BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto. MOZART Quintet. SCHUMANN Phantasie
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Composer or Director: Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: RCA Red Seal
Magazine Review Date: 07/2016
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 78
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 88985 31717-2
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra |
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
CHAARTS Chamber Artists Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sebastian Bohren, Conductor |
Quintet for Keyboard, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
CHAARTS Chamber Artists Sebastian Bohren, Conductor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Fantasie |
Robert Schumann, Composer
CHAARTS Chamber Artists Robert Schumann, Composer Sebastian Bohren, Conductor |
Author: David Threasher
Bohren presents an admirable take on Schumann’s Phantasie too: cooler and more of a piece than Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s molten approach on her recent recording (Audite, 5/16) – but then, he’s clearly a very different sort of violinist. This Phantasie hangs together as it should and comes over less episodically than it often does.
The disc closes with Mozart reimagined by Jean Françaix. The Quintet for piano and winds is such a perfect and unusual piece in its uniquely pungent scoring – at least until Beethoven tried his hand at it – that one wonders why the Frenchman felt the need. Still, there it is, and it’s hard to fault this loving performance of such a loveable work. The disc is called ‘Equal’ and, all being so, comes as a distinctive calling card for an ensemble it may well prove worth following.
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