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W.A. Mozart

Gran Partita

»In both works the Berliners can stand alongside the finest performances in the catalogue, including the identical coupling from their counterparts from the Berlin Philharmonic (EMI, 5/06). For those wanting the music played on the kinds of instruments that Mozart himself knew, this beautifully recorded new version sweeps the field.«

Gramophone Magazine

»…et les variations montrent toute l’inventivité des interprètes en termes de caractère et d’articulation. L’Adagio se distingue par son ostinato quasi hypnotique et la remarquable balance entre les instruments et les registres.«

Diapason

»So kann man es den motivierten wie inspirierten Mitgliedern der Berliner Akademie für Alte Musik nicht hochgenug anrechnen, wie sie es verstehen, Spannung zu halten, transparent und trotzdem dicht zu musizieren, überhaupt: intelligente, witzige, geistvolle instrumentale Konversation zu machen.«

Rondo Magazin

»…the general effect of period instruments playing these glorious works is exhilaratingly clear-cut and vivid«

The Sunday Times

Works featured on the CD

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Gran Partita”

  • Serenade in B-flat major “Gran Partita,” KV 361, for two oboes, two clarinets, two basset horns, four horns, two bassoons, and double bass

  • Serenade in E-flat major, KV 375, for two oboes, two clarinets, two horns, and two bassoons

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Performance of the Gran Partita at Villa Elisabeth in Berlin in January 2020 © Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

The so‑called Harmoniemusiken enjoyed a rapid rise in popularity in the second half of the 18th century thanks to their entertaining and light‑hearted character. With the Gran Partita in particular, Mozart opened up entirely new expressive possibilities for wind music. For the listener, a gripping sonic panorama unfolds—one that encompasses the full cosmos of Viennese music of the time. Folk‑like charm and virtuosity, wit and depth, popular tunes and learned counterpoint come together here in an exceptionally artful and previously unheard way.

Also included on the CD is the Serenade in E‑flat major for eight instruments, Mozart’s own adaptation of a sextet he had originally composed. With the added oboe parts, the work gains new tonal colors. The Adagio—one of Mozart’s most beguiling slow movements—will sound familiar to many listeners: it anticipates the Countess’s cavatina “Porgi, amor” from Le nozze di Figaro. 

Released on
harmonia mundi, 2021