Mayr: Giuseppe | Naxos 8574710

Mayr: Giuseppe

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8574710

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Expected Release Date: 26th June 2026

Contents

Artists

Freya Apffelstaedt (contralto)
Markus Schafer (tenor)
Philipp Polhardt (tenor)
Niklas Mallmann (bass)
Matthias Hoffmann (bass)
Fang Zhi (tenor)
Konstantin Igl (tenor)
Micha Matthaus (bass-baritone)
Simon Mayr Chorus (choir)
Concerto de Bassus (orchestra)

Conductor

Franz Hauk

Works

Mayr, Johann Simon

Giuseppe

Artists

Freya Apffelstaedt (contralto)
Markus Schafer (tenor)
Philipp Polhardt (tenor)
Niklas Mallmann (bass)
Matthias Hoffmann (bass)
Fang Zhi (tenor)
Konstantin Igl (tenor)
Micha Matthaus (bass-baritone)
Simon Mayr Chorus (choir)
Concerto de Bassus (orchestra)

Conductor

Franz Hauk

About

Giuseppe was composed by Mayr in 1829 for graduation concerts at the academy of music in Bergamo over which he presided. His inspiration was a Biblical opera that had won great popularity, Méhul's Joseph, which had premiered in Paris in 1807, featuring prayers, hymns and unassuming arias. Mayr, however, drew on a much wider musical canvas to include grand arias, duets, a cavatina and a final chorus. He also repeatedly references popular melodies by his contemporaries Donizetti, Rossini and Bellini as befits a pasticcio oratorio.

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