Musica da Camera. Masterpieces played by Masters.1. Georg Philipp Telemann: Trio Sonata in G minor for Oboe, Violin and B.c.2. George Frideric Handel: Concerto a quattro in D minor for Transverse Flute, Violin, Violoncello and B.c.3. Baldassare Galuppi: Sonata in G major for Transverse Flute, Oboe and B.c.4. Johann Gottlieb Janitsch: Quartet in F major for Transverse Flute, Violin, Oboe, Violoncello and B.c.5. Johann Christian Bach: Quintet in D major for Transverse Flute, Oboe, Violin, Violoncello and Harpsichord.Performed by Barthold Kuijken (transverse flute), Janneke van der Meer (violin), Paul Dombrecht (oboe), Richte van der Meer (violoncello) and Johan Huys (harpsichord) - all instruments either of the period or exact copies. The original CD of which this is a reissue used the title "Parnassus Ensemble", which appears now to have been dropped.Digitally recorded at St. Stephanus Church in Melsen, Belgium, in November 1978. Originally released as Accent LP ACC 7806. This reissue 2009 as ACC 10006. Total playing time: 57'28".Having been taken over by a German consortium, the Accent label is currently reissuing its back catalogue, which stretches back to 1978 when its first digital recordings were made. The label was originally established as an "artists' label", and the choice of repertoire etc. was left pretty much up to the performers themselves. As the contributors were mostly HIPP (historical performance practice) specialists from Belgium and the Netherlands, including the now-famous Kuijken brothers, it is perhaps not surprising that the recorded repertoire centers around the music of the 18th century. The "Musica da Camera" re-release (which is much better than the awful subtitle in cheap marketingese would suggest) contains five absolutely delightful and, I suppose, fairly typical chamber music pieces from Germany, England and Italy, each featuring either oboe or transverse flute or, in three instances, both, always accompanied by the usual string instruments and a harpsichord continuo. The musicians involved were obviously in love with this music, and their playing demonstrates clearly why baroque music soared to popularity in the second half of the 20th century: There is to be heard here a plethora of harmony with instruments "dialoguing" in such a way that I personally found the "Repeat All" button on my remote control was my automatic reaction. The recorded sound (for which Andreas and Adelheid Glatt were responsible) is equally fine, my only caveat, if such it be, being that the sound seemed a good deal better in front of quality loudspeakers than it appeared via headphones - but that may, in fact, be a compliment. The reissue contains brief notes in three languages, the main attraction of the booklet being the beautiful cover photograph of some period instruments by Christian de Bruyne. Highly recommended!Footnote: The Quintet by Johann Christian Bach is not strictly baroque but belongs to the "galant" period which succeeded the baroque and led into the classical period. It is played here superlatively. Johann Gottlieb Janitsch is probably the least well-known of the composers represented here. His sphere of activity was Berlin, at the Court of Frederick the Great, and his music is generally considered to be pre-classical. If you enjoy these performances as much as I have done, you may want to search around for another disc with music by Johann Christian Bach and Johann Gottlieb Janitsch: "Das Janus-Gesicht des empfindsamen Stils" [The two faces of galant style] by an ensemble called La Ricordanza, published by MDG (Musikhaus Dabringhaus und Grimm), but, to the best of my knowledge, only available in Europe. Here you can hear the pieces from "Musica da Camera" again, but with two further pieces by Johann Christian Bach and another quartet by Janitsch. This excellent production attempts to demonstrate the backward and forward looking aspects of galant style by placing works by Janitsch and Joh. Christian Bach side by side [ASIN: B00003L1WN].