World Influenced music collection at Magnatune. Blues music collection at Magnatune. Grungy Rock music collection at Magnatune. Compilations by Genre: the best music from Magnatune. Free Song of the Day at Magnatune. Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks: Moved By Marais. Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks: virtuoso viola da gamba. Tagged as: Baroque, Chamber Music, Classical, Bach, Christmas, Holiday, Viola da Gamba.
Ralph Meulenbroeks showed his prodigious musical talent at an early age, playing the piano and bass guitar at the age of eight. He later combined his double bass and gamba studies with a masters and Ph.D. in physics. Meulenbroeks played double bass in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam and gave many recitals and solo concerts in the Netherlands and abroad, including numerous radio and television performances. He also still managed to find time to play in rock, jazz, and pop bands.
From 1995 onwards, Ralph Meulenbroeks has specialised in performing early music, studying viola da gamba with Jaap ter Linden. He is now an esteemed soloist in works such as the passions, sonatas, and cantatas of J.S. Bach, and has released several CDs. Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks: Christmas Carols. Tagged as: Classical, Chamber Music, Viola da Gamba, Holiday, Christmas. A wide array of traditional christmas carols become rich, resonant poetry in the hands of virtuoso viola da gamba player, Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks.
Meulenbroeks Strikes just the right balance between an elegant and a rustic mood on this solo album of holiday music, and his burnished versions of carols like "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" ("Komt allen tezamen") and "Silent Night" ("Stille Nacht") usher you directly into the fire lit parlor of the real Christmas. Compilation: Christmas Music. Shira Kammen: The Castle of the Holly King.