Pietro Spada, Philharmonia Orchestra - Salieri - The 2 Piano Concertos / Variazioni sulla "Follia di Spagn" / Les Horaces & Semira (1996)

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Artist: Pietro Spada, Philharmonia Orchestra
Title: Salieri - The 2 Piano Concertos / Variazioni sulla "Follia di Spagn" / Les Horaces & Semira
Year Of Release: 1996
Label: ASV Digital
Genre: Classical
Quality: APE (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 79:26
Total Size: 346 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. Les Horaces : Overture (1786) [0:04:44.60]
Piano Concerto in C
(Cadenzas : Spada) (1773)
02. Allegro maestoso [0:08:53.22]
03. II. Larghetto [0:07:18.03]
04. III. Andantino [0:05:50.55]
05. Semiramide : Ouverture (1782) [0:05:10.70]
Piano Concerto in B flat
(Cadenzas : Salieri) (1773)
06. I. Allegro moderato [0:12:05.57]
07. II. Adagio [0:06:45.25]
08. III. Tempo di Minuetto. Piu mosso [0:05:57.58]
XXVI Variations on La Follia di Spagna (1815)
09. Theme - Andante [0:00:50.00]
10. Variation 1 [0:00:49.12]
11. Variation 2 [0:00:37.18]
12. Variation 3 [0:00:41.22]
13. Variation 4 [0:00:52.23]
14. Variation 5 - (Allegro) [0:00:20.67]
15. Variation 6 - (Andante) [0:00:53.05]
16. Variation 7 - (Allegretto) [0:00:25.45]
17. Variation 8 - (Poco adagio) [0:00:58.23]
18. Variation 9 - (Lo stesso tempo) [0:00:48.40]
19. Variation 10 [0:01:03.60]
20. Variation 11 - (Allegretto) [0:00:39.50]
21. Variation 12 - (Un poco piu Allegro) [0:00:31.00]
22. Variation 13 - (Allegro moderato) [0:00:41.15]
23. Variation 14 [0:00:50.10]
24. Variation 15 [0:00:46.42]
25. Variation 16 [0:00:33.65]
26. Variation 17 [0:00:51.10]
27. Variation 18 - (Largetto) [0:00:59.38]
28. Variation 19 - (Allegretto) [0:00:53.55]
29. Variation 20 [0:00:31.15]
30. Variation 21 - (Allegretto) [0:00:37.32]
31. Variation 22 - (Andante Pastorale) [0:01:36.18]
32. Variation 23 - (Allegro - canone) [0:00:29.67]
33. Variation 24 - (Presto) [0:00:30.35]
34. Variation 25 - (Adagio) [0:01:43.20]
35. Variation 26 - (Allegro moderato) [0:01:00.50]
36. Coda - (Adagio - Allegro) [0:01:00.48]

Performers:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Pietro Spada, piano & conductor

The two concertos are worth lisenting although not masterpices. The second in the disk is better. Spada's playing is delicate and precise although the tempi in both finales is rather slow. Not to be compared with those concertos by Mozart but good. The overture to "Les Horaces" is beautifully composed in a Gluckian style. Its final subject heard by the end is very inspired and heroic. The overture to "Semiramide" (presented as to either "La Secchia Rapita" or "Il Ricco di un Giorno" -I can not remember exactly- in other Salieri's CD) is less interesting and Spada's slow tempo reinforces the mediocrity of the piece.
The main course of this recording (the rarity) is the orchestral "Variazioni sulla la Folia d'Spagna" based on a famous Spanish tune previously used by Corelli inter alia. The variations scarcely depart from the original subject but the employment of the symphonic orchestra is remarkable. Good parts for solo violin, harp(s) and woodwinds. One variation is "funeral" in tone, using trombones, but has a comic flute quotation on top. Other is a beautiful "pastoral" or "siciliana" with good parts for oboe and clarinet. This is the last work composed by Salieri (1815).
A very good CD and not only for those interested in the "obscure" Salieri.

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