Discover the enchanting world of Johann Simon Mayr's "Tobia, O Tobiae Matrimonium," a captivating oratorio that blends the timeless beauty of choral music with the rich storytelling of classical composition. Released in 2009 under the esteemed Naxos label, this two-part masterpiece spans an impressive 1 hour and 35 minutes, offering a profound and immersive experience for both seasoned classical enthusiasts and newcomers alike.
Mayr, a prolific composer of his time, crafts a narrative that is both deeply moving and musically intricate. The oratorio is divided into two parts, each brimming with a variety of vocal and instrumental pieces that showcase the full range of human emotion. From the solemn overture that opens the work to the triumphant finale that brings it to a close, every track is a testament to Mayr's genius and his ability to evoke a sense of drama and pathos through music.
The album features a stellar cast of performers, including the Simon Mayr Chorus and the Simon Mayr Ensemble, who bring Mayr's compositions to life with their impeccable technique and heartfelt performances. The choral arrangements are particularly noteworthy, showcasing the power and precision of the ensemble as they navigate the complex harmonies and rhythms of Mayr's score.
"Tobia, O Tobiae Matrimonium" is not just an album; it's a journey through the human experience, exploring themes of love, loss, and redemption. The libretto, based on the biblical story of Tobias, provides a rich tapestry of characters and emotions that are beautifully captured in Mayr's music. Whether you're drawn to the soaring arias, the intricate recitatives, or the powerful choral passages, this album offers something for everyone.
So, if you're looking to expand your classical music collection or simply want to experience the timeless beauty of choral music, "Tobia, O Tobiae Matrimonium" by Johann Simon Mayr is a must-listen. Immerse yourself in the rich, evocative sounds of this masterful oratorio and discover why Mayr's music continues to captivate audiences more than two centuries after its creation.
Tracks
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: OvertureJohann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: O filia misera (Chorus)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo secco: Ne plangatis o chari (Sara, Raguel, Anna)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Aria. Non amplius tormentum (Anna)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo secco: O mater mea! (Sara, Raguel)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Duet. Aura sonat, unda murmurat (Tobias, Raphael)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo secco: En pedes meos (Tobias, Raphael, Raguel)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo accompagnato: Pater… Pater… (Sara, Raguel, Raphael, Tobias)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Quartet: Dulci motu palpitando (Sara, Raguel, Raphael, Tobias)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo secco: Tobias nepos dilecte! (Tobias)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo secco: Nec vana verba tua (Raphael, Tobias, Raguel, Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo accompagnato: Quidnam o coeli! (Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Aria. Agitata, incerta, oppressa (Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo secco: Cur tanta poena sua? (Raphael, Raguel, Tobias)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo accompagnato: Vere felix Tobias! (Tobias, Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Duet. O momentum fortunatum (Sara, Tobias)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo secco: Tobias, amice egisti? (Raphael, Raguel, Tobias, Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo accompagnato: Vade, vade Tobias (Tobias)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Aria. Cedit ipsa? … Est mea …Quis timor! (Tobias)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo accompagnato: Misera! Quo vado? (Sara, Tobias)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Duet. Vivam semper sponsae unitus (Tobias, Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Recitativo accompagnato: O vere felix pater (Raphael, Tobias, Sara, Raguel)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. I: Vive sponse, sponsa vive (Chorus, Tobias, Raphael, Raguel, Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Recitativo secco: Da pacem poenae tuae (Raphael, Raguel)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Recitativo accompagnato: Ah tacete, tacete (Raguel)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Aria. Tenero patri amanti (Raguel)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Recitativo secco: Tempus accedit (Raphael)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Recitativo accompagnato: Veni, sponsa dilecta (Tobias, Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Recitativo accompagnato: O Deus, vocem audi dolentem (Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Aria. Tu, cui servi sunt terrae (Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Recitativo accompagnato: Quam animatus sum! (Tobias, Raphael, Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Terzetto. Veni, monstrum, non pavesco (Tobias, Sara, Raphael)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Recitativo secco: En religavi monstrum (Raphael, Tobias, Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Recitativo accompagnato: Siste. Quid? (Raphael, Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Aria. Serena cor turbatum (Raphael)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Recitativo accompagnato: Sine, o crudelis, me (Sara, Tobias)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Aria. Terge, o chara, tuas pupillas (Tobias)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Recitativo accompagnato: Troppo chiaro si vede (Sara)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
Tobia, o Tobiae matrimonium: Pt. II: Finale. Non ha l'umana vita (Tutti)Johann Simon Mayr, Judith Spiesser, Margriet Buchberger, Cornelia Horak, Stefanie Irányi, Susanne Bernhard, Franz Hauk, Simon Mayr Chorus, Simon Mayr Ensemble
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