Georg Muffat: Armonico Tributo (1982)

With all of the attention Heinrich von Biber had in terms of new recordings, it is a pity that none of it has rubbed off onto Biber's closest, and utterly worthy, contemporary Georg Muffat. Partly it is a problem of output; compared to Biber's 170-plus surviving compositions, which seems to grow by a piece or two every year as new manuscripts are uncovered, Muffat's slim catalog of just 46 works appears puny indeed. Yet it is not of secondary interest; whereas Biber's eccentric output seems eons away developmentally from ... Read More

With all of the attention Heinrich von Biber had in terms of new recordings, it is a pity that none of it has rubbed off onto Biber's closest, and utterly worthy, contemporary Georg Muffat. Partly it is a problem of output; compared to Biber's 170-plus surviving compositions, which seems to grow by a piece or two every year as new manuscripts are uncovered, Muffat's slim catalog of just 46 works appears puny indeed. Yet it is not of secondary interest; whereas Biber's eccentric output seems eons away developmentally from the music of Bach and Handel, Muffat was the first Baroque composer to fuse French and Italian models into a single, "international" style. His contrapuntally busy upper voices and firm, eighth-note ground basses seem to predicate the style of Handel and Bach, even though the latter two were both only 19 years of age when Muffat was finally laid to rest in 1704.Thankfully, English label Hyperion has restored to the catalog one of the finest recordings of Muffat's instrumental music... Read Less

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