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Mozart's Bassoon - Works for Solo Bassoon / Whelan, Bezuidenhout, Ensemble Marsyas
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Mozart's Bassoon - Works for Solo Bassoon / Whelan, Bezuidenhout, Ensemble Marsyas

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Details

Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artist
Peter Whelan, Kristian Bezuidenhout
Format
CD
Label
Linn Records
Released
Mar 11, 2022
Catalog #
CKD680
UPC
691062068024

About

Returning to his beloved bassoon Peter Whelan takes a fresh look at the two surviving works by Mozart for the instrument: Concerto K. 191 and Sonata K. 292. These attractive early works were most likely composed during the composer’s time in Salzburg. The concerto is the earliest of his woodwind concertos, and has become a staple work for every bassoon player: it showcases the tremendous capabilities of the pre-nineteenth-century instrument, its agility, extraordinary range and tone color. Whelan and his virtuoso Ensemble Marsyas are playing from the original printed parts since the autograph score has not survived. While the sonata’s original medium is uncertain – for two bass instruments or bassoon and keyboard – Whelan makes it his own with Kristian Bezuidenhout performing the continuo line. Ensemble Marsyas rounds off the program with Mozart’s most dramatic work for winds, the Serenade in C minor. Composed in Vienna for the Harmonie (the bassoon’s natural home), it served as a musical laboratory where Mozart could experiment with the virtuoso and lyrical possibilities of his Viennese wind soloists who later animated his greatest operas.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 06:38
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:38
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Peter Whelan
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Marsyas
    Conductor
    Peter Whelan
  2. 2 II. Andante ma adagio 06:22
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante ma adagio
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Peter Whelan
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Marsyas
    Conductor
    Peter Whelan
  3. 3 III. Rondo: Tempo di menuetto 04:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Tempo di menuetto
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Peter Whelan
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Marsyas
    Conductor
    Peter Whelan
  4. 4 I. Allegro 05:06
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Peter Whelan, Kristian Bezuidenhout
  5. 5 II. Andante 04:26
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Peter Whelan, Kristian Bezuidenhout
  6. 6 II. Rondo (Allegro) 03:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Rondo (Allegro)
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Peter Whelan, Kristian Bezuidenhout
  7. 7 I. Allegro 08:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:03
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Peter Whelan
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Marsyas
    Conductor
    Peter Whelan
  8. 8 II. Andante 03:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Peter Whelan
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Marsyas
    Conductor
    Peter Whelan
  9. 9 III. Menuetto in canone 03:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Menuetto in canone
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Peter Whelan
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Marsyas
    Conductor
    Peter Whelan
  10. 10 IV. Allegro 06:14
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Peter Whelan
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Marsyas
    Conductor
    Peter Whelan