Claudio Abbado Conducts Mozart - 5 CDS

“Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic once again defy the inexorable progress of period performance in exhilarating accounts of Mozart using modern instruments,” opined Gramophone. The new reissue of these recordings from the early 1990s includes several favorite symphonies, the Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola, the Masonic Funeral Music, a serenade and divertimento as well as the C minor Mass, of which “Abbado’s performance is wide-ranging, delivering most satisfyingly on every aspect of this hugely varied score. He has an impressively unified team at his disposal, with a superb quartet of singers: in fact Bonney and Auger are as well matched as you could reasonably expect to find in the impossibly demanding Domine Deus duet” (Music-Web International).

DISC 1 - CD 1     

March No. 1 in D Major, K. 335 (320a)        

Serenade No. 9 in D Major, K. 320 "Posthorn"    

2     I. Adagio maestoso - Allegro con spirito    

3     II. Menuetto - Allegretto - Trio    

4     III. Concertante - Andante grazioso    

5     IV. Rondeau - Allegro ma non troppo    

6     V. Andantino    

7     VI. Menuetto - Trio I - Trio II    

8     VII. Finale - Presto    

9     March No. 2 in D Major, K. 335 (320a)        

Divertimento No. 11 in D Major, K. 251, "Nannerl Septet"    

10     I. Molto allegro    

11     II. Menuetto - Trio    

12     III. Andantino    

13     IV. Menuetto - Tema con variazioni    

14     V. Rondeau - Allegro assai    

15     VI. Marcia alla francese     

DISC 2 - CD     Symphony No. 23 in D Major, K.181 (162b)    

1     I. Allegro spiritoso    

2     II. Andantino grazioso    

3     III. Presto assai        

Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-Flat Major, K. 364 (320d)   

4     I. Allegro maestoso    

5     II. Andante    

6     III. Presto        

Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K.425 "Linz"    

7     I. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso    

8     II. Andante    

9     III. Menuetto - Trio    

10     IV. Presto     

DISC 3 - CD     Symphony No. 28 in C Major, K. 200 (189k)    

1     I. Allegro spiritoso    

2     II. Andante    

3     III. Menuetto - Allegretto - Trio    

4     IV. Presto        

Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 (186a)    

5     I. Allegro moderato    

6     II. Andante    

7     III. Menuetto - Trio    

8     IV. Allegro con spirito        

Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 "Haffner"    

9     I. Allegro con spirito    

10     II. Andante    

11     III. Menuetto - Trio    

12     IV. Finale - Presto     

DISC 4 - CD     Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297 (300a) "Paris"    

1     I. Allegro assai    

2     II. Andante (Second Version)    

3     III. Allegro    

4     II. Andante (First Version)    

5     Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477 (479a): Adagio        

Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183 (173dB)    

6     I. Allegro con brio    

7     II. Andante    

8     III. Menuetto - Trio    

9     IV. Allegro        

Symphony in D Major, K. 320 "The Posthorn"    

10     I. Adagio maestoso - Allegro con spirito    

11     II. Andantino    

12     III. Presto     

DISC 5 - CD     Great Mass in C Minor, K. 427 (417a)    

1     I. Kyrie - Andante Moderato    

2     II. Gloria - Allegro vivace    

3     II. Gloria - Laudamus te - Allegro aperto    

4     II. Gloria - Gratias agimus tibe - Allegro    

5     II. Gloria - Domine - Allegro moderato    

6     II. Gloria - Qui tollis - Largo    

7     II. Gloria - Quoniam - Allegro    

8     II. Gloria - Jesu Christe - Adagio    

9     III. Credo - Cum sancto spiritu    

10     III. Credo - Allegro maestoso    

11     III. Credo - Et incarnatus est    

12     IV. Sanctus    

13     V. Benedictus - Allegro comodo