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CHERUBINI, L.: Chant sur la mort de Joseph Haydn / Symphony (Cappella Coloniensis, Ferro)

Composer(s):Cherubini, Luigi
Artist(s)
Period(s) Classical (1750-1830)
Genre Classical Music
Category OrchestralVocal
Catalogue Phoenix175
Label Phoenix Edition
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 9.99
 

 

   




Review By James H. North ,Fanfare,July 2009

The singers are each excellent, both in the dramatic recitatives and in ensemble. The sound of the WDR stereo recording is decent and honest.



Review By Paul Turok,Turok’s Choice,June 2009

WDR broadcasts from Cologne offer wonderful performances by Cappella Coloniensis, of clarinet concertos by Carl and Johann Stamitz (Phoenix177) Cherubini’s Chant sur la mort de Joseph Haydn, beautifully sung by Marilyn Schmiege, Martyn Hill and Paolo Barbacini and Symphony in D Major (Phoenix175), symphonies by Gossec, Vanhal, Mahaut and Kraus (Phoenix174), flute concertos by Frederick the Great, Telemann and Fasch (Phoenix172), overtures by Heinchen, Graupner (with prominent use of

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Review By Steven J Haller,American Record Guide,May 2009

Cherubini wrote [Dirge on the Death of Joseph Haydn]  in January 1805 after reading in the paper—erroneously, as it turned out—that Haydn had just died. No doubt the two gentlemen had quite a good laugh over that when they met in Vienna 10 months later. Accordingly, Cherubini immediately had all printed copies of the score destroyed, not to be performed in public until four years later in 1809 (some sources give 1810) on the occasion of Haydn’s actual passing. Cherubini based the piece on a motif from The Creation and adopted orchestral forces commensurate with Haydn’s London Symphonies.

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Review By Michael Cookson,MusicWeb International,April 2009

I tend to relish all releases of Cherubini scores and this disc from the Phoenix Edition label is no exception…As a strong advocate of Cherubini’s music I believe that the most enduring section of his output is his often revelatory sacred music…The first work on this Phoenix Edition disc is the Chant sur la mort de Joseph Haydn (Dirge on the Death of Joseph Haydn)a funeral cantata for three solo voices and orchestra. In 1805 Cherubini had completed the score in response to the incorrect news in a London magazine circulated around Europe in 1804 that Haydn, then aged in his seventies, had died. The French Masonic lodge named The True Measure of Masonic Society commissioned the score from Cherubini, a Freemason, to compose a funeral

The Chant sur la mort sung to French texts is divided into five sections commencing with a dignified orchestral introduction. There is an undercurrent of unsettling foreboding provided by the dark colouration of low strings and wind. The weight and intensity of the orchestral textures increases at 5:50–6:19 cranking up further at 6:50–7:50. In the first Coryphaeus the tenor Martyn Hill sings a lament Amans des nobles Soeurs and in the following Coryphaeus the second tenor Paolo Barbacini conveys a distinct Italianate quality to the aria A ses tendres accents. The extremely brief soprano aria Non ce feu createur sung by Marilyn Schmiege is followed by a trio L'un et l'autre est vainqueur. Marked Maestoso this uplifting trio for soprano and two tenors could have come straight from one of Cherubini’s operas. Glorious and impassioned singing at 8:17–8:33 especially from Marilyn Schmiege.

The better known of the two scores on this re-issue is Cherubini’s Symphony in D major. The Symphony formed part of a £200 commission from, the then, recently established Philharmonic Society of London in 1815. Evidently the four movement D major Symphony was not a success when first performed and the dissatisfied Cherubini subjected the work to considerable revision; even arranging the greatly altered score into his String Quartet No. 2 in C major (1829)…I was impressed with this Phoenix version of the Symphony in D major. However, I consider that the finest recording is from the Orchestra Sinfonica di Sanremo conducted by Piero Bellugi on Naxos [8.557908]. Bellugi and his Sanremo Orchestra provide a characterful performance of great spirit that effortlessly engages the listener. Bellugi has given much attention to his performance and together with a good sound quality it becomes the first choice version.

At only 55 minutes the playing time on this Phoenix Edition disc is not over-generous…The sound quality is vividly clear and well balanced.

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Review By James Manheim,Allmusic.com,February 2009

Luigi Cherubini’s Chant sur la mort de Joseph Haydn was not, in the event, written after Haydn’s death in 1809, but in response to a premature report of that event in 1804. The revival of Classical-period music has thus far given Cherubini short shrift, which is surprising in connection with the man whom Beethoven called the greatest living composer. Maybe this German release, by the veteran historical-instrument ensemble Cappella Coloniensis, will stimulate fresh activity. The chief attraction here is the seldom recorded tribute to Haydn. It’s a wonderful work, with an unorthodox form that seems to bespeak strong feeling. Cherubini worked from an existing funeral text by Masonic author Louis Guillemain de Saint-Victor, but the shape of the piece is his

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