Kammerorchester des Symphonieorchesters des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Instruments
Frank Peter Zimmermann plays a Stradivarius violin from 1711 that once belonged to the famous violinist Fritz Kreisler.
Compositional Technique
All five of Mozart's violin concertos are scored for the same orchestra: two oboes, two horns, and strings, with an optional bassoon to reinforce the bass strings.
Critical Reception
Mozart's violin concertos were not widely performed for a long time, only being printed in their entirety in 1877, and were often overshadowed by more virtuosic works by other composers.
Composer Biography
Mozart was appointed concertmaster in Salzburg in 1772 at the age of 17, under the new Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Franz Josef von Colloredo.
Performer Biography
Frank Peter Zimmermann, the violinist on this album, began playing at age five and gave his first orchestral concert at ten, performing Mozart's G Major Concerto KV 216.
Recording & Production
The Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra performs without a conductor, with concertmaster Radoslaw Szulc leading as 'primus inter pares' (first among equals).
Composition History
Mozart's first violin concerto, KV 207, was his very first solo concerto, composed in 1773, two years before his other violin concertos.
