Orchester Wiener Akademie

Orchester Wiener Akademie was founded on 1985 by the organist and director Martin Haselböck. This association has been internationally known because of its vast repertoire, integrated by work pieces form the Baroque, until the end of Romanticism.^[1]

The Orchestra has been recognized because of its work in the exploration of classic and romantic repertoires, as well as techniques and styles of those times. The Wiener Akademie is reintroduced into the tradition of Viennese Orchestras, which interpreted the works of famous composers with the original style and sound with which they were created. This is achieved by the interpretation of those masterpieces with the original instruments they were supposed to be played.^[1][2]

Performances

The Orchester Wiener Akademie is presented regularly in Vienna and in some of the most prestigious festivals such as the ones in Frankfurt, Schleswig-Holstein, Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, Klangbogen, Carinthischer Sommer, Cuenca Festival, Handel Festival Halle and the Festival Internacional Cervantino.^[3]

The association is the resident-orchestra of the International Festival of Liszt, where their mission is to perform and record the whole repertoire of orchestral music from Franz Liszt. Their first release was in January 2011, and it was named “The Sound of Weimar”, which includes the Dante Symphony to honor the 200th anniversary of Liszt’s birth.^[3]

For the Orchestra, the opera is an essential genre. Because of this, it has recently interpreted works by Mozart, Schubert and Haydn, such as Symphony No. 40 (Mozart), Symphony No. 5 (Schubert), and Symphony No. 6 (Haydn).^[1][2]

Since 2009, the Orchestra has collaborated with John Malkovich in plays like “The Infernal Comedy”, and more recently “The Giacomo Variations, about Casanova”.^[1][3]

Discography

The Orchester Wiener Akademie has recorded more than 30 discs, which include a variety of pieces like the Schubert masses, the First Symphony of Bruckner, and the three symphonies Times of the day of Haydn.^[3] Their last productions are: ^[4]

- The Giacomo Variations (2011)

- The Infernal Comedy (2010)

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio (2008)

- Johann Strauss: Dance and Dream

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Festival Internacional Cervantino (October 16, 2011). "Rescate y difusión del estilo y sonoridad de la Viena clásica de hace 200 años" (in Spanish). FIC. 32 (CONACULTA) 1. https://festivalcervantino.sharepoint.com/_layouts/WordViewer.aspx?id=/Boletines%20e%20imgenes/Música/Orquestas%20sinfónicas/Orchester%20Wiener%20Akademie/Bolet%C3%ADn%20No.%2032%20Orchester%20Wiener%20Akademie%20conferencia.docx&Source=https%3A%2F%2Ffestivalcervantino%2Esharepoint%2Ecom%2FBoletines%20e%20imgenes%2FForms%2FAllItems%2Easpx%3FRootFolder%3D%252FBoletines%2520e%2520imgenes%252FM%25C3%25BAsica%252FOrquestas%2520sinf%25C3%25B3nicas%252FOrchester%2520Wiener%2520Akademie&DefaultItemOpen=1. Retrieved October 30, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Juan Arturo Brennan; Fernando de Ita, Rosario Manzanos, Xavier Quirarte (2011). "Orchester Wiener Akademie" (in Spanish). 39 Festival Internacional Cervantino (El Universal) 1: 112. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Orchester Wiener Akademie". Musik Konzept. http://www.theinfernalcomedy.org/jart/prj3/wak/projekt.jart?rel=en&content-id=1266692789314&reserve-mode=active. Retrieved 30 October 2011. 
4. ^ "CDs and DVDs". Orchester Wiener Akademie. http://www.wienerakademie.at/jart/prj3/wak/main.jart?rel=en&content-id=1296488541391&reserve-mode=active. Retrieved 31 October 2011.