Mozart: Serenades K 239 & 525, Divertimento K 287 / Les Folies Françoises

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
September 1, 2007
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MOZART, W. A.
    • PERFORMER
      Cohën-Akenine, Les Folies Francoise
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 01, 2007
    • UPC
      3760014190926
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA092
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Marcia

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine

    2. II. Menuetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine

    3. III. Rondeau

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine

    4. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine

    5. II. Andante grazioso con Variazioni

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine

    6. III. Menuetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine

    7. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine

    8. V. Menuetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine

    9. VI. Andante - Allegro molto - Andante - Allegro molto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine

    10. I. Allegro

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine

    11. II. Romance

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine

    12. III. Menuetto

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine

    13. IV. Rondo

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Conductor: Patrick Cohën-Akenine




MOZART Serenades: in D, K 239, “Serenata notturna”; in G, K 525, “Eine kleine Nachtmusik.” Divertimento in B, K 287 • Patrick Cohën-Akenine (vn), cond; Les Folies Francaises • ALPHA 092 (71:10)


Les Folies Francaises is a group of 18 musicians here led by violinist Patrick Cohën-Akenine in three occasional works, two very famous, and one relatively neglected. Perhaps neglected is not the ideal word for the Divertimento in B, yet it has received infinitely fewer recordings than the “Serenata notturna” and the ever-popular “Eine kleine Nachtmusik.” I have all three in lovely recordings by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, several in distinguished recordings by Colin Davis, Eugen Jochum, and there are more modern recordings, equally charming, by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. In fact, the choices are vast.


Les Folies Francaises offers early-music balances and transparency. The timpani are prominent in the opening march of the “Serenata notturna,” which was recorded in a resonant space that lets the drum sound unfold. The engineers were also alert to the conversational quality of this Serenade and of the other two pieces. We hear the solos strings separated, though not excessively, from the larger group in a way I find effective and even illuminating. The echo effects, or something like them, in “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” are especially well done. The performances are perky, clear, dance-like, and meant to charm rather than overwhelm. I never yearn for a larger group, or a more imposing sound. Without knowing for sure, one begins to believe that this was the way Mozart intended these pieces to be played.


FANFARE: Michael Ullman