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NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Christoph Eschenbach, Midori, Nobuko Imai - Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Concerto K. Anh. 56 (2001)

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NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Christoph Eschenbach, Midori, Nobuko Imai - Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Concerto K. Anh. 56 (2001)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Concerto in D Major K. Anh. 56 (2001)
Midori, violin; Nobuko Imai, viola; NDR-Sinfonieorchester; Christoph Eschenbach, piano & conductor

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 251 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 134 Mb | Scans ~ 81 Mb
Genre: Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # SK 89488 | Time: 00:58:34

Of all the reconstructions prompted by the 1991 Mozart jamboree, Philip Wilby’s recreation of the Violin and Piano Concerto of 1778 was the most worthwhile. Wilby skilfully completed the 120-bar fragment of the first movement and took the slow movement and finale from the unusually brilliant, ‘public’ D major Violin Sonata, K306. There are problems – not least of dates – with Wilby’s thesis that the Sonata is the ‘last resting-place’ of the projected double concerto. But the three movements certainly make a satisfying entity. Midori and Eschenbach give an immensely polished reading, phrasing with unfailing subtlety and sophistication. Too much sophistication, you might say, in the Andantino cantabile, which here emerges as a languorous, perfumed Adagio. The 1989 Philips recording with Iona Brown and Howard Shelley (available on a four-disc set) sounds fresher and more naturally flowing – the Andantino clocks in at 6:43, against 8:32 on this new version. I also prefer the crisper, more transparent orchestral sonority on the Philips disc and its less upfront balancing of the soloists vis à vis the orchestra. In the violin and viola Sinfonia concertante there are similar contrasts between Midori/Imai and Imai with Iona Brown in the same Philips set. Midori’s playing is undeniably masterly, and by using the scordatura tuning prescribed by Mozart, Imai now conjures a richer, throatier timbre from her viola. If your taste is for a powerful, Romantically moulded reading, then this could be for you. For me, though, Midori (Imai’s instincts are rather more Classical) can over-cosset the music, especially in the slow movement, while in the finale her spitfire brilliance can shade into aggression. Brown’s performance may have less glamour; but hers and Imai’s pure, eloquent, slightly reticent reading comes closer to the heart of this sublime work.

Review by Richard Wigmore, BBC Music Magazine

An all-Mozart program, played by artists of the highest caliber, is always interesting, but this is a strange recording; it seems to focus on innovation. Even the Sinfonia Concertante, a familiar masterpiece, beloved especially for its incomparably beautiful, heartbreaking slow movement, is given a supposedly new twist: Nabuko Imai plays her part with the viola tuned a half-step higher. However, this is how Mozart wrote it, for greater technical ease and a more brilliant sound, and though many violists prefer the normal tuning, it is not a novelty. Moreover, Midori asserts that matching the retuned viola required changes in her own fingerings, but the part is so difficult that the choice is very limited. Besides, the two soloists primarily engage in conversation, coming together only at strategic, intense moments and in Mozart's own cadenzas, so the differences are not apparent to the naked ear. The playing on all hands is brilliant and expressive, though rather fussy, with a lot of artificial dynamic changes and echo effects.

The other concerto is a "reconstruction" by Philip Wilby (who is not further identified in the booklet) of a 120-bar fragment he believes Mozart planned to use for a violin and piano concerto, along with material from a Sonata for the same instruments he had written shortly before, now known as K. 306. Wilby actually composed a rather long first movement based on Mozart's fragment and simply orchestrated the second and third movements of the Sonata. Unfortunately, Mozart's fragment seems undistinguished melodically, harmonically, and rhythmically, and Wilby's "completion" is naturally rather primitive, with some happy moments and some unhappy modulations. The Sonata, on the other hand, was Mozart's first great work in that form, and the contrast between the "real" and the "reconstructed" Mozart proves that his style can be imitated but not reproduced. Again, the performance by all concerned is excellent.

Review by Edith Eisler

NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Christoph Eschenbach, Midori, Nobuko Imai - Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Concerto K. Anh. 56 (2001)



Midori, violin
Nobuko Imai, viola
Christoph Eschenbach, piano & conductor
NDR-Sinfonieorchester

Tracklist:

Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K. 364/320d
01. I. Allegro maestoso (13:28)
02. II. Andante (11:18)
03. III. Presto (06:13)

Concerto in D Major for Violin, Piano and Orchestra K. Anh. 56 (315f)
04. I. Allegro (12:30)
05. II. Andantino cantabile (08:32)
06. III. Allegretto (06:31)


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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus / Sinfonia Concertante K. 364, Concerto for Violin & Piano K. Anh. 56

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Analyzed: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus / Sinfonia Concertante K. 364 • Concerto for Violin & Piano K. Anh. 56 - Midori, Nobuko Imai, Christoph Eschenbach, NDR-Sinfonieorchester
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NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Christoph Eschenbach, Midori, Nobuko Imai - Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Concerto K. Anh. 56 (2001)

NDR-Sinfonieorchester, Christoph Eschenbach, Midori, Nobuko Imai - Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Concerto K. Anh. 56 (2001)

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