A very light, very sprightly, and very delightful performance of Mozart's Gran Partita, this 2007 release by the Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings under conductor H. Robert Reynolds will beguile anyone who already knows the work and enthrall anyone who doesn't. And everyone should know the work -- it is, by common agreement, the best woodwind serenade ever composed: bigger, fuller, and deeper than Mozart's two other wind serenades and brighter, finer, and more profound than any other composer's wind serenades. And while there ...
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A very light, very sprightly, and very delightful performance of Mozart's Gran Partita, this 2007 release by the Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings under conductor H. Robert Reynolds will beguile anyone who already knows the work and enthrall anyone who doesn't. And everyone should know the work -- it is, by common agreement, the best woodwind serenade ever composed: bigger, fuller, and deeper than Mozart's two other wind serenades and brighter, finer, and more profound than any other composer's wind serenades. And while there has never been any shortage of great Gran Partita recordings from Böhm, Davis, de Waart, Furtwängler, and Mackerras, plus a host of performer-led recordings, this disc is still something special. First, it has a wonderful plein air feeling -- the sense of space and place is palpable. Second, it features marvelously virtuosic playing -- the Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings are first-rate instrumentalists with clear colors and agile techniques. Third, and most importantly, it sounds...
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Add this copy of Serenade 10 to cart. $7.02, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Ruby rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Koch Int'l Classics.
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