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KRAUS: Ballet Music |
Joseph Martin Kraus was one of the most gifted and unusual composers of the eighteenth century, whose talent for thematic development, colourful orchestration and theatrical flair caused Haydn to proclaim him one of only two ‘geniuses’ he knew (Mozart being the other one). Kraus’s main interest was in music for the stage, a subject that occupied him from both a practical and theoretical standpoint for virtually his entire life. This disc couples Kraus’s two earliest surviving ballets (Pantomimes) and impromptu insertions for Gluck’s opera Armide for a production at the Stockholm Opera in 1787, with his most important work in this genre, Fiskarena. This fast-paced ballet is notable for its dramatic and forward-looking stylistic devices as well as frequent allusions to foreign dances, from England to Hungary.
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Kraus, Joseph Martin

Pantomime in D major, VB 37

Fiskarena (The Fishermen), VB 40
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Overture: Larghetto pero con moto - Allegro
00:03:35
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No. 1. Andante
00:01:26
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No. 2. Allegro
00:01:38
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No. 3. Andante con moto
00:01:26
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No. 4. Allegretto ma non troppo presto
00:04:42
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No. 5. Allegretto
00:01:41
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No. 6. Andante con moto
00:02:38
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No. 7. Allegretto
00:04:12
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No. 8. Angloise
00:01:45
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No. 9. Allegro
00:00:51
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No. 10. Angloise
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No. 11. Allegro
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No. 12. Allegro
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No. 13. Allegretto
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No. 14. Con piu di moto
00:00:48
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No. 16. Andante con moto
00:03:23
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No. 17. Allegro
00:00:57
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No. 18. Allegretto grazioso
00:01:41
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No. 19. Ungherese
00:02:55
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No. 20. Contradanza Finale
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Kraus, Joseph Martin Boer, Bertil van, arranger(s)

Pantomime in G major, VB 38
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II. Tempi di marcia
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Kraus, Joseph Martin

Armide: Ballet Music, VB 39
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Act I Scene 3: Fieramente
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Act IV Scene I: Allegro moderato
00:01:40
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Total Playing Time: 01:09:43 |
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