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Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor – The Music of the Habsburg Empire (FLAC)

Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor - The Music of the Habsburg Empire (FLAC)
Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor – The Music of the Habsburg Empire (FLAC)

Performer: Ars Antiqua Austria, Jana Pastorkova, Jan Krigovsky, Martina Krigovská, Noemi Kiss, Katarzyna Wiwer, Norbert Zeilberger, Václav Luks, Miroslav Rovensky, Hubert Hoffmann, Ilja Korol, Miloslav Student, Radu Marian, Andrea Mion
Conductor: Gunar Letzbor
Number of Discs: 10
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pan Classics
Release: 2015
Size: 2.82 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01
Kusser: Festin des muses, Suite No. 1 in G Minor
01. I. Overture
02. IV. Gigue
03. V. Passepied – Autre passepied
04. VI. Les combattants
05. VII. Air

Esterhazy: Harmonia Caelestis
06. O mors

Capricornus: Sonata No. 3 à 3
07. Sonata No. 3 à 3

Speer: Gazzetta turco-musicale
08. I. Kosaken Ballet
09. II. Polnisch Ballet
10. III. Lompyn libera il suo padrone Cergely
11. IV. Wallachisches Ballet
12. V. Kosaken Ballet

13. trad.: Improvisation über einen Tanz von Speer
14. trad.: Keby moje nozky mohli tancovat – Hore Belu voda bezi
15. trad.: Ej horou, horou
16. trad.: Vrcharska nalada
17. trad.: Temro puro – Adre mire kale bala – Adroverde suku nane
18. trad.: Bobrù noc

CD 02
Posch: Musikalische Tafelfreudt
01. Paduana IX
02. Gagliarda IX
03. Intrada X
04. Couranta X

Dolar: Suite No. 1
05. I. Intrada
06. II. Allemande
07. III. Sarabanda
08. IV. Gigue

Tartini: Violin Sonata No. 7 in A Minor, B. a1
09. I. Adagio
10. II. Allegro
11. III. Andante – Allegro assai

Ivanschiz: Divertimento in C major
12. I. Adagio
13. II. Menuetto – Trio
14. III. Finale. Allegro

Birck: Concerto in C Major
15. I. Tempo giusto
16. II. Andante
17. III. Allegro

Dolar: Suite No. 2
18. I. Intrada
19. II. Treza I
20. III. Intrada
21. IV. Treza II
22. V. Gigue
23. VI. Retirada

Posch: Musikalische Tafelfreudt
24. Paduana V
25. Gagliarda V
26. Intrada IX

CD 03
01. trad.: Hungarian Dances of the 18th Century
02. Werner: Alma Redemptoris mater
03. Fux: Sinfonia a 3 in C Major
04. Esterhazy: Jesu parve – Jesum ardentibus – O quam dulcis es – Ave dulcis virgo

Haydn: 8 Zingarese, Hob. IX:28
05. Tanz I – Adagio – Tanz II

06. Ebner: Sonatina for Violin, Viola da Gamba & Organ
07. Speer: Musicalisch Turckischer Eulen-Spiegel
08. Werner: Regina coeli

Schmelzer: Balletto No. 1 in D Minor “Di zingari”
09. II. Ciaconna detta la bella zingara

anon.: Danza ungherese
10. Danza ungherese

CD 04
01. Mielczewski: Canzona for 2 Violins & Continuo

Zieleński: Communiones totius anni
02. In festo Sancti Stephani. Video caelos apertos

03. Dobel: Sonata in A Major for Violin & Continuo

Nauwach: Arie, Libro 1
04. No. 8, Tempesta di dolcezza

Weiss: Sonata No. 29 in A Minor “L’infidele”
05. V. Musette
06. IV. Menuet
07. III. Sarabande
08. VI. Paysanne

Speer: Musicalisch Turckischer Eulen-Spiegel
09. Pohlnisch Ballet. Es That ein Venus Narr
10. Pohlnisch Ballet. Als nun das dumme Vieh
11. Proportion. Als dieses war vorbey

12. anon.: Nie zlodziem, choc kradné – Taniez, Serce mi wziela M.B. – Nie zlodziem, Taniez

CD 05
01. anon.: St. Hubert Lied – Bon repos Lied
02. anon.: Sonata a 3

Stolzel: Enharmonische Sonata in C Minor
03. I. Adagio arpeggiato
04. II. Fuga
05. III. Allegretto

Losy: Suite in G major
06. I. Adagio arpeggiato
07. II. Fuga
08. III. Allegretto
09. IV. Adagio arpeggiato
10. V. Fuga

Habermann: Concerto for 2 Horns & 2 Violins in D Major
11. I. Allegro
12. II. Adagio
13. III. Allegro

14. anon.: O Diana
15. anon.: O zajíčkovi
16. anon.: Interludium

Reichenauer: Trio in D major
17. I. Adagio
18. II. Allegro
19. III. Adagio
20. IV. Tempo di menuet

Vivaldi: Trio Sonata in G minor, RV 85
21. I. Andante molto
22. II. Larghetto
23. III. Allegro

24. anon.: Responsorium ad querelam Rustici
25. anon.: Eja chase
26. anon.: O zajíčkovi

CD 06
01. Wir befinden uns in einem Kloster
02. Hirschmentzel: Orpheus in sylvis… – Valles Wellerhradenses
03. Die Gäste begeben sich auf ihre Zimmer

anon.: Parthia 4ta
04. Aria – Gavotta – Sarabanda – Aria – Minuet – Trezza

05. Während Bruder Vinzent die letzten Noten
06. Pekarek: Hanakischen Singspiel
07. Und dann hat man auch ein Ballett vorbereitet
08. Hirschmentzel: Saltus civilis – Saltus rusticanus – Saltus nobilis
09. Poglietti: Aria allemagna con alcuni variazioni sopra l’età della Maestà Vostra
10. Wos is jetzt des für eine Störung?
11. anon.: Hanàckà, Uherskà – Dajc – Ländler, Kozarady
12. No, wos sagn’s dazu?

Aria allemagna con alcuni variationi
13. Französische Baiselemens

14. anon.: Marenko, mein liebes Kind – Semper lustig, numquam traurig – Hanatica Stala u Dunaja – da capo: Semper lustig, numquam traurig
15. anon.: Der Türk – Kossack – Der Wälsche – Aria Polon – Der Francos – Walachica
16. anon.: Vinzent, ich muss dich rügen
17. anon.: Lucille, datam coelo Cantus, in quo procrastinatur Poenitentia vitae
18. anon.: I glaub’s net
19. anon.: Ungarische Tänze – Hanakische Tänze
20. anon.: Pohreb sedláka

CD 07
Matteis: Sesostri, Re di Egitto
01. Chaconne

Matteis: Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena
02. La dia Spagnola

Leopold I: Entremes en musica de Orfeo y Euridice
03. Sarabanda – Quando el Alba

Sanz: Instrucción de música
04. Lantururu

Leopold I: Entremes en musica de Orfeo y Euridice
05. Por mas que he buscado – Donde vas – Moriste ninfa bella

Sanz: Instrucción de música
06. Paradertas

Leopold I: Entremes en musica de Orfeo y Euridice
07. Deidades del Abismo

Sanz: Instrucción de música
08. Chacona

Pagliardi: El Segreto a Voces
09. Comedia – España

10. Losinthal: Ciaccona

Viviani: El Prometeo
11. Potpourri

Viviani: Cantilenae hispanica linqua compositae
12. A las niñas de tus osos – Si callo Anardo mi pena

13. Matteis: La día Spagnola

CD 08
Vivaldi: Sonata for Violin, Oboe, Organ, Chalumeau & Continuo, RV 779
01. I. Andante
02. II. Allegro
03. III. Largo cantabile
04. IV. Allegro

Hasse: Venetian Ballads
05. Grazie agli inganni tuoi
06. Si’, la gondola avere’, no crie’
07. Son quà mia bella
08. Sù l’ora del disnar partrona cara

09. Ferro: Sonate für Violine und Theorbe

Ziani: Alma Redemptoris mater
10. I. Affettuoso
11. II. Adagio botta

Albinoni: Oboe Sonata in C major
12. I. Adagio
13. II. Allegro –
14. II. Largo
15. III. Burlesque
16. IV. Minuetto

17. Vivaldi: Lungi dal vago volto, RV 680

Hasse: Venetian Ballads
18. Bel placer saria d’un core

CD 09
01. Kerll: Toccata ottava in G Major
02. Stradella: Sinfonia No. 22 in D Minor
03. anon.: Passagaglia de Monseur Muffat
04. Stradella: Toccata for Cembalo

Lonati: Sonate a violino solo e basso
05. Ciaccone

06. Kerll: Canzone 6 in G Major

CD 10
Muffat: Florilegium secundum, Fasciculus II “Laeta poesis”
01. I. Overture
02. II. Les poëtes
03. III. Jeunes espagnols
04. IV. Autre pour les mêmes
05. V. Les cuisiniers
06. VI. Les hachis
07. VII. Les marmitons

Radolt: Lute Concerto in F major
08. I. Ouverture
09. II. Aria pastorale
10. III. La querelle des Amantes
11. IV. Menuette en canon
12. V. Capriccio en canon
13. VI. Gigue
14. VII. Menuette

Ehrenstein: Rosetum musicum
15. I. Ouverture
16. II. Aria
17. III. Rondeau
18. IV. Menuet
19. V. Passacaille

Fux: Ouverture in C Major
20. I. Aria

Mayr: Suite in B Major
21. Gavotte

Aufschnaiter: Serenade in G Major, Op. 2 No. 1
22. I. Bourée
23. II. Guigue

Fux: Ouverture in C Major
24. II. Menuet

Lully: Le Triomphe de l’Amour
25. Prélude pour la nuit

Fux: Ouverture in C Major
26. III. Marche des écurieus

For the Austrian baroque violinist Gunar Letzbor, the music of the Habsburg Empire is significantly different from that of the other European cultural centres in France, Italy and Germany. The Habsburg Imperial Court was a melting pot of many different cultures in which the zest for living of southerners, the melancholy of the Slavs, the formalistic traits of the French, the courtly ceremony of the Spanish and the original Alpine culture of the German-speaking region come together. In his concert project “Klang der Kulturen” (The Sound of the Cultures), together with his ensemble Ars Antiqua Austria, he has occupied himself over a period of ten years with the individual countries that formed the roots of and influences on the music of baroque Vienna, documenting them in the form of live recordings.


The result of this work is a box containing 10 CDs, each of which represents a country: the first six CDs are dedicated to the Habsburg patrimonial lands of Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland, Bohemia and Moravia. Letzbor does not hesitate to immerse himself in the traditional folk music of these countries in order to document the major influences of this music on the art music that ultimately found its way to the Imperial Court in Vienna. The other four CDs document the influences of the most important European centres of Spain, Venice, Rome and Paris on Austrian composers. The result is a comprehensive compendium showing European baroque music from a point of view unusual for us today. This collection reveals many exciting new perspectives in over ten hours of musical works, most of which are recorded here for the first time.

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