Umstatt: 3 Harpsichord Concertos & 2 Flute Concertos

Featuring

Maja Mijatović
Jennifer Lippl
Dimitris Karakantas
Karol Gostynski
Pavel Serbin
Herwig Neugebauer

Sieglinde Größinger
Ensemble Klingekunst
Joseph Umstatt

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Recording & Production

This album features three harpsichord concertos by Joseph Umstatt that are world premiere recordings.

Compositional Technique

Umstatt's concertos are a musical document of the 'clash' between the expression of affect and technical virtuosity, two leading forces in music around 1750.

Performer Biography

Sieglinde Größinger, the flutist on this recording, plays principal flute in leading early music orchestras like Concentus Musicus Wien and L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra.

Composer's Artistic Vision

The prevailing aim of musical art during Umstatt's time was the 'duty' to musically depict human emotions, or 'affects'.

Historical Context

Umstatt's youth coincided with a period of significant stylistic upheaval in music, as the contrapuntal style gave way to the homophonic style, emphasizing the solo voice.

Composer Biography

Joseph Umstatt, an Austrian composer, was born in Vienna in 1711 and died in Bamberg in 1762 after a prolific period as court composer and conductor.

Performer Biography

Maja Mijatović, the harpsichordist, is a founding member of Ensemble Klingekunst and her CD 'to catch a running poet' received the German Record Critics' Award in 2019.