Weichenberger/ Held - Works for FluteThis new release showcases the high quality of Johann Georg Weichenberger's fascinating compositions, which now finally get a well deserved recording. "Weichenberger certainly must have had a certain reputation. In the New Groves Wolfgang Btticher writes that he was held in high esteem "although he was only an amateur". The more recent perspective does not follow this disparagement, with good reason. Considering the beautiful works by these composers

The greatest discographic asset of this album is Corti's arrangement of Bach's unfinished concerto for harpsichord

all seven deadly sins and - as an antidote - the virtues against them are presented in artistic movements by countertenor Franz Vitzthum accompanied by the viola da gamba consort Dryades

staged by Tatjana Gürbaca

Sensual arias and virtuoso concerti by composers such as Alessandro Scarlatti

born in 1935 in Paide (Estonia)

two time National Book Critics Circle Awards winner

Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums by the Dutch guitarist

"I think we'd get bored if it was too slow

it may not be what Hiraku's always dreamed of

These compositions present the saxophone in a variety of settings

contains songs of the Italian Renaissance and the Ottoman court

plus four previously unissued tracks from the 100 Club