Matti Salminen - Elamani Lauluja: A Finnish Songbook - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Emilie Mayer was one of the very few successful female composers of her time. The Mecklenburg-born composer was also referred to as the 'female Beethoven'. On our second symphony album, Emilie Mayer opens up a new facet of her compositional spectrum by exhibiting classicistic tendencies clear and transparent outlines, regular periods in the formation of themes, no formal experiments. The additional name InchMilitairInch refers to the use of piccolo, triangle, cymbals and bass drum in the final movement. All we know about her seventh symphony is that it was probably composed by 1856 it is fair to say that Emilie Mayer draws in this symphony the sum of her previous experience with the composition of symphonies large-scale tension-building, such as she practiced in the opening movement of her second symphony, with the classicistically clear formal language that her third symphony exhibits. At the same time, the motivic integration is so dense that the boundaries between thematic and non-thematic formal sections become blurred. More masterpieces by one of the most important female representatives of 19th century Central European music. Album Tracks 1. Symphony No. 3 in C Major 2. Symphony No. 7 in F minor

Album Tracks 1. O Isis Und Osiris 2. In Diesen Heil' Gen Hallen 3. Wer Ein Liebchen Hat Gefunden 4. Solche Hergelauf' Ne Laffen 5. Ha! Wie Will Ich Triumphieren 6. Hat Man Nicht Auch Gold 7. Come Dal Ciel Precipita 8. Il Lacerato, Spirito 9. Ella Giammai M'amo' 10. La Calunnia 11. Vecchia Zimarra 12. Lyubvi Vsye 13. Mogst Du, Mein Kind 14. Wie Schon Ist Doch Die Musik

Mozart was a young husband and would soon become a father when he was composing L'oca del Cairo and Lo sposo deluso, two operas destined to remain fragments. After the success of The Abduction from the Seraglio, he worked concurrently on these two new works. In L'oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo) a father locks his daughter in a tower to keep her away from her lover. After much confusion and mischief during which a large mechanical metal goose plays an important role, the father finally gives in. Mozart decided not to finish this opera because he did not like the libretto; after a number of sketches of the music - which, as always, is wonderful - for arias, duets, and the finale he stopped working on it. After all, he had a second opera project in the works, Lo sposo deluso (The Deluded Bridegroom). Three ladies - Emilia, Metilde, and Laurina - are rivals for Emilia's beloved, who is presumed to be dead but then resurfaces. After much confusion the idea was also to conclude this opera with a happy ending, but things never got that far. It remained an unfinished fragment and never made it's way to the stage. Album Tracks 1. Lo Sposo Deluso Ov - Ens and Orch of the Kameropera Antwerpen Transparant/Hans Rotman 2. Lo Sposo Deluso. Quartetto Ah, Ah Che Ridere! - Herman Bekaert/Ioan Micu/Rolande Van Der Paal/Bernhard Loonen 3. Lo Sposo Deluso. Aria Nacqui All' Aura Trionfale - Leonie Schoon 4. Lo Sposo Deluso. Aria Dove Mai Trovar Quel Ciglio - Ioan Micu 5. Lo Sposo Deluso. Terzetto Che Accidenti - Leonie Schoon/Bernhard Loonen/Herman Bekaert 6. L' Oca Del Cairo. Duetto Cosi Si Fa - Gretje Anthoni/Romain Bischof 7. L' Oca Del Cairo. Aria Se Fosse Qui Nascoso - Gretje Anthoni 8. L' Oca Del Cairo. Aria Ogni Momento - Romain Bischof 9. L' Oca Del Cairo. Recitativo O Pazzo, Pazzissimo Biondello - Herman Bekaert/Gretje Anthoni 10. L' Oca Del Cai