MOZART Sinfonia concertante K297b. Concerto for flute & harp, K299
Abbado turns to the concertos for multiple instruments
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Composer or Director: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
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Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 54
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: 4779329

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Sinfonia concertante |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Alessandro Carbonare, Clarinet Alessio Allegrini, Horn Claudio Abbado, Conductor Guilhaume Santana, Bassoon Lucas Macías Navarro, Oboe Mozart Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Claudio Abbado, Conductor Jacques Zoon, Flute Letizia Belmondo, Harp Mozart Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Author: Edward Greenfield
In this performance the flautist is Jacques Zoon, the only non-Italian among the soloists on the disc. The interweaving of soloists is a delight, with Letizia Belmondo on the harp. They are well balanced against the orchestra, so that the glorious melody in the slow movement comes out ravishingly. The Orchestra Mozart here has a modest complement of strings (10-10-7-6-4), the players obviously chosen carefully by Abbado. The springing of the trotting theme in the finale rounds the performance off perfectly.
The Sinfonia concertante for wind may not be a supreme Mozart masterpiece to match the one with violin and viola (K364) but it has many delights in such a performance as this, with the wind quartet of oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn. The finale is totally delicious, again light in its trotting rhythm. Curiously, though written in Paris, it was not performed as planned when a rival composer, Giuseppe Maria Cambini, persuaded the impresario, Legros, to substitute a sinfonia concertante of his own.
Though the booklet-notes do not include any information about the Orchestra Mozart, let alone the talented soloists, their crisp precision of ensemble speaks for itself.
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