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Mozart: Haffner Serenade & Ein Musikalischer Spass / Willens, Kolner Akademie

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Composer
MOZART, W.A.
Artist
Kolner Akademie, Willens
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Feb 07, 2020
Catalog #
BIS-2394
UPC
7318599923949

About

Besides an acclaimed series of recordings with Ronald Brautigam of the complete piano concertos by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Beethoven, Kölner Akademie and Michael Alexander Willens are undertaking a survey of Mozart’s serenades and other incidental works. Their first album in this series included the Posthorn Serenade and demonstrated, according to the reviewer on MusicWeb-International, that the ensemble is ‘amongst the best groups in the world of period performance.’ Since then the team has recorded works associated with the Freemasons, and here takes on one of the most famous of the serenades, the ‘Haffner’, named after Sigmund Haffner, who commissioned it for the festivities surrounding his sister’s wedding in 1776. A notable feature of Mozart’s serenades – and the large-scale Haffner is no exception – is the incorporation of virtuosic solo parts, here performed by the violinist Alexander Janiczek. On the amply-filled disc (almost 86 minutes!), the at times quite imposing Haffner is followed by Mozart’s ‘Musical Joke’ – Ein musikalischer Spaß, K. 522. A work in four movements, this is a delightful and very skillfully crafted parody of musical incompetence. It is written for strings and a pair of horns, and its frequent caricatures of the second-rate – whether in composition or performance – are brilliantly observed, by Mozart as well as the present performers.

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REVIEW:

The Haffner performance provides great rewards, with Willens and his players amply demonstrating their immersion in Mozart’s idiom.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 March in D Major, K. 249 04:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    March in D Major, K. 249
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  2. 2 I. Allegro maestoso 09:43
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    09:43
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  3. 3 II. Andante 08:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    08:32
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Alexander Janiczek
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  4. 4 III. Minuet 04:01
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Minuet
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Alexander Janiczek
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  5. 5 IV. Rondo: Allegro 08:58
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    08:58
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Alexander Janiczek
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  6. 6 V. Minuet galante 05:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    V. Minuet galante
    Duration
    05:45
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  7. 7 VI. Andante 07:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    VI. Andante
    Duration
    07:14
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  8. 8 VII. Minuet 05:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    VII. Minuet
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  9. 9 VIII. Adagio - Allegro assai 10:58
    Track
    9
    Title
    VIII. Adagio - Allegro assai
    Duration
    10:58
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  10. 10 I. Allegro 04:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  11. 11 II. Menuetto: Maestoso 06:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Menuetto: Maestoso
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  12. 12 III. Adagio cantabile 05:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  13. 13 IV. Presto 04:27
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens