New. Sturm und Drang, Vol. 4
Alexandra Lowe (soprano), The Mozartists, Ian Page
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2026, Orchestral Choice
This engrossing offering is again thrillingly realised by The Mozartists, who play with a vitality and precision seldom eclipsed by other periodist ensembles.
New. Sturm und Drang, Vol. 4
Alexandra Lowe (soprano), The Mozartists, Ian Page
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2026, Orchestral Choice
This engrossing offering is again thrillingly realised by The Mozartists, who play with a vitality and precision seldom eclipsed by other periodist ensembles.
About
The fourth instalment in the Mozartists' projected seven-volume series conducted by Ian Page pairs two turbulent minor-key symphonies by Kraus and Haydn with operatic scenes featuring soprano Alexandra Lowe. Kraus’s rarely heard Symphony in C minor, which Haydn predicted would be regarded as a masterpiece for centuries, sits alongside Haydn’s own celebrated Farewell Symphony. Lowe brings both fire and pathos to arias from Traetta’s Antigona and Mozart’s La finta giardiniera, and to the climactic scene from Benda’s melodrama Medea, a work Mozart so admired that he briefly hailed it as the future of opera.
Contents and tracklist
Traetta:
Antigona, Act II: Ombra cara, amorosa...Io rosto sempre a piangere (Antigona)
Work length5:53
- Alexandra Lowe (vocalist)
- The Mozartists
- Ian Page
- Alexandra Lowe (vocalist)
- The Mozartists
- Ian Page
- Alexandra Lowe (vocals - spoken word)
- The Mozartists
- Ian Page
Work length32:10
This work is only available as an album download.
"Farewell": II. Adagio
Track length13:35
This track is only available as an album download.
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineOctober 2026Orchestral Choice
October 2026
This engrossing offering is again thrillingly realised by The Mozartists, who play with a vitality and precision seldom eclipsed by other periodist ensembles.
