Charles Mackerras, Prague Chamber Orchestra - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, "Posthorn" Serenade (1985)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 65:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Telarc | # CD 80108 | Recorded: 1984
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 65:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Telarc | # CD 80108 | Recorded: 1984
The Prague Chamber Orchestra contributes some very good string playing to this Mozart reading by Sir Charles Mackerras. The approach is modern but well informed, with clean, light, agile, and luminous results. Mackerras observes the repeats (including that of the first movement recapitulation) and chooses excellent tempos. The Romance is especially lovely. Telarc's recording yields a fairly realistic concert-hall perspective, but the distant pickup and reverberation tend to muddy the texture a little. The coupling is an excellent account of the Posthorn Serenade.