Reicha: Grande symphonie de salon - Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20
11/8/2019, 10 Tracks, 1:14:47
Featuring
Julien Chauvin
Le Concert de la Loge
Anton Reicha
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Composition History
Reicha's three symphonies de salon, including the one recorded here, were thought lost until their rediscovery in 2017 among archives at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Interpretation
The performers used early 19th-century instruments for this recording, finding they responded perfectly to the Parisian salon acoustic where it was recorded.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Reicha believed wind instruments lacked a classical repertoire and strove to provide them with suitable chamber music, as evidenced by the many wind pieces in his catalogue.
Composer Biography
Anton Reicha, born in Prague, was a respected composer, a great theorist who taught at the Paris Conservatoire, and introduced Central European musical culture to France.
Composer Biography
Anton Reicha, a contemporary of Beethoven, was a flautist in the Bonn Theatre orchestra alongside a young Beethoven, who played the viola.
Composition History
The two pieces on this album belong to a rare musical genre, difficult to categorize, falling between chamber music for large ensembles and music for small orchestra.
Recording & Production
The musicians of Le Concert de la Loge sight-read the rediscovered Reicha symphonies from the original manuscript parts in the reading room of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
