VC – 'Concerti Curiosi – Charivari Agreable

Pietro Domenico Paradies (1707-1791):
Concerto for keyboard & orchestra in B flat majo
Antonín Reichenauer (ca.1694-1730):
Concerto for oboe, strings & basso continuo in B flat major
Johan Daniel Berlin (1714-1787):
Sinfonia, for cornet & ensemble
Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752):
Concerto for 4 violins
Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727-1789):
Trumpet Concerto No. 3 in D major, Op. 7-6
William Croft (1678-1727):
Sonata for 4 violins & continuo
Pietro Baldassare (1690-1768):
Sonata for cornet & strings

Charivari Agréable [on period instruments]
Kah-Ming Ng - conductor

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Various Composers - Musici da Camera from Eighteenth-Century Prague – VA

Musici da Camera from the Eighteen-Century Prague

CD 1:
Antonín Reichenauer (c.1694-1730):
Quartet in G minor, for Violin, Cello, Bassoon and B.C.
Johann Friederich Fasch (1688-1758):
Quartet in D major for Flute, Violin, Bassoon and B.C.
František Jiránek (1698-1778):
Trio Sonata in B flat major for Two Violins and B.C.
Christian Gottlieb Postel (c.1697-1730):
Trio Sonata in A major for Two Violins and B.C.
Johann Friederich Fasch (1688-1758):
Concerto in C major for Flute, Violin, Bassoon and B.C.
Johann Georg Orschler (1698-1767/70):
Trio in F minor for Two Violins and B.C.

CD 2:
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
Trio in G minor for Violin, Luthe and B.C.
Antonín Reichenauer (c.1694-1730):
Trio Sonata in B major for Violn, Cello and B.C.
František Ignác Antonín Tůma (1704-1774):
Partita in C major for Flute and B.C.
Antonio Caldara (1670-1736):
Sonata in A major for Violin and B.C.
Johann Friederich Fasch (1688-1758):
Concerto in D major for Two Flutes, Strings and B.C.

Sergio Azzolini - bassoon
Lenka Torgersen - violin
Helena Zemanová - violin
Jana Semerádová - flute & direction
Collegium Marianum [on period instruments]

[other volumes of the 'Music from Eightenn-Century Prague set]

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Reichenauer - Concertos (vol.2) - Štryncl

volume 1 of Reichenauer Concertos

Antonín Reichenauer (c.1694-1730):
Sonata in D major for 2 Trumpets, Timpani, Strings and Basso continuo
Concerto in B flat major for 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso continuo
Concerto in D minor, for Cello, Strings and Basso continuo
Overture in B flat major for 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo
Concerto in G major for Violin, Strings and Basso continuo
Concerto in G major for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo

Luise Haugk - baroque oboe
Jana Chitilová - baroque violin
Marek Špelina - flauto traverso
Marek Štryncl - baroque cello
Musica Florea
Marek Štryncl - conductor

[other volumes of the 'Music from Eightenn-Century Prague set]

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Rorate Coeli - Music for Advent and Christmas in Baroque Prague - Semeredová

"(...) At the time of Baroque, more present than today was the accent on Kenosis and Christ's mother, stemming from the ancient Roman tradition (at the time the entire Advent has a markedly Marian nature). In the Czech lands there was the tradition of Advent matin songs accompanying morning votive masses in honour of the Virgin Mary, and often sung in the national language. The introductory verse of the Introit of this mass reads "rorate coeli desuper" - "drop down dew, ye heavens from above". That is also the title of this recording in whose first part compositions focused on the Virgin Mary prevail. The perceptive listener will certainly not fail to hear the arrival of Christmas in the programme.(...)"
[Václav Kapsa in the booklet]

works by:
Václav Karel Holan Rovenský (1644-1718) 
Antonín Reichenauer (ca. 1694-1730) 
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) 
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758) 
Antonio Caldara (c. 1670-1736) 

Collegium Marianum [on period instruments]
Jana Semerádová - direction 

[other volumes of the 'Music from Eightenn-Century Prague set]

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Reichenauer - Concertos - Václav Luks

"In the early 18th century, Prague experienced a period of relative peace and prosperity. The city's grandiose Baroque redevelopment was virtually at an end and the unprecedent events linked with the coronation of Charles VI (1732) and the canonisation of St John Nepomuk (1792), which were to occur soon, only represented apexes of Baroque glory that was also present on many other occasions. Music of a new style originating in Italy was played in the new built palaces and churches. New musical genres, the aria and the solo concerto, emerged and quickly became domesticated in the creation of the local composers. (...) the works of local composers - primarily formed by the repertoire of aristocrats' orchestras which stood at the threshold of its greatest bloom - are a great rarity indeed. In point of fact, the only preserved compositions are those that had the fortune to cross the borders of the Czech lands at the time of their origin. These include almost twenty instrumental pieces of Antonín (Anton) Reichenauer (...)"

[Václav Kapsa in the booklet]

Antonín Reichenauer (c.1694-1730):
Concerto in C major for Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo
Concerto in B flat major for Oboe, Basson, Strings and Basso continuo
Concerto in C minor for Violin, Strings and Basso continuo
Concerto in G major for Oboe, Strings and Basso continuo
Concerto in G minor for Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo
Overture in B flat major for 2 Oboe, Bassoon, Strings and Basso continuo

Sergio Azzolini - baroque bassoon
Xenia Löffler - baroque oboe
Lenka Torgersen - baroque violin
Collegium 1704 [on period instruments]
Václav Luks - direction

[other volumes of the 'Music from Eightenn-Century Prague set]

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