Buxtehude/ Ricercar Consort - KantatenRicercar first released this collection of cantatas by Buxtehude in 2007 to mark the 300th anniversary of the composer's death; it provides a comprehensive summary of the different musical styles that Buxtehude employed. Set to both Latin and German texts, these "geistliche Konzerte" are remarkable not only for their emotional and theatrical writing for the voice but also for the close linking of the instrumental parts with the vocal lines. Ricercar,

" Bucky plays his trademark guitar in a trio setting

And we are presenting this conversation operetta in a semi-scenic performance

one for each decade

Bierman's instrumental version of his Six Songs rounds out the disc

Reykjavik Wind Quintet/ Siguroardottit - Wind Music from the Faroe Islands

heard here at the height of his powers

Thomas Choir Leipzig

Composed during a period of tranquil isolation-isolation created by a global pandemic

" The end result is an album that's equally appealing both as an introduction to Auld for newcomers and

So in April 2021

by Stan Wright at Portland's Buzz Or Howl Studios (Red Dons

The violin concertos are written in a French virtuoso style while the chamber music is influenced by the late style of Haydn and the early of Beethoven