Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Florian Deuter, Monica Waisman, Harmonie universelle
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Accent
Catalogue: ACC24380
Release: 2022
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (Excerpts Arr. for 2 Violins)
01. Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja
02. Du feines Täubchen, nur herein
03. Bey Männern, welche Liebe fühlen
12 Duette (After Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310)
04. No. 5a, Allegro maestoso
05. No. 5c, Presto
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Excerpts Arr. for 2 Violins)
06. Non so più cosa son
07. Non più andrai
08. Porgi amor
09. Voi, che sapete
12 Duette
10. No. 6a, Allegretto [After String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575 “Prussian No. 1”]
Piano Sonata No. 6 in D Major, K. 284 “Dürnitz”
11. III. Tema con variazione (Arr. for 2 Violins)
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (Excerpts Arr. for 2 Violins)
13. Ach ich fühls, es ist verschwunden
14. Soll ich dich, Theurer! nicht mehr seh’n?
15. Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen wünscht Papageno sich
12 Duette (After Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 “Alla turca”)
16. No. 12a, Andante grazioso
17. No. 12c, Alla turca
While today it is easy to listen to almost any piece at any time and in almost any place, before the invention of recordings it was quite complicated: you had to go to a concert or to the opera or you played yourself. In the emerging bourgeoisie, arrangements of the most popular works in instrumentations suitable for chamber music were popular and, of course, Mozart’s famous operas were at the top of the popularity scale.
In many places, publishers set about transcribing Mozart’s works for small and very small ensembles.
The two violinists Florian Deuter and Mnica Waisman have found a whole series of such contemporary arrangements of Mozart’s operas and piano sonatas in “pocket format” for violin duo, which bring the well-known melodies into the new form with much wit and finesse.
In the process, the listener can grin and observe the reduction of the full sound and delve into delightful details of house music around 1800.