Composer: Paul Wranitzky
Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Conductor: Marek Štilec
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574255
Release: 2021
Size: 1.26 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Der Schreiner: Overture
Symphony in D Minor ‘La tempesta’
02. I. Vivace
03. II. Adagio
04. III. Finale. Allegro con fuoco
Symphony in A major, Op. 16 No. 2
05. I. Allegro molto
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Menuetto. Allegro – Trio
08. IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Symphony in F major, Op. 33 No. 3
09. I. Andante – Allegro vivace
10. II. Allegretto
11. III. Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio
12. IV. Allegro assai
Czech by birth, Paul Wranitzky settled in Vienna where he became highly respected as an orchestra leader and composer. Today overshadowed by his friends Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, Wranitzky was the most important symphonist in Vienna in the late 1790s. The colourful overture to Der Schreiner (“The Carpenter”) is followed by three contrasting symphonies. The dramatic La Tempesta contains elaborate storm effects, which predate Beethoven’s “Pastoral” by over a decade. The compact Symphony in A major represents Wranitzky’s early symphonic period of the mid-1780s while the Symphony in F major is notable for its catchy themes and masterful scoring.