Carlo Maria Giulini - Boccherini: Overture in D Major, G. 521, Symphony in C Minor, G. 519 & Cello Concerto, G. 482 - Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" & Cello Concerto No. 2 (2025) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Boccherini: Overture in D Major, G. 521, Symphony in C Minor, G. 519 & Cello Concerto, G. 482 - Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" & Cello Concerto No. 2
Year Of Release: 2025
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-192kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:32:47
Total Size: 475 MB / 3.56 GB
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Tracklist:

1. Overture in D Major, G. 521 (6:28)
2. Symphony in C Minor, G. 519: I. Allegro vivo assai (6:52)
3. Symphony in C Minor, G. 519: II. Pastorale. Lentarello (3:37)
4. Symphony in C Minor, G. 519: III. Minuet. Allegro (2:38)
5. Symphony in C Minor, G. 519: IV. Allegro (3:00)
6. Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise": I. Adagio cantabile - Vivace assai (6:38)
7. Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise": II. Andante (6:11)
8. Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise": III. Menuet - Trio (3:53)
9. Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise": IV. Finale. Allegro di molto (3:49)
10. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: I. Allegro moderato (Cadenza by Starker) (16:11)
11. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: II. Adagio (Cadenza by Starker) (5:35)
12. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza by Starker) (5:40)
13. Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-Flat Major, G. 482: I. Allegro moderato (Cadenza by Hutter) (9:50)
14. Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-Flat Major, G. 482: II. Andantino grazioso (6:46)
15. Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-Flat Major, G. 482: III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza by Hutter) (5:47)

Apart from Mozart, Carlo Maria Giulini rarely ventured into eighteenth-century music, which makes these recordings - always magnificent successes - all the more precious! Haydn's symphony known as “The Surprise”, which was one of Giulini's favorite orchestral pieces and which he played a great deal in concert, is rendered here with great humor and energy by the Philharmonia Orchestra. As for the second cello concerto, one of the greatest pages in the repertoire, it is performed here with his usual brio by János Starker, who can also be heard in one of the hits by Boccherini, a contemporary of Haydn. Also by Boccherini, the Overture in D Major, rarely recorded on disc: this performance by Giulini is also available in digital format for the first time.