Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
"Due pupille amabili", KV 439
"Luci care, Luci Belle", KV 346
"Più non si trovano", KV 436
Extraits de "Les Noces de Figaro"
Extraits de "La Flûte enchantée"
"Se lontan, ben mio", KV 438
"Mi lagnero tacendo", KV 437
"Soava il vento", extrait de "Cosi fan tutte"

Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754-1812)
Allegro
Menuetto

Anton Stadler (1753-1812)
Largo
Adagio
Marcia, Allegro
Andante "Palmira"
Marcia

Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
Selva romita, e oscura
Ah voi dite erbose sponde

Franz Xaver Süssmayer (1766-1803)
Extraits de "Der Spiegel von Arkadien"

Monica Theiss-Eröd, soprano
Valentina Kutzarova, mezzo-soprano
Adrian Eröd, basse
Calamus Consort

Markus Springer, clarinette, cor de basset
Georg Riedl, clarintte, cor de basset
Ernst Schlader, clarinette de basset, cor de basset
Michael Söllner, cor naturel, cymbales, batterie, hochet
Albert Heitzinger, cor naturel

The Calamus Consort transports the listener with this program to a private concert in late eighteenth century Vienna. The focus at that time was not on technical virtuosity or compositional richness but rather on delight in making music and interest in experiments in sound. With Monica Theiss-Eröd, soprano, Valentina Kutzarova, mezzo soprano and Adrian Eröd, baritone, the recording features duets and trios from operas and musical comedies by Wolfgang Amade Mozart, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Giovanni Paisiello as well as instrumentals by Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Anton Stadler. The Calamus Consort's varied sound schemes stem from the use of modern copies of the many different historical clarinets, basset and natural horns as well as all sorts of percussions being used at the time.