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The Travel Diaries of Charles Burney. The second journey, episode 3: Burney has arrived in Vienna.

Today the third episode of the second study tour of music historian, composer and musician Charles Burney (1726-1814).
In 1772, Burney travelled through the Low Countries, Germany and Austria and wrote ‘Present State of Music in Germany, The Netherlands and the United Provinces’.

In this episode, Burney is in Vienna where he meets the composers Johann Adolf Hasse and Christoph Willibald Gluck, and author Metastasio.

Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783).
1. Sinfonia in D major
– Con affetto. Lento maestoso. Allegro
– Lento con sordino. Poco piano.
– Allegro assai
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(2CD Sinfonias from the Enlightenment. Challenge Classics CC 72193, 2008)

Johann Adolf Hasse
2. From ‘La Clemenza di Tito’:
– Se mai senti
– Vo disperato a morte

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
3. Demofoonte: ‘Sperai vicino il lido’
Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor. Le Concert d’Astrée olv. Emmanuelle Haïm
(CD Carestini – The Story of a Castrato. Virgin Classics 3 9524228, 2007)

Christoph Willibald Gluck
4. From ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’, third act:
– Aria: Ce fiero momento
– Recitativo: Ecco un nuovo tormento
– Aria: Che faro senza Euridice
– Recitativo: A finisca e per sempre
– Maestoso: Ballo: Grazioso – Allegro – Andante – Allegro
– Coro: Trionfi Amore
Sylvia McNair, soprano (Euridice). Derk Lee Ragin, countertenor (Orfeo). The English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
(2CD Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice. Philips 434-093-2)

addition:
C.W. Gluck/H. Berlioz
5. from ‘Orphee et Euridice’: ballet Lent sempre legatissimo
Orchestra of San Francisco opera conducted by Donald Runnicles
(2CD Orphee et Euridice Gluck version Berlioz. Teldec 4509 98418)

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