Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln - Concerti "per l'orchestra di Dresda": Heinichen, Veracini, Quantz, Pisendel, Fasch, Dieupart (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 381 Mb | Total time: 70:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 447 644-2 | Recorded: 1994
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 381 Mb | Total time: 70:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 447 644-2 | Recorded: 1994
During the first half of the eighteenth century the Dresden court orchestra enjoyed international renown. Its excellence was on a par with those at Berlin, Paris and Vivaldi’s orchestra of ladies at the Pieta in Venice. The Enlightenment philosopher and amateur musician, Rousseau, rated it the most accomplished and best organized ensemble in Europe – and he had heard most of the competition. The Dresden achievement was largely thanks to Pisendel, who directed the court orchestra for over a quarter of a century and whose prowess as a violin virtuoso was probably unrivalled in Germany during his lifetime. Pisendel travelled, he knew Vivaldi and doubtless many other foreign musicians too, and he amassed a considerable number of their compositions which he copied or brought back with him to Dresden.
