FREE UK SHIPPING OVER £30!

Paul Wranitzky - Symphony Op 31 ’Peace Symphony’, Symphony in D Op 52 | CPO 7770542

Paul Wranitzky - Symphony Op 31 ’Peace Symphony’, Symphony in D Op 52

£12.69

In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day

Label: CPO

Cat No: 7770542

Barcode: 0761203705429

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 27th November 2006

Contents

About

A contemporary of Mozart, around 1800, the Moravian Paul Wranitzky was one of the most influential and popular composers in Vienna.  An uncommonly productive composer, his works were known throughout Europe and his singspiel Oberon, King of the Elves is credited with being the first important ‘ghost opera’.
 
Wranitzky’s ‘Peace’ Symphony, ‘La Grande Sinfonie caractéristique pour la paix avec la Republique Française’ Op. 31 features a lavish spread of tone colours, battle painting and recurring march citations, creating an atmosphere of high suspense.  The Symphony Op. 52, in contrast, has more of a bright and carefree character and a much more tightly woven motivic fabric.
 
Howard Griffiths here conducts the NDR Radiophilharmonie: “Howard Griffiths’s conducting is arguably more cogent than that of either Groves or Marriner” Gramophone

Error on this page? Let us know here

Need more information on this product? Click here