Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Ernst Schlader
Orchestra: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Conductor: Bernhard Forck
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5187208
Release: 2024
Size: 1.38 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Andante
03. III. Menuetto
04. IV. Allegro con spirito
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Rondo. Allegro
Symphony No. 33 in B-Flat Major, K. 319
08. I. Allegro assai
09. II. Andante moderato
10. III. Menuetto
11. IV. Finale. Allegro assai
The Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin continues its PENTATONE Mozart series with the composer’s 29th and 33rd symphonies. These works are coupled with his ravishingly beautiful Clarinet Concerto, performed by Ernst Schlader in the original edition for basset clarinet. Schlader, a specialist in historical instruments, has written an essay on the basset clarinet for the album booklet that includes a rare historical image showing the original shape of the instrument used in the years after the concerto’s premiere. The first release his series was longlisted for the Preis der deutschen Schalllplattenkritik. The Akademie fur Alte Musik is generally seen as one of the best period-instruments ensembles of today, and has a substantial PENTATONE discography, including CANTATA with Bejun Mehta (2018), Handel’s Concerti grossi Op. 3 and 6 (released in 2019 and 2020), Telemann’s Miriways (2020), Handel’s Messiah (2020), Haydn’s L’isola disabitata (2021), La Passione with Christina Landshamer (2022), a recording of Mozart’s Paris and Haffner symphonies and Oboe Concerto with Xenia Loffler (2023), and Telemann’s Ino (2024).