Arabella Steinbacher - Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (2021) [DSD256]

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Steinbacher Completes Her Mozart Cycle

After having recorded Mozart’s last three violin concertos in 2014, Arabella Steinbacher, the Festival Strings Lucerne and its leader Daniel Dodds now complete the cycle by presenting Mozart’s less well-known, but equally enchanting Violin Concertos 1 & 2, together with his Adagio in E Major and Rondos in C Major and B-flat Major.

Steinbacher plays the cadenzas by Wolfgang Schneiderhan, who co-founded the Festival Strings Lucerne in 1956. Another exciting aspect of this album is that she plays for the first time on the „Ex Benno Walter“ Strad from 1718.

This album was recorded at the Paul Sacher Saal in Basel, Switzerland in February 2021.

Tracks:

Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major, KV 207 (Cadenzas by Wolfgang Schneiderhan)
1. I. Allegro moderato (07:02)
2. II. Adagio (07:19)
3. III. Presto (05:49)
4. Adagio in E Major for Violin and Orchestra, KV 261 (07:44)
5. Rondo in C Major for Violin and Orchestra, KV 373 (05:53)
6. Rondo in B-flat Major for Violin and Orchestra, KV 269/261a (07:23)

Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, KV 211(Cadenzas by Wolfgang Schneiderhan)
7. I. Allegro moderato (08:23)
8. II. Andante (06:34)
9. III. Rondeau. Allegro (04:41)

Personnel:

Arabella Steinbacher, violin
Festival Strings Lucerne
Daniel Dodds, artistic director & leader