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Veteran octogenarian conductor Claudio Abbado has reached an age where he can do what he likes, and he has chosen to release a series of albums of Classical-period music with his hand-picked Orchestra Mozart. It's a large group, nearly 70 players, and the playing in the three concertos on this release is very much old-school Mozart. It's also, once you realize what you're getting into, a lovely thing in many ways. The soloists are the orchestra's principals, and these are really an orchestra's concerto recordings rather than the soloists'. Despite the large size of the orchestra, Abbado's textures are strikingly transparent and graceful, with the wash of brass and winds a pleasure to listen to in itself where these instruments appear. In general he finds plenty of small details in these scores, and in the Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, a work that occupies the listener for a lifetime, the results are profound. The other two concertos are not quite as successful; as so often happens with old-school recordings of these, the music is weighted down with loads that it can't quite bear. The dense little Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K. 191, fares quite well; the Flute Concerto in D major, K. 314, loses something of its whimsical French melodiousness in a recording of this size. But Deutsche Grammophon delivers fine sound, working in a pair of small Italian theaters, and in general this will be a recording prized by Abbado fans and old-school Mozart listeners.
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Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Alessandro Carbonare, Clarinet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Scavuzzo, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jessika Groppo, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Alessandro Carbonare, Clarinet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Scavuzzo, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jessika Groppo, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Alessandro Carbonare, Clarinet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Scavuzzo, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Jessika Groppo, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Flute Concerto in D Major, K. 314 (Arr. of Oboe Concerto) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Jacques Zoon, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Scavuzzo, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Jacques Zoon, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Scavuzzo, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Jacques Zoon, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Michael Seberich, Producer, Balance Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Antonio Scavuzzo, Editor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guilhaume Santana, Composer, Bassoon, Cadenzor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer - Mark Buecker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Ulrich Bastin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guilhaume Santana, Composer, Bassoon, Cadenzor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer - Mark Buecker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Ulrich Bastin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Claudio Abbado, Conductor, MainArtist - Orchestra Mozart, Orchestra, MainArtist - Guilhaume Santana, Bassoon, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sid McLauchlan, Producer, Recording Producer - Matthias Spindler, Producer, Associate Producer - Mark Buecker, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hans-Ulrich Bastin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
Veteran octogenarian conductor Claudio Abbado has reached an age where he can do what he likes, and he has chosen to release a series of albums of Classical-period music with his hand-picked Orchestra Mozart. It's a large group, nearly 70 players, and the playing in the three concertos on this release is very much old-school Mozart. It's also, once you realize what you're getting into, a lovely thing in many ways. The soloists are the orchestra's principals, and these are really an orchestra's concerto recordings rather than the soloists'. Despite the large size of the orchestra, Abbado's textures are strikingly transparent and graceful, with the wash of brass and winds a pleasure to listen to in itself where these instruments appear. In general he finds plenty of small details in these scores, and in the Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, a work that occupies the listener for a lifetime, the results are profound. The other two concertos are not quite as successful; as so often happens with old-school recordings of these, the music is weighted down with loads that it can't quite bear. The dense little Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K. 191, fares quite well; the Flute Concerto in D major, K. 314, loses something of its whimsical French melodiousness in a recording of this size. But Deutsche Grammophon delivers fine sound, working in a pair of small Italian theaters, and in general this will be a recording prized by Abbado fans and old-school Mozart listeners.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:03
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Alessandro Carbonare Jacques Zoon Guilhaume Santana Orchestra Mozart Claudio Abbado
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon & Decca Classics, U.S., a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2013 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon & Decca Classics, U.S., a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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