RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS

Orpheus

Roman Trekel (Orpheus) et al; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/rené Jacobs Harmonia Mundi HMC901618/19 (download) Jacobs conducts a stylish account of this trilingual take on the Orpheus myth.

Tafelmusik I-III

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/ton Koopman Erato 2564698381

Telemann’s assorted musical sweetmeats are served with the Amsterdamers’ customary lightness of touch.

Der Tag des Gerichts; Ino

Concentus Musicus Wien/ Nicolaus Harnoncourt Warner Classics 2564 699729-8 A probing account coupled with the cantata Ino, both products of an octogenarian still firing on all cylinders.

Water Music

Musica Antiqua Köln/goebel DG Archiv E4137882

Neptune is a guest at this celebration of Hamburg’s maritime heritage.