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SCHUBERT
Operatic Overtures Haydn Sinfonietta Wien, Manfred Huss [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] |
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HAYDN
Symphony No.50 in C major [Der Götterrat] / Symphony No.12 in E major / Symphony No.60 in C major, ‘Il Distratto’ Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] By his employer Prince Esterházy Joseph Haydn was expected to provide music, and conduct the almost daily performances of operas and plays at the Prince's own opera house and marionette theatre. He must have been highly disciplined in order to be... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Opera at Eszterhaza Miah Persson (soprano), Kirstin Chávez (mezzo-soprano), Bernard Richter (tenor), Christoph Genz (tenor) / Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "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 **** |
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W.A. MOZART
Concertos for Two and Three Pianos Ronald Brautigam and Alexei Lubimov (fortepianos) / Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss (direction and fortepiano) [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "In short, this CD is a delight from begin to end. It will make you want to see and hear the two pieces performed live because only then can one fully enjoy the virtuosic playfulness and beauty of the musical interchange between the two pianos in the... |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Philemon and Baucis (a marionette opera) Christoph Genz (tenor) Maren Engelhardt (mezzo-soprano) Jan Petryka (tenor) Alexandra Reinprecht (soprano) / Haydn Sinfonietta Wien / Manfred Huss [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] "Although necessarily for Haydn specialists, the music here really is special. This vividly recorded release gives the fullest picture of this genuinely moving work." 9 / 9 ClassicsToday Nov 2009) |