August Wenzinger (1905 – 1996)
was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland. He was a pioneer of historically informed performance, both as a master of the viola da gamba and as a conductor of Baroque orchestral music and operas. In the 1950ies an 1960ies he conducted the Cappella Coloniensis in first recordings of baroque music on period instruments.
George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)
Concerto Grosso in B Flat Major, Op. 3, No 1, HWV 312
Cappella Coloniensis
August Wenzinger conductor
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)
Sonata in D Minor
Sonata in F Major
Ferdinand Conrad recorder
Johannes Koch treble viol, bass viol
Klaus Storck cello
Otto Steinkopf basson
Hans Heintze harpsichord
George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759)
Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2, No. 1, HWV 386
Hans Martin Linde recorder
Ilse Brix-Meinert violin
Johannes Koch bass viol
Walter Gerwig lute
Rudolf Ewerhart harpsichord
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