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Boieldieu: Piano Concerto & Six Overtures
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Boieldieu: Piano Concerto & Six Overtures

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Composer
BOIELDIEU, FRANCOIS-ADRIEN
Artist
Veljkovic, Griffiths
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Feb 01, 2019
Catalog #
555244-2
UPC
761203524426

About

François-Adrien Boieldieu numbers among the most important exponents of the opéra comique of the French imperial era and the subsequent restoration. With La dame blanche (1825) he even produced one of the internationally most successful works of this genre; it served as a model example for other composers and played a significant role in the further development of the opéra comique. François Boieldieu received his early training in music in particular from Charles Broches, the organist at the Rouen Cathedral. In 1796 he went to Paris, where he met Cherubini. From 1803 to 1811 he was the court music director in St. Petersburg, and in 1817 he became a professor of composition at the Paris Conservatory. In the overtures of his opéras comiques Boieldieu usually anticipates thematic material from the particular opera. As a result, the overture not only prepares the listener for the atmosphere and tone color of the particular opéra comique but also provides for a recognition effect when the themes familiar from the overture reappear in a later phase of the stage action. The great wealth of melodic invention and the pronounced melodic cantability particularly characteristic of Boieldieu's music and the Piano Concerto heard here inspired his contemporaries to call him "the French Mozart."

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Le calife de Bagdad: Overture 07:17
    Track
    1
    Title
    Le calife de Bagdad: Overture
    Duration
    07:17
    Composer
    François-Adrien Boieldieu
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  2. 2 La prisonnière: Overture 06:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    La prisonnière: Overture
    Duration
    06:40
    Composer
    Luigi Cherubini
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  3. 3 La dame blanche: Overture 08:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    La dame blanche: Overture
    Duration
    08:59
    Composer
    François-Adrien Boieldieu
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  4. 4 Jean de Paris: Overture 07:53
    Track
    4
    Title
    Jean de Paris: Overture
    Duration
    07:53
    Composer
    François-Adrien Boieldieu
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  5. 5 Les voitures versées: Overture 04:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    Les voitures versées: Overture
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    François-Adrien Boieldieu
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  6. 6 Ma tante Aurore: Overture 07:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    Ma tante Aurore: Overture
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    François-Adrien Boieldieu
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  7. 7 I. Allegro 16:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    16:58
    Composer
    François-Adrien Boieldieu
    Performer
    Nataša Veljković
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths
  8. 8 II. Pastorale con variazioni 09:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Pastorale con variazioni
    Duration
    09:08
    Composer
    François-Adrien Boieldieu
    Performer
    Nataša Veljković
    Ensemble
    Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
    Conductor
    Howard Griffiths