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Mozart: Flute Quartets / Galway, Tokyo String Quartet
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Mozart: Flute Quartets / Galway, Tokyo String Quartet

$17.99

Details

Composer
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
Artist
Sadao, Kazuhide, Harada, James, Isomura, Galway
Format
CD
Label
RCA
Released
Jun 15, 2007
Catalog #
RCA60442
UPC
090266044221

About

According to Roger Lustig's well-researched programme notes, Mozart's self-declared dislike for the flute says more about the circumstances surrounding the composition of his works for the instrument than it does about any real hatred for the instrument itself. Furthermore, the performances of the Flute Quartets by James Galway and the Tokyo Quartet, here under review, speak equally eloquently for Mozart's evident care in their composition—this despite Hans Keller's dismissal of them.

The first two quartets, K285 and K285a were written in 1776/7 for the Dutch nobleman Dejean. The playing here is full of Mozartian grace and sensuous melodiousness. At the beginning of the possibly inauthentic C major Quartet, K285b, Galway achieves a delightful liquid quality. The later Quartet, K298 is more substantial and draws playing of haunting intensity from Galway and the Tokyo. The slow tempo of this Quartet's second movement is slower than in the Bennett/Grumiaux version on Philips whose performance has a much more jaunty feel to it. Galway's disc is rounded off with his own arrangement of the Oboe Quartet, K370, whose sumptuous slow movement and elegant finale make this an attractive added bonus. One minor reservation: it is useful to have individual variations separately tracked (K285b.2 and K298.1) but, in the earlier Quartet, there is an annoying click on my disc as the tracks change.

The principal difference between the Galway/ Tokyo and the Bennett/Grumiaux versions reflects the recordings and the circumstances surrounding them. Galway's choice of slower tempos might well have been conditioned, at least in part, by the spacious church acoustic in which it was recorded. The Bennett/Grumiaux was recorded in 1969, but the digital transfer is excellent. These are both fine discs, so choice will be determined by personal taste.'

-- Gramophone [6/1993]

Tracklist 23 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 07:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  2. 2 II. Adagio 02:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  3. 3 III. Rondeau 04:24
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondeau
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  4. 4 I. Andante 06:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  5. 5 II. Tempo di menuetto 03:25
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Tempo di menuetto
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  6. 6 I. Allegro 05:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  7. 7 II. Theme: Andantino 01:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Theme: Andantino
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  8. 8 II. Variation 1 01:17
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Variation 1
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  9. 9 II. Variation 2 01:23
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Variation 2
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  10. 10 II. Variation 3 01:31
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Variation 3
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  11. 11 II. Variation 4 01:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Variation 4
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  12. 12 II. Variation 5 02:57
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Variation 5
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  13. 13 II. Variation 6 00:51
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Variation 6
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  14. 14 I. Theme: Andante 01:22
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Theme: Andante
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  15. 15 I. Variation 1 01:15
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Variation 1
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  16. 16 I. Variation 2 01:18
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Variation 2
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  17. 17 I. Variation 3 01:20
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Variation 3
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  18. 18 I. Variation 4 01:16
    Track
    18
    Title
    I. Variation 4
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  19. 19 II. Minuet 02:12
    Track
    19
    Title
    II. Minuet
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  20. 20 III. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso 03:12
    Track
    20
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  21. 21 I. Allegro 06:54
    Track
    21
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:54
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  22. 22 II. Adagio 03:29
    Track
    22
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet
  23. 23 III. Rondeau: Allegro 04:31
    Track
    23
    Title
    III. Rondeau: Allegro
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    James Galway
    Ensemble
    Tokyo String Quartet