Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Harmoniemusik
Parthia (Grand Octuor / Oktett op.103), in e flat major
Variationen über ein Thema aus Mozarts Don Juan, WoO 28, in c major
Marsch Zapfenstreich, WoO 20, in c major
Quintet (fragment) Hess 19, in e flat major
Terzetto (trio) op.87, in c major
Ecossaise and trio WoO 22, in d major
Polonaise WoO 21, in d major, 1810
Rondo (Rondino) WoO 25, in e flat major
SONY CLASSICAL [88697029012]
ZEFIRO on period instruments
Piccolo: Marcello Gatti – Oboes: Alfredo Bernardini, Paolo Grazzi, Emiliano Rodolfi – Cor anglais: Alfredo Bernardini – Clarinets: Lorenzo Coppola, Daniele Latini – Horns: Dileno Baldin, Francesco Meucci, Ermes Pecchinini – Bassoons: Alberto Grazzi, Giorgio Mandolesi – Double bassoon: Maurizio Barigione – Trumpets: Gabriele Cassone, Luca Marzana – Bass drum: Massimo Monti – Turkish crescent: Renato Meucci – Side drum: Riccardo Balbinutti – Triangle: Nicola Campanella – Cymbals: Edoardo Giachino
Direction: Alfredo Bernardini
Instrumentarium
Piccolo: G.Tardino, copy of F.G.A. Kirst (Potsdam, end 18th C.). Oboes: Bernardini&Ceccolini, two-keyed model after Grundmann & Floth, Dresden ca. 1795 Cor anglais: A.Bernardini, 4 keyed model after Grundmann & Floth, Dresden ca.1795. Clarinets: D.Bangham, 5 keyed model after H.Grenser ca 1800 Natural horns: A.Jungwirth, after Courtois, Paris ca. 1800 (Baldin)/A.Jungwirth, after Lausmann, Bohemia 1830 (Meucci) / E.Meinl, after bohemian model, early 19th C. (Pecchinini). Horn mutes made for this occasion by Gian Mario and Francesco Meucci, after a description by Eduard Bernsdorf, Universal-Lexicon der Tonkunst (Dresden, 1856). Bassoons: P.de Koningh, after H.Grenser, Dresden, ca. 1810 (Grazzi)/ Olivier Cottet, after A. Grenser, ca 1790 (Mandolesi). Double bassoon: 8-keyed original by A.Rorarius, Vienna ca 1830 (we are grateful to Don Raimondo and the parish church of S.Cristina in Ortisei for allowing to use this instrument In their possession). Natural trumpets: C.Bosc (2001). Percussions made after historical models and provided by Massimo Monti. Pitch: a=430 Hz
Recorded at Teatro Mauro Pagano, Canneto sull’Oglio (Mantova/Italy) From 12 to 15 february 2005. Recording producer, balance engineer and digital editing: Jens Jamin. Logistics and organisation: Pietro Giudice
