WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)

 

Violin Concertos, Sinfonia Concertante

 

CD1

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no. 1 in B flat major, K. 207

1. 1. Allegro moderato

2. 2. Adagio

3. 3. Presto

 

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no. 2 in D major, K. 211

4. 1. Allegro moderato

5. 2. Andante

6. 3. Rondeau (Allegro)

 

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no. 3 in G major, K. 216

7. 1. Allegro

8. 2. Adagio

9. 3. Rondo (Allegro)

 

CD2

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no. 4 in D major, K. 218

1. 1. Allegro

2. 2. Andante cantabile

3. 3. Rondeau (Andante grazioso – Allegro ma non troppo)

 

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra no. 5 in A major, K. 219

4. 1. Allegro aperto

5. 2. Adagio

6. 3. Rondeau (Tempo di minuetto)

 

Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K. 364 (320d)

7. 1. Allegro maestoso

8. 2. Andante

9. 3. Presto

 

Giuliano Carmignola - violin

Danusha Waskiewicz - viola

 

Orchestra Mozart / Claudio Abbado

 

When Claudio Abbado, “the most respected living conductor” (The New York Times), teams up with renowned period-instrument violinist Giuliano Carmignola the result promises to be an exceptional artistic experience. Abbado and Carmignola are long-standing collaborators and have performed Mozart together for some time; the album was born out of their feeling that it was time to commit their interpretations to disc. This complete cycle of Violin Concertos is Carmignola’s first Mozart recording; it is also the first recording on period instruments by Abbado and his Orchestra Mozart. The album includes Mozart’s beautiful Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola, in which Carmignola is joined by violist Danusha Waskiewicz

 

The Daily Telegraph recently observed that Abbado is “one of those rare conductors who seem to get more youthful and enquiring with age, while at the same time his music-making takes on an ever greater profundity.” The maestro only agrees to projects that fulfil his high expectations, guaranteeing that this will be one of the most important Mozart recordings of the year.

 

Deutsche Grammophon 2cds 4777371