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Donizetti: Double Concerto, Etc / Kovács, Camerata Budapest
Naxos

Donizetti: Double Concerto, Etc / Kovács, Camerata Budapest

$19.99

Details

Composer
DONIZETTI
Artist
Various Artists
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Mar 22, 2005
Catalog #
8557492
UPC
747313249220

About

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

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 Sinfonia a soli instrumenti di fiato in G Minor: Andante (recon. B. Pauler) 05:47
    Track
    1
    Title
    Sinfonia a soli instrumenti di fiato in G Minor: Andante (recon. B. Pauler)
    Duration
    05:47
    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. 2 Flute Sonata (Concertino) in C Minor: Largo - Allegro (orch. W. Hoffmann) 08:57
    Track
    2
    Title
    Flute Sonata (Concertino) in C Minor: Largo - Allegro (orch. W. Hoffmann)
    Duration
    08:57
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer
    Imre Kovacs
    Ensemble
    Camerata Budapest
    Conductor
    László Kovács
  3. 3 I. Andante 05:23
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer
    József Kiss
    Ensemble
    Camerata Budapest
    Conductor
    László Kovács
  4. 4 II. Allegro 02:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer
    József Kiss
    Ensemble
    Camerata Budapest
    Conductor
    László Kovács
  5. 5 I. Allegro ma non troppo 07:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    07:00
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer
    Andras Kiss, Judit Kiss-Domonkos
    Ensemble
    Camerata Budapest
    Conductor
    László Kovács
  6. 6 II. Andante 01:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer
    Andras Kiss, Judit Kiss-Domonkos
    Ensemble
    Camerata Budapest
    Conductor
    László Kovács
  7. 7 III. Rondo (Allegro moderato) 03:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Rondo (Allegro moderato)
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer
    Andras Kiss, Judit Kiss-Domonkos
    Ensemble
    Camerata Budapest
    Conductor
    László Kovács
  8. 8 Cor Anglais Concertino in G Major: Andante con variazioni 11:14
    Track
    8
    Title
    Cor Anglais Concertino in G Major: Andante con variazioni
    Duration
    11:14
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer
    Agnes Girgas
    Ensemble
    Camerata Budapest
    Conductor
    László Kovács
  9. 9 I. Andante sostenuto 04:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer
    Béla Kovács
    Ensemble
    Camerata Budapest
    Conductor
    László Kovács
  10. 10 II. Allegretto 03:22
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Performer
    Béla Kovács
    Ensemble
    Camerata Budapest
    Conductor
    László Kovács
  11. 11 Sinfonia in D Minor per la Morte di Capuzzi: Larghetto - Allegro vivace (recon. M. Andreae) 10:30
    Track
    11
    Title
    Sinfonia in D Minor per la Morte di Capuzzi: Larghetto - Allegro vivace (recon. M. Andreae)
    Duration
    10:30
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Ensemble
    Camerata Budapest
    Conductor
    László Kovács