Composer: Johan Wagenaar
Orchestra: Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Conductor: Antony Hermus
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 777933-2
Release: 2015
Size: 300 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sinfoniëtta
01. I. Allegro giocoso
02. II. Adagio non troppo
03. III. Molto allegro
04. IV. Allegro marciale
05. Frühlingsgewalt, Op. 11
06. Elverhöi, Op. 48
Amphitrion, Op. 45
07. Overture
Le cid, Op. 27
08. Overture
Johan Wagenaar is one of the founding fathers of the rebirth of music culture in the Netherlands. In an article Wagenaar himself enumerated the musical qualities that he regarded as typically Dutch:
“Tending toward simple, almost folk-style melodic formation, inclined to heartiness, and evocative of warmth, contentment and native mirth”
This second volume of Symphonic works continues to demonstrate Wagenaar’s orchestral works balance formal structure with rich melodic invention. This interpretation is led by the successful young conductor, Antony Hermus.