Sturm und Drang, Vol. 2: Haydn, Gluck, Vanhal, Mysliveček, J.C Bach The Mozartists & Ian Page

• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Symphony No. 39 in G Minor, Hob 1:39: I
• 1 Symphony No. 39 in G Minor, Hob 1:39: I. Allegro assai 05:50
• 2 Symphony No. 39 in G Minor, Hob 1:39: Ii. Andante 05:38
• 3 Symphony No. 39 in G Minor, Hob 1:39: Iii. Menuet e Trio 03:28
• 4 Symphony No. 39 in G Minor, Hob 1:39: Iv. Finale. Allegro di molto 04:44
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787): Paride ed Elena:
• 5 Paride ed Elena: "o del mio dolce ardor" 03:10
• 6 Paride ed Elena: "tutto qui mi sorprende" 01:10
• 7 Paride ed Elena: "le belle immagini" 04:02
• Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739 - 1813): Symphony in D Minor, Bryan D1:
• 8 Symphony in D Minor, Bryan D1: I. Allegro 05:33
• 9 Symphony in D Minor, Bryan D1: Ii. Andante arioso 06:26
• 10 Symphony in D Minor, Bryan D1: Iii. Menuetto e Trio 03:54
• 11 Symphony in D Minor, Bryan D1: Iv. Presto 05:56
• Franz Joseph Haydn: Stabat Mater:
• 12 Stabat Mater: "fac me vere tecum flere" 05:22
• Josef Mysliveček (1737 - 1781): Semiramide:
• 13 Semiramide: "tu mi disprezzi ingrato" 02:51
• Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782): Symphony in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6: I
• 14 Symphony in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6: I. Allegro 03:16
• 15 Symphony in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6: Ii. Andante più tosto Adagio 07:49
• 16 Symphony in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6: Iii. Allegro molto 02:28
• Total Runtime 01:11:37

Info for Sturm und Drang, Vol. 2: Haydn, Gluck, Vanhal, Mysliveček, J.C Bach

This series of Sturm und Drang recordings incorporates iconic compositions by Mozart, Gluck and, above all, Joseph Haydn, but it also includes largely forgotten or neglected works by less familiar names. All of the music featured on this second recording in the series was composed between 1765 and 1770, with three turbulent minor-key symphonies alternating with sacred and operatic arias. This is the second of a seven-volume series by the Mozartists and Ian Page exploring the Sturm und Drang movement, which swept through all art forms in the between the early 1760s and 1780s. Its general objectives were to frighten and perturb through the use of a wildly subjective and emotional means of expression, invoking ground-breaking extremes of passion and sentimentality.

Ida Ränslöv, mezzo-soprano
The Mozartists
Ian Page, conductor

Ian Page
is the founder, conductor and artistic director of Classical Opera and The Mozartists. He began his musical education as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, and studied English Literature at the University of York before completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. At the start of his career he worked on the music staff at Scottish Opera, Opera Factory, Drottningholm and Glyndebourne, working with such conductors as Sir Alexander Gibson, Nicholas McGegan, Mark Wigglesworth, Ivor Bolton and Sir Charles Mackerras.

With Classical Opera he has conducted most of Mozart’s operas, including the world premières of the “original” version of Mitridate, re di Ponto and a new completion of Zaide, as well as the UK premières of Gluck’s La clemenza di Tito, Telemann’s Orpheus and Jommelli’s Il Vologeso, and the first new staging for 250 years of Johann Christian Bach’s Adriano in Siria. In 2009 he made his Royal Opera House début conducting Arne’s Artaxerxes at the Linbury Studio Theatre, and his studio recording of the work was released in 2011 on Linn Records.

He also devised and conducted Classical Opera’s recordings of ‘The A-Z of Mozart Opera’ (Signum Classics) and ‘Blessed Spirit – a Gluck retrospective’ (Wigmore Hall Live), both of which were selected for Gramophone magazine’s annual Critics’ Choice, and in 2012 he embarked on a new complete cycle of Mozart opera recordings with Classical Opera. He is the creator and driving force behind of MOZART 250, a ground-breaking 27-year journey through Mozart’s life, works and influences, and in 2017 founded The Mozartists to facilitate his ever-expanding concert work.

Ian is deeply committed to nurturing and championing outstanding young singers and players – for several years he was a professor at the Royal College of Music, and he has given masterclasses for the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and The Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme. He is also a passionate spokesman for classical music, opera and the arts, and has broadcast on BBC 4 and Sky Arts.

The Mozartists
were created in 2017 by conductor, Ian Page, as a natural extension of his pioneering work with internationally renowned opera company, Classical Opera.

Classical Opera is best known for its current series, Mozart 250, in which they perform each year the operas and music that Mozart and his contemporaries composed 250 years ago. Comprising many of today’s leading period instrumentalists, The Mozartists perform alongside some of the world’s most exciting young singers.

In this concert, The Mozartists present a wide- ranging selection of works by Haydn, including a piano trio, songs, duets and some of his most delightful folksong settings, interspersed with two dramatically charged A minor sonatas by Mozart and Koželuch, played on the fortepiano by Steven Devine.

Booklet for Sturm und Drang, Vol. 2: Haydn, Gluck, Vanhal, Mysliveček, J.C Bach