Mozart: Gran Partita / Ogrintchouk, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra members

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BIS
Release Date
November 6, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MOZART, W. A.
    • PERFORMER
      Ogrintchouk, Members Of The Concertgebouworkest
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 06, 2020
    • UPC
      7318599924632
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2463
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Largo

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    2. II. Menuetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    3. III. Adagio

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    4. IV. Menuetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    5. V. Romance

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    6. VI. Tema con variazioni: Tema

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    7. VI. Tema con variazioni: Variation 1

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    8. VI. Tema con variazioni: Variation 2

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    9. VI. Tema con variazioni: Variation 3

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    10. VI. Tema con variazioni: Variation 4

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    11. VI. Tema con variazioni: Variation 5

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    12. VI. Tema con variazioni: Variation 6

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    13. VII. Finale

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: members Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk

    14. Thema

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk, Nicoline Alt, Miriam Pastor Burgos

    15. Variation 1

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk, Nicoline Alt, Miriam Pastor Burgos

    16. Variation 2

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk, Nicoline Alt, Miriam Pastor Burgos

    17. Variation 3

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk, Nicoline Alt, Miriam Pastor Burgos

    18. Variation 4

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk, Nicoline Alt, Miriam Pastor Burgos

    19. Variation 5

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk, Nicoline Alt, Miriam Pastor Burgos

    20. Variation 6

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk, Nicoline Alt, Miriam Pastor Burgos

    21. Variation 7

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk, Nicoline Alt, Miriam Pastor Burgos

    22. Variation 8

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk, Nicoline Alt, Miriam Pastor Burgos


Better known as Gran Partita, Mozart’s Serenade in B-flat major, K 361 is the crowning glory of the Harmoniemusik of the Classical era. Austrian and German nobles in particular often employed small wind ensembles called Harmonien which provided entertainment during banquets and outdoor festivities. In order to satisfy the growing demand for suitable music, countless arrangements of operas and ballet music were made, while original works were supplied by a wide range of composers – Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and many lesser masters wrote Harmoniemusik. Among their works, Mozart’s Serenade stands out for several reasons. It is on a larger scale than most: with seven movements and a duration of some 50 minutes, it is scored for thirteen instruments rather than the usual eight or nine. But conceived with a cyclical layout and with a highly economic use of motivic material, it also displays a compositional sophistication unusual for the genre. The Gran Partita is here performed by wind players from one of the world’s finest orchestras, the Amsterdam Concertgebouworkest, under the direction of oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk. Ogrintchouk has also chosen the coupling, a set of variations by Beethoven on Mozart’s famous aria from Don Giovanni scored for two oboes and English horn.

REVIEW:

As in all the best performances, the wind players of the Concertgebouw (the brand speaks for itself) combine refinement of blend and ensemble with a sense of spontaneous enjoyment. When they choose, the Concertgebouw players are as mellifluous as you could wish. But they’re not afraid of a touch of abrasiveness. This superlatively played new recording immediately joins the shortlist for this most sumptuous of serenades.

– Gramophone (Editor's Choice, January 2021)