Search - Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Orfeo Baroque Orchestra :: Georg Christoph Wagenseil: 5 Symphonies

Splendid - More, More, More Please!!!

R. Lane | Tracy, CA USA | 09/16/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Authenticated manuscripts exist for over 50 symphonies by this little known contemporary of Haydn. If the 5 symphonies on this outstanding disk are any indication of the musicianship and quality of most of them, then recordings and performances of more of them is long overdue. This is absolutely one of the most enjoyable disks of 18th century music I have ever owned. Exquisitely played, profoundly directed, and perfectly recorded/engineered.



Don't hesitate. Get this, and anything else of Wagenseil you can find.



Follow up - CPO issued a "Volume 2" in 2008 - see it here : Georg Christoph Wagenseil: Symphonies, Vol. 2"

Good and important composer

HSIEH CHENG CHUNG | Taipei, Taiwan | 09/13/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I recommand this disc with 2 reasons,

1. Wagenseil was a important composer in pre-classic period, between bach and hayden, he had good contribution to the development of symphonies music model. We could know the tread from baroque to classic by this disc.

2. Another is more simple. It's also a beautiful music and easy to touch, if you are a fans of hayden or mozart, you could put it in your collection list."