THE MOZART RECORDINGS
Frans Brüggen

Disc I | Violin Concertos

Violin Concerto no. 1 in B flat major (kv 207)
1 Allegro moderato
2 Adagio
3 Presto

Violin Concerto no. 4 in D major (kv 218)
4 Allegro
5 Andante cantabile
6 Rondo

Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major (kv 219)
7 Allegro aperto
8 Adagio
9 Tempo di minuetto

Thomas Zehetmair, violin

Disc II | Sinfonia Concertante & Violin Concertos

Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major (kv 364)
1 Allegro maestoso
2 Andante
3 Presto

Violin Concerto no. 3 in G major (kv 216)
4 Allegro
5 Adagio
6 Rondo

Violin Concerto no. 2 in D major (kv 211)
7 Allegro moderato
8 Andante
9 Rondo

Thomas Zehetmair, violin
Ruth Kilius, viola

Disc III | Arias for Aloysia Weber

1 No, no, che non sei capace (kv 419)

2 Alcandro, lo confesso – Non so d’onde viene (kv 294)

3 Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio! (kv 418)

4 Ah se in ciel, benigne stelle (kv 538)

5 Mia speranza adorata – Ah non sai qual pena sia (kv 416)

6 Popoli di Tessaglia! – Io non chedo, eterni Dei (kv 316 [kv 300b]))

7 Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner (kv 383)

Cyndia Sieden, soprano

Disc IV | music for horn

from: 12 Duos for horns (kv 487 [496a])
1 No. 8, Allegro

Quintet in E flat for horn, violin, 2 violas and bass (kv 407 [386c])
2 Allegro
3 Andante
4 Rondo (Allegro)

from: 12 Duos for horns (kv 487 [496a])
5 No. 7, Adagio
6 No. 2, Menuetto (Allegretto)

from: Mitridate, re di Ponto (kv 87 [74a])
7 Aria “Lungi da te, mio bene”

from: 12 Duos for horns (kv 487 [496a])
8 No. 3, Andante
9 No. 12, Allegro

Horn Concerto in E flat (kv 447)
10 (Allegro)
11 Romance (Larghetto)
12 Allegro

from: 12 Duos for horns (kv 487 [496a])
13 No. 9, Menuetto
14 No. 5, Larghetto

Ein musikalischer Spass for 2 violins, viola, bass and 2 horns (kv 522)
15 Allegro
16 Menuetto (Maestoso)
17 Adagio cantabile
18 Presto

from: 12 Duos for horns (kv 487 [496a])
19 No. 4, Polonaise

Teunis van der Zwart, natural horn
Claron MacFadden, soprano [track 7]
Erwin Wieringa, natural horn [all duos, plus tracks 15-18]
Marc Destrubé, violin [tracks 2-4, tracks 15-18]
Staas Swierstra, violin [tracks 15-18] & viola [tracks 2-4]
Emilio Moreno, viola [tracks 2-4, tracks 15-18]
Albert Brüggen, cello [tracks 2-4]
Robert Franenberg, double bass [tracks 15-18]

Disc V | Clarinet Concerto & Arias (La Clemenza di Tito)

Clarinet Concerto (kv 622)
1 Allegro
2 Adagio
3 Rondo. Allegro

from: La Clemenza di Tito (kv 621)
4 Ouverture
5 Aria: Parto, ma tu ben mio
6 Aria: Non più di fiori

7 Adagio for 2 clarinets and 3 basset horns (kv 411)

Eric Hoeprich, clarinets & basset horn
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano [tracks 5-6]
Toni Salar-Verdú, clarinet [track 7]
Guy van Waas, basset horn [track 7]
Annette Thomas, basset horn [track 7]
Lorenzo Coppola, basset horn [track 7]

Disc VI | Symphonies

Symphony no. 39 in E flat major (kv 543)
1 Adagio – Allegro
2 Andante con moto
3 Menuetto & Trio
4 Allegro

Symphony no. 40 in G minor (kv 550)
5 Molto allegro
6 Andante
7 Menuetto & Trio
8 Allegro assai

Disc VII | Symphonies

Symphony no. 41 in C major, “Jupiter” (kv 551)
1 Allegro vivace
2 Andante cantabile
3 Menuetto & Trio
4 Molto allegro

Disc VIII | Requiem

1 Maurerische Trauermusik (kv 477)

2 Adagio for 2 clarinets and 3 basset horns (kv 411)

Requiem (kv 626)
3 Plainchant (Introitus)
4 Introitus
5 Kyrie
Sequenz
6 Dies irae
7 Tuba mirum
8 Rex tremendae
9 Recordare
10 Confutatis
11 Lacrimosa
Offertorium
12 Plainchant (Tractus)
13 Domine Jesu
14 Hostias
15 Plainchant (Offertorium)
16 Sanctus
17 Benedictus
18 Agnus Dei
Communio
19 Lux aeterna

Requiem:
Mona Julsrud, soprano
Wilke te Brummelstroete, alto
Zeger Vandersteene, tenor
Jelle Draijer, bass
Eugeen Liven D’Abelardo, plainchant leader
Netherlands Chamber Choir

Adagio:
Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
Toru Sakamoto, clarinet
Guy van Waas, basset horn
Lorenzo Coppola, basset horn
Carles Riera, basset horn

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About this CD

The music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has always been one of the raisons d’être of Frans Brüggen's Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century since its foundation back in 1981. In this sense, it’s no wonder that Mozart is the most represented composer on the 20-title strong The Grand Tour collection, the series within the Glossa label on which the orchestra has been issuing all its recordings since 1997. The Mozart output encompasses 6 titles on 8 CDs, now included in a new boxed set appropriately titled The Mozart Recordings...

Great soloists join maestro Brüggen and his orchestra on this recorded Mozart journey: Thomas Zehetmair for the violin concertos, soprano Cyndia Sieden for the concert arias written for Aloysia Weber, Eric Hoeprich in the clarinet concerto, mezzo Joyce DiDonato in arias from La Clemenza di Tito, to name but a few. Brüggen’s landmark readings of the last three symphonies and the Requiem are also included, the latter documenting the impressive Tokyo concert of 1998.

The moving essay included in the booklet, written by a good friend of Frans Brüggen, Bas van Putten, describes the conductor in his Siena retreat, driving, reading, cooking, studying, and of course talking about music, and especially about Mozart. Another selection of Annelies van der Vegt’s wonderful photographs, taken during the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century’s tours, complete an edition prepared with the utmost care.