Composer: Jobst vom Brandt
Performer: Bettina Pahn, Jeroen Finke, Joachim Held, Juliane Laake
Orchestra:
Conductor:
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hänssler
Catalogue: HC22018
Release: 2024
Size: 1.09 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Drei Laub auf einer Linden
02. Zu trost erwelt
03. Preambulum
04. Ich armes Käuzlein kleine
05. Der Nonnen Tantz mit Hupff auff
06. So wünsch ich mir eine gute Nacht
07. Marr, wie Du wilt
08. Ach herzigs Herz
09. Preambulum II
10. Von deinetwillen bin ich hie
11. Het mir ein espes Zweigelein
12. Der Zeuner Tantz mit Hupff auff
13. Thu gleich ein jeder, was er will
14. Ich arme Metz
15. Mancher wünschet im großes Gut
16. Ich hoff, es sei fast wohl müglich
17. Der Bethler Tantz mit Hupf auff
18. Nun schürz dich Greitlein
With this CD we present a composer who is almost completely unknown. An astonishing admission, because his work is well documented in Georg Forster’s songbooks and his compositions have also been published in print. Georg Forster himself held vom Brandt in high esteem, so much so that he dedicated the third volume of his “Teutschen Liedlein” to him. This dedication emphasises Forster’s high regard for v om Brandt, but he also made dedications to other composers. Forster dedicated Volume II to his former fellow student Eck, Volume IV to Stephan Zirler, and Volume V to Dietrich Schwarz von Haselbach, with whom he had been associated since his Heidelberg days. While on the one hand friendship was important to him, he did not lose sight of quality when he wrote that he had “picked out the loveliest and worst from all of them”. Forster’s collection is aimed at the “friend and lover of noble music”, not at the professional musician. Hence the focus on the fact that he had selected not only the “loveliest” but also the “worst” (in the sense of plain or simple). It seemed remarkable that vom Brandt composed during the day, for composing was not his main occupation.