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2024-01-22 15:45:25
Mozart, 2024
[…] and clarinet. His Clarinet concerto in A major, K. 622 is marvelous. It’s a late piece, late, of course, in Mozart’s terms – he was 35 in 1791 when it was completed, less than two months before his death of still unknown causes (one thing we know for sure is that he has not been poisoned by Antonio Salieri): Mozart was already quite ill while working on the concerto. The concerto was written for Anton Stadler, a virtuoso clarinetist and a close friend of Mozart’s (they had known each other since 1781) for whom he also wrote his Clarinet Quintet. Stadler invented the so-called basset clarinet, a version of the instrument that allows the performer to reach lower notes, and that was the instrument for which Mozart wrote the concerto. We’ll hear it performed by a talented German clarinetist Sabine Meyer with the Staatskapelle Dresden under the direction of Hans […]
2023-10-23 03:30:00
Recent Releases No. 62 (CD Reviews)
[…] veteran audio wizard Keith O. Johnson, a prominent figure in audiophile circles about whom you can learn more here. You can gain some more insight into Spanish Impressions by watching this brief YouTube video in which the musicians discuss the album. This is a recording that will bring a smile to your face and a spring to your step. Mozart: (CD1) Piano Sonata in D Major K311; Piano Sonata in A Minor K310; Piano Sonata in C Major K330; Fantasia in C Minor K396 (completed by Maximilian Stadler); Fantasia in D Minor K397; (CD2) Piano Sonata in A Major K331; Piano Sonata in F Major K332; Piano Sonata in B Flat Major K333. Angela Hewitt, piano. Hyperion CDA6841/2 The Canadian-born pianist Angela Hewitt (b. 1958), who now resides in London, was the one of pianists whose album I included in my very first “Piano Potpourri” post, which you can see here. Immediately following the recording sessions for that album, Hewitt received the shocking news that the piano movers […]
2023-04-25 04:00:00
The Secret Mozart: Works for Clavichord (Christopher Hogwood)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)Many rarities here includingMenuetto in D, K355 (with Trio by Stadler)Rondo in F, K494 (Original version)Laßt uns mit geschlungen Händen, K623 (only HIP recording)Theme & 2 Variations in A, K460Fantasia in D (with Coda) K357and more...Christopher Hogwood on Three different Clavichords(Period Instruments)Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 82876-83288-2 (2006)[Flac & Scans]
2022-12-23 19:37:24
Title above only – based on CNN Article by Lilit Marcus, June 23 2022 C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA
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