Kraus, J M - Ballet Music - Sundkvist, Petter (conductor)
Toimitusaika: Noin 7 - 14 arkipäivää
4 AV 5 MÖJLIGA I BETYG I SYDSVENSKAN"Här bjuds trevlig och fartfylld musik..."
(Nerikes Allahanda)
"Heder år Naxos som fortsätter att förse oss med inspelningar av Joseph Martin Kraus musik"
(Östgöta Correspondenten)
"Joseph Martin Kraus och Petter Sundkvist tycks komma oerhört
väl överens. De är liksom lite samma andas barn, trots att flera
sekler skiljer dem åt. En stor glimt i ögonvrån var en tillgång
under den gustavianska epoken. Det är det också nu på 2000-talet."
(Norra Västerbotten)
"Svenska kammarorkestern spelar högst livfullt på en påfallande internationellt hög nivå..."
(Hallandsposten)
"...Svenska Kammarorkestern (spelar) lysande..."
(Landskrona-Posten)
"...ett pärlband av välformade, leende mästerstycken..."
(Hifi & Musik)
Joseph Martin Kraus was one of the most gifted and unusual composers of the eighteenth century, whose talent for thematic development, colourful orchestration and theatrical flair caused Haydn to proclaim him one of only two 'geniuses' he knew (Mozart being the other one). Kraus's main interest was in music for the stage, a subject that occupied him from both a practical and theoretical standpoint for virtually his entire life. This disc couples Kraus's two earliest surviving ballets (Pantomimes) and impromptu insertions for Gluck's opera Armide for a production at the Stockholm Opera in 1787, with his most important work in this genre, Fiskarena. This fast-paced ballet is notable for its dramatic and forward-looking stylistic devices as well as frequent allusions to foreign dances, from England to Hungary.
Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Petter Sundkvist
Joseph Martin Kraus
1-3. Pantomime in D major, VB 37
4-24. Fiskarena (The Fishermen), VB 40
25-28. Pantomime in G major, VB 38
29-30. Almide: Ballet Music, VB 39