Donald Armstrong, New Zealand Chamber Orchestra - Johann Stamitz: Symphonies, Vol.1 (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 314 Mb | Total time: 71:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.553194 | Recorded: 1994
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 314 Mb | Total time: 71:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.553194 | Recorded: 1994
The bold opening chords and immediately following crescendo of the D major Symphony, Op.3/2 (from the early 1750s) immediately established its Mannheim credentials, as do the elegantly sophisticated scoring of the Andantino and the effective use of horns in the Minuet and Trio. E flat Symphony, one of the composer’s last, follows a similar pattern, but the three earlier works (from the 1740s), which are actually designated as ‘Mannheim’ Symphonies are altogether simpler, each with only three movements.