Ochestre chambre tchécoslovaque Prague, Alain Boulfroy - Essential Mozart (2017)

This Austrian composer and child prodigy was a major figure in the classical period who wrote in most musical forms of the time, especially opera, symphony, concertos, and chamber music; his notable works are too numerous to mention. Mozart had a great and lively mind, which he engaged in such experiments as deciding progressions by playing dice and billiards, placing players in adjacent rooms echoing each other (Notturno for Four Orchestras, K. 269), and the encoding of Masonic rituals in The Magic Flute. Mozart was capable of the most earthshaking and profound works (Requiem, K. 626, written as he lay on his deathbed), the sweetest of arias in his many operas, and the most beautiful of melodic invention and variation (the piano concertos, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, and much more). His feeling for the balance of lines that have separate functions (melody, accompaniment, sostenuto, and melisma) is revealed in the quintets, the Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat, and the string quartets. Many structures in his symphonies are copies of innovations by Haydn, in some ways more conservative, but their drive, surprising modulations, and memorable melodies are purely Mozart. ~ Blue Gene Tyranny

TRACKLIST
01. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Alla turca - Vadim Sakharov
02. Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I. Allegro - Ochestre chambre tchécoslovaque Prague, Alain Boulfroy
03. Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: II. Romanze. Andante - Ochestre chambre tchécoslovaque Prague, Alain Boulfroy
04. Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Ochestre chambre tchécoslovaque Prague, Alain Boulfroy
05. Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: IV. Rondo. Allegro - Ochestre chambre tchécoslovaque Prague, Alain Boulfroy
06. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro - Südwestfunk Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden, Ernest Bour
07. Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio - Radio Symphony Orchestra Pilsen, Neithard Bethke, Elisabeth Ganter
08. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: I. Allegro - Carmen Piazzini, Michael Gantvarg, Leningrad Soloists
09. Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Scholz
10. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: I. Tema con variazione - Vadim Sakharov
11. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: II. Menuetto & Trio - Vadim Sakharov
12. Requiem, K. 626: Introitus ; Requiem - Teresa Stich-Randall, Wiener Staatsoper, Karl Böhm, Ira Malaniuk, Wiener Symphoniker, Waldemar Kmentt
13. Requiem, K. 626: Rex tremendae - Teresa Stich-Randall, Wiener Staatsoper, Karl Böhm, Ira Malaniuk, Wiener Symphoniker, Waldemar Kmentt
14. Requiem, K. 626: Lacrimosa - Teresa Stich-Randall, Wiener Staatsoper, Karl Böhm, Ira Malaniuk, Wiener Symphoniker, Waldemar Kmentt
15. Symphonie concertante pour violon, alto et orchestre in E-Flat Major, K. 364: I. Allegro maestoso - Talich Chamber Orchestra, Jan Talich Jr., Kurt Redel, Jan Talich Sr.
16. Symphonie concertante pour violon, alto et orchestre in E-Flat Major, K. 364: II. Andantino - Talich Chamber Orchestra, Kurt Redel, Jan Talich Jr., Jan Talich Sr.
17. Symphonie concertante pour violon, alto et orchestre in E-Flat Major, K. 364: III. Presto - Talich Chamber Orchestra, Kurt Redel, Jan Talich Jr., Jan Talich Sr.
18. Adagio et fugue in C Minor, K. 546 - Orchestre Chambre Tchécoslovaque Prague
19. Concerto For Horn No. 1 in D Major K412: I. Allegro - Orchestre Paul Kuentz, Paul Kuentz, Marc Geujon
20. Concerto For Horn No. 1 in D Major K412: II. Rondo allegro - Orchestre Paul Kuentz, Paul Kuentz, Marc Geujon
21. Concerto For Horn No. 2 in E-Flat Major K417: I. Allegro - Orchestre Paul Kuentz, Paul Kuentz, Marc Geujon
22. Concerto For Horn No. 2 in E-Flat Major K417: II. Andante - Orchestre Paul Kuentz, Paul Kuentz, Marc Geujon
23. Concerto For Horn No. 2 in E-Flat Major K417: III. Rondo allegro - Orchestre Paul Kuentz, Paul Kuentz, Marc Geujon
24. L'enlèvement au sérail, K. 384: Ouverture (Transcr. for Wind Ensemble) - Ensemble A Venti
25. L'enlèvement au sérail, K. 384: "Hier soll ich dich denn sehen" (Transcr. for Wind Ensemble) - Ensemble A Venti
26. L'enlèvement au sérail, K. 384: "Solche hergelauf'ne Laffen" (Transcr. for Wind Ensemble) - Ensemble A Venti
27. L'enlèvement au sérail, K. 384: Finale. "Nie werd'ich deine Huld verkennen" (Transcr. for Wind Ensemble) - Ensemble A Venti