Knecht: Portrait Musical de la Nature; Philidor / Benda

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
March 25, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      KNECHT PHILIDOR
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Orchestra Filarmonica Di Torino, Prague Sinfonia Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Benda
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 25, 2014
    • UPC
      747313306671
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573066
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Une belle contree ou le soleil luit -

      Composer: Justin Heinrich Knecht

      Ensemble: Torino Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    2. II. Le ciel commence a devenir soudain sombre -

      Composer: Justin Heinrich Knecht

      Ensemble: Torino Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    3. III. L'orage accompagne des vents -

      Composer: Justin Heinrich Knecht

      Ensemble: Torino Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    4. IV. L'orage s'appaise peu a peu -

      Composer: Justin Heinrich Knecht

      Ensemble: Torino Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    5. V. La nature transportee de la joie

      Composer: Justin Heinrich Knecht

      Ensemble: Torino Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Sergio Lamberto

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    6. I. Allegro

      Composer: François-André Danican Philidor

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    7. II. Andante

      Composer: François-André Danican Philidor

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    8. III. Allegro

      Composer: François-André Danican Philidor

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    9. Le sorcier: Overture

      Composer: François-André Danican Philidor

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    10. Tom Jones: Overture

      Composer: François-André Danican Philidor

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    11. I. Allegro

      Composer: François-André Danican Philidor

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    12. II. Andante con spirito

      Composer: François-André Danican Philidor

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda

    13. III. Presto

      Composer: François-André Danican Philidor

      Ensemble: Prague Sinfonia

      Conductor: Christian Benda


Though he wrote a great deal of church music, and also composed for the theatre, Justin Heinrich Knecht is best remembered for his Grande Simphonie ‘Le Portrait musical de la Nature’. Elegantly scored and completed in 1785, this eventful five-movement symphonic work of nature-depiction predates Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony by almost a quarter of a century. Knecht’s older French contemporary Philidor was the leading chess player of his time in addition to being a popular stage composer, whose overtures reveal the influence of the Italian school in their sparkling drama.