The “discoveries” mentioned in the title of this record are mostly pieces of occasional light music, including a few marches, written by Luigi Cherubini when he was director of the French academy of music in Paris. But the lion’s share of the album conducted by Riccardo Chailly, head of the Filamornica della Scala in Milan, is the Italian composer’s sole symphony commissioned in London as a replacement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony which could not meet the required deadline.
The German composer greatly admired Cherubini. But, unfortunately, Cherubini is not Beethoven and his skillful Symphony in D major, once championed by Arturo Toscanini, cannot bear comparison with Beethoven’s. Maestro Chailly’s performance generates beautiful energy and excitement but the conductor’s effort cannot turn the symphony into a masterpiece. The album is released to celebrate Beethoven’s birthday. It is worth listening to if you want to discover a composer that Beethoven praised and admired. – François Hudry
Tracklist:
1. Overture in G Major (10:36)
2. Symphony in D Major: I. Largo – Allegro (12:57)
3. Symphony in D Major: II. Larghetto cantabile (09:45)
4. Symphony in D Major: III. Minuetto. Allegro non tanto (04:39)
5. Symphony in D Major: IV. Allegro assai (04:45)
6. Marche religieuse pour le jour du sacre de Charles X (03:14)
7. Marche religieuse pour le pompe funèbre du Général Hoche (02:02)
8. Marcia composta per il signore Baron di Braun (03:34)
9. Marche du préfet du département de l’eure et loir (02:15)
10. Marche pour le retour du préfet du département de l’eure et loir (02:18)
11. Marche pour instruments à vent (03:25)
12. Marche 22 Septembre 1810 (01:43)
13. Marche 8 Février 1814 (01:11)
14. Marche pour le pompe funèbre du Général Hoche (04:55)
15. Marche funèbre (06:58)
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