Mozart - Gran Partita (arranged for strings)
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 93696
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 14th July 2008
Contents
Artists
Amati QuartetSalzburg Soloists
Artists
Amati QuartetSalzburg Soloists
About
Yet here we have a work, perfectly suited to winds, in a new arrangement. Well, the diverse nature of the piece – its many movements and moods – make it a suitable candidate for a more flexible approach. It’s even possible to argue that the more operatic character of several movements, such as the Romanze, can be more vividly conveyed and appreciated when heard with an ensemble of string players.
The Adagio, one of Mozart’s most touching slow movements, has become familiar from many different contexts – perhaps most notably in the film of Peter Shaffer’s 'Amadeus'. It is, famously, when Salieri hears this movement that he realises Mozart’s genius: ‘On the page it looked nothing. The beginning simple, almost comic. Just a pulse – bassoons and basset horns – like a rusty squeezebox. Then suddenly – high above it – an oboe, a single note, hanging there unwavering, till a clarinet took over and sweetened it into a phrase of such delight! This was no composition by a performing monkey! This was a music I'd never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing, it had me trembling. It seemed to me that I was hearing the very voice of God.’
The version for strings on this CD was made by the Israeli bassoon player Mordechai Rechtmann (1929), who is a member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and has made several arrangements for wind ensembles. This arrangement by Rechtmann works the other way around, and is dedicated to these players.
Founded by Gil Sharon in 1992, the Amati Ensemble is composed of a core group of internationally acclaimed artists.
The Salzburg Soloists was founded in 1979 by the violinist Luz Leskowitz with the aim of bringing together highly qualified young soloists and chamber-musicians.
A world premiere recording, made in 2007.
Artists:
· Gil Sharon, violin
· Yael Barolsky, violin
· Luz Leskowitz, violin
· Tatjana Issaenkova, violin
· Ron Ephrat, viola
· Elena Issaenkova, viola
· Petr Prause, cello
· Uwe Hirth-Schmidt, cello
· Mette Hanskov, double-bass
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