Michi Gaigg, L'Orfeo Barockorchester - Ignaz Holzbauer: Five Symphonies (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 332 Mb | Total time: 63:56 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 999 585-2 | Recorded: 1998
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 332 Mb | Total time: 63:56 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 999 585-2 | Recorded: 1998
For more than 25 years Ignaz Holzbauer (1711-83) was the music director of the Court of Mannheim. Although his fame (and his appointment to his prestigious position) was the result of his operas, he also composed more than 205 symphonies and concertos of different kinds, most of which have been lost. The present release offers an interesting sampling of Holzbauer's large output. The Symphony in D major is in the style of early Haydn, yet features innovative compositional techniques–specifically tempo and key relationships–that anticipate Mozart's late symphonic works.