4009850023647

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante Kv 364, Symphony No. 40 In G Minor Kv 550

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Gordan Nikolic, Thomas Wolfe

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Format: SACD

Cat No: TACET2364

Release Date:  12 June 2020

Label:  Tacet

Packaging Type:  Super Jewel Case (SACD)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4009850023647

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    Violinist and conductor Gordon Nikolic says of this recording: The first time I heard "the" G Minor Symphony as "on-hold" music on the telephone, I thought, "Oh dear, another piece spoilt forever."

    You're wanting to complain to your telephone provider about your last bill and you hear this racket!

    But there is a remedy. You just need to listen a little further than the clip from the on-hold music. There are so many different moods: melancholy, grief, rage, consolation. And everything is woven together with such ingenuity and originality!

    It may seem strange at first to combine this with the blissful togetherness of the Sinfonia Concertante, but on reflection it makes sense. Whilst the slow movement of the G Minor Symphony (in the same key as the Sinfonia Concertante) brightens the mood of the other movements, the melancholic slow movement of the Sinfonia Concertante casts a shade over the lightness of the outer movements."

    Gordon Nikolic (musical director and solo violin), Richard Wolfe (solo viola) and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra take on this fragile co-existence with impeccable assurance, presented in Tacet's amazing Super Audio surround sound.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Sinfonia Concertante For Violin And Viola In E Flat Major KV 364. I. Allegro Maestoso
      • 2. Sinfonia Concertante For Violin And Viola In E Flat Major KV 364. II. Andante
      • 3. Sinfonia Concertante For Violin And Viola In E Flat Major KV 364. III. Presto
      • 4. Symphony No. 40 In G Minor KV 550. I. Molto Allegro
      • 5. Symphony No. 40 In G Minor KV 550. II. Andante
      • 6. Symphony No. 40 In G Minor KV 550. III. Menuetto. Allegro
      • 7. Symphony No. 40 In G Minor KV 550. IV. Allegro Assai