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Mozart: Lodron Night Music - Divertimenti / Mardirossian, CCPO Pardubice

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Details

Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artist
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jul 19, 2024
Catalog #
BRI97307
UPC
5028421973074

About

Mozart wrote the Divertimento K247 in June 1776 for the name-day of Countess Maria Antonia Lodron, a family friend whose two daughters were pupils of the composer. He went on to write the Concerto for Three Pianos with the countess and her daughters as the intended soloists. Meanwhile K247 displays the 19-year-old composer's lyrical gifts but also his structural sophistication and his unerring feel for instrumental sonorities. K287 followed in 1777 as a direct sequel, composed for the same occasion and the same forces, and cast in comparably expansive terms across six movements. The intervening year seems to bring a refinement of both craft and humour, for K287 is one of the miracles of Mozart's lighter music, touched with high contrasts, memorable themes and sturdy developments. The second movement is a genial Andante and Variations which instantly transcends it's 'occasional' context. The heart of the work is the Adagio, placed fourth, where the solo violin outlines a melody cast from the same mould as the slow movement of the G major Violin Concerto K216 from two years earlier. But then Mozart comes up with a genuinely funny musical joke at the start of the finale, where the strings paint a recitative without words, like a virtual soprano on an empty stage. Testifying to their adaptability, these divertimenti have attracted performances and recordings by forces ranging from the one-per-part Vienna Octet to Karajan's Berlin Philharmonic. This new recording presents an attractive middle way, infused with vigour and charm by the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra of Pardubice under the baton of the Armenian conductor Vahan Mardirossian. Mardirossian and his Czech colleagues have made several successful albums together, including the serenades by Dvorák on Brilliant Classics (97030). Their recording of these perennially appealing early-Mozart works is accompanied by a new essay from Mark Viner.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 08:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  2. 2 II. Andante grazioso 04:00
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante grazioso
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  3. 3 III. Menuetto - Trio 04:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto - Trio
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  4. 4 IV. Adagio 07:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Adagio
    Duration
    07:05
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  5. 5 V. Menuetto - Trio 03:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Menuetto - Trio
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  6. 6 VI. Andante - Allegro assai 05:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Andante - Allegro assai
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  7. 7 I. Allegro 08:41
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:41
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  8. 8 II. Andante grazioso con variazioni 07:26
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Andante grazioso con variazioni
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  9. 9 III. Menuetto 03:08
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Menuetto
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  10. 10 IV. Adagio 07:11
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Adagio
    Duration
    07:11
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  11. 11 V. Menuetto 03:55
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Menuetto
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian
  12. 12 VI. Andante - Allegro molto 07:27
    Track
    12
    Title
    VI. Andante - Allegro molto
    Duration
    07:27
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
    Conductor
    Vahan Mardirossian