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BACH & SACRED MUSIC
BAROQUE OPERA & REDISCOVERIES
CONTEMPORARY DIALOGUE
FILMMUSIC
Anonymous (formerly attributed to Francesco Gasparini, 1661–1727)La Tortorella 05:29
from Amor non inteso (Padua, 1717)
World premiere recording
Source: Austrian National Library, Vienna | E.M. 172
Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano
Luca Pianca, lute & musical direction
Igor Bobovich, cello
1607 ensemble for early & new music
Musical short film by Maria Weiss
A cooperation of 1607 Records & Cinetop Film
Johann Philipp Krieger (1649–1725) Einsamkeit 09:32
from Die ausgesöhnte Eifersucht oder Cephalus und Procris (Weißenfels, 1689)
Libretto: Paul Thymich
Source: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich | Mus.pr. 403
Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano
Luca Pianca, lute
Igor Bobovich, cello
1607 ensemble for early & new music
Musical short film by Maria Weiss
A cooperation of 1607 Records & Cinetop Film
Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377) Foy porter 04:41
Monophonic virelai V 25/22
Text: Guillaume de Machaut.
Source: Foy porter, honneur garder, virelai by Guillaume de Machaut. Source tradition: Machaut manuscripts, including Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français MSS A, B, C, E & G; also New York, Wildenstein Collection, fol. 330.
Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano
Musical short film by Esther-Jo Steiner
A cooperation of 1607 Records & Cinetop Film
early music bird. early new music 5:29
Concept album & art book by Maria Weiss
Featuring works by:
Francesco Gasparini, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Johann Philipp Krieger, Wolfgang Mitterer and others
With:
Luca Pianca · Wolfgang Mitterer · 1607 ensemble for early & new music
Music video by Carmen & Ingo Photography
Script by Maria Weiss
Produced by 1607 Records & favola in musica
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) Qui d’amor nel suo linguaggio 02:21
from Ariodante, HWV 33
Libretto: Anonymous adaptation of the anonymous libretto of L’isola di Alcina (1728)
Source: London, British Library | R.M.20.a.7 (f. 78r-82v)
Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano
1607 ensemble for early & new music
Music video by silent tapes
Produced by 1607 Records & favola in musica
1. BAROQUE OPERA & REDISCOVERIES
Selected recordings and performance excerpts
World Premiere Recording
Anonymous (formerly attributed to Francesco Gasparini, 1661–1727) La Tortorella 02:52
La Tortorella se col suo fido (Selvaggio)
From: Amor non inteso (Padua 1717), I, 12
Libretto: Anonymous
Source: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek | E.M. 172
Maria Weiss, mezzosoprano,
1607 ensemble: Luca Pianca, lute, Igor Bobovic, cello
Maria Weiss, Photograph © Jeanne Degraa
World Premiere Recording
Antonio Caldara (about 1670 – 1736) Vorresti il só (Teodosio) 03:31
From: Atenaide. Drama per musica (1709?) | TEODOSIO
Libretto: Apostolo Zeno
Source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Musiksammlung, L’Atenaide, digitalised manuscript/source in the ÖNB Viewer, ID 1182CD27
Maria Weiss, mezzosoprano
1607. ensemble
Maria Weiss, Photograph © Jeanne Degraa
World Premiere Recording
Sebastián Durón (1660–1716) Otro adora lo que adoro (Júpiter) 03:32
Recitative & arietta
From: El imposible mayor en amor le vence amor (1710)
Libretto: Francisco Antonio de Bances Candamo und José de Cañizares
Source: Biblioteca Pública de Évora, CLI/2–3;
Maria Weiss, mezzosoprano
1607 ensemble for early & contemporary music
Maria Weiss, Photograph © Jeanne Degraa
Henry Purcell (1659–1695) Thy hand, Belinda / When I am laid in earth (Dido) 01:45
From Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Libretto:Nahum Tate
Source: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III
Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano
1607 ensemble for early & contemporary music
Maria Weiss, Photograph © Jeanne Degraa
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) Quel‘ augellin (Silvia) 02:52
From: La Silvia, RV 734 (Milan 1721), II, 1
Libretto: Enrico Gaetano Bissari (1678 – 1758)
Source: Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino, Sezione Musicale | Fondo Foà – Foà 28 (24)
Maria Weiss, mezzosoprano
Anne-Suse Enßle, recorder
Luca Pianca, lute
1607 ensemble
Maria Weiss, Photograph © Jeanne Degraa
George Frideric Handel (1685 – 1759) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto (Ruggiero) 03:32
From: Alcina, HWV 34 | (London 1735), II, 3
Libretto: Anonymous adaptation of the anonymous libretto of L’isola di Alcina (1728)
Source: London, British Library | R.M.20.a.7 (f. 78r-82v)
Maria Weiss, mezzosoprano,
Luca Pianca, lute
1607 ensemble,
Maria Weiss, Photograph © Jeanne Degraa
2. BACH & SACRED MUSIC
Selected recordings and performance excerpts
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690–1749), “Bist du bei mir” 02:24
Aria from Diomedes;
Transmitted in the Little Book of Music for Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV 508
Text: unknown librettist
Source: Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach (1725), no. 25; transmitted as BWV 508. Possibly arranged by J. S. Bach for voice and basso continuo.
Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano
1607 ensemble: Rosario Conte, theorbo
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) “Wir danken und preisen” 01:23
Live recording, Wiener Konzerthaus
From: Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134
Aria / duet for alto and tenor
Text: unknown librettist
Source: Sacred cantata for the Third Day of Easter, Leipzig 1724; based on Bach’s earlier Köthen cantata Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a.
Maria Weiss, alto
Daniel Johannsen, tenor
Ensemble Claudiana
Luca Pianca, conductor
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Ey! Wie schmeckt der Coffee süße (Liesgen) 01:24
World Premiere Recording with tenor recorder
From: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211 (Leipzig 1734)
Libretto: Christian Friedrich Henrici (1700 – 1764)
Source: Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz| D-B Mus. ms. Bach P
Maria Weiss, mezzosoprano
Anne-Suse Enßle, tenor reocrder
Luca Pianca, lute
1607 ensemble
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) Transit Aetas (Aria) 04:20
Juditha Triumphans Devicta Holofernis Barbarie | Rv 644 (Ua 1716) (Juditha)
Libretto: Giacomo Cassetti
Source: Sacred military oratorio, first performed at the Ospedale della Pietà, Venice, 1716.
Maria Weiss, mezzosoprano
1607 ensemble
Costanzo Festa (ca. 1485/90 – 1545) Venut’era, madonna, al mio languire 01:54
Live recording, Kloster Michaelstein Blankenburg
Madrigal for three voices
Text: Jacopo Sannazaro (1458 – 1530)
Source: Il vero libro di madrigali a tre voci, Venedig: Antonio Gardano, 1543, Manuscript sources include: D-Rp A.R. 940–941 and I-PEc MS 3314.
Anna Kellnhofer, soprano, Maria Weiss, alto, Michael Spieker, violin
Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 1179) Columba aspexit 02:00
Sequence for Saint Maximinus
From: Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum (1136 – 1179)
Text: Hildegard von Bingen
Source: Wiesbaden, Hessische Landesbibliothek | R 476rb-va (f. 476r)
Maria Weiss, voce sola
3. CONTEMPORARY DIALOGUE
Selected recordings and film music excerpts
World Premiere Recording
Wolfgang Mitterer (geb. 1958) zartes weinen 02:17
Maria Weiss, mezzosoprano
Wolfgang Mitterer, Electronics & Komposition
1607 ensemble
Maria Weiss, Photograph © Jeanne Degraa
World Premiere Recording
Wolfgang Mitterer (geb. 1958), niemand falle der verzweiflung zum opfer 01:39
Maria Weiss, mezzosoprano
Wolfgang Mitterer, Electronics & Komposition
1607 ensemble
Maria Weiss, Photograph © Jeanne Degraa
World Premiere Recording
Wolfgang Mitterer (geb. 1958) remember me 02:17
Maria Weiss, mezzosoprano
Wolfgang Mitterer, Electronics & Komposition
1607 ensemble
Maria Weiss, Photograph © Jeanne Degraa
Opera Productions
Excerpts / Selected Roles
Keiser Adonis 01:03
Reinhard Keiser (1674–1739)
Der geliebte Adonis
Role: Adonis
excerpt
Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano
M. Camargo Guarnieri Baiana 0:31
M. Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1993)
Pedro Malazarte
Role: Baiana
excerpt
Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano
Händel Irene 0032
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Atalanta
Role: Irene
excerpt
Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano
Mozart Don Ramiro 00:41
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
La finta giardiniera
Role: Don Ramiro
excerpt
Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano
Händel Irene 01:41
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Atalanta
Role: Irene
excerpt
Maria Weiss, mezzo-soprano