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Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 5 / Kraggerud, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
$9.99
Details
- Composer
- MOZART, W.A.
- Artist
- Kraggerud
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- Jun 10, 2016
- Catalog #
- 8573513
- UPC
- 747313351374
About
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Mozart wrote his Violin Concertos in 1775 while still living in his home town of Salzburg and in service to Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo. Mozart had already toured internationally and found his parochial environment restricting, but as ever he rose above circumstances to create sublime and thrillingly unconventional masterpieces filled with wit and elegant charm. The finely sustained melodic expression of each concerto’s slow center provides the perfect foil for inventive sparkle in outer movements that include a cheeky reference to the opera Il re pastore in K.216 to an exotic ‘Turkish’ moment in the finale of K. 219.
Reviews:
In the Fourth Concerto, there’s a lovely singing character to the central Andante, Kraggerud producing a variety of tone which matches the changing intensity of the line. Here, as in all the concertos, he plays his own cadenzas, which are stylish in the best sense, and show off his technique.
– BBC Music Magazine
The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra has something of a reputation for working harmoniously with guest soloist-directors, not least among them Leif Ove Andsnes in concertos by Mozart and Haydn. Their strength lies in the collaborative approach dictated by their modest dimensions and conductorless set-up. Those discs with Andsnes were conspicuously successful, both artistically and critically, and this new project with Henning Kraggerud is no less winning. While these are brisk, no-nonsense performances after the contemporary fashion, the thinking that underpins their shaping right from the very beginning makes these readings of the Third, Fourth and Fifth concertos worth returning to.
– Gramophone
Mozart wrote his Violin Concertos in 1775 while still living in his home town of Salzburg and in service to Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo. Mozart had already toured internationally and found his parochial environment restricting, but as ever he rose above circumstances to create sublime and thrillingly unconventional masterpieces filled with wit and elegant charm. The finely sustained melodic expression of each concerto’s slow center provides the perfect foil for inventive sparkle in outer movements that include a cheeky reference to the opera Il re pastore in K.216 to an exotic ‘Turkish’ moment in the finale of K. 219.
Reviews:
In the Fourth Concerto, there’s a lovely singing character to the central Andante, Kraggerud producing a variety of tone which matches the changing intensity of the line. Here, as in all the concertos, he plays his own cadenzas, which are stylish in the best sense, and show off his technique.
– BBC Music Magazine
The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra has something of a reputation for working harmoniously with guest soloist-directors, not least among them Leif Ove Andsnes in concertos by Mozart and Haydn. Their strength lies in the collaborative approach dictated by their modest dimensions and conductorless set-up. Those discs with Andsnes were conspicuously successful, both artistically and critically, and this new project with Henning Kraggerud is no less winning. While these are brisk, no-nonsense performances after the contemporary fashion, the thinking that underpins their shaping right from the very beginning makes these readings of the Third, Fourth and Fifth concertos worth returning to.
– Gramophone
Tracklist 9 tracks
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1 I. Allegro (cadenza by H. Kraggerud) 07:46
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Allegro (cadenza by H. Kraggerud)
- Duration
- 07:46
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer
- Henning Kraggerud
- Ensemble
- Det Norske Kammerorkester
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2 II. Adagio (cadenza by H. Kraggerud) 07:04
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Adagio (cadenza by H. Kraggerud)
- Duration
- 07:04
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer
- Henning Kraggerud
- Ensemble
- Det Norske Kammerorkester
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3 III. Rondeau: Allegro 05:31
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Rondeau: Allegro
- Duration
- 05:31
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer
- Henning Kraggerud
- Ensemble
- Det Norske Kammerorkester
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4 I. Allegro (cadenza by H. Kraggerud) 07:16
- Track
- 4
- Title
- I. Allegro (cadenza by H. Kraggerud)
- Duration
- 07:16
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer
- Henning Kraggerud
- Ensemble
- Det Norske Kammerorkester
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5 II. Andante cantabile (cadenza by H. Kraggerud) 06:43
- Track
- 5
- Title
- II. Andante cantabile (cadenza by H. Kraggerud)
- Duration
- 06:43
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer
- Henning Kraggerud
- Ensemble
- Det Norske Kammerorkester
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6 III. Rondo: Andante grazioso - Allegro ma non troppo 06:16
- Track
- 6
- Title
- III. Rondo: Andante grazioso - Allegro ma non troppo
- Duration
- 06:16
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer
- Henning Kraggerud
- Ensemble
- Det Norske Kammerorkester
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7 I. Allegro aperto (cadenza by H. Kraggerud) 08:30
- Track
- 7
- Title
- I. Allegro aperto (cadenza by H. Kraggerud)
- Duration
- 08:30
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer
- Henning Kraggerud
- Ensemble
- Det Norske Kammerorkester
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8 II. Adagio (cadenza by H. Kraggerud) 09:34
- Track
- 8
- Title
- II. Adagio (cadenza by H. Kraggerud)
- Duration
- 09:34
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer
- Henning Kraggerud
- Ensemble
- Det Norske Kammerorkester
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9 III. Rondeau: Tempo di Menuetto 07:36
- Track
- 9
- Title
- III. Rondeau: Tempo di Menuetto
- Duration
- 07:36
- Composer
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer
- Henning Kraggerud
- Ensemble
- Det Norske Kammerorkester