Moesus; Johannes

Mixing Up The Classical Classical Diet

Jens F. Laurson

It isn’t, strictly speaking, absolutely necessary to compare Antonio Rosetti (1750-1792) to Haydn or Mozart. But as soon as you hear a few bars of

Major Discoveries: Witt’s Wonderful Orchestral Works

David Hurwitz

Friedrich Witt (1770-1836) achieved his 15 minutes of fame as

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Winter: Orchestral works

David Hurwitz

Peter von Winter was a major opera composer in his day (1754-1825). One of a seemingly endless series of Mannheim-based students of Georg (Abbé) Vogler,

Reinecke: Symphony No. 1

David Hurwitz

Carl Reinecke was a good composer; his basic amiability and mellifluousness has counted against him, but if you take the time to listen you will

Kalliwoda: Overture No. 12; Introduction & Vars for clarinet etc

David Hurwitz

Leave it to the classical music biz to issue three discs of Kalliwoda orchestral music at exactly the same time! Between Orfeo, CPO, and this

Rosetti

Victor Carr Jr

During his lifetime Antonio Rosetti (1750-92) achieved fame nearly equivalent to his contemporaries Haydn and Mozart. Born in Bohemia (and given the name Anton Rössler),