Wolfgang Kostujak

Legrenzi is considered an innovator of instrumental music. The transformation away from the 'style alla Palestrina' to the 'Concerto die Messa' is characteristic of the detachment from the dominance o...

The idiomatic peculiarities of the recorder are taken into account in all 6 sonatas and their possibilities regarding the range, their tonal as well as technical-virtuosic bandwidth are fully exhauste...

Hardly anyone among the traveling flute virtuosos of the early 18th century wrote more beautifully for the recorder than J.Chr. Schickhardt. In his sonatas and trios he knew how to capture once again...

Hardly anyone among the traveling flute virtuosos of the early 18th century wrote more beautifully for the recorder than J.Chr. Schickhardt. In his sonatas and trios he knew how to capture once again...

The sonatas published in 1732 in Amsterdam, London and Paris under Benedetto Marcello's name are to the present day firmly established in the cello repertoire. Although Marcello's authorship is not un...

Telemann's sonatas, published in 1728, are 'methodical' according to the meaning of the word in his own day, since in addition to the plain melody line given to the soloist in the first movements they...

'Methodical' was how Telemann's six sonatas were described when they were published in 1732, because they included a second, ornamented version of the simple melody line of the solo instrument for the...

The now much-loved cantata from 1699 is presented here in an edition critically arranged according to the source. The recorder parts are included in 2 playing scores.

Taken from the collection of 10 sonatas for 2 to 5 string instruments, the work's themes and rhythms reveal the musical heritage of Rosenmüller's homeland. Light.

Bach's 6th trio sonata concludes the cycle of organ trios, whose 'beauty cannot be said enough' (J.N. Forkel), congenially usable in the version with strings.

Legrenzi's polyphonic chamber sonatas are not only captivating because of their contrapuntal facture, they take us into a new age of 'dramatic melody'.

The only oboe sonata by the Bach student Kirnberger appeared in the anthology 'Vermischter Musikalien' in 1769, which can be seen as a sign of compositional appreciation.

The varied forms of the Trii op. 5 show Handel's proven practice of 'exploiting' the popular thematic wealth of his orchestral works and organ concertos in chamber music.

The 3rd sonata of the organ sonatas is presented here in the original key of D minor. Following the conventions of Bach's time, we gave the ingenious work a new garb for 2 violins and bc.

The melodic inventiveness of the 'Amuzettes' is indebted to the taste of the Parisian salon. The characterizing 'Zeitvertreib' titles reflect the noble grace and playfulness of the 'very light'-flavor...

Sonata I: G major; Sonata II: d minor; Sonata III: a minor

Sonata IV: C major; Sonata V: B flat major, Sonata VI: C major

Sonata VII: g minor; Sonata VIII: F major; Sonata IX: g minor

Sonata X: F major; Sonata XI: f minor; Sonata XII: a minor

Loeillet's sonatas shine with a didactic flair for flute-specific passage playing as well as cultivated French 'sound rhetoric'. A must for school and home.

Loeillet's sonatas shine with a didactic flair for flute-specific passage playing as well as cultivated French 'sound rhetoric'. A must for school and home.

Loeillet's sonatas shine with a didactic flair for flute-specific passage playing as well as cultivated French 'sound rhetoric'. A must for school and home.

As one of the most popular opera composers of his time, only these three instrumental pieces by Sarri are highly recommended for school and home, in addition to a flute concerto.