Schulz reviews
The Berlin Album
Johannes Pramsohler (violin); Ensemble Diderot (Audax)
Schulz
There have been too many other significant anniversaries recently for the world to take much notice of the 250th birthday of Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800). He was essentially a north European composer, with a Lutheran concern for clarity and dislike of unnecessary embellishment. The introduction to his set of Songs in the Folk Style makes this clear: ‘In all these songs I have endeavoured to sing in popular vein rather than for art’s sake.’ A few are included on the current disc, and they make their point in the desired manner.