Arriaga, Overture to “Los Esclavos Felices” (Mozartwoche 1997)

The little-known composer Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga (1806-1826) was called the "Spanish Mozart" and died prematurely of consumption shortly before his 20th birthday. Born in 1943, the English conductor John Eliot Gardiner initially devoted himself to the historical performance practice of the music of the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1990 he founded the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, which specializes in music of the classical and romantic eras and always has exciting surprises in store for its audience. Gardiner numbers among the most renowned opera and concert conductors of the late 20th century.