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Giuseppe Tartini takes centre stage in a programme that presents his violin sonatas in new form, reimagined as concerti grossi. The repertoire is complemented by Francesco Geminiani’s Concerto grosso in D minor, “La Follia”, a virtuosic arrangement of Corelli’s celebrated Sonata Op. 5 No. 12.

The Neues Bachische Collegium Musicum (NBCM) and Reinhard Goebel present music from Leipzig’s vibrant musical scene before Bach. The album features works by Telemann, Fasch, Graupner, Heinichen, Beer and Hoffmann, including several world premiere recordings. The programme highlights the diverse repertoire performed by Leipzig’s Collegia Musica in the early 18th century, with soloists Max Volbers on recorder and Clemens Röger on horn.

The eight surviving symphonies by Kirnberger, presented here in their entirety for the first time, were most likely composed during his years as harpsichordist in the ensemble of Prince Henry. Originally conceived for four-part strings, the works could be augmented as needed with brass and woodwind parts—a procedure also adopted by C. P. E. Bach. This release presents their world premiere recordings.

Reinhard Goebel, founder and director of Musica Antiqua Köln (1973–2005) and holder of the chair for historically informed performance practice at the Mozarteum University Salzburg (2010–2025), continues his tireless work of discovering, preparing, and bringing to life “new” eighteenth-century repertoire. In May 2025, he once again turned his attention to the masterful arrangement of Mozart’s Gran Partita, K. 361, made around 1800 by the Munich composer Franz Gleißner. New performances and a modern recording were both desired and eagerly anticipated.

The works featured on this CD were performed by Goebel together with the Munich Radio Orchestra in May 2025 as part of the Residenz- und Schlössertournee in Amberg, Ansbach, Dachau, and Oettingen, and were recorded beforehand in Studio 1 of Bavarian Broadcasting’s studios.

The CD recorded by Tobias Feldmann and Reinhard Goebel explores Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Paris years of 1777 and 1778. Recorded together with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, the album presents rare orchestral works whose authorship continues to be the subject of intensive musicological debate. A particular highlight of the recording is the rarely performed Violin Concerto No. 7 in D major (K. 271a).

For the second time, Reinhard Goebel and the Berliner Barock Solisten take us to Cremona, one of the most important Italian centres of violin making in the 16th and 17th centuries. The focus is on virtuosic concertos for multiple violins: alongside Italian works by Antonio Vivaldi – including four concertos from L’Estro armonico – this album also features works by German Baroque composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann.

With this album, Reinhard Goebel and the Berliner Barock Solisten turn their attention to Cremona, the historic Italian capital of violin making. The anthology brings together rarely performed 18th-century works for multiple violins, including Antonio Vivaldi’s concertos RV 551 and RV 553 as well as compositions by Francesco Durante, Leonardo Leo, Pietro Locatelli and Giovanni Battista Sammartini. In their interpretation, the ensemble combines the rich sound of modern instruments with the articulation and stylistic principles of historically informed performance practice.

Beethoven’s World – Wranitzky/Reicha/Voříšek: Concertos is the fifth album in the CD series Beethoven’s World by conductor Reinhard Goebel and the Münchner Rundfunkorchester. It presents rarely heard concert works by Ludwig van Beethoven’s contemporaries in historically informed and vibrant interpretations, shedding light on Vienna’s musical landscape around 1800 and revealing the ways in which Beethoven was influenced by his peers – and, in turn, influenced them.