German composer Johann Christoph Pez (1664-1716) is beginning to enjoy the recognition his truly original style deserves. The overtures and concertos presented on this CD surely represent the most essential and attractive compositions of this sadly neglected composer.
"In short, a very fine album, well worth your investigation." --FANFARE
"In short, a very fine album, well worth your investigation." --FANFARE
Like Georg Muffat, Pez was one of the great late seventeenth-century defenders of the Vermischter Geschmack, a synthesis between French and Italian styles, which at the time dominated musical taste in Europe.
The CD offers an variegated anthology of his orchestral repertoire and illustrates all musical forms available to the composer: concertos, suites, sonatas for ensembles with or without winds, and with or without soloists.
Director Peter Van Heyghen recently rediscovered these amazingly beautiful compositions in the libraries of Rostock and Dresden; based on the manuscripts, he provided a detailed practical edition of the music.
The CD offers an variegated anthology of his orchestral repertoire and illustrates all musical forms available to the composer: concertos, suites, sonatas for ensembles with or without winds, and with or without soloists.
Director Peter Van Heyghen recently rediscovered these amazingly beautiful compositions in the libraries of Rostock and Dresden; based on the manuscripts, he provided a detailed practical edition of the music.
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