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The fifth instalment of the second journey of music historian, composer and musician Charles Burney (1726-1814). This one he made in 1772 through the Low Countries, Germany and Austria. He wrote “Present State of Music in Germany, The Netherlands and the United Provinces ” because of this trip.

Burney spends a long time in Vienna and goes to many concerts. He hears music by Giovanni Paolo Colonna, among others, and meets the composers Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Johann Adolf Hasse and Johann Baptist Vanhal.

Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637-1695)
“Dixit Dominus” a 9, concertato con violini e ripieni 2.
– Dixit Dominus
– Virgam virtutis tuae
– Tecum principium
– Juravit Dominus
– Judicabit in nationibus
– De torrente in via bebet
– Gloria
Capella Musicale di San Petronio conducted by Sergio Vartolo
(CD Giovanni Paolo Colonna – Salmi da Vespro. Tactus TC63030701)

Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777)
2. Divertimento III
– Allegro assai
– Minuetto
– Allegro assai
Isolde Ahlgrimm, harpsichord
(CD Wiener Cembalomusik. Berlin Classics 0031482BC)

Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
3. La Scusa Cantata.
– Recitativo ‘No, perdonami, O Clori’
– Aria: ‘Trova un sol’
– Recitativo: ‘Placati, o pastorella’
– Aria: ‘Torna in quellónda chiara’
Vivica Genaux, mezzo-soprano. Les Violons de Roy conducted by Bernard Labadie
(CD Arias Handel – Hasse. Virgin Classics 7243 5 45737 2 9)

Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813)
4. Symphony in d minor (Bryan d1)
– Allegro
– Arioso: ma non lento
– Menuetto: Trio
– Presto
Concerto Cologne
(CD Johann Baptist Vanhal. Teldec 0630 13141-2)

Depicted: Johann Baptist Vanhal