Monika Mauch, Matthias Maute, Ensemble Caprice - Alla turca: Fux, Badia, Caldara (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 320 Mb | Total time: 72:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Atma | # ACD22347 | Recorded: 2005
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 320 Mb | Total time: 72:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Atma | # ACD22347 | Recorded: 2005
The delightfully unusual disc Alla turca takes its initial inspiration from the failed 1683 siege of Vienna by the Turks and never looks back. The music explored here belongs to the Holy Roman Empire of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, an empire that celebrated both the arms that held back the Islamist hordes, and the more gentle arts of music that several Emperors personally studied. Alla turca brings a seldom-heard Baroque repertory to life in vivid musical color.