Jan DeGaetani: Early Music Recital<BR> BRIDGE 9087Released for the first time ever, this concert recording of Jan DeGaetani showcases the legendary mezzo's work in the field of early music recorded in 1977, and the peak of her powers. It is a little known fact the DeGaetani's career started as a performer of early music, so that this disc is a revelatory addition to her discography. The spectacular flexibility and purity of intonation that DeGaetani brought to so many contemporary scores serve her

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Piano Quartet in E-flat major

auserweltes schöns mein herz (2:13)

Given the exhilarating energy conveyed through this recording

from the buzz of paper on the piano strings to the loudest tam-tam crash against a background of perfect silence

It is as if someone were transported back to the days when Guido Deiro himself was performing these songs

Ruders has been hailed as one of the most exciting composers of our time and was named "Composer of the Year" in 2001 at the Cannes International Critics Awards

It is performed by Speculum and New York Philharmonic percussion virtuoso Daniel Druckman

Xavier Montsalvatge:

Rosengruß (before 1900)

This work is a tour de force

Bach compositions