Baroque Bohemia & Beyond Vol. 4 - World Premiere Recordings
Label: Alto
Format: CD
Categories: Chamber Music, Orchestral Music
Budget Periods: Baroque
Composers: Jan Adam Gallina, Jan Vent, Josef Bárta, Josef Fiala, Josef Mysliveček
Directors: Vojtěch Spurný, Zdeněk Adam
Performers: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Vojtěch Spurný
Available: 3
Price: $8.99
Sinfonias by Josef Mysliveček, Jan Adam Gallina, Josef Bárta, Jan Ventand Josef Fiala
Josef Mysliveček (1737- 81)
Sinfonia III in C major
Sinfonia VI in D Major
Jan Adam Gallina (1724-1773)
Sinfonia in E flat major (World Premiere)
Jan Vent (1745-1801)
Sinfonia in E flat major (World Premiere)
Josef Bárta (1744-1787)
Sinfonia in f minor (World Premiere)
Josef Fiala (1748-1816)
Sinfonia in F Major (World Premiere)
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra
Zdeněk Adam, artistic director
Vojtěch Spurný, conductor & harpsichord
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josef Mysliveček | |||
| Sinfonia III in C major | |||
| 1 | Allegro assai | 4:36 | |
| 2 | Andantino | 4:00 | |
| 3 | Presto | 1:14 | |
| Jan Adam Gallina | |||
| Sinfonia in E flat major | |||
| 4 | Adagio–Allegro | 4:50 | |
| 5 | Andante | 3:05 | |
| 6 | Menueto | 2:49 | |
| 7 | Presto | 2:26 | |
| Jan Vent | |||
| Sinfonia in d-sharp minor | |||
| 8 | Allegro | 7:15 | |
| 9 | Andante | 5:35 | |
| 10 | Menuetto | 2:47 | |
| 11 | Finale | 2:37 | |
| Josef Mysliveček | |||
| Sinfonia VI in D Major | |||
| 12 | Allegro | 2:02 | |
| 13 | Andantino | 2:34 | |
| 14 | Presto | 1:34 | |
| Josef Bárta | |||
| Sinfonia in F minor | |||
| 15 | Adagio. Grave. Allegro con spirito | 7:19 | |
| 16 | Menuetto | 3:19 | |
| 17 | Finale. Allegro assai | 3:44 | |
| Josef Fiala | |||
| Sinfonia in F Major | |||
| 18 | Presto | 2:33 | |
| 19 | Andante | 2:59 | |
| 20 | Menuetto | 2:28 | |
| 21 | Finale. Presto | 1:05 |
"The Thirty Years War (1618-48) had resulted in the Hapsburgs taking over the kingdom of Bohemia, but it was impossible to suppress the Czech love for music, a fact exploited by the Austrian nobles who filled their new Bohemian estates with musical talent. Once government had been transferred to Vienna, many Czech musicians moved away from their homeland to find work. As one Czech historian put it, '[A] lmost all the musical sources which welled up from the soil of Bohemia sped by the shortest course to join the main stream of the world's music.' ... Some went to Vienna itself: Bárta, Fiala, Vent, Koželuh, Vanhal and the Vranickýs, but some went to Berlin, others to Mannheim, while Mysliveček made his home in Italy."
Peter Avis