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Carl Heinrich Graun

voc, 1704-1759 DE, Uebigau-Wahrenbrück
Singer / Composer of Classical

Carl Heinrich Graun (7 May 1704 – 8 August 1759) was a German composer and tenor singer. Along with Johann Adolph Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time.

     
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Symphony for Two Flutes, Two Oboes, Two Horns and Continuo in D Major: III. Scherzando. Allegro on Im Glanz von Sanssouci by Friedrich II, Carl Heinrich Graun & Various Artists
Der Tod Jesu, Pt. 1: Chorus: Sein Odem ist schwach (Chorus) on Graun: Der Tod Jesu by Carl Heinrich Graun, Arcis-Vocalisten, L'arpa Festante & Thomas Gropper
Symphony for Two Flutes, Two Oboes, Two Horns and Continuo in D Major: I. Allegro assai on Im Glanz von Sanssouci by Friedrich II, Carl Heinrich Graun & Various Artists
Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major: I. Allegro on Im Glanz von Sanssouci by Friedrich II, Carl Heinrich Graun & Various Artists
Cleopatra e Cesare (Act 1): Tra le procelle assorto on Mirrors by Jeanine De Bique, Concerto Köln & Luca Quintavalle
L'Orfeo, GraunWV B.I.25: Aria. D’ogni aura al mormorar (Arr. for Alto Recorder in G by Isaac Makhdoomi) on Graun: L'Orfeo, GraunWV B.I.25: Aria. D’ogni aura al mormorar by Carl Heinrich Graun, Isaac Makhdoomi & Ensemble Piccante
Symphony for Two Flutes, Two Oboes, Two Horns and Continuo in D Major: II. Andante on Im Glanz von Sanssouci by Friedrich II, Carl Heinrich Graun & Various Artists
Cleopatra e Cesare, WV B:I:7: Tra le procelle assorto (Aria) on Cleopatra - Baroque Arias by Regula Mühlemann, La Folia Barockorchester & Robin Peter Müller
Der Tod Jesu, Pt. 1: Chorus: Du, dessen Augen flossen (Chorus) on Graun: Der Tod Jesu by Carl Heinrich Graun, Arcis-Vocalisten, L'arpa Festante & Thomas Gropper
Der Tod Jesu, Pt. 1: Recitative: Gethsemane! Gethsemane! (Soprano) on Graun: Der Tod Jesu by Carl Heinrich Graun, Arcis-Vocalisten, L'arpa Festante & Thomas Gropper

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Opera AriasCarl Heinrich Graun – Julia Lezhneva, Concerto Köln, Mikhail Antonenko2017Album
Uns Ist Ein Kind Geboren - WeihnachtsoratoriumCarl Heinrich Graun - Arcis-Vocalisten München, Barockorchester L'Arpa Festante, Thomas Gropper2017Album
OsteroratoriumCarl Heinrich Graun − Nina Koufochristou • Dagmar Saskova • Jan Kobow • Andreas Wolf • Kölner Akademie, Michael Willens2013Album
Oboe ConcertosJohann Gottlieb Graun, Carl Heinrich Graun - Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle2013Album
Te Deum • MotetsCarl Heinrich Graun2006Album
Cleopatra & CesareCarl Heinrich Graun, René Jacobs, Concerto Köln2003Album
Christmas OratorioCarl Heinrich Graun − Ingrid Schmithüsen • Klaus Mertens • Lena Susanne Norin • Markus Schäfer • Rheinische Kantorei • Das Kleine Konzert • Hermann Max1999Album
Der Tod Jesu (Cantate De La Passion • Passionskantate)Carl Heinrich Graun - Mária Zádori - Márta Fers - Martin Klietmann - Klaus Mertens - Capella Savaria • Pál Németh1994Album
Der Tod Jesu = The Death Of JesusCarl Heinrich Graun - Costanza Cuccaro, Karl Markus, John Shirley-Quirk, RIAS-Kammerchor, RIAS Sinfonietta Dirigent Uwe Gronostay1984Album
La Mort Du ChristCarl Heinrich Graun - Bernadette Degelin, Louis Devos, Kurt Widmer, Het Westvlaams Vocaal Ensemble, Musica Polyphonica1983Album
Graun: Montezuma / Bonincini:GriseldaCarl Heinrich Graun / Giovanni Bononcini - Joan Sutherland, Elizabeth Harwood, Spiro Malas, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge1980Compil.
Musik Am Hofe Friedrichs Des GroßenFriedrich der Grosse, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Joachim Quantz, Carl Heinrich Graun - Kammersolisten Nürnberg1980Album
Excerpts From MontezumaCarl Heinrich Graun, Joan Sutherland, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge1967Album
Music In Old Towns And Residences (I) / Potsdam: At The Court Of Frederick The GreatCarl Heinrich Graun / Johann Joachim Quantz / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach / Friedrich der Grosse1965Album
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