Howard Griffiths, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln - Ferdinand Ries: Concert Overtures (2011)
Howard Griffiths, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln - Ferdinand Ries: Concert Overtures (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 251 Mb | Total time: 59:36 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 777 609-2 | Recorded: 2008
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 251 Mb | Total time: 59:36 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 777 609-2 | Recorded: 2008
The composer Ries, born in Bonn, Germany, will not be known to many nowadays, yet he had been London-based, had an English wife and wrote a number of overtures for the Philharmonic Society to perform. The concert 'ouvertures', as such, had been invented by Romberg, Spohr and Schneider. Previously, the regular concert hall practice of starting an evening with a single movement of a symphony was felt too severe an introduction for the audiences. Consequently, lighter pieces were introduced with stronger melodic line and easier on the ear to endear the audience and encourage their focus.
Such ouvertures were not written on the frothy styles of Zampa, Poet and Peasant or Barber of Seville where fanfare and catchy repetitious melodic phrases became the norm. Those were to come later. The ouvertures here are more solid and owe more to Beethoven (Egmont) or Weber (Der Freischütz) in weight and style. This is not surprising for Ries had been a pupil of Beethoven.
I found the pieces soft-toned in colour yet engaging to the ear. Only once did I sit up when I heard off-beat, knocking, percussive effects: I wonder what the audiences expecting a certain legato flow thought of this acoustic intrusion? Ries's Ouverture bardique is particularly British by its inclusion of the well-known Welsh folk song, 'All through the night'. By the time Ries premièred this ouverture, versions of the folk song had been published and even used by Gay in The Beggar's Opera.
Cologne's WDR Symphony Orchestra gives a strong performance and are well coordinated under Howard Griffiths’ direction. Although English there is no record of his home town, only his RCM association. He has gained significant experience on the Continent, especially in Switzerland with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra where he has been Principal Conductor for ten years. He is clearly interested in reviving lost pieces and in this he is well-partnered with CPO who should be congratulated for their fresh approach to the repertoire they cover. The pieces are recorded in a good acoustic with well-balanced dynamics.–Raymond J Walker
Performer:
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Howard Griffiths, conductor
Tracklist:
Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838)
01. Ouvertüre zu Schillers Trauerspiel "Die Braut von Messina", Op. 162
02. Ouvertüre zu Schillers Trauerspiel "Don Carlos", Op. 94
Große Festouvertüre und Siegesmarsch, Op. 172
03. I. Große Festouvertüre
04. II. Siegesmarsch
05. Ouverture bardique, WoO 24
06. Ouverture dramatique "L'Apparition", WoO 61
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Howard Griffiths, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln - Ferdinand Ries: Concert Overtures (2011)
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