Affetti Musicali
Orchestra, choir, ensemble
Formed
1984
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(+36 20) 572 1653
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The ensemble Affetti Musicali has been cooperating with more first-rank Hungarian performers in the recent years. Some of them are internationally well-known like the soprano Ingrid Kertesi, Éva Lax mezzo-soprano, Balázs Máté cellist, winner of the 1990 Brugge Old Music Competition, or Anikó Horváth harpsicord player. Individually the members have played with many of the foremost early music artists and groups in Hungary and abroad, most notably with Paul Esswood, Nicholas McGegan, Derek Lee Ragin, Frans Brüggen, John Eliot Gardiner, Jordi Savall, Sigiswald Kuijken, Capella Savaria, Musica ad Rhenum, the Festetics Quartet, Wiener Akademie and Concerto Armonico.
The ensemble made its first CD in 1996 under Hungaroton label (HCD 31597). It contains first recordings of little-known sacred cantatas by Telemann, mostly with obbligato trumpet. Their second CD will be released in 1997 with Pachelbel's enchanting but entirely forgotten strophic arias; the performing edition is based on the unique manuscript of the arias held in Berlin.
Affetti Musicali has repeatedly performed these programs in concert halls, in radio and TV with great sucess. (The Telemann program requires the participation of seven performers, while the Pachelbel concert involves a larger ensemble with violins and viols). Other available programs with Affetti Musicali include baroque chamber music in Middle Europe (Hungary, Bohemia, also Austria and Poland); cantatas by Alessandor Scarlatti, mostly with recorder(s); Italian cantatas by the three Saxons (Händel, Heinichen, Hasse; Hasse-tricentenary in 1999!); cantatas, duets and psalms by Benedetto Marcello; Italian duets, cantatas and arias from the 17th century (Carissimi, Cesti, L. Rossi, A. Melani, Steffani); French Baroque solo motets (Charpentier, Campra, Couperin); Italian Baroque solo motets (Monteverdi, Viadana, Scarlatti, Hasse); Chamber music with trumpet (Telemann, Melani, Stachowicz etc.); Chamber music with viols (Buxtehude, Marais, B. Marcello, Clérambault); Peculiar cantatas and trio sonatas: rare instruments and exceptional ideas (Telemann, Heinichen, C. Ph. E. Bach, Quantz, Locatelli).
The ensemble made its first CD in 1996 under Hungaroton label (HCD 31597). It contains first recordings of little-known sacred cantatas by Telemann, mostly with obbligato trumpet. Their second CD will be released in 1997 with Pachelbel's enchanting but entirely forgotten strophic arias; the performing edition is based on the unique manuscript of the arias held in Berlin.
Affetti Musicali has repeatedly performed these programs in concert halls, in radio and TV with great sucess. (The Telemann program requires the participation of seven performers, while the Pachelbel concert involves a larger ensemble with violins and viols). Other available programs with Affetti Musicali include baroque chamber music in Middle Europe (Hungary, Bohemia, also Austria and Poland); cantatas by Alessandor Scarlatti, mostly with recorder(s); Italian cantatas by the three Saxons (Händel, Heinichen, Hasse; Hasse-tricentenary in 1999!); cantatas, duets and psalms by Benedetto Marcello; Italian duets, cantatas and arias from the 17th century (Carissimi, Cesti, L. Rossi, A. Melani, Steffani); French Baroque solo motets (Charpentier, Campra, Couperin); Italian Baroque solo motets (Monteverdi, Viadana, Scarlatti, Hasse); Chamber music with trumpet (Telemann, Melani, Stachowicz etc.); Chamber music with viols (Buxtehude, Marais, B. Marcello, Clérambault); Peculiar cantatas and trio sonatas: rare instruments and exceptional ideas (Telemann, Heinichen, C. Ph. E. Bach, Quantz, Locatelli).
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 |
Telemann, Georg Philipp:
Szóló kantáták
a "Fortsetzung des Harmonischen Gottesdienstes" gyűjteményből
(Telemann, Georg Philipp: Solo Cantatas from the Collection "Fortsetzung des Harmonischen Gottesdienstes") |
Hungaroton | HCD 31597 | |
| 1998 |
Pachelbel, Johann: Áriák és duettek
(Pachelbel, Johann: Arias & Duets) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31736 |
Own |
| 1998 | Hungaroton Classic - 1999 | Hungaroton | HCD 31842 | Sampler CD |
| 2000 | Hasse, Johann Adolf: Olasz kantáták (obligát hangszerekkel) | Hungaroton | HCD 31843 |
Own |
| 2003 |
Steffani, Agostino:
Scherzi Musicali - Hat kantáta
(Steffani, Agostino: Scherzi Musicali - Six cantatas) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32078 |
Own |