Credits:

Moye Chen

Description:

280 years after his death. Enjoy the unknown skills of the great master Fuchs in Zeffiro's masterful performance! J.J. Fuchs was born around the same time as the great Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti and died the same year as Vivaldi. This recording strongly reminds us of the fact that the reason he was able to be the chief musician in the Habsburg imperial court was because he had an outstanding sense of music that could fascinate the courtiers more than anyone else. ...... Fuchs is often mentioned as the author of "Stairway to Mount Parnassus," a famous book on counterpoint theory from which Haydn, Mozart, and others learned, but this "Daphne Disguised as a Laurel" combines the splendor of Vivaldi and the eloquence of Handel with the precision of Bach! Fuchs uses melodious singing and skillful polyphonic writing to create a thrilling sonic tale about a water nymph who fends off the courtship of the sun god Apollo and transforms herself into a laurel tree to protect her chastity in accordance with the laws of the goddess Diana. The soloists include popular singers such as Raphael Pé and Monica Piccinini.The winds are the Grazzi brothers' oboe and bassoon, Marcello Gatti's traverso, and Lorenzo Coppola (......) on the chalumeau, the predecessor of the clarinet and one of the first instruments adopted by the Viennese court, and Zeffiro's own The Zeffiro is gorgeous. The viola da gamba is joined by Duftschmidt, who is now becoming a major player in his own right, as a guest. The careful interpretation and the virtuosity of the players in many places, including the treatment of the various bass instruments, create an exciting sound. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Sinfonia: Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Adagio / Allegro assai / Adagio / Paspie (Presto)
2.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Recitativo: Dafne, se mai ti cinse
3.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Aria: Perde il tempo, e perde il core
4.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Recitativo: Chi d'Amor sa le frodi
5.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Aria: Io so che tanto piace
6.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Recitativo accompagnato: Udite, ma tacete
7.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Aria: Non v'e cor che del mio foco
8.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Recitativo: Ben ti vanti Ad Apollo
9.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Aria: Non e il sol che col raggio vitale
10.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Recitativo: Coronatemi l'arco, o vaghi fiori
11.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Aria: Lusingato
12.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Recitativo: D'Amor tanto nemico?
13.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Aria: Sappia il monte, il colle, il piano
14.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Coro di Ninfe, e di Pastori: Da Cintia a le piante
15.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Recitativo: Dafne, tu che si fida
16.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Preludio - Aira: Ferma, o cara, o se tu parti
17.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Recitativo: Lascia, lascia il mio velo
18.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Aria: Serba il tuo cor per te
19.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Recitativo: Parte la bella, e seco
20.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Aria: Qual si nutrisca il fior con le rugiade
21.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Recitativo: E tu percio lasciasti
22.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Aria: Fan gli amanti come fa
23.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Recitativo: Per te, per l'altre Dive, al di cui petto
24.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Sinfonia - Aria: Va prigioniero
25.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Recitativo: Dunque Amor si paventi
26.Dafne in Lauro, chamber opera, FuxWV II.2.11 (K308)~Duetto: Non v'e pace, non v'e calma