Beethoven: Harmoniemusik / Alfredo Bernardini, Zefiro

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Arcana
Release Date
January 8, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • PERFORMER
      Bernardini, Zefiro
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 08, 2021
    • UPC
      3760195739013
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      A901
    • LABEL
      Arcana
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    3. III. Menuetto and Trio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    4. IV. Finale: Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    5. 8 Variations on Là ci darem la mano from Mozart's Don Giovanni in C Major, WoO 28, Hess 18

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    6. March in C Major, WoO 20, "Zapfenstreich"

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    7. I. Allegro (fragment)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    8. II. Adagio maestoso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    9. III. Minuetto: Allegro (fragment)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    10. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    11. II. Adagio cantabile

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    12. III. Menuetto: Allegro molto - Scherzo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    13. IV. Finale: Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    14. Ecossaise in D Major, WoO 22

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    15. Polonaise in D Major, WoO 21

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    16. Rondino in E-Flat Major, WoO 25

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini


Ludwig van Beethoven's devotion to wind musical instruments dates already from his young life in Bonn, as proved from the correspondence between his teacher Josef Haydn and the Elector of Bonn Maximilian Franz: here the composition of his Parthia dans un concert, or wind Octet op. 103 is mentioned as a work written before his arrival in Vienna and therefore as the earliest piece he wrote for winds. The remarkable Rondino for the same instruments, using the recently invented mutes for the horns, might have been part of the same Parthia in an earlier version. Once in Vienna, Beethoven was impressed by an ensemble consisting of just 2 oboes and cor anglais and wrote for them the extended and virtuosic Terzetto op. 87 in 1794 and the Variations on Mozart’s Don Giovanni in 1796. Also from 1796, a quintet with the unusual scoring of one oboe, three horns and bassoon survives incomplete. The picture of Beethoven’s output for winds wouldn’t be complete without his military music, commissioned around the year 1810. According to the Austrian tradition, with remote Turkish influence- the so-called janissary music- the scoring here includes also trumpets, contrabassoon and a rich variety of percussion instruments.