Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) - Mozart Serenades Studio Master
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) - Mozart Serenades
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) - Mozart Serenades Studio Master
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Alexander Janiczek attentively re-discover the music produced during Mozart's years in Salzburg.The Studio Master files are 88.2kHz / 24 bit.
Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) - Mozart Serenades Studio Master
Recorded at Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, UK from 6-8 June 2006.
Engineered by Calum Malcolm
Mixed and Edited at Finesplice, UK
Booklet designed by John Haxby
Cadenzas by Alexander Janiczek
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Mozart's life falls into two periods: his first twenty-five years, up to 1781, living at his parents' home in Salzburg, and the last decade, based in Vienna. In both cities his residence was punctuated by journeys abroad, from 1762 (before his sixth birthday) to the trip to Prague in the summer of 1791 for the first performance of La Clemenza di Tito. In his formative years travel played a big part in his musical education as he composed to suit the expectation of each milieu. But despite this, the bulk of Mozart's pre-1781 output was destined for performance in Salzburg, and though we know he yearned more and more for a larger stage, the range of his compositions make it clear that the environment of his native city was varied and often stimulating.
The most familiar music from his Salzburg years comprises the pieces in the standard classical instrumental forms - concertos, symphonies, keyboard sonatas - plus a few works from his large output of sacred music. The many serenades, cassations, and divertimentos are much less well known. The Divertimento, or Concerto, K.113 is in fact a "foreign" piece, composed during November 1771 in Milan, where Mozart had just experienced the triumph of his second operatic commission for the city, the Festa teatrale (Ascanio in Alba). For the fifteen-year-old composer it's an important moment; the point where he ceases to be just a precociously gifted youngster, and becomes a composer with his own recognisable individuality. K.113 is momentous in another way too, as the first time he had written for the clarinet, an instrument that was to become so important to him in Vienna. On this first occasion, Mozart confines himself largely to the clarinet's bright upper register, but there are several moments that anticipate the great clarinet works to come, chief of them, perhaps, the beautiful melody at the start of the Andante, designed for the clarinet's best cantabile register, and making use of a motif he was to return to several times, right up to the great Adagio of the String Quintet, K.593. There are characteristically Mozartian features throughout the Divertimento, from the elegant opening sentence, neatly introducing the first movement's contrasting characters whilst at the same time allowing each voice in the ensemble a say in the dialogue. The ceremonial style of the Minuet contrasts most delightfully with its pensive, minor-key trio, and the playful finale is a splendid early instance of Mozart's prodigality of invention - there are, in a tiny movement, about eight different ideas, all fitting together to make a balanced whole.
The series of six orchestral serenades form a significant part of Mozart's Salzburg output. They have many common features: all are in the bright key of D major, written for a full orchestra including trumpets, and with seven or eight movements. Most were designed to accompany the end-of-year celebrations at the University: on an evening in early August the serenade would be played twice, first at the Archbishop's summer residence, and then in the Kollegienplatz (now the Universitätsplatz) to an audience of students and professors. Each of the serenades is paired with a march (K.189 belongs with K.185), played en route to the two venues. In the decade from 1769, Mozart was the preferred composer for these serenades. In 1773, however, when K.185 (also known as the Andretter Serenade) was written, he wasn't present at the performance, as he was on an extended visit to Vienna with his father. Earlier in the year he had composed his first Violin Concerto (K.207), and K.185 is the first of four serenades to include a solo violin. Typical of Salzburg practice is the alternation of flutes and oboes, played by the same players; the flutes appear in the March, the first of the two Minuets, and in the following Andante grazioso.
The March immediately sets a celebratory atmosphere with its bold motifs and striking, witty changes of instrumentation and texture. The flutes become prominent during the suave, elegant second theme. The scale-wise main theme of the Serenade's first Allegro, surprisingly announced by the bass instruments and the horns, leads to a range of further ideas, all based on fragments of scales; in this way the young master combines prodigality with coherence. However, it's the opening idea that predominates, with its characteristic rhythm, returning emphatically in an extended coda. The following two movements form a miniature violin concerto, in the remote key of F major. First, there's an Andante featuring a broad, sonorous, singing melody and a livelier subsidiary theme with trills and staccato repeated notes. Then comes a simple Rondo, where the orchestra reiterates the main rondo theme, alternating with a variety of lively solo episodes. Towards the end the violin begins to join in as the theme is played, introducing a new continuation.
Back in D major, the trumpets, absent since the first movement, enhance the effect of a stately Minuet. Its Trio is most unusually scored, with a melody entrusted to solo flute and viola, with another viola part and bass for accompaniment. The Andante grazioso has prominent parts for two flutes and for the horns, now pitched in the high key of A. The bright, luminous sections for wind contrast most beautifully with the delicate, expressive writing for the violins. The second Minuet, typically designed to be played at a faster tempo than the first, and in a more robust, popular idiom, starts with a striking, fanfare-like phrase for the whole orchestra in unison. This time there are two trios: the first, in the minor, reintroduces the solo violin, lightly accompanied by just violins and violas; the second gives its joyful, instantly memorable melody to the oboes and horns. The finale is preceded by a mock-heroic slow introduction. After three bars of stern unison, the wind introduce a motif that's then adapted to form the main theme of the finale proper, a movement full of youthful high spirits. At the point where we expect a conclusion, Mozart springs a surprise - a coda whose main purpose is to introduce a grand "Mannheim crescendo" (a gradual rise of melodic line, dynamic level and excitement, over a constantly repeated bass note). An example of youthful exuberance, certainly, yet Mozart used the same device to round off the overture to The Marriage of Figaro in 1786.
In 1775 Mozart wrote the remaining four of his five violin concertos; the last three, especially, are amongst the most popular of his earlier works. After this, the only string concertante work he completed was the great Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola of 1779. But he did write three separate movements for violin and orchestra, two of which were probably intended as substitute movements for his own concertos. The E major Adagio, K.261, composed in 1776, is most likely designed to replace the Adagio of the A major Concerto K.219. Nowadays it's never heard in this context, but with its more clear-cut phrases, simpler form, and with flutes substituting for oboes, it provides a lighter, more graceful, if less profound alternative.
The Rondo in B flat, K.269 (261a) probably dates from the same period, and again the likelihood is that it was intended to replace the original finale of K.207, Mozart's First Concerto. This work has in places an air of old-fashioned formality, and the Rondo would certainly have helped to give it a more up-to-date air. By the mid-1770s, Mozart had evidently formed the conviction, maintained for the rest of his life, that the most effective conclusion for a concerto was a rondo, where the constant recurrence of a catchy main theme could induce an upbeat, relaxed mood. K.269 is a more substantial, sophisticated rondo than the one in the K.185 Serenade. The violin announces the theme before it's taken up by the orchestra and passages where the spotlight is on the solo part alternate with episodes of lively dialogue between orchestra and soloist.
This rondo, like those in the last three violin concertos, ends quietly - an otherwise unusual feature in Mozart's orchestral music. One wonders whether it may reflect a preference of the Salzburg violinist, Antonio Brunetti, who is likely to have performed all these pieces. There's a particularly effective quiet conclusion, too, to the Rondo in C, K.373, known to have been composed for Brunetti. In March 1781, Mozart was summoned from Munich, where he had been enjoying the success of his new opera, Idomeneo, to attend his employer, the Prince Archbishop Colloredo, on a visit to Vienna. Also in the Archbishop's entourage were two other musicians, Brunetti, and the castrato Ceccarelli. Mozart was extremely discontented. Treated as a servant, required to perform without extra remuneration whilst being forbidden from accepting lucrative "outside" engagements, he longed for independence. He was particularly irked to have to appear at a concert on April 8th at the Archbishop's father's residence, on the very evening when he might have been performing before the Emperor. He did however produce three new pieces for this event: a Recitative and Aria for Ceccarelli, a beautiful Duo Sonata (K.379) to play with Brunetti, and the Violin Rondo. Mozart, it seems, was not a close friend of Brunetti - on one occasion he described him as "coarse and dirty" - but from the music one would never guess this low opinion, or his lack of enthusiasm for what he referred to as a "foul concert". The Rondo is urbane and lyrical, with occasional moments of operatic eloquence and brilliant display, while introducing some surprising, original touches of orchestration. It's a fitting farewell to his Salzburg years, and the work of a composer confident of making his way in the Imperial capital.
© Duncan Druce, 2007
Mozart's life falls into two periods: his first twenty-five years, up to 1781, living at his parents' home in Salzburg, and the last decade, based in Vienna. In both cities his residence was punctuated by journeys abroad, from 1762 (before his sixth birthday) to the trip to Prague in the summer of 1791 for the first performance of La Clemenza di Tito. In his formative years travel played a big part in his musical education as he composed to suit the expectation of each milieu. But despite this, the bulk of Mozart's pre-1781 output was destined for performance in Salzburg, and though we know he yearned more and more for a larger stage, the range of his compositions make it clear that the environment of his native city was varied and often stimulating.
The most familiar music from his Salzburg years comprises the pieces in the standard classical instrumental forms - concertos, symphonies, keyboard sonatas - plus a few works from his large output of sacred music. The many serenades, cassations, and divertimentos are much less well known. The Divertimento, or Concerto, K.113 is in fact a "foreign" piece, composed during November 1771 in Milan, where Mozart had just experienced the triumph of his second operatic commission for the city, the Festa teatrale (Ascanio in Alba). For the fifteen-year-old composer it's an important moment; the point where he ceases to be just a precociously gifted youngster, and becomes a composer with his own recognisable individuality. K.113 is momentous in another way too, as the first time he had written for the clarinet, an instrument that was to become so important to him in Vienna. On this first occasion, Mozart confines himself largely to the clarinet's bright upper register, but there are several moments that anticipate the great clarinet works to come, chief of them, perhaps, the beautiful melody at the start of the Andante, designed for the clarinet's best cantabile register, and making use of a motif he was to return to several times, right up to the great Adagio of the String Quintet, K.593. There are characteristically Mozartian features throughout the Divertimento, from the elegant opening sentence, neatly introducing the first movement's contrasting characters whilst at the same time allowing each voice in the ensemble a say in the dialogue. The ceremonial style of the Minuet contrasts most delightfully with its pensive, minor-key trio, and the playful finale is a splendid early instance of Mozart's prodigality of invention - there are, in a tiny movement, about eight different ideas, all fitting together to make a balanced whole.
The series of six orchestral serenades form a significant part of Mozart's Salzburg output. They have many common features: all are in the bright key of D major, written for a full orchestra including trumpets, and with seven or eight movements. Most were designed to accompany the end-of-year celebrations at the University: on an evening in early August the serenade would be played twice, first at the Archbishop's summer residence, and then in the Kollegienplatz (now the Universitätsplatz) to an audience of students and professors. Each of the serenades is paired with a march (K.189 belongs with K.185), played en route to the two venues. In the decade from 1769, Mozart was the preferred composer for these serenades. In 1773, however, when K.185 (also known as the Andretter Serenade) was written, he wasn't present at the performance, as he was on an extended visit to Vienna with his father. Earlier in the year he had composed his first Violin Concerto (K.207), and K.185 is the first of four serenades to include a solo violin. Typical of Salzburg practice is the alternation of flutes and oboes, played by the same players; the flutes appear in the March, the first of the two Minuets, and in the following Andante grazioso.
The March immediately sets a celebratory atmosphere with its bold motifs and striking, witty changes of instrumentation and texture. The flutes become prominent during the suave, elegant second theme. The scale-wise main theme of the Serenade's first Allegro, surprisingly announced by the bass instruments and the horns, leads to a range of further ideas, all based on fragments of scales; in this way the young master combines prodigality with coherence. However, it's the opening idea that predominates, with its characteristic rhythm, returning emphatically in an extended coda. The following two movements form a miniature violin concerto, in the remote key of F major. First, there's an Andante featuring a broad, sonorous, singing melody and a livelier subsidiary theme with trills and staccato repeated notes. Then comes a simple Rondo, where the orchestra reiterates the main rondo theme, alternating with a variety of lively solo episodes. Towards the end the violin begins to join in as the theme is played, introducing a new continuation.
Back in D major, the trumpets, absent since the first movement, enhance the effect of a stately Minuet. Its Trio is most unusually scored, with a melody entrusted to solo flute and viola, with another viola part and bass for accompaniment. The Andante grazioso has prominent parts for two flutes and for the horns, now pitched in the high key of A. The bright, luminous sections for wind contrast most beautifully with the delicate, expressive writing for the violins. The second Minuet, typically designed to be played at a faster tempo than the first, and in a more robust, popular idiom, starts with a striking, fanfare-like phrase for the whole orchestra in unison. This time there are two trios: the first, in the minor, reintroduces the solo violin, lightly accompanied by just violins and violas; the second gives its joyful, instantly memorable melody to the oboes and horns. The finale is preceded by a mock-heroic slow introduction. After three bars of stern unison, the wind introduce a motif that's then adapted to form the main theme of the finale proper, a movement full of youthful high spirits. At the point where we expect a conclusion, Mozart springs a surprise - a coda whose main purpose is to introduce a grand "Mannheim crescendo" (a gradual rise of melodic line, dynamic level and excitement, over a constantly repeated bass note). An example of youthful exuberance, certainly, yet Mozart used the same device to round off the overture to The Marriage of Figaro in 1786.
In 1775 Mozart wrote the remaining four of his five violin concertos; the last three, especially, are amongst the most popular of his earlier works. After this, the only string concertante work he completed was the great Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola of 1779. But he did write three separate movements for violin and orchestra, two of which were probably intended as substitute movements for his own concertos. The E major Adagio, K.261, composed in 1776, is most likely designed to replace the Adagio of the A major Concerto K.219. Nowadays it's never heard in this context, but with its more clear-cut phrases, simpler form, and with flutes substituting for oboes, it provides a lighter, more graceful, if less profound alternative.
The Rondo in B flat, K.269 (261a) probably dates from the same period, and again the likelihood is that it was intended to replace the original finale of K.207, Mozart's First Concerto. This work has in places an air of old-fashioned formality, and the Rondo would certainly have helped to give it a more up-to-date air. By the mid-1770s, Mozart had evidently formed the conviction, maintained for the rest of his life, that the most effective conclusion for a concerto was a rondo, where the constant recurrence of a catchy main theme could induce an upbeat, relaxed mood. K.269 is a more substantial, sophisticated rondo than the one in the K.185 Serenade. The violin announces the theme before it's taken up by the orchestra and passages where the spotlight is on the solo part alternate with episodes of lively dialogue between orchestra and soloist.
This rondo, like those in the last three violin concertos, ends quietly - an otherwise unusual feature in Mozart's orchestral music. One wonders whether it may reflect a preference of the Salzburg violinist, Antonio Brunetti, who is likely to have performed all these pieces. There's a particularly effective quiet conclusion, too, to the Rondo in C, K.373, known to have been composed for Brunetti. In March 1781, Mozart was summoned from Munich, where he had been enjoying the success of his new opera, Idomeneo, to attend his employer, the Prince Archbishop Colloredo, on a visit to Vienna. Also in the Archbishop's entourage were two other musicians, Brunetti, and the castrato Ceccarelli. Mozart was extremely discontented. Treated as a servant, required to perform without extra remuneration whilst being forbidden from accepting lucrative "outside" engagements, he longed for independence. He was particularly irked to have to appear at a concert on April 8th at the Archbishop's father's residence, on the very evening when he might have been performing before the Emperor. He did however produce three new pieces for this event: a Recitative and Aria for Ceccarelli, a beautiful Duo Sonata (K.379) to play with Brunetti, and the Violin Rondo. Mozart, it seems, was not a close friend of Brunetti - on one occasion he described him as "coarse and dirty" - but from the music one would never guess this low opinion, or his lack of enthusiasm for what he referred to as a "foul concert". The Rondo is urbane and lyrical, with occasional moments of operatic eloquence and brilliant display, while introducing some surprising, original touches of orchestration. It's a fitting farewell to his Salzburg years, and the work of a composer confident of making his way in the Imperial capital.
© Duncan Druce, 2007
10 May 2007
BBCi
Claire Rogers
What a good idea to record these relatively little-known (and recorded) serenades and short violin works by Mozart. A product of Linn's fruitful partnership with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, this excellent disc focuses on music dating from the first twenty-five years of Mozart's life, when - although well-travelled - he was still based in Salzburg.
Mozart wrote the two main works - the Divertimento and Serenade - as a teenager, and in them we hear him exploring and establishing his own innovative style. Given what we know of his precocious personality it's fascinating to witness this beautifully poised and highly civilised music, in which he experiments with unusual orchestrations (the Trio of tr.5 for instance) and most notably, in the Divertimento, uses for the first time an instrument that would become so important to him in later works - the clarinet.
The SCO's playing is as dynamic and reliable as ever. Yet to my ears the strings don't always sound as caring tonally and involved musically as in some of their previous recordings with Linn - the excellent Brahms CD for instance. As a whole though, the orchestra really shines under violinist Alexander Janiczek's excellent no-nonsense direction. The balance is good, and although the second violins and violas are mostly kept well in the background they do have some star moments - listen to the viola work, again in track five. Rhythmically there's also great cohesion, especially in the minuets which are wonderful.
Janiczek's violin solos in the Serenade and Divertimento are beautifully understated, as an orchestral leader might deliver them, which is to be applauded. The three other solo violin works often appear as fillers in sets of Mozart violin concertos, and although Janiczek plays them well, it's a shame he doesn't take the opportunity here to really open up the violin sound more.
All in all this is a really enjoyable super audio disc which I thoroughly recommend, especially if you have any kind of SACD player.
01 June 2007
ClassicsToday.com
David Vernier
4½ Stars
The first thing you notice is the vibrant sound, the ensemble's immediacy and depth, giving a realistic spatial and sonic picture of the array of musicians and instruments performing in a very complementary acoustic. Then you have to appreciate the robust rhythmic character and clean articulation in the opening March K. 189, the companion piece to the following Serenade K. 185. Indeed, throughout the program you get the sure impression that these performers know and love Mozart, putting sufficient energy into each movement of each piece, granting each the appropriate character of Menuet or March, Andante grazioso or Allegro. The orchestra's gentle way with the thematic rhythms in the Serenade's Andante grazioso and the subtlety with which the players (and conductor) highlight this movement's slight but important mood shifts is a pure pleasure to hear.
Violinist/director Alexander Janiczek asks for tempos that neither blaze nor plod nor obscure the happy spirit of these primarily youthful works. As a soloist in the two Rondos and the lovely Adagio K. 261 Janiczek also provides tasteful cadenzas that highlight his expertly executed, personable, open-hearted style. And who can fail to be impressed with the Divertimento K. 113, a remarkably "mature" piece of orchestral writing that shows a 15-year-old composer already in control of techniques and thematic devices that would reappear in later, more famous, more extensively developed forms. This is a very well-played, thoughtfully programmed recording of works that are all too often ruined by casual, matter-of-fact treatment; if its primary purpose is entertainment, which it should be, then it succeeds admirably.
05 May 2007
The Daily Telegraph
Richard Wigmore
As a teenager in Salzburg, Mozart would regularly whip up a serenade for the alfresco celebrations to mark the end of the university year. An introductory march and a couple of minuets were de rigueur; often, as in K185, he would also slip into the mix a miniature violin concerto to perform himself.
He can hardly have played the two concerto movements with more skill or imagination than his latter-day counterpart, the nimble, silken-toned Alexander Janiczek.
For my taste, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra slightly underestimate the country-dance earthiness of the second minuet. Elsewhere, though, they are ideally spruce and pointed in the fast movements, and savour the galant sensuality of the andante grazioso without exaggeration or mannerism.
Completing an appealing programme of Mozartian "easy listening" are the two rondos and Adagio for violin, alluringly phrased and coloured by Janiczek, and the charming Divertimento K113, Mozart's earliest work with his beloved clarinets.
Hair-shirt authenticists may find these beautifully recorded versions too suave and "comfortable". For others they offer virtually unalloyed delight.
BBCi
Claire Rogers
What a good idea to record these relatively little-known (and recorded) serenades and short violin works by Mozart. A product of Linn's fruitful partnership with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, this excellent disc focuses on music dating from the first twenty-five years of Mozart's life, when - although well-travelled - he was still based in Salzburg.
Mozart wrote the two main works - the Divertimento and Serenade - as a teenager, and in them we hear him exploring and establishing his own innovative style. Given what we know of his precocious personality it's fascinating to witness this beautifully poised and highly civilised music, in which he experiments with unusual orchestrations (the Trio of tr.5 for instance) and most notably, in the Divertimento, uses for the first time an instrument that would become so important to him in later works - the clarinet.
The SCO's playing is as dynamic and reliable as ever. Yet to my ears the strings don't always sound as caring tonally and involved musically as in some of their previous recordings with Linn - the excellent Brahms CD for instance. As a whole though, the orchestra really shines under violinist Alexander Janiczek's excellent no-nonsense direction. The balance is good, and although the second violins and violas are mostly kept well in the background they do have some star moments - listen to the viola work, again in track five. Rhythmically there's also great cohesion, especially in the minuets which are wonderful.
Janiczek's violin solos in the Serenade and Divertimento are beautifully understated, as an orchestral leader might deliver them, which is to be applauded. The three other solo violin works often appear as fillers in sets of Mozart violin concertos, and although Janiczek plays them well, it's a shame he doesn't take the opportunity here to really open up the violin sound more.
All in all this is a really enjoyable super audio disc which I thoroughly recommend, especially if you have any kind of SACD player.
01 June 2007
ClassicsToday.com
David Vernier
4½ Stars
The first thing you notice is the vibrant sound, the ensemble's immediacy and depth, giving a realistic spatial and sonic picture of the array of musicians and instruments performing in a very complementary acoustic. Then you have to appreciate the robust rhythmic character and clean articulation in the opening March K. 189, the companion piece to the following Serenade K. 185. Indeed, throughout the program you get the sure impression that these performers know and love Mozart, putting sufficient energy into each movement of each piece, granting each the appropriate character of Menuet or March, Andante grazioso or Allegro. The orchestra's gentle way with the thematic rhythms in the Serenade's Andante grazioso and the subtlety with which the players (and conductor) highlight this movement's slight but important mood shifts is a pure pleasure to hear.
Violinist/director Alexander Janiczek asks for tempos that neither blaze nor plod nor obscure the happy spirit of these primarily youthful works. As a soloist in the two Rondos and the lovely Adagio K. 261 Janiczek also provides tasteful cadenzas that highlight his expertly executed, personable, open-hearted style. And who can fail to be impressed with the Divertimento K. 113, a remarkably "mature" piece of orchestral writing that shows a 15-year-old composer already in control of techniques and thematic devices that would reappear in later, more famous, more extensively developed forms. This is a very well-played, thoughtfully programmed recording of works that are all too often ruined by casual, matter-of-fact treatment; if its primary purpose is entertainment, which it should be, then it succeeds admirably.
05 May 2007
The Daily Telegraph
Richard Wigmore
As a teenager in Salzburg, Mozart would regularly whip up a serenade for the alfresco celebrations to mark the end of the university year. An introductory march and a couple of minuets were de rigueur; often, as in K185, he would also slip into the mix a miniature violin concerto to perform himself.
He can hardly have played the two concerto movements with more skill or imagination than his latter-day counterpart, the nimble, silken-toned Alexander Janiczek.
For my taste, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra slightly underestimate the country-dance earthiness of the second minuet. Elsewhere, though, they are ideally spruce and pointed in the fast movements, and savour the galant sensuality of the andante grazioso without exaggeration or mannerism.
Completing an appealing programme of Mozartian "easy listening" are the two rondos and Adagio for violin, alluringly phrased and coloured by Janiczek, and the charming Divertimento K113, Mozart's earliest work with his beloved clarinets.
Hair-shirt authenticists may find these beautifully recorded versions too suave and "comfortable". For others they offer virtually unalloyed delight.
01 - March K 189.flac
02 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Allegro assai.flac
03 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Andante.flac
04 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Allegro.flac
05 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Menuetto Trio.flac
06 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Andante grazioso.flac
07 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Menuetto Trio.flac
08 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Adagio Allegro assai.flac
09 - Rondo in C K 373.flac
10 - Adagio in E K 261.flac
11 - Rondo Concertante in Bb K 269.flac
12 - Divertimento in Eb K 113 - Allegro.flac
13 - Divertimento in Eb K 113 - Andante.flac
14 - Divertimento in Eb K 113 - Menuetto Trio.flac
15 - Divertimento in Eb K 113 - Allegro.flac
02 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Allegro assai.flac
03 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Andante.flac
04 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Allegro.flac
05 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Menuetto Trio.flac
06 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Andante grazioso.flac
07 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Menuetto Trio.flac
08 - Serenade in D Andretter K 185 - Adagio Allegro assai.flac
09 - Rondo in C K 373.flac
10 - Adagio in E K 261.flac
11 - Rondo Concertante in Bb K 269.flac
12 - Divertimento in Eb K 113 - Allegro.flac
13 - Divertimento in Eb K 113 - Andante.flac
14 - Divertimento in Eb K 113 - Menuetto Trio.flac
15 - Divertimento in Eb K 113 - Allegro.flac
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