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Mozart: Serenade K 203, Divertimento K 251 / Janiczek , Scottish Chamber Orchestra
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Mozart: Serenade K 203, Divertimento K 251 / Janiczek , Scottish Chamber Orchestra

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Details

Composer
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
Artist
Janiczek
Format
CD
Label
Linn Records
Released
May 27, 2014
Catalog #
BKD320
UPC
691062032032

About

The first thing you notice is the vibrant sound, the ensemble's immediacy and depth, giving a realistic spatial and sonic picture of the array of musicians and instruments performing in a very complementary acoustic. Then you have to appreciate the robust rhythmic character and clean articulation in the opening March K. 189, the companion piece to the following Serenade K. 185. Indeed, throughout the program you get the sure impression that these performers know and love Mozart, putting sufficient energy into each movement of each piece, granting each the appropriate character of Menuet or March, Andante grazioso or Allegro. The orchestra's gentle way with the thematic rhythms in the Serenade's Andante grazioso and the subtlety with which the players (and conductor) highlight this movement's slight but important mood shifts is a pure pleasure to hear.

Violinist/director Alexander Janiczek asks for tempos that neither blaze nor plod nor obscure the happy spirit of these primarily youthful works. As a soloist in the two Rondos and the lovely Adagio K. 261 Janiczek also provides tasteful cadenzas that highlight his expertly executed, personable, open-hearted style. And who can fail to be impressed with the Divertimento K. 113, a remarkably "mature" piece of orchestral writing that shows a 15-year-old composer already in control of techniques and thematic devices that would reappear in later, more famous, more extensively developed forms. This is a very well-played, thoughtfully programmed recording of works that are all too often ruined by casual, matter-of-fact treatment; if its primary purpose is entertainment, which it should be, then it succeeds admirably.

– ClassicsToday

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 March in D Major, K. 237 02:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    March in D Major, K. 237
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  2. 2 I. Andante maestoso - Allegro assai 05:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Andante maestoso - Allegro assai
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  3. 3 II. (Andante) 05:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. (Andante)
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  4. 4 III. Minuet and Trio 02:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Minuet and Trio
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  5. 5 IV. (Allegro) 04:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. (Allegro)
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  6. 6 V. Minuet and Trio 03:31
    Track
    6
    Title
    V. Minuet and Trio
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  7. 7 VI. (Andante) 05:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    VI. (Andante)
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  8. 8 VII. Minuet and Trio 04:16
    Track
    8
    Title
    VII. Minuet and Trio
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  9. 9 VIII. Prestissimo 04:31
    Track
    9
    Title
    VIII. Prestissimo
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  10. 10 I. Allegro molto (Arr. for Orchestra) 04:48
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro molto (Arr. for Orchestra)
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  11. 11 II. Minuet & Trio (Arr. for Orchestra) 04:18
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Minuet & Trio (Arr. for Orchestra)
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  12. 12 III. Andantino (Adagio) [Arr. for Orchestra] 03:50
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Andantino (Adagio) [Arr. for Orchestra]
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  13. 13 IV. Minuet. Tema con variazioni (Arr. for Orchestra) 04:10
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Minuet. Tema con variazioni (Arr. for Orchestra)
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  14. 14 V. Rondo. Allegro assai (Arr. for Orchestra) 05:05
    Track
    14
    Title
    V. Rondo. Allegro assai (Arr. for Orchestra)
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek
  15. 15 VI. Marcia alla francese (Arr. for Orchestra) 01:33
    Track
    15
    Title
    VI. Marcia alla francese (Arr. for Orchestra)
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra
    Conductor
    Alexander Janiczek