Aeneas in Carthage -Overture, Ballet Music and Marches : Gallois / Sinfonia Finlandia

JOSEPH MARTIN KRAUS (1756-1792)
Aeneas in Carthage - Opera in Five Acts - Overture, Ballet Music and Marches

Prologue, Overture
Prologue, No. 10 Ballet of Zephyrs
Prologue, No. 11 Dance of the Naiads and Tritons
Act 1, Overture
Act 1, No. 4a March of the Carthaginians
Act 1, No. 5a Gavotte
Act 2, No. 8 Hunting Call
Act 2, No. 9 The Chase
Act 2, No. 10 Brotta’s Air
Act 2, No. 11 Shooting Arrows
Act 2, No. 16 Storm;
Act 3, No. 4a March of the Carthaginians
Act 3, No. 5 March of the Numidians
Act 3, No. 15a Dance of the Carthaginian Maidens
Act 3, No. 18 March of the Priests
Act 4, No. 8 March of the Roman Soldiers / No. 9 Interlude
Act 5, No. 1 Introduction
Act 5, No. 9a Ballet
Act 5, No. 14 Minuets 1 and 2
Act 5, No. 15 Chaconne

Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla / Patrick Gallois, conductor

Recorded 06/2007

Joseph Martin Kraus was an innovative 18th Century composer, acclaimed by Haydn as one of the only two geniuses he knew (Mozart was the other). Small wonder that intense interest has been ignited by his forward-looking music, especially the epic six act opera (a prologue and five acts) Aeneas in Carthage, a retelling of the famous story of Dido and Aeneas. Originally intended for the inauguration of the new opera house in Stockholm, the premiere was delayed for ten years until 1791 allowing Kraus to refine his titanic score into a true magnum opus. ( NAXOS )