Boccherini: Symphonies Matthias Bamert

Album info

Album-Release:
2010

HRA-Release:
04.03.2011

Label: Chandos

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Orchestral

Artist: Matthias Bamert

Composer: Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Album including Album cover

I`m sorry!

Dear HIGHRESAUDIO Visitor,

due to territorial constraints and also different releases dates in each country you currently can`t purchase this album. We are updating our release dates twice a week. So, please feel free to check from time-to-time, if the album is available for your country.

We suggest, that you bookmark the album and use our Short List function.

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Yours sincerely, HIGHRESAUDIO

  • 1I. Grave - Allegro assai07:27
  • 2II. Andantino05:02
  • 3III. Minue amoroso – Trio – Minue da capo06:31
  • 4IV. Presto assai05:43
  • 5I. Allegro assai08:33
  • 6II. Larghetto05:27
  • 7III. Minuetto con molto04:48
  • 8IV. Grave - Allegro assai04:45
  • 9I. Allegro con moto06:36
  • 10II. Menuetto con un poco di moto03:07
  • 11III. Andante03:19
  • 12IV. Allegro vivo assai03:51
  • Total Runtime01:05:09

Info for Boccherini: Symphonies

Matthias Bamert and the London Mozart Players here present a selection of symphonies by Luigi Boccherini. None of the symphonies is well known and they are seldom recorded.

Luigi Boccherini was born in 1743 in Lucca. He was to become one of the greatest cellists of his time, and travelled all over Europe giving virtuoso performances. His compositional genius only fully emerged when he took up permanent residence at the court of the Infante Don Luis in Spain. He is most associated with chamber music, especially the string quintet. But his output also included about thirty symphonies. Three have been recorded here. Nos 3 and 8 were composed for Don Luis in 1771, whereas No. 21 was written for King Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia in 1786. None of the symphonies is well known and they are seldom recorded. The Contemporaries of Mozart series is one of the longest-running on Chandos and offers performances of rarely recorded works, played by an orchestra which understands this repertoire completely.

Unlike many modern chamber orchestras, the London Mozart Players make small attempt to sound like a period band, being content to be what they are and concentrate on playing this music with the warm affection it needs...the essential Boccherinian spirit is there.” (GRAMOPHONE)

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Symphony No. 3, G 503

No. 1 of 6 concerti a grande orchestra, Op. 12
in D major - in D-Dur - en ré majeur
I Grave - Allegro assai
II Andantino
III Minué amoroso - Trio - Minué D.C.
IV Presto assai
Symphony No. 8, G 508
No. 6 of 6 concerti a grande orchestra, Op. 12
I Allegro assai
II Larghetto
III Minuetto con molto [sic] - Trio - D.C. il Minuetto
IV Grave - Allegro assai
Symphony No. 21, G 515
No. 1 of 4 sinfonie a grande orchestra, Op. 37
in C major - in C-Dur - en ut majeur
I Allegro con moto
II Menuetto. Con un poco di moto - Trio - D.C. al M.
III Andante -
IV Allegro vivo assai

London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert


Matthias Bamert
Geboren in Ersigen in der Schweiz. Der Schweizer Dirigent Matthias Bamert studierte Musik in der Schweiz, in Darmstadt und Paris, wo er sich mit Boulez und Stockhausen anfreundete: diese Begegnungen hinterliessen ihre Spuren in seinen eigenen Kompositionen der 70er Jahre. Bevor er sich dem Dirigieren zuwandte, war er von 1965 bis 1969 Oboist im Salzburger Mozart Orchester.

Matthias Bamert's Karriere als Dirigent begann in Nordamerika als Assistent von George Szell und später Leopold Stokowski. Danach war er Resident Conductor des Cleveland Orchestra unter Lorin Maazel. Bevor sich sein Ruhm über Europa ausbreitete, war er von 1977 bis 1983 Musikdirektor des Radio-Sinfonieorchesters Basel. Er war Gast-Dirigent des Scottish National Orchestra und von 1985 bis 1990 Direktor des Festivals für zeitgenössische Musik, Musica Nova, in Glasgow. Matthias Bamert wurde bekannt für seine innovativen Programme. Er hat die Welturaufführungen von Werken vieler Komponisten, wie Takemitsu, Casken, Macmillan und Rihm dirigiert. Seit 1987 lebt Bamert in London. Sein Talent zu einfallsreichen Programmen wurde sichtbar bei seiner Amtszeit als Direktor des Lucerne Festival von 1992 bis 1998. Er begründete das Festival zu Ostern und das Piano Festival und hat somit die Aktivitäten des Lucerne Festivals um ein Vielfaches vermehrt.

Als Musikdirektor der London Mozart Players hat Matthias Bamert von 1993 bis 2000 eine ausgesprochen erfolgreiche Serie von Aufnahmen mit Werken von Mozarts Zeitgenossen initiiert, welche bereits mehr als 50 Symphonien umfasst.

This album contains no booklet.

© 2010-2024 HIGHRESAUDIO