Listening Guide
The Work
GEORGE CHRISTOPH BACH
CANTATA: “SIEHE, WIE FEIN UND LIEBLICH IST” (PSALM 133)
Ekkehard Wagner, tenor I; Reinhart Ginzel, tenor II
Hermann Christian Polster, bass
Eberhard Palm, violin; Doris Linde, Monika Tutschku &
Siegfried Pank, viola da gamba
Achim Beyer, violone; Walter Heinz Bernstein, organ
[5-Capriccio 7100]
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH
WEDDING CANTATA: “MEINE FREUNDIN, DU BIST SCHÖN”
Gisela Burkhardt, soprano
Elisabeth Wilke, contralto
Ekkehard Wagner, tenor
Hermann Christian Polster, bass
Ripieni: Joseph Eichler & Cornelia Krumbiegel, sopranos
Werner Marschall, alto; Albrecht Lepetit, Reinhart
Ginzel & Wolf Reinhold, tenors
Johannes Künzel & Günther Schmidt, basses
Eberhard Palm, violin; Doris Linde, Monika Tutschku &
Bernd Musil, viola da gamba; Giselbert Treibmann, cello;
Achim Beyer, violone; Walter Heinz Bernstein, organ
Capella Fidicinia Leipzig
Hans Grüss, conductor
[5-Capriccio 7100]
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH
“ACH WIE SEHNLICH WART’ICH DRR ZEIT”
Gisela Burkhart, soprano
Eberhard Palm, violin; Doris Linde, Monika Tutschku &
Siegfried Pank, viola da gamba
Achim Beyer, violone; Walter Heinz Bernstein, organ
[5-Capriccio 7100]
JOHANN LUDWIG BACH
MOTET: ‘GEDENKE MEINER, MEIN GOTT’
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max, conductor
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JOHANN ERNST BACH
“MEINE SEELE ERHEBT DEN HERRN”
Martina Lins, soprano
Silke Weisheit, contralto
Martin Schmitz, tenor
Hans-George Wimmer, bass
Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max, conductor
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DANIEL PURCELL
SONATAS NOS. 1, 2, 3 & 6 & CHACONNE IN A MINOR
Ensemble Mediolanum
Sabine Ambos, recorder
Felix Koch, cello
Wiebke Weidanz, harpsichord
[THE PURCELL BROTHERS: Christophorus CHR 77284]
GIACOMO PUCCINI, SR.
SALVE FAC, FOR SOLO VOICE WITH VIOLIN & ORGAN OBLIGATTO
The use of organ here was probably prompted by
the availability of a positive organ made in Lucca and noted
for its sweet, clear voiced resonance.
Doina Palade, soprano
Gianfranco Cosmi, organ
[Bongiovanni]
ANTONIO PUCCINI
MISERERE A QUATRO CONCERTATO
Doina Palade, soprano
Adriana Cicogna, mezzo-soprano
Orch. Liricosinfonica del Teatro del Giglio di Lucca
Gianfranco Cosmi, conductor
(Bongiovanni GB 2037)
DOMENICO PUCCINI
IL CIARLATANO
Nicola Rooi-Lemeni; Margherita Rinaldi
Renato Cesari; Carlo Gaifa
A. Scarlatti Orch. Of RAI Naples
Herbert Handt, conductor
(2-Voce 50)
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MICHAEL HAYDN
SYMPHONY IN C
1. Allegro 2. Andante 3. Menuetto 4. Allegro presto
From early 1761, it begins with signal-chords reminiscent of opera
overtures and continues to form a sonata movt of relatively
extensive form. The following andante is in song-form and written
in chamber music style, almost like a fully orchestrated string
quartet. A brief minuet and lively rondo follow.
Savaria Baroque Orchestra
Pál Németh, conductor
[Hungaroton HCD 32202)
MICHAEL HAYDN
SYMPHONY No. 34
1. Allegro con brio 2. Adagietto 3. Finale – Fugato. Allegro
Written during the early months of 1788. After a lively opening
Allegro using folk tunes, the bassoon is featured in the brief slow movt & a rather
loose-limbed fugue in the finale.
MICHAEL HAYDN
SYMPHONY No. 35 in G (Perger 27)
1. Allegro spiritoso 2. Andante 3. Finale. Presto.
Again folk music has a place in this symphony but I wanted
to play it because passages that sound much like brother
Franz Joseph’s music, particularly his Symphony No. 83
(“La Poule”).
Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss
Johannes Goritzki, conductor
[cpo 999 379] CPO HAS A COMPLETE SET
OF THE KNOWN SYMPHONIES OF MICHAEL HAYDN ON 8 CDs
LEOPOLD MOZART
SYMPHONY IN F (Eisen F6)
1. Allegro 2. Andante 3. Allegro assai
LEOPOLD MOZART
SYMPHONY IN G (Eisen G 5)
1. Allegro 2. Menuet 3. Andante 4. Presto
Example for 4-movt form with added Minuet.
Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Bohdan Warchal, conductor
(2-cpo 999 144)
FRANZ XAVER MOZART
MELANCHOLIQUE POLONAISES, OP. 22 (4)
1. Risoluto 2. Andantino con moto 3. Allegretto moderato
4. Andante espressivo
Julie Holtzman, piano
FERDINAND SCHUBERT
REQUIEM IN g (1828)
1. INTROIT: Requiem aeternam & Kyrie eleison
2. SEQUENCE: Dies Irae; Tuba mirum; Huic ergo
3. OFFERTOIRE: Domine Jesu Christie; Quam Olim Abrahae; Hostias Quam Olim Abrahae
4. SANCTUS
5. BENEDICTUS
6. AGNUS DEI
7. COMMUNION
Damien Degos, child soprano
Karl Markus, tenor; Roger Soyer, bass
Petits Chanteurs de Notre-Dame de la Joie
Ensemble Vocal Jean-Pierre Loré
Jean Galard, organ
Orchestre Francais D’Oratorio
Jean-Pierre Loré, conductor
[Erol 7415 lp]
FANNY MENDELSSOHN
DAS JAHR: 12 pieces named for each month of the year. Fanny said that
it served as a musical diary or “pleasant memoir”, as she called it, in which
she would communicate her thoughts and impressions during her sojourn in Italy
as the months went by.
Liana Serbescu, piano
ARNOLD LUDWIG MENDELSSOHN
TRIO for 2 violins and piano in A minor, Op. 76
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Un Poco vivace
4. Finale. Sostenuto, piu allegro
CLARA SCHUMANN
SONATA IN g (1841-42)
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Scherzo
4. Rondo
Jozef De Beenhouwer, piano
[3 cpo 999 758]
CLARA SCHUMANN
PIANO CONCERTO IN a, OP. 7 (1833)
1. Allegro Maestoso
2. Romanze. Andante non troppo, con grazia
3. Finale. Allegro non troppo
Veronica Jochum, piano
Bamberg Symphony
Joseph Silverstein, conductor
(Tudor 788)
ALMA MAHLER
FIVE SONGS
1. “DIE STILLE STADT” (THE SILENT CITY) (RICHARD DEHMEL)
2. “IN MEINES VATERS GARTEN (OTTO ERICH HARTLEBEN)
3. “LAUE SOMMERNACHT (MILD SUMMER’S NIGHT) )GUSTAV FALKE
4. “BEI DIR IST ES TRAUT (BESIDE YOU IT IS COZY) (RAINER MARIA RILKE)
5. “ICH WANDLE UNTER BLUMEN” (I STROLLED AMONG THE FLOWERS) (HEINE)
Iris Vermillion, mezzo-soprano (1-4)
Christian Elsner, tenor (5)
Cord Garben, piano
[cpo 999 455)
SIEGFRIED WAGNER
SEHNSUCHT
Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra
Werner Andreas Albert, conductor
(cpo 999 366) [CPO SERIES OF OVERTURES, SYM. POEMS, ETC.]
SIEGFRIED WAGNER
DER BARENHAUTER
1.OVERTURE
2.ACT I, SCENE 4-6 TO END OF ACT [CD 1/T5]
3.ACT II, SCENE 6-7 TO END OF ACT [CD2/T3]
4.ACT III [CD2/Ts4-9]
Hans Kraft – Volker Horn
Mayor – Henry Kiichi
Luisa – Beth Johanning
Devil – Adalbert Waller
Colonel – Nikolai Barowski
Corporal (Casper Wild) – Roland Hartmann
Chorus of the Thüringian Landestheater Rudolstadt
Thüringian Symphony Orchestra Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Konrad Bach, conductor
[2-Marco Polo 8.223713-4]
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