classical music: John Ostendorf

classical music: John Ostendorf

classical music:

John Ostendorf

Amor Artis Orchestra, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Lyrichord Discs Inc., 1999

Great Collection of Bach Cantatas with Caffeine
Here are two Cantatas out of the hundreds that Bach composed and performed in Leipzig churches where he served. However, one of these, the title of this CD collection was secular in nature and speaks of the swirling debate in Bach's time over coffee. There are also ...

Handel: The Masterworks (Box Set)

Gunther Burzynski, Istvan Gati, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2004

Handel's Music
Good performances, good fidelity and recordings, good selection but not comprehensive. No Samson & Delilah, no Solomon, no Julius Caesar etc. SAK

Handel - Muzio / Fortunato · Baird · Ostendorf · E. Mills · Urrey · Lane · Matthews · Brewer BCO · Palmer

George Frideric Handel, Rudolph Palmer, ...

Newport Classic, 1993

A little review Opera Handel- Muzio/Baird,Ostendorf,Lane,Fortunato, Urrey etc.
the Italian Paolo Rolli wrote the libretto for Muzio Scevola for the opera. For reasons of the time-saver three composers presumably wrote at the opera at the same time. The first act which apparently is no longer available today wrote Filippo Amadei, the first ...

Handel - Joshua / Aler · Baird · Fortunato · Ostendorf · Brewer Chamber Orchestra · Palmer

George Frideric Handel, Rudolph Palmer, ...

Newport Classic, 1993

follow up
Oops, sorry, forgot about the soloists. John Aler has a brighter tenor sound, not as dark as Robert Tear, but the way he handles the recitative text is very similar. Both he an John Ostendorf are a little heavy on the vibrato for my taste, but their diction is not that ...

A Total Embrace: The Composer
Leonard Bernstein, "On The Town" Orchestra, ...

Sony, 2003

Antonin Dvorak: Love Songs & Folk Duets
Antonin Dvorak, Katherine Ciesinski, ...

Lyrichord Discs, 2008

Dvorak: Love Songs and Folk Duets (Serbian Songs)
Antonin Dvorak, Catherine Ciesinski, ...

Erasmus Records, 1995

The Original Jacket Collection: Bernstein Conducts Bernstein
Alan Titus, David Wilson-Johnson, ...

Sony Classics, 2008

Jane Austen's Songbook

Anonymous, Stephen Storace, ...

Albany Records, 2004

Beautiful vocal music
This collection is wonderful and gives us an opportunity to experience some of Austen's favorite music.

Igor Stravinsky: The Composer, Vol. 1

John Cheek, Igor Stravinsky, ...

Music Masters Jazz, 1991

Terrific collection - HOW CAN THIS BE OUT OF PRINT!!!!
Stravinsky is one of my favorite composers and this set has several of my favorite compositions by him. The "Symphony in Three Movements" is a popular and frequently performed work. Stravinsky said that this work was his reaction to the Second World War. It is ...

Handel - Acis and Galatea / Baird · G. Hirst · Ostendorf · Oosting · Amor Artis Orch. · Somary

George Frideric Handel, Johannes Somary, ...

Newport Classic, 1991

Profound Evocation of Tragedy in a Pastoral Setting
Johannes Somary directs the Amorartis Orchestra, a period-instrument orchestra, in a recording of the masque/opera "Acis & Galatea", HWV 49, by George Frederic Handel (1685-1759). "Acis and Galatea, composed in spring 1718, was modelled on the English masques by ...

Alessandro Scarlatti: Ishmael
Loretta O'Sullivan, Alessandro Scarlatti, ...

Newport Classic, 1995

Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona

John Ostendorf, Giovanni Pergolesi, ...

Omega Classics, 1993

The surprize is in the title.
Anyone familiar with Pergolesi's works will enjoy this light entertaining composition. I fell in love wih it the first time I heard it and managed to get a recording about twelve years ago which I have listened to over and over. When I eventually got hold of the ...