Utwory na płycie:

• 1 Intermède Nr. 1 - Calme de la nuit.mp3
• 10 Intermède Nr. 3 - Danse Persan ne.mp3
• 11 Intermède Nr. 4 - Entrée du Héraut.mp3
• 12 Intermède Nr. 4 - Marche des Prêtres.mp3
• 13 Intermède Nr. 4 - Danse des Athlets.mp3
• 14 Divertissement - Maestoso.mp3
• 15 Divertissement - Andante.mp3
• 16 Divertissement - Allegretto.mp3
• 17 Divertissement - Grave - Allegretto.mp3
• 18 Divertissement - Allegro furioso - Andante con moto.mp3
• 19 Divertissement - Allegretto non troppo.mp3
• 2 Intermède Nr. 1 - Danse des Étoiles.mp3
• 20 Divertissement - Vivace.mp3
• 21 Divertissement - Andante grazioso - Allegretto.mp3
• 22 Divertissement - Andante con moto.mp3
• 23 Divertissement - Finale_ Allegro.mp3
• 23 Divertissement - Finale: Allegro.mp3
• 3 Intermède Nr. 1 - Alcmène, jouis du bonheur.mp3
• 4 Intermède Nr. 1 - Accourés près de moi.mp3
• 5 Intermède Nr. 2 - La nuit rapelle l Aurore - Doux Phosphore la nuit.mp3
• 6 Intermède Nr. 2 - Danse de l Aurore.mp3
• 7 Intermède Nr. 2 - Andante leggiero.mp3
• 8 Intermède Nr. 3 - Que ce jour est heureux.mp3
• 9 Intermède Nr. 3 - Danse des esclaves asiathique.mp3

(Incidental Music) - arranged for winds by Johan Fredrik Grenser (1758-1794)

The premier of Amphitryon with the music by Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792) was at the

Swedish court in 1787, over a 100 years after the play itself was written by Moliere. Kraus’ music

consists of four interludes and a divertimento for ballet. Although the comedy was only performed

for the royal court, the music appears to have become popular.

The Court Kapellmeister Johan Fredrik Grenser, who was born in Germany in 1758 and died in

1794, transcribed and rearranged selected movements for Harmonie, a wind ensemble of 2 oboes,

2 (sometimes 4) clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns. Grenser’s transcription of Kraus’s music for

Amphitryon charmingly illustrates the diversity of his talents. Comparisons with Kraus’s score

reveal Grenser’s deep respect for the original work and his expert, elegant and attractive

transposition of the orchestral colours (including the vocal parts) to the four wind sonorities.

Grenser’s transcription has twenty-two numbers. These follow the order of Kraus’s score to begin

with but then gradually diverge from it, probably in view of variations in mood and because they did

not need to adhere to the progression of the play. On this recording the sequence has been

adapted to follow Moliere’s comedy more closely, although it does appear to have been very free:

Kraus’s score has four Intermedes – as “prelude” and “entr’acte music” (Moliere’s play was in three

acts) with an elaborate Divertissement as the finale.