Format Details:
Release Date: 07 May 2021
Label: Pan Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7619990104259
Description
Johann Joseph Fux (c 1660–1741), composer and Kapellmeister at the Viennese Imperial Court, is primarily known for his church and instrumental works; it has been almost completely forgotten that during his lifetime he was also a highly regarded composer for the stage.
His operas and oratorios have been undeservedly relegated to the shadows.
This present recording with the young Austrian soprano Maria Ladurner is therefore more than welcome, giving a somewhat deeper insight into the composer's stage works.
It includes a total of nine arias for soprano, some with their accompanying recitatives, taken from operas and oratorios written between 1708 and 1728, a time when music at the Viennese Imperial Court was at its absolute peak.
The focus on soprano arias also intends to draw attention to the singers employed at the Viennese Imperial Court – Maria Landini-Conti, Regina Schoonians, Kunigunda Sutter, Faustina Bordoni and Ursula Theresia Holzhauser, some of the outstanding artists of their time.
"Maria Ladurner gives sensitive and pleasing accounts of the arias. The voice is fresh and youthful-sounding, and it must frequently come close to the sweetness do admired in the 18th century." – Opera Magazine
Tracklisting
Thomas Sanderling, Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim
Soloists; Eroica Berlin; Jakob Lehmann
Leonor de Lera; Nacho Laguna; Pablo FitzGerald
Iskrena Yordanova; Zefira Valova
Lawrence Zazzo; Tercia Realidad; Jorge Jimenez;
Il Segreto delle Muse; Gabriel Garrido
Gunar Letzbor, Ars Antiqua Austria
Arte Minima; Pedro Sousa Silva
Thomas Sanderling, Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim
Malcolm Sargent, Mary Lewis, Tudor Davies, Maggie Teyte, Clive Carey, Marie Howes, Harry Plunket Greene, James Johnstone
Maria Callas
Soloists; Eroica Berlin; Jakob Lehmann
Luigi De Donato; Collegium 1704; Vaclav Luks
Anna Moffo; Cesare Valletti; Fernando Corena; Erich Leinsdorf
Soloists; Orchestre classique de Montreal; Alain Trudel
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi, Natalia Rubis, Pawel Konik, Krzysztof Baczyk, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir
