Release Date: 26 June 2011
Label: Bis / BIS Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7318599917559
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Mozart
Description
Completing the cycle of Mozart's violin concertos, begun on BIS-SACD-1754, Richard Tognetti and his Australian Chamber Orchestra offer us the first, second and fourth concerto, along with two shorter works for violin and orchestra: the Adagio in E major and the Rondo in C major. All Mozart's works in this genre were written during a few years quite early in his career and demonstrate very clearly Mozart's tremendous development - the fourth concerto in particular displays the confidence of the composer both in handling his material and in teasing the audience with the narrative he creates. Tognetti writes of his and the orchestra's decision to use gut strings, period wind instruments and a lower than usual pitch, in aim to create 'a sound which we know Mozart would have recognised... while simply looking at the notes Mozart wrote down, and start from there, creating a hybrid hopefully carrying an embodiment of truth'. Describing the previous disc in the series, The Observer recommended the disc highly, for its 'beautifully nuanced' and 'transcendent' performances, and 'gloriously exciting, tangy edged, alert and playful sound.' International Record Review described the disc as 'wonderfully refreshing ... a constant delight' with a recorded sound 'beyond praise', going on to state that 'Tognetti finds a musical substance in these works that is matched by very few rival versions.'
Tracklisting
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire; Sascha Goetzel
Oliver Barlow; Arlo Murray; Sergej Merkusjev; Joonas Ahonen; Barbara Kozelj; London Philharmonic Or
Masaaki Suzuki
Miklos Spanyi
Trio Boccherini
Masato Suzuki
Masaaki Suzuki; Masato Suzuki
Masaaki Suzuki
Filippo Mineccia; Orchestra Farnesiana
Vadym Kholodenko
Auryn Quartet, Nobuko Imai
Trio Roseau
Adam Banaszak, Krzysztof Kusiel-Moroz, Warsaw Chamber Opera Choir and Orchestra, Dorota Szczepanska
Douglas Boyd
Armida Quartett
Momo Kodama, Seiji Ozawa & Mito Chamber Orchestra
