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Symphonies, Op. 4 Nos- 4-6 & Pandore (Excerpts)

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Details

Composer
Ignaz Beck
Artist
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Jul 17, 2026
Catalog #
555786-2
UPC
761203578627

About

Franz Ignaz Beck was a "Mannheim pupil" from the very beginning. The son of the court oboist Franz Aloys Beck, he was taught by other court musicians after his father's early death before studying in Venice with Baldassare Galuppi and ultimately making his way via Naples to France. He was twenty-three when three of his symphonies won acclaim in Paris; yet he was soon drawn onward-to Marseille and then to Bordeaux, where, until 1798 (for more than thirty-five years), he served as Maître de Musique, overseeing operas and concerts as well as the performance of both his own works and those of others. The six symphonies Op. 4 date from his early years on the Garonne and are now presented complete. They represent Beck's final contributions to the genre in which he undertook bold yet successful experiments-stormy and urgent, filled with striking turns that electrified audiences and explain why he was sometimes hailed as the "Berlioz of the eighteenth century." The music from the melodrama Pandora, composed some twenty years later, forms an illuminating counterpoint.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro maestoso 05:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  2. 2 II. Andante 05:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  3. 3 III. Presto 02:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  4. 4 I. Allegro con brio 04:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  5. 5 II. Largo con sordini 06:14
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Largo con sordini
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  6. 6 III. Minuetto I-II 03:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Minuetto I-II
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  7. 7 IV. Presto 03:18
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  8. 8 I. Allegro moderato 04:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  9. 9 II. Adagio 03:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  10. 10 III. Minuetto 04:05
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Minuetto
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  11. 11 IV. Presto 05:04
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    05:04
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  12. 12 Overture: Largo - Allegro risoluto 05:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    Overture: Largo - Allegro risoluto
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  13. 13 No. 7. Poco adagio 01:23
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 7. Poco adagio
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  14. 14 No. 15. Andantino 02:43
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 15. Andantino
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider
  15. 15 No. 16. Andantino 00:47
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 16. Andantino
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Franz Ignaz Beck
    Ensemble
    La Stagione Frankfurt
    Conductor
    Michael Schneider