{"product_id":"graun-biscevic-graun-a-gentle-tenor","title":"Aco Biscevic: Graun: A Gentle Tenor - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGraun: A Gentle Tenor\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eAco Biscevic\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eAccent Records\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e4015023244047\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical Artists\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2024-07-12\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         Carl Heinrich Graun is known as Frederick the Great's court Kapellmeister, but less well known is the fact that Graun enjoyed an important reputation as a singer and that the king had originally engaged him as such at his court. In his obituary, the king characteristically honoured his court Kapellmeister with the words: \"We will not hear such a singer again\"! Graun's voice is characterised as a \"high tenor\" with \"great lightness\" and, according to a contemporary, he sang the slow pieces in particular \"very gently and touchingly\". Aco Biscevic probably corresponds exactly to this voice type: as a \"haute-contre\" (a tenor with a very high, light voice), his vocal range lies between tenor and the falsetto countertenor. Graun composed the three secular cantatas presented on this recording as a world premiere for himself and his voice during his time in Wolfenbuttel. Biscevic is accompanied by the baroque orchestra of the Thuringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach under the direction of Michael Hofstetter, an expert in the discovery of young voices (think of Valer Sabadus or Samuel Marino).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aco Biscevic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41043237961799,"sku":"44357283","price":17.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/4338986-3184689_ba63467f-3347-4bfa-bebd-88ddee5e2647.jpg?v=1720177987","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/graun-biscevic-graun-a-gentle-tenor","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}