Harmonie & Turcherie

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Label
Arcana
Release Date
January 29, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DONIZETTI HAYDN MOZART WITT
    • PERFORMER
      Zefiro, Bernardini
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 29, 2016
    • UPC
      3760195733912
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      A391
    • LABEL
      Arcana
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Marcia tuchesca in C Major, MH 601

      Composer: Michael Haydn

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    2. Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlosers am Kreuze (The Seven Last Words), Hob.XX:2: Introduction 1: Maestoso ed adagio

      Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    3. Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384: Marsch der Janitscharen

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    4. Oboe Concertino in C Major

      Composer: Friedrich Witt

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    5. Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy): Sinfonia (arr. G. Mandolesi for orchestra)

      Composer: Gioachino Rossini

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    6. Sinfonia a soli instrumenti di fiato in G Minor

      Composer: Gaetano Donizetti

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    7. Marcia di Mahmoud in F Major (arr. A. Bernardini for orchestra)

      Composer: Giuseppe Donizetti

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    8. Overture in C Major, Op. 24, MWV P1

      Composer: Felix Mendelssohn

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    9. Wind nonet in E-Flat Minor, D. 79

      Composer: Franz Schubert

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    10. I. Marcia: Moderato

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    11. II. Menuetto: Allegro

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    12. III. Andante con variazioni

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    13. IV. Polacca

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    14. V. Adagio

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini

    15. VI. Finale: Vivace

      Composer: Louis Spohr

      Ensemble: Zefiro

      Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini


Harmonie & Turcherie: around the year 1800, Western music was experiencing a merging of two phenomena. On one hand was the success of a particular ensemble of wind instruments, boosted by the foundation of the royal and imperial Harmonie by Emperor Joseph himself in Vienna in 1782, the core of it's repertoire being arrangements of famous opera arias; on the other, the fashion for orientalism, reflected in different expressions of the arts: painting, sculpture, architecture and music. The typical octet of the Harmonie, consisting of pairs of oboes, clarinets, horns and bassoons, was therefore reinforced by louder wind instruments such as trumpets, trombones, a contrabassoon or a cimbasso, as well as an array of percussion instruments - together, they could evoke the military bands of the highly feared Janissaries. That sound fascinated the most eminent composers of the time, including Haydn (Joseph and his younger brother Michael), Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti (Gaetano and his elder brother Giuseppe, active at the Ottoman court), Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Spohr, all of whom wrote small, little-known masterpieces for this particular band. Zefiro presents us with a varied program by these composers, alternating Turkish marches with chamber music works in a more operatic and deeper vein, thus revealing the versatility and colors of period wind instruments.