Rec.:Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Lately, a lot of the composers I've been checking out are composers who are Beethoven contemporaries. I think I realized that I didn't know much of the music in the transitionary period between the Classical and Romantic eras other than his. So now Franz Danzi lands on here, in addition to Kalivoda and Mehul. This time we have the son of an Italian cellist who was raised in Germany.
So I'm writing these impressions as the finale is finishing up, and gonna be brief. I think Wikipedia may have nailed it when it labelled him "not a composer of the first rank." This is by no means a BAD symphony, just lacks a certain spark that many composers bring. The construction is fine, the orchestration functional, the themes are pleasant but not particularly memorable, but there that is kind of the problem. Everything is so by the book here that there is no real drama in the music. It is the musical equivalent of a photo taken to sell something on Craigslist. Functional, but not really inspired. Each of the movements is exactly what you'd expect out of a Classical work, and while there might be a hint of Romanticism in there, it is barely noticeable. Also, for a minor symphony it doesn't seem to spend much time in minor key areas.
Maybe some of his other symphonies are more interesting? Anyways, I don't have a theme yet for this week so there will either be one tomorrow that I can retrofit Danzi in to or no theme this week. So you know... Tomorrow there'll be something.
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