BAROQUE MASTERWORKS


Ama Deus Ensemble
Valentin Radu, Conductor & Organist
Soloists: Andrea Lauren Brown (Soprano), Sara Davol (Oboe), Elin Frazier (Trumpet)
Recorded: January 2007 at Arch Street United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, PA
Label: Lyrichord/ The Lyrichord Early Music Series
Catalog #: LEMS 8058
Online-Price: $20

This is a delightful collection of favorite 18th century masterpieces by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, featuring Maestro Valentin Radu as solo organist in the J.S. Bach's monumental D Minor Toccata and Fugue, E Flat Major Prelude and Fugue and Handel's lively Organ Concerto No.2. Oboist Sarah Davol plays the charming Antonio Vivaldi D Minor Oboe Concerto and Philadelphia virtuoso Elin Frazier is heard in Handel's Trumpet Suite in D Major and is soloist in Bach's joyful soprano cantata Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, sung by soprano Andrea Lauren Brown. Maestro Radu winds things up with Bach's serene Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring.