Henze: Reinventions Arrangements of Mozart, C.P.E. Bach & Vitali

Featuring

Marco Angius
Fabio Paggioro
Mario Caroli
Emanuela Battigelli
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Hans Werner Henze

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Composer's Artistic Vision

For his Mozart transcriptions, Henze used the guitar and harp in solo roles, instruments he associated with the lyre, an attribute of Apollo, reflecting his view of Mozart's Apollonian character.

Composition History

Henze's 'I sentimenti di Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach' was created in 1982 when he was artistic director of the Accademia Filarmonica Romana to complement a program featuring Mozart's Flute, Harp and Strings Concerto.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Hans Werner Henze, a German composer, admired Baroque and Classical masters, often transcribing and re-orchestrating their works to illuminate them with a modern light.

Compositional Technique

In 'Il Vitalino raddoppiato', the adjective 'raddoppiato' (doubled) refers to Henze's interpolations of his own variations, effectively doubling the composition's duration in the style of 18th-century 'doubles'.

Compositional Technique

Henze's transcription of Mozart's church sonatas uses an unusual orchestration, including instruments like the oboe d'amore and viola d'amore, to emphasize darker instrumental timbres.

Performer Biography

The Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto (OPV), founded in 1966, is one of Italy's principal chamber orchestras, performing about 120 concerts and opera performances annually.

Performer Biography

Marco Angius, the conductor on this album, has been the principal conductor and artistic director of the Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto since September 2015.