English Chamber Orchestra, José-Luis Garcia - Mozart Serenades (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Serenade No. 6 in D Major, 'Serenata notturna', K. 239: I. Marcia
02. Serenade No. 6 in D Major, 'Serenata notturna', K. 239: II. Menuetto
03. Serenade No. 6 in D Major, 'Serenata notturna', K. 239: III. Rondo. Allegretto
04. Divertimento in D Major, K. 205: I. Largo - Allegro
05. Divertimento in D Major, K. 205: II. Menuetto
06. Divertimento in D Major, K. 205: III. Adagio
07. Divertimento in D Major, K. 205: IV. Menuetto
08. Divertimento in D Major, K. 205: V. Rondo. Presto
09. Serenade No. 13 in G Major, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik', K. 525: I. Allegro
10. Serenade No. 13 in G Major, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik', K. 525: II. Romanza. Andante
11. Serenade No. 13 in G Major, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik', K. 525: III. Menuetto. Allegretto
12. Serenade No. 13 in G Major, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik', K. 525: IV. Rondo. Allegro
13. Vier Kontretanze (Serenade) K. 101: I. in F Major
14. Vier Kontretanze (Serenade) K. 101: II. in G Major
15. Vier Kontretanze (Serenade) K. 101: III. in D Major
16. Vier Kontretanze (Serenade) K. 101: IV. in F Major



This recording was made in December 1982 at a time when record label planning was dominated by the demand for new digital recordings of standard repertoire. It has rightly been described as a boom time, when orchestras, conductors, chamber groups and soloists spent the majority of their days in the studio revisiting the bread-and-butter favourites of the literature. Nimbus was therefore open to the suggestion from John Boyden that he record for us some Mozart Serenades with the ECO. The recording was released on LP in 1984 but was never released on CD. Looking back on that time I suppose that by 1984 we were putting all our energies behind our new, exclusive relationship with William Boughton and his English String Orchestra. In hindsight it is a pity that the refined playing of the UKs finest chamber orchestras at the height of its prestige has been overlooked. © Adrian Farmer