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German Baroque Songs
- Adam Krieger:
- Der Liebe Macht herrscht Tag und Nacht
- Der Rheinsche Wein
- Die Liebesgluth verkehrt den Muth
- Ihr bleibet nicht Bestand verpflicht
- Andreas Hammerschmidt: Die Kunst des Küssens
- Bernhard Joachim Hagen: Menuetto con variazioni di Locatelli
- Heinrich Albert: Arien
- Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer: Praeludium & Chaconne VIII
- Johann Nauwach: Teutsche Villanellen
- Johann Philipp Krieger:
- Die Heissverliebte
- Die Holde Nacht
- An die Einsamkeit
- Schmilz, hartes Herz
- Sonata a doi
- Verliebtes Weinen und Lachen
- Johann Valentin Görner:
- Die Nacht
- An den Schlaf
Andreas Scholl, countertenor
Stephanie Pfister & Pablo Valetti, violins
Alix Verzier, cello
Karl-Ernst Schröder, lute
Friederike Heumann & Juan Manuel Quintana, viola da gambas
Markus Märkl, harpsichord
Harmonia Mundi HMC901505
Scholl's voice is a marvel: secure in pitch, its sustaining power projects a feeling of ease that eludes many countertenors, who often sound merely like men who have mastered falsetto. If anything, Scholl has a slightly feminine cast, exemplified in his lofty vibrato. The recording beautifully captures accompanying lute, cello, and clavichord – I've been using it to audition speakers.
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