Johann Heinrich Schmelzer has enjoyed a considerable revival of fortunes since Romanesca's trailblazing recording of his music for Harmonia Mundi in 1996; although at least one critic since has referred to Schmelzer as "pretty ensconced on the list of obscure composers," the extent to which Schmelzer has been recorded and adopted by violinists ...
Beethoven's Octet for winds, Op. 103, stands aside from nearly all the rest of his music. It is much earlier than its high opus number suggests, having been composed in 1793 and 1794, before nearly all the rest of his well-known compositions. The work looks back to the system of noble patronage that Beethoven did so much to shatter. This disc ...
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