Joseph Martin Kraus: Overtures

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The performances by Theresia, a Classical-period training orchestra along the lines of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, may fall a little short in clarity, attack and core strength but they... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2024 More…

Release Date: 5th Jan 2024
Catalogue No: 555579-2
Label: CPO
Length: 67 minutes

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Kraus, J M: Aeneas in Carthage: Overture

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Kraus, J M: Fiskarena: Overture

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Kraus, J M: Olympie : Overture

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Kraus, J M: Soliman: Overture

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Excerpt, Kraus, J M: Aeneas i Cartago (Aeneas in Carthage)

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Introduction to Æneas I Cartago, Act V

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Overture to Æneas i Cartago, Act I

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Kraus, J M: Äfventyraren: Overture

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Kraus, J M: Begravningskantata for Gustavus III, VB 42: Overture

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Kraus, J M: Zum Geburtstage des Konigs Gustav III, VB 41: Overture

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Kraus, J M: Proserpine: Overture

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Kraus, J M: Begravningskantata for Gustavus III, VB 42

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Introduzione to Funeral Cantata for Gustav III, part 2

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For the Swedish conductor Joseph Martin Kraus, the overture played an important role in his own stage compositions. From a young age he had been fascinated by the theater and especially by opera. The great idol of the young German, who made a career in Stockholm, was Christoph Willibald Gluck, whose main concern was that dramatic works should be both logical and emotional. The opera Aeneas i Cartago, written in 1790, occupies the most important place in the composer's oeuvre; for this opera alone he wrote three extended and dramatic orchestral introductions, which are among Krauss's latest pieces. For Kraus, the overture was an integral part of the rest of the work - whether that work was dramatic or comic in nature. His overtures provide the key to the dramaturgical content of the main pieces, whether they were intended for the stage or the concert hall. With the Ensemble Theresia, cpo plans to record Krauss' complete symphonic works in the coming years.

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March 2024

The performances by Theresia, a Classical-period training orchestra along the lines of the European Union Baroque Orchestra, may fall a little short in clarity, attack and core strength but they are reassuringly stylish under Claudio Astronio. Well worth a rummage.

Limelight Magazine February 2024

Performances are sprightly, intonationally precise and full of character. Compared with their predecessors, the playing is lithe, dramatically flexible and the recording immediate.

Joseph Martin Kraus: Overtures

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