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Sunday, July 29, 2018

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Ein musikalischer Spaß (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble)


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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • (01-04) Eine kleine Nachtmusik, for string quartet & double bass, K. 525
  • (05-07) Divertimento for string quartet in D major, K. 136
  • (08-11) Ein musikalischer Spaß, for 2 horns & string quartet, K. 522

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Kenneth Sillito, violin
Malcolm Latchem, violin
Stephen Shingles, viola
Denis Vigay, cello
Raymund Koster, double bass
Timothy Brown, horn
Nicholas Hill, horn

Date: 1984
Label: Philips


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Review

Eine kleine Nachtmusik hardly needs yet another recording, any more than does the early three-movement 'Divertimento' (the title is not Mozart's own and is patently inappropriate), K136; but it is comparatively rarely that we hear either work played by single strings, in which form they sound best, and equally rarely that we hear them played with such finesse as they are here by the chamber ensemble of the ASMF (together with the Divertimento No. 17 and March, K445 reviewed in April, this release is part of a projected Mozart series by the ensemble). Joined by two intrepid horn players, these expert string players give an equally polished account of Ein musikalischer Spass ( ''A musical joke''), Mozart's dig at inept composers and sloppy performers: almost too polished, in fact, for the 'joke' to ring quite true.

If you relish the thought of having these three pieces on a single recording, this Philips issue is a clear winner in terms of playing and technical presentation, scarcely less vivid on cassette than it is on CD or LP. I should, however, like to mention two alternatives, which deserve consideration, even if they do not offer a straight comparison: the LP coupling of K522 and 525 by the Amadeus Quartet and colleagues on DG (2531 253, 4/80), which won high praise from RF; and the recording of K525 with its missing first Minuet made good by one written under Mozart's supervision by his composition pupil Thomas Attwood and adapted by Christopher Hogwood, and most attractively played by soloists from the Academy of Ancient Music. This also includes two other unusual examples of Mozartian 'night music'—the Serenata notturna, K239 and the Notturno, K286 (L'Oiseau-Lyre 411 720-1OH, 6/84; CD 411 720-2OH, 11/84). To say this is not to disparage the ASMF Chamber Ensemble's superlative playing, and I look forward eagerly to their further exploration of Mozart's more substantial divertimentos and serenades for small instrumental groups—or large ones, for that matter.

-- Robin Golding, Gramophone

More reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-kleine-Nachtmusik-musikalischer-Divertimento/dp/B0000040WL

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 in Salzburg – 5 December 1791 in Vienna) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. Till his death in Vienna, he composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers, and his influence is profound on subsequent Western art music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

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