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Antonin Dvorák 1841–1904
Concerto for Violoncello & Orchestra
(Youth-Concerto)
Waldesruhe op. 68 No. 5; Rondo op.
94; Polonaise
Ramon Jaffé, Violoncello
Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie
Daniel Raiskin
cpo 777 461–2 CD, DDD, 2008
American Record Guide 10/2010: »I
love this concerto, and I love what Jaffé
does with it.« FonoForum 7/2010: »An
instructive example of the early Dvorak.
Ramon Jaffé is a delightfully engaged
and passionately active advocate of this
concerto.«
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Johannes Eccard 1553–1611
Sacred & Secular Works
Opella Musica
Ensemble NOEMA
Gregor Meyer
cpo 777 700–2 CD, DDD, 2011
Thüringische Landeszeitung 5.11.2011:
»This year the music world paid tribute
to the Mühlhausen composer Johann
Eccard on the occasion of the four hundredth
anniversary of his death. Eccard
had a not inconsiderable influence on the
development of early sacred music. The
music transports the listener to a past era
and its spiritual spheres.«
Anders Eliasson *1947
Quo Vadis for Tenor, Choir & large
Orchestra
Michael Weinius, Tenor
Swedish Radio Choir
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Johannes Gustavsson
cpo 777 495–2 CD, DDD, 2009
klassik.com 8/2011: »Anders Eliasson is
a voice from Sweden audibly towering
up in contemporary music’s diverse landscape.
The interpretation is outstanding,
the sound quality is excellent – what more
could a listener want?«