František Xaver Brixi

Vojtěch Spurný, Czech Chamber Philharmonic - Bohemian Baroque & Beyond Vol. 2: Vaňhal, Dušek, Brixi, Vranický (2007)

Vojtěch Spurný, Czech Chamber Philharmonic - Bohemian Baroque & Beyond Vol. 2: Vaňhal, Dušek, Brixi, Vranický (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 353 Mb | Total time: 70:30 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alto | # ALC 1002 | Recorded: 2004

The second volume brings us more Vaňhal, his Symphony in G minor. This is a defter, more energetic and more engaging work than the one in the first volume. Solo winds have their say in the slow movement and the compositional level here is high. František Xaver Dušek was, like Vaňhal, another Bohemian who moved in Mozartian circles. Mozart played one of Vaňhal’s violin concertos and Dušek famously entertained Mozart when the younger man visited Prague for performances of Don Giovanni". Active both in Prague and Vienna Dušek turns in a Symphony of gallant confidence. The trio has a certain studied charm but a real sense of orchestral control and surety.
Vojtěch Spurný, Czech Chamber Philharmonic - Bohemian Baroque & Beyond Vol. 3: Linek, Koželuh, Brixi, Rejcha (2007)

Vojtěch Spurný, Czech Chamber Philharmonic - Bohemian Baroque & Beyond Vol. 3: Linek, Koželuh, Brixi, Rejcha (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 297 Mb | Total time: 65:13 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Alto | # ALC 1003 | Recorded: 2002, 2003

Jiři Ignác Linek opens the final volume with his Sinfonia Pastoralis. Born in Bakov near Prague he succeeded his father as choirmaster in his hometown. Though he followed the trajectory of most Bohemians of studies in Prague he doesn’t seem to have travelled much and certainly didn’t take appointments in estates beyond Bohemia. Probably intended for Christmas his symphony is enjoyable and well characterised, and short. The drone effects in the Adagio hint at the kind of folkloric tints that his more cosmopolitan Bohemian and Moravian contemporaries don’t pursue in their own symphonies and they’re all the more effective for it.
V.A. - 500 Years of Organ Music: Brilliant Classics [Limited Edition 50CD Box Set] (2016)

V.A. - 500 Years of Organ Music: Brilliant Classics [Limited Edition 50CD Box Set] (2016)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Run Time: 55:58:16 | 7,74 Gb | Booklet - 6,97 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics

In this extensive 50-disc set, Brilliant Classics presents 500 years of organ music. The pieces presented here offer a survey of diversity, value, and historical importance. The first portion of the set is devoted to pieces from the early period. Groundbreaking organ composers such as Cavazzoni and De Macque, who developed the capriccio and canzon forms and composed complex counterparts to the periods vocal music, are featured here. The Baroque and Classical eras are represented in this set by the likes of powerhouse composers Mozart, J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Handel, Telemann, and Haydn.