Freya Apffelstaedt - Mayr: Giuseppe [CD] INXS Each track highlights Wheel's skill

Each track highlights Wheel's skill in blending technical ability with deep emotion

' which conveys a sense of compassion

- A magnificent release to mark the composer's 100th birthday

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Freya Apffelstaedt - Mayr: Giuseppe [CD] INXS Each track highlights Wheel's skillGiuseppe was composed by Mayr in 1829 for graduation concerts at the academy of music in Bergamo over which he presided. His inspiration was a Biblical opera that had won great popularity, Mehul's Joseph, which had premiered in Paris in 1807, featuring prayers, hymns and unassuming arias. Mayr, however, drew on a much wider musical canvas to include grand arias, duets, a cavatina and a final chorus. He also repeatedly references popular melodies by