J. S. BACH
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1 - 6 Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "For Bach´s Brandenburg Concertos we got to Cöthen Palace, and find the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra in a lovely room, standing round in a semi-circle..the sense of pleasure the players radiate is strong." BBC Music Magazine |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin concertos Nos. 3-5 Gottfried von der Goltz (violin) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Kristian Bezuidenhout [ Aparte / CD - released 2/Jun/2023 ] "Von der Goltz plays with his customary intonational purity, elegance of phrasing, lively articulation, enhanced left-hand clarity and interpretative buoyancy.." BBC Music Concerto Recording of the Month March 2023 |
HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Purcell: Dioclesian / Handel: Concerto Grosso Op 6 No 6, "Il duello amoroso" HWV 82 Nancy Argenta (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Mar/1994 ] Recorded: January 1993, Maria Minor, Utrecht |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart Arias Christian Gerhaher (baritone) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Sony Classical / CD - released 28/Jan/2016 ] "You can hear every word, and when he's at his best, you sense the complete character behind the individual aria" (Gramophone) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Concerti a Due Cori Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans & Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 13/Apr/2018 ] "Handel's rich orchestrations, using wind and brass musicians, are magnificently played by the Freiburgers." Sunday Times |
PIETRO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: Concerti grossi op.1 (Nos 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10) Freiburger Barockorchester / Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Oct/2006 ] "Not only does it reveal music of real genius and adventurousness, but playing of the very highest order." (International Record Review Sept 2006) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies No 49 "La Passione" & No 80 / Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 25/Jul/2014 ] "Mezzo Bernarda Fink's impassioned Scena di Berenice might well send you out on the Haydn operatic trail ... with many rewards guaranteed." (William Dart NZ Herald) |
W. A. MOZART
The Last Concertos: Piano Concerto No 27 & Clarinet Concerto Andreas Staier (pianoforte) Lorenzo Coppola (clarinet) / Freiburger Barockorchester / Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 21/Jan/2008 ] "In sum, a wholly delightful disc that reawakened my appetite for music I thought I heard once or twice too often." - The Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2008 |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas For Bass Matthias Goerne (baritone), Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Aug/2017 ] "Freiburg Baroque are at the top of their game: lithe, shapely, tuneful...And the singing? Matthias Goerne is all breath and vowels and gravel and intensity." The Guardian, 17th August 2017 *** |
MOZART
Mozart: Youth Symphonies Gottfried von der Goltz, Freiburger Barockorchester [ Aparté / CD - released 12/Nov/2019 ] It is true that images have the power to keep a trace of the past. Gottfried von der Goltz and the Freiburger Barockorchestra prove, with this recording, that music, too, conceals the secret of the memory deep within. |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos, K.413-15 [Nos 11 - 13] Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] In January 1783 Mozart advertised in the Vienna press "the publication of three new, recently completed piano concertos", which could even be played with quartet accompaniment - thus enabling him to reach a wider public. In similar vein, he told his... |
MENDELSSOHN
Double Concerto for violin & piano / Piano Concerto in A minor Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz (violin & director) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "the double concerto of 1823 marks an advance on the earlier piano concerto (1822), the brilliant piano writing in both shows the fruitful influence of Weber and Hummel, and the playing of the soloists and the period-instrument Freiburg band is nice... |
PIETRO LOCATELLI
Locatelli: Concerti grossi op.1 Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 26/Aug/2016 ] "The one cause for regret is that these forces do not seem to have recorded the remaining concertos in this set. But this still a worthwhile means to explore the work of a composer and violinist whose fame, in his day, stretched around Europe more... |