Orkester Nord & Martin Wåhlberg - Mozart & Grétry, 1773 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

1773 was a key year for orchestral music. Mozart composed his “little G minor Symphony”, no.25, and began work on the music for the play Thamos, König in Ägypten. In Paris, Grétry perfected the opéra-comique, a genre combining the light and the serious, and completely renewed the musical drama. Is it a mere coincidence that their compositions of that year show the same intensity and dramatic efficacy?

Martin Wåhlberg, at the head of his Orkester Nord, thinks not. Here he paints a bold picture: that of a Mozart taking inspiration from the new French theatre music, while retaining his own exceptional inventiveness and sense of form. The works recorded here enable us to trace the evolution of the emerging symphony, from the French theatre and the German theatre, combing all those elements in a purely orchestra work.

Tracklist:
1. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183: I. Allegro con brio (09:22)
2. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183: II. Andante (05:05)
3. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183: III. Menuetto - Trio (02:53)
4. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183: IV. Allegro (06:26)
5. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Céphale et Procris, ou l'Amour conjugal (Suite): Ouverture (05:45)
6. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Céphale et Procris, ou l'Amour conjugal (Suite): Ballet des nymphes de Diane - Menuet (03:33)
7. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Céphale et Procris, ou l'Amour conjugal (Suite): Pantomime - Allegretto (01:56)
8. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Céphale et Procris, ou l'Amour conjugal (Suite): Tambourin (02:02)
9. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Céphale et Procris, ou l'Amour conjugal (Suite): Mouvement de lourd (03:37)
10. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Céphale et Procris, ou l'Amour conjugal (Suite): Danse infernale (02:31)
11. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Céphale et Procris, ou l'Amour conjugal (Suite): Larghetto (02:56)
12. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Céphale et Procris, ou l'Amour conjugal (Suite): Chaconne (03:55)
13. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Thamos, König in Ägypten, K. 345/336a (Suite): No. 2, Maestoso - Allegro (05:03)
14. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Thamos, König in Ägypten, K. 345/336a (Suite): No. 3, Andante (05:30)
15. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Thamos, König in Ägypten, K. 345/336a (Suite): No. 4, Allegro (03:08)
16. Martin Wåhlberg & Orkester Nord – Thamos, König in Ägypten, K. 345/336a (Suite): No. 5, Allegro vivace assai (03:47)


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