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RELEASE APRIL 2015 THE PARISIAN SYMPHONY LA SYMPHONIE PARISIENNE Les Agrémens – Guy Van Waas – – RIC 357 – It was at Le Concert Spirituel that the Germanic- style symphony made its appearance in Paris. This story began in the 1750s with the arrival of mu- sicians from Mannheim, including Johann Sta- mitz, in the French capital. Subsequently, various composers such as the Belgian François-Joseph Gossec appeared as the creators of the earliest French symphonies before Haydn’s symphonies enjoyed a very particular success there. This set, released on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Les Agrémens, takes up most of the recordings conducted by Guy Van Waas in a repertoire brin- ging together composers played in Paris at the end of the 18th century (Gossec, Grétry, Haydn, Krauss), and announcing the beginnings of the Romantic symphony with two recording pre- mieres: a symphony by Hérold and Beethoven’s Second Symphony. Outhere S.A. · rue de l’Épargne 29 · B-1000 Brussels tel.: +32 2 373 82 00 · fax: +32 2 373 82 09 Sales & marketing: [email protected] · Communication: [email protected] www.outhere-music.com 7cds tt: 08h30 also available RIC345 RIC337 RIC327

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It was at Le Concert Spirituel that the Germanic-style symphony made its appearance in Paris. This story began in the 1750s with the arrival of mu-sicians from Mannheim, including Johann Sta-mitz, in the French capital. Subsequently, various composers such as the Belgian François-Joseph Gossec appeared as the creators of the earliest French symphonies before Haydn’s symphonies enjoyed a very particular success there. This set, released on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Les Agrémens, takes up most of the recordings conducted by Guy Van Waas in a repertoire brin-ging together composers played in Paris at the end of the 18th century (Gossec, Grétry, Haydn, Krauss), and announcing the beginnings of the Romantic symphony with two recording pre-mieres: a symphony by Hérold and Beethoven’s Second Symphony.

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CD I – 77:24André-Modeste GRÉTRY (1741-1813) Céphale et Procris (Airs de L’Aurore) Les Deux Avares (Airs d’Henriette) Anacréon chez Polycrate (Air d’Anais) La Caravane du Caire (Air de l’esclave italienne) Concerto en do majeur pour flûte et orchestreWith LES AGRÉMENS – Patrick Cohën-Akenine: concertmeister – Sophie Karthäuser: sopranoJan De Winne: flute – Guy Van Waas: conductor

CD II – 79:31François-Joseph GOSSEC (1734-1829) Trois Grandes Symphonies op. VIII Sabinus (Suite de ballets) Symphonie concertante en ré majeurWith LES AGRÉMENS – Patrick Cohën-Akenine: concertmeister & solo violin (Symphonies no1 & no2, Symphonie

concertante) – Mira Glodeanu: concertmeister (Symphonie no5, Suite de Sabinus) – François Poly: violoncello – Guy Van Waas: conductor

CD III – 77:45François-Joseph GOSSEC (1734-1829) Symphonies à Grande OrchestreJohann STAMITZ (1717-1757) Concerto en si bémol majeurFrançois-Joseph GOSSEC Symphonie en do majeur op. XII, no 3Joseph Martin KRAUS (1756-1792) Symphonie D-Dur (VB 143)With LES AGRÉMENS – Patrick Cohën-Akenine: concertmeister & solo violin (Symphonies de Gossec, Concerto de

Stamitz) – Mira Glodeanu: concertmeister (Symphonie de Kraus) – Guy Van Wass: clarinet & conductor

CD IV – 71:20Dieudonné-Pascal PIELTAIN (1754-1833) Troisième Concerto en si bémol majeur pour violon et orchestreAntoine-Frédéric GRESNICK (1755-1799) Symphonie concertante en si bémol majeur* pour clarinette, basson et orchestreLudwig August LEBRUN 17521790 Concerto en do majeur pour hautbois et orchestreJoseph HAYDN (1732 - 1809) Symphonie B-Dur Hob I:85 La ReineWith LES AGRÉMENS – Patrick Cohën-Akenine: concertmeister & solo violine – Mira Glodeanu: concertmeister

(Symphonie La Reine) – Eric Hoeprich: clarinet – Benoît Laurent: oboe – Jane Gower: bassoon – Guy Van Waas: conductor

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CDV – 78:05Joseph HAYDN Symphonie C-Dur L’Ours , Hob.I:82 Symphonie D-Dur, Hob.I:86 Symphonie fi s-moll Hob.I:45 Les AdieuxWith LES AGRÉMENS – Mira Glodeanu: concertmeister (Symphonies 45, 82) – Rémy Baudet: concertmeister (Symphonie

86) – Guy Van Waas: conductor

CD VI – 56:52Joseph HAYDN Misera noi, misera Patria Hob. XXIVa:7 Concerto Es Dur Hob. VIIe:1 for keyed trumpet & orchestraLudwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphonie no 2 D Dur, Op. 36With LES AGRÉMENS – Rémy Baudet: concertmeister (Misera noi, Trumpet concerto) – Julien Chauvin: concertmeister

(Beethoven) – Jodie Devos: soprano – Jean-François Madeuf: keyed trumpet – Guy Van Waas: conductor

CD VII – 69:15Antonio SALIERI (1750-1825) Les DanaïdesRodolphe KREUTZER 17661831 Ipsiboé (Air d’Ipsiboé)Christoph Willibald GLUCK (1714-1787) Alceste (Air d’Alceste)Jean-Baptiste LEMOYNE (1751-1796) Phèdre (Air de Phèdre)Johann Christian BACH (1735-1782) Amadis de Gaule (Air d’Arcabonne)Christoph Willibald GLUCK (1714-1787) Iphigénie en Tauride (Air d’Iphigénie) Orphée et EurydiceÉtienne-Nicolas MÉHUL 17631817 Valentine de Milan (Air de Valentine)Louis-Ferdinand HÉROLD 17911833 Lasthénie (Air de Lasthénie)Gaspare SPONTINI 17741851 Olympie (Air de Statira)Louis-Ferdinand HÉROLD 17911833Symphonie n° 2 en ré majeur

With LES AGRÉMENS – Rémy Baudet: concertmeister – Jennifer Borghi: mezzo-soprano – Guy Van Waas: conductor

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S a l e s & m a r k e t i n g : d o m i n i c @ o u t h e r e - m u s i c . c o m · C o m m u n i c a t i o n : j u l i e n @ o u t h e r e - m u s i c . c o m

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