The Complete Mozart Divertimentos: Historic First Recorded Edition [Box set]

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Divertimento No. 1 in E-flat
2. Divertimento No. 13 in F
3. Divertimento No. 2 in D

Disc: 2

1. Divertimento No. 4 in B-flat
2. Divertimento No. 16 in E-flat
3. March K. 290/167AB
4. Divertimento No. 7 in D

Disc: 3

1. March & Divertimento No. 11 in D
2. Divertimento No. 9 in B-flat
3. Divertimento No. 6 in C
4. March & Divertimento Il Re Pastore

Disc: 4

1. Divertimento No. 3 in E-flat
2. Divertimento No. 8 in F
3. Divertimento No. 15 in B-flat

Disc: 5

1. Divertimento No. 14 in B-flat
2. Divertimento No. 12 in E-flat
3. March & Divertimento No. 10 in F

Disc: 6

1. March K. 445/320c
2. Divertimento No. 17 in D

Editorial Reviews
The Cincinnati Post, 1974
"Delightful pieces… performances are crisp and clean, spirited but relaxed… New York Philomusica does not burden it with over-interpretation."

Peter Davis, The New York Times, 1975
"[There is] a special pleasure in hearing the poised, larklike flights of the two principal violinists, Cohen and Galimir."

Album Description
The idea of amassing a large collection of occasional music by Mozart would appear at first to be a luxury to any but the most fanatic of record collectors. But for those who know it well, this music is full of profound poetry. Its beauty emerges more and more with repeated listening and shows that the genius that created the symphonies, concerti, and operas could produce masterpieces for informal settings as well. The first series of concerts by the New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble was held in New York City’s Town Hall in September, 1971. On the second program of the series, the great Divertimento No. 17 in D and its companion March were heard, soon thereafter recorded. Thus began a 3-year project to record all of the Breitkopf & Härtel edition of the "Complete Divertimentos of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart." No organization had sought to mount such an ambitious effort previously, nor has any since. The first completed recordings were issued in 1975 as "Vox Boxes," in LP format. In 1991 they were issued again, on CD. This edition is 2002. In each edition, the liner notes by Robert Levin have been updated to the latest standards of scholarship.

The great string divertimentos in this survey call forth from the violinists the most demanding range of musicality and instrumental skill. Peter Davis, reviewing the 1975 LPs for The New York Times noted "...a special pleasure in hearing the poised, lark-like flights of the two principal violinists, Isidore Cohen and Felix Galimir." That independent view is an apt expression of the gift so crucial to these performances' musical success.

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The Complete Mozart Divertimentos: Historic First Recorded Edition [Box set]

The Complete Mozart Divertimentos: Historic First Recorded Edition, Music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, New York Philomusica, Chamber, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Classical Period Serenade/Cassation/Divertimento, Classical Period Symphony, German/Austrian Classical Period Opera, March for Orchestra, Mixed Chamber Ensemble without Keyboard, Opera, Orchestral, Sextet for Six Woodwind Instruments, Symphonic, Woodwind Chamber Music

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Tracks:

1. Divertimento No. 1 in E-flat
2. Divertimento No. 13 in F
3. Divertimento No. 2 in D

Tracks:

1. Divertimento No. 4 in B-flat
2. Divertimento No. 16 in E-flat
3. March K. 290/167AB
4. Divertimento No. 7 in D

Tracks:

1. March & Divertimento No. 11 in D
2. Divertimento No. 9 in B-flat
3. Divertimento No. 6 in C
4. March & Divertimento Il Re Pastore

Tracks:

1. Divertimento No. 3 in E-flat
2. Divertimento No. 8 in F
3. Divertimento No. 15 in B-flat

Tracks:

1. Divertimento No. 14 in B-flat
2. Divertimento No. 12 in E-flat
3. March & Divertimento No. 10 in F

Tracks:

1. March K. 445/320c
2. Divertimento No. 17 in D

Album Description

The great string divertimentos in this survey call forth from the violinists the most demanding range of musicality and instrumental skill. Peter Davis, reviewing the 1975 LPs for The New York Times noted "...a special pleasure in hearing the poised, lark-like flights of the two principal violinists, Isidore Cohen and Felix Galimir." That independent view is an apt expression of the gift so crucial to these performances' musical success.

Each of the six CDs is also available for individual purchase through Amazon.com.

Customer Reviews:

Twinkle Twinkle, ABC's and Happy Birthday To You Wolfgang.......2006-05-18

Mozartean balm.......2005-08-28

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Tracks:

1. Allegro
2. Menuetto
3. Andante grazioso
4. AdagioAllegro
5. Allegro spirituoso
6. Andante
7. MenuettoContradanse en Rondeau
8. Allegro
9. Tema con 6 Variazioni
10. Menuetto
11. Adagio
12. Menuetto
13. Andante-Allegro

Album Description

In the second ten-wind divertimento, K.166/159d, Mozart employs a more balanced scoring. The more spacious slow movement is rounded off by a twice-stated coda, as is the minuet.

K. 213 is a direct, unpretentious work. Bright in sonority, its energetic first movement reiterates two quick upbeat figures. The tiny slow movement is but 8 bars in length, certainly one of Mozart's shortest. The horns dominate the trio with one of the highest solos in the entire oeuvre. The divertimento concludes with another dance, in which the simple duple-meter theme alternates with several brief couplets.

The richness of instrumental color in the Divertimento No. 15 is accentuated by the diversity of character in its six movements: witness the contrast between the vigor of the first allegro and the sublime adagio, in which the occasional music is elevated to highest art.

Describing his performance of the first violin part of K. 287/271H on October 4, 1777, Mozart wrote, "I played as if I were the greatest violinist in Europe." In his twenty-second year, both the composition and the performance seem singular achievements. © 2002 Robert Levin

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Tracks:

1. March, K. 445/320c & Divertimento No.17 in D, K. 334/320b for strings & horns: Marcia
2. Allegro
3. Tema con variazioni
4. Menuetto
5. Adagio
6. Menuetto
7. Rondo: Allegro
8. Marcia

Album Description

Perhaps the central quality of the Divertimento No. 17 in D, K. 334/320b, is its personal warmth and charm. These are already evident in the introductory march, K. 445/320-whose casual ease is animated by an extraordinary variety of melodic material (including an anticipation of the opening of the divertimento proper)-and above all in the justly celebrated first minuet, almost a Ländler. The melody is given to first violin and viola in octaves, with pizzicato accompaniment lightly underscored by the horns. The overall feeling of lightness and grace is that of Mozart at his best. © 2002 Robert Levin

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Tracks:

1. Allegro molto
2. Andantino
3. Menuetto
4. Presto
5. Andante
6. Menuetto
7. Polonaise
8. Presto assai
9. Marcia
10. Allegro
11. Andante grazioso
12. Menuetto
13. Adagio
14. Menuetto
15. Andante Allegro assai
16. Marcia

Album Description

Divertimento No. 14: The fifth work of the wind sextet series has the most developed first movement. It is fuller in its proportions, more symphonic in concept, and the timbral changes create contrasts that justify the ampler musical ideas. Instead of a series of simple tunes with straightforward accompaniment, Mozart uses subtleties of rhythm and harmony to more dynamic purpose.

Divertimento No. 12: The third of the Tafelmusiken is formally the most adventurous work in the series. Mozart begins with a slow movement in 6/8, in miniaturized sonata form, proceeds to the minuet, then interpolates a second dance-a polonaise-to make up for the missing first allegro. Only the last movement, Presto assai, fits the normal mold. (Its coda elicits a rare solo appearance by the two horns.) According to Zaslaw, it may be based upon the folk tune "Die Katze lässt das Mausen nicht" ("The cat doesn't give up catching mice").

Divertimento No. 10: K. 247 is one of the treasures of the series. It exemplifies all of Mozart's gifts: energy and lyricism, humor and expressive warmth, balanced and contrasted within and between movements. © 2002 Robert Levin

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Tracks:

1. Marcia alla francese
2. Allegro molto
3. Menuetto
4. AndantinoAllegretto
5. Menuetto-Tema con variazioni
6. Rondo: Allegro assai; Marcia alla Francese
7. Allegro
8. Andante grazioso
9. Menuetto
10. Allegro
11. Andante
12. Allegro
13. Menuetto
14. Andante
15. Menuetto
16. Gavotte
17. Marcia
18. Molto Allegro
19. Andantino
20. Presto assai
21. Marcia

Album Description

Like many composers of his time, Mozart often rearranged his works to suit occasions other than those prompting the original compositions. One of his favorite procedures was to create symphonies out of opera overtures and multi-movement serenades.

Such transcriptions represented nothing more than a selection of movements in the case of the serenades; but for the opera transcriptions, new music was often required. Mozart's overtures for his early operas followed the fast-slow-fast model shared by the Italian overture and symphony, but the curtain often went up after the second section of the overture, or even the first. The reworking of such a piece required the elimination of the vocal or choral parts, or the composition of one or more new movements. As Mozart's version of the Il Re Pastore March and Divertimento no longer survives in his own hand, this reconstruction of the aria transcription enables us to make acquaintance with a "new" divertimento by Mozart, in addition to the other unique and original divertimentos also included on this recording. © 2002 Robert Levin

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Tracks:

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto
4. Allegro
5. Tema con Variazioni
6. Menuetto
7. Allegro assai
8. Allegro
9. Adagio
10. Menuetto
11. Allegretto
12. Menuetto
13. Adagio; Allegro molto

Album Description

The first work in this series, Divertimento No. 1, was given the double title "Concerto or Divertimento" by Mozart. It exists in two different versions: the original, recorded here—written in Milan in November 1771, for strings, two clarinets and two horns—and the Salzburg transcription, made in approximately 1773— which substitutes pairs of oboes, English horns, and bassoons for the clarinets and horns.

The fourth Tafelmusik sextet, Divertimento No. 13, has just three movements. The first is an Andante theme with variations, in which Mozart's growing expertise in wind writing is evident. The other two movements are more typical—the standard minuet and trio, and a lusty rondo.

Characterized by ebulliently high spirits, Divertimento No. 2 is enormously rich in its wind writing. The minuets also contain an interesting innovation: rather than a literal repeat of the minuets themselves after the end of the succession of minuet-trio alternations, Mozart writes out an embellished variation, with fuller orchestration. © 2002 Robert Levin

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Tracks:

1. Allegro assai
2. Menuetto
3. Andante
4. Adagio
5. Allegro
6. Adagio; Allegro
7. Menuetto
8. Adagio
9. Finale
10. March
11. LargoAllegro
12. Menuetto I
13. Adagio
14. Menuetto II
15. Finale: Presto
16. March

Album Description

The Divertimento No. 4 is remarkable for its brevity and thematic neutrality. In fact, it is amazing that the work is so attractive, given the prevalence of chugging accompaniment sections in which no melody at all appears above the garrulous succession of harmonies. The boisterous extension of the final cadence gives a suitable ending to one of Mozart's most high-spirited works.

Starting in the late 1970s the authenticity of the Divertimento No. 16, long seen as the last of the set of six banquet sextets, has been sharply challenged. As the present recording of K. 289 was made before these claims began, it has been included here and allows the listener to make a personal judgment on its status.

The Divertimento No. 7 is one of the most immediately ingratiating pieces of the entire series. It is the first of the divertimenti for strings with two horns. Apart from the general role of the horns, which is to support the harmonic and rhythmic texture, their most characteristic writing in Mozart consists of the pedal tones-long notes held through changes of harmony, producing both beauty of sonority and harmonic stability. The grace of the previously heard march concludes the work with appropriate ceremony. © 2002 Robert Levin

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