Anne Marie Harer, the leader and conductor of la festa musicale, is also the artistic director and concertmaster of the baroque orchestra.
Performer Biography
Lajos Rovatkay, who conducted this recording, played a prominent role in establishing historically informed performance practice in Germany.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Werner's music incorporates the purposeful devotion of the 'Old Netherlanders' (Franco-Flemish composers of the 15th and 16th centuries) as an active energy and building block of his compositional skill.
Compositional Technique
Werner's festive Masses feature a dualistic richness, with tension between 'intricately contrapuntal' sections and 'lapidary' block-like massiveness, often undercut by virtuosic figuration.
Recording & Production
la festa musicale, the North German baroque ensemble on this recording, was founded in 2014 and is known for its creative, cross-disciplinary concert formats.
Composer Biography
Gregor Joseph Werner (1693-1766) served at the Esterházy court as the predecessor of Joseph Haydn, but has almost entirely fallen into oblivion.
Recording & Production
This album is the conclusion of a five-part CD project devoted to the rediscovery of Gregor Joseph Werner's music, the fruit of over forty years of research.
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