Melani: L'Europa, Sacred Works / Max, Winter, Samuelis, Wessel, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Veronika Winter (Soprano)
• Ekkehard Abele (Bass)
• Cornelia Samuelis (Soprano)
• Benoit Haller (Tenor)

Conductor

• Max, Hermann

Ensemble

• Das Kleine Konzert

Composers

• Bernardo Pasquini (1637 - 1710)
• Alessandro Melani (1639 - 1703)
• Georg Muffat (1653 - 1704)

Notes & Reviews:

Although Alessandro Melani certainly numbers among the most underrated and most infrequently studied composers of the seventeenth century, it was he who produced the best setting of the Don Giovanni subject prior to Mozart with his L'empio punito of 1669. His "mini-opera" 'L'Europa' is a "festa teatrale" focusing on the Phoenician maiden who surrendered to her abductor, Jupiter in bovine guise, and thus founded Western civilization. The music is conveyed with such freshness, intelligence, and dramatic vividness that we have to assign Melani a first place in the ranks of composers between Cavalli, Cesti, and Scarlatti.

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Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Sinfonia

• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Recitativo. O del mondo, o del cielo

• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Aria. Più non vanti il Dio

• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Recitativo. E piagato cola negli stellanti

• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Arioso. Sù, sù dunque ò sonante sovrano

• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Muffat, Georg : Partita for clavier in F major :: Gigue pour les Anglois

• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Recitativo. Ah, qual barbara stella

• Performer: Veronika Winter (Soprano)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Aria. O del ciel Numi immortali

• Performer: Veronika Winter (Soprano)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Pasquini, Bernardo : Work(s) :: [Unspecified] Sonata in d, Satz 3

• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Recitativo. Ma qual rimiro in tanto metamorfosi

• Performers: Ekkehard Abele (Bass); Veronika Winter (Soprano)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Aria. Quel nume bambino

• Performer: Ekkehard Abele (Bass)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Recitativo. Quell' appunto

• Performer: Veronika Winter (Soprano)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Recitativo. Non temerai i accenti

• Performers: Veronika Winter (Soprano); Ekkehard Abele (Bass)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Aria. Di cieco amor l'ira inflessibile

• Performer: Ekkehard Abele (Bass)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Terzetto. Frena i barbari accenti

• Performers: Veronika Winter (Soprano); Ekkehard Abele (Bass)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Recitativo. Ah, qual colpo di spietato

• Performer: Veronika Winter (Soprano)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Aria. T'amo Giove e t'adoro

• Performer: Veronika Winter (Soprano)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : L' Europa, opera :: Terzetto finale. Sappia dunque 'alma amante

• Performers: Ekkehard Abele (Bass); Veronika Winter (Soprano)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Muffat, Georg : Work(s) :: [Unspecified] Gigue

• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : Requiem for 2 soloists, 5 ripieno voices, 2 violins, viola & basso continuo

• Performers: Cornelia Samuelis (Soprano); Veronika Winter (Soprano); Ekkehard Abele (Bass); Benoit Haller (Tenor)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 13 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : Beatus vir (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, 5 strings & basso continuo :: Beatus vir qui timet Dominum

• Performers: Cornelia Samuelis (Soprano); Benoit Haller (Tenor); Veronika Winter (Soprano); Ekkehard Abele (Bass)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 11 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : Beatus vir (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, 5 strings & basso continuo :: Gloria Patri et Filio

• Performers: Veronika Winter (Soprano); Ekkehard Abele (Bass); Cornelia Samuelis (Soprano); Benoit Haller (Tenor)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : Magnificat, for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass & basso continuo :: Magnificat anima mea Dominum

• Performers: Veronika Winter (Soprano); Ekkehard Abele (Bass); Cornelia Samuelis (Soprano); Benoit Haller (Tenor)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 10 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque

Melani, Alessandro : Magnificat, for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass & basso continuo :: Gloria Patri et Filio

• Performers: Cornelia Samuelis (Soprano); Ekkehard Abele (Bass); Benoit Haller (Tenor); Veronika Winter (Soprano)
• Conductor: Hermann Max
• Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert
• Notes: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (05/19/2008-05/21/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque