![Daniel Behle, Jan Schultsz – Beethoven: Gegenliebe Lieder (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2022/05/21/fiswlsvl0rcdc_600.md.jpg)
Daniel Behle, Jan Schultsz – Beethoven: Gegenliebe Lieder (2022) [FLAC 24bit, 96 kHz]
The singer and composer Daniel Behle was honored with the prestigious OPUS Klassik as “Singer of the Year” in 2020. He is equally successful in concert, lied and opera. His repertoire ranges from baroque masterpieces, classical and romantic repertoire to 20th and 21st century compositions. His discography includes several award-winning recordings. His Lied recordings, including “Die Schöne Müllerin” and his two albums of Strauss songs, the most recent of which was awarded the German Record Critics’ Prize, have attracted particular attention. On his latest recording, Behle now presents a selection of Beethoven songs, accompanied by Jan Schultsz on fortepiano. Unlike Schubert or Schumann, Beethoven is not immediately associated with the Lied; one associates him more with the representative of the grand gesture. Nevertheless, this does not prevent him from leaving almost one hundred songs to posterity. “An die ferne Geliebte” (1851/1816) is undoubtedly one of the most famous of these works.
![Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor – Ostinato (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/02/09/wi02oenyomeia_600.md.jpg)
Ars Antiqua Austria, Gunar Letzbor – Ostinato (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
In music, “ostinato” (Latin obstinatus: “obstinate”) is a repeated sequence of notes. A constantly repeated bass motif is perfect for improvisation – which in turn inspired many Baroque composers to write numerous masterpieces. Gunar Letzbor has put together a splendid programme from this fund of pieces, including the well-known Ciaconnas by Bertali and Schmelzer and two ostinato-dominated sonatas by the violin virtuoso Biber, but also works by lesser-known composers such as Georg Arnold, Heinrich Döbel and Johann Josef Vilsmayr.
![Alexandre Baldo, Mozaique – Caldara: Arias for Bass (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2023/06/11/kz20tj5vgy7ja_600.md.jpg)
Alexandre Baldo, Mozaique – Caldara: Arias for Bass (2023) [FLAC 24 bit, 96 kHz]
Antonio Caldara, a native of Venice, spent almost two decades at the beginning of the 18th century in the service of the Habsburg Emperor Charles VI as Vice-Kapellmeister.
His musical duties also included supplying the Vienna Court Opera with a constant stream of new works.
The present programme is based on extensive research by the bass Alexandre Baldo in the Vienna National Library.
In the manuscripts of Caldara’s vocal works, Baldo repeatedly came across bass arias that impressed him for their virtuosity and expressiveness.
Baldo discovered that Caldara had written them without exception for Christoph Praun, a highly esteemed bass player and member of the imperial court orchestra at the time.
For this recording, Alexandre Baldo presents a selection of arias composed by Caldara for Praun between 1717 and 1736.