JOHANN ABRAHAM SCHMIERER (1661-after 1700): Zodiaci Musici - Suites Nos. 1-6.

Description: Schmierer was one of Germany's Lullyists, meaning that each of these suites published in 1698, consists of an overture and six or seven dances in the style of that French master. Compare his stylistic compatriots Johann Sigismund Kusser and Philipp Heinrich Erlebach. Ensemble Tourbillon; Peter Wagner (viola da gamba).