Gansbacher Symphony in D major (1807)

[terry martyn]

Gansbacher´s  Symphony sounds a fine work, on first hearing. He is influenced by Haydn, and, I reckon, Paul Wranitzky (whose symphonies seem to be making a comeback) but it stands up pretty well on its own account. I have been mentally comparing it with the contemporaneous Symphony in F major by Anton Reicha, and it seems to be one step nearer Romanticism..
It is pretty well played as a whole, although I found that the string section sounded underweight at times. This CD (No 51 in the catalogue and entitled Tiroler Symphonie, coupled with the Nagiller) is officially not listed as available, but ,once again, Dr Holzmann discovered at least one in the warehouse.
I have also acquired this composer´s Clarinet Concerto from the Landesmuseen and will be giving a short overview of that in a few days time. As this composer has quite an individual voice, and the Concerto is a later work, I will be interested in hearing what strides towards Romanticism that work makes