Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Archive
BEETHOVEN: Septet Op. 20; STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders! – OSM Chamber Soloists/ Andrew Wan – Analekta
The Chamber Society of Montreal makes pure magic of Beethoven’s Septet and an arrangement of Richard Strauss. BEETHOVEN: Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20/R. STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders! – OSM Chamber Soloists/ Andrew Wan – Analekta AN 2 8788, 50:00 (3/16/18) [Distr. by E1] ****: Beethoven composed his Septet in 1799, much as a “preparation” for his First Symphony. An immediate success, the piece utilizes the Tempo di minuetto third movement for his Op. 49, No. 2 Piano Sonata in G Major (1795). All the movements of Op. 20 are in major keys, making the work as a whole energetically upbeat. In six movements, the Septet resembles the divertimentos and cassations popular in Vienna at the time. The first movement features a strong violin solo in the manner of a concertante piece. Beethoven’s deft blend of winds attests to a young master of timbre balance. The French horn has a marvelous part in the Adagio. The fourth movement proffers a set of variations on a Rhineland tune, Ach schiffer, lieber schiffer. The scoring of one instrument per part allows the cello and the bassoon to move higher up in range than Mozart or Haydn would have permitted. The immediate popularity […]
Fritz Reiner conducts RICHARD STRAUSS = Also Sprach Zarathustra; Burleske in D Minor; Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks – Byron Janis, p./ Chicago Sym. Orch./ NBC Symphony (Till) – Pristine Audio
Pristine Classics adds its own Reiner survey of Richard Strauss to a variety of sources.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
