Sappho von Mitilene, ballet, Op. 68: Ballet Suite. 5. Allegretto
Sappho von Mitilene, ballet, Op. 68: Ballet Suite. 6. Marcia con moto - Allegretto
Sappho von Mitilene, ballet, Op. 68: Ballet Suite. 7. Larghetto sostenuto assai - Allegro vivace
Sappho von Mitilene, ballet, Op. 68: Ballet Suite. 8. Pastorale. Allegro vivo
Sappho von Mitilene, ballet, Op. 68: Ballet Suite. 9. Andante maestoso - Poco allegretto - Tempo d'Écossaise
Sappho von Mitilene, ballet, Op. 68: Ballet Suite. 10. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace 'la furia'
Sappho von Mitilene, ballet, Op. 68: Ballet Suite. Finale. Larghetto e cantabile - Allegretto
Das Zauberschloss, oder Das aufgelöste Rätsel, numbers (4) for the Viganò's ballet, WoO 32, S. 88: Ballet Suite. Largo - Allegro vivace - Andante - Allegro molto - Lento - Allegro con spirito - Alle
Let's face it: this recording is unnatural. In their natural environment, these three works would have been performed in a theater by a pit orchestra as accompaniments to dancing -- and sitting through all three of them would have been simply inconceivable. Of course, without this recording, sitting through all three works -- or, indeed, hearing them at all -- would have been impossible because apparently only one of them was ever actually played. So, unnatural or not, fans of the music of Johann Nepomuk Hummel will at last ...
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Let's face it: this recording is unnatural. In their natural environment, these three works would have been performed in a theater by a pit orchestra as accompaniments to dancing -- and sitting through all three of them would have been simply inconceivable. Of course, without this recording, sitting through all three works -- or, indeed, hearing them at all -- would have been impossible because apparently only one of them was ever actually played. So, unnatural or not, fans of the music of Johann Nepomuk Hummel will at last be able to sit through -- or, conceivably, dance to -- the suites drawn from his ballets Sappho von Mitilene and Das Zauberschloss, plus his 12 Waltzes and Coda thanks to this 2007 Chandos recording of Howard Shelley directing the London Mozart Players.The results are entirely adorable, if unfortunately tedious. As Beethoven's favorite pupil, Hummel had a strong compositional technique, a muscular sense of rhythm, and a talent for striking orchestral colors, and taken one or two...
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