Nord,Orkester / Wahlberg,Martin Mozart Gretry 1773 CD

1773 was a key year for orchestral music. Mozart composed his "little G minor Symphony" No.25, and began work on the music for the play Thamos, K?nig in ?gypten. In Paris, Gr?try perfected the op?ra-comique, a genre combining the light and the serious, and completely renewed the musical drama. Is it a mere coincidence that their compositions of that year show the same intensity and dramatic efficacy? Martin W?hlberg, at the head of his Orkester Nord, thinks not. Here he paints a bold picture: that of a Mozart taking inspiration from the new French theatre music, while retaining his own exceptional inventiveness and sense of form. The works recorded here enable us to trace the evolution of the emerging symphony, from the French theatre, with instrumental music from Gr?try's C?phale et Procris, to the German theatre, with Mozart's music for the play Thamos, then the Mozart symphony, with his K.183, combining all of those elements in a purely orchestral work.

1. Mozart: Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183 I. Allegro Con Brio 2. Mozart: Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183 II. Andante 3. Mozart: Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183 III. Menuetto - Trio 4. Mozart: Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183 IV. Allegro 5. Gr?try: C?phale Et Procris, Ou L'amour Conjugal (Suite) Ouverture 6. Gr?try: C?phale Et Procris, Ou L'amour Conjugal (Suite) Ballet Des Nymphes de Diane - Menuet 7. Gr?try: C?phale Et Procris, Ou L'amour Conjugal (Suite) Pantomime - Allegretto 8. Gr?try: C?phale Et Procris, Ou L'amour Conjugal (Suite) Tambourin 9. Gr?try: C?phale Et Procris, Ou L'amour Conjugal (Suite) Mouvement de Lourd 10. Gr?try: C?phale Et Procris, Ou L'amour Conjugal (Suite) Danse Infernale 11. Gr?try: C?phale Et Procris, Ou L'amour Conjugal (Suite) Larghetto 12. Gr?try: C?phale Et Procris, Ou L'amour Conjugal (Suite) Chaconne 13. Mozart: Thamos, K÷nig in ?gypten K.345/336A (Suite) No.2: Maestoso - Allegro 14. Mozart: Thamos, K÷nig in ?gypten K.345/336A (Suite) No.3: Andante 15. Mozart: Thamos, K÷nig in ?gypten K.345/336A (Suite) No.4: Allegro 16. Mozart: Thamos, K÷nig in ?gypten K.345/336A (Suite) No.5: Allegro Vivace Assai