L’arpa Festante – Johann Abraham Schmikerer: Orchestral Suites (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:23:11 minutes | 1,65 GB | Genre: Classical
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The identity of the composer Johann Abraham Schmikerer (also Schmierer, Schmirer, Schmicerer, Schmicorer) seems to be shrouded in a mysterious darkness. It is thanks to Albert Göhler (1879–1914) that we even know him by name as a composer. So who was J. A. Schmikerer? According to current knowledge, he was born in Augsburg in December 1661; his parents were Georg and Anna Dorothea (née Schnuerer) Schmikerer. From 1673 to 1680, during the tenure of cathedral Kapellmeister Johann Melchior Gletle (1626–1683), he was a soprano singer at Augsburg Cathedral. After Gletle’s death, he applied without success for the vacated position. In 1680, he began studies in philosophy at the University of Dillingen, but transferred already in 1682 to the University of Salzburg to study law. He ultimately became the director of the Fugger Foundation in Augsburg, where he died in June 1719. The astonishing résumé of this life’s journey: with the exception of his years as a chorister (1673–80), he apparently never held a musical position, be it as Kapellmeister, organist, or violinist – moreover, we know nothing about his training as a composer. This spontaneously brings to mind Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s statement about his father Johann Sebastian: “Merely his own contemplation alone made him even in his youth a pure and strong fugist.” In Schmikerer’s case, a strong composer of suites. However, such “contemplation” cannot take place without studying specific models. Which models might he have had?
Tracklist:
1-1. L’arpa Festante – I. Ouverture – Allegro (03:16)
1-2. L’arpa Festante – II. Allemande Presto (01:26)
1-3. L’arpa Festante – III. Menuet (00:50)
1-4. L’arpa Festante – IV. Trio (01:47)
1-5. L’arpa Festante – V. Bourrée (00:54)
1-6. L’arpa Festante – VI. Air (01:45)
1-7. L’arpa Festante – VII. Gique (00:51)
1-8. L’arpa Festante – VIII. Gavotte Echo (01:33)
1-9. L’arpa Festante – I. Ouverture (03:07)
1-10. L’arpa Festante – II. Entrée Presto (01:03)
1-11. L’arpa Festante – III. Courante (00:58)
1-12. L’arpa Festante – IV. Sarabande (01:20)
1-13. L’arpa Festante – V. Menuet (00:53)
1-14. L’arpa Festante – VI. Bourrée (00:43)
1-15. L’arpa Festante – VII. Rondeau (00:51)
1-16. L’arpa Festante – VIII. Traquenard Presto (00:58)
1-17. L’arpa Festante – I. Ouverture (03:08)
1-18. L’arpa Festante – II. Entrée Presto (01:06)
1-19. L’arpa Festante – III. Echo Lantement (01:33)
1-20. L’arpa Festante – IV. Gavotte (00:50)
1-21. L’arpa Festante – V. Gique (00:46)
1-22. L’arpa Festante – VI. Menuet (01:09)
1-23. L’arpa Festante – VII. Bourrée (00:49)
1-24. L’arpa Festante – VIII. Trio – Bourrée da capo (01:52)
1-25. L’arpa Festante – I. Ouverture (03:53)
1-26. L’arpa Festante – II. Entrée (01:52)
1-27. L’arpa Festante – III. Air (00:47)
1-28. L’arpa Festante – IV. Gavotte (00:58)
1-29. L’arpa Festante – V. Gique Allegro (01:00)
1-30. L’arpa Festante – VI. Ballet (01:04)
1-31. L’arpa Festante – VII. Menuet (00:52)
1-32. L’arpa Festante – VIII. Canaries (00:47)
2-1. L’arpa Festante – I. Ouverture – Allegro (03:40)
2-2. L’arpa Festante – II. Entrée Presto (01:28)
2-3. L’arpa Festante – III. Rondeau Vivace (01:33)
2-4. L’arpa Festante – IV. Gavotte (00:44)
2-5. L’arpa Festante – V. Gigue (00:51)
2-6. L’arpa Festante – VI. Bourrée (00:35)
2-7. L’arpa Festante – VII. Menuet (01:06)
2-8. L’arpa Festante – VIII. Air (01:37)
2-9. L’arpa Festante – I. Ouverture – Allegro (02:53)
2-10. L’arpa Festante – II. Air (01:40)
2-11. L’arpa Festante – III. Bourrée (00:52)
2-12. L’arpa Festante – IV. Menuet (01:12)
2-13. L’arpa Festante – V. Chanson Allegro (00:38)
2-14. L’arpa Festante – VI. Passepied (01:02)
2-15. L’arpa Festante – VII. Gique I (00:31)
2-16. L’arpa Festante – VIII. Gique II und Gique I da capo (02:00)
2-17. L’arpa Festante – I. Praelude Adagio – Presto – Adagio (03:38)
2-18. L’arpa Festante – II. Allemande Grave (02:19)
2-19. L’arpa Festante – III. Chaconne Grave (02:39)
2-20. L’arpa Festante – IV. Air (01:24)
2-21. L’arpa Festante – V. Menuet (01:15)
2-22. L’arpa Festante – VI. Bourrée (01:22)
2-23. L’arpa Festante – VII. Gique Presto (01:03)
2-24. L’arpa Festante – VIII. Gavotte Grave (02:28)
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