Mozart Sonatas for Violin & Piano, Vol 1
Responsive performances of Mozart’s sonatas – if you find the right volume
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Composer or Director: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Analekta
Magazine Review Date: 9/2005
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 137
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: AN29821/2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 18 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 19 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 20 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 22 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 17 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 23 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 21 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 32 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 36 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Composer or Director: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Analekta
Magazine Review Date: 9/2005
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 139
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: AN29823/4
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 25 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 24 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 26 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 27 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 35 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 28 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Sonata for Keyboard and Violin No. 33 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
David Breitman, Fortepiano Jean-François Rivest, Violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Author: Nalen Anthoni
If the recording inhibits the presentation of these performances, it nevertheless draws attention, if somewhat obtrusively, to the artistic rapport between the musicians and what they try to reveal. For instance, the change to B flat minor at the beginning of the development in the first movement of No 19 (K302 in E flat) and the corresponding difference in mood are pretty explicit. Mozart is not treated with kid gloves either here or anywhere else; but the lack of ambience is unsympathetic to the repose implicit in, say, the Andante grazioso theme and variations of No 22 (K305 in A). It is taken at a fitting tempo but with little grace because Breitman’s playing, particularly in the first variation for piano only, appears inexpressively bitty – of a dryness that might also be exaggerating the severe approach to No 21 (K304 in E minor) which for the most part is stark and matter of fact.
These are unusual lapses given that Breitman and Rivest show so often that they are no mere readers of the text; and No 25 (K377 in F) exemplifies the finest attributes of these interpretations. In the D minor Andante specifically, these artists expertly translate their feelings about the music as they transit from the melancholy of Variations 1-3 and emphatic power of Variation 4 to the melting tonic major transformation of Variation 5 with the keenest of responses.
Gary Cooper and Rachel Podger, justly balanced, are in their own way as receptive to the content of three of these sonatas. And the engineering doesn’t restrict the expansiveness of the violin or etch the notes of the keyboard. Instead, it reflects a consistent, believable acoustic for the performances to speak their messages without unwelcome distractions.
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