

555336-2
Originally recorded in November 2021
Classical
Opera
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Franz Ignaz Beck is one of the most fascinating composers of the eighteenth century, a musical visionary as well as a “genuine European” with roots in Mannheim. His opera L’isle déserte, long regarded as lost, has resurfaced in a score manuscript in France and now is celebrating its recording premiere with La Stagione Frankfurt. Magnificent music and a magnificent text! Beck’s L’isle déserte is particularly interesting in the context of music history: first, because it is by a composer who continued to await discovery; second, because a composer active in France availed himself of an Italian libretto – which continued to be an exception before 1780, especially when Metastasio was the librettist. Beck’s L’isle déserte is thus a model example of a material and text-historical adaptation and even more so of a transfer to the music theater. In other words, in Beck’s version of “The Deserted Island” Italian libretto artistry and French music theater meet, while special appeal is generated by this composer from Germany, an émigré, so to speak, who was not operating with French as his genuinely native language.
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Reviews
*** Good Album
Interpretation **** (Very Good) Sound Quality **** (Very Good) Repertoire Value **** (Very Good) Booklet *** (Good)
“…'L'isle déserte' identifies Beck as a sensitive stage composer who, even with a limited selection of scenic characters, was able to provide the figures with sufficient musical stature… The concert live recording of the Schwetzingen Festival 2019 is bursting with life and fine characterization and lets Beck support the opera composer Grétry, for example. La Stagione Frankfurt, who have been committed to Beck's work for decades under Michael Schneider, also prove to be a sensitive opera orchestra, with perfect timing and the best sound balance. Ana Maria Labin equips Constance with youthful maturity and thus offers a perfect complement to Samantha Gaul's audibly more naive Laurette; the harmonious coexistence of the two singers leads to a credible relationship and convincing characterization. Theodore Browne is up to the demanding role of Dorval…”
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