Kings in the North Tomáš Král, Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Jarosław Thiel

• Thomas Augustine Schürmann (1710 - 1778):
• 1Schürmann: Alfred: Overture02:48
• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685 - 1759):
• 2Händel: Rodelinda, HWV 19: Tirannia gli diede il regno (Garibaldo)02:42
• Johan Helmich Roman (1994 - 1758):
• 3Roman: Festa musicale, BeRi 32: Datti pace, alma reale (Federico I di Svezia)05:11
• Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672 - 1751):
• 4Schürmann: Ludovicus Pius, oder Ludewig der Fromme: Dich soll der Freiheit Gold bekrönen (Ludovicus Pius)06:15
• Reinhard Keiser (1674 - 1739):
• 5Keiser: Fredegunda: Ich muss schweigend von dir gehen (Sigibert)04:35
• Georg Friedrich Händel:
• 6Händel: Almira, HWV 1: Courante01:12
• Johann David Heinichen (1683 - 1729):
• 7Heinichen: La pace di Kamberga, S. 19: Si teme (Primislao)04:25
• Attilio Ariosti (1666 - 1729):
• 8Ariosti: La fede ne' tradimenti: Questo mar (Garzia)05:27
• Georg Friedrich Händel:
• 9Händel: Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15: Concerto02:46
• 10Händel: Riccardo Primo, re d'Inghilterra, HWV 23: Dell'empia frode il velo (Berardo)04:16
• Reinhard Keiser:
• 11Keiser: Croesus: Gotter, übt Barmherzigkeit! (Croesus)04:26
• Georg Friedrich Händel:
• 12Händel: Almira, HWV 1: Menuet01:14
• Reinhard Keiser:
• 13Keiser: Octavia (Die römische Unruhe, oder Die edelmühtige Octavia): Ach! Nero ist nicht Nero mehr!... Erstaune, sichrer Kreis der Welt (Nero)07:50
• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767):
• 14Telemann: Der neumodische Liebhaber Damon, TWV 21:8: Chaconne comique02:32
• 15Telemann: Der neumodische Liebhaber Damon, TWV 21:8: Ihr krachenden Klüfte (Damon)02:57
• 16Telemann: Pastorelle en Musique, TWV deest: Intrada02:49
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 17Bach: Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!, BWV 214: Kron und Preis gekrönter Damen (Fama)04:38
• Total Runtime01:06:03

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Human beings in antiquity regarded the far North as a paradisal and mythical place, where hulking warriors and fiery heroes enjoyed a close relationship with the god Apollo, devoted equally to cultic ritual and art. The eternal ice and scintillatingly cold nights of the North fascinated Baroque artists as well, and from 1700 on a specific Nordic operatic tradition took hold in Hamburg, London, Berlin and Stockholm, which in its musical idiom in parts already anticipated the Romantic era. Particularly Margrave Wilhelm of Bayreuth was a patron of composers of this school; he was just as enthusiastic about this as he was about military and warrior traditions.

The Czech baritone Tomáš Král attires himself in suits of armour and royal cloaks, sets crowns and warriors’ helmets on his head and together with the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra under the musical direction of Jarosław Thiel researches the Baroque North. Composers such as Heinichen, Handel, Schürmann, Telemann, Keiser and Ariosti devoted themselves to the fabled heroes of the West Goths, the Lombards and Swedish kings, as did the now almost forgotten Swedish composer Johan Helmich Roman. The baritone voice, frequently forced into the persona of an austere priest or cruel adversary, takes front stage here in the far North and fathoms out the human depths of legendary rulers.

Tomáš Král, baritone
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
Jarosław Thiel, musicial direction

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