Pascal Valois - Vienna 1840For the recording of Vienna 1840, Pascal Valois has set himself to rediscover this expressive way of interpreting music as it was played in the German speaking world of the Romantic period. Committed to this quest for authenticity, Valois uses a replica of a Viennese guitar made by the luthier Johann Georg Stauffer (1778 1853) in 1830 to highlight the works of Emilia Giuliani Guglielmi, Franz Schubert, Giulio Regondi and Johann Kaspar Mertz. Pascal

the Capriccio italien (1880)

world music

Amorphis combine the role of ancient minstrels and luminaries of the modern world

Challenging but danceable

This production was recorded at the Opernhaus Zürich April 2018

Morris Morand) originally issued on two 78s (on Oren Blackstone's label) w

Inspiration

for the Kremsier library contains several of Biber's works that were written during his Salzburg period

a solid thumbs-up" [Gramophone] "The much-loved Hiawatha's Wedding Feast recalls the extraordinary excitement of it's first performance

among the greatest ever masterpieces in the history of Western music

The comprehensive commentary allows the viewer to understand the content of what is being seen

It should be better known to us" (Gramophone)