Franz Danzi
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Danzi, Mendelssohn, Weber: Sonatas, Etc / Neidich, Levin
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Neidich plays on a modern reconstruction of an 1810 clarinet, Levin on an 1825 piano, and the gains are naturally most evident in the work which gives the closest ear to sonorities, Weber's Grand duo concertani. He wrote it for himself and his much-admired friend Heinrich Baermann, and it is not a clarinet sonata but exactly what it says, music for two virtuosos. The lighter piano textures are of great benefit in those passages where there is a danger of a modern piano overwhelming the clarinet. This is striking in the slow movement (where a long solo passage for the piano is also built into the music), but also in some of the dizzy figuration in the finale where the piano's right-hand speeds along in thirds beside the clarinet, especially with the piano taking the upper third. The virtuosity seems to hold no terrors for these skilled players, and they bring a suitably Weberian note of sinister darkness to the Andante and a witty flash to the final Rondo. The phrases are often very long: close recording means that Neidich's snatched breaths are very audible, and so are puffs in the middle of phrases suggesting that, unusually for a clarinettist, he is using the technique of 'circular breathing' (refilling the lungs through the nose while continuing to play with the reservoir of air in the mouth).
Danzi's Sonata is an amiable piece that shares with Weber's Duo an interest in giving the two partners equality by occasionally silencing the clarinet. It is charmingly invented, though not as forward-looking in manner as some of his music. Mendelssohn's Sonata is a good deal less evenly inspired than much of the music written in his dazzling teens, with some empty passagework that seems to be on automatic pilot in the outer movements contrasting with striking developmental sections where the composer takes the controls again. Much the most remarkable movement is the Andante, a curiously haunting little song first played on unaccompanied clarinet and charmingly deployed throughout the movement.
-- JW, Gramophone [9/1995] Review of Sony 64302
Danzi's Sonata is an amiable piece that shares with Weber's Duo an interest in giving the two partners equality by occasionally silencing the clarinet. It is charmingly invented, though not as forward-looking in manner as some of his music. Mendelssohn's Sonata is a good deal less evenly inspired than much of the music written in his dazzling teens, with some empty passagework that seems to be on automatic pilot in the outer movements contrasting with striking developmental sections where the composer takes the controls again. Much the most remarkable movement is the Andante, a curiously haunting little song first played on unaccompanied clarinet and charmingly deployed throughout the movement.
-- JW, Gramophone [9/1995] Review of Sony 64302
Bozza, Haydn, Ibert, Villa-lobos: Works For Winds
CBS Masterworks
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$17.99
May 07, 2009
BOZZA, HAYDN, IBERT, VILLA-LOB
Danzi: Septets & Potpourris / Consortium Classicum
Orfeo
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Mar 14, 2008
Franz Danzi was an important figure in the early years of Romanticism. In his tuneful, emotionally charged and dance-like instrumental music we also meet the visionary exponent of music theatre who left a lasting mark on his pupil Carl Maria von Weber. In this album we encounter Danzi's well crafted and engaging chamber music
A product of the Mannheim School, he was extensively involved in orchestral advances in Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. In particular the two Clarinet Potpourris featured on the present CD are performed by Dieter Klöcker and his colleagues with a virtuoso delight in the composer's melodic vein, which ranges from songlike simplicity to elaborate examples of variation form. Danzi reveals himself as a true master in his two Septets which explore a wide expressive range between strings and winds and between dance-like rhythms and lively hunting fanfares. In recording these works the Consortium Classicum render outstanding service to a composer whose works are unjustly neglected but deserve to be far better known.
A product of the Mannheim School, he was extensively involved in orchestral advances in Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe. In particular the two Clarinet Potpourris featured on the present CD are performed by Dieter Klöcker and his colleagues with a virtuoso delight in the composer's melodic vein, which ranges from songlike simplicity to elaborate examples of variation form. Danzi reveals himself as a true master in his two Septets which explore a wide expressive range between strings and winds and between dance-like rhythms and lively hunting fanfares. In recording these works the Consortium Classicum render outstanding service to a composer whose works are unjustly neglected but deserve to be far better known.
Danzi: Overtures and concertos for transverse fl ute and orc
Coviello
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Apr 07, 2013
Classical Music
Franz Danzi: Complete Symphonies / Griffiths, Svizzera Italiana Orchestra
CPO
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Sep 28, 2010
Franz Danzi’s wind quintets tend to be the most well known of his works today and are still within the repertoire of many wind quintets. His rarely heard orchestral symphonies, which impressed Carl Maria von Weber, are also enjoyable works, enhanced by a richer palette of instrumental colors and graced with appealing Haydnesque melodies.
Danzi: Bassoon Quartets
CRD Records
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Jan 01, 2000
Classical Music
Danzi: Der Berggeist (Live)
Carus
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May 28, 2013
Once again Bernius lives up to his name as the rediscoverer of unknown masterpieces from the Romantic era. Just in time for the Franz Ignaz Danzi's 250th anniversary, he has snatched Danzi's Der Berggeist from an undeserved oblivion. This opera, based on the folkloric tale of Rubezahl, is an especially notable contribution to early Romantic opera in Germany.
Danzi, F.: Flute Chamber Music
Musicaphon
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Jul 10, 1997
Danzi, F.: Flute Chamber Music
DANZI: Wind Quintets, Op. 68, Nos. 1-3 / Horn Sonata, Op. 44
Naxos
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DANZI: Wind Quintets, Op. 68, Nos. 1-3 / Horn Sonata, Op. 44
Danzi: Wind Quintets, Vol. 3
BIS
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Jan 01, 1996
Classical Music
The Romantic Bassoon / Davidsson, Willén, Sundsvall Co
BIS
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Apr 01, 1995
Classical Music
Danzi: Wind Quintets, Vol. 2
BIS
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Dec 01, 1992
Classical Music
The Pied Piper Of The Opera
BIS
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Danzi: Wind Quintets, Vol. 1
BIS
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Danzi: Flute Concertos / Andrés Adorján, Hans Stadlmair
Orfeo
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May 12, 1987
Classical Music
Tre Quintetti Op 124 Op 10 Nn 2-3 Per Flauto Oboe
Bongiovanni
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Jan 01, 1996
Classical Music
Forgotten Treasures Vol 2 - Danzi: Fagottkonzerte, Overture In E Flat Major
Ars Produktion
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Danzi: Wind Quintets Op 67 No 1-3, Etc / Thompson, Et Al
Naxos
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Sep 01, 1999
DANZI: Wind Quintets, Op. 67, Nos. 1-3
Danzi: Wind Quintets Op 56, Sextet / Michael Thompson Qnt
Naxos
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Jun 01, 1995
DANZI: Wind Quintets, Op. 56, Nos. 1-3 / Wind Sextet, Op. 1
Danzi: Flute Quartets
MDG
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Danzi: Bassoon Concertos / Holder, Pasquet, Et Al
Naxos
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Sep 01, 1999
DANZI: Bassoon Concertos
