Anthony Halstead, Uppsala Chamber Orchestra - Johan Helmich Roman: Music for a Royal Wedding (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 335 Mb | Total time: 72:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.553733 | Recorded: 1996
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 335 Mb | Total time: 72:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.553733 | Recorded: 1996
Johan Helmich Roman was only 17 when he was accepted into the musicians of the Swedish royal chapel, but it was to be in England that he received much of his subsequent musical education. He returned to Sweden when he was 27 and was immediately appointed Deputy Master at the royal chapel, and six years became the Chief Master. During his early years of composition we can date very little, but from the 1720's his works are well documented, several cantatas being written for the royal court, with a particularly fine Feste Musicale coming from 1725.