Harmoniemusik (arrangements) - 'Le Nozze di Figaro' & 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail' - Linos-Ensemble

Harmoniemusik (arrangements) - 'Le Nozze di Figaro' & 'Die Entführung aus dem Serail' - Linos-Ensemble
APE (EAC) & CUE | Booklet | DDD | TT 56'54 | 205 MB | RS

Arrangements by Johann Nepomuk Wendt (1782) & Andreas Tarkmann (1991)

Operatic music arranged for wind ensemble were already popular in Mozart's time. In these arrangements the highlights of the opera relived in short 2 to 3 minute pieces. For this recording, Johann Nepomuk Wendt's arrangements from 1782 were revised by the Linos Ensemble together with present day composer Andreas Tarkmann. The result is an updated sound image that is nevertheless based on an Mozartian tradition.

Johann Nepomuk Wendt, by the way, was an oboist in the 'kaiserlich-königliche Harmonie', the wind ensemble instituted by Emperor Joseph II and amongst whose members also ranked Mozart's good friend Anton Stadler, clarinetist.

Linos-Ensemble
(2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, 2 bassoons, 1 contrabass)
Recorded in 1991


Contents:
Le Nozze di Figaro
1. Ouverture
2. 'Cinque, dieci'
3. 'Se a caso madama'
4. 'Se vuol ballare'
5. 'Non più andrai'
6. 'Porgi, amor'
7. 'Voi chi sapete'
8. 'Venite, inginocchiatevi'
9. 'Crudel! perche finora'
10. 'Dove sono'
11. 'Su l'aria… che soave zeffiretto'
12. 'Ecco la marcia… Amanti costanti'
13. 'Deh vieni, non tardar'
14. Finale
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
15. Ouverture
16. 'Hier soll ich dich denn sehen'
17. 'Ich gehe, doch rate ich dir'
18. 'Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln'
19. 'Wenn der Freude Tränen fliessen'
20. 'O, wie will ich triumphieren'
21. 'Welche Wonne, welche Lust'
22. 'Vivat Bacchus, Bacchus lebe'



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Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Together with my earlier posts of Don Giovanni and die Zauberflöte/Così fan tutte this completes the box set 'Harmoniemusiken'.


Box covers scans are included in todays post.