Yura Lee, Reinhard Goebel - J.C.Bach, Le Duc, Saint-George, Mozart: Orchestral Works (2007) CD-Rip

Having received all major recording industry prizes of the world many times, as well as the Siemens Special Prize, the Buxtehude Prize of the City of Lübeck and the Special Prize of North-Rhine Westphalia, Goebel has still remained the leading outsider in the area of “Early Music” – always looking for new acoustic worlds, shocking new ways of interpreting standard repertoire and uncomfortable programs far off the beaten track of “top-40 classic programming”. Reinhard Goebel began studying violin at the age of 12. He became interested exclusively in “Early Music” at a young age, but was forced to proceed through a classic- modern program of study by the German conservatory system. With the foundation of “Musica Antiqua Köln” in 1973, which received an exclusive contract with the Archiv section of Deutsche Grammophon in 1978, Reinhard Goebel profiled himself as one of the most important proponents of the continental early music scene, especially as an indisputable authority in the area of German baroque music. His recordings with Musica Antiqua Köln set standards – and for these he was inundated with international prizes and awards, including a number of Gramophone Awards. For some years now, Goebel has appeared increasingly as the conductor of other orchestras. In addition to projects with ensembles which perform on historical instruments, like the New York Collegium, his particular interest lies in working with so-called “modern orchestras”.

He finds it an interesting challenge to reinterpret 17th and 18th century repertoire with these orchestras, to put Bach, Mozart and their contemporaries back in the programs of modern orchestras, after such works have been pushed onto the sidelines due to their seemingly more competent interpretation by early music ensembles. As a conductor, Reinhard Goebel is not an every-day appearance: it is not a supposedly new view of known works that attracts him, but first-time contact and realization of unknown works at the edges of the “grand-master” “map”. His goal is putting the “known” Mozart and Beethoven repertoire into perspective, either through comparisons with their own works or with works by their contemporaries – works which were sometimes more well-liked than those famous today. Goebel’s goal as a conductor is the same as his goal as a violinist: enriching the repertoire through his interpretations of noteworthy discoveries. And world-class soloists whom he won for the Archiv productions of the DGG through his amazing quality – such as Anne Sofie von Otter, Christine Schäfer, Leonidas Kavakos, Kim Kashkashian, Jan Vogler and the Labèque sisters – are happy to follow him on the way to these “unknown masterpieces”.