Katharina Thalbach - Georg Anton Benda: Medea (Ein mit Musik vermischtes Melodram, Version von 1784) (2021) [Hi-Res]

In 1778 Mozart attested "the most wonderful effect" to the melodrama Medea (1775) by his contemporary Georg Anton Benda. Indeed, the combination of spoken texts with dramatic music unfolds a high emotional intensity here. Especially when a voice as incisive as that of the famous actress Katharina Thalbach breathes life into the text. The rapid, delicate interplay of text and music makes it possible to develop a conflict-laden and contradictory character psychogram with an unusual presence. Marcus Bosch and the cappella aquileia accompany this new discovery of classical music theatre with the usual precise and transparent sound.