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Paisiello - Complete Piano Concertos | Brilliant Classics 94224

Paisiello - Complete Piano Concertos

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 94224

Barcode: 5028421942247

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 22nd August 2011

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Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) was a very successful and popular opera composer in his time. Mozart had great respect for him and took Paisiello’s Opera buffa as a model for his own operas (notably Le Nozze di Figaro).

Although Paisiello’s works are mostly forgotten now, his piano concertos still enjoy popularity: they are delightful, charming and brilliant works, perfect examples of the Neapolitan style, much in vogue in 18th century Europe. These are excellent performances by Italian forces, fully enjoying the music’s sparkle and wit.

'…as Spada's lyrical cantilena in the slow movements of the D major, B flat major and A major Concertos testify, Paisiello touched a vein of genuine pathos in the slow movements. Most impressive, though, is the C major Concerto (No. 8), whose bold opening Allegro, serene Andantino and graceful finale intriguingly foreshadow Mozart's piano concertos’. - Gramophone January 1997.

Contents:
CD 1
- Concerto No.1 in C
- Concerto No.3 in A
- Concerto No.4 in G minor
- Concerto No.7 in A

CD 2
- Concerto No.2 in F
- Concerto No.5 in D
- Concerto No.6 in B flat
- Concerto No.8 in F

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