300th Anniversary of Molter's Birth - Johann Melchior Molter - Vol.2 - Chamber Music & Solo Cantatas / Ensemble Trazom / Arte Nova Classics Audio CD 1996 / 74321 40742 2 UPC 743214074220 /// Johann Melchior Molter (10 February 1696 – 12 January 1765) was a German composer and violinist of the late Baroque period. He was born at Tiefenort, near Eisenach, and was educated at the Gymnasium in Eisenach. By autumn 1717 he had left Eisenach and was working as a violinist in Karlsruhe. Here he married Maria Salome Rollwagen, with whom he had eight children. From 1719 to 1721 he studied composition in Italy. From 1722 to 1733 he was court Kapellmeister at Karlsruhe. In 1734 he became Kapellmeister at the court of Duke Wilhelm Heinrich of Saxe-Eisenach. Maria died in 1737; by 1742 Molter had married Maria Christina Wagner. In that year he returned to Karlsruhe and began teaching at the gymnasium there. From 1747 to his death Molter was employed by Margrave Carl Friedrich of Baden-Durlach, the son of his first employer. He died at Karlsruhe. Molter's surviving works include an oratorio; several cantatas; over 140 symphonies, overtures, and other works for orchestra; many concertos, including some of the first clarinet concertos ever written; and many pieces of chamber music. One of Molter's many Trumpet Concertos is the signature piece of C-SPAN's Washington Journal. /// Label: Arte Nova Classics – 74321 40742 2 Format: CD, Album Country: Germany Released: 1996 Genre: Classical Style: Baroque /// Tracklist: Cantata "Abbandona Il Caro Nido" MWV II/22 (For Soprano, Two Violins, Viola And Basso Continuo) 10:06 1 Aria 4:36 2 Recitativo 0:30 3 Aria 5:00 Concertino MWV IX/29 In B Flat Major (For Cembalo, Two Violins And Cello) 8:36 4 Allegro 6:07 5 Vivace 2:29 Sonata Op.1 No.1 MWV XI/1 In A Minor (For Violin And Basso Continuo) 11:22 6 Andante - Adagio 2:16 7 Allegro 3:51 8 Adagio 3:24 9 Presto 1:51 Sonata À 3 "Canone" MWV X/1 In A Major (For Two Violins And Basso Continuo) 4:29 10 Allegro 1:33 11 Adagio 1:34 12 Allegro 1:22 Cantata "L'augellin' Tra Verdi Fronde" MWV II/27 (For Soprano And Basso Continuo) 8:14 13 Aria 3:47 14 Recitativo 0:53 15 Aria 3:34 Concertino MWV IX/30 In E Minor (For Harpsichord, Violin And Cello) 7:16 16 Allegro 5:07 17 Vivace 2:09 Sonata Op.1 No.4 MWV IX/4 In D Major (For Violin And Basso Continuo) 8:49 18 Largo 3:18 19 Allegro 3:22 20 Allegro 2:09 Cantata "L'aure Grate" MWV2/24 (For Soprano, Two Violins, Viola And Basso Continuo) 9:05 21 Aria 4:35 22 Recitativo 0:41 23 Aria 3:49 Artwork [J. M. Molter Drawing By] – Pier Leone Ghezzi Cello – Stefan Fuchs (2) Composed By – Johann Melchior Molter Ensemble – Ensemble Trazom Harpsichord – Urte Lucht Layout, Typography [Typesetting] – Selke Verlag Salzburg, Graphics Division Liner Notes [Editor] – Brigitte Weinmann Liner Notes [English Translation] – Deborah Holmes Liner Notes [French Translation] – Luc Ory Liner Notes [Text], Concept By [Conception] – Dr. Klaus Häfner Photography By [Photographs] – Thomas Mayfried Producer [Recording Producer], Engineer [Sound Engineer], Edited By [Editing], Mastered By [Cd Mastering] – Johannes Müller (2) Soprano Vocals – Katharina Ott (tracks: 1 to 3, 13 to 15, 21 to 23) Technician [Instrument Maintenance] – Florian Sonnleitner Viola – Werner Saller Violin [1st Violin] – Pablo Valetti Violin [2nd Violin] – Susanne von Bausznern