Beethoven - Dances (Modlinger Tanze) (cpo) - Poster's Note.txt
Source: Digital purchase
Label: cpo
Date: 2006
Performers: Conductor: Michi Gaigg; Orchestra/Ensemble: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra
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Works on This Recording
1.
Contradances (12), WoO 14 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor: Michi Gaigg
Orchestra/Ensemble: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria
Venue: Bruckner Conservatory, Linz, Austria
Length: 9 Minutes 15 Secs.
Notes: Bruckner Conservatory, Linz, Austria (11/01/2004 - 11/03/2004)
2.
German Dances (12) for Orchestra, WoO 8 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor: Michi Gaigg
Orchestra/Ensemble: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1795; Vienna, Austria
Venue: Bruckner Conservatory, Linz, Austria
Length: 20 Minutes 37 Secs.
Notes: Bruckner Conservatory, Linz, Austria (11/01/2004 - 11/03/2004)
3.
Minuets (6) for 2 Violins and Double Bass, WoO 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor: Michi Gaigg
Orchestra/Ensemble: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1795; Vienna, Austria
Venue: Bruckner Conservatory, Linz, Austria
Length: 13 Minutes 17 Secs.
Notes: Bruckner Conservatory, Linz, Austria (11/01/2004 - 11/03/2004)
4.
Conductor: Michi Gaigg
Orchestra/Ensemble: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1819; Vienna, Austria
Venue: Bruckner Conservatory, Linz, Austria
Length: 19 Minutes 50 Secs.
Notes: Bruckner Conservatory, Linz, Austria (11/01/2004 - 11/03/2004)
Review site:
The six minuets (WoO 9) belong to the same period, but are for strings alone (supplemented here by a harp). They are simple pieces, pleasantly melodic and largely unambitious in execution. In no.3 the alternations between pizzicato and arco are attractive; in no.5 the triplet accompaniment by the second violins has a particular grace.
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