SINFONIAS FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT (BACH, C.P.E. & W.F./GRAUN/HASSE/HAYDN/MOZART) - MODERN TIMES_1800 (2 CDS)

The Age of Enlightenment was the epoch that Frederick II ruled over Prussia. This monarch was also musician and composer and gathered Germany’s musical elite at his court. In the second half of the 18th century out of the gallant and reason-driven ideas of the philosophical and literary Enlightenment emerged a movement of sensibility, known as ‘Sturm und Drang’ and this transition is most clearly marked by composers as C.Ph.E. Bach, the Graun and Benda bro’s and J.A.Hasse, all composers closely related to the Prussian court of Frederick, while in Vienna still was blowing a more traditional wind. Also the musically independent Joseph Haydn couldn’t avoid in some of his symphonies the influence of this new trend. Enlightened contemporaries considered all these musicians who dedicated their creativity to the new sound as the avant-garde. This CD actually includes the first recording ever of the symphonies by Hasse, Graun and Carl Philipp.

Disc #1

01. Sinfonia in D Major: Con affetto. Lento maestoso. Allegro 02:57
02. Sinfonia in D Major: Lento con sordino. Poco piano 02:49
03. Sinfonia in D Major: Allegro assai 02:10
04. Sinfonia in E-flat Major: Allegro 02:51
05. Sinfonia in E-flat Major: Mesto e andante con sordino 02:42
06. Sinfonia in E-flat Major: Allegro 01:32
07. Sinfonia B-flat Major: Allegro moderato 05:32
08. Sinfonia B-flat Major: Poco Adagio con sordino 03:53
09. Sinfonia B-flat Major: Presto 01:54
10. Sinfonia in D Major: Allegro e maestoso 03:43
11. Sinfonia in D Major: Andante 03:02
12. Sinfonia in D Major: Vivace 03:14
13. Sinfonia in E-flat Major: Allegro di molto 02:43
14. Sinfonia in E-flat Major: Larghetto con sordino 03:26
15. Sinfonia in E-flat Major: Allegretto 03:04

Disc #2

01. Symphony No. 39 in G Minor, Hob. 1:39: Allegro assai 05:36
02. Symphony No. 39 in G Minor, Hob. 1:39: Andante 04:13
03. Symphony No. 39 in G Minor, Hob. 1:39: Menuet – Trio 03:13
04. Symphony No. 39 in G Minor, Hob. 1:39: Finale. Allegro di molto 05:11
05. Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: Allegro moderato 09:50
06. Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: Andante 00:39
07. Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: Menuetto – Trio – Menuetto 03:17
08. Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: Allegro con spirit 06:35