favola in musica
concept album
“Once upon a time”
says
and travels to a castle hidden in the forest, to old trees
and performs world premiere recordings of early and new music
„The interpretations set out to make up for the differences in eras, to make all the arias sound radiant and vigorous, regardless of their period of origin. Quality of recording, as well as subtlety of interpretation make Maria Weiss’ album one of the most beautiful new releases of early music this year. Our congratulations!”
(Helmut Jasber, RADIO Ö1, Awarding the ‘Ö1 PASTICCIO PREIS’)
Excavate old works from the archives
and
breathing new life into them
A hidden castle in the forest, delicate spring blossoms, rugged rocks and a church high up in the mountains – anyone leafing through the booklet of favola in musica will dive deep into the fairytale world of Austrian mezzo-soprano Maria Weiss. The wonderful places and landscapes in Carinthia in the south of Austria were the inspiration for the music project and ‘fairytale book’ of her solo debut album favola in musica. early new music.
The singer Maria Weiss creates a connection between old and new music, building a bridge between well-known pieces by old masters and rediscovered works from the 16th and 17th centuries through to new, contemporary compositions.
CD
A fairy-tale silver disc
– 9 works of early music
– 3 world premiere recordings of early music
(unearthed from the archives)
– 2 world premiere recordings of New Music (Wolfgang Mitterer)
– 1 music video on the CD Extra (from silent tapes)
– Recorded in a mountain church on the summit at 1059m
with special acoustics
– Excellent recording quality: Jonas Niederstadt
(Carpe Diem Records)
– Total duration 51’46 minutes
– CD inserted in cardboard sleeve in hardcover booklet
– Pressed and manufactured in Austria by Sony DACD
`Rosario Conte, Theorbe (..) and Gyöngy Erödi, Cello
convince with their intense and finely spun playing.
MUSIK AN SICH | Ingo Andruschkewitsch
Concept album
as
Musical ‘fairytale’ book
– All texts in German and English
– 216 pages
– Dimensions 12.5 x 14.2 × 2 cm
– ‘Green book’: without toxic and chemical additives
– Colours and varnishes are all water-based and certified
certified according to the highest industry standards,
also the suppliers
– Hardcover, 2 mm thick, matt laminated, thread stitching
– Offset printing, 4/4 colours, matt varnish
– Digibook for 1 CD in cardboard sleeves (250 g/m2),
– High quality paper (135 g/m2 Artpaper)
– Printed and manufactured in Austria
– Paper and linen from Austria (sustainability certificates)
But, above all,
the mezzosoprano voice of Maria Weiss floats brightly and nimbly.
It almost seems as if the pieces were composed for her.
MUSIK AN SICH | Ingo Andruschkewitsch
A passion for the beautiful sound
meets love of books
– Foreword and project description
– Musicologically sound, excitingly narrated texts on all musical works
– All aria texts in the original, in German or English
– Elaborately designed graphics, layout
– Over 100 photographs
– A journey in photographs through time and space through the south of Austria (Carinthia)
– Numerous photographs of the ensemble and musicologists
– Biographies of all participating artists and musicologists
A look inside the art book
leaf through ‘favola in musica
Early ‘New’ Music: Never heard before by today’s ears.
New ‚Early’ Music: Contemporary works, inspired by the early Masters.
1607 ensemble performs with Austrian mezzo-soprano Maria Weiss on her solo debut album favola in musica. early new music 3 world premiere recordings of early music and 2 world premiere recordings of new music. Inspired by Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Favola in Musica Maria Weiss has created a CD and ‘fairy tale book’:
favola in musica (engl. “fairy tale in music”) is the subtitle of Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo. Favola in Musica and is a journey that leads to special places and is about
DISCOVERING WHAT IS NEW IN THE OLD AND WHAT IS OLD IN THE NEW.
Maria Weiss has digged up an aria of Antonio Caldara from the archives of the National Austrian Library of the forgotten opera Atenaide. The awarded and innovative composer and performer Wolfgang Mitterer was commissioned by favola in musica to compose two works of contemporary music.
Early music – selected works from Machaut, Monteverdi and Kapsberger to Handel and Bach. One of the arias is from Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo. Favola in Musica from 1607.
Early New Music – world premiere recordings of two arias by the Spaniard Sebastian Durón (1660 – 1716) and the aria Vorresti il só by Antonio Caldara (1670 – 1736) from the forgotten opera Atenaide, which Maria Weiss has brought to light from the archives.
New early music – two commissioned compositions by the innovative Austrian composer Wolfgang Mitterer (*1958) complete the musical bridge from 1300 to 2014. These two new works were crowned with success: Wolfgang Mitterer remixed the work Remember me, published on favola in musica, and used it to create the film music for Untitled (Michael Glawogger, Monika Willi). Untitled was not only shown at the opening of the Diagonale 2017, but also won the Austrian Film Award 2018 in the Best Film category.
Bonus video – the aria Qui d’amor from the opera Ariodante by George Frideric Handel.
Maria Weiss’ vocals are accompanied by 1607. ensemble on the theorbo Rosario Conte and Gyöngy Erödi on the cello. The album favola in musica. early new music comes in a deluxe hardcover book with a 200-page booklet in German and English. In addition to carefully compiled photographs and images, the booklet contains extensive and thoroughly researched texts on all 15 works, song lyrics, biographies and interviews.
‘I have collected many “treasures” here over many years of work and hope that the tones and sounds, images, colours and words of “favola in musica” can inspire you.’
Maria Weiss (from the booklet of ‘favola in musica’)
“It is a luxury to be able to count on such performers with undeniable charisma: Maria Weiss, Rosario Conte and Gyöngy Erödi (...) Three musicians who delight in musical credibility through the expressive conciseness of their interpretations.”
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„Her voice is distinctive, a beautifully burnished and rounded mezzo that at the same time remains fundamentally pure in tone, vibrato being sparingly used for expressive purpose.“
(Brian Robins, EARLY MUSIC REVIEW)
Reviews on
'favola in musica'
”The responsibility of the artist
Robert Wilson
is not to give answers.
It is to ask questions.
G. F. Händel “Qui d’amor nel suo linguaggio”
Music video (direction, script, editing) by the London artist duo ‘silent tapes’
silenttapes.com
FACTS & WARRANTIES from PRESSWERK
for the CD Hardcover Digibook
CD: 100-year playability guarantee (certificate)
BOOKLET: ‘green’ book: contains no toxic or chemical additives.
Made in Austria.
Printing: Offset printing
Digibook for 1 CD in cardboard sleeves (250 g/m2), 4/4 colours, matt varnish, hardcover 2 mm thick matt laminated, booklet with approx. 200 pages bound, 135 g/m2 art paper.
Apart from the cellophane on the outside, the packaging is completely plastic-free.
The colours and varnishes are all water-based and certified according to the highest industry standards, as are the suppliers.
Facts about the SONY DACD pressing plant for the ‘favola in musica’ CD:
The following certificates vouch for quality assurance.
– Quality Management System – ISO 9001
– Quality Management System – ISO 13485
– Quality Management System – GMP
– Environmental Management System – ISO 14001
– Sony Green Partner Programme
– Anti Piracy protection
– Global Information Security Policy
