Short bio Johann Joseph Fux
Full biography Johann Joseph Fux
Johann Joseph Fux was an Austrian composer , music theorist, and pedagogue of the late Baroque era. He was born around 1660 and died on February 13, 1741. Fux is considered to be one of the most successful composers of his time, particularly for his contributions to the field of counterpoint.
Fux wrote a number of operas, secular oratorios, and other works throughout his career, but his most enduring contribution to the field of music theory is the Gradus ad Parnassum. This treatise, published in 1725, provides a detailed guide to writing music in the Baroque style, with a particular focus on counterpoint and harmony. The book became a standard text in music schools and conservatories for many years after its publication, and it remains a valuable resource for students and composers today.
Aside from his theoretical work, Fux also composed a variety of works for the church, including masses and other sacred pieces. Some of his more well-known operas include Elisa (Vienna, 1719) and Costanza e Fortezza (Prague , 1723).
Overall, Johann Joseph Fux was a prolific and influential composer and music theorist during the Baroque era. His contributions to the field of counterpoint in particular have had a lasting impact on composers and students of music theory alike.
Compositions featuring Johann Joseph Fux
# | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
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1 | La Deposizione dalla Croce di Gesu Cristo Salvator Nostro, oratorio, K. 300 | Choral | 1728 | |
2 | La corona d'Arianna, opera, K. 317 (FuxWV II.2.20) | 67:54 min | Opera | 1726 |
3 | La cena del Signore, oratorio, K298 | Choral | 1720 | |
4 | Requiem No. 7 for soloists, chorus & ensemble ("Kaiserrequiem"), K. 51-53 | 21:52 min | Choral | 1720 |
5 | Gesù Cristo negato da Pietro, oratorio for 5 voices, chorus & orchestra, K. 297 | 95:59 min | Choral | 1719 |
6 | Cristo nell' orto, oratorio, K. 296 | 4:43 min | Choral | 1718 |
7 | Il Fonte della salute, aperto dalla grazia nel calvario, oratorio | 133:21 min | Choral | 1716 |
8 | La donna forte nella Madre de sette Maccabei, oratorio, K. 292 | 4:07 min | Choral | 1715 |
9 | Orfeo ed Euridice, opera, No. 309 | Opera | 1715 | |
10 | Dafne in Lauro, opera | 118:29 min | Opera | 1714 |
11 | Missa Corporis Christi, for 2 voices, chorus & orchestra | 34:52 min | Choral | 1713 |
12 | La decima fatica d'Ercole, opera, K. 307 | Opera | 1710 | |
13 | Il mese de Marzo consacrato a Marte, opera | Opera | 1709 | |
14 | Julio Ascanio, Re d'Alba, opera | Opera | 1708 | |
15 | Pulcheria, opera, K. 303 | Opera | 1708 | |
16 | Te Deum, for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra, K. 271 | 14:53 min | Choral | 1704 |
17 | Overture No. 6 in D minor (Concentus musico-instrumentalis), K.357 | 14:26 min | Chamber Music | 1701 |
18 | Sonata à 4 in G minor, K. 347 | 7:16 min | Chamber Music | 1701 |
19 | Adagio per organo K. 400 (Sonata terza) | 2:01 min | Keyboard | - |
20 | Alma Redemptoris Mater, for voice, trombone & continuo, K. 186 | 8:59 min | Vocal Music | - |
21 | Alma redemptoris, for voice, 2 violins & continuo, K. 185 | 5:05 min | Vocal Music | - |
22 | Alma redemptoris, for voice, 2 violins & continuo, K. 187 | 3:30 min | Vocal Music | - |
23 | Aria | 2:18 min | Chamber Music | - |
24 | Aria passaggiata, for harpsichord in C major, E. 114/2 | 1:58 min | Keyboard | - |
25 | Ave Maria, for voice, strings & organ | 3:31 min | Vocal Music | - |
26 | Ave Regina caelorum, for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, K207 | 6:50 min | Vocal Music | - |
27 | Ave Regina caelorum, for soprano, 2 violins, viola & continuo, K. 208 | 5:00 min | Vocal Music | - |
28 | Ave Regina, for voice & continuo, K. 206 | 3:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
29 | Ave Regina, for voice, 2 violins & continuo, K. 205 | 4:23 min | Vocal Music | - |
30 | Canon a due E. 66 (2 trombones, organ, violone) | Chamber Music | - | |
31 | Canzon a 3, K. 329 | 10:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
32 | Capriccio for harpsichord in G minor, K404 | 22:44 min | Keyboard | - |
33 | Ciaccona for keyboard in D major, K403 | 9:24 min | Keyboard | - |
34 | Ciaconna in G major | 6:12 min | Chamber Music | - |
35 | Concerto for 2 oboes, 2 violions & continuo in D major ("Le dolcezze e l'amarezze della notte") | 13:58 min | Concerto | - |
36 | De profundis, motet, K. 130 | 4:08 min | Choral | - |
37 | Felice io me n'andro di Giove | 5:35 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
38 | Germanicum de Passione, oratorio | 62:02 min | Choral | - |
39 | Gigue | 1:56 min | Chamber Music | - |
40 | Harpeggio and Fuga for keyboard in G major | 3:30 min | Keyboard | - |
41 | Intrada for trumpet, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & basso continuo in C major (from "Pulcheria"), K. 303 | 6:59 min | Chamber Music | - |
42 | Intrada in canone à 3 in G major, K. 321 | 7:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
43 | Intrada, for chamber ensemble in C major, E. 62 | 9:38 min | Chamber Music | - |
44 | Isti, qui amicti sunt, motet for tenor, 2 violins & continuo | 6:18 min | Vocal Music | - |
45 | John the Baptist, oratorio | 133:10 min | Choral | - |
46 | Laetare turba caelitum, for 2 recorders (or flutes) & continuo, E. 80 | 6:11 min | Chamber Music | - |
47 | Laudate Dominum, for chorus & orchestra | 4:51 min | Choral | - |
48 | Laudate pueri: Sit nomen domini, for chorus | 4:51 min | Choral | - |
49 | Libera me, Domine, motet, K. 54 | 3:45 min | Choral | - |
50 | Litaniae Sancta Maria, for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra, K. 121 | 13:39 min | Choral | - |
51 | Magnificat, for chorus & orchestra, K. 98 | 13:58 min | Choral | - |
52 | Media vita in morte sumus. Chorale, after a version of the "Gross Catholisch Gesangbuch" of David Gregor Corner, Nuremburg 1625 | 1:20 min | Choral | - |
53 | Menuets (12) for harpsichord | 16:44 min | Keyboard | - |
54 | Omnis terra adoret, motet for 5 voices & orchestra, K.183 | 8:05 min | Choral | - |
55 | Ouverture for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola & continuo in B flat major, K.deest (E110) | 12:24 min | Orchestral | - |
56 | Ouverture in B flat major (No. 2 from Concentus Musico Instrumentalis) | 11:31 min | Orchestral | - |
57 | Ouverture à 4, for 2 violins, viola & continuo in C major (from "Concentus Musico Instrumentalis") | 10:31 min | Chamber Music | - |
58 | Overture for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola & continuo in D minor, E.109 | 14:19 min | Orchestral | - |
59 | Overture for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, bassoon & violoncello | 17:16 min | Chamber Music | - |
60 | Overture for 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in C major, K. 334 | 12:20 min | Chamber Music | - |
61 | Overture in C minor | 4:08 min | Orchestral | - |
62 | Overture in D major, N. 4 | 17:44 min | Orchestral | - |
63 | Overture in G minor, K. 355 | 17:16 min | Orchestral | - |
64 | Overture No. 3 in F major (Concentus musico-instrumentalis), K. 354 | 19:29 min | Chamber Music | - |
65 | Overture to Pulcheria, for trumpet, 2 oboes, strings & basso continuo | 6:56 min | Chamber Music | - |
66 | Paries Quidem Filium, motet for voice, 2 trumpets & strings | 6:10 min | Vocal Music | - |
67 | Parthia for keyboard in A major, K405 | 13:48 min | Keyboard | - |
68 | Parthia in C major, for 2 trumpets, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, violon & timpani | 12:08 min | Chamber Music | - |
69 | Parthia Trio, E. 64 | 9:56 min | Chamber Music | - |
70 | Parthie for piano No. 2 in F major | 10:04 min | Keyboard | - |
71 | Partita a 3, K. 320 | 10:31 min | Chamber Music | - |
72 | Partita for harpsichord in G | 20:21 min | Keyboard | - |
73 | Partita for harpsichord No. 1 in A minor, E. 115 | 19:28 min | Keyboard | - |
74 | Partita for harpsichord No. 2 in F major, E. 116 | 12:37 min | Keyboard | - |
75 | Partita for harpsichord No. 4 in G minor, E. 117 | 12:11 min | Keyboard | - |
76 | Partita for harpsichord No. 5 in G major, E70 | 20:32 min | Keyboard | - |
77 | Partita à 3 in B minor, K. 319 | 8:14 min | Chamber Music | - |
78 | Partita à 3 in C major, K. 323 | 7:38 min | Chamber Music | - |
79 | Partita à 3 in D minor, K. 322 | 10:59 min | Chamber Music | - |
80 | Partita à 3 in G major, K. 321 | Chamber Music | - | |
81 | Pastorale a tre, for 2 violins & continuo | 2:48 min | Chamber Music | - |
82 | Pia Mater fons amoris, for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, K. 176 | 7:38 min | Vocal Music | - |
83 | Plaudite, Sonat Tuba for tenor, trumpet & ensemble | 8:05 min | Vocal Music | - |
84 | Plaudite, Sonat Tuba, motet for voice, trumpet & strings | 17:47 min | Vocal Music | - |
85 | Rondeau | 4:10 min | Orchestral | - |
86 | Rondeau à 7, for violino piccolo, bassoon, 4 violins & continuo | 4:31 min | Orchestral | - |
87 | Salve salus mundi, motet for 4 voices, K. 163 | 4:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
88 | Serenada in C major, K. 352 | 16:35 min | Orchestral | - |
89 | Serenade for 8 | 35:37 min | Chamber Music | - |
90 | Sinfonia for 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & basso continuoin G minor (from "Il mese di Marzo"), K. 306 | 5:00 min | Chamber Music | - |
91 | Sinfonia in G minor, K. 336 | 4:51 min | Chamber Music | - |
92 | Sinfonia No. 2 in B flat major (from "Concentus musico-instumentalis"), K. 353 | 16:24 min | Orchestral | - |
93 | Sinfonia No. 7 in F major (from "Concentus musico-instrumentalis") | 12:17 min | Orchestral | - |
94 | Sinfonia à 3 in D major, K. 326 | 13:41 min | Chamber Music | - |
95 | Sinfonia à 3, for 2 violins & continuo, K. 331 | 7:41 min | Chamber Music | - |
96 | Sonata (Canon) for 2 violas da gamba & continuo | 9:59 min | Chamber Music | - |
97 | Sonata a 3 in A minor, K365 | 2:27 min | Chamber Music | - |
98 | Sonata a 3 in A minor, K375 | 4:00 min | Chamber Music | - |
99 | Sonata a 3 in D minor, K379 | 6:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
100 | Sonata a 3 in F sharp minor, K366 | 4:21 min | Chamber Music | - |
101 | Sonata a 3 in G major, K385 | 3:13 min | Chamber Music | - |
102 | Sonata a 3 in G minor, K370 | 4:27 min | Chamber Music | - |
103 | Sonata a 3 in G minor, K377 | 4:12 min | Chamber Music | - |
104 | Sonata a 3 in G minor, K381 | 2:44 min | Chamber Music | - |
105 | Sonata a 4 in A minor, K. 346 | 2:15 min | Chamber Music | - |
106 | Sonata a 4 in B flat major, K. 344 | 5:35 min | Chamber Music | - |
107 | Sonata a 4 in D major, K. 349 | 4:23 min | Chamber Music | - |
108 | Sonata a quattro for violin, cornet, trombone, bassoon & continuo | 8:03 min | Chamber Music | - |
109 | Sonata a tre ex d per due Violini (violoncello & basso continuo), K. 342 | Chamber Music | - | |
110 | Sonata al Santo Sepolcro, for 2 recorders (or flutes) & continuo, K. 376 | 3:47 min | Chamber Music | - |
111 | Sonata da chiesa, for 2 recorders (or flutes) & continuo, K. 320 | 8:40 min | Chamber Music | - |
112 | Sonata for 3 violins in F major | 11:21 min | Chamber Music | - |
113 | Sonata for recorder (or flute), 2 violins & continuo in D minor | 10:55 min | Chamber Music | - |
114 | Sonata for trumpet & piano (arr. from K. 347 & K. 367 by T. Jones) | 6:05 min | Chamber Music | - |
115 | Sonata in G major, K 390 | 1:23 min | Chamber Music | - |
116 | Sonata Pastorale a 3 in A major, K396 | 3:42 min | Chamber Music | - |
117 | Sonata pastorale à 3 in F major, K. 397 | 3:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
118 | Sonata quinta for keyboard | 4:06 min | Keyboard | - |
119 | Sonata à 3, for 2 violins, trombone & continuo, E. 68 | 6:06 min | Chamber Music | - |
120 | Sonata à 3, K369 | 3:35 min | Chamber Music | - |
121 | Sonata à 3, K 367 | 4:01 min | Chamber Music | - |
122 | Sonata à 3, K. 373 | 3:11 min | Chamber Music | - |
123 | Sonata à 4 in G minor, K 389 | 1:25 min | Chamber Music | - |
124 | Stabat Mater, for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra, K. 268 | 13:46 min | Choral | - |
125 | Suite for keyboard in A minor | 13:29 min | Keyboard | - |
126 | Suite in C major, n. 83 | 15:12 min | Chamber Music | - |
127 | Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in A major, K. 340 | 9:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
128 | Turcaria | 13:27 min | Orchestral | - |
129 | Victimae Paschali Laudes, sequence for soloists, chorus & orchestra | 6:12 min | Choral | - |
Albums featuring Johann Joseph Fux
# | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
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1 | Biber • Fux • Schmelzer, Les Passions De L'Ame (2), Meret Lüthi – Variety The Art Of Variation(CD, Album) | 2019 | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | |
2 | Fux, Filippo Emanuele Ravizza – Complete Music For Harpsichord(2×CD, Album) | 2017 | Brilliant Classics | |
3 | Fux, Ariosti, Bononcini - Hana Blažíková, Ensemble Tourbillon, Petr Wagner – Vienna 1709: Opera Arias For Soprano And Viol(CD, Album) | 2014 | Accent | |
4 | Eybler • Mozart • Salieri • M. Haydn • Herbeck • Fux • Hummel • Randhartinger • Schubert • Bruckner • WDR Rundfunkchor Köln • WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln – Musik Der Wiener Hofkapelle = Music of The Viennese Court Chapel(Blu-ray, Blu-ray Audio, Multichanne | 2013 | Crystal Classics | |
5 | Emperor Josef I, Ziani, Fux, Caldara – Lydia Teuscher, Capricornus Ensemble Stuttgart, Henning Wiegräbe – Alme Ingrate - Imperial Arias(CD, ) | 2013 | Coviello Classics | |
6 | Biber • Fux • Schmelzer – Les Passions De L'Ame (2), Meret Lüthi – Spicy "Exotic" Music For Violin(CD, ) | 2013 | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | |
7 | Roman, Fux, Corrette, Vivaldi, de Fesch, Telemann, Avondano, Handel, Rameau, Concerto Grosso Berlin, Marie Friederike Schöder – A Cavalier's Tour Through Baroque Europe(CD, Album) | 2012 | Berlin Classics | |
8 | Fux, Caldara, Ariosti - Calamus Consort, Michaela Riener – Un Dolce Affanno(CD, ) | 2012 | Passacaille | |
9 | Salieri • Mozart • Fux • Eybler • Schubert • M. Haydn • Randhartinger − WDR Rundfunkchor Köln • WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, Helmuth Froschauer – Musik Der Wiener Hofkapelle = Music Of The Viennese Court Chapel(CD, ) | 2008 | Phoenix Edition | |
10 | Schmelzer · Fux – Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Music at the Habsburg Court(2×CD, Compilation) | 2007 | Teldec | |
11 | Paul Angerer, Concilium Musicum Wien, Hoffmann, Esterházy, Caldara, Fux, Werner, J. M. Haydn, Monn, J. Haydn – Austrian Church Music(CD, ) | 1994 | Koch Schwann | |
12 | Martin Klietmann, Heinrich Schütz, Fux, Bruhns, Monteverdi – Edward H. Tarr, Capella Savaria, Pál Németh – Heinrich Schütz - Fux - Bruhns - Monteverdi | 1990 | Hungaroton Antiqua | |
13 | Martin Klietmann, Heinrich Schütz, Fux, Bruhns, Monteverdi – Edward H. Tarr, Capella Savaria, Pál Németh – Heinrich Schütz - Fux - Bruhns - Monteverdi(CD, ) | 1990 | Hungaroton | |
14 | Giovanni Legrenzi, Johann Joseph Fux, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Leopold I – Wien Am Hofe Leopolds I. | 1990 | Columbia | |
15 | Fux ∙ Zelenka ∙ Telemann ∙ Biber ∙ Muffat - Combattimento Consort Amsterdam – Fux - Zelenka - Telemann - Biber - Muffat(CD, Album) | 1989 | Astoria | |
16 | Zelenka / Fux / Scarlatti / Heinichen / Ariosti, Peter Schreier, Ludwig Güttler, Virtuosi Saxoniae – Kantaten(LP, Stereo) | 1988 | ETERNA | |
17 | Prague Chamber Orchestra - Purcell / Lully / Corelli / Fux – The Masters Of The Baroque Period | 1978 | Supraphon | |
18 | Haydn / Fux - Herwig Jansen-Wedekind – Floetenuhr (Musical Clock) 1772 And 1793 / Suite In G Minor, K. 404(Cassette, ) | 1978 | Summit (5) | |
19 | Fux · Poglietti · Muffat · Froberger · Wagenseil, Isolde Ahlgrimm – Oesterreichische Cembalomusik | 1968 | ETERNA | |
20 | Fux, Biber, Schmelzer, Legrenzi, The Concentus Musicus, Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Music At The Court Of Leopold I (1640-1705)(LP, Mono) | 1966 | Vanguard | |
21 | János Liebner, Hungarian String Trio, Burgksteiner, Purcell, Fux, Mozart, Haydn – Purcell & Mozart Played By The Hungarian String Trio | 1963 | Qualiton | |
22 | Prague Chamber Orchestra - Purcell / Lully / Corelli / Fux – The Masters Of The Baroque Period(LP, Mono) | 1962 | Supraphon | |
23 | Haydn / Fux - Herwig Jansen-Wedekind – Floetenuhr (Musical Clock) 1772 And 1793 / Suite In G Minor, K. 404(LP) | - | Summit (5) | |
24 | Fux, Holzbauer, Reutter, Monn, Wagenseil, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Wiener Barockensemble, Theodor Guschlbauer – Concert Pour L'Empereur Au Chateau De Schoenbrunn(LP, Stereo) | - | Erato | |
25 | Orchester Der Deutschen Kinderärzte Ltg. E.Melkus, Bach, Fux, Gluck – Festliches Konzert In Wien(LP, Stereo) | - | Not On Label | |
26 | Berlin Baroque, Fux, Quantz, Anonymus – Berlin Baroque 2(CD, Album) | - | Not On Label |
Videos featuring Johann Joseph Fux
Sonate Es-dur, Sonatella A-dur, Sonate D-dur: Sonatella A-dur
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Sonate Es-dur, Sonatella A-dur, Sonate D-dur: Sonatella A-dur · Reinhard Goebel · Musica Antiqua Köln
Ziani, Furchhenim, Thieme, Fux: Sonaten aus Dresden
℗ 2007 Challenge Classics
Released on: 2007-0
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) - Oratorium germanicum de Passione (Gunar Letzbor)
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) - Oratorium germanicum de Passione (Gunar Letzbor)
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) Pieces pour Clavecin (Dorota Cybulska Amsler)
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) Pieces pour Clavecin (Dorota Cybulska Amsler)
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) - Kaiser Requiem
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) - Kaiser Requiem
Il giudizio di Paride: Il Goder un bel sembiante
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Il giudizio di Paride: Il Goder un bel sembiante · Hana Blažíková
Vienna 1709
℗ 2014 Accent
Released on: 2014-10-07
Artist: Hana Blažíková
Conductor: Petr Wagner
Ensemble: Ensemble Tourbillon
Composer:
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) - Requiem 'Missa Pro Defunctis' Rene Clemencic
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) - Requiem 'Missa Pro Defunctis' Rene Clemencic
Johann Joseph Fux (Hirtenfeld, Estiria, 1660 - Viena, 13 de febrero de 1741). Compositor, teórico de la música y pedagogo austríaco del último periodo del Barroco.
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Fux : Rondeau a 7
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Fux : Rondeau a 7 · Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Music at the Habsburg Court
℗ 1970 Teldec Classics International GMBH
Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Composer: Johann J
Fux : Serenada a 8 : I Marche - Allegro
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Fux : Serenada a 8 : I Marche - Allegro · Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Music at the Habsburg Court
℗ 1970 Teldec Classics International GMBH
Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnonco
Sonate Es-dur, Sonatella A-dur, Sonate D-dur: Sonate D-dur
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Sonate Es-dur, Sonatella A-dur, Sonate D-dur: Sonate D-dur · Reinhard Goebel · Musica Antiqua Köln
Ziani, Furchhenim, Thieme, Fux: Sonaten aus Dresden
℗ 2007 Challenge Classics
Released on: 2007-09-1
Sonaten Aus Dresden. Musica Antiqua Köln
Sonaten Aus Dresden. Musica Antiqua Köln
Pietro Andrea Ziani
* Sonate Nr 11 G-Moll
Johann-Wilhelm Furchheim
* Sonate Es-Dur
* Sonatelle A-dur
* Sonate D-dur
Pietro Andrea Ziani
* Sonate Nr. 12 D-moll
Clemens Thieme
* Sonate E-moll
* Sonate D-moll
Jo
Sonate e-moll, Sonate d-moll: Sonate e-moll
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Sonate e-moll, Sonate d-moll: Sonate e-moll · Reinhard Goebel · Musica Antiqua Köln
Ziani, Furchhenim, Thieme, Fux: Sonaten aus Dresden
℗ 2007 Challenge Classics
Released on: 2007-09-13
Composer: Cl
Sonate Es-dur, Sonatella A-dur, Sonate D-dur: Sonate Es-dur
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Sonate Es-dur, Sonatella A-dur, Sonate D-dur: Sonate Es-dur · Reinhard Goebel · Musica Antiqua Köln
Ziani, Furchhenim, Thieme, Fux: Sonaten aus Dresden
℗ 2007 Challenge Classics
Released on: 2007-09-
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