There are happy and shapely performances of all three concertos here, but the particular delight is that of the latest and greatest of them, the Clarinet Concerto, which Wolfgang Meyer plays on a basset clarinet – that is, an instrument with an extension allowing it to add four semitones at the bottom of its compass. Wolfgang Meyer cl Hans-Peter Westermann ob Robert Wolf fl Naoko Yoshino hp Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt Listen to extracts from each of the recordings in our 'Mozart: Great Recordings' playlist on Apple Music.Ĭlarinet Concerto. The list is organised by genre, beginning with orchestral works, then moving though chamber, instrumental, vocal and opera. III.Following the overwhelming popularity of our lists of the 50 greatest Beethoven, Bach, Chopin and Handel recordings, we have now gathered 50 of the finest recordings of Mozart's music – Gramophone Award-winning albums, Recordings of the Month and Editor's Choice discs, from legendary performers like Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Benjamin Britten to modern masters like John Butt and Alina Ibragimova. Rondeau: Andante Grazioso - Allegro Ma Non TroppoĪdagio for Violin and Orchestra in E Major, K261 Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C Major, K373 Rondeau: Allegro - Andante - Allegretto - Tempo Primo Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B-flat Major, K269 Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C, K373Īdagio for Violin and Orchestra in E, K261 Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B flat, K269 Like the many Faust recordings on harmonia mundi, add this 2 CD Mozart Concerto set to the list of superlative releases.
The recording gives you all the drama and pathos, just as Mozart intended.įaust's “Sleeping Beauty” 1704 Stradivarius sounds superb on the newly commissioned cadenzas by Andreas Staier, one of Harmonia mundi’s eminent musical scholars. The orchestra sounds completely natural and Faust's sound is sweetly effortless.
Whether delicate or earthy, the recording captures Faust's bowing and dynamics and those of the orchestra. These are glorious works, played for all they're worth. I don't subscribe to Mozart as the snotty nosed virtuoso, composing for the hell of it. You'll be carried on flawless balances, gorgeous melodies and beautiful harmonies. Her Mozart, the most difficult of composers to play, sounds beautiful. But it's no wonder the best conductors want to work with her. Her musicianship is always in service of the music. Rhythms never flag and the cadences are beautifully balanced.įaust's playing is delightful throughout. Conductor Giovanni Antonini keeps things moving. Everything is perfectly weighted underneath the glorious solo playing.
The Mozart accompaniments are primarily strings, oboes and horns. And like the Staatskapelle on the recent DG, are gloriously recorded. Or Batiashvili! So, Mozart's splendid orchestrations will not sound like the Mozarteum Orchestra (not that that's a bad thing). Discussion about the recent Lisa Batiashvili Tchaikovsky/Sibelius recording reviewed in Audiophilia suggests that most new recordings use a journeyman orchestra to save money. Here, we have period accompanists in the form of I'll Giardino Armonico. Her repertoire choices always have a musical angle - not for effects sake, but for what turns out to be supremely musical choices. Isabelle Faust is one of the most probing and intellectual violinists before the public. What we are left with is a well nigh flawless set of Concertos that are a perfect musical foil for violin virtuosos. Of course, Mozart always challenged convention and as the numbers of the Concertos increased, so did the complexity and sophistication. They served as the Archbishop's Salzburg reception music. He was not even 15 years old when he began composing the first. There are five brilliant concertos for violin, all composed before Mozart was 19. So, how does it work for her recording of Mozart's Salzburg Violin Concertos?
21st Century fiddling, baroque bowing at times and HIP practice. Her modern violin playing with original instrumental groups such as the accompanying band here, Il Giardino Armonico. I like the way violinist Isabelle Faust mix and matches her accompaniments on her wonderful recordings.
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