Ignaz Pleyel: Symphonies

Ignace Joseph Pleyel (Composer), Howard Griffiths (Conductor), Zurich Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra), Riccardo Bovino (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Riccardo Bovino
• Orchestra: Zurich Chamber Orchestra
• Conductor: Howard Griffiths
• Composer: Ignace Joseph Pleyel
• Audio CD (June 18, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cpo Records
• ASIN: B0000669T1
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,251 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pleyel: a newly discovered gem, February 15, 2006

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J. Wiesenmeyer "NX0T Radio" (Howell County Missouri) - See all my reviews
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Ignaz Pleyel? Who is that? Such was my reaction. I heard a brief clip of Pleyel, from this album, on the radio, managed to be lucky and have the tape rolling. Playing it back, I thought this is really good stuff. Took a chance and bought the CD. No regrets. I'm rather fussy and hard to please when it comes to music albums, but I must say that there is not a single track from this disk I've deleted from my playlist. Pleyel was a pupil of Haydn, so don't be too surprised if you find some similarities. This is definitely not what I like to call "sing-song" music; tracks that don't seem to go anywhere. Each track has a personality, and shows a lot of creative spark. The Zurich Chamber Orchestra that performs here does a nice job. I'm very satisfied with this purchase, and saved some money as well, compared with what one would have to spend at a local store. My suggestion: give this Ignaz Pleyel a listen. Any lover of classical music will be surprised, especially if you are not familiar with this fine composer.

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One word- Mozart, February 8, 2009

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S. Hansen (Palo Alto,CA) - See all my reviews
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While I have enjoyed exploring CPO's catalogue, this album suprised me when compared to the samples I heard elsewhere. No matter how much I've listened to the CD, the only thing that comes into my head to describe it is, again, Mozart. Not bad Mozart, pretty good Mozart actually, but, Mozart nonetheless. It's not that Pleyel has lifted passages from him, it's just that the tone and style is just so overwhelmingly like Mozart's as to to be, by my ears anyway, virtually indistinguishable. The effect is by no means unpleasant and I'll certainly continue to play it from time to time, but it is very derivative.