Donizetti: Double Concerto, Etc / Kovács, Camerata Budapest

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 22, 2005
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DONIZETTI
    • PERFORMER
      Various Artists
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 22, 2005
    • UPC
      747313249220
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8557492
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Concertos
    Works ⌄

    1. Sinfonia a soli instrumenti di fiato in G Minor: Andante (recon. B. Pauler)

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Performer: Imre Kovacs, Janos Kemeny, Eszter Papp, József Balogh, Laszlo Kraszna, János Keveházi, István Borza, Pal Bakor, Gyorgy Olajos

      Conductor: László Kovács

    2. Flute Sonata (Concertino) in C Minor: Largo - Allegro (orch. W. Hoffmann)

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Camerata Budapest

      Performer: Imre Kovacs

      Conductor: László Kovács

    3. I. Andante

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Camerata Budapest

      Performer: József Kiss

      Conductor: László Kovács

    4. II. Allegro

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Camerata Budapest

      Performer: József Kiss

      Conductor: László Kovács

    5. I. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Camerata Budapest

      Performer: Andras Kiss, Judit Kiss-Domonkos

      Conductor: László Kovács

    6. II. Andante

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Camerata Budapest

      Performer: Andras Kiss, Judit Kiss-Domonkos

      Conductor: László Kovács

    7. III. Rondo (Allegro moderato)

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Camerata Budapest

      Performer: Andras Kiss, Judit Kiss-Domonkos

      Conductor: László Kovács

    8. Cor Anglais Concertino in G Major: Andante con variazioni

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Camerata Budapest

      Performer: Agnes Girgas

      Conductor: László Kovács

    9. I. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Camerata Budapest

      Performer: Béla Kovács

      Conductor: László Kovács

    10. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Camerata Budapest

      Performer: Béla Kovács

      Conductor: László Kovács

    11. Sinfonia in D Minor per la Morte di Capuzzi: Larghetto - Allegro vivace (recon. M. Andreae)

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Camerata Budapest

      Conductor: László Kovács


A collection of wholly agreeable music, stylishly written and elegantly performed. The emphasis is on charm, lyricism, and vivacity—something to serenade and divert the listener. Donizetti treats the soloists as vocalists; the music is always expressive. For the most part, this music is played in reconstructions and in others’ orchestrations. But all seems most sympathetically researched and, where necessary, edited and arranged. The Clarinet Concertino mixes pathos and good humor, and the hunting finale of the Oboe Concertino is ear catching. The work for English horn (cor anglais) was written for a now defunct instrument; the cor anglais sounds slightly uncomfortable here, despite the player’s best efforts, and is cast as a theme and variations, the theme reminds of one used by Schubert in his music for Rosamunde. Beginning the CD is a short fancy for woodwind nonet, rather Mozartian, and closing the program is the most operatic music here, written for the funeral of a violinist, and culminating in the manner of a Rossini overture, with a crescendo. If the music appeals, then this release can be regarded as a winner. The recording is excellent: airy, tangible, and well defined.

Colin Anderson, FANFARE