Composer: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Joseph Balthasar Hochreiter, Georg Muffat, Johann Joseph Fux, Romanus Weichlein, Franz Josef Aumann
Performer: Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor, Gerd Kenda, Markus Miesenberger, Alois Mühlbacher, Markus Forster
Conductor: Gunar Letzbor, Franz Farnberger
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pan Classics
Catalogue: PC10325
Release: 2015
Size: 300 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Biber: Balletti lamentabili, C. 59
01. Sonata
02. Biber: Balletto in B Minor, C. 60 “Die Werber”
Biber: Serenada à cinque, C. 75
03. No. 4, Ciacona “Nachtwächter”
Biber: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, C. 138
04. I. —
Biber: Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Dorian, C. 139
05. III. Finale
Biber: Violin Sonata No. 6 in C minor, C. 143
06. III. Adagio
07. IV. Gavotte
Biber: Violin Sonata “Representative Sonata”
08. IV. Der Frosch
09. VIII. Adagio. Die Wachtel
Hochreiter: Requiem, Sequentia
10. Tuba mirum
11. Mors stupebit
12. Rex tremendae
13. Lacrimosa
14. Recordare
Hochreiter: Requiem, Offertorium
15. Tu suscipe
16. Domine
Muffat: Armonico tributo, Sonata No. 2 in G Minor
17. I. Grave
18. VI. Sarabanda
Muffat: Armonico tributo, Sonata No. 3 in A Major
19. IV. Gavotta
Muffat: Florilegium primum, Fasciculus No. 1 “Eusebia”
20. IV. Gigue I
Muffat: Florilegium primum, Fasciculus No. 2 “Sperantis gaudia”
21. V. Gavotte
Muffat: Florilegium primum, Fasciculus No. 3 “Gratitudo”
22. VII. Menuet
Muffat: Florilegium primum, Fasciculus No. 5 “Sollicitudo”
23. II. Allemande
24. IV. Gavotte
25. VI. Bourrée
Fux: Oratorium germanicum de Passione Domini
26. Nicht verzage meine Freindin
27. Dir Zuliebe
Weichlein: Encaenia musices, Op. 1, Sonata No. 3
28. Bassagalia
Weichlein: Encaenia musices, Op. 1, Sonata No. 6
29. Adagio
Aumann: Requiem
30. Requiem aeternam
anon.: Toccata 94 in A Minor
31. Toccata 94 in A Minor
Muffat: Missa in labore requies, Credo
32. Et in Spiritum Sanctum
“Let others wage war, but you, felicitous Austria, marry!”
This saying guided the politics of the Habsburgs over the course of centuries. The Imperial Court in Vienna was a melting pot of many cultures on an equal footing, practicing next to each other; interest in its imperial amalgam has somewhat faded with the downfall of the Habsburg Empire. With his ensemble Ars Antiqua, Gunar Letzbor wishes to direct our attention to the treasures of Austrian baroque composers, introducing on this sampler a selection of the most interesting works from the CD releases of recent years. These include unknown instrumental music of the famous Austrians Biber, Fux and Muffat alongside sacred works by the completely forgotten composers Joseph Balthasar Hochreither, Romanus Weichlein and Franz Joseph Aumann. They revivify felicitous Austria!