Enjott Schneider - Bach, Dracula, Vivaldi & Co. (Various Artists)

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Composer: Enjott Schneider

• BACH-Metamorphosen (Concerto for oboe, strings and harpsichord
• Omaggio a Vivaldi (Concerto for recorder, strings and harpsichord)
• Vivaldissimo (Concerto for two trumpets, strings and harpsichord)
• Draculissimo (Concerto grosso for trumpet, trombone and ensemble)

Albrecht Mayer, oboe

Dorothee Oberlinger, recorder

Joachim Schäfer & Csaba Kelemen, trumpets

Stefan Langbein, trombone

Olga Watts, harpsichord

Tonkünstler-Orchester

Kevin John Edusei, conductor

Date: 2016

Label: Wergo

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Review

Four Concerti Grossi - the embodiment of joyous music making. Four journeys into the past to link a modern musical language with characteristic aspects of Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, and fancifully abstruse the historical figure of Dracula. Everything is tongue-incheek, but artfully assembled and full of sly double meanings. The Concerto Bach-Metamorphosen not only plays with the famous four notes B-A-C-H, but also shares the radicalism and noncompromising nature of Bachs aesthetic principles. Omaggio a Vivaldi was commissioned by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra for the recorder soloist Stefan Temmingh, who performed the premiere in Potam with the Brandenburg Symphony in 2011. This Homage was written not only to honor the famous Baroque compositional genius from Venice, who was known throughout Europe and significantly influenced Bach, it is also a celebration of craziness and a manic work ethic! Vivaldissimo is performed quite often and has established itself in the trumpet repertoire. The work combines the thrill of virtuoso motoric movement with a post-modern mixture of contrasting styles. Draculissimo. Concerto grosso deals with the historical figure of Dracula, the brutal Count Vlad III (Draculea) of Wallachia.

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Enjott Schneider (born 1950 in Weil am Rhein) is a German composer, musicologist and educator. He studied music and humanities at Freiburg, earning a doctorate under Hans-Heinrich Eggebrecht. Schneider held academic posts in Freiburg and Munich, and later taught composition in Regensburg. He gained prominence in the 1980s as a leading film composer, scoring major German television series and films. His diverse output spans symphonies, operas, concertos and organ works, often blending styles from classical to rock. A prolific author and studio founder, he has received numerous prestigious awards for his music.

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