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Mozart - Dans un bois solitaire... / Pierlot, Allard, Devémy, et al

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Composer
MOZART, W. A.
Artist
Pierlot, Allard, Devemy, Grimaud, Joachim, Oubradous
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Sep 01, 2007
Catalog #
ALPHA800
UPC
3760014198007

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MOZART Symphonie concertante, K 297b. 1 Quintet for Piano and Winds, K 452. 2 Oboe Concerto, K 314. 3 Dans un bois solitaire. 4 An Chloe. 5 Die Verschweigung 6 • Fernand Oubradous, cond; 1 Arthur Goldschmidt, cond; 3 O des Concerts Lamoureux; 1,3 Pierre Pierlot (ob); 1,2,3 Pierre Lefebvre (cl); 1 Jean Devémy (hn); 1,2 Maurice Allard (bn); 1,2 Irène Joachim (sop); 4,5,6 Yvette Grimaud (pn); 2 Ludwig Bergmann (pn); 4,5 Jean Germain (pn) 6 • ALPHA 800 (75:23)


Behind this imposing stack of headnotes is a historic collection of Mozart performances, made between 1938 (the first two songs) and 1951, and taken from the archives of Radio France. As must be clear, those were difficult years for music, and for life itself, in France. In the notes, Yvette Grimaud remembers that the Quintet recording was made (in 1948) when she was eating one meal a day. No one quite knew how the music they were making was going to be issued, and no one spoke about money. No one in fact spoke; they communicated through music, and seemed otherwise dumfounded.


So this is a holy recording to her. It is also eloquent, though not perfect. One hears in the first movement of the Piano Quintet the elegance of the winds, the sensitivity of the pianist, but one also hears Grimaud rush through several phrases, perhaps to give the sense of lightness, but disconcerting nonetheless. And one hears a prominent fluff by the usually impeccable horn, Jean Devémy. (There was of course no possibility of fixing such minor gaffes.) I find those problems more than compensated for by the beauty of the slow movement, in which horns and piano play with what Grimaud calls “serene amplitude.”


The Oboe Concerto and Symphonie concertante, featuring many of the same musicians, are similarly satisfying, though the sound of the concerto seems unnecessarily distant for a recording made, even on 78s, in 1951. I am less taken with the tremulous singing of Irène Joachim: she sounds a bit like the oboists of old, wavering and Victorian.


This is a collection for wind enthusiasts, I conclude, and as such, historically interesting as well as musically satisfying.


FANFARE: Michael Ullman

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 12:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    12:20
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Maurice Allard, Jean Devemy, P. Lefebvre, Pierre Pierlot
    Ensemble
    Fernand Oubradous Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fernand Oubradous
  2. 2 II. Adagio 08:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    08:45
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Maurice Allard, Jean Devemy, P. Lefebvre, Pierre Pierlot
    Ensemble
    Fernand Oubradous Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fernand Oubradous
  3. 3 III. Andantino con variazioni 07:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andantino con variazioni
    Duration
    07:50
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Maurice Allard, Jean Devemy, P. Lefebvre, Pierre Pierlot
    Ensemble
    Fernand Oubradous Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Fernand Oubradous
  4. 4 I. Largo - Allegro moderato 07:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Largo - Allegro moderato
    Duration
    07:20
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Maurice Allard, Ulysse Delecluse, Jean Devemy, Yvette Grimaud, Pierre Pierlot
  5. 5 II. Larghetto 06:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Maurice Allard, Ulysse Delecluse, Jean Devemy, Yvette Grimaud, Pierre Pierlot
  6. 6 III. Rondo: Allegretto 05:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Maurice Allard, Ulysse Delecluse, Jean Devemy, Yvette Grimaud, Pierre Pierlot
  7. 7 I. Allegro aperto 06:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro aperto
    Duration
    06:23
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Pierre Pierlot
    Conductor
    Arthur Goldschmidt
  8. 8 II. Adagio non troppo 05:54
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio non troppo
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Pierre Pierlot
    Conductor
    Arthur Goldschmidt
  9. 9 III. Rondo: Allegretto 05:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Pierre Pierlot
    Conductor
    Arthur Goldschmidt
  10. 10 Dans un bois solitaire, K. 308 03:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    Dans un bois solitaire, K. 308
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Ludwig Bergmann, Irene Joachim
  11. 11 An Chloe, K. 524 03:04
    Track
    11
    Title
    An Chloe, K. 524
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Ludwig Bergmann, Irene Joachim
  12. 12 Die Verschweigung, K. 518 03:00
    Track
    12
    Title
    Die Verschweigung, K. 518
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Jean Germain, Irene Joachim