Pez, Johann Christoph: Duplex Genius

The wild fantasy of the early Baroque reveals to us musical aggregate states that are still far removed from the formal condensation of matter: Ideas and sounds drift on a sea of almost unlimited possibilities, delighting us with a colorful variety that is only very gradually bound into clear shapes by rationally ordering forces. Johann Christoph Pez from Munich lived and worked in this fascinating time of inspired searching and experimentation, was allowed to visit the promised land of Italy due to his talent, breathed the air of the overpowering Italian Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Lully - and left behind an instrumental compendium with his twelve-part Duplex Genius, whose high entertainment value is further enhanced by the unpredictability of the events.