Johann Baptist Vanhal
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Symphonies
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Symphonies
CPO
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Oct 03, 2025
Indeed, Vienna is so rich in composers [...], that it is but just to allow it to be, among German cities, the imperial seat of music, as well as of power. Sir Charles Burney, the famous observer of European music, was quite correct. This city on the Danube was bubbling over with talents and masters who all made their livelihood there. This included Johann Baptist Wanhal, one of the innumerable Bohemians that tried their luck in the shadow of the court palace. He contributed many beautiful pieces to his preferred medium of instrumental music. The small selection of the present production alone well demonstrates that Wanhal was able to hold his own in the symphonic genre next to Joseph Haydn, who was seven years his senior. Subtle orchestral colours, a fine sense for dramatic events, especially in the minor keys, and striking melodies are characteristic of the creations that were enjoyed not only in the old imperial city.
Vanhal: Missa Pastoralis - Missa Solemnis
Naxos
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Jun 01, 2001
Classical Music
Johann Baptist Vanhal: Four String Quartets
CPO
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Nov 11, 2014
One may rightly claim that Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813), who traced his roots to Bohemia, was one of the most productive composers of the 18th c. + He wrote a total of 1,377 (!) works; sixty string quartets having appeared in print through to 1787, with thirty-six others in manuscript or documented in catalogue entries. + Quantity aside, Vanhal quite early gained fame with the quality of his works. + For CPO, the Lotus String Quartet, which gained notice with its triumph at the Int’l Chamber Music Competition in Osaka, Japan in 1994, interprets a selection of these quartets.
Vanhal: Symphonies
Supraphon
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Oct 01, 2002
Classical Music
Vanhal: Keyboard Capriccios
Grand Piano
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Jan 13, 2015
One of the leading composers of the Classical and early Romantic eras, Johann Baptist Vaňhal played a vital role in the development of Viennese music between 1750 and 1780. He composed prolifically in many genres, including a large number of quartets, symphonies, sacred works, vocal and instrumental works, including around 150 piano sonatas and sonatinas. Vaňhal was at his most inspirational and improvisational in his keyboard Capriccios composed in the 1780s, which are some of the most creative examples of the Viennese Classical style, not least in their almost symphonic force.
CONCERTOS FOR DOUBLE BASS
Bayer
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Jan 01, 2012
CONCERTOS FOR DOUBLE BASS
Johann Baptist Vanhal: Two Symphonies; Cello Concerto
CPO
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Jan 31, 2012
Vanhal numbers among the most productive composers of the 18th century. Among other works, 77 symphonies and 60 solo concertos by him are documented. Burney remarked when the composer was only age 33 that he would not hesitate to name Vanhal’s symphonies among the most complete and perfect compositions, for many instruments, which the art of music can boast. This album contains world premiere recordings of 3 genuinely gripping works.
Vanhal: Concerto For 2 Bassoons In F Major / 2 Sinfonias
BIS
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Jan 01, 1985
Classical Music
Vanhal: Symphonies Vol 3 / Mallon, Toronto Camerata
Naxos
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Includes symphony(-ies) by Johann Baptist Vanhal. Ensemble: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
Vanhal: Symphonies
Orfeo
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Sep 22, 1994
Classical Music
Vanhal: Missa Solemnis - Stabat Mater / Neumann
Orfeo
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Apr 12, 2019
Like so many Bohemian composers, the eastern Bohemian Johann Baptist Vanhal had moved to Vienna early in his career and can thus be viewed as a member of the select core of composers consisting of Haydn, Salieri, Mozart and Beethoven, to whom we owe Viennese classicism. The Missa Solemnis is noteworthy not just for its quality and opulence, but surprises the listener above all with three prolonged concert solo arias. By comparison, Vanhal’s Stabat Mater seems formally more conservative in its usual alternation between choir parts and solo numbers. It is above all the rich melodic imagination that is captivating. The works are beautifully performed on this release by soloists Natalia Melnik and Marta Benackova, as well as the Prager Kammerchor and Prager Kammerorchester.
The 18th Century Symphony - Vanhal: Symphonies Vol 1
Naxos
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Sep 01, 1999
Vanhal: Symphonies, Vol. 1
The 18th Century Symphony - Vanhal Symphonies Vol 2
Naxos
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Mar 01, 2001
Vanhal: Symphonies, Vol. 2
Johann Baptist Vanhal: Sonaten Fur Klarinette Und Hammerklavier
Gramola Records
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Mar 14, 2013
Classical Music
Böhmische Raritäten / Duo Connessione
Ars Produktion
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Mar 04, 2022
In his musical travelogue from 1773, the English musician and musicologist Charles Burney described Bohemia as the "conservatory of Europe". The country, now part of the Czech Republic, was then part of the Austrian Empire and from here came many outstanding composers who, if they did not stay in the country, worked not only in Vienna and other Austrian cultural centers, but also at the courts of all Europe and in the German, Italian and French metropolises. The word "Bohemian" encompasses the Czech and German language areas of the Czech lands. No wonder that Czech and Bohemian music has fascinated many musicians and musicologists for three centuries.
