FRANZ VON SUPPÉ (1819-1895): Incidental Music for the Play Mozart, Overture to Die Afrikareise.

Description: Suppé was also a master of incidental music for popular plays, one of which is “Mozart”– an example of Künstler-Lebensbild (‘life portrait of an artist’). His music subtly accompanies the stage action as the story of the composition of Mozart’s music unfolds, offering a potpourri of Mozart’s works served up with Suppé’s trademark flair. Die Afrikareise is a piquant and brilliant travelogue. Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra; Dario Salvi.