Sturm und Drang, Vol. 3 The Mozartists & Ian Page

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Adagio & Fugue in C Minor, K. 546:
• 1 Mozart: Adagio & Fugue in C Minor, K. 546 06:47
• Anton Schweitzer (1735 - 1787): Alceste, Act I Scene 1:
• 2 Schweitzer: Alceste, Act I Scene 1: Es ist gekommen 01:02
• 3 Schweitzer: Alceste, Act I Scene 1: Zwischen Angst und zwischen Hoffen 07:16
• Leopold Kozeluch (1747 - 1818): Symphony in G Minor:
• 4 Kozeluch: Symphony in G Minor: I. Allegro 07:05
• 5 Kozeluch: Symphony in G Minor: II. Adagio 06:14
• 6 Kozeluch: Symphony in G Minor: III. Presto 06:28
• Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816): Annibale in Torino, R. 1.26, Act II:
• 7 Paisiello: Annibale in Torino, R. 1.26, Act II: Misera, ch’ei perì! 06:12
• 8 Paisiello: Annibale in Torino, R. 1.26, Act II: Smarrita, tremante 03:39
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44, 'Trauer':
• 9 Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44, 'Trauer': I. Allegro con brio 09:22
• 10 Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44, 'Trauer': II. Menuetto e Trio: Allegretto 05:05
• 11 Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44, 'Trauer': III. Adagio 08:47
• 12 Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44, 'Trauer': IV. Finale: Presto 04:54
• Total Runtime 01:12:51

Info for Sturm und Drang, Vol. 3

Wie die ersten beiden Veröffentlichungen in der fortlaufenden "Sturm und Drang"-Reihe von The Mozartists umfasst auch diese Aufnahme drei hochdramatische und turbulente Orchesterwerke, die von ähnlich spannungsgeladenen Gesangsstücken durchsetzt sind. Das Repertoire stammt aus der Zeit zwischen 1771 und 1788 und umfasst erneut eine von Haydns großen Moll-Sinfonien - diesmal wohl die größte von allen, die "Trauer". Zum ersten Mal in dieser Reihe ist auch Mozart vertreten, und zwar in Form seines außerordentlich eindringlichen und dunkel-chromatischen Adagio und Fuge in c-Moll, und die CD beginnt mit einer herausragenden g-Moll-Sinfonie des tschechischen Komponisten Leopold Kozeluch, deren Qualität, Schwung und Lyrik viele Hörer überraschen wird.

Die beiden Vokalwerke sind echte Raritäten. Schweitzers Alceste war einer der frühesten Versuche, eine deutsche tragische Oper in der Volkssprache zu schaffen, und sie beginnt mit einer Arie von erschütternder Intensität. Die Szene aus Paisiellos Annibale in Torino - der dreiundzwanzigsten seiner siebenundachtzig Opern - enthält ein exquisites, aber kurzes Arioso, bevor sie in eine stürmische g-Moll-Arie übergeht. Die Solistin ist die aufregende junge amerikanische Sopranistin Emily Pogorelc, und Ian Page dirigiert erneut sein preisgekröntes Ensemble für historische Instrumente.

Emily Pogorelc, Sopran
The Mozartists
Ian Page, Leitung

Ian Page
is the founder, conductor and artistic director of Classical Opera and The Mozartists. He began his musical education as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, and studied English Literature at the University of York before completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. At the start of his career he worked on the music staff at Scottish Opera, Opera Factory, Drottningholm and Glyndebourne, working with such conductors as Sir Alexander Gibson, Nicholas McGegan, Mark Wigglesworth, Ivor Bolton and Sir Charles Mackerras.

With Classical Opera he has conducted most of Mozart’s operas, including the world premières of the “original” version of Mitridate, re di Ponto and a new completion of Zaide, as well as the UK premières of Gluck’s La clemenza di Tito, Telemann’s Orpheus and Jommelli’s Il Vologeso, and the first new staging for 250 years of Johann Christian Bach’s Adriano in Siria. In 2009 he made his Royal Opera House début conducting Arne’s Artaxerxes at the Linbury Studio Theatre, and his studio recording of the work was released in 2011 on Linn Records.

He also devised and conducted Classical Opera’s recordings of ‘The A-Z of Mozart Opera’ (Signum Classics) and ‘Blessed Spirit – a Gluck retrospective’ (Wigmore Hall Live), both of which were selected for Gramophone magazine’s annual Critics’ Choice, and in 2012 he embarked on a new complete cycle of Mozart opera recordings with Classical Opera. He is the creator and driving force behind of MOZART 250, a ground-breaking 27-year journey through Mozart’s life, works and influences, and in 2017 founded The Mozartists to facilitate his ever-expanding concert work.

Ian is deeply committed to nurturing and championing outstanding young singers and players – for several years he was a professor at the Royal College of Music, and he has given masterclasses for the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme. He is also a passionate spokesman for classical music, opera and the arts, and has broadcast on BBC 4 and Sky Arts.

The Mozartists
were created in 2017 by conductor, Ian Page, as a natural extension of his pioneering work with internationally renowned opera company, Classical Opera.

Classical Opera is best known for its current series, Mozart 250, in which they perform each year the operas and music that Mozart and his contemporaries composed 250 years ago. Comprising many of today’s leading period instrumentalists, The Mozartists perform alongside some of the world’s most exciting young singers.

In this concert, The Mozartists present a wide- ranging selection of works by Haydn, including a piano trio, songs, duets and some of his most delightful folksong settings, interspersed with two dramatically charged A minor sonatas by Mozart and Koželuch, played on the fortepiano by Steven Devine.

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