Johann Gottlieb Janitsch: Rediscoveries from the Sara Levy Collection

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They are tidy performances of what are equally tidy but otherwise fairly unremarkable mid-18th century pieces, though the sonatas da chiesa and sonatas di camera indicate Janitsch was writing... — The Guardian, 11th January 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th Jan 2018
Catalogue No: CHAN0820
Label: Chandos
Series: Chaconne
Length: 67 minutes

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Janitsch: Sonata da chiesa in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 2

Work length10:15

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 22 May 2017
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sonata da chiesa in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 2: I. Adagio di molto

Track length2:46

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Sonata da chiesa in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 2: II. Fuga. Alla breve

Track length2:30

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Sonata da chiesa in A Minor, Op. 7 No. 2: III. Vivace

Track length4:59

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Janitsch: Sonata da camera in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 14

Work length11:15

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 22 May 2017
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sonata da camera in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 14: I. Largo

Track length3:04

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Sonata da camera in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 14: II. Allegro non molto

Track length3:32

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Sonata da camera in D Minor, Op. 3 No. 14: III. Vivace

Track length4:39

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Janitsch: Sonata da camera in E-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 35

Work length14:36

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 12 and 13 March 2017
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sonata da camera in E-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 35: I. Andante

Track length2:49

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Sonata da camera in E-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 35: II. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length6:10

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Sonata da camera in E-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 35: III. Allegro moderato - Tempo di polacca - Lento

Track length5:37

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Janitsch: Sonata da camera in G Minor, Op. 4 No. 21

Work length18:10

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 12 and 13 March 2017
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sonata da camera in G Minor, Op. 4 No. 21: I. Largo. Mestoso

Track length3:27

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Sonata da camera in G Minor, Op. 4 No. 21: II. Allegretto

Track length5:20

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Sonata da camera in G Minor, Op. 4 No. 21: III. Melodia. Adagio ma non troppo "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"

Track length3:37

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Sonata da camera in G Minor, Op. 4 No. 21: IV. Vivace

Track length5:46

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Janitsch: Ouverture grosso in G Major

Work length13:05

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Tempesta di Mare
Recorded: 12 and 13 March 2017
Recording Venue: Gould Recital Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Ouverture grosso in G Major: I. Largo - Alla breve

Track length5:09

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Ouverture grosso in G Major: II. Larghetto

Track length2:18

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Ouverture grosso in G Major: III. Alla breve

Track length1:29

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Ouverture grosso in G Major: IV. Allegro

Track length4:09

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The Philadelphia-based baroque orchestra Tempesta di Mare here reveals an unparalleled musical legacy, presenting long forgotten works by the German baroque composer Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, confined for centuries to unexamined archives.

The works formed part of an enormous music collection which belonged to Sara Levy, the great-aunt of Felix Mendelssohn. She was a distinguished harpsichordist, collector, and influential figure in the musical life of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Berlin. Removed from the Berlin Sing-Akademie towards the end of World War II, her musical library was for many decades considered lost or destroyed. It was unearthed in Kiev only in 1999 and returned to Germany in 2001, where it is now again accessible to the public.

While there can be no doubt that the instrumental oeuvre of Janitsch matched the diversity of that of some of his more prominent Berlin colleagues, the emphasis of his compositional output lay on chamber music, especially Quadros, four of which are featured here. The typical, prevailing dialogic structure of the Ouverture grosso highlights the influence which thematic play had on the rest of his work.

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11th January 2018

They are tidy performances of what are equally tidy but otherwise fairly unremarkable mid-18th century pieces, though the sonatas da chiesa and sonatas di camera indicate Janitsch was writing for highly competent instrumentalists...and remain a bit more than historical curios.

classicalsource.com February 2018

Recordings by Il Gardellino and Epoca Barocca provide just as lively a selection of different Sonatas by Janitsch, but this Chandos release offers a serene and readily available introduction to the composer, which illuminates the era between the high Baroque of Bach and Handel and the Classicism of Haydn and Mozart.

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