Although somewhat obscured by the momentous discovery in 1999 of the Singakademie Collection in Kiev, a no less significant find was the slightly earlier recovery of manuscripts once belonging to the Hamburg City Library of music by Johann Mattheson, looted in 1945, but found in Armenia and returned to Hamburg in 1998. When Mattheson's opera Boris Goudenow was revived -- actually premiered, as the original 1710 premiere had been canceled for political reasons -- in 2005 it was widely and erroneously reported that this ...
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Although somewhat obscured by the momentous discovery in 1999 of the Singakademie Collection in Kiev, a no less significant find was the slightly earlier recovery of manuscripts once belonging to the Hamburg City Library of music by Johann Mattheson, looted in 1945, but found in Armenia and returned to Hamburg in 1998. When Mattheson's opera Boris Goudenow was revived -- actually premiered, as the original 1710 premiere had been canceled for political reasons -- in 2005 it was widely and erroneously reported that this manuscript had been found in the Singakademie Collection. Rather it formed part of the Mattheson material located in Armenia, as does this 1724 recorded for the first time on CPO, Der liebreiche und geduldige DAVID, which translates rather uncomfortably into English as The loving and patient DAVID. David, of course, is the biblical King David, and this oratorio deals with the tragic story of the conflict between David and his rebellious son Absalom, who sought to dethrone his father but...
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