Album review: Frantisek Tuma
Published Date:
30 November 2008
By Alexander Bryce
FRANTISEK TUMA
Partite, sonate e sinfonie
*****
Naïve OP 30436, £13.99
If you have never heard of the 18th-century composer Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, it's not for want of output. As well as fathering 15 children, he composed numerous partitas, sonatas and sinfonias.
Tuma's career began with composition studies at 18 in Vienna. By 26, his music was being publicly performed; a decade later he became court composer to the dowager empress in Vienna.
Tuma never pushes at the boundaries: his music is imbued with counterpoint and is thoroughly Baroque, full of melody. Perhaps this was Viennese easy listening, but it is engaging throughout. Rinaldo Alessandrini and the Concerto Italiano, best known for their Vivaldi, give lively performances of a series of works that are never less than enjoyable.
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The full article contains 144 words and appears in Scotland On Sunday newspaper.
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Last Updated:
28 November 2008 3:03 PM
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Source:
Scotland On Sunday
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Location:
Scotland
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