Mozart: Complete Music for Flute

1. Sonata for violin & piano No. 5 in B flat major, K. 10
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Marc Grauwels , Guy Penson , Guy Penson , Jan Sciffer

2. Sonata for violin & piano No. 6 in G major, K. 11
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Marc Grauwels , Guy Penson , Guy Penson , Jan Sciffer

3. Sonata for violin & piano No. 7 in A major, K. 12
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Marc Grauwels , Guy Penson , Guy Penson , Jan Sciffer

4. Sonata for violin & piano No. 8 in F major, K. 13
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Marc Grauwels , Guy Penson , Guy Penson , Jan Sciffer

5. Sonata for violin & piano No. 9 in C major, K. 14
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Marc Grauwels , Guy Penson , Guy Penson , Jan Sciffer

6. Sonata for violin & piano No. 10 in B flat major, K. 15
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Marc Grauwels , Guy Penson , Guy Penson , Jan Sciffer

7. Quartet for flute, violin, viola & cello, No. 1 in D major, K. 285
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Brussels Virtuosi with Paul de Clerck , Luc Dewez , Ulka Gorniak , Marc Grauwels , Dennis James

8. Quartet for flute, violin, viola & cello, No. 2 in G major (K. 285a)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Brussels Virtuosi with Paul de Clerck , Luc Dewez , Ulka Gorniak , Marc Grauwels , Dennis James

9. Quartet for flute, violin, viola & cello, No. 3 in C major, K. Anh. 171 (K. 285b)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Brussels Virtuosi with Paul de Clerck , Luc Dewez , Ulka Gorniak , Marc Grauwels , Dennis James

10. Quartet for flute, violin, viola & cello, No. 4 in A major, K. 298
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Brussels Virtuosi with Paul de Clerck , Luc Dewez , Ulka Gorniak , Marc Grauwels , Dennis James

11. Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola & cello in C minor, K. 617
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Brussels Virtuosi with Paul de Clerck , Luc Dewez , Ulka Gorniak , Marc Grauwels , Dennis James

12. Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313 (K. 285c)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Marc Grauwels , Giselle Herbert , les Violons du Roy de Quebec
Conducted by Bernard Labadie

13. Andante for flute & orchestra in C major, K. 315 (K. 285e)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Marc Grauwels , Giselle Herbert , les Violons du Roy de Quebec
Conducted by Bernard Labadie

14. Concerto for flute, harp & orchestra in C major, K. 299 (K. 297c)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Marc Grauwels , Giselle Herbert , les Violons du Roy de Quebec
Conducted by Bernard Labadie

Tracks:

Symphony No. 25 In G Minor, (1st Movement)
Stabat Mater; Quando Corpus Morietur And Amen
Bubak And Hungaricus
Serenade For Winds, (3rd Movment)
The Abduction From The Seraglio, (Turkish...)
The Abduction From The Seraglio (Chorus Of...)
Caro Mio Bene
Mass In C Minor
Concerto For Flute And Harp, (2nd Movement)
Concerto For Two Pianos, (3rd Movement)

Tracks:

Symphony No. 29 In A, (1st Movemnet, Allegro Mod.)
Piano Concerto In E Flat, (3rd Movement)
The Marriage Of Figaro, Act III, Ecco La Marcia
The Marriage Of Figaro, Act IV, Ah Tutti Contenti
Axur, Finale
Piano Concerto In D Minor, (1st Movement)
Zaide; Aria, Rhue Sanft
Don Giovanni, Act II, Commendatore Scene
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Serenade, (1st Movement)

Tracks:

Symphonie Concertante, (1st Movement)
Masonic Funeral Music
The Magic Flute, Overture
The Magic Flute, Aria (No. 14), Queen Of The Night
Six German Dances
Introitus, (Orchestral Introduction)
Dies Irae
Rex Tremendae Majestatis
Confutatis
Lacrymosa
Piano Concerto In D Minor, (2nd Movement) Romanza

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Director Milos Forman's rewarding 1984 film adaptation of playwright Peter Shaffer's Tony-winning play won no fewer than 10 Academy Awards (including Best Film, Best Actor, and Best Director); only Wolfgang himself (and his filmic counterpart, Tom Hulce) seemed to get overlooked by the Academy. This expanded three-disc set contains all of Sir Neville Marriner's crisp, accurate readings of the excerpted Mozart symphonies, concertos, serenades, and operas (including marvelous portions of The Abduction of Seraglio, Don Giovanni, and The Magic Flute) used in the film. The success of Amadeus spurred a long-overdue renaissance of interest in classical music, and one would be hard-pressed to find a richer, more concise introduction to the intoxicating music and frustrating bundle of moral contradictions that was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Mozart for everyone!.......2007-07-20

Unlike an in depth study of his genius, this is a very well put together sampler of Mozart. Performance and sound quality are both excellent. The non Mozart selections included in the set are also very enjoyable. My only wish is that the 3 disc set were a 10 disc set. Enjoy

"Genius".......2007-02-02

This is a GREAT CD! It has wonderful music from the movie "Amadaeus" which is the BEST movie ever! This music is so fine that it lifts your heart into happiness when you listen to it. You can just tell immediately that this is "the voice of God". And for one man to make such wonderful music in a flash, its just pure genius.

Thanks to the wonderful music that a talented man has brought to us.

A true celebration of Mozart's music.......2006-10-22

I think it was at age 12 when I first saw Amadeus, and I remember immediately asking for a recording of the Requiem (a bit of sombre for a 12-year old I know, but just to demonstrate the impact of the piece..), but I think it wasn't until the third time that I saw the film (at age 30, if you were wondering) that something hit me; It's hard to say why only now (maturity?), since I've always loved Mozart's music and have already owned several recordings of the Requiem, Bohm's 35-41 symphonies and Arthur Grumiaux's wonderful violin concertos with the Sinfonia Concertante. But appreciating the movie as an adult was a different experience, recognizing what a fabulous work Marriner and his Academy have done by delivering so successfully what Mozart was all about. I think that the brilliance of this recording is that it succeeds in providing Mozart's essence through emphasis on the hidden gems of his music, while avoiding being another banal "Greatest Hits" compilation; and sewing together such a diverse array of pieces so gracefully into one recording is not a trivial task, but in Marriner's case it seems completely flawless - because what holds all the pieces here together is what this music is all about - grace, beauty, humor and love.

This needs to have a 10 star rating!.......2006-01-20

There are many great composers, but Wolfie's music is just incredible. There are a few of his operas that I don't care for but most of it is pure bliss to listen to. Do yourself a huge favor and purchase this CD or the gold extended version. You won't be sorry-unless you don't have any taste. In which case, there is nothing the rest of us can do to help you. But the local pharmacist might. . .

Top-Chart Album of the 80's That Made Classical Music Sell !!.......2005-07-31

In 1984, Milos Forman's film Amadeus, based on the hit Broadway play by Peter Schaffer, made it to the big screen with resounding success nationwide. When the soundtrack was released, it was a top seller and even found itself selling as much as such popular 80's artists as Madonna. The music from this well-made film, mostly Mozart but used some Classical-Era works by Salieri, Pergolesi and Salieri- hooked young people into classical music when they might have otherwise never given it a chance.

In the film, Mozart's music is used for dramatic effect and for ambiance. Vienna in the 1780's was the home of a blooming musical scene that would later see the likes of Beethoven. This musical kingdom is well captured in the soundtrack, which features tantalizing excerpts from Mozart's most illustrious works. The film opens to the frenzied, dark strains of the 1st movement of the 25th Symphony, as a crazed Salieri is taken from his home to a mental asylum after an attempted suicide. It goes on to use the religious music of Pergolesi Ave Verum and Amen - boys chorus as Salieri contemplates a life of chastity and dedication to music if God grants him talent. Then we leave Salieri's world of spirituality and desire for fame when we are introduced to the young Mozart. The Serenade for Winds "Gran Partita" is heard - an oboe, clarinets, "like a rusty squeezebox" and fills the air with sublime serenity. This coming from a composer who began his career at the age of 4 who was already trained in piano and violin, and who in his teens composed symphonies and operas. Salieri's works are no longer heard as Mozart's brilliant music takes over the score. We hear breathaking slices of his famous operas in chronologically composed order- the German opera Abduction From The Seraglio which was composed for the soprano Katerina Cavalieri (who has a fling wit Mozart and whom Salieri desired for himself), Figaro's Wedding and Finale from Le Nozze Di Figaro and the dramatic Commandatore Dinner Scene from Don Giovanni, and lastly the Queen of the Night Aria and Papageno's Aria from his enchanting and spiritual work The Magic Flute. Further to these famous works, which also include the Piano Concerto in D No. 20- which prefigured Romantic piano concertos of Beethoven flair, and the Eine Kleine Nachtmusiz which is Mozart's most famous tune and signature theme, we are treated to rare works in Mozart's ouevre. This includes the Masonic Funeral March, a funeral piece Mozart wrote for his fellow Masons. Divertimenti is heard in a latter scene in which Mozart's wife Constanza escapes her woes with Mozart and indulges in a spa. Chamber works, the heartwarming Flute concerto and even the rare Salieri opera Axur (then considered the greatest opera ever made, according to Emperor Joseph) all make up for a great recording album. This album now exists in extended form for the Bicentennial. The movie is a perfect companion to this album.

Most Relaxing Guitar Music in the Universe

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Don't buy it
Certainly NOT Relaxing
On the mark
NIce Collection!
the most annoying guitar cd in the universe

Most Relaxing Guitar Music in the Universe

Manufacturer: Denon Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007M220C
Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

Folk Song: Romance
Barros: La Catedral
Albeniz: Mallorca
Tarrega: Recuerdos al Alhambra
Chopin: Waltz in E Minor
Schubert: The Fisherwoman
Sanz: Canarios
Sor: Variations on a Theme of Mozart
Moreno-Torroba: Nocturno
Sor: Introductions and Variations on the "Malbroug" Air
Schubert: Aufenthalt
Moreno-Torroba: Arada
Sor: Fantasie Elegiaque

Tracks:

Rodrigo: Romance de Durandarte
Turina: Sonata, Andante
Yoshimatsu: Atom Hearts Club Duo, Andante
Albeniz: Evocacion from Suite "Iberia"
Schubert: Standchen
Sor: Menuett, Op. 11 No. 4
Abt: Agathe
Mudarra: Fantasia X
Schubert: Lob der Thranen
Coste: Grande Serenade
Mertz: Liebeslied from "Bardenklange"
Turina: Homenaje a Tarrega
Chopin: Nocturne in E Major
Bach: Paritta No. 2, Chaconne

Album Description

Relaxing, romantic music for solo guitar perfect for daydreaming your stress away!

Customer Reviews:

Don't buy it.......2007-02-11

Ok. The guitar players are good. But there is so much extra noise such as heavy breathing, the guitarist moving around etc. in many of the pieces. I am only somewhat being humerous when I say I am suprised you don't hear the guitarist belching or passing gas! It is a very, very irritating recording of good guitarists.

Certainly NOT Relaxing.......2006-08-04

This CD would get an average rating if it was merely titled "The World's greatest guitar music". However, this CD is supposed to be "relaxing". Well, it most certainly is NOT. Some of the pieces literally sound like soundtracks to a movie thriller.

Very misleading title to an otherwise pretty good collection of Spanish guitar ballads. If you are looking for something to relax or sleep to, look elsewhere.

On the mark.......2006-02-25

From the time I first attended a John Williams concert 40 years ago, I have been a collector of Spanish / Classical guitar music. I often play, on a Ramirez, some of the tunes on these two disks. The selections are wonderful examples of the world's greatest guitar music. I actually take naps while listening to these cd's. The guitarists are excellent; I only wish Denon had listed their artists.

NIce Collection!.......2005-11-12

I listen to a lot of classical guitar (and other stringed instrument) music, and I like this collection. It draws on an unusually wide range of guitar compositions, which is a plus, and it's well produced, with good sound and balance - I think it's a better than average collection.

the most annoying guitar cd in the universe.......2005-06-26

makes me want to stick needles into my eyeballs for relief.....i would recommend buying this for a mother-in-law you don't like...otherwise, save your money

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The classical heritage

Music of Spain

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Release Date: 2005-09-06

Customer Reviews:

The classical heritage .......2006-04-16

The visible embellishment of this noble instrument was enriched still more by the Spanish composers, who following the traces of his contemporaries. In the case of Fernando Sor, Haydn was his musical guide, where as Aguado, could establish himself with major vehemence, due its particular style, based in the notable right-hand articulation, eschewed the classical patterns, being able to print his own music a flamboyant and refined character.

In the particular case of Fernando Sor, we have a wisdom blending of the counterpoint technique, an evocative mood from his own that, added the well known influence of the Italian composers (Domenico Cimarrosa and Giovanni Batista Pergolesi) and his beloved love for the Operatic genre, allowed him to enrich still more the lyrical possibilities of the guitar. Besides, unlike Nicolo Paganini, for instance fortunately did not transform the guitar in a simple device to show his overwhelming gifts. He used the guitar to play music, on the opposite approach of Paganini who used the music as mere device to play his instrument.

In the guitar genre there has not been most deserved and superb tribute to Mozart that this Variations Op. 9 based on a motive of The most famous Mozart ?s Magic Flute. Loaded of such imaginative freshness and enraptured inspiration you may notice that one of the Variations conserves an undeniable Italian flavor; this is one of the most beloved hidden treasures the guitar can offers us, which raise with special charm in the hands of this formidable soloist.

Aguado on the contrary acquired due his personal state of things, a notable adroitness who excelled by far, to Sor, so his musical approaches rode in opposite directions, trying to exploit at maximum levels the technical possibilities of the instrument.

Julian Bream makes a colossal tribute to both composers in this egregious and golden album.

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Great collection, value
A great way to get Mozart's concertos
A great set of Mozart concertos
Excellent - Worth Every Penny!
Highly enjoyable

Complete Wind Concertos
Mozart , and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000065TV1
Release Date: 2002-06-11

Customer Reviews:

Great collection, value.......2007-05-31

This is a really neat collection of the Mozart wind concertos. I really like the Sinfonia Concertante and Bassoon Concertos. The bassoonist here does a fantastic job with that concerto; he is matched only be Thuneman and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. The cadenza for said concerto is also interesting, and provided some inspiration for my own cadenza when I performed the work.

Overall this CD is a MUST HAVE, most particularly for the performances, but also because it is pretty cheap for such great music.

A great way to get Mozart's concertos.......2005-11-11

This set of three discs is a great, economical way to fill out your collection of Mozart concertos. Contained are good to excellent versions of all 4 horn concertos, the three works featuring flute, the fine clarinet concerto and the early bassoon and oboe concertos. The digitally recorded sound is very clear if occasionally dry and the balance between soloists and orchestra is quite natural. Many times, particularly with the flute works, on other recordings the soloist ends up being unnaturally favored but not so here.

The Sinfonia Concertante which opens the collection is a delightful work even if it is not actually a Mozart composition -- which it almost certainly is not. The Clarinet soloist in the clarinet concerto plays beutifully and I think rivals Leister's great work with Karajan. The four horn concertos are fine even if the soloists are not quite at the level of the famous Brain recordings. The Bassoon and Oboe soloists are truly excellent and these are the best versions of these pieces I have yet heard.

This collection can be recommended highly.

A great set of Mozart concertos.......2005-09-01

This set is an excellent value. 212 minutes of Mozart's music at a very modest price. And what music! The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra does a superb job.

The first disc begins with the Sinfonia Concertante for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra. Next is one of Mozart's last works, the beautiful Clarinet Concerto. Charles Neidich is the soloist, on basset clarinet, and his technique is simply the best. I also like his cadenzas very much. By the way, the use of the basset clarinet makes this concerto so much better! It was indeed written for the basset clarinet, which goes four half-notes lower than a normal A clarinet, and five half-notes lower than a normal B-flat clarinet. And the disc finishes with an Andante for Flute and Orchestra, with Susan Palma on the flute.

The second disc has the famous four horn concertos. William Purvis is the soloist for concertos 2 and 3 (playing his own cadenzas, of course). David Jolley solos for concertos 1 and 4. Purvis does a fine job, and I like Jolley even more. The disc also has a very nice recording of an early Mozart work, the bassoon concerto (written when Mozart was 18). Frank Morelli is the solist here, and offers us nice cadenzas too.

The final disc begins with the Oboe concerto, where we get Randall Wolfgang as the soloist (playing his own cadenza). Then we hear the Flute concerto, followed by the Flute and Harp concerto. Susan Palma is the flute soloist on both of these, and she plays her own impressive array of cadenzas. Nancy Allen does a great job on the harp on the latter piece.

I highly recommend this set of discs.

Excellent - Worth Every Penny!.......2004-08-19

I have heard all these pieces and even played some myself over the years and thought that this was an excellent collection of Mozart's wind concerti. You really get to see the development of this prodigy from his teens (bassoon concerto) to his late 30s, the clarinet concerto was one of his last crowning pieces.

The oboe and bassoon concerti were both delightful and the "clicking" of the keys mentioned by another reviewer are the limitations of the instruments. I'm an oboist and all oboes and bassoons make this noise. I don't find it distracting at all. If you hear it, think of it as an percussive accompaniment. :-) I thought the bassoon concerto to be one of the best interpretations yet and the oboe concerto was confident and bright.

The Sinfonia Concertante (one of my original reasons for purchasing the set) was delightfully balanced and playful - a definite pleasure.

The flute concerto and andante were both fun to listen to as well as the concerto for flute and harp. The horn concerti are always joyful and are a nice balance to all the woodwind (technically-speaking) music.

The clarinet concerto was indeed lovely and played on a basset clarinet so there were some richer tones than when it's played on a typical 'A' clarinet. Superb.

I thought all the concerti had wonderful cadenzas and the orchestra was excellently balanced against the soloists. This is a CD collection that you will never regret and will feed your soul.

Highly enjoyable.......2004-06-02

Mozart wind concertos may not rank among his finest and deepest works, but they indeed show that a master is at work. It is difficult to judge a whole set, and you may probably find some better versions of this music, but I think that this recording deserves some praise. The performings from both the soloists and the orchestra are solid, stylish and virtuosistic. To name an example I consider the clarinet concerto to be one of the best achievements here. The slow movement is just a miracle of beauty, and at one point the soloist leads the orchestra to an incredible pianissimo nuance, so soft and delicate that you may be afraid of breathing. Mozart's music is just so beautiful that instead of writing about it we should just listen and enjoy. Moreover the price is very attractive, so no excuses!

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Outstanding music and great value!!
Excellent
Very Highly Recommended

Guitarra española

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0000B09Z5
Release Date: 2004-03-09

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding music and great value!!.......2006-04-02

Narciso Yepes is my favorite classical guitarist. I was delighted to hear a couple guitar concertos I had never heard before. Ohana, Bacarisse, and Ruiz-Pipo were great discoveries. Again, Yepes is the BEST. Strongly recommended.

Excellent.......2005-08-22

The late Narciso Yepes is perhaps my favorite guitarist- Spanish or otherwse. With each of his recordings there is the sense of a madman, master, and poet at one with his instrument. I recently purchased "Guitarra espagnola" and have found endless enjoyment listening critically and as background while I work. This is the perfect "not background music" background music to play when you have guests. You and your guests will find yourself withdrawing from lively conversations to enjoy a poignant, sweet, or sinister moment with the music. This is a compilation of recordings from the past 20 to 30 years. The compositions span from the 17th to 20th century. The quality of the recordings is very good but at times varied. The availability of the compilation is very limited. Get it while you can! I also recommend Alirio Diaz and John Williams.

Very Highly Recommended.......2004-05-08

I cannot recommend this retrospective of just a small amount of Yepes's work highly enough.

No matter what popular and lay opinions may be about Williams, Bream, Segovia, and others, the greatest classical guitarist of the 20th century was Narciso Yepes. It is a pity and a shame that the fear of the older generation of guitarists and their associates made Yepes a marginal figure.

He was a consummate technician and a knowledgeable interpreter of all musical idioms from the Middle Ages through to the height of the 20th Century avant-garde. His playing was characterized by intelligence, sensibility, clarity, power, majesty, poetry, and a devilish ability to separate and sustain contrapuntal lines.

In this box of 5 CDs you will find the definitive performance of Rodrigo's now famous "Aranjuez" concerto, which, incidentally, was first recorded and made famous by Yepes. There are also 2 CDs with rare concertos by Salvador Bacarisse, Antonio Ruiz-Pipo, and Maurice Ohana.

The other 3 CD's contain generally the best performances of the canon of solo guitar works that you are likely to find. The composers include Sanz, Mudarra, Narvaez, Soler, Sor, Albeniz, Granados, Tarrega, De Falla, Turina, Bacarisse, Rodrigo, Llobet, Pujol, Moreno Torroba, Montsalvatge, Ohana, and Ruiz-Pipo.

Every guitarist and every lover of the instrument should own this set. If it is not available, also refer to a similar box set with the ASIN number B00006L6RN or another B000026ZRL.

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Gramophone "Top 100 Recording"

Mozart: The Complete Quintets, Vol. 2

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String Quintet In E Flat, KV 614 For 2 Violins, 2 Violas And Cello: 4. Allegro
Adagio And Rondo In C, KV 617 For Glass Harmonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola And Cello: Adagio
Adagio And Rondo In C, KV 617 For Glass Harmonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola And Cello: Rondo

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Mozart really liked the number 5. Aside from the group of six string quartets dedicated to Haydn, just about all of his greatest chamber works are quintets, and some of them are very unusual too. This particular set contains three magnificent late string quintets, the ever popular Clarinet Quintet, and weirdly wonderful Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola and Cello. A glass harmonica, by the way, is a set of water-filled glasses that you set spinning and play with moistened fingertips. It was invented (or at least perfected) by Benjamin Franklin, and was wildly popular in Mozart's day, particularly among amateur female performers. An excellent collection in every respect. --David Hurwitz

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Gramophone "Top 100 Recording".......2005-03-27

In addition to the masterpiece G-minor Quintet (K.516), this second volume contains several other significant works. Most notably is the masterpiece Clarinet Quintet (K.581), a highly-angular Adagio/Fugue in rare key of C-minor, Mozart's last chamber composition (string quintet K.614) and a unique, late work for the unusual "glass harmonica". The two pieces for glass harmonica (basically, an invention of rotating glass bowls that ping when struck) are gentle, etherial compositions that Mozart wrote just before his death for a blind virtuoso of this unusual instrument (hence the late Kochel number K. 617). They are quite unique compositions in all of classical music. Equally dreamy in tone is the much-loved Clarinet Quintet (K581) with Brymer that is much better than many other versions I have heard. (But, there are several beautiful recordings of this work). Hearing its radient, soaring autumnal textures, one is not surprised to learn that Mozart absolutely adored the clarinet and writing to its wide and expressive sonorities.

It is nearly universally agreed that Mozart's string quintets not only surpassed his earlier "Haydn" quartets but are amoung his finest chamber compositions - and in the entire clasical repertoire for that matter. Particularly, the late string quintets, K515 & 516, are thought to be Mozart's pinnacle chamber compositions. One will be hard pressed to find finer recordings of Mozart's magnificant string quintets than these by the legendary Grumiaux Trio (+ Lesueur and Gerecz to round out the quintet). Their landmark recordings here are cited in nearly every major review as a truly exceptional example of the art of chamber music playing. The major reviewers/guides (Gramophone, Jim Svejda, Penguin and Third Ear) all give them the highest accolades, while Gramophone notes that, "This edition belongs in the pantheon of Great Mozart recordings." In addition, Gramophone awarded the String Quintets here their highest award - one of the "Top 100 Recordings of All Time" - which is recognition about as high as you can get in the music world. Their playing are supremely lush, galantly poised and tonally opulant - serving this special niche of Mozart's output honorably. Grumiaux really sets a standard for the ages of how to play Mozart, and such perfection of style is seen in these works (as in much of his Mozart recordings.

Equally, the recorded sound of the highest clarity (as usual for Philips). Philip's Quintets I and II is an absolutely superb, timeless set of four CD's that contain some of the creme of the classical chamber repertoire. Having all the Quintets on four CD's is of great value - as is the DUO "twofer" price. Chamber enthusiasts will want to get both Vol.I and II as each set contains 2-3 major works that are amongst Mozart's most prized chamber compositions. A wonderful investment in history and music that will never go out of style.

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Very good material, so pleasent

Masters of the Guitar

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ASIN: B0007CEXO0
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

Allemande - Andreas Segovia
Bouree - Andres Segovia
Canarios - Alexandre Lagoya
Sonata In E Major - Alexandre Lagoya & Ida Presti
Variations On A Theme By Mozart - John Williams
Romanza: Piu Tosto Largo. - Edardo Fernandeaz
Sevilla - Angel Romero
Asturias (Leyenda) - Narciso Yepes
Spanish Dance No. 5, Op. 37 'Andaluza' - Pepe Romero
Recuerdos De La Alhambra - Narciso Yepes
Garrotin - Julian Bream
Soleares - Julian Bream
Preludio. Lento - Goran Sollscher
Andante Solemne - Goran Sollscher
Allegretto - Goran Sollscher
Una Limosna Por El Amor De Dios - Alexander-Sergei Ramierez
Valse Criollo - John Williams
Homenaje 'Le Tombeau De Debussy' - Julian Bream
Cacion De Cuna (Berceuse) - Goran Sollscher
Etude No. 1 For Guitar In E Minor - John Williams
Choro No. 1 - Eduardo Fernandez
Ayer Y Hoy (Guajiras) - Paco Pena

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(Allegro Giusto) - Goran Sollscher
Largo - Goran Sollscher
Allegro - Goran Sollscher
Allegro Maestoso - Eduardo Fernandez
Andante Siciliano - Eduardo Fernandez
Alla Polacca - Eduardo Fernandez
Villano Y Ricercare (Adagietto/Andante Moderato) - Andres Seovia
Espanoleta Toques De La Caballeria De Napoles - Andres Seovia
Danza De Las Hachas (Allegro Con Brio) - Andres Seovia
Canario (Allegro Ma Non Troppo) - Andres Seovia
Allegro Con Spirito - Pepe Romero Christine Pendrill
Adagio - Pepe Romero Christine Pendrill
Allegro Gentile - Pepe Romero Christine Pendrill

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Very good material, so pleasent.......2007-07-24

I was looking for a music that give a little peace when I'm so stress and I got the solution, the Masters of the Guitar.

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Mozart: The Complete Masonic Music

Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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Mozart: The Freemason Musics
Masonic Music
Mozart: FriemaurerKantaten
Freemasonry: A Journey Through Ritual and Symbol (Art & Imagination)
Meaning of Masonry

ASIN: B000001K33
Release Date: 1992-11-09

Tracks:

Psalm 129: 'De Profundis Clamavi' For Mixed Choir And Orchestra, K. 93 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Lied: 'O Heiliges Band Der Freundschaft' For Tenor And Piano, K. 148 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Granduale: 'Sancta Maria, Mater Dei' For Mixed Choir And Orchestra, K. 273 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Canonic Adagio In F Major For 2 Bassett Horns And Bassoon, K. 410 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio In B Flat Major For 2 Clarinets And 3 Bassett Horns, K. 411 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cantata: 'Dir, Seele Des Weltalls' For Boy Soprano, Male Choir And Orchestra, K. 429 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Gesellenreise Freimaurerlied: 'Die Ihr Einem Neuen Grade' For Tenor And Organ, K 468 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cantata: 'Die Maurerfreude' For Tenor, Male Choir And Orchestra, K. 471 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Maurerische Trauermusik ('Masonic Funeral Music') For Orchestra, K. 477 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Lied: 'Zerfliesset Heut', Geliebte Bruder' For Tenor, Male Choir And Organ, K. 483 - W.A. Mozart
Lied: 'Ilr Unsre Neuen Leiter' For Tenor, Male Choir And Organ, K. 484 - W.A. Mozart
Adagio And Fugue In C Minor For String Quartet, K. 586 - W.A. Mozart
Adagio And Rondo In C Minor - Major For Flute, Oboe, Viola, Cello, And Celesta, K. 617 - W.A. Mozart
Motet: 'Ave Verum Corpus' For Mixed Choir And Orchestra, K. 618 - W.A. Mozart
Cantata: 'Die Ihr Des Unermesslichen Weltalls Schopfer Ehrt' For Tenor And Piano, K. 619 - W.A. Mozart
Eine Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate: 'Laut Verkunde Unsre Freude' For 2 Tenors, Baritone, Male Choir And Orchestra, K. 623 - W.A. Mozart
Anhang Zum Schluss Der Freimauerloge: Lasst Uns Mit Geschlungen Handen' For Male Choir And Organ, K. 623a - W.A. Mozart

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Excellent and unique.

Mozart: The Complete Wind Concerti

Manufacturer: Music Masters Jazz
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ASIN: B00000DMUZ
Release Date: 1998-11-10

Tracks:

Cl Con in A, K.622: Allegro - Eric Hoeprich
Cl Con in A, K.622: Adagio - Eric Hoeprich
Cl Con in A, K.622: Rondo: Allegro - Eric Hoeprich
Bn Con in B-flat. K.191: Allegro - Dennis Godburn
Bn Con in B-flat. K.191: Andante Ma Adagio - Dennis Godburn
Bn Con in B-flat. K.191: Rondo: Tempo Di Menuetto - Dennis Godburn
Ob Con in C, K.314: Allegro Aperto - March Schachman
Ob Con in C, K.314: Andante Ma Non Troppo - March Schachman
Ob Con in C, K.314: Allegro - March Schachman
Con in G, K.313: Allegro Maestoso - Sandra Miller
Con in G, K.313: Adagio Non Troppo - Sandra Miller
Con in G, K.313: Rondo (Tempo Di Menuetto) - Sandra Miller
Con in D, K.314: Allegro Aperto - Sandra Miller
Con in D, K.314: Andante Ma Non Troppo - Sandra Miller
Con in D, K.314: Allegro - Sandra Miller
Con in C, K.299: Allegro - Sandra Miller/Victoria Drake
Con in C, K.299: Andantino - Sandra Miller/Victoria Drake
Con in C, K.299: Rondo: Allegro - Sandra Miller/Victoria Drake
Con in E-flat, K.417: Allegro - R.J. Kelley
Con in E-flat, K.417: (Andante) - R.J. Kelley
Con in E-flat, K.417: Rondo-Allegro - R.J. Kelley
Con in E-flat, K.447: Allegro - R.J. Kelley
Con in E-flat, K.447: Romance-Larghetto - R.J. Kelley
Con in E-flat, K.447: Allegro - R.J. Kelley
Con in E-flat, K.495: Allegro Maestoso - R.J. Kelley
Con in E-flat, K.495: Romance-Andante Cantabile - R.J. Kelley
Con in E-flat, K.495: Rondo-Allegro Vivace - R.J. Kelley
Con in D, K.412: Allegro - R.J. Kelley
Con in D, K.412: Rondo-Allegro - R.J. Kelley
Con in E-flat, K.370b/371: (Allegro) - R.J. Kelley
Con in E-flat, K.370b/371: Rondo-Allegro - R.J. Kelley
Rondo-Allegro Of Con K.412: With Mozart's Written Comments To Leutgeb - R.J. Kelley
Sampler CD: Prld No.1 in C: The Well Tempered Clavier-Book I - Vladimir Feltsman
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Sampler CD: Qt in F, K.168-IV: Str Qts, Vol. IV - American Str Qt
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Sampler CD: Lost In The Stars: Lost In The Stars - Julius Rudel
Sampler CD: Appalachian Spring (Excerpt): Appalachian Spring - Dennis Russel Davies
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Sampler CD: Sym No.2-II: Mysterious Mountain - Dennis Russel Davies
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Sampler CD: Espana-Tango: Cantos De Espana: Songs Of Spain - The Newman & Oltman Gtr Duo
Sampler CD: Etudes, Op.10-No.5 in G flat: Cecile Licade Performs Chopin - Cecile Licad
Sampler CD: Le Tombeau De Couperin-IV: Two Stes: Gaspard De La Nuit And Le Tombeau De Couperin - Cecile Licad

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A triple cd set featuring world renowned virtuosi performing W.A. Mozart's Complete Wind Concerti.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent and unique........2006-09-30

This is one of the best collections of Mozart's wind concerti played on original instruments. Thomas Crawford's Orchestra of the Old Fairfield Academy plays with beauty, gorgeous tone, transparency, grace, enthusiasm and apparent love of the music. The soloists are without exception excellent, and play either on original instruments or (more commonly) on instruments reconstructed from period models. Sandra Miller does a wonderful job on the flute concerti (playing with a sweetness and love unusual in performances of these pieces), as does Marc Schachman on the oboe concerti and Dennis Godburn on the bassoon.

But special mention has to go to the two unique concerti groups in this release: the clarinet concerto and the horn concerti. For the clarinet concerto, soloist Eric Hoeprich reconstructed Mozart's original performance version for the bassett clarinet, and went so far as to build his own bassett clarinet based on an engraving of the one played by the concerto's original soloist, Anton Stadler. Not only does Hoeprich's instrument sound gorgeous and mellow, it permits him to play several passages an octave lower than we are used to hearing. The result is not only one of the most beautiful performances of this gorgeous piece I've heard, it is also one which, after the initial shock of hearing something unfamiliar, just sounds completely "right." Listening to other performances based on Mozarts' revision of the piece for standard clarinet, I am now aware of how Mozart had to split octaves on certain phrases and how much better it sounds in the original, "un-split" version. For this reason alone one should buy this set.

The horn concerti were also gone over, revised based on Mozart's autograph versions where available, and in some cases reconstructed and rescored by Mozart specialist Robert Levin. Levin has played improvisations on Mozart's piano pieces and he seems to have absorbed the composer's musical language and spirit to an astonishing degree. The pieces sound new and fresh, in many cases more "Mozartian" than the versions we've come to know (several of which involved revisions by Mozart's pupil Sussmayer -- I've got to say Levin seems to know Mozart better than Sussmayer did!). The performances by RJ Kelly and the orchestra are all first-rate. In addition, the disc includes a separate performance of the Rondo-Allegro to the Concerto K412 which includes Mozart's written running commentary of insults to the original soloist Joseph Luetgeb -- fun to listen to once at least.

I'm sorry to see this set is not as easily available as it once was. It really should be at the top of your list for all of these concerti. Buy it if you can find it.

Philippe Gaubert: Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 3

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Pleasant French Flute/Piano Music Mellifluously Played

Philippe Gaubert: Complete Works for Flute, Vol. 3

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ASIN: B000EBEGV4
Release Date: 2006-03-21

Tracks:

Soir Sur La Plaine
Orientale
Nocturne Et Allegro Scherzando
Nocturne Et Allegro Scherzando
Sicilienne
Romance
Invocation: Adagio
Menuet Vif Et Gigue: Legerement; Moderement
Non Troppo Vivo
Musette Vive: Presto
Minuet And Dance Of The Blessed Spirits: Lento Dolcissimo
Sostenuto
Andantino
Traumerei: Andante
Gavotte En Rondeau: Moderato
Sarabande: Larghetto
Moderato
Maestoso
Assez Lent
Moderato, Quasi Fantasia-Vif
Alla Barcarolla, Moderato
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Vif Et Joyeux
Moderato Quasi Allegretto

Customer Reviews:

Pleasant French Flute/Piano Music Mellifluously Played.......2006-05-27

If you're like me, you'd never heard of Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941). In his day he was a famous French flutist and conductor. For years he was the flute professor at the Paris Conservatoire. This is the third CD in a series of Gaubert's music featuring the Boston Symphony's second flutist, Fenwick Smith, himself a flute professor at the New England Conservatory. But it is the first issue to come my way. The contents of the CD include original pieces by Gaubert -- firmly in the by-then conservative and mostly dreamily lyrical French impressionist mold -- and a dozen never-before-recorded transcriptions for flute and piano of mostly very familiar works, e.g., the minuet from Boccherini's Quintet in E (known to many from its use in the Alec Guinness film, 'The Ladykillers'), Schumann's Träumerei, a Chopin prelude, a Schubert impromptu, etc.

All of the music is suavely played by Smith and his accompanist, pianist Sally Pinkas and it makes for a pleasant but hardly intellectually engaging 77 minutes. This is music to daydream to and one can hardly deny there is sometimes a need for that.

Scott Morrison

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