Ashan Pillai, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood - Hoffmeister: Complete Works for Viola (2004)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 365 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 194 MB | 01:16:03
Genre: Classical | Label: Oehms Classics
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 365 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 194 MB | 01:16:03
Genre: Classical | Label: Oehms Classics
Music publisher, friend, benefactor to Mozart, and respected composer Franz Anton Hoffmeister was a significant figure in late eighteenth century Vienna; his star did not fade until well into the nineteenth century, when he was eventually disparaged as a mediocrity. Yet Hoffmeister could have no better advocates than violist Ashan Pillai and conductor Christopher Hogwood, who have restored some of this composer's reputation in a delightful album of his complete works for viola. Pillai's idiomatic and sensitive solos and Hogwood's fastidious direction of the Gulbenkian Orchestra elevate the music to a high level of elegance and charm, and it becomes apparent from these performances that Hoffmeister was much better than his detractors claimed.