Release Date: 26 November 2021
Label: MDG
Packaging Type: Super Jewel Case (SACD)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 760623220666
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
With this brand-new Super Audio CD, Hannah Vinzenz and Gordon Safari accomplish a true pioneering feat: not only do they present the complete works for cello and organ by the Dresden composers Oskar Wermann and Gustav Merkel for the first time on sound recording; during the research for this special project, it also turned out that Wermann's Sonata op. 58 is probably the very first contribution to this genre.
The two young artists continue the Dresden tradition that developed from this work. Hannah Vinzenz and Gordon Safari share a deep and extremely versatile artistic collaboration.
Now based in the musical metropolis of Salzburg, the two lead the
BachWerkVokal ensemble, whose CD debut on MDG caused a sensation.
Dotzauer, Kummer and Grutzmacher - the great soloists of the Dresden Hofkapelle are not only familiar to cellists, they also shaped generations of virtuosos and orchestral musicians.
Wermann and Merkel, as organists at the Kreuzkirche and
Hofkirche, regularly relied on the vocal playing of the Hofkapelle's solo cellists; what's new with Wermann is the ambitious
organ part, which in this instrumentation goes far beyond mere accompaniment.
The search for the right instrument led Vinzenz and Safari to the Jehmlich organ from the Christuskirche in Dresden-Strehlen, which, after extensive restoration, now shines again in its original 1905 glory.
Tracklisting
Trio Parnassus
Katharina Kammerloher (mezzo-soprano), Arttu Kataja (baritone), Eric Schneider (piano)
BachWerkVokal, Gordon Safari
Celeste-Marie Roy
Andrzej Szadejko, Goldberg Baroque Ensemble
caterva musica
Beau Soir Trio
Syrinx Quintet
Theo Plath, Armand Djikoloum, Olivier Stankiewicz, Sakoto Doi, Jordi Carrasco Hjelm
Novi Piano Duo
Pietro Battistoni, Rosso Verona Baroque Ensemble
Zemlinsky Quartet, Paolo Giacometti
Stephane Tetreault; Olivier Hebert-Bouchard
Torleif Thedee & Marianna Shirinyan
Magnus Boye Hansen, Mathias Halvorsen
Rafael Catala, Musica Iberica
