Olaf Mühlenhardt

Bach probably composed Fantasia and Fugue around 1725 at the beginning of his Leipzig years. Hardly any of his keyboard works is so closely associated with his organ works. The remarks ‚manualiter' in...

While the music in the arrangements of the other three concertos remained unchanged, Concerto in A-major, TWV 40:204 required some alterations to enable an idiomatic performance on saxophones. Numerou...

The Fantasia opens with a long pedal point over which the upper parts unfold a solemn, declamatory theme. The second theme employs expressive sighing gestures. The fact that there are virtually no pas...

Bach probably composed Fantasia and Fugue around 1725 at the beginning of his Leipzig years. Hardly any of his keyboard works is so closely associated with his organ works. The remarks 'manualiter' in...

Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) composed the Fantasias for String Instruments with three to seven parts in the summer of 1680 at the age of 21 for the traditional Viol Consorts, at a time when the instrum...

Bach composed the six Trio Sonatas for Organ BWV 525 - 530 probably between 1727 and 1730 when he was Cantor at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. The trio sonata as a baroque genre usually employs fou...

Bach composed the six Trio Sonatas for Organ BWV 525 - 530 probably between 1727 and 1730 when he was Cantor at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. The trio sonata as a baroque genre usually employs fou...

Bach composed the six Trio Sonatas for Organ BWV 525 - 530 probably between 1727 and 1730 when he was Cantor at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. The trio sonata as a baroque genre usually employs fou...

The linear, distinctly chamber music-like disposition suits well the instrumentation of three saxophones.

Originally written for solo keyboard, this pair of Domenico Scarlatti sonatas from the late Baroque renders beautifully for the saxophone quartets of today. The first is a slow andante in 3/4; the sec...

Bach hält sich bei der Canzona in Form, Setzweise und Diktion an die alten Muster. Nichtsdestotrotz handelt es sich um ein qualitativ hochwertiges und reizvolles Musikstück.

The subtitle 'For a young elephant' of 'Circus Polka' composed by Stravinsky is due to the piece's original use as music for a ballet performance with 50 elephants and the same number of ballerinas. T...

Präludium und Fuge in G-Dur BWV 541 ist eines der bekanntesten und meistgespielten Bachschen Orgelwerke überhaupt. Olaf Mühlenhardt hat die musikalisch vielschichtige Fuge für Saxophonquintett arrangi...

Marked 'Andante Commodo,' this faithful adaptation of the Domenico Scarlatti theme features the harmonic clarity, melodic ornamentation, and straightforward rhythms of music written in the Baroque era...

The subtitle 'For a young elephant' of 'Circus Polka' composed by Stravinsky is due to the piece's original use as music for a ballet performance with 50 elephants and the same number of ballerinas. T...

The subtitle 'For a young elephant' of 'Circus Polka' composed by Stravinsky is due to the piece's original use as music for a ballet performance with 50 elephants and the same number of ballerinas. T...

The subtitle 'For a young elephant' of 'Circus Polka' composed by Stravinsky is due to the piece's original use as music for a ballet performance with 50 elephants and the same number of ballerinas. T...

The form of these concertos is concise and concentrated, even in a moderate tempo none of them lasts longer than eight minutes. The fast movements are fresh and lively. The slow ones are expressive an...

The form of these concertos is concise and concentrated, even in a moderate tempo none of them lasts longer than eight minutes. The fast movements are fresh and lively. The slow ones are expressive an...

The form of these concertos is concise and concentrated, even in a moderate tempo none of them lasts longer than eight minutes. The fast movements are fresh and lively. The slow ones are expressive an...