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Weber – The Symphonies

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Catalogue numberBIS-1620 SACD
Release date2009-05-25
Discs1
Orig. sample rate44100Hz
Total time67:42

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The Tapiola Sinfonietta has recorded a number of highly acclaimed discs for BIS spanning a repertoire from Rautavaara, Pärt and Shostakovich to Saint-Saëns and Mozart. On one of the orchestra’s most recent releases, under conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow, the programme was centred on the clarinet concertos by Carl Maria von Weber, with Martin Fröst as soloist. The orchestra’s contribution to the much-praised result was noticed by the reviewers, as witness the following description on website classicstoday.com: ‘perfect accompaniments: swift, sensitive, texturally transparent, and rhythmically snappy’. On the present disc Tapiola Sinfonietta and Kantorow revisit Weber, again focussing on works by the young composer, from before the fame that Der Freischütz would bring. The two symphonies – the only works in the genre that Weber composed – were written in the space of six weeks around New Year 1808, while Weber were staying at the court of the Count of Württemberg-Öls in Carlsruhe (nowadays Pokój in Poland). Their scoring reflects the forces available in the Count’s orchestra: apart from strings and timpani Weber could call upon a flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and two trumpets. We may assume that the wind players were of exceptional quality, as these works offer them plenty of opportunities to show off. The symphonies also bear witness to the period of transition from classicism to romanticism, particularly in terms of orchestral colour. The two works for bassoon and orchestra included on the disc were composed a few years later, specifically for Georg Friedrich Brandt, bassoonist in the Munich Court Orchestra. They are here performed by Jaakko Luoma, the principal bassonist of the Tapiola Sinfonietta, who gives them their full measure of both flamboyant virtuosity and lyric songfulness.
 
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  Composer: Weber, Carl Maria von
  Symphony No.2 in C major, J51 17:58
01 I. Allegro 10:11 $ 2.14 USD
02 II. Adagio, ma non troppo 04:05 $ 0.86 USD
03 III. Menuetto – Trio. Allegro 01:26 $ 0.30 USD
04 IV. Finale. Scherzo Presto 02:16 $ 0.48 USD
 
  Andante e Rondo Ungarese, J158 for bassoon and orchestra 09:02
05 Andante 03:51 $ 0.81 USD
06 Allegretto ungarese 05:11 $ 1.09 USD
 
  Concerto in F major for Bassoon and Orchestra, J127 16:36
07 I. Allegro ma non troppo 07:50 $ 1.65 USD
08 II. Adagio 04:15 $ 0.89 USD
09 III. Rondo. Allegro 04:31 $ 0.95 USD
 
  Symphony No.1 in C major, J50 22:21
10 I. Allegro con fuoco 07:02 $ 1.48 USD
11 II. Andante 05:16 $ 1.11 USD
12 III. Scherzo – Trio. Presto 03:38 $ 0.76 USD
13 IV. Finale. Presto 06:25 $ 1.35 USD
 
  Album total 67:42
ComposerWeber, Carl Maria von
OrchestraTapiola Sinfonietta
ConductorKantorow, Jean-Jacques
BassoonLuoma, Jaakko

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