Rondo' Veneziano

An excellent commercial move that provided a respectable and even innovative product for its time. We aren't talking about masterpieces, but we are talking about people who knew well what they wanted and where they wanted to go.

I see it more as a choice than a fallback; in short, they made their choice which earned them some money, and if we are here talking about it... perhaps they had all the right reasons.

A while ago I did some little research and went to look at some material; I had found pieces included in a series called "The genius of", and in the presentation it says:

At the origin of "THE GENIUS OF..." lies the awareness of the difficulty that those who wish to undertake the knowledge of great classical music composers may encounter.

The large number of works created by them throughout their artistic lives would involve a significant amount of listening hours, both live in opera houses and through disc recordings.

The "THE GENIUS OF ..." series therefore offers the listener the most well-known or worthy-of-being-known themes, drawn from the most significant works, offering a musical overview that exposes the variety of expression of each author.

Approaching the recordings of particularly inspired and prolific artists is nonetheless a synthesis that, in order to operate within the duration limits imposed by each disc, necessarily leaves out some works that are just as beautiful and significant.

However, the proposed pieces contain sufficient material to ensure that the enthusiast is stimulated to desire to fully know the individual compositions or to expand the selection process themselves.

The succession of pieces and their juxtaposition is an exclusively musical matter determined by the harmonic, rhythmic, and dynamic characteristics of the pieces themselves.

No additions have been arbitrarily inserted and each connection always occurs with original material from the author.

Only in the case of works written for solo piano has it been arranged for orchestra to achieve a more homogeneous sonic continuity.

The final goal remains, however, to offer a sequence of pieces that are pleasant to listen to and musically complete, regardless of their meaning in relation to the original work.

In short, they are suited for the purpose of making a profit.

I see some inconsistencies, just throwing it out there:

- The selected pieces are the most worthy (but at the same time they say that much has been left out).

- if one is an enthusiast, they are already eager (but their "stimulation" is necessary, to begin to desire)

Their proposals:

Vivandi:

Autumn

Winter

Estro Armonico

Il Piacere

La Cetra

Spring

Cimento dell'armonia

Summer

La Stravaganza

First question: why not propose the Four Seasons in a row? I forgot, they did better than Vivaldi, in fact:

"The succession of pieces and their juxtaposition is an exclusively musical matter determined by the harmonic, rhythmic, and dynamic characteristics of the pieces themselves."

More musical, you see?!

Mozart:

Così fan tutte

Don Giovanni

Sonata K545 ... 2'24'' (?)

Serenata (Part I and Part II)

Jupiter (Part I and Part II)

Linz Symphony

Die Zauberfloete (Part I and Part II)

Beethoven

Coriolan (Overture)

Romanza

Moonlight (Part I and Part II)

Pastorale

Kreutzer Sonata

Apotheosis of the Dance

Piano concertos

This thing about "parts" in Mozart and Beethoven is not very clear to me.

As Aspirante says, perhaps they knew exactly what they were doing, or I want to hope so

Frank wrote:

At the origin of "THE GENIUS OF..." lies the awareness of the difficulty that those wishing to undertake the knowledge of great classical music composers may encounter.

They could even make a series like "THE GENIUS OF HARVEY"

Dino wrote:

They could have even made a series like "THE GENIUS OF HARVEY"

Yes, maybe a nice triptych of Nono, Stockhausen and Boulez

...that way they would satisfy everyone

Dino wrote:

They could have even made a series like "THE GENIUS OF HARVEY"

But they did it ... Pink Floyd

Ok guys, you don't like them... ok the jokes but let's try to stay on topic

Frank wrote:

i had found pieces framed within the series called "The genius of"

I wasn't aware of this part of their repertoire, is there anything out there?

Lupino wrote:

I wasn't aware of this part of their repertoire, is there anything available around?

Rondò Veneziano - Winter (Vivaldi)

and not from the cold

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