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Last broadcast on Tue, 1 Sep 2009, 12:00 on BBC Radio 3.
Synopsis
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the much-maligned Antonio Salieri, mainly remembered today for supposedly poisoning Mozart through jealousy of the younger composer's talent.
He surveys Salieri's beginnings as a composer in Vienna, where he was employed as composer for the Imperial Chamber for the Emperor and would have been responsible for writing suitable chamber music; we hear the Cassazione that was likely to have been performed during royal banquets. Salieri, working with his mentor Gassmann at Vienna's opera house, was also offered the opportunity to compose an opera, a field in which he would make his biggest mark.
Veni Sancte Spiritus
West German Radio Chorus
West German Radio Orchestra
Helmuth Froschauer (director)
Phoenix Edition 112 Tr 3
Overture (Armida - 1771)
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Dittrich (conductor)
Marco Polo 8.223381 Tr 11
Vi sono sposa e amante (La fiera di Venezia - Act 3, Sc 3 - 1772)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Adam Fischer (conductor)
Decca 475100-2 Tr 3
Cassazione (cassation) in C
Ensemble Italiano di Fiati
Paolo Pollastri (director)
Tactus TC751902 Trs 21-26
Concerto in C for flute and oboe (1774)
Aurele Nicolet (flute)
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Kenneth Sillito (director)
Philips 416359-2 Trs 1-3
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Tracklist
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.
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Antonio Salieri — Veni Sancte Spiritus
Artist: West German Radio Chorus
Phoenix Edition 112, Tr 3
Artist: West German Radio Orchestra
Artist: Helmuth Froschauer (director) -
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Antonio Salieri — Overture (Armida - 1771)
Artist: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marco Polo 8.223381, Tr 11
Artist: Michael Dittrich (conductor) -
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Antonio Salieri — Vi sono sposa e amante (La fiera di Venezia - Act 3, Sc 3 - 1772)
Artist: Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano)
Decca 475100-2, Tr 3
Artist: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Artist: Adam Fischer (conductor) -
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Antonio Salieri — Cassazione (cassation) in C
Artist: Ensemble Italiano di Fiati
Tactus TC751902, Trs 21-26
Artist: Paolo Pollastri (director) -
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Antonio Salieri — Concerto in C for flute and oboe (1774)
Artist: Aurele Nicolet (flute)
Philips 416359-2, Trs 1-3
Artist: Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Artist: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Artist: Kenneth Sillito (director)
Broadcast
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Tue 1 Sep 200912:00
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