Salieri: The 2 Piano Concertos
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Composer: Antonio SalieriConductor: Pietro Spada
Performer: Pietro Spada
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra of London
Performer: David Nolan
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-04-23
Music Label: Asv Living Era
Soundtracks:
- Overture to 'Les Horaces'
- Concerto for piano & orchestra in C: First movement: Allegro maestoso
- Concerto for piano & orchestra in C: Second movement: Larghetto
- Concerto for piano & orchestra in C: Third movement: Andantino
- Semiramide, opera: Overture
- Concerto for piano & orchestra in B flat: First movement: Allegro moderato
- Concerto for piano & orchestra in B flat: Second movement: Adagio
- Concerto for piano & orchestra in B flat: Third movement: Tempo di Minuetto. Pi? mosso
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Theme (Andante)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 1
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 2
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 3
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 4
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 5 (Allegro)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 6 (Andante)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 7 (Allegretto)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 8 (Poco adagio)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 9 (Lo stesso tempo)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 10
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 11 (Allegretto)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 12 (Un poco pi? allegro)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 13 (Allegro moderato)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 14
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 15
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 16
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 17
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 18 (Larghetto)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 19 (Allegretto)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 20
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 21 (Allegretto)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 22 (Andante pastorale)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 23 (Allegro - canone)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 24 (Presto)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 25 (Adagio)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Variation 26 (Allegro moderato)
- Variations for orchestra on 'La follia di spagna': Coda (Adagio - Allegro)
Music reviews of Salieri: The 2 Piano Concertos
Music Review: Charming and slight
Rating: 3 Stars
Pietro Spada has done a fine job of presenting Salieri with dignity and breadth, but perhaps a little too much of each. The finest works on the cd are the Les Horaces Overture and the Variations on La follia da Spagna. Both are well suited to Spada's rich romantic treatment and the clean and lush orchestral playing. The Variations were conceived by Salieri as a text-book of orchestral color, and they do not disappoint (especially considering the dates of composition and publication, 1815-1818). Sadly the focus is almost soley on tone color and the variations themselves seldom move far beyond the initial statement of the theme - but the creative use of the orchestra is pleasing and at times highly original. The overture to Les Horaces is truly bold and heroic and can been seen as a bridge from Gluck to Beethoven. Its brassy theme and shifting moods conjure up excitement and pathos. The overture to Semiramide, which Salieri also paired with a comic opera, here suffers terribly under the slow tempo and dramatic interpretation Spada intends as majestic and regal? Also, the two piano concerti, early works by Salieri, a composer who generally shunned instrumental composition, give pleasure but lack depth; they could also use a little less gravity. A charming cd with lovely surprises, and really fine playing, but one that suffers from some interpretive overstatement.
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