Concerto de Bassus
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New. Mayr: Giuseppe
Markus Schäfer (tenor), Philipp Polhardt (tenor), Niklas Mallmann (bass), Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk
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Sacchini: L'abbandono delle ricchezze di S. Filippo Neri
Giovanni Michelini, Yeree Suh (soprano), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Ketevan Chuntishvili, Daniel Ochoa, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk
The performance is excellent. Both sopranos Yeree Suh and Ketevan Chutishvili have light and airy voices, suitable for the bravura arias Sacchini favors, while Markus Schäfer has a huge range... —
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Johann Simon Mayr: Messa Solenne in D Minor
Anna Feith, Bogna Bernagiewicz, Freya Apffelstaedt, Markus Schäfer, Fang Zhi, Niklas Mallmann, Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk
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Mayr: Motets, Vol. 2
Andrea Lauren Brown (soprano), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Daniel Ochoa (bass)
Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus, I Virtuosi Italiani, Franz Hauk
Great singing indeed – and attractive music. —
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Mayr: Messa di Gloria
Dorota Szczepańska (soprano), Freya Apffelstaedt (alto), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Thomas Stimmel (bass), Anna Feith (soprano), Fang Zhi (tenor), Maria Grazia Insam (alto), Elia Merguet (bass), Simon Mayr Choir, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk
Franz Hauk’s burning advocacy for Mayr is palpable and his forces respond with enthusiasm, if at the expense on occasion of finesse. —
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Special offer. Johann Simon Mayr: Alfredo Il Grande
Marie-Luise Dressen (Alfredo / Elfrido), Markus Schafer (Gutrumo), Daniel Ochoa (Etelberto), Anna Feith (Alinda), Sophia Korber (Alsvita), Philipp Polhardt (Amundo), Simon Mayr Chorus, Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk
Franz Hauk would seem to be the world’s leading conductor of Mayr these days, and he is certainly the right man for the job. He brings the perfect touch of sparkle, delicacy, and stylish assurance... —
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Special offer. Mayr: Saffo
Markus Schäfer (Alceo), Andrea Lauren Brown (Saffo), Jaewon Yun (Faone), Marie-Sande Papenmeyer (Amfizione), Katharina Ruckgaber (Laodamia), Daniel Preis (Euricleo) & Franz Hauk (harpsichord and conductor)
Concerto de Bassus, Simon Mayr Choir, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
How fascinating it is to have a first recording, and a very fine one at that, of what must be one of musics most remarkable debut operas...This is an opera which unfolds, where everything is... —
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Hauk steers his forces with purpose coupled to a real sense of early 19th-century style. The many soloists are all fit for purpose and the Simon Mayr Chorus makes the most of its four contributions. —
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Donizetti: Messa di Gloria and Credo in D major
Siri Karoline Thornhill (soprano), Marie-Sophie Pollak (soprano), Marie-Sande Papenmeyer (alto), Mark Adler (tenor), Martin Berner (bass) & Theona Gubba-Chkheidze (violin)
Simon Mayr Choir, Members of the Bavarian State Opera Chorus & Concerto de Bassus, Franz Hauk
The performances are capable, with solid singing and playing revealing the qualities of church music very much conceived in the Italian style of the day - that is, broadly operatic. —
