COMPOSERS: Michael Haydn
LABELS: CPO
WORKS: Der Bassgeiger zu Wörgl; Divertimento in G; Six Menuetti; Three Marches; Overtures
PERFORMER: Barbara Meszaros (soprano), Hans Christoph Begemann (baritone); Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss/ Johannes Goritzki
CATALOGUE NO: 999 513-2
In the one-act Singspiel The Bass Violinist from Wörgl, a drunken peasant – hiccups pervading the overture – outwits his wife. For the rest, constant eight-bar phrases, each predictably repeated, characterise this less inspired of the Haydn brothers, though he’s well served by crisp strings and sizzling horns. George Pratt
Michael Haydn: Der Bassgeiger zu Wörgl; Divertimento in G; Six Menuetti; Three Marches; Overtures
In the one-act Singspiel The Bass Violinist from Wörgl, a drunken peasant – hiccups pervading the overture – outwits his wife. For the rest, constant eight-bar phrases, each predictably repeated, characterise this less inspired of the Haydn brothers, though he’s well served by crisp strings and sizzling horns. George Pratt
Our rating
4
Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:11 pm
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