Münchinger, Karl

Performer

Karl Münchinger (29 May 1915 – 13 March 1990) was a German conductor of European classical music. He helped to revive the now-ubiquitous Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel, through recording it with his Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra in 1960. (Jean-François Paillard made a rival, and also very popular, recording of the same piece at around the same time.) Münchinger is also noted for restoring baroque traditions to the interpretation of Bach's oeuvre, his greatest musical love: moderate-sized forces, judicious ornamentation, and rhythmic sprightliness, though not on "period instruments". [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
• Violin Concerto No. 6 in E flat major, K. 268
• Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major
• Flute and Harp Concerto in C major, K. 299
• The Contest Between Harmony and Invention, Op. 8: Violin Concerto No. 1 in E major, RV 269 - 'Spring' from 'The Four Seasons'
• The Contest Between Harmony and Invention, Op. 8: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G minor, RV 293 - 'Autumn' from 'The Four Seasons'
• The Contest Between Harmony and Invention, Op. 8: Violin Concerto No. 4 in F minor, RV 297 - 'Winter' from 'The Four Seasons'
• Cello Concerto No. 9 in B flat major, G. 482
• Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat major, K. 271 - Jenamy
• Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major, K. 450
• Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
• Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
• Symphony No. 88 in G major, Hob. I:88
• Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob. I:101 - The Clock
• Schulwerk: 5 Pieces for String Orchestra, Op. 44, No. 4
• St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
• The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (arranged for orchestra)
• Grand Concert in G minor, Op. 6 No. 8 - done for the night of Christmas
• Serenade, Op. 12