Special offer. Mayr: Telemaco
Siri Karoline Thornhill, Andrea Lauren Brown, Jaewon Yun, Katharina Ruckgaber (sopranos), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Niklas Mallmann (bass) & Franz Hauk (harpsichord and conductor)
Members of the Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Simon Mayr Choir & Concerto de Bassus
if you accept Telemaco primarily as a polished vocal-instrumental concert, there's plenty to enjoy...Franz Hauk directs his trim period band with style and affection...Of the soloists, the standout...
Special offer. Mayr: Telemaco
Siri Karoline Thornhill, Andrea Lauren Brown, Jaewon Yun, Katharina Ruckgaber (sopranos), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Niklas Mallmann (bass) & Franz Hauk (harpsichord and conductor)
Members of the Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Simon Mayr Choir & Concerto de Bassus
Purchase product
if you accept Telemaco primarily as a polished vocal-instrumental concert, there's plenty to enjoy...Franz Hauk directs his trim period band with style and affection...Of the soloists, the standout...
About
Mayr's Telemaco was a product of turbulent political times in the Republic of Venice, which had been occupied by Napoleon's troops in late 1796. Military elements, with incorporated marches, feature strongly in a score that brought to contemporary Venetian theatre many of the innovative elements that were in vogue on the operatic stages of Paris. Taking classical Greek mythological material, Mayr fashioned an opera full of colour, interweaving instrumental interludes and dances into his arias, cavatinas and choruses, and crafting his own very personal vision of the new Italian opera seria.
Contents and tracklist
- Jaewon Yun, Katharina Ruckgaber, Andrea Lauren Brown, Siri Karoline Thornhill, Markus Schäfer, Niklas Mallmann
- Concerto de Bassus, Bayerischer Staatsopernchor, Simon Mayr Chorus
- Franz Hauk
- Jaewon Yun, Katharina Ruckgaber, Andrea Lauren Brown, Markus Schäfer, Siri Karoline Thornhill, Niklas Mallmann
- Concerto de Bassus, Bayerischer Staatsopernchor, Simon Mayr Chorus
- Franz Hauk
- Siri Karoline Thornhill, Markus Schäfer, Jaewon Yun, Andrea Lauren Brown
- Concerto de Bassus, Bayerischer Staatsopernchor, Simon Mayr Chorus
- Franz Hauk
Awards and reviews
July 2017
if you accept Telemaco primarily as a polished vocal-instrumental concert, there's plenty to enjoy...Franz Hauk directs his trim period band with style and affection...Of the soloists, the standout is Siri Karoline Thornhill...She despatches her coloratura with grace and panache, and characterises Telemachus's unenviable plight as much as Mayr's decorous idiom allowed.
Classical Ear 24th March 2017
There are some beautiful arias and cavatinas as well as duets, and the performance is delightful throughout. Markus Schäfer is very much the authoritative figure and Andrea Lauren Brown is convincingly nasty in much of her recitative. Franz Hauk’s harpsichord accompaniment is sensitively played and the two choirs give pleasing substance to the sound, as does the Concerto de Bassus.
