A Musical Journey - Ravenna, Venice and Faenza

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Label
Naxos AudioVisual
Release Date
November 17, 2009
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MOZART, W.A.
    • PERFORMER
      Weissberg, Capella Istropolitana, Sieghart
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 17, 2009
    • UPC
      747313523757
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      2110237
    • LABEL
      Naxos AudioVisual
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Ravenna, Venice and Faenza: A Musical Tour (NTSC)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    2. I. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Performer: Herbert Weissberg

      Conductor: Martin Sieghart

    3. II. Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Performer: Herbert Weissberg

      Conductor: Martin Sieghart

    4. III. Rondo: Tempo di menuetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Performer: Herbert Weissberg

      Conductor: Martin Sieghart

    5. I. Allegro aperto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Performer: Herbert Weissberg

      Conductor: Martin Sieghart

    6. II. Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Performer: Herbert Weissberg

      Conductor: Martin Sieghart

    7. III. Rondo: Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Performer: Herbert Weissberg

      Conductor: Martin Sieghart

    8. Andante in C Major, K. 315

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

      Performer: Herbert Weissberg

      Conductor: Martin Sieghart


The tour starts in Northern Italy, in Ravenna, once the capital of the Roman Emperor Honorius, who moved there from Milan with his court in C.E. 402. The place is famous for it's mosaics. The tour also takes US to Faenza, famous for it's majolica ware, known as faience, and to the great Basilica of San Marco in Venice and it's Carnival. The music for this tour of Italy is by Mozart and includes his two Flute Concertos, written for a patron during a visit to Mannheim in 1777-78.