Release Date: 07 May 2021
Label: Pan Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7619990104259
Composer/Series: Johann Joseph Fux
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
Arte Minima; Pedro Sousa Silva
Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor
Biber Consort, Jakub Mitrik
Soloists, Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Joseph Keilberth
The Royal Wind Music
Anita Cerquetti
Tercia Realidad; Jorge Jimenez
Thomas Sanderling, Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim
Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria, Coro Lirico Siciliano, Filippo Arlia, Francesco Costa
Erich Leinsdorf; Wiener Philharmoniker; Cesare Siepi; Fernando Corena; Leontyne Price; Birgit Nilss
Iurii Iushkevich, Johanna Zimmer, Noa Frenkel Reuben Willcox, Rinnat Moriah, Ensemble Modern, Johan
Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
Filippo Mineccia, Vivica Genaux, Roberta Mameli, Il Groviglio, Marco Angioloni
Francesco Ledda, Opera Discovery Orchestra, Stefanna Kybalova, Valer Borin, Marcello Lippi, Paolo B
Horst Wolf
Sophie Gordeladze, Hector Sandoval, Luca Grassi, Martin Piskorski, Rory Dunne, Cappella Aquileia, T
