Franz Danzi's cantata 'Lob Gottes' (Praise of God) was published in 1803 by the renowned Breitkopf & Härtel, a significant distinction for the work.
Recording & Production
This recording was made by the Karlsruhe Bachchor in cooperation with SWR for the 200th anniversary of the Karlsruhe Stadtkirche (City Church).
Composer Biography
Friedrich Ernst Fesca, a violin virtuoso and concertmaster in Karlsruhe, was highly regarded by Carl Maria von Weber for his early Romantic chamber music.
Critical Reception
Friedrich Ernst Fesca's large Psalm settings, Op. 21 and 26, were praised by experts like musicologist Adolf Bernhard Marx, who compared them to Beethoven's sacred music.
Composer Biography
Franz Danzi was a friend and mentor to the young Carl Maria von Weber, bridging the Mannheim School and Mozart's style with Weber's Romanticism.
Historical Context
The album commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Karlsruhe Evangelische Stadtkirche (Protestant City Church), consecrated in 1816, and a golden age of Karlsruhe's 19th-century music scene.
Composer Biography
Franz Danzi, a renowned Court Music Director in Karlsruhe, was the son of a cellist in the famous Mannheim Court Orchestra and was a cellist himself.
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