Composer: Christian Westerhoff
Performer: Barbara Buntrock, Gaby Pas-Van Riet
Orchestra: Symphonieorchester Osnabrück
Conductor: Andreas Hotz
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 777844-2
Release: 2017
Size: 281 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Viola Concerto No. 1 in G Major
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Rondo
Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 6
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio non troppo
06. III. Rondo. Allegretto
Viola Concerto No. 3 in C Major
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Andante
09. III. Air varié
‘The son of an Osnabrück town musician has in fact created a concerto that easily holds its own with the renowned repertoire works of a Louis Spohr or a Carl Maria von Weber’. In 2011, audiophil wrote this on the occasion of the first release by the Osnabrück composer Christian Westerhoff. Now a second CD is presenting tonally sophisticated concertos by this Mozart contemporary. The fact that Westerhoff wrote viola concertos of great virtuosity represents a unique feat for his times. He himself must have enjoyed a sovereign command of this instrument. Barbara Buntrock has recorded two charming, virtuosic, and entertaining concertos for us! Along with the flute concerto, they contribute to the rediscovery of a composer from Mozart’s times who demonstrates that great talents were active even in Germany’s provincial northwest.