Accompanied by two specialists playing on period instruments (fortepiano and guitar), the tenor Markus Miesenberg delivers a programme of proto-romantic love songs from Vienna.

Besides the remarkable musicological research that lies at the basis of this project, the quality of the performance is linked to the genuine and spontaneous approach of the musicians.

The idea for this recording originated from a direct comparison of the two songs Cupido and Kupido by the famous composer Joseph Haydn and the lesser-known Viennese composer Johann Holzer. Although both masters use the same text, the musical settings differ considerably in both nature and form. While Haydn's tunes present the content with a twinkle in the eye and a great deal of subtlety, Holzer's piece invites the listener to dance along, sparkling with joie de vivre and musicality.

The lyrical tenor Markus Miesenberger received his education as a singer in Vienna with KS Robert Holl, KS Artur Korn and Sebastian Vittucci as well as in the fields of violin and baroque viola with Ernst Kovacic and Michi Gaigg in Salzburg, Linz and Vienna.