The Swiss conductor and string player August Wenzinger died last Christmas, all but forgotten. But without him, the early-music revival would still be in its infancy. Seventy years ago, he was the first to play the viola da gamba like a gambist - not a cellist - and he founded the influential Schola Cantorum in Basle.
Roderick Swanston is joined by Wenzinger's colleagues and students to pay tribute to the man who married musicianship and musicology. Including
Erlebach Suite in C
Purcell A selection of viol fantasias
Monteverdi Orfeo (excerpt) Bach Cello Suite No 6 in D,
BWV1012
Marais Sujet Diversify in G
Handel Brockes Passion (excerpt) Marais Alcyone (excerpt) Discs. Repeat