Capella Savaria & Zsolt Kalló – Early European & Hungarian Dances (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Capella Savaria & Zsolt Kalló – Early European & Hungarian Dances (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 54:04 minutes | 614 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hungaroton

Capella Savaria has earned its fame as the first period-instrument chamber orchestra of Hungary. Its innovative efforts created quite a sensation at the time in musical circles. The ensemble’s objectives were, from the onset, to play baroque and classical music in an authentic way by relying on genuine documents of the period. The material on the album is a selection from early European and Hungarian instrumental dance music.

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Capella Savaria & Zsolt Kalló – Franz Benda: Symphonies & Concertos (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Capella Savaria & Zsolt Kalló – Franz Benda: Symphonies & Concertos (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:14 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hungaroton

Franz Benda has earned fame especially for his pieces written for the violin; his sonatas (over 150), duos and capriccios have made a significant impact on the development of violin technique. His compositions also include violin concertos and symphonies: Capella Savaria is now offering a collection of these on this album, drawing the portrait of an important composer of the Pre-Classical era.

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Capella Savaria, Zsolt Kalló & Nicholas McGegan – Mozart: Double Concertos (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Capella Savaria, Zsolt Kalló & Nicholas McGegan – Mozart: Double Concertos (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:12:19 minutes | 759 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hungaroton

Capella Savaria has earned its fame as the first period- instrument chamber orchestra of Hungary. The ensemble’s objectives were, from the onset, to play baroque and classical music in an authentic way. This time they perform Mozart’s double concerto (including additions by Robert D. Levin) together with conductor Nicholas McGegan.“Ideally it should not only sound Mozartean in every bar, but should also produce a feeling of balance in both rhetorical and structural domains—a great challenge.”

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Capella Savaria & Zsolt Kalló – Michael Haydn, Violin & Flute Concertos (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Capella Savaria & Zsolt Kalló – Michael Haydn, Violin & Flute Concertos (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:13:39 minutes | 697 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Hungaroton

Michael Haydn was a great composer — just not as great as his older brother Franz Joseph. The two were both highly regarded during their lifetimes. But over time Franz Joseph’s popularity completely eclipsed Michael’s.To be fair, choral music was Michael Haydn’s forte. But his relatively few orchestral works are more than historical curiosities. One of his string quartets, for example, was misattributed to Franz Joseph. And for years, Michael Haydn’s Symphony No. 25 was credited to Mozart.The Capella Savria present four of Michael Haydn’s concertos. These include his two flute concertos and two of three violin concertos. Haydn composed the works in Salzburg, where he was a friend of the Mozarts.The concertos bear some similarities to Leopold Mozart’s style. The melodic phrases are balanced and clearly defined. The solo parts require a high degree of skill to play. But they’re not especially flashy. The elegance of expression tempers the technical challenges.

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