Stamitz: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Sinfonia Concertante (2009)

Carl Stamitz was a meat and potatoes classicist most closely associated with the Mannheim school, which made instrumental music -- rather than opera -- its main bread and butter. Earlier Mannheimers such as Franz Xaver Richter, who among others taught Carl Stamitz after his father -- the estimable Johann Stamitz -- died in 1757, tended toward the musically stormy and unpredictable. As Carl Stamitz came to maturity, however, the good ship Mannheim was riding on relatively smooth and easy seas, and Stamitz' extensive travels ... Read More

Carl Stamitz was a meat and potatoes classicist most closely associated with the Mannheim school, which made instrumental music -- rather than opera -- its main bread and butter. Earlier Mannheimers such as Franz Xaver Richter, who among others taught Carl Stamitz after his father -- the estimable Johann Stamitz -- died in 1757, tended toward the musically stormy and unpredictable. As Carl Stamitz came to maturity, however, the good ship Mannheim was riding on relatively smooth and easy seas, and Stamitz' extensive travels from 1770 exposed him to a continent prepossessed with cool and pristine classicism: elegant melodies, rigorously "right" harmony, and a dash of tasteful sweetness. That's not to say that Stamitz's stylish music is without bones; it's solid. The G major Cello Concerto on this Phoenix Edition CD featuring Cappella Coloniensis arrives with a tune that's immediately memorable and as familiar as a pair of well-worn jeans. It has a melodically driven middle movement Romance that tugs at... Read Less

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