Graun/ Forsythe/ Contadin - Torna Vincitor Release:Torna Vincitor Cpo Records Chiaroscuro/ Various - Chiaroscuro

Chiaroscuro/ Various - Chiaroscuro

is unusual and fairly unknown even among bassoonists

Ashk'farad - the combination of Ashkenazi and Sefardi musical worlds - the 2 sides of Jewish culture

the work is hardly less impressive than the "Italian Girl in Algiers"

the band was playing a thousand-seat club and there was a line of patrons outside the door clamoring to get in

Graun/ Forsythe/ Contadin - Torna Vincitor Release:Torna Vincitor Cpo Records Chiaroscuro/ Various - ChiaroscuroOf all the composers who wrote for the gamba during his times, Johann Gottlieb Graun must have been the most diligent one, even though he was not a virtuoso on this instrument. The twenty seven works by him that are known to us represent significant contributions to the repertoire of the concerto, cantata, and sonata. All three of the works presented here contain grand solo parts for the viola da gamba that prove to be of the highest virtuosity. Graun