Les Favorites
Les Favorites is a German baroque orchestra.
Proven baroque specialists participate in the ensemble, including Veronika Skuplik (violin) and Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet). The orchestra is conducted by Holger Speck . It supports the Rastatt vocal ensemble instrumentally, but also appears independently.
The formation is named after the Favorite Castle in Rastatt-Förch, which the Margravine Augusta Sybilla von Baden had built from 1710 and whose architecture serves as a model for the musicians in their interpretations.
Discography
- Dietrich Buxtehude : In dulci jubilo (Speck, Vocal Ensemble Rastatt, Les Favorites). Carus (2003)
- Camille Saint-Saëns : Christmas Oratorio Op. 12 & smaller church works (Speck, Vocalensemble Rastatt, Les Favorites). Carus (2006)
- Georg Friedrich Handel : Israel in Egypt (Speck, Rastatt Vocal Ensemble, Les Favorites). Carus (2009)