This week the Wall Street Journal published an article highlighting AVIE Records artist Gonzalo Ruiz’s release, Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince. Ruiz is an accomplished oboe player and for this release he transposed Bach’s ur- versions of the suites to an oboe-friendlier key. Helping him restore the songs was fellow Julliard colleague Monica Huggett’s Ensemble Sonnerie. This notable release was nominated for a Grammy in 2009, and the Wall Street Journal states that “Mr. Ruiz’s achievement transcends even Bach’s masterpiece.” Recently Ruiz and Huggett – accompanied by the Portland Baroque Orchestra – performed Bach’s four suites, resulting in “a raucous standing ovation complete with whoops, shouts and whistles”. This album is truly a landmark piece of classical music, so give it a listen to experience Ruiz’s beautiful oboe: “the electric guitar of the 18th century.”
Artist: Monica Huggett
Title: Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince
Label: AVIE Records
Genre: Classical : Orchestral
UPC: 822252217124
Territory: World ex. Europe
Release Date: 04.21.09
Monica Huggett, Ensemble Sonnerie, Gonzalo X. Ruiz
“Orchestral Suite No. 2 in a Minor, BWV 1067″ (mp3)
from “Bach: Orchestral Suites for a Young Prince”
(AVIE Records)
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