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Styrian Harpsichord Concertos
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Details
- Composer
- SCHEIBL STEINBACHER WAGENSEI
- Artist
- Hell, Neue Hofkapelle Graz
- Format
- CD
- Label
- CPO
- Released
- Sep 20, 2019
- Catalog #
- 555269-2
- UPC
- 761203526925
About
The term used to describe the epoch in which the works brought together on this album were composed is a matter of dispute. Did it come before the period of Viennese classicism, which means that it represents "pre-Classicism?" Or is it part of this period, that is, "Early Classicism?" The Austrian musicologist Rudolf Flotzinger came up with a pithy formulation for this phase of music history, terming it "the epoch between the epochs," which means that it is no longer Baroque and not yet Classicism. During this period, in the middle of the eighteenth century and in the age of Empress Maria Theresa, the genres of instrumental ensemble music continuing even today to dominate the concert repertoire were developed - including the "clavier concerto," which was performed in equal measure on the organ, on the harpsichord, and later on the pianoforte. The designation "clavier" current at that time merely generally referred to an instrument with claves (keys). A collection of clavier concertos extant in the Studies Library in Ptuj (Pettau), Slovenia, preserves the compositions recorded here in manuscript form. The harpsichordist Michael Hell, along with the Neue Hofkapelle Graz, led by him and Lucia Froihofer, performs these exciting works. Two highly outstanding instruments were available to Michael Hell for this recording: the harpsichord built by Johann Leydecker in Vienna in 1755, now freshly restored, and it's copy built by Martin Pühringer in 2017. These instruments enable listeners to become acquainted with two instruments forming a perfect match for this repertoire: on an extremely well-preserved original instrument and on a copy that in it's way is tonally just as suitable - after all, even during the time of it's composition the music was performed on new instruments. The Ptuj collection shows how fragile and incomplete our knowledge of the musical practice from "the epoch between the epochs" really is. The transmitted manuscripts, above all the extant concertos by Wagenseil, document the variety of performance options, broad compositional palette, and widespread dissemination of music for keyboard instruments.
Tracklist 20 tracks
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1 I. Allegro 03:45
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Allegro
- Duration
- 03:45
- Composer
- Johann Adam Scheibl
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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2 II. Larghetto 02:38
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Larghetto
- Duration
- 02:38
- Composer
- Johann Adam Scheibl
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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3 III. Allegro 02:49
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Allegro
- Duration
- 02:49
- Composer
- Johann Adam Scheibl
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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4 I. Vivace 04:18
- Track
- 4
- Title
- I. Vivace
- Duration
- 04:18
- Composer
- Georg Christoph Wagenseil
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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5 II. Andante alla breve 03:41
- Track
- 5
- Title
- II. Andante alla breve
- Duration
- 03:41
- Composer
- Georg Christoph Wagenseil
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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6 III. Allegro 03:58
- Track
- 6
- Title
- III. Allegro
- Duration
- 03:58
- Composer
- Georg Christoph Wagenseil
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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7 Pastorella in G Major 00:54
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Pastorella in G Major
- Duration
- 00:54
- Composer
- Johann Michael Steinbacher
- Performer
- Michael Hell
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8 I. Allegro 05:08
- Track
- 8
- Title
- I. Allegro
- Duration
- 05:08
- Composer
- Casteli
- Performer
- Lucia Froihofer, Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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9 II. Adagio 02:31
- Track
- 9
- Title
- II. Adagio
- Duration
- 02:31
- Composer
- Casteli
- Performer
- Lucia Froihofer
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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10 III. Presto 05:34
- Track
- 10
- Title
- III. Presto
- Duration
- 05:34
- Composer
- Casteli
- Performer
- Lucia Froihofer, Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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11 I. Allegro 05:45
- Track
- 11
- Title
- I. Allegro
- Duration
- 05:45
- Composer
- Anonymous
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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12 II. Adagio 04:22
- Track
- 12
- Title
- II. Adagio
- Duration
- 04:22
- Composer
- Anonymous
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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13 III. Allegro 03:15
- Track
- 13
- Title
- III. Allegro
- Duration
- 03:15
- Composer
- Anonymous
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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14 Prelude in A Minor 01:10
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Prelude in A Minor
- Duration
- 01:10
- Composer
- Johann Michael Steinbacher
- Performer
- Michael Hell
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15 I. Allegro 05:07
- Track
- 15
- Title
- I. Allegro
- Duration
- 05:07
- Composer
- Johann Michael Steinbacher
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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16 II. Adagio 03:17
- Track
- 16
- Title
- II. Adagio
- Duration
- 03:17
- Composer
- Johann Michael Steinbacher
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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17 III. Allegro 06:04
- Track
- 17
- Title
- III. Allegro
- Duration
- 06:04
- Composer
- Johann Michael Steinbacher
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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18 I. Allegro assai 04:30
- Track
- 18
- Title
- I. Allegro assai
- Duration
- 04:30
- Composer
- Georg Christoph Wagenseil
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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19 II. Adagio 04:30
- Track
- 19
- Title
- II. Adagio
- Duration
- 04:30
- Composer
- Georg Christoph Wagenseil
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz
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20 III. Allegro assai 04:35
- Track
- 20
- Title
- III. Allegro assai
- Duration
- 04:35
- Composer
- Georg Christoph Wagenseil
- Performer
- Michael Hell
- Ensemble
- Neue Hofkapelle Graz