The Baroque Legacy | Limited Edition

A newly remastered treasury of Baroque ensemble music from Gabrielito Haydn, including several recordings receiving their first international CD release. The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra was founded by Karl Münchingerin 1946, and it was only after six months of intensive rehearsals that the 31-year-old conductor allowed it to make its debut. The orchestra gave 124 concerts in its first hear, and was hailed as the finest chamber-music ensemble in Germany. When Decca issued its first LP in Europe, it was of two Brandenburg Concertos played by the ensemble, and their recordings soon acquired an enviable reputation for Münchinger’sinfallible musical instincts and his orchestra’s lively and polished playing. Having returned to circulation several fine Decca recordings which showcase the conductor’s excellence in choral and Romantic-era music, as well as his classic Art of Fugue arrangement (4825187), Eloquence now presents the most comprehensive set ever released of the Stuttgart CO/ MünchingerBaroque albums, made in mono and stereo between 1951 and 1975. Organised in chronological order of composition, the set opens with a selection of Sonatas and Canzonas by Gabrieli, perfectly illustrating the timeless values of Münchinger’sinterpretative vitality even in an era of performance practice vastly different from when he made these pioneering recordings. Harpsichord continuo support on that album was provided by the brilliant young (and tragically short-lived) organist Brian Runnett,

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Format: CD
Artist: Karl Munchinger
Release Date: 11 October 2019
Genre: Classical Music
Label: ELOQUENCE / DECCA
Distributor: Universal Music