Cantatas : Kermes, Ehrhardt / L'arte del Mondo

JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS (1756 - 1792)
La Primavera - Cantate Per Una Primadonna

Olympie VB 33: Overture
Kantate La Scusa (1777) VB 43
Olympie VB 33: Largo
Kantate La Primavera (1790) VB 47
Olympie VB 33: Largo
Kantate La Gelosia (1780) VB 46
Olympie VB 33: Andantino
Kantate La Pesca (1779) VB 44

Simone Kermes, soprano
L’Arte del Mondo
Werner Ehrhardt, conductor

Digital Recording: 2007
SACD Hybrid
CD STEREO/ SACD STEREO/ SACD SURROUND

Joseph Haydn named him as ‘one of the greatest geniuses that I have ever known’: the Mozart contemporary Joseph Martin Kraus is finally regaining his place in the classical music pantheon, thanks in no small part to the efforts of Werner Ehrhardt who for many years has promoted his music.

On this new SACD the exceptional young soprano Simone Kermes performs these four cantatas, fascinating solo dramas en miniature, with elan. Renowned for her breathtaking coloratura, Kermes uses her virtuosiy to great effect in these forgotten jewels of the classical repertoire. In the tradition of the great vocal virtuosi of the time, Simone Kermes has enriched the cantatas with her own cadenzas.