Harmonie & Turcherie

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Bernardini and Zefiro offer a selection of works relying to varying extents on wind instruments and Turkish percussion…the occasional ripe tuning and audible keywork really only add to the fun... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…

Release Date: 4th Dec 2015
Catalogue No: A391
Label: Arcana
Length: 78 minutes

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Haydn, M: Marcia Turchesca in C Major, ST 601 / P. 65

Work length4:25

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Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

Haydn: Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze, Hob. XX / 2: VI. Intermezzo (Largo - Cantabile)

Work length4:33

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Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, KV 384, Act I: "Marsch der Janitscharen"

Work length1:53

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Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

Witt, Friedrich: Concertino per oboe e fiati in Do Maggiore: Adagio - Polacca

Work length7:29

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Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

Rossini: Il Turco in Italia: Sinfonia (Adagio - Allegro) [Arr. Giorgio Mandolesi]

Work length8:37

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Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

Donizetti: Sinfonia a soli strumenti di fiato in Sol Minore

Work length4:53

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Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

Donizetti, Giuseppe: Marcia di Mahmoud in Fa Maggiore (Arr. Alfredo Bernardini)

Work length2:46

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Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

Mendelssohn: Overture in C major, Op. 24, MWV P 1 (Nocturno): Andante - Allegro vivace

Work length9:42

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Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

Schubert: Eine kleine Trauermusik, D. 79: Grave con espressione

Work length5:19

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Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

Spohr: Notturno for winds & Turkish band in C major, Op. 34

Work length29:12

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Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

I. Marcia (Moderato)

Track length3:19

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II. Menuetto (Allegro e trio)

Track length4:41

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III. Andante con variazioni

Track length8:43

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IV. Polacca e trio

Track length3:23

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V. Adagio

Track length4:52

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VI. Finale (Vivace)

Track length4:14

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Harmonie & Turcherie: around the year 1800, Western music was experiencing a merging of two phenomena. On one hand was the success of a particular ensemble of wind instruments, boosted by the foundation of the royal and imperial Harmonie by Emperor Joseph himself in Vienna in 1782, the core of its repertoire being arrangements of famous opera arias; on the other, the fashion for orientalism, reflected in different expressions of the arts: painting, sculpture, architecture and music.

The typical octet of the Harmonie, consisting of pairs of oboes, clarinets, horns and bassoons, was therefore reinforced by louder wind instruments such as trumpets, trombones, a contrabassoon or a cimbasso, as well as an array of percussion instruments – together, they could evoke the military bands of the highly feared Janissaries.

That sound fascinated the most eminent composers of the time, including Haydn (Joseph and his younger brother Michael), Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti (Gaetano and his elder brother Giuseppe, active at the Ottoman court), Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Spohr, all of whom wrote small, little-known masterpieces for this particular band. Zefiro presents us with a varied programme by these composers, alternating Turkish marches with chamber music works in a more operatic and deeper vein, thus revealing the versatility and colours of period wind instruments.

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February 2016

Bernardini and Zefiro offer a selection of works relying to varying extents on wind instruments and Turkish percussion…the occasional ripe tuning and audible keywork really only add to the fun provided by this comprehensively annotated and well-filled disc.

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