Franz Krommer
( 1759 ~ 1831 /영조 35~순조31년)
Czech composer of classical music, whose 71-year life span began half a year after the death of
George Frideric Handel (1685~1759) and ended nearly four years after that of
Ludwig van Beethoven(1770~1827년).
Symphony No.2 in D Major, Op.40
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 40 was published in 1803, with a dedication to a 'Monsieur P. Bernard', and is scored for strings, flute, and pairs of oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, and timpani. It opens with an impressive slow introduction in D minor, very reminiscent of Mozart's ‘Don Giovanni’. The most salient feature of the first subject of the main Allegro vivace into which this leads is a rising octave scale (initially in D major, the movement's main key), which has two distinct off-shoots: a succession of staccato chords on the full orchestra, and a gentler, legato idea on the strings. A discussion of these three elements in combination leads to an attractive second subject, in A, presented in dialogue between woodwinds and strings. A substantial development section, which brings into play the two subsidiary elements of the first subject as well as the second subject, is followed by a recapitulation that is fairly regular except for the fact that it does not begin with a formal restatement of the opening flourish. The Adagio, in A, begins with an elegant, Mozartian theme on the strings, which sounds as if it is going to form the basis of a set of variations. But a contrasting, un-melodic episode, in A minor and for full orchestra (less, for the time being, trumpets and timpani), intervenes, and from this point on these two contrasting factors are alternated and combined in free, rhapsodic style, perhaps with some 'programmatic' significance of which we are not aware. The third movement is a rather Beethovenian scherzo (masquerading as a minuet), full of pounding triplet fanfares, but not without a sense of humour.” (extracts from Album Notes by Robin Golding
Symphony No.4 in C-minor, Op.102 (c.1819)
Symphony No.4 in C-minor, Op.102 (c.1819) scored for strings, 2 flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones and timpani.
Mov.I: Largo - Allegro vivace 00:00
Mov.II: Adagio 08:33
Mov.III: Scherzo: Allegretto 15:46
Mov.IV: Allegro 22:53
Orchestra: London Mozart Players
Conductor: Matthias Bambert