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Beck: 6 Symphonies, Op. 2

1/3/2016, 18 Tracks, 1:09:43

Featuring

  • Kevin Mallon
  • Thirteen Strings
  • Franz Ignaz Beck

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Composer Biography

Franz Ignaz Beck, the composer of these symphonies, was a student of the celebrated Johann Stamitz and trained in Mannheim, a center for new orchestral writing.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Beck's Op. 2 symphonies are considered some of the most striking and harmonically daring works of their kind from the mid-eighteenth century.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at St Matthew's Anglican Church in Ottawa, Canada, in June 2014.

Source: Booklet

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