The Symphonies / Bassoon Concerto / Andante e Rondo Ungarese

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The Symphonies / Bassoon Concerto / Andante e Rondo Ungarese
Jaakko Luoma (bassoon) / Tapiola Sinfonietta / Jean-Jacques Kantorow

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Release Date: Friday 1 May 2009

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Kantorow and the Tapiola Sinfonietta revisit Weber focusing on works by the young composer, before the fame that his opera Der Freischütz would bring.

The two symphonies - the only works in the genre that Weber composed - were written in the space of six weeks around New Year 1808, while Weber were staying at the court of the Count of Württemberg-Öls in Carlsruhe (nowadays Pokój in Poland). The symphonies also bear witness to the period of transition from classicism to romanticism, particularly in terms of orchestral colour