Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel - Johann Christoph Vogel: La Toison d’or (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 624 Mb | Total time: 45:41+63:35 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Glossa | # GCD 921628 | Recorded: 2012
A contemporary of Mozart, Johann Christoph Vogel also died at an early age. Forward looking in approach, this composer of a tormented disposition, sought to extend the operatic revolution undertaken by Gluck in the 1770s. First performed in 1786 at the Opéra de Paris, 'La Toison d’or' reveals that search for an expressive art which demanded an all-embracing involvement from the performers and supplied the music with a sometimes unbearable intensity for audiences of the time.