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

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

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Details

Composer
SALIERI, ANTONIO
Artist
London Mozart Players, Bamert
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Jan 01, 2001
Catalog #
CHAN 9877
UPC
095115987728

About

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

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Cublai gran kan de' Tartari: Overture 03:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    Cublai gran kan de' Tartari: Overture
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  2. 2 26 Variations on La Folia di Spagna 17:47
    Track
    2
    Title
    26 Variations on La Folia di Spagna
    Duration
    17:47
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  3. 3 L' Angiolina, ossia il matrimonio per sussurro: Overture 03:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    L' Angiolina, ossia il matrimonio per sussurro: Overture
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  4. 4 I. Allegro assai 03:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro assai
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  5. 5 II. Andantino grazioso — 03:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andantino grazioso —
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  6. 6 III. Presto 02:25
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  7. 7 I. Allegro assai — 03:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro assai —
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  8. 8 II. Andantino — 02:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Andantino —
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  9. 9 III. Presto 01:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  10. 10 I. Allegro, quasi presto 04:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro, quasi presto
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  11. 11 II. Larghetto 05:17
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  12. 12 III. Minuetto: Non tanto allegro - Trio 02:37
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Minuetto: Non tanto allegro - Trio
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  13. 13 IV. Allegretto e sempre l'istesso tempo 05:33
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Allegretto e sempre l'istesso tempo
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert
  14. 14 Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle: Overture 04:17
    Track
    14
    Title
    Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle: Overture
    Duration
    04:17
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    London Mozart Players
    Conductor
    Matthias Bamert