VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Virtuoso Piano Transcriptions Frederic Chiu (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD ] |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Tafelmusik Part I-III (complete) Freiburg Barockorchester / Petra Mullejans, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "I was reminded time and again that Telemann's music is extraordinarily good, and amazed at the quality of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra's performances. This is an unmitigated joy." Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist 2011 - Baroque Instrumental |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos 6 - 8 Freiburg Baroque Orchestra [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2002 ] "This is playing of extraordinary sophistication and insight" (BBC Music) |
W. A. MOZART
Divertimenti & Serenata Notturna Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Petra Mullejans [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "A fresh slant on well-known repertoire, and one worth taking note of." Kenneth Walton, The Scotsman, 13 February 2004 |
W.A. MOZART
Symphony no. 38 'Prague' / Symphony no. 41 'Jupiter' Freiburg Baroque Orchestra / Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Mar/2007 ] "As you might expect from René Jacobs's conducting of Mozart operas, these performances have a briskness and sense of elan that is always alert to every one of the music's expressive twists and turns. The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra needs no... |
JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER
Barockes Welttbeater [Baroque World Theatre] Freiburger Barock-Consort [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "Johann Schmelzer's folk-influenced music is full of invention and easy charm and the superb Freiburger Barock Consort make it spring to life...the scuttering violins of the variations on "La bella pastora" hit an ideal baroque style, full of fire... |
HEINRICH IGNAZ BIBER / GEORG MUFFAT
Biber/Muffat: Sonatas Freiburger Barockorchester Consort [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Oct/1994 ] Recording made January & April 1993 |
Freiburger Barock/Jacobs
Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 3/Apr/2006 ] |
J. S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051 Freiburger Barockorchester [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] "The musicianship on this recording is of the very highest order, and every second was an absolute delight to experience. Also of a very high order is the recording quality - each instrument had character and was crystal clear to the ear. The acousti |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Concerti a Due Cori Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans & Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] "Handel's rich orchestrations, using wind and brass musicians, are magnificently played by the Freiburgers." Sunday Times |
Freiburger Barockorchester
Haydn: Symphonies 6, 7 & 8 [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 11/Feb/2002 ] |
Freiburger Barockorchester
Mozart: Concertante [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 6/Feb/2006 ] |
PIETRO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: Concerti grossi op.1 (Nos 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10) Freiburger Barockorchester / Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Oct/2006 ] "Not only does it reveal music of real genius and adventurousness, but playing of the very highest order." (International Record Review Sept 2006) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies No 49 "La Passione" & No 80 / Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] "Mezzo Bernarda Fink's impassioned Scena di Berenice might well send you out on the Haydn operatic trail ... with many rewards guaranteed." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
SCHUBERT
Symphonies Nos 3 & 4 Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] " the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra strike an ideal balance between sinuous energy and surging Romantic spirit." The Times, 30th August 2013 **** |
W.A. MOZART
Symphonies K136-138 / Sereneta Notturna Freiburger Barockorchester / Petra MAllejans (conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi Mozart Edition / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] In short, we have here a compendium of the young Mozart's liveliest and most enchanting string music. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies No 6 Le Matin No 7 Le Midi & No 8 Le Soir Freiburger Barockorchester / Petra Mullejans, director [ Harmonia Mundi Haydn Edition / CD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "It's a joy from start to finish, and I've never felt this close to Haydn in these famous early symphonies before. Highly recommended." (BBC) |
W. A. MOZART
The Last Concertos: Piano Concerto No 27 & Clarinet Concerto Andreas Staier (pianoforte) Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet) / Freiburger Barockorchester / Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 21/Jan/2008 ] "In sum, a wholly delightful disc that reawakened my appetite for music I thought I heard once or twice too often." - The Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2008 |
J.S. BACH
Alio Modo (keyboard works transcribed for viols) Fretwork [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Dec/2005 ] British viol consort Fretwork revel in the contrapuntal intricacies of J.S. Bach's works for organ and harpsichord transcribed for a consort of viols. |
BIRDS ON FIRE
Birds on Fire: Jewish Music for Viols Fretwork [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "Their latest collection, Birds on Fire: Jewish Music for Viols, suggests that klezmer may well have had a discreet toe-hold in the court of Good Queen Bess." (William Dar NZ Herald) |