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Composer Antonio Salieri Discography (31)
Antonio Salieri BiographyThanks to Pushkin and Rimsky-Korsakov, as well as Shaffer and the film Amadeus, Salieri has been cast as the villain in the tragedy of Mozart's early death. Antonio Salieri occupied a position of great importance in the music of Vienna. From 1774 he was court composer and conductor of the Italian opera, serving as court Kapellmeister from 1788 until 1824. Born in Legnago, he was brought as a boy to Vienna by Florian Gassmann, his predecessor as court Kapellmeister who supervised his musical training and education. He owed much to the influence and patronage of Gluck, to whom he seemed a natural successor in the field of opera. He won similar success to the latter also in Paris with his operas for the French stage. His pupils included Beethoven and Schubert, Czerny, Hummel, Moscheles and one of Mozart's sons.
He was a prolific composer, principally in vocal music of all kinds.
Operas
Salieri wrote some 45 operas, ranging from Tarare, with a libretto by Beaumarchais, for Paris and settings of libretti by Lorenzo da Ponte for Vienna to the Shakespearean comedy Falstaff and the operetta Prima la musica poi le parole (First the Music then the Words), staged at the imperial palace of Schönbrunn in 1786 on the same evening as Mozart's German Singspiel Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario).
Vocal and Choral Music
Salieri wrote a quantity of church music, as well as oratorios. He left still more secular vocal music, ranging from cantatas and choruses to duets and solo arias.
Instrumental Music
Rather less instrumental music by Salieri survives. This includes music for the ballet, sinfonias, concertos and music for various smaller ensembles.
Orchestral Music
As well as a significant quantity of ballet music, Salieri wrote concertos, including an organ concerto and a piano concerto, a Birthday Symphony and a set of variations on La folia di Spagna, (The Folly of Spain) the dance tune used by Corelli and many other Baroque composers.
Chamber Music
Salieri's chamber music consists principally of serenades, cassations and marches.
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| Patrice Michaels Divas Of Mozart's Day CD (2009)
 $11.69 |
| Arie Di Bravura - Mozart, Salieri, Righini / Damrau, Et Al CD (2007)
$12.59    |
| Mozart Overture CD (2007)
$14.15 |
| Cecilia Bartoli Salieri Album - Opera Arias / Bartoli, Fischer, Et Al CD (2003)
$11.49
Despite this attention, his works still remained unknown, rarely performed or recorded. Regarded as one of the preeminent composers of his day and having enjoyed enormous success in his lifetime, his musical output was nonetheless completely overshadowed by that of his contemporary, Mozart, and by the work of his two most prominent students, Beethoven and Schubert. The film adaptation of Peter Schaffer's play AMADEUS pulled his name from the depths of obscurity, but recognition brought infamy, by virtue of his portrayal as the untalented and jealous rival responsible for Mozart's death. Pity poor Antonio *. Subsequently, his compositions were all but forgotten and disappeared from the active repertoire. Bartoli brilliantly works through a selection of surprisingly well-crafted diva showcases with her usual combination of technical wizardry, intense emotional commitment, and beauty of tone and expression. THE * ALBUM finds the superstar mezzo-soprano once again in the role of champion of neglected music, and she endeavors, as in her previous discs of operatic works by Gluck and Vivaldi, to restore luster to a composer's tarnished reputation. To the rescue comes none other than Cecilia Bartoli.
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| Bamert Contemporaries Of Mozart - Salieri: Symphonies, Etc CD (2001)
$8.74 
London Mozart Players,Mathias Bamert
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| Salieri: Overtures / Dittrich, Slovak Radio So (Bratislava) CD (2000)
$6.59 |
| Art Of Trumpet Vienna Imperial Fanfares - Monteverdi, Lully, Salieri, Et Al / Leeb CD (2003)
$7.79  |
| Italian Oboe Concertos - Platti, Salieri, Rosetti, Besozzi CD (2002)
$6.59 |
| Ensemble Italiano Di Antonio Salieri:Music Per Harmonie CD (1997)
$9.55 |
| Salieri: Overtures, Scherzi, Divertimenti / Quartetto Amati CD (1995)
$10.15 |
| Vienna Choir Boys Vienna Boys Choir - 500th Anniversary CD (2006)
$15.05 |
| Salieri:Music For Wind Ensemble CD (2008)
$8.25 |
| C Calli Salieri: Falstaff CDs (1998)
$30.85  |
| Calamus Salieri, Danzi, Pleyel: Sinfonia Concertante CD (2002)
$14.45 |
| James Moore Rediscovered Masterpieces CD (2002)
$14.65
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