Sperger - Symphonies 26, 21 & 34
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Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (DHM)
Cat No: 88875056172
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 4th March 2016
Contents
Artists
L’arte del mondoConductor
Werner EhrhardtWorks
Symphony no.21 in G minorSymphony no.26 in C minor
Symphony no.34 in D major
Artists
L’arte del mondoConductor
Werner EhrhardtAbout
He was an extremely productive composer who wrote more than forty-four symphonies, numerous instrumental concertos, among them eighteen double-bass concertos, sonatas, rondos and dances, cantatas, choral works, and airs. He died in Schwerin, aged 62.
The orchestra l’arte del mondo, which was founded by artistic director Werner Ehrhardt in 2004, stands in the tradition of historical performance practice. This is the origin of the orchestra which also presents outstanding performances on modern instruments and with repertoire up to 20th-century composers.
The orchestra’s creation was soon followed by invitations to perform in renowned festivals and concert series – such as the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele, Bonn’s Beethoven festival, Rheingau Musikfestival, Musikfestspielen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Konzerthaus in Berlin, and the Cité de la musique in Paris – and to collaborate with the West German Broadcasting Company (WDR) and Deutschlandfunk.
This ensemble’s interesting oeuvre has been documented on various CD labels. The recording list includes a number of world premieres and rediscovered orchestral works, operas, and oratorios. The recording of Nicolas Méhul’s comic opera L’Irato ou l’Emporté as well as the recording “Liaisons” with soprano Chen Reiss (2011) received the prestigious French award the “Diapason”.
Reviews
These first recordings of three symphonies from the 1780s prove Sperger a more substantial figure: the strength of the minor key works, with their sudden contrasts and bursts of unison writing, take us back to the Sturm und Drang writing of Haydn’s middle period. Springy rhythms and plaintive repeated notes for oboe make the opening movement of the D major symphony a winner; the band give propulsive performances. Nicholas Kenyon
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