Accentus Austria

Aria Viennesa
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Bartolomé Selma y Salaverde, Johann Joseph Fux

The coexistence of different cultures has always been an ignition spark for exciting musical developments. This may be especially true of the Habsburg Empire in the 17th century: The high society was delighted by the Italian style with its virtuoso instrumental music and, on the other hand, the streets and pubs were full of musicians from Austria, Hungary, Bohemia and Poland, playing their emotional and fascinating folk-music. In the concert halls people used to amusedly enjoy the witty quotations of this sound and, above all, the strange music of the Turks, frightening and attractive at the same time, which seemed to be a window to another, unknown world.

Ulli Engel (baroque violin)
Johanna Sensi-Gamerith (baroque violin)
Ivan Bečka (baroque viola)
Thomas Wimmer (viol, violone)
Michael Posch (recorder)
Erich Traxler (harpsichord)
Wolfgang Reithofer (percussion)