Café Zimmermann

Early Music Ensemble

 Café Zimmermann

Pablo Valetti and Céline Frisch founded Café Zimmermann in 1998. Consisting of five string instruments and harpsichord - to which other strings or wind instruments are added according to the repertoire - the ensemble concentrates on music of the Baroque era.

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Bach - Secular Cantatas

Bach - Secular Cantatas


Bach, J S:

Angenehmes Wiederau BWV 30a

Cantata BWV207 'Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten'


Monika Frimmer (soprano), Robin Blaze (alto), Markus Schäfer (tenor) & Stephan MacLeod (bass)

Café Zimmermann & Les Chantres du centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Gustav Leonhardt & Olivier Schneebeli

A big splash to start the new musical season: after two years of absence, Gustav Leonhardt picks up the baton again on this record featuring two beautiful and neglected cantatas. He is accompanied by Café Zimmermann.Two of Alpha's star performers join forces in this exceptional project.

Alpha - ALPHA118

(CD)

$16.49

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Charles Avison - Concertos in Seven Parts done from the Lessons of Domenico Scarlatti

Charles Avison - Concertos in Seven Parts done from the Lessons of Domenico Scarlatti


Avison:

Concertos No 6 in D major (after Scarlatti)

Concertos No 5 in D minor (after Scarlatti)

Concertos No 11 in G major (after Scarlatti)

Concertos No 3 in D minor (after Scarlatti)

Concertos No 9 in C major (after Scarlatti)

Concertos No 12 in D major (after Scarlatti)


Café Zimmermann

"I have nothing but praise for the spirited performances and the high-quality recordings in this disc - this is an attractive and informatively annotated introduction." Gramophone [original review May 2003]

Alpha - ALPHA907

(CD)

$7.99

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D'Anglebert - Harpsichord Works and Airs after Lully

D'Anglebert - Harpsichord Works and Airs after Lully


Anglebert:

Suite I in G major

Transcriptions of airs by Monsieur de Lully: Overture to Cadmus, Ritournelle des fées from Rolland, Chaconne from Phaeton, Overture to La Mascarade, Sarabande 'Dieux des Enfers', Les Sourdines from Armide, Les Songes agréables from Atys, Air d'Apollon from Le Triomphe de l'Amour, Passacaille from Armide

Suite II in G minor

Pièces d'orgue

Lully:

Overture to Cadmus

Ritournelle des fées from Rolland

Petit Air pour les mesmes

Chaconne from Phaeton

Overture to La Mascarade

Les Songes agreables from Atys

Sarabande 'Dieux des Enfers'

Air d'Apollon from Le Triomphe de l'Amour

Passacaille from Armide


Céline Frisch (harpsichord)

Café Zimmermann

The originality of this recording lies in the fact that it enables music lovers to compare D'Anglebert's transcriptions with the music of Lully in its original version.

"These d'Anglebert harpsichord works are played with sparkling technique, wit and insight by Frisch on a magnificent modern copy of an instrument by Vincent Tibaut" IRR

Alpha - ALPHA074

(CD - 2 discs)

$25.49

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J S Bach - Concertos with Several Instruments

J S Bach - Concertos with Several Instruments


Bach, J S:

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV1049

Oboe Concerto in F major, BWV1053

Concerto for Three Keyboards in C major, BWV1064

Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067


Café Zimmermann

Alpha - ALPHA071

(CD)

$16.49

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J S Bach - Concertos with Many Instruments

J S Bach - Concertos with Many Instruments


Bach, J S:

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV1048

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043

Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV1066

Concerto for Oboe & Violin in C minor, BWV1060


Café Zimmermann

Alpha - ALPHA048

(CD)

$16.49

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J S Bach - Goldberg Variations

J S Bach - Goldberg Variations


 

Two folksongs used in the quodlibet of Variation 30: 'Die Wasserrüben und der kohl' & 'Ich bin so lang nicht bei dir gewest'

Dominique Visse (counter-tenor)

Bach, J S:

Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Céline Frisch (harpsichord)

Goldberg Canons, BWV1087

Café Zimmermann


Café Zimmermann

Alpha - ALPHA014

(CD - 2 discs)

$17.49

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CPE Bach - Symphonies & concertos for 'cello

CPE Bach - Symphonies & concertos for 'cello


Bach, C P E:

Symphony in B minor Wq 182/5

Sinfonia in G major, Wq. 182/1, H. 657

Sinfonia in E major, Wq. 182/6, H. 662

Sinfonia in C major, Wq. 182/3, H. 659

Cello Concerto No. 3 in A major, Wq 172


Café Zimmermann, Pablo Valetti (violin & direction)

"For the sheer excitement of the symphonies this new disc is well worth hearing." Lindsay Kemp, Gramophone

Alpha - ALPHA107

(CD)

$16.49

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J S Bach - Concertos with Many Instruments

J S Bach - Concertos with Many Instruments


Bach, J S:

Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052

Oboe d'amore Concerto in A major, BWV1055

Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050


Pablo Valetti, Amandine Beyer, Claire Cachia, David Plantier (violins), Diana Baroni (flute), Antoine (oboe d'amore), Patricia Gagnon, Sabine Bouthinon (violas), Petr Skalka (cello), Ludek Brany (double bass), Céline Fritsch (harpsichord)

Café Zimmermann

Alpha - ALPHA013

(CD)

$16.49

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