Mayr: Elena / Hauk, Concerto de Bassus

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Naxos
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June 25, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MAYR, GIOVANNI SIMONE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Simon Mayr Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      Concerto De Bassus, Hauk
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 25, 2021
    • UPC
      730099046275
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8660462-63
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Sinfonia

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    2. Act I Scene 1: Introduction: Come veloce ruota tu giri (Peasants, Anna, Ernesta, Urbino)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Anna-Doris Capitelli, Anna Feith, Andreas Mattersberger

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    3. Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Or bene al padre tuo (Urbino, Anna, Ernesta)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Andreas Mattersberger, Anna-Doris Capitelli, Anna Feith

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    4. Act I Scene 1: Aria: Che dolce piacere (Urbino)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Andreas Mattersberger

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    5. Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Eh vada pure (Anna)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Anna-Doris Capitelli

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    6. Act I Scene 2: Aria: Quanno co la perucca (Carlo)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Niklas Mallmann

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    7. Act I Scene 3: Recitative: Oh gran virtù del canto! (Carlo, Anna, Ernesta)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Niklas Mallmann, Anna-Doris Capitelli, Anna Feith

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    8. Act I Scene 3: Duet: Buon dì… pardon garbato (Riccardo, Carlo)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Julia Sophie Wagner, Niklas Mallmann

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    9. Act I Scene 3: Recitative: Or via giacchè siam soli (Carlo, Riccardo, Urbino, Anna)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Niklas Mallmann, Julia Sophie Wagner, Andreas Mattersberger, Anna-Doris Capitelli

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    10. Act I Scene 4: Aria: Brutto uccello di rapina! (Anna)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Anna-Doris Capitelli

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    11. Act I Scene 4: Recitative: Non son chi son (Urbino, Paolino, Riccardo)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Andreas Mattersberger, Mira Graczyk, Julia Sophie Wagner

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    12. Act I Scene 4: Romance: Un Provvenzale d'illustre stato (Riccardo, Paolino)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Julia Sophie Wagner, Mira Graczyk

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    13. Act I Scene 6: Quartet and Chorus: Cantiam de' nostri cuori (Chorus, Carlo, Harvesters, Anna, Ernesta, Paolino, Urbino)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Niklas Mallmann, Anna-Doris Capitelli, Anna Feith, Mira Graczyk, Andreas Mattersberger

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    14. Act I Scene 6: Scene: Son solo… o miei sospiri! - Aria: Ah! se mirar potessi (Costantino)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Daniel Ochoa

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    15. Act I Scene 7: Recitative: A dir ver il Signor Governatore (Carlo, Costantino, Riccardo)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Niklas Mallmann, Daniel Ochoa, Julia Sophie Wagner

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    16. Act I Scene 8: Trio: Oh Ciel! che miro! (Costantino, Riccardo, Carlo)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Daniel Ochoa, Julia Sophie Wagner, Niklas Mallmann

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    17. Act I Scene 9: Recitative: Povero Costantino, quanti sofferto avrai stenti (Riccardo, Costantino, Carlo, Urbino, Anna)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Julia Sophie Wagner, Daniel Ochoa, Niklas Mallmann, Andreas Mattersberger, Anna-Doris Capitelli

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    18. Act I Scene 9: Finale: Che ascolto! (Riccardo, Anna, Urbino, Costantino, Carlo, Ernesta, Herald, Governor, Guards, Paolino, Shepherd, Elena, Adolfo)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Julia Sophie Wagner, Anna-Doris Capitelli, Andreas Mattersberger, Daniel Ochoa, Niklas Mallmann, Anna Feith, Harald Thum, Fang Zhi, Mira Graczyk

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    19. Act II Scene 1: Recitative: Entriamo, e al Conte Edmondo (Ernesta, Anna, Urbino)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Anna Feith, Anna-Doris Capitelli, Andreas Mattersberger

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    20. Act II Scene 1: Trio: S'è ver, che un vivo ardore (Anna, Ernesta, Urbino)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Anna-Doris Capitelli, Anna Feith, Andreas Mattersberger

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    21. Act II Scene 2: Recitative: Tosto al Governator di Tarascone (Governor, Ernesta, Anna, Urbino, Edmondo)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Fang Zhi, Anna Feith, Anna-Doris Capitelli, Andreas Mattersberger, Markus Schäfer

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    22. Act II Scene 3: Scene: Oh tu, che ognor fastosa - Aria: Vieni a me… (Edmondo, Guards)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Markus Schäfer

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    23. Act II Scene 4: Recitative: Governatore è vero ciò che intesi testè? (Edmondo, Governor, Carlo)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Markus Schäfer, Fang Zhi, Niklas Mallmann

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    24. Act II Scene 5: Duet: Chiaro favella, e breve (Edmondo, Carlo)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Markus Schäfer, Niklas Mallmann

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    25. Act II Scene 5: Recitative: E un vil pastor de miei voler vantarsi delusore potrà? (Edmondo, Carlo, Governor)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Markus Schäfer, Niklas Mallmann, Fang Zhi

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    26. Act II Scene 6: Scene: I sensi generosi - Aria: Di pietà, che in te favella (Governor)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Fang Zhi

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    27. Act II Scene 6: Recitative: Tutto rigore egli è, ma il vero ignora (Edmondo, Elena, Adolfo, Carlo)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Markus Schäfer, Julia Sophie Wagner, Mira Graczyk, Niklas Mallmann

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    28. Act II Scene 7: Aria: Ah! non partir! (Elena)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Julia Sophie Wagner

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    29. Act II Scene 7: Recitative: Oh cor di madre a che non giungi mai? (Edmondo, Carlo, Elena)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Markus Schäfer, Niklas Mallmann, Julia Sophie Wagner

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    30. Act II Scene 8: Scene and Sextet: Ma qual gente si appressa? (Edmondo, Anna, Elena, Carlo, Chorus, Guards, Governor, Costantino)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Markus Schäfer, Anna-Doris Capitelli, Julia Sophie Wagner, Niklas Mallmann, Fang Zhi, Daniel Ochoa

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    31. Act II Scene 8: Recitative: Guardie, colui che tanto cercaste è in poter vostro (Edmondo, Carlo, Anna, Costantino, Elena, Governor, Adolfo, Urbino)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Markus Schäfer, Niklas Mallmann, Anna-Doris Capitelli, Daniel Ochoa, Julia Sophie Wagner, Fang Zhi, Mira Graczyk, Andreas Mattersberger

      Conductor: Franz Hauk

    32. Act II Scene 9: Finale: Gnorsì… nuje ve credimmo (Carlo, Chorus, Adolfo, Edmondo, Anna, Governor, Urbino, Costantino, Elena)

      Composer: Johann Simon Mayr

      Ensemble: Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus

      Performer: Niklas Mallmann, Mira Graczyk, Markus Schäfer, Anna-Doris Capitelli, Fang Zhi, Andreas Mattersberger, Daniel Ochoa, Julia Sophie Wagner

      Conductor: Franz Hauk


During the 1813–14 carnival season in Naples, Simon Mayr wrote a much-admired opera semiseria called Elena. The post-revolutionary Napoleonic era saw great enthusiasm for the rescue opera genre and Elena is a perfect example, in which a complex plot, based on French models, sees an innocent falsely accused of a capital offence. Mayr’s subtle accommodation of Neapolitan opera and Viennese Classicism ensures a series of choruses and recitatives that drive the action forward, punctuated with arias, romances, ensembles, lyric richness and moments of witty buffo color.

REVIEW:

Franz Hauk continues his dedicated role championing the music of the German-born, Simon Mayr, now returning to his operas thought to number almost seventy.

First produced in Naples in January 1814, Mayr's Elena was well received and revived in 1816 at the much more influential venue of La Scala, Milan, and that was followed by Florence. At both theatres it is thought is was probably much revised. The story is complex—to say the least—and made even more so as you need to know the history that surrounds events that took place before the opera begins; all that is explained in the enclosed booklet. The opera calls for a dramatic soprano as the wronged Elena, here taken by the German-born Julia Sophie Wagner, who is enjoying a major career on both sides of the Atlantic. Her perky voice is perfect for her dual role where she has to masquerade as a young man when she returns to her homeland. But it is the many other characters who share the bulk of a work lasting around two and a half hours, though it does not seem that long! By this point the fine bass voice of Daniel Ochoa has taken over the score as Elena’s husband, Costantino, the two having parted as they fled from their execution, his long first act aria not far short of ten minutes. We are now introduced to Edmondo, who was part of the plot against Elena, here taken by the tenor, Markus Schafer, whose outstanding performances have graced many Mayr recordings. That leaves me to say how much I have enjoyed the bass, Niklas Mallmann, in the buffo role of Carlo; the bass, Andreas Mattersberger as Urbino, and Fang Zhi in the pivotal part of the Governor. He is joined in the opera’s final rejoicing with the fulsome Simon Mayr Chorus. For Hauk, the conductor, this is another major and unqualified success, his period instrument orchestra, Concerto de Bassus, both neat and with impeccable intonation. A fabulous release in every respect.

– David's Review Corner (David Denton)