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| Disc No: GMCD 7251-52 |
La Passione was composed in 1794; it dates from the early ‘Venetian years’ of Mayr’s creative life. The oratorio shows mastery of a form, with music of intensity especially when performed with the counter-reformation religious feeling of popular devotion for which it was conceived. The theatrical baroque churches of Venice or the Rococo churches of Bavaria admirably set the scene and help us to understand the context of the emotional and excessive Marian devotion implicit in the words. The text when considered as a whole reflects the tradition of St John Eudes (1609? – 1680) and his devotional teachings relating to Mary’s wounded heart. He considered the hearts of Jesus and Mary to be mystically one, thus becoming the focal point of love’s divine radiant source for our own human hearts. It may be of interest to the reader that Donizetti, Mayr’s most famous pupil, was influenced by such mystical thought. |
| Price: Sek. 210 | |
| Name: La Passione - Stabat Matar Johann Simon Mayr | |
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| Composer | Name | Performer |
| Mayr, Johann Simon | La Passione (Oratorio for Solo, Choir and Orchestra ) | Vokalensemble Ingolstadt - Franz Hauk, Harpsichord Maria Jette, soprano Claudia Schneider, contralto Hartmut Schröder, tenor Robert Merwald, bass |