Reincken/ Stylus Phantasticus/ Heumann - Hortus Musicus 1With it's 1688 printed collection of the Hortus Musicus apparently quite confident Johann Adam Reincken (1643 1722) wanted his critics in the mirror of their own musical inadequacy. The largely designed according to a standard six Partitas, each consisting of an introductory Sonata plus a suite of Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gigue, he had therefore bestowed the greatest possible variety and artistry in the drafting. No wonder then that the young

Tchaikovsky was an admirer of Mozart's music and paired the premiere of his Sixth Symphony

while being part of the international scene

the Bobby Womack album that served to relaunch his career and established him as a renewed force to be reckoned with in R&B in the 1980s

Louis Gossett

and charangos suggest gifts of sun and rain and ancestral rites

blending hillbilly

has been out of print since it's initial release in 1973

RCA-Victor and Capitol labels from this era

choral and spoken pieces

only 34 years old

He is able to play the repertoire of his instrument - the cornett resembles a flute in it's construction

This recording was realized by Accentus Music in partnership with the Académie France-Chine