La Stagione Frankfurt is a German ensemble of Baroque and classical music, adept at historically informed performance.
History The ensemble La Stagione Frankfurt was founded in 1988 by the German flautist and conductor Michael Schneider Website of the ensemble La Stagione Frankfurt BBC Music org/artist/8d8a644e-3466-497b-9988-96d3330bd382 Musicbrainz.orgBooklet of the CD Harpsichord Concertos by Georg Anton Benda (CPO 777 088-2). around the members of the ensemble Camerata Köln. Alain Pâris, Le nouveau dictionnaire des interprètes, Robert Laffont, 2015.
Schneider began his career as a solo flutist by winning a prize at the 1978 ARD International Competition in Munich. Konzertdirektion In 1979, he was one of the founding members of the chamber music ensemble Camerata Köln.
In 1988, he founded the ensemble La Stagione Frankfurt with which he recorded more than 100 discs in the genres of opera, oratorio and symphony, in the spirit of historically informed interpretation, i.e. on period instruments (or copies of period instruments).
The ensemble calls itself "Die Klang-Gourmets", i.e. "The gourmets of sound"..
The Stagione Frankfurt is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of Hesse.
Repertoire An important aspect of the work of the ensemble La Stagione Frankfurt, whose motto is "Unerhörtes hörbar machen" (and "Bringing the undiscovered to your ears"), is the rediscovery of little-known works. Bach Cantatas
Michael Schneider and his ensemble are therefore committed to the performance of little-known composers representative of the (Georg Matthias Monn), the (Georg Anton Benda), the Mannheim school (Ignaz Holzbauer), the style galant (Karl Friedrich Abel) and sentimentalism (Joseph Martin Kraus), without neglecting Geminiani, Gluck, Hasse, Telemann, Scarlatti or Stradella.
Collaborations La Stagione works with many soloists such as Claron McFadden, Christoph Prégardien and his son Julian, Gotthold Schwarz, Simone Kermes, Nuria Rial, Emma Kirkby, Barbara Schlick, Sandrine Piau and Klaus Mertens.
Critical reception For the Early Music ReviewEarly Music ReviewPress review on Konzertdirektion.de.
For the Bach Cantatas website, Michael Schneider's versatility on the one hand, and the musicians' artistic flexibility on the other, allow a convincing and authentic performance of a wide range of works from the baroque to the classical symphonies and the contemporary repertoire.
Recordings La Stagione Frankfurt has made numerous recordings for the following labels cpo, Cappriccio, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and Koch-Classics: 1991: by Alessandro Scarlatti (Capriccio) 1992: Paride et Elena by Christoph Willibald Gluck, with soprano Claron McFadden 1993: Symphonies op.10 No. 1-6 by Karl Friedrich Abel 1993: 4 Flute concertos by Karl Friedrich Abel 1993: Piramo e Tisbe by Johann Adolph Hasse, with soprano Barbara Schlick 1995: Günther von Schwarzburg by Ignaz Holzbauer 1996: Concerti by Georg Matthias Monn, with cellist Rainer Zipperling, harpsichordist Sabine Bauer and violinist Mary Utiger 1996: 9 Symphonies by Franz Ignaz Beck 2001: Stabat Mater by Franz Beck, with Sandrine Piau, Klaus Mertens and the Vokalensemble of the SWR 2003: Klavierkonzerte op.11 Nr.1-6, concertos for harpsichord and fortepiano by Karl Friedrich Abel, with Sabine Bauer 2004: Harpsichord Concertos by Jiří Antonín Benda (Georg Anton Benda), with Sabine Bauer 2008: Miserere / Requiem / Stella coeli by Joseph Martin Kraus with the Deutscher Kammerchor. 2009: Flute Concertos by Ignaz Holzbauer 2011: 5 Sinfonias by Gaspard Fritz 2015: Symphonies op.7 by Karl Friedrich Abel
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