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The Mozartists and their director, Ian Page, have made a career of exploring the music of Mozart in the context of his musical surroundings, and their recordings have been of uniformly high quality. Now, they have turned to the Sturm und Drang ("Storm and Stress") movement of the late 18th century, which featured minor keys, highly dramatic contrasts, and, in general, a subjective intensity that reacted against the balance characteristic of Classical-era music. This movement was more associated with instrumental music than with opera, and it might be asked whether the minor-key operatic arias like those here from Anton Schweitzer and Giovanni Paisiello really qualify as Sturm und Drang; these had different sources from the literary ones, the early writings of Goethe among them, that inspired Sturm und Drang composers of instrumental music. This said, this album has a lot of music that even serious Classicism buffs may not have heard, beautifully performed. In the operatic excerpts (Schweitzer is all but unknown, but these pieces from his opera Alceste will make one wonder why), rising soprano Emily Pogorelc has a fine sense of dramatic involvement with the text. The Symphony in G minor of Leopold Koželuch is another standout, in the same ballpark as, if not Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, at least the so-called "Little" Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183. Mozart himself is present only in the Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546, usually played by a string quartet, but taking on an exceptionally dark, agitated quality here with a full string group. The program ends with Haydn's Symphony No. 44 in E minor, Hob. 1/44, which offers a good example of the general style. The Mozartists' series is projected to reach seven volumes, and one is excited to think about what new finds may emerge in the later ones.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Ian Page, Conductor, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Ian Page, Conductor, MainArtist - Anton Schweitzer, Composer - The Mozartists, Orchestra, MainArtist - Emily Pogorelc, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Ian Page, Conductor, MainArtist - Anton Schweitzer, Composer - The Mozartists, Orchestra, MainArtist - Emily Pogorelc, MainArtist
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PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Leopold Kozeluch, Composer - Ian Page, Conductor, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Leopold Kozeluch, Composer - Ian Page, Conductor, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Leopold Kozeluch, Composer - Ian Page, Conductor, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Giovanni Paisiello, Composer - Ian Page, Conductor, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Orchestra, MainArtist - Emily Pogorelc, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Giovanni Paisiello, Composer - Ian Page, Conductor, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Orchestra, MainArtist - Emily Pogorelc, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Ian Page, Conductor, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Ian Page, Conductor, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Ian Page, Conductor, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Ian Page, Conductor, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Albumbeschreibung
The Mozartists and their director, Ian Page, have made a career of exploring the music of Mozart in the context of his musical surroundings, and their recordings have been of uniformly high quality. Now, they have turned to the Sturm und Drang ("Storm and Stress") movement of the late 18th century, which featured minor keys, highly dramatic contrasts, and, in general, a subjective intensity that reacted against the balance characteristic of Classical-era music. This movement was more associated with instrumental music than with opera, and it might be asked whether the minor-key operatic arias like those here from Anton Schweitzer and Giovanni Paisiello really qualify as Sturm und Drang; these had different sources from the literary ones, the early writings of Goethe among them, that inspired Sturm und Drang composers of instrumental music. This said, this album has a lot of music that even serious Classicism buffs may not have heard, beautifully performed. In the operatic excerpts (Schweitzer is all but unknown, but these pieces from his opera Alceste will make one wonder why), rising soprano Emily Pogorelc has a fine sense of dramatic involvement with the text. The Symphony in G minor of Leopold Koželuch is another standout, in the same ballpark as, if not Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550, at least the so-called "Little" Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183. Mozart himself is present only in the Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546, usually played by a string quartet, but taking on an exceptionally dark, agitated quality here with a full string group. The program ends with Haydn's Symphony No. 44 in E minor, Hob. 1/44, which offers a good example of the general style. The Mozartists' series is projected to reach seven volumes, and one is excited to think about what new finds may emerge in the later ones.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:51
- Main artists: The Mozartists Emily Pogorelc Ian Page
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Klassiek
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
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