Neeme Järvi, the conductor on this album, is a highly respected maestro who has held numerous directorships and conducted many of the world's leading orchestras.
Composer Biography
Franz von Suppé moved to Vienna at age sixteen and, to pay for his music studies with Ignaz von Seyfried and Simon Sechter, he gave Italian lessons, never losing his Italian accent.
Performer Biography
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, formed in 1891, was awarded Royal Patronage in 1991 and has received eight Grammy Award nominations over the last decade.
Composer Biography
Despite his parents' wishes for him to study law, Franz von Suppé was encouraged in music by his distant relative, the great Italian opera composer Gaetano Donizetti, who was one of his first teachers.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Franz von Suppé was known as 'the Viennese Offenbach' and was instrumental in introducing many of Jacques Offenbach's operettas to Vienna, later creating his own works to counter Offenbach's influence.
Composer Biography
Franz von Suppé, born in Dalmatia, was of mixed Italian and Belgian ancestry on his father's side and had a Viennese mother.
Critical Reception
While Franz von Suppé wrote important sacred music, his lasting reputation is almost entirely based on his many operas and operettas, particularly their colorful overtures.
