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Haydn - Opera at Eszterháza

Arias: La Circe

Miah Persson (soprano), Kirstin Chávez (mezzo-soprano), Bernard Richter (tenor), Christoph Genz (tenor), Iván Paley (baritone) & Manfred Hemm (bass)

Haydn Sinfonietta Wien, Manfred Huss

The likeable Swiss tenor Bernard Richter sings… imaginatively… Baritone Iván Paley is lively in the buffo fun of 'Dice benissimo'… but the finest singing comes from Miah Persson… — BBC Music Magazine, March 2010, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 1st Feb 2010
Catalogue No: BISSACD1811
Label: BIS
Length: 71 minutes

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Haydn: Infelice sventurata, Hob. XXIVb:15

Work length5:08

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Miah Persson
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss
Recorded: May, June 2008
Recording Venue: Florianikirche, Straden, Austria

Haydn: Costretta a piangere, Hob. XXIVb:1

Work length5:45

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Miah Persson
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss
Recorded: May, June 2008
Recording Venue: Florianikirche, Straden, Austria

Haydn: Signor voi sapete, Hob. XXIVb:7

Work length3:21

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Miah Persson
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss
Recorded: May, June 2008
Recording Venue: Florianikirche, Straden, Austria

Haydn: Solo e pensoso, Hob. XXIVb:20

Work length6:03

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Miah Persson
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss
Recorded: May, June 2008
Recording Venue: Florianikirche, Straden, Austria

Haydn: Dice benissimo, Hob. XXIVb:5

Work length2:10

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Ivan Paley
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss
Recorded: May, June 2008
Recording Venue: Florianikirche, Straden, Austria

Haydn: Da che penso a maritarmi, Hob. XXIVb:16

Work length3:49

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Bernard Richter
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss
Recorded: June 2009
Recording Venue: Church of Three Kings, Benedikt, Slovenia

Haydn: Se tu mi sprezzi, Hob. XXIVb:14

Work length5:42

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Bernard Richter
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss
Recorded: June 2009
Recording Venue: Church of Three Kings, Benedikt, Slovenia

Haydn: Tornate pur mia bella, Hob. XXIVb:22

Work length6:39

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Bernard Richter
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss
Recorded: June 2009
Recording Venue: Church of Three Kings, Benedikt, Slovenia

Excerpt, Haydn: Il mondo della luna

Work length5:56

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Bernard Richter
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss
Recorded: June 2009
Recording Venue: Church of Three Kings, Benedikt, Slovenia

Begli occhi vezzosi

Track length5:56

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Haydn: Ah tu non senti… Qual destra omicida, Hob. XXIVb:10

Work length4:58

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Bernard Richter
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss
Recorded: June 2009
Recording Venue: Church of Three Kings, Benedikt, Slovenia

Haydn: La maga Circe, Hob. XXXII:1

Work length21:54

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Kirsten Chavez, Bernard Richter, Christoph Genz, Manfred Hemm
Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Manfred Huss
Recorded: June 2009
Recording Venue: Church of Three Kings, Benedikt, Slovenia

Son pietosa, son bonina

Track length4:08

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Son due ore che giro

Track length7:40

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Lavatevi presto

Track length10:06

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Haydn composed more than twenty operas, mainly for the sumptuous theatre at Eszterháza, the palace of his long-time employers, the princes of Esterházy. Even so, his work in the operatic field remains largely neglected. This disc focuses on an even more closely guarded secret: the so-called 'insertion arias' that Haydn wrote for inclusion in operas by other composers. The rarely, if at all, recorded music includes Haydn's three contributions to La Circe, an opera pasticcio which combined music by several composers, and six of the surviving insertion arias. Among these is Infelice sventurata, written for an opera by Cimarosa, and one of Haydn's finest arias, here movingly performed by Miah Persson. The Swedish soprano shares the greater part of the programme with the Swiss tenor Bernard Richter. The latter in Ah, tu non senti, amico takes on what, according to the initiated liner notes of conductor and Haydn specialist Manfred Huss, 'may be the highest drama in eighteenth-century music - ghostly and spine-chilling in a Hitchcockian manner.' In contrast, Huss describes the concluding tercet from La Circe as 'a tremendously witty and energetic and also dramatic scene that sounds like Mozart - or perhaps even like Rossini'. This varied programme thus becomes an illustration of Mozart's verdict on Haydn as an opera composer: 'Nobody can do all of this - flirt and unsettle, provoke laughter and deep emotions - as well as Haydn!' It is presented by Manfred Huss and his period band Haydn Sinfonietta Wien as part of a Haydn bicentenary celebration, which includes four previous, highly acclaimed releases. The opera fragment Acide (BIS-SACD-1812) was called 'a wonderful tribute to Joseph Haydn' by the reviewer of MusicWeb International, who also found Bernard Richter 'outstanding' in the title role. The review of the marionette opera Philemon und Baucis (BISSACD1813) on ClassicsToday.com described the work as 'exceptionally moving stuff, full of Sturm und Drang, with . music of substantial humanity and warmth.' And the playing of Haydn Sinfonietta Wien on the two collections of overtures (BISCD1818) and chamber works (BISCD1796/98) has been unanimously praised: 'the ideal interpreters for these works' (Pizzicato) and 'sensational... lively tempos, gutsy brass and timpani, perky winds, and stunning music' (ClassicsToday.com).

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March 2010

The likeable Swiss tenor Bernard Richter sings… imaginatively… Baritone Iván Paley is lively in the buffo fun of 'Dice benissimo'… but the finest singing comes from Miah Persson…

Haydn - Opera at Eszterháza

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