Musica Ad Rhenum Wentz Ensemble Bouzignac - Christmas CantataThe German born Christian Friedrich Ruppe (1753 1826) made his career in the Dutch city of Leiden, where he had originally arrived in 1773 as a student of mathematics and literature. In 1784 he married Christina Chalon (1748 1808), the daughter of the lead violinist the of the Nederlands Theater in Amsterdam. In 1890 he was appointed as music director of the city's renowned and ancient university, and from 1802 he taught theory of music there, having

From the world-famous Prélude Op

bass player Clemens van der Feen and Martijn Vink on drums

although these recordings show the opposite

whether with trumpet quartet

a morning in spring

on account of its style as well as Arcadian subject matter (which by then was in vogue: the work is set in a natural context)

" She brings the same youthful elan to her interpretation

approaching each track with both exquisite control and unfettered abandon

'This programme reflects a personal journey: I am Belgian

That sucked

apart from a revival by Italian broadcasting in the RAI production of 1975 and a further staging at Montecatini in 1999

Johnny Mathis and Mel Torme