members reside. “Alta ripa” is the Latin translation of “high river bank,” and the name “Hanover” developed from “honovere,” its Middle High German equivalent.


CD Content

Leclair - Sonate I en ré mineur
Leclair - Sonate II en si bémol majeur
Leclair - Sonate III en ré mineur
Leclair - Sonate IV en fa majeur
Leclair - Sonate V en sol mineur
Leclair - Sonate VI en la majeur