FLAC tracks | Classical | 01:07:48 | 241 MbFollowing their critically acclaimed debut album (Foerster, Janáček, Haas; SU 4230-2; Musicweb International Disc of the Month, Tip Harmonie), the Belfiato Quintet have gone back a century in time, to the “father of the wind quintet” Antonín Rejcha’s life was adventurous and turbulent indeed.

When he was 10, he ran away from his Prague home, and would live in turn in Bonn, Hamburg and Vienna, before finally settling in Paris.

He presented his first symphony at the tender age of 17.

Rejcha became a friend of Beethoven’s, who played the viola in the same orchestra, he made the acquaintance with Haydn, and his teachers included Salieri.

Tracklist:[07:32] 01. Belfiato Quintet – Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 88 No. 2: No. 1, Lento – Allegro moderato[04:25] 02. Belfiato Quintet – Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 88 No. 2: No. 2, Menuetto. Allegro[07:43] 03. Belfiato Quintet – Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 88 No. 2: No. 3, Poco andante. Grazioso[05:43] 04. Belfiato Quintet – Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 88 No. 2: No. 4, Finale. Allegretto[08:27] 05. Belfiato Quintet – Wind Quintet in E Minor, Op. 88 No. 1: No. 1, Introduction. Andante – Allegro, ma non troppo[04:24] 06. Belfiato Quintet – Wind Quintet in E Minor, Op. 88 No. 1: No. 2, Andante poco allegretto[03:18] 07. Belfiato Quintet – Wind Quintet in E Minor, Op. 88 No. 1: No. 3, Menuetto. Allegro vivo[04:41] 08. Belfiato Quintet – Wind Quintet in E Minor, Op. 88 No. 1: No. 4, Finale. Allegro[08:32] 09. Belfiato Quintet – Wind Quintet in D Major, Op. 91 No. 3: No. 1, Lento – Allegro assai[04:16] 10. Belfiato Quintet – Wind Quintet in D Major, Op. 91 No. 3: No. 2, Adagio[03:35] 11. Belfiato Quintet – Wind Quintet in D Major, Op. 91 No. 3: No. 3, Minuetto. Allegro vivo[05:07] 12. Belfiato Quintet – Wind Quintet in D Major, Op. 91 No. 3: No. 4, Finale. Allegretto