Petter Sundkvist, Swedish Chamber Orchestra - Kraus: Olympie Overture, Symphonies, Vol. 1 (1997)
Petter Sundkvist, Swedish Chamber Orchestra - Kraus: Olympie Overture, Symphonies, Vol. 1 (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 290 Mb | Total time: 62:26 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.553734 | Recorded: 1996
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 290 Mb | Total time: 62:26 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.553734 | Recorded: 1996
Twelve symphonies by Kraus have been preserved. Many more are mentioned in letters and notes by Kraus and others, but it is difficult to ascertain which of these have disappeared completely or which have perhaps been assimilated into works we know in some other form. Almost invariably his symphonies consist of three movements, without the traditional minuet. It is possible that Kraus found that its dance character did not suit the dignified style of his writing.
The three symphonies here included are all thought to have been composed in the first half of the 1780s, the Symphony in C major in Stockholm in 1781, and the other two during Kraus's leave of absence from his duties at the opera-house. The Symphony in C minor, the most frequently played of his compositions, goes back to an earlier Symphony in C sharp minor, a key very rare in this context. Both versions have been preserved and the later version, apart from its change to a more manageable key, displays a considerable increase in refinement and a profounder treatment of the material. It was once assumed that the work had its first performance under Haydn during Kraus's visit to Esterháza in 1783, but the symphony then played may well have been the Symphony in D major, later published under Haydn's name. In any case, Haydn liked the music very much and many years later is said to have remarked to a common friend, the Swedish diplomat Fredrik Silfverstolpe: “The symphony he wrote here in Vienna especially for me will be regarded as a masterpiece for centuries to come; believe me, there are few people who can compose something like that.” The dark, passionate mood of the Symphony in C minor is reminiscent of Haydn's Sturm und Drang period around 1770, comparable with minor-key symphonies such as Nos 44, 45 and 49. Stylistically it is also very close to Gluck, with his overture for Iphigenia in Aulis, an opera which had been staged in Stockholm in the year of Kraus's arrival there Gluck is said to have commented on Kraus: “That man has great style.”
Performed:
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Petter Sundkvist, conductor
Track List:
01, Olympie : Overture, VB 29
Symphony in E flat major, VB 144
02. I. Allegro
03. II. Larghetto
04. III. Allegro
Symphony in C major, VB 139
05. I. Andante di molto: Allegro
06. II. Un poco andante
07. III. Allegro
Symphony in C minor, VB 142
08. I. Larghetto: Allegro
09. II. Andante
10. III. Allegro assai
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Petter Sundkvist, Swedish Chamber Orchestra - Kraus: Olympie Overture, Symphonies, Vol. 1 (1997)
