Franz Lachner:
Das verlassene Mägdlein
Der Wanderer in den Alpen
Der Alpengang

Joseph Haydn:
Deutsche Tänze 1-5

Joseph Peter von Lindpaintner:
Stille Liebe

Joseph von Hazzi:
Schönheit und Staatsversagen
Gericht Bärnstein
Landgericht Kehlheim
Gericht Tölz
Gericht Wolfertshausen
Gericht Pfaffenhofen
Gericht Wildenwarth
Gericht Landsberg
Gericht Auerburg
Erding und Dorfen
Gericht Landsberg
Gericht Traunstein
Gericht Zwisel
Gericht Viec
Gericht Griesbach
Erding und Dorfen

Josephine Lang:
Frühes Sterben
Die Abendglocke auf dem Berge
Herz, mein Herz, so schweig auch du!
Ja, zu Tod möchte ich mich lieben

Leopold Mozart:
Suite in G-Dur

Robert Schumann:
Des Sennen Abschied
Die Sennin

The programme Schönheit und Staatsversagen (Beauty & State Failure) brings together music and text to explore the contrasts of life in Bavaria around 1800 – between city and countryside, wealth and poverty, education and illiteracy. The vivid reports of civil servant Joseph von Hazzi reveal a little-known, often harsh rural reality, full of struggle but also raw, sometimes comical pleasures. In contrast, songs by Munich composers like Josephine Lang, Franz Lachner and Lindpaintner – alongside Schumann, Leopold Mozart and Haydn – paint an idealised, emotional image of alpine life. Though shaped by different worlds, both perspectives reflect timeless human experience. This album opens up new perspectives on the past – touching, surprising, and full of musical individuality. And always, of course, with Alma!