Jos Van Immerseel: The Accent Recordings 1979-1986 (8CDs, 2015)

Jos van Immerseel is one of the leading representatives of historical performance practice today. Alongside his great commitment to Renaissance and Baroque music, he has consistently broadened his view of the classical and romantic repertoire as well. With the Ensemble Anima Eterna, founded by him in 1987 and performing on historical instruments, he set new standards with recordings of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Poulenc and, most recently, Orff. On the occasion of Jos van Immerseel's 70th birthday in November 2015, this box offers a backward glance at the time when Jos van Immerseel, as the winner of many international competitions and prizes, still focussed primarily on keyboard instruments. During the late 1970s the pupil of Flor Peeters, Eugène Traey and Kenneth Gilbert began his collaboration with the Belgian label Accent, resulting in a series of solo piano recordings with works of Clementi, Mozart and Beethoven which can still stand comparison today. Alongside this purely soloistic contribution, Jos van Immerseel was also much in demand as a chamber music partner for Octophorus, the oboist Paul Dombrecht and the countertenor René Jacobs. This retrospective is rounded off with a final Accent recording from 1986 with Rossini's 'Petite Messe Solennelle' (in the chamber-music version), directed by Immerseel from the piano.

Tracklist:
CD 1: Muzio Clementi - Sonatas for the Pianoforte
1. 1. Allegro Con Brio
2. 2. Andante
3. 3. Rondo: Allegro Assai
4. 1. Allegro Con Espressione
5. 2. Lento E Patetico
6. 3. Presto
7. 1. Allegro
8. 2. Adagio: In The Solemn Style
9. 3. Allegro Con Spirito
10. 1. Allegro Agitato
11. 2. Largo E Sostenuto
12. 3. Presto

CD 2: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Works for Pianoforte
1. Fantasie Fur Klavier Nr. 3 C-Moll Kv 475
2. 1. Allegro Molto
3. 2. Adagio
4. 3. Allegro Assai
5. Fantasie Fur Klavier Nr. 2 D-Moll Kv 397 (385g)
6. 12 Variationen uber Ah, Vous Dirais-Je, Maman C-Dur Kv 265 (300e)
7. Rondo Fur Klavier Nr. 3 A-Moll Kv 511

CD 3: Ludwig van Beethoven - Works for Pianoforte
1. 1. Adagio Sostenuto
2. 2. Allegretto
3. 3. Presto Agitato
4. Nr. 1 Andante Con Moto
5. Nr. 2 Allegro
6. Nr. 3 Andante, Cantabile Ed Espressivo
7. Nr. 4 Presto
8. Nr. 5 Quasi Allegretto
9. Nr. 6 Presto Andante Amabile E Con Moto - Tempo Primo
10. 1. Grave - Allegro Di Molto E Con Brio
11. 2. Adagio Cantabile
12. 3. Rondo: Allegro
13. Andante Favori F-Dur Woo 57

CD 4: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Quintets
1. 1. Largo - Allegro Moderato
2. 2. Larghetto
3. 3. Rondo: Allegretto
4. 1. Grave - Allegro Ma Non Troppo
5. 2. Andante Cantabile
6. 3. Rondo: Allegro Ma Non Troppo

CD 5: Schumann Kalliwoda & Pixis - The Virtuoso Romantic Oboe
1. Nr. 1 Nioht Schnell
2. Nr. 2 Einfach, Innig - Etwas Lebhafter
3. Nr. 3 Nicht Schnell - Coda
4. Allegro Non Tanto - Allegretto - Tempo Primo
5. 1. Allegro Moderato
6. 2. Romanze
7. 3. Rondo
8. Nr. 5 Mondnacht

CD 6: Donizetti & Bellini & Schubert & Rossini & Beethoven - Ariete e Cavatine
1. Il Barcaiolo (Voga, Il Vento Tace) (Barcarole)
2. Era L'ora Che I Cieli Lente, Lente
3. Ah! Rammenta, O Bella Irene (Kavatine)
4. Dolente Immagine Di Fille Mia (Ariette)
5. Quando Verra Quel Di
6. Vaga Luna Che Inargenti (Ariette)
7. Da Voi, Cari Lumi
8. Guarda Che Bianca Luna
9. Tu Che Accendi Questo Core - Di Tanti Palpiti
10. Das Gluck Der Freundschaft (Lebensgluck) (Beato Quei Che Fido Amor) Op. 88
11. In Questa Tomba Oscura (In Dieses Grabes Dunkel) Woo 133
12. T'intendo, Si, Mio Cor

CD 7: Gioachino Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle
1. Kyrie Eleison
2. Christe Eleison
3. Kyrie Eleison
4. Gloria In Excelsis Deo
5. Et In Terra
6. Gratias Agimus Tibi
7. Domine Deus
8. Qui Tollis
9. Quoniam
10. Cum Sancto Spiritu

CD 8: Gioachino Rossini - Petite Messe Solennelle
1. Credo In Unum Deum
2. Crucifixus
3. Et Resurrexit
4. Amen
5. Prelude Religieux
6. Ritournelle Pour Le Sanctus
7. Sanctus
8. O Salutaris
9. Agnus Dei