Michael Schneider - Fritz: 5 Sinfonias (2013)

Tracklist
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01. Sinfonia No. 3 in G Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro
02. Sinfonia No. 3 in G Major, Op. 6: II. Andante Allegretto
03. Sinfonia No. 3 in G Major, Op. 6: III. Presto
04. Sinfonia No. 6 in A Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro
05. Sinfonia No. 6 in A Major, Op. 1: II. Andante
06. Sinfonia No. 6 in A Major, Op. 1: III. Allegro
07. Sinfonia No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 6: I. Allegro
08. Sinfonia No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 6: II. Andante
09. Sinfonia No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 6: III. Presto
10. Sinfonia No. 5 in F Major, Op. 1: I. Allegro
11. Sinfonia No. 5 in F Major, Op. 1: II. Largo
12. Sinfonia No. 5 in F Major, Op. 1: III. Allegro
13. Sinfonia No. 5 in F Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro
14. Sinfonia No. 5 in F Major, Op. 6: II. Andante
15. Sinfonia No. 5 in F Major, Op. 6: III. Minuetto I-II
16. Sinfonia No. 5 in F Major, Op. 6: IV. Presto

We know next to nothing about Swizz music in the 18th-Century. This release by CPO rectifies this by bringing to the fore the Sinfonia’s of Gaspard Fritz.

It was in Geneva that Fritz served from 1738 to 1745 as the music director of a group of young English nobles. His music is Sturm und Drang, Storm and Stress, full of power and on the same high level as the Mannheim School. A genuine discovery!