Sturm und Drang, Vol. 3 The Mozartists & Ian Page

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Adagio & Fugue in C Minor, K. 546:
• 1Mozart: Adagio & Fugue in C Minor, K. 54606:47
• Anton Schweitzer (1735 - 1787): Alceste, Act I Scene 1:
• 2Schweitzer: Alceste, Act I Scene 1: Es ist gekommen01:02
• 3Schweitzer: Alceste, Act I Scene 1: Zwischen Angst und zwischen Hoffen07:16
• Leopold Kozeluch (1747 - 1818): Symphony in G Minor:
• 4Kozeluch: Symphony in G Minor: I. Allegro07:05
• 5Kozeluch: Symphony in G Minor: II. Adagio06:14
• 6Kozeluch: Symphony in G Minor: III. Presto06:28
• Giovanni Paisiello (1740 - 1816): Annibale in Torino, R. 1.26, Act II:
• 7Paisiello: Annibale in Torino, R. 1.26, Act II: Misera, ch’ei perì!06:12
• 8Paisiello: Annibale in Torino, R. 1.26, Act II: Smarrita, tremante03:39
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44, 'Trauer':
• 9Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44, 'Trauer': I. Allegro con brio09:22
• 10Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44, 'Trauer': II. Menuetto e Trio: Allegretto05:05
• 11Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44, 'Trauer': III. Adagio08:47
• 12Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E Minor, Hob. I:44, 'Trauer': IV. Finale: Presto04:54
• Total Runtime01:12:51

Info for Sturm und Drang, Vol. 3

Like the first two releases in The Mozartists’ ongoing ‘Sturm und Drang’ series, this recording comprises three highly dramatic and turbulent orchestral works interspersed with similarly highly-charged vocal items. The repertoire dates from between 1771 and 1788, and again includes one of Haydn’s great minor-key symphonies – this time arguably the greatest of them all, the ‘Trauer’. For the first time in the series Mozart is also represented, in the form of his extraordinarily visceral and darkly chromatic Adagio and Fugue in C minor, and the disc opens with an outstanding G minor symphony by the Czech composer Leopold Kozeluch, whose quality, sweep and lyricism will surprise many listeners.

The two vocal works are genuine rarities. Schweitzer’s Alceste was one of the earliest attempts to create German tragic opera in the vernacular, and it launches with an aria of searing intensity. The scene from Paisiello’s Annibale in Torino – the twenty-third of his eighty-seven operas –features an exquisite but brief arioso before leading into a stormy G minor aria. The soloist is the exciting young American soprano Emily Pogorelc, and Ian Page again conducts his award-winning period-instrument ensemble.

Emily Pogorelc, soprano
The Mozartists
Ian Page, direction

Ian Page
is the founder, conductor and artistic director of Classical Opera and The Mozartists. He began his musical education as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, and studied English Literature at the University of York before completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. At the start of his career he worked on the music staff at Scottish Opera, Opera Factory, Drottningholm and Glyndebourne, working with such conductors as Sir Alexander Gibson, Nicholas McGegan, Mark Wigglesworth, Ivor Bolton and Sir Charles Mackerras.

With Classical Opera he has conducted most of Mozart’s operas, including the world premières of the “original” version of Mitridate, re di Ponto and a new completion of Zaide, as well as the UK premières of Gluck’s La clemenza di Tito, Telemann’s Orpheus and Jommelli’s Il Vologeso, and the first new staging for 250 years of Johann Christian Bach’s Adriano in Siria. In 2009 he made his Royal Opera House début conducting Arne’s Artaxerxes at the Linbury Studio Theatre, and his studio recording of the work was released in 2011 on Linn Records.

He also devised and conducted Classical Opera’s recordings of ‘The A-Z of Mozart Opera’ (Signum Classics) and ‘Blessed Spirit – a Gluck retrospective’ (Wigmore Hall Live), both of which were selected for Gramophone magazine’s annual Critics’ Choice, and in 2012 he embarked on a new complete cycle of Mozart opera recordings with Classical Opera. He is the creator and driving force behind of MOZART 250, a ground-breaking 27-year journey through Mozart’s life, works and influences, and in 2017 founded The Mozartists to facilitate his ever-expanding concert work.

Ian is deeply committed to nurturing and championing outstanding young singers and players – for several years he was a professor at the Royal College of Music, and he has given masterclasses for the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme. He is also a passionate spokesman for classical music, opera and the arts, and has broadcast on BBC 4 and Sky Arts.

The Mozartists
were created in 2017 by conductor, Ian Page, as a natural extension of his pioneering work with internationally renowned opera company, Classical Opera.

Classical Opera is best known for its current series, Mozart 250, in which they perform each year the operas and music that Mozart and his contemporaries composed 250 years ago. Comprising many of today’s leading period instrumentalists, The Mozartists perform alongside some of the world’s most exciting young singers.

In this concert, The Mozartists present a wide- ranging selection of works by Haydn, including a piano trio, songs, duets and some of his most delightful folksong settings, interspersed with two dramatically charged A minor sonatas by Mozart and Koželuch, played on the fortepiano by Steven Devine.

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