Günter Kehr

Giuseppe Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata came forth from a dream the composer had in 1713 in which he made a pact with the devil and witnessed the latter's virtuosic playing. After awakening, taken aba...

Pietro Nardini was the most important pupil of Tartini regarding both violin playing and composition. Like his teacher, he attached special significance to the beauty of sound and the -suitability for...

Stimmensatz - 2 Flöten I/II, 2 Oboen I/II, 2 Klarinetten in B I/II, 2 Fagotte I/II, 2 Hörner in C I/II, 4 Violinen I, 4 Violinen II, 2 Violen, 4 Bassi

Flöte I/II, Oboe I/II, Horn-a I/II, 4 Violinen I/II, 2 Violen, 4 Violoncelli/Kontrabässe

We know very little of this play which is prob-ably based on the classical legend of the untying of the Gordian knot by Alexander the Great. The libretto was never printed. Of the piece it-self, only...

Muffat, pupil of Lully and Corelli, composed his concerto 'Victoria Maesta' ('Sad Victory') in 1689 as organist and chamber musician in the court of the archbishop of Salzburg. The title refers to the...

The comedy 'The Married Beau, or the Curious Impertinent' by John Crowne is based on an episode from the first part of Miguel Cervantes' novel 'Don Quixote'. Purcell's theatre music consists of nine m...

Partitur = Cembalo

Pietro Nardini was the most important pupil of Tartini regarding both violin playing and composition. Like his teacher, he attached special significance to the beauty of sound and the -suitability for...

The famous concerto for three violins, viola, violoncello and bass is published in this practical edition with bowing indications and fingerings. Its peculiarity results from the characteristic titles...

Right at the beginning of the overture, Telemann comes up with a surprising idea. After the -'bare' entry of the wind section, the string tutti do not join in the playing until the third bar. The 'har...

In this symphony, C.Ph.E. Bach appears as pioneer of the Viennese Classicism. Just in the first movement, we encounter a theme of individual form, a seven-bar (!) combination of syncopated tone repeti...

Right at the beginning of the overture, Telemann comes up with a surprising idea. After the -'bare' entry of the wind section, the string tutti do not join in the playing until the third bar. The 'har...

Right at the beginning of the overture, Telemann comes up with a surprising idea. After the -'bare' entry of the wind section, the string tutti do not join in the playing until the third bar. The 'har...

Pietro Nardini was the most important pupil of Tartini regarding both violin playing and composition. Like his teacher, he attached special significance to the beauty of sound and the -suitability for...