Fux / Ladurner / Biber Consort- Arias For The Emperor (CD)
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 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 it's 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.
Tracklist:
- Giunone placata~Sinfonia
- Dafne in Lauro~Recitativo: Se dunque alla virtute
- Dafne in Lauro~Aria: Il voler vincer Amore
- Giunone placata~Aria: Io non potea soffrir
- Deposizione dalla Croce di Gesù Cristo Salvator Nostro~Recitativo: Caro Maestro
- Deposizione dalla Croce di Gesù Cristo Salvator Nostro~Aria: Caro mio Dio
- Fonte della Salute aperto dalla Grazia nel Calvario~Aria: Vedi, che il Redentor
- Julo Ascanio~Aria: Sì, vendetta io voglio far
- decima Fatica d'Ercole~Aria: Qual' il sol in prato
- Orfeo ed Euridice~Aria: Rondinella, che tal volta
- Testamento di nostro Signor Gesù Cristo sul Calvario~Aria: Sà tempra il mio martir
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 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 it's 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.
Tracklist:
- Giunone placata~Sinfonia
- Dafne in Lauro~Recitativo: Se dunque alla virtute
- Dafne in Lauro~Aria: Il voler vincer Amore
- Giunone placata~Aria: Io non potea soffrir
- Deposizione dalla Croce di Gesù Cristo Salvator Nostro~Recitativo: Caro Maestro
- Deposizione dalla Croce di Gesù Cristo Salvator Nostro~Aria: Caro mio Dio
- Fonte della Salute aperto dalla Grazia nel Calvario~Aria: Vedi, che il Redentor
- Julo Ascanio~Aria: Sì, vendetta io voglio far
- decima Fatica d'Ercole~Aria: Qual' il sol in prato
- Orfeo ed Euridice~Aria: Rondinella, che tal volta
- Testamento di nostro Signor Gesù Cristo sul Calvario~Aria: Sà tempra il mio martir