Barthold Kuijken, Sigiswald Kuijken, Lucy van Dael, Wieland Kuijken - Mozart - Flute Quartets (1982)

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Title: Mozart - Flute Quartets
Year Of Release: 1982
Label: ACCENT
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 51:36
Total Size: 293 Mb
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Tracklist:

Quartet in d-major KV 285
1 Allegro
2 Adagio
3 Rondeau
Quartet in g-major KV 285a
4 Andante
5 Tempo di menuetto
Quartet in c-major KV 285b
6 Allegro
7 Tema con variazioni
Quartet in a-major KV 298
8 Tema con variazioni
9 Menuetto
10 Rondieaoux - Allegretto grazioso, ma non troppo adagio,
però non troppo adagio. Così così-non molto garbo ed espressione

Performers:
Barthold Kuijken - transverse flute (after August Grenser by Rudolf Tutz)
Sigiswald Kuijken - violin (Giovanni Gracino, Milano 1700)
Lucy van Dael - viola (Samuel Thompson, London 1771)
Wieland Kuijken - Violoncello (Andrea Amati, 1570)

Mozart's music for flute always seems to cause a twofold reaction. On the one hand, the music is undeniably beautiful, balanced and just a little more than what could be expected from the "gallant" style. On the other hand, note-writers are at pains to point out that Mozart apparently did not like the flute as an instrument and that in the case of the Flute Quartets, two of the four have not even been proved to be genuine Mozart. I think this Accent CD makes a wonderful plea for this music despite the doubts of booklet author Pieter Andriessen. The music is taken "seriously" by the four performers, producing a stringent, but eminently lovely version, with not only Bart Kuijken in top form at the flute, but also with the three string players providing a sheer amazing amount of intelligent accompaniment in an acoustic which could hardly be more transparent and more pleasant to the ear. The age of the 1982 recording nowhere becomes apparent, the engineering is as superb as the playing - an absolutely crowning achievement within the Kuijkens' career as three of the foremost proponents of the "period performance" school.





  • owen1438
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Many thanks for sharing!
  • MarioLamela
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Thank you for this gem.