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Brahmsian

Some delicious early Mozart - Disc 1 of this great set!  :)

Mozart

Sonata in C major, K. 46d
Sonata in F major, K. 46e
Sonata in C major, K. 279
Sonata in F major, K. 280
Sonata in B flat major, K. 281
Sonata in E flat major, K. 282


Eschenbach, piano

DG

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Leo K.

Quote from: ChamberNut on June 10, 2014, 03:03:16 PM
Some delicious early Mozart - Disc 1 of this great set!  :)

Mozart

Sonata in C major, K. 46d
Sonata in F major, K. 46e
Sonata in C major, K. 279
Sonata in F major, K. 280
Sonata in B flat major, K. 281
Sonata in E flat major, K. 282


Eschenbach, piano

DG

[asin]B00002DEH1[/asin]

I agree, I LOVE Eschenbach's Mozart. Aces!

calyptorhynchus

Whilst engaged in a Mozart chamber binge I have disocovered K580a (Adagio for Cor Anglais and string trio). It seems almost too good to be true, a beautiful piece for an unusual (and beautiful) instrument in "Mozart's ripest style" (as Tovey would have said).

Is anything known about this piece, why did Mozart write it? Was he thinking of writing a Cor Anglais Quartet?
'Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it causeth.' Robert Burton

calyptorhynchus

And here's another one of my finds



Seems to be a contemporaneous arrangement for String Quartet of Mozart's last Piano Trio and two of his 4 hand Piano Sonatas. The playing is really good, and the arrangements also seem good to me, IMHO they bring out new facets of the originals, whilst not losing any notes or sounding un string quartetish.
'Many men are melancholy by hearing music, but it is a pleasing melancholy that it causeth.' Robert Burton

Madiel

Quote from: calyptorhynchus on July 03, 2014, 02:21:50 PM
Whilst engaged in a Mozart chamber binge I have disocovered K580a (Adagio for Cor Anglais and string trio). It seems almost too good to be true, a beautiful piece for an unusual (and beautiful) instrument in "Mozart's ripest style" (as Tovey would have said).

Is anything known about this piece, why did Mozart write it? Was he thinking of writing a Cor Anglais Quartet?

Well, the Allmusic / Classical Archives entry says that modern scholars believe Koechel got the instrumentation wrong, and that it should actually be a clarinet and 3 basset horns.

Which would, in a way, fit better with K.580b, which is for clarinet, basset horn and string trio (I've a recording of that one). So maybe they both come from a time when Mozart was fiddling with those instruments.
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calyptorhynchus

That makes sense, because Mozart never elsewhere wrote for Cor Anglais. However, it is a very beautiful mistake!
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Brahmsian

Time for some Mozart!  :)

String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K.499 Hoffmeister

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**Paging Karl Henning..............paging Karl Henning.......paging Karl Henning**   :D

Karl Henning

Quote from: ChamberNut on July 27, 2014, 09:09:04 AM
Time for some Mozart!  :)

String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K.499 Hoffmeister

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**Paging Karl Henning..............paging Karl Henning.......paging Karl Henning**   :D

I'm in!
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Boston MA
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nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Madiel

Quote from: karlhenning on July 27, 2014, 04:41:59 PM
I'm in!

You couldn't all wait until my Amazon order ships. Grumble.
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Karl Henning

We'll be there for you, dude.
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nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot


Karl Henning

No one had made off with either the Alban Berg Quartet Mozart, nor the Berglund/Helsinki Phil Sibelius8)
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
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[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Brahmsian

Quote from: karlhenning on July 28, 2014, 04:34:23 AM
No one had made off with either the Alban Berg Quartet Mozart, nor the Berglund/Helsinki Phil Sibelius8)

Huh?  :)  I am trying to understand what this means.  :D

Ken B

Quote from: ChamberNut on July 28, 2014, 07:13:00 AM
Huh?  :)  I am trying to understand what this means.  :D
I assume Karl left these in his car upon earlier occasions. Still Karl it would be tempting fate to leave out Gruppen. Sells like hot-cakes on the black market.
Or Mennin's 8th.

Karl Henning

Berglubnd is still in the glove compartment!

I think I understand now why my Gruppen has gone missing . . . .
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[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

North Star

Quote from: karlhenning on July 28, 2014, 08:35:33 AM
Berglubnd is still in the glove compartment!

I think I understand now why my Gruppen has gone missing . . . .
Those no-good car thieves with their awful taste can do some good, too, I suppose.  8)
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Ken B

Quote from: North Star on July 28, 2014, 01:58:30 PM
Those no-good car thieves with their awful taste can do some good, too, I suppose.  8)
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Brahmsian

Love this disc, works and performances.  Wish Wolfie would have composed 20+ violin concertos!  :)

Mozart

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K.216
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K.218
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K.219  'The Turkish Delight'


Kremer, violin

Wiener Philharmoniker
Harnoncourt

DG

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Gurn Blanston

Quote from: ChamberNut on August 10, 2014, 05:28:26 PM
Love this disc, works and performances.  Wish Wolfie would have composed 20+ violin concertos!  :)

Mozart

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K.216
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K.218
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K.219  'The Turkish Delight'


Kremer, violin

Wiener Philharmoniker
Harnoncourt

DG

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Ray,

That's interesting; I have this set by Kremer, entirely different, of course:



I didn't know he had done these more than once, or with the Wiener's either. :)

8)
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Brahmsian

Quote from: Gurn Blanston on August 10, 2014, 05:38:44 PM
Ray,

That's interesting; I have this set by Kremer, entirely different, of course:



I didn't know he had done these more than once, or with the Wiener's either. :)

8)

Hmmm, interesting indeed, Gurn.  I did not know he had done one with the Kremerata Baltica!  :o