(1998) La Castella: Italian Baroque Virtuoso Instrumental Music Margrit Conrad she wins the First Prize

she wins the First Prize at the prestigious International Harp Contest in Israel

Mozart’s piano quartet in G minor is a truly «great work

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Paul Arma’s setting of Béla Bartók’s 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs captures all the moods of his teacher’s collection ranging from tender to whimsical to lively to nostalgic

(1998) La Castella: Italian Baroque Virtuoso Instrumental Music Margrit Conrad she wins the First PrizeThe recorder was the favourite instrument of amateur musicians in the 17th and 18th centuries, but many renowned virtuosos also gave it preference. But who were the composers of music for this flattering sounding wind instrument in Italy at the time? Were they original compositions or transcriptions, and which instruments in the flute family were played? The young Swiss recorder virtuoso Maurice Steger, accompanied by his Continuo Consort conducted by