“Drawing on a wide range of stylistic references, Schenck artfully blends suite and sonata forms with
more freely structured, almost improvised passages. The musicians of Ensemble Castor fully understand this and
bring it vividly to life in this dazzling recording!
4 1/2 stars”
MultiKulti, 13-5-2025
“These players never fail to find something to say… lovely, imaginative performances on some sweet sounding instruments!”
Grammophone
“Die Interpretationen von Castor sind ausgezeichnet, die CD Discorsi Musicali gehört zu den Besten, die ich in letzter Zeit gehört habe”
J.van Veen, Toccata
Released: 4th April 2025, © WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING. The renowned Austrian Ensemble Castor presents the first part of the world premiere recording of Johannes Schenck’s complete Opus 7, his only works written for violin and basso continuo. Schenck’s exciting music is a subtle combination of suites, sonatas, and pieces in the so-called “Stylus phantasicus”, resulting […]
Released: 5th February 2021, Pan Classics, © note 1 music gmbh. Excerpts from opera of Agostino Steffani with the Italian soprano Silvia Frigato. Agostino Steffani is one of those multi-talented personalities one often encounters in the baroque era. He was a man of the church who made it as far as titular bishop and mediator […]
Released: 7th September 2019, Pan Classics, © note 1 music gmbh. Works of Franz Xaver Richter and Johann Stamitz. With Jana Semerádová, transverse flute. Because Carl Theodor, Elector Palatine, was an experienced flute player, this instrument played a significant role for many composers of the commonly called Manheim School. Those concerts, quartets, trios and sonatas […]