Mozart & Michael Haydn: Bassoon Concerto & Serenade
8/25/2017, 13 Tracks, 1:00:43
Featuring
Sergio Azzolini
Fruzsina Hara
Accademia d'archi Bolzano
Michael Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Compositional Technique
Mozart's Bassoon Concerto, K. 191, demands extreme virtuosity, with the solo part spanning the entire range of the historical bassoon and featuring complex runs, leaps, and trills.
Composition History
Mozart's only bassoon concerto, K. 191, was likely written for a bassoonist in the Salzburg court chapel, possibly Johann Hofer, rather than for Baron Thaddäus von Dürnitz.
Album & Artwork
This album reconstructs a typical Salzburg 'Nachtmusik' or open-air concert from around 1775, combining a march, a solo concerto, and a serenade with various 'concertini'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album's arrangement, blending Mozart's concerto into a Michael Haydn serenade, aims to commemorate the friendship between the two Salzburg composers.
Historical Context
In Mozart's time, Salzburg summer serenades typically involved musicians playing a march, performing a variety of orchestral and solo pieces, and then departing with another march.
Composer Biography
Johann Hofer, a bassoonist in the Salzburg court chapel, was a friend of the Mozart family, and Leopold Mozart praised his playing in Michael Haydn's 'Oboists' Mass'.
Interpretation
Sergio Azzolini, the bassoonist on this recording, uses an original bassoon from Mozart's era, built by Viennese instrument maker Kaspar Tauber around 1794.
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