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Mozart: Flute Quartets / Schaaff, Boge, Willwohl, Beckert

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Composer
MOZART, W.A.
Artist
Schaaff, Beckert, Willwohl, Boge
Format
SACD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Aug 04, 2017
Catalog #
PTC5186567
UPC
827949056765

About

Graceful, refined, and irresistibly charming, the Flute Quartets occupy an exquisite place in Mozart’s incomparable chamber music. This light, airy music with its vivid contrasts, delicious textures and irrepressible wit is brought to life by the soloists of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin in this new release from PENTATONE. Mozart may have disparaged the flute as an instrument but he shows no signs of weariness in these exemplary works which positively overflow with youthful optimism. The young unemployed Mozart wrote three of the flute quartets following a commission from the Dutch amateur flautist Ferdinand Dejean in Mannheim. Around the same time he also started work on his famous Concerto for Flute and Harp. The Flute Quartet in D K285 is a breezy affair written in concertante style which brims with attractive melodies. Its sublimely affecting slow movement was described by the biographer Alfred Einstein as “perhaps the most beautiful accompanied flute solo that has even been written”. The simple, unhurried Flute Quartet in G K285A contains a delightful interplay of instruments, while the Flute Quartet in C K285B has a charming theme and variations with a spirited finale. The playful Flute Quartet in A K298 is a later work perhaps written for a group of friends; it contains borrowings from other composers artfully woven into the engaging and witty score. The result is, of course, utterly winning. Ulf-Dieter Schaaff is the principal flautist with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a position he combines with a career as a soloist and as an internationally sought-after teacher. He is joined by his colleagues Philipp Beckert (violin), Andreas Willwohl (viola) and Georg Boge (violoncello). In their first recording for PENTATONE, they chose an unconventional seating arrangement (with violin and flute on the outer flanks) in order to create a novel spatial effect in the music. They play these quartets not as a “Concerto for Flute and String Trio” but as chamber music written for equal partners.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 09:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:25
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Philipp Beckert, Andreas Willwohl, Georg Boge
  2. 2 II. Adagio 02:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Philipp Beckert, Andreas Willwohl, Georg Boge
  3. 3 III. Rondeau 04:34
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondeau
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Philipp Beckert, Andreas Willwohl, Georg Boge
  4. 4 I. Andante 07:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    07:45
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Philipp Beckert, Andreas Willwohl, Georg Boge
  5. 5 II. Tempo di minuet 03:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Tempo di minuet
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Philipp Beckert, Andreas Willwohl, Georg Boge
  6. 6 I. Allegro 08:15
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Philipp Beckert, Andreas Willwohl, Georg Boge
  7. 7 II. Theme and Variations 09:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Theme and Variations
    Duration
    09:42
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Philipp Beckert, Andreas Willwohl, Georg Boge
  8. 8 I. Andante 06:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    06:29
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Philipp Beckert, Andreas Willwohl, Georg Boge
  9. 9 II. Minuet 02:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Minuet
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Philipp Beckert, Andreas Willwohl, Georg Boge
  10. 10 III. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso 03:06
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegretto grazioso
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Philipp Beckert, Andreas Willwohl, Georg Boge