Release Date: 02 March 2014
Label: Naxos / Naxos Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 747313306671
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Portrait Of Nature | Overtures
Description
Though he wrote a great deal of church music, and also composed for the theatre, Justin Heinrich Knecht is best remembered for his Grande Simphonie 'Le Portrait musical de la Nature'. Elegantly scored and completed in 1785, the depiction of nature in this eventful five-movement symphonic work predates Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony by almost a quarter of a century. Knecht's older French contemporary Philidor was the leading chess player of his time in addition to being a popular stage composer, whose overtures reveal the influence of the Italian school in their sparkling drama.
Tracklisting
Dariia Lytvishko
Warsaw Po:Wit
Fort Smith Symph:John Jeter
Azulejos Guitar Duo
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop
Alice Di Piazza; Basel Sinfonietta; NDR Bigband; Titus Engel
Anna Alas i Jove; Miquel Villalba
David Childs; Black Dyke Band; Nicholas Childs
Jonathan Antoine
Pavel Strugalev, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Bernhard Forck
Sabine Sauer
Renata Duarte; Aline Zylberajch; Annabelle Luis; Ricardo Rapoport
Jacqueline Fontyn
Holger Groschopp
ADELE BITTER, HOLGER GROSCHOPP, MISCHA MEYER
Various Artists
