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Mozart: Horn Concertos & Bassoon Concerto

Louis-Philippe Marsolais

Classical - Released March 1, 2017 | ATMA Classique

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Mozart

Anne Queffélec

Classical - Released March 1, 2002 | Mirare

Distinctions Joker de Crescendo
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Mozart: Symphony No. 35, K. 320 "Haffner" & Serenade No. 9, K. 385 "Posthorn"

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Classical - Released November 4, 2013 | Sony Classical

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Nikolaus Harnoncourt's 2014 Sony release offers three of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's compositions, connected to his years in Salzburg. Intended to accompany the university's summer closing ceremonies, the March in D major, K. 335, was one of two marches used as processional music for the student body, and scholars connect them to the Serenade in D major, K. 320, "Posthorn," which was composed in 1779 as the ceremonial Finalmusik. While the Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, "Haffner," is connected to the earlier Serenade in D major, K. 250, "Haffner," it fits well with the festive style and key of the previous works on the CD and shows the close connection of the multi-movement serenade and the four-movement symphony in Mozart's mind. Harnoncourt and his longtime ensemble, Concentus Musicus Wien, give impeccable performances in Classical period style, and the robust sound of these recordings is striking for its clarity and penetrating tone, just what would be needed for outdoor performances. Even so, the listener may wonder why the "Haffner" Serenade wasn't chosen for the program, to correspond to the "Haffner" Symphony, if the purpose is to show the real musical and historical connections between Mozart's works. One can only hope that Harnoncourt will record it sometime with Concentus Musicus Wien for Sony, because he last recorded it in 1989 with Staatskapelle Dresden for Teldec, and that recording's availability is limited.© TiVo
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J'écoute Mozart et Haydn avec mon papa

Iddo Bar-Shaï

Classical - Released December 3, 2012 | Mirare

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Mozart: Misa de Requiem en Re Menor, KV 626

Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México

Classical - Released December 6, 1991 | Epsa Music

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Mozart: Haffner Serenade etc

Lucy Van Dael

Classical - Released August 1, 1992 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

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Méditation cithare & piano

Philippe Davenet

Ambient - Released March 3, 2015 | Bayard Musique

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Mozart: Sonates pour pianoforte avec l'accompagnement d'un violon

Stéphanie Paulet

Classical - Released November 6, 2015 | HORTUS

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Mozart: March in D, K249 & Serenade No 7 in D, Haffner K250

Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

Chamber Music - Released April 1, 1996 | Legend Classics

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Mozart, W.A.: Serenade No. 7, K. 250, Haffner

Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

Classical - Released January 1, 2008 | PentaTone

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This is a superb recording of Mozart's "Haffner" serenade, the Serenade in D major, K. 250, marred only by troublesome sound despite a raft of audiophile designations. The work was composed in 1776 for the bachelorette party (the English notes use the Britishism "hen's night") of Elisabetta Haffner, the daughter of Salzburg merchant Siegmund Haffner, but the assembled bridal party may not have known what to make of this massive 54-minute work. It marks a real breakthrough for the 19-year-old Mozart in its huge blocks of harmony, and it can be deadly dull in the hands of garden-variety chamber orchestras. The work is in eight movements, including three minuets, two slow movements, two full sonata-form movements, and a sizable central rondo. There are remarkably few real melodies in the work, just juxtapositions of texture and tonality that are often humorous when done right. This performance by the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra under Gordan Nikolic is technically very sharp, sensitive, and with a certain tautness that keeps the listener very alert and gives a strong feeling of the ways Mozart was learning in this work to think in terms of large-scale forms. The players use modern instruments but seem to be aware of the impact the natural brasses of Mozart's time should have when they appear. There is an opening March in D major that might easily have opened the evening's festivities, and the entire performance captures the curious mix of pomp and irrepressible wit that makes this work unlike any other of Mozart's. The only problem is the sound, recorded in Amsterdam's Waalse Kerk (Wallonian Church). The booklet notes lecture the reader on the importance of outdoor music-making in Mozart's world, but no attempt is made to evoke that environment; the church sound is over-resonant, remote, and in places even harsh. The German label MDG has shown how music of this kind can be made to suggest outdoor spaces without actually recording outside. Nevertheless, really lively recordings of this work are rare enough that this one will find a place on the perfect Mozartian's shelf or hard drive. © TiVo
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MOZART: Haffner Serenade, K. 250 / March, K. 249

Takako Nishizaki

Classical - Released November 23, 1990 | Naxos

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Debussy – Rameau

Víkingur Ólafsson

Classical - Released March 27, 2020 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

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This program brings together two great French composers, separated by almost two centuries, that we would not think of bringing together spontaneously. But the freedom of mind of the Icelandic pianist looks at it otherwise, who, for his third album with Deutsche Grammophon, wanted to highlight their affinities as their contrasts in the light of their innovative contribution to the musical thought of their time. "I scratch my head wondering why Rameau's music is not played more. Between quality, inventiveness and unpredictability, there is never any element of formula in these pieces”, says Víkingur Ólafsson. By instinctively associating these style characteristics with those specific to Debussy, he decided to make an album of them: "I want to show Rameau as a futurist and underline the deep roots of Debussy in French baroque — and in Rameau's music in particular. The idea is that the listener almost forgets who is who by listening to the album." Debussy, who never stopped defending the French tradition by opposing it to German music, liked the decorative and complex lines of this Baroque composer with a French spirit like his own.An initial idea in the development of this skillfully constructed program, the transcription for piano of Debussy from Prélude to his Cantata La Damoiselle introduces it. Like the album's visual, Víkingur Ólafsson aims to be suggestive even in the accent he gives in Rameau to polyphonic voices supported by a flawless rhythmic impulse, which contrasts with Debussy, whose among other things the beautiful tumultuous Jardins sous la pluie which is played with a large breath in the image of wind load until the light returns. © Qobuz / GG
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Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas

Yeol Eum Son

Classical - Released March 17, 2023 | naïve

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Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7 - Harold en Italie, Op. 16

Michael Spyres

Classical - Released November 18, 2022 | Warner Classics

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This release is part of a Berlioz series by conductor John Nelson and the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, but it is the soloists who shine here. Tenor Michael Spyres, who is really hitting his stride, has a voice pleasantly suited to French music, rounded and subtle, but there is more; Berlioz suggested that several singers perform the orchestral song cycle Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, but Spyres takes all the songs himself. Moreover, he does them in the original keys, which is rarer still. This calls for a singer with exceptional control of dynamic extremes in different parts of his range, and Spyres is exceptionally flexible in this regard. There is a confidence and nonchalance to this performance that grows on the listener as the performance proceeds, even as the sound engineering puts Spyres too far front and center to the detriment of the orchestra's contributions. This isn't so pronounced in the anti-concerto Harold en Italie, Op. 16, and here again, there is a standout soloist; Timothy Ridout offers a rich sound and a real narrative quality that seems to evoke the score's source in Lord Byron's long poem. This exceptionally satisfying Berlioz album hit best-seller charts in late 2022.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 5

Gabor Takacs-Nagy

Classical - Released March 1, 2020 | Chandos

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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s acclaimed series of piano concertos by Mozart reaches its fifth instalment. Concertos Nos. 5, 6, 8, and 9 are complemented by the overtures to Il sogno di Scipione, Lucio Silla, La finta giardiniera, Il re pastore, and Zaide. That all of these works were composed by Mozart between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five serves as a vivid reminder of his unique talents as a child prodigy: these are not childhood efforts but mature works. The Fifth Concerto was actually Mozart’s first, as Nos 1 – 4 are arrangements of works by other composers. As in the previous volumes, Bavouzet is partnered by Manchester Camerata and Gábor Takács-Nagy, all recorded in The Stoller Hall in Manchester. © Chandos
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Guitar Divas

Heike Matthiesen

Classical - Released May 19, 2023 | Ars Produktion

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Poulenc : Pièces pour Piano

Alexandre Tharaud

Classical - Released October 15, 1996 | Arion

Distinctions Diapason d'or de l'année - Diapason d'or - Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros