Das Alte Werk
Das Alte Werk was inaugurated in 1958 with the release of 7” discs of Gregorian chant and music by Machaut, and quickly gained a reputation for historically informed, high-quality recordings. There soon followed LPs of harpsichord sonatas by Scarlatti, Concerti grossi by Handel and Partitas for unaccompanied violin by Bach.
The signing up of Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt, Frans Brüggen and Jaap Schröder ushered in a new era: the rediscovery of the authentic sound of period instruments, scholarly research into original sources and the obvious delight the label’s young artists had in their music-making combined to offer the listener new and fascinating musical experiences.
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Building a Library, May 2007, First Choice
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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051 Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Released as part of Das Alte Werk's 50th anniversary 'pat on the back' to itself, Herbert Tachezi's Art of Fugue harnesses a pungent Ahrend & Brunzema organ to lend clarity to a reading which... — More…
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Colourful music by Schmelzer and Fux, pungent sounds from the end of Harnoncourt's pioneering 1960s… — More…
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A very musical and appealing performance… altogether a disc with much polished and sensitive playing. — More…
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Jacques Villisech, Bert van t'Hoff & Siegfried Schneeweis
Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis & Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Ravishing playing by a born Boccherinian… — More…
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Bach - Cantatas Agnes Giebel, Sheila Armstrong, Rotraus Hansmann (sopranos), Julia Falk, Helen Watts (altos), Bert van t’Hoff, Kurt Equiluz (tenors) & Jacques Villisech, Max van Egmond (basses)
Monteverdi Choir Hamburg, Jürgen Jürgens
Patches of engaging music-making here, though giving more insight into 1960s Hamburg than 1720s Leipzig. Choruses are often woolly, soloists vary from off-the-voice big voices to insecure,... — More…
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Ann Murray (Dido), Anton Scharinger (Aeneas), Trudeliese Schmidt (Sorceress)
Rachel Yakar (Belinda)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
The timbre and weight of Ann Murray's voice drag down Dido's vocal line. While neatly shaping the phrases of the chorus, Harnoncourt reins in neither its volume nor the soloists' rubatos. — More…
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This recording ranks highly… The recorded sound is clear and spacious and five of the madrigals from the Seventh Book are, to my knowledge, new to the catalogue — More…
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