Johann Stamitz: Violin Concertos Nos. 2-4 & Symphony in E flat major

Release Date: 7th Apr 2023
Catalogue No: 555479-2
Label: CPO
Length: 57 minutes

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Stamitz, J: Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major

Work length13:13

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David Castro-Balbi (soloist)
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Kevin Griffiths

1. Allegro vivace

Track length6:00

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2. Adagio

Track length3:53

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3. Allegro

Track length3:20

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Stamitz, J: Violin Concerto No. 3 in F major

Work length16:18

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David Castro-Balbi (soloist)
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Kevin Griffiths

4. Adagio - Allegro moderato

Track length6:31

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5. Adagio

Track length5:17

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6. Allegro

Track length4:30

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Stamitz, J: Violin Concerto No. 4 in F major

Work length13:30

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David Castro-Balbi (soloist)
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Kevin Griffiths

7. Allegro moderato

Track length5:01

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8. Adagio

Track length5:19

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9. Allegro assai

Track length3:10

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Stamitz, J: Symphony in E flat major, Op. 4, No. 4 (Wolf Eb4)

Work length14:25

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Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Kevin Griffiths

10. Allegro

Track length2:00

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11. Andante

Track length6:20

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12. Minuetto

Track length2:51

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13. Presto

Track length3:14

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Johann Stamitz is considered the father of the Mannheim School and thus the founder of modern classical orchestral music. At the beginning of our century, Hugo Riemann even described him as Haydn's long-sought predecessor, who was to fill the unseemly gaping hole between the so completely different styles of the Baroque and Classical periods with a certain exclusivity. In the compositional output of Johann's two famous sons Anton and Carl Stamitz, solo concertos and concertante symphonies occupy a large place. As virtuosos on their instruments, they created compositions not least for their own use. Surprisingly, however, only a few concertos by Johann Stamitz have survived, most of them violin concertos that are indebted to the model of the instrumental concerto developed by Antonio Vivaldi. The fast first movements are in ritornello form, i.e., the succession of tutti ritornellos and violin solo episodes. Technically demanding are the double stops and chords combined with wide leaps in the first movement of the second concerto. Polyphonic, polyphonic playing on the violin seems to have been an absolute speciality of the violinist Johann Stamitz.

Johann Stamitz: Violin Concertos Nos. 2-4 & Symphony in E flat major

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