Johann Stamitz - Mannheim Organ Concertos (1996)

1 	Organ Concerto No. 1 in D Major: I. Allegro 	8:26
2 	Organ Concerto No. 1 in D Major: II. Andante, poco adagio 	4:42
3 	Organ Concerto No. 1 in D Major: III. Allegro assai 	3:57
4 	Organ Concerto No. 2 in C Major: I. Moderato 	6:50
5 	Organ Concerto No. 2 in C Major: II. Andante 	5:31
6 	Organ Concerto No. 2 in C Major: III. Allegro 	8:33
7 	Organ Concerto No. 3 in B-Flat Major: I. Allegro 	4:18
8 	Organ Concerto No. 3 in B-Flat Major: II. Andante 	5:11
9 	Organ Concerto No. 3 in B-Flat Major: III. Vivace 	4:25
10 	Organ Concerto No. 4 in C Minor: I. Allegro 	6:09
11 	Organ Concerto No. 4 in C Minor: II. Larghetto 	5:10
12 	Organ Concerto No. 4 in C Minor: III. Vivace 	4:17 

Alena Vesela - organ
Frantisek Xaver Thuri - harpsichord
Dvorak Chamber Orchestra
Vladimir Valek - conductor

The Bohemian composer Johann Stamitz, a versatile performer on a number of instruments, is chiefly known for his work with the Mannheim orchestra, which he built into what a later visitor, the English Dr Burney, described as an army of generals. He seems to have joined the musical establishment of the Elector Palatine, whose capital was at Mannheim, in 1741 as a violinist, and by 1750 had become director of instrumental music. The Mannheim orchestra became famous for its discipline, evident in particular in the ‘Mannheim crescendo’, an effective increase in volume and following decrease that became a feature of music written for the orchestra. It had other characteristic traits, too, including the ascending melodic figure known as the ‘Mannheim rocket’.

Music by Johann Stamitz includes symphonies and concertos, the former an important step in the development of the Classical form that later came to dominate instrumental music. ---naxos.com

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