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# Army of Generals Vol. II (2023)
- URL: https://neuemannheimerorchester.de/projects/aog-ii/
- Published: 2019-07-02T15:12:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-09T21:56:01.000Z
- Author: Anders Muskens
- Tags: #project, #Import 2026-11-09 10:24, #project-aog-ii

![Portrait of Elector Carl Theodor with a flute](https://neuemannheimerorchester.de/content/images/squarespace/177016118605-carl-heinrich-brandt-kurfuerst-karl-theodor-cc-by-sa-bstgs-3620.jpg)

Elector Carl Theodor, by Carl Heinrich Brandt. Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, CC BY-SA

The second volume of our *Army of Generals* anthology returns to the court of Elector Carl Theodor. It brings together symphonies by Anton Fils, Johann Stamitz and Christian Cannabich with three opera arias by Niccolò Jommelli, Gian Francesco de Majo and Anton Schweitzer, sung by soprano Elisabeth Hetherington – music heard in the palaces and theatres of Mannheim and Schwetzingen.

Album preview: eighteenth-century Mannheim and Schwetzingen, set to the first movement of a symphony by Anton Fils.

## Programme

- **Anton Fils (1733–1760)** Periodical Symphony No. 8 in G major
- **Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774)** Aria “D’un van timore il freno” from *Arcadia conservata* (pasticcio, Schwetzingen 1775)
- **Johann Stamitz (1717–1757)** Sinfonia in A major, WolS I. A–4
- **Gian Francesco de Majo (1732–1770)** Aria “Mio ben, ricordati” from *Alessandro* (Mannheim, 1766)
- **Anton Schweitzer (1735–1787)** Aria “Zwischen Angst und Hoffen” from *Alceste* (Schwetzingen version, 1775)
- **Christian Cannabich (1731–1798)** Symphony No. 51 in D major

## The composers

![Anton Fils](https://neuemannheimerorchester.de/content/images/squarespace/cbb2e5dee951-anton-fils.jpg)

### Anton Fils

1733–1760

![Johann Stamitz](https://neuemannheimerorchester.de/content/images/squarespace/e61710c2c2a1-johann-stamitz.jpg)

### Johann Stamitz

1717–1757

![Christian Cannabich](https://neuemannheimerorchester.de/content/images/squarespace/f88dfaa0a0ff-christian-cannabich-by-egid-verhelst-ii.jpg)

### Christian Cannabich

1731–1798

![Niccolò Jommelli](https://neuemannheimerorchester.de/content/images/squarespace/25537c379909-niccolo-jommelli.jpg)

### Niccolò Jommelli

1714–1774

![Gian Francesco de Majo](https://neuemannheimerorchester.de/content/images/squarespace/a51784d61675-gian-francesco-de-majo.jpg)

### Gian Francesco de Majo

1732–1770

![Anton Schweitzer](https://neuemannheimerorchester.de/content/images/squarespace/ec675e73a407-johann-gottfried-scheffner-portrait-of-the-composer-anton-schweitzer-1735-1787-1.jpg)

### Anton Schweitzer

1735–1787

## Musicians and credits

### Soloists and direction

- **Anders Muskens** Kapellmeister and harpsichord
- **Elisabeth Hetherington** soprano
- **Mojca Gal** concertmaster

### Orchestra

- **Violin I** Mojca Gal, Yumina Ishii, Clara Sawada, Ana Ares Giusti, Alexandra Lopez
- **Violin II** Pietro Battistoni, Paula Perez, Camilo Arias Cuellar, Belén Sancho
- **Viola** Jasper Snow, Isabel Franenberg
- **Cello** Evan Buttar, Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde
- **Double bass** Jesse Solway
- **Flute** Florencia Gómez, Tiziano Teodori
- **Oboe** Federico Forla, Karolina Szymanik
- **Horn** Nicolas Roudier, Christopher Price
- **Bassoon** Bernat Gili, Jeong-Guk Lee

### Production

- **Producer and lead sound engineer** Jakub Klimeš
- **Recording engineer** Paul de Vugt
- **Assistant sound engineer** Isabel Plaat
- **Research and editions** Anders Muskens
- **Musicological consultation** Dr Rüdiger Thomsen-Fürst
- **Project manager** Federico Forla
- **Orchestra manager** Elia Celegato
- **Label** Leaf Music Distribution

### Album art

- Franz Anton von Leydensdorff, *Glorification of Elector Carl Theodor of the Palatinate*, 1772\. [Bavarian State Painting Collections](https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Dj4mBzbx5A?ref=neuemannheimerorchester.de)

## Produced with the support of

- [![Canada Council for the Arts](https://neuemannheimerorchester.de/content/images/squarespace/025836a3bcf3-cca-rgb-colour-e.png)](https://canadacouncil.ca/?ref=neuemannheimerorchester.de)
- [Adriana Jacoba Fonds](https://www.adrianajacobafonds.nl/?ref=neuemannheimerorchester.de)
- [![Forschungszentrum Hof | Musik | Stadt, Schwetzingen](https://neuemannheimerorchester.de/content/images/squarespace/c7d57084e791-hofmusikstadt.png)](https://www.hofmusikstadt.de/?ref=neuemannheimerorchester.de)