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Pleyel: Clarinet Chamber Music / Magistrelli, Italian Classical Consort
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Pleyel: Clarinet Chamber Music / Magistrelli, Italian Classical Consort

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Details

Composer
Ignace Joseph Pleyel
Artist
Luigi Magistrelli, Italian Classical Consort
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jan 27, 2023
Catalog #
BRI96849
UPC
5028421968490

About

Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831) was one of the most multifaceted artists of all time, being active in various fields as a composer, performer, publisher and piano builder. Born in Lower Austria, he became the pupil of Joseph Haydn in Eisenstadt, who considered him to be a superb student. In 1791, due to the French Revolution, musical performances in churches and public concerts were abolished, so Pleyel travelled to London searching for a better place to work. Pleyel was a quite prolific composer, writing at least 42 symphonies, 70 string quartets and several operas. Recent scholarship has suggested that the theme for the St. Anthony Variations Op.56a by Johannes Brahms was probably composed not by Haydn but by Ignaz Pleyel. The beautiful and cheerful Quintet in C for piano and winds is in a pleasant, early-classical Viennese style, reminding us of the previous masterpieces for the same medium by Mozart and Beethoven. An arrangement for Wind Octet of this work is preserved at the Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Hofbibliothek Donaueschingen in Germany.

The manuscript of the Due Duetti for clarinet and viola has so far never been published. The Trio Op.20 No.1 for two clarinets and bassoon is an arrangement from one of Pleyel’s flute and string trios. The two short songs Behind yon Hills and The smiling Morn, from the Original Scottish Airs, are originally for soprano and piano, but the clarinet replaces the singer with a similarly expressive and beautiful result. The Variations in F on a Theme of Pleyel is a piece arranged for three clarinets by Antonín Myslík, taken from the Quartet in F by Franz Krommer (1759–1831). Mozart praised Pleyel’s compositions in a letter written to his father.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 05:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  2. 2 II. Adagio 04:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  3. 3 III. Allegro 04:06
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  4. 4 Duet No. 1: Allegro 05:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    Duet No. 1: Allegro
    Duration
    05:52
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  5. 5 Duet No. 2: I. Andante 02:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    Duet No. 2: I. Andante
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  6. 6 Duet No. 3: II. Menuetto poco Allegretto 03:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    Duet No. 3: II. Menuetto poco Allegretto
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  7. 7 Duet No. 4: III. Allegro 04:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    Duet No. 4: III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:02
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  8. 8 I. Allegro 05:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  9. 9 II. Adagio molto 02:39
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Adagio molto
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  10. 10 III. Allegro non troppo 05:21
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  11. 11 IV. Rondo: Allegro 02:50
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  12. 12 II. Andante grazioso 01:38
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Andante grazioso
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  13. 13 III. Rondo: Allegretto 03:01
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  14. 14 Variations in F Major on a Theme of Pleyel 06:12
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variations in F Major on a Theme of Pleyel
    Duration
    06:12
    Composer
    Antonin Myslik
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  15. 15 Behind Yon Hills 02:45
    Track
    15
    Title
    Behind Yon Hills
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort
  16. 16 The Smiling Morn 02:23
    Track
    16
    Title
    The Smiling Morn
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli
    Ensemble
    Italian Classical Consort