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Mayr: Il sacrifizio di Jefte, sacred oratorio / Bassenz, Iranyi, Sellier, Kupfer. Franz Hauk

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Simon Mayr: Il sacrifizio d'Ifigenia, opera
Performers: Hauk, Frank [Harpsichord]
Conductors: Hauk, Frank [Harpsichord]
Ensemble: Simon Mayr Ensemble

It is only in the last few years, largely as a result of the pioneering performances of the Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble conducted by...continue...
Recording information: Asamkirche Maria de Victoria, Ingolstadt, Germany (09/01/2009-09/04/2009)....continue...

Ferdinando Paer (1771-1839): Il Santo Sepolcro (The Holy Sepulchre); Mayr: Invito / Cornelia Horak, Miriam Clark, Vanessa Barkowski, Thomas Michael Allen

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Simon Mayr: Invito ("Già trafitto"), for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra; Ferdinando Paër: Il Santo Sepolcro, oratorio for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Clark, Miriam; Hamann, Jens; Horak, Cornelia; Steppberger, Klaus; Stimmel, Thomas [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Hauk, Franz
Ensemble: ; Simon Mayr Chorus

Franz Hauk's pioneering series of the music of Simon Mayr extends our limited acquaintance with his contemporary, Ferdinando Paër whose dramatic oratorio The Holy Sepulchre...continue...
Recording information: Assam Church of Maria de Victoria, Ingolstadt, Germany (09/03/2008-09/07/2008)....continue...

Simon Mayr: Ariadne on Naxos, cantata / Cornelia Horak, Thomas Michael Allen

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Simon Mayr: Arianna in Nasso, cantata for voice & orchestra
Performers: Hauk, Franz
Conductors: Hauk, Franz
Ensemble: Simon Mayr Chorus

The Bavarian-born composer Simon Mayr spent his compositional life in Italy, spreading the influence of Viennese classicism whilst himself being influenced by prevailing Italian models....continue...
Recording information: Neues Schloss, Fahmensaal, Ingolstadt (09/16/2007-09/20/2007)....continue...

Mayr: Gioas, oratorio / Brown, Sellier, Frey, Burkhart. Franz Hauk

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: Simon Mayr: Gioas, oratorio
Performers: Hauk, Franz
Conductors: Hauk, Franz
Ensemble: Simon Mayr Choir

Bavarian-born Johann Simon Mayr achieved renown as an Italianate opera composer, his earlier work taking the form of sacred oratorios. Gioas is a combination of...continue...
Recording information: Asamkirche Maria de Victoria, Ingolstadt, Germany (09/06/2010-09/10/2010)....continue...

Simon Mayr: Samuele, oratorio / Brown, Bernhard, Trost, Hamann - Hauk

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Simon Mayr: Samuele, oratorio
Conductors: Hauk, Franz
Ensemble: Ingolstadt Georgian Chamber Orchestra

Influential, popular and prolific in his day, Bavarian born Simon Mayr left his mark in providing a bridge between Northern classicism and the bel canto...continue...
Recording information: Asamkirche Maria de Victoria, Ingolstadt, Germany (09/15/2009-09/19/2009)....continue...

Simon Mayr: Concerto Bergamasco; Keyboard Concerto in C; Trio Concertante

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Simon Mayr: Concerto Bergamasco for piccolo, flute, clarinet & basset horn; Concerto for piano, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets & string orchestra in C major; Trio Concertante for 3 violins & orchestra in A minor
Performers: Dijk, David van; Li, Yi; Schwaabe, Natalie; Spiller, Antonio
Conductors: Hauk, Franz
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Classical Players

Though revered as 'the father of Italian opera', Simon Mayr also wrote large scale instrumental and orchestral music. His 1820 Concerto in D minor has...continue...
Recording information: Fahnensaal of Herzogschloss, Ingolstadt, Germany (09/19/2007-09/22/2007)....continue...

Mayr: Te Deum; Mozart: Missa Solemnis

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ, in C major (K. Anh. C 1.20); Simon Mayr: Te Deum for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major
Performers: Burkhardt, Andreas [Bass Vocal]; Eser-Streit, Priska; Hauk, Franz; Hirtreiter, Andreas; Merwald, Robert; Schneider, Jorg; Stuber, Katja
Conductors: Hauk, Franz

It is uncertain whether the 'Missa Solemnis in C major' was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or by his father Leopold. Whatever the case, it...continue...
Recording information: Asamkirche Maria de Victoria, Ingolstadt, Germany (09/29/2007-10/01/2007)....continue...

Mayr: Tobiae matrimonium / Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus and Ensemble

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-06-30

Works: Simon Mayr: The Marriage of Tobias, opera
Performers: Bernhard, Susanne; Buchberger, Margriet; Hauk, Franz; Horak, Cornelia; Iranyi, Stefanie; Spiesser, Judith
Conductors:
Ensemble: Simon Mayr Ensemble

One of the most important composers of opera and sacred music between Mozart and Rossini, and Donizetti's teacher, Johann Simon Mayr also composed several major...continue...

Mayr: David in the Cave of Engedi / Hauk, Ostermann, Horak, Ichihara, Schneider, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-04-29

Works: Simon Mayr: David in spelunca Engaddi, Oratoriao
Performers: Duffe, Sibylla; Hauk, Franz; Horak, Cornelia; Ichihara, Ai; Ostermann, Merit; Schneider, Claudia
Conductors: Hauk, Franz
Ensemble: Mayr Ensemble

Mayr's oratorio 'David in spelunca Engeddi' (David in the Cave of Engedi), with a Latin text, was written in 1795 for the Ospedale dei Mendicanti...continue...

Simon Mayr: L'amor coniugale / Franklin, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Simon Mayr: L'amor coniugale, opera
Performers: Bellavia, Giovanni; Bille, Francescantonio; Charalgina, Tatjana; Machej, Dariusz; Rizzone, Cinzia; Trammell, Bradley
Conductors: Franklin, Christopher
Ensemble: Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra

Based, like Beethoven’s opera 'Fidelio', on the original French libretto by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, Mayr's opera 'L'amor coniugale' (Conjugal Love) won considerable success at its first...continue...

Simon Mayr: L'Armonia, etc / Hauk, Or, Piriu, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-12-12

Works: Simon Mayr: L'Armonia, dramatic cantata for soloists, choir & orchestra; Cantata for the Death of Beethoven, for soloists, choir & orchestra
Performers: Borchev, Nikolay; Or, Talia; Piriù, Altin
Conductors: Hauk, Franz
Ensemble: Georgian Chamber Orchestra

"One thing's clear about this composer/teacher/choir master: he knew his Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven, and if you like their sacred and theatrical music, you'll enjoy...continue...