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Hunting Music of Old Czech Masters / Collegium Musicum Pragensae, Prague Symphony

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Details

Composer
DRUZECKY VENT VRANICKY
Artist
Collegium Musicum Pragensae, Vojnar
Format
CD
Label
Supraphon
Released
Feb 16, 2018
Catalog #
SU4228-2
UPC
099925422820

About

Hunting cannot be thought about in isolation from the sounds accompanying it – the barking of dogs, the shrieks of frightened quarry, the shots, and the sound of horns and trumpets. Signal instruments and the atmosphere of chase gave rise to the special genre of “hunting music”. The quintessential hunting-related instrument is the French horn, which became widely used in Bohemia after 1760, owing to Count Franz Anton von Sporck. Yet hunting music, for a variety of ensembles (including the wind Harmonie), was also played at feasts and other social events. Hunting-themed pieces - cassations, serenades, partitas (many of them termed caccia or la chasse) - indicated their connection with hunting by the selection of instruments, the typical harmonies and melodies, as well as by featuring onomatopoeic effects, such as the sounds of animals and birds, and sonic renditions of buoyant merry-making in the wake of the hunting expedition. The music featured on the present album was written by three Czech representatives of high Classicism. Jirí Družecký and Jan Nepomuk Vent composed numerous popular pieces for wind instruments. Pavel Vranický, a friend of Haydn and Beethoven, who both chose him to conduct their works, was a distinguished theatre figure in Vienna.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 05:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Georg Druschetzky
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Pragense
    Conductor
    František Vajnar
  2. 2 II. Menuetto 04:12
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Menuetto
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Georg Druschetzky
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Pragense
    Conductor
    František Vajnar
  3. 3 III. Allegro con variazioni 03:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro con variazioni
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Georg Druschetzky
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Pragense
    Conductor
    František Vajnar
  4. 4 I. Presto 02:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Presto
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Johann Nepomuk Went
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Pragense
    Conductor
    František Vajnar
  5. 5 II. Favorito - Alternativo 02:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Favorito - Alternativo
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Johann Nepomuk Went
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Pragense
    Conductor
    František Vajnar
  6. 6 III. Menuetto 03:22
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Menuetto
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Johann Nepomuk Went
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Pragense
    Conductor
    František Vajnar
  7. 7 IV. Romance 04:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Romance
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Johann Nepomuk Went
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Pragense
    Conductor
    František Vajnar
  8. 8 V. Finale: Presto 02:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    V. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Johann Nepomuk Went
    Ensemble
    Collegium Musicum Pragense
    Conductor
    František Vajnar
  9. 9 I. Allegro maestoso 09:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    09:12
    Composer
    Paul Wranitzky
    Ensemble
    Prague Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Vajnar
  10. 10 II. Menuetto 04:41
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Menuetto
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Paul Wranitzky
    Ensemble
    Prague Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Vajnar
  11. 11 III. Adagio 06:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Paul Wranitzky
    Ensemble
    Prague Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Vajnar
  12. 12 IV. La caccia 07:08
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. La caccia
    Duration
    07:08
    Composer
    Paul Wranitzky
    Ensemble
    Prague Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    František Vajnar