Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Mayumi Fujikawa
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Walter Weller
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Eloquence
Catalogue: ELQ4805384
Release: 2015
Size: 916 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat major K207
01. 1. Allegro moderato
02. 2. Adagio
03. 3. Presto
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K211
04. 1. Allegro moderato
05. 2. Andante
06. 3. Rondeau (Allegro)
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216
07. 1. Allegro
08. 2. Adagio
09. 3. Rondo (Allegro)
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218
10. 1. Allegro
11. 2. Andante cantabile
12. 3. Rondeau (Andante grazioso – Allegro ma non troppo)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 ‘Turkish’
13. 1. Allegro aperto
14. 2. Adagio
15. 3. Rondeau (Tempo di minuetto)
16. Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B flat, K269
17. Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E, K261
18. Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C, K373
Violin Concerto in E Flat Major, K.268 (doubtful)
19. 1. Allegro moderato
20. 2. Un poco adagio
21. 3. Rondo (Allegretto)
Violin Concerto No. 7 in D major, KV 271a
22. 1. Allegro maestoso
23. 2. Andante
24. 3. Rondo. Allegro
Mozart’s precocious genius was as a keyboard player and composer, and his father proudly paraded these gifts of his all over Europe; but Wolfgang also played the violin – Leopold’s own instrument, for which he had written a tutor that was to become famous – and throughout the years he lived at home he was constantly being urged to devote himself more to whole-heartedly to it and scolded for his lack of commitment. It is significant that after he left Salzburg for Vienna in 1781 he did not touch the violin again, and scarcely wrote further for it as a solo instrument. Then suddenly,
in 1775, at the age of nineteen, he wrote five concertos within the space of nine months. Together with some of the shorter movements for violin and orchestra – two Rondos and an Adagio – they are issued, coupled with the Sixth and Seventh Concertos (of partial, possibly doubtful authenticity). The original 4-LP set is here released internationally, complete on Decca CD for the first time and includes the original LP notes by Lionel Salter.