J.M. Kraus: Amphitryon. Cantatas. Symphonies

The "Odenwälder Mozart" as Joseph Martin Kraus is also often called led a shadowy existence in the perception of music history for a long time. The "true genius" as Christoph Willibald Gluck and even Joseph Haydn appraisingly dubbed him, left behind a rich oeuvre of virtuoso, in places almost early romantic compositions. His later position at the Swedish court under Gustav III. secured him a steady income and an almost carefree, by all means largely unaffected work. The present collection enables a detailed cross-section of all genres that Kraus served: from incidental music to Molière's comedy Amphitryon, to the highly virtuoso Italian cantatas,