Contemporaries of Mozart - Salieri: Symphonies / Bamert, London Mozart Players

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
January 1, 2001
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SALIERI, ANTONIO
    • PERFORMER
      London Mozart Players, Bamert
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2001
    • UPC
      095115987728
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 9877
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Cublai gran kan de' Tartari: Overture

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    2. 26 Variations on La Folia di Spagna

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    3. L' Angiolina, ossia il matrimonio per sussurro: Overture

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    4. I. Allegro assai

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    5. II. Andantino grazioso —

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    6. III. Presto

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    7. I. Allegro assai —

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    8. II. Andantino —

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    9. III. Presto

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    10. I. Allegro, quasi presto

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    11. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    12. III. Minuetto: Non tanto allegro - Trio

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    13. IV. Allegretto e sempre l'istesso tempo

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert

    14. Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle: Overture

      Composer: Antonio Salieri

      Ensemble: London Mozart Players

      Conductor: Matthias Bamert


The highlight of this sunny, consistently delightful disc comes in the form of 26 Variations on "La folia di Spagna", based on one of the most famous tunes in Western civilization. A veritable "concerto for orchestra", this late (1815) masterpiece offers a compendium of orchestral tricks of the trade, with brilliant sectional writing, echo effects, and solos for everyone, including (alongside more traditional strings and winds) trombones, harp, and even snare drum. Why it's not an orchestral staple even today simply defies the imagination, and aside from a less-than-seductive principal violin solo, it's brilliantly played here.


The remaining works consist of opera overtures and symphonies created from them, in the purest pre-Rossini Italian tradition. Zesty rhythms, lively tunes, and daring wind writing make these pieces a joy from first note to last. The Sinfonia "Il giorno onomastico" and the overtures to Falstaff and Angiolina offer particularly enticing melodies set amid bold splashes of orchestral color. As noted, Matthias Bamert and his London Mozart players do the music proud, though Chandos' recording does not quite solve the problem of recording a small orchestra up close in an overly ample acoustic. Great fun.
--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com