Dietrich Buxtehude in his only authenticated portrait |
Buxtehude: Sonata in C Major, BuxWV 266
Else Marie Bruun and Julius Koppel, violins;
Alberto Medici, cello; Mogens Wöldike, harpsichord
Recorded November 19, 1940
HMV DB 5249, one 78-rpm record
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Wöldike is by far the best-known of these musicians, and I'm sure his was the guiding spirit behind this performance, with his well-known qualities as a Baroque scholar. Koppel and Bruun were husband and wife, and Medici, despite his Italian-sounding name, appears to have spent his entire career in Denmark; he was principal cellist for the Danish Radio Orchestra for several decades. (Satyr has another recording featuring Elsa Marie Bruun, with Wöldike conducting - the Bach Concerto for violin and oboe.)
A thousand, thousand thanks for the Buxtehude! Every one of the nearly 200 discs in the series is a gem of the first magnitude. If you have more,
ReplyDeletekeep 'em coming - please!
Mike in Plovdiv
You know what I'm going to say, don't you!? Another thousand, thousand thanks - this is right up my gade... It's a lovely record - but then, I'm a bit of a Buxtehude nutter, and a thousand years from now, when I finally get my 78 rpm chain up and running, I will transfer and share all the many discs of his organ and vocal music I've been amassing (rather less of the chamber music, though I do have this one). Very best wishes, Nick
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