Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6

Featuring

Marek Štilec
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Paul Wranitzky

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Composer Biography

Paul Wranitzky (Pavel Vranický) received his first musical training at the local Premonstratensian monastery in his birth village of Neureisch (today Nová Říše, Czech Republic).

Composer Biography

Wranitzky's first stage work, Oberon, König der Elfen, premiered in 1789 and its success prompted Schikaneder to launch a series of fairy-tale operas, including Mozart's The Magic Flute.

Composer Biography

Wranitzky became music director to Count Johann Baptist Esterházy of Galantha, a distant relative to Haydn's employer, and joined the Viennese Masonic Lodge Zur gekrönten Hoffnung upon the count's recommendation.

Composer Biography

Wranitzky and Mozart became Masonic brothers when three lodges merged in 1785, and Wranitzky composed symphonies for the lodge.

Composer Biography

Beethoven requested Wranitzky to premiere his First Symphony in 1800, attesting to Wranitzky's reputation as an orchestra leader.

Composer Biography

Wranitzky revitalized the Tonkünstler-Societät as its secretary and welcomed Haydn into the society, with Haydn insisting Wranitzky lead performances of The Creation.

Compositional Technique

Wranitzky's incidental music for plays, often titled 'Sinfonia', consisted of overtures for each act and sometimes shorter pieces, and he treated this genre with the same importance as his regular symphonic works.