The baroque spirit in all his musical shapes. Mozart and Caldara in Austria; music which was heard in Vienna in the 18th century
Costa-viool
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1. Andante and Fugue of a sonata in A major, KV 402
– Andante, ma un poco adagio
– Allegro moderato
Esther Hoppe, Mozart’s Costa-violin (1764). Florian Birsak, Graf-Flügel: Hammerklavier (1839)
(CD Mozarts Costa violine, Belvedere 10145)
Antonio Caldara (approx. 1671-1736)
2. From Demofoonte (1733): Aria ‘Misero pargoletto’
3. From L’Olimpiade (1733): Aria ‘Mentre dormi amor fomenti’
4. From La Clemenza di Tito (1734): Aria ‘Se mai senti spirarti sul volto’
Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor. Concerto Köln conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm, harpsichord
(CD Philippe Jaroussky – Caldara in Vienna, Virgin Classics 5 099964 881027)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
5. Sonata in B major, KV 454
– Largo – Allegro
– Andante
– Allegretto
Esther Hoppe, Mozart’s Costa-violin (1764). Florian Birsak, Graf-Flügel: Hammerklavier (1839)
(CD Mozarts Costa violine, Belvedere 10145)
