From the sixties to the sixties
2020; Oxford University Press; Volume: 48; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/em/caaa012
ISSN1741-7260
Autores Tópico(s)Musicology and Musical Analysis
ResumoIn this set of recordings we explore chamber and orchestral music mostly by Germans and Austrians, going slightly beyond the century of 1660–1760. We will encounter Rosenmüller, Schmelzer, Biber, Fasch, Kerll, Kress, Endler, Pisendel, Hasse, Heinichen, Graupner, Telemann, Quantz, Handel, three of the Bachs, and a few others who influenced them. There are two essential albums by the young American ensemble ACRONYM. In both of them, there is the rich sound of a firm and deep instrumental bass line leading the music. The players are remarkably creative with instrumentation and the details they find to emphasize within the music; both albums have the same 12 instrumentalists plus baritone Jesse Blumberg. An uncommon sonority is the use of a lirone among the continuo instruments. The first disc is Johann Rosenmüller in exile (New Focus Recordings fcr909, issued 2017, 52′). From his post in Leipzig, Rosenmüller in his late 30s faced allegations of sexual misconduct with some of the boys. He escaped prison and fled to Italy, building a new career for himself in Venice with the translated name of Giovanni Rosenmiller. The selections here are from his Venetian repertory. There are four cantatas from undated manuscripts, alternated with three published sonatas in five instrumental parts (nos.4, 6 and 8) from 1670. The cantatas are about faithfulness, mercy and victory over death. Blumberg and the instrumentalists are consistently excellent. This album does not duplicate any of the Rosenmüller compositions that The King’s Noyse recorded in a similar programme (Harmonia Mundi hmu 907179, issued 1996, 72′).
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