L'arpa Festante
Period-instrument ensemble L'Arpa Festante gives new life to neglected instrumental and choral works from the Baroque to the Romantic eras. The group has recorded for various German labels.
L'Arpa Festante is a durable survivor among German historical instrument groups, having been founded in 1983 by violinist Michi Gaigg. She remained its director and concertmaster until 1995. The group was sometimes known as the Barockorchester L'Arpa Festante ("Baroque Orchestra L'Arpa Festante") or even BOLAF, but since its repertory expanded forward into the Classical and Romantic eras, this has been used less often. The name L'Arpa Festante comes from that of a cantata by Giovanni Battista Maccioni and means The Festive Harp; that work had its premiere in 1653 as part of the inauguration ceremonies for what would eventually become the Bavarian State Opera. In its earlier years, the group focused on lesser-known works of the German Baroque, especially those by members of the Bach family. L'Arpa Festante made its recording debut in 1991 on the Amati label with the album Lully in Deutschland. In 1995, the group joined the Marburger Bachchor on the Genuin label for an album of works by Jan Dismas Zelenka; since then, it has partnered with a variety of regional German choirs in choral music.
L'Arpa Festante has emphasized recording over live performance; it has no website, although it is featured on that of the Bach Kantaten Verein and sometimes performs with that group. After Gaigg's departure, L'Arpa Festante has been led by a variety of conductors, including Fritz Näf and, since 2008, Rien Voskuilen; the present concertmaster is Christoph Hesse. The group has about 20 members but can expand to 40 or more for larger works of the Romantic era. L'Arpa Festante's recording catalog has appeared on labels such as CPO, Carus, Harmonia Mundi, and others. In 2023, the group joined the Arcis-Vocalisten Munich choir for a recording of the oratorio Jan Hus on Oehms Classics.
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Loewe: Johann Huss, Op. 82
Thomas Gropper, L'arpa Festante, Arcis-Vocalisten Munich
Klassiek - Released by Oehms Classics on 21 jul. 2023
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Choral Cantatas Around 1700
L'arpa Festante, Christoph Hesse
Klassiek - Released by CPO on 18 jul. 2023
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Antonio Rosetti: Der sterbende Jesus
L'arpa Festante, Johannes Moesus
Klassiek - Released by CPO on 9 feb. 2024
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Graupner : Concertos & Overtures
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Concerten voor blaasinstrumenten - Released by Accent on 19 okt. 2018
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Magnificat. Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes
Monika Mauch, Matthias Rexroth, Hans-Jörg Mammel, Gotthold Schwarz, L'arpa Festante, Fritz Näf
Klassiek - Released by Carus on 1 sep. 2008
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Johann Christoph Pez: Duplex Genius
L'arpa Festante, Christoph Hesse
Kamermuziek - Released by CPO on 10 apr. 2024
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Cattaneo & Others: Violin Works
Anton Steck, L'arpa Festante, Wouter Verschuren
Klassiek - Released by Accent on 7 feb. 2020
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Einsamkeit, o stilles Wesen: German Cantatas of the Baroque
Klassiek - Released by Christophorus on 6 sep. 2019
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Bach: Cantatas BWV 131 and 182
Maximilian Kiener, Regine Jurda, Franz Schlecht, Arcis-Vocalisten Munich, L'arpa Festante, Thomas Gropper
Koormuziek - Released by Oehms Classics on 1 feb. 2011
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Telemann: Sacred Cantatas
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 14 sep. 2018
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Beethoven & Pössinger: Violin Concertos
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Psalmen und Lobgesänge
Klassiek - Released by Christophorus on 5 feb. 2021
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Concertos pour violon n°3 et n°6
Anton Steck, L'arpa Festante, Christoph Spering
Klassiek - Released by Accent on 26 dec. 2012
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Gottfried August Homilius: Markuspassion
Klassiek - Released by Carus on 1 feb. 2013
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Handel: 9 German Arias, HWV 202-210
Monika Mauch, L'arpa Festante, Rien Voskuilen
Klassiek - Released by Carus on 1 jul. 2008
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Ich hebe meine Augen auf - Telemann, Heinichen & Graupner in Leipzig
Veronika Winter, Alex Potter, Hans-Jörg Mammel, Markus Flaig, L'arpa Festante, Rien Voskuilen
Klassiek - Released by Carus on 14 apr. 2015
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Pohle: Wie der Hirsch schreyet
Monika Mauch, David Erler, Hans-Jörg Mammel, L'arpa Festante, Rien Voskuilen
Klassiek - Released by Carus on 1 jun. 2007
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Ich hebe meine Augen auf - Telemann, Heinichen & Graupner in Leipzig
L'arpa Festante, Rien Voskuilen
Klassiek - Released by Carus on 14 apr. 2015
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Splendid Harmony - 17th Century Instrumental Music by Students of Heinrich Schütz
Klassiek - Released by Sony Music Classical Local on 23 jun. 2017
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater - Bach: Der Frühling
Elisabeth Scholl, Marcus Ullmann, Alexander Schneider, L'arpa Festante, Alexander Eberle
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Naxos on 13 jul. 2011
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