Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 and 5

Featuring

Richard Tognetti
Christopher Trebue Moore
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Compositional Technique

The Sinfonia Concertante, K 364, features a 'scordatura' viola part, where the instrument is tuned up a semitone to enhance its sound quality and create a more effective counterpart to the violin.

Interpretation

This recording uses instruments strung with gut strings and wind instruments familiar to Mozart, and is played at A=430 Hz, to approximate the sound-world for which Mozart was composing.

Composer Biography

Mozart, the composer, was a fine violinist and frequently performed his own violin works, despite being primarily associated with the fortepiano.

Composition History

Mozart's father, Leopold Mozart, was the author of the most thorough and widely disseminated violin tutor of the 18th century, influencing young Wolfgang's understanding of the instrument.

Compositional Technique

Mozart's violin concertos often confound expectations in their form, resembling dramatic interactions between characters on an operatic stage rather than a contest between soloist and orchestra.

Instruments

Several principal musicians of the Australian Chamber Orchestra play on spectacularly fine instruments, including a 1743 Guarneri del Gesù violin and a 1729 Giuseppe Guarneri Filius Andreae cello.

Performer Biography

Richard Tognetti, the violinist and leader, was made a National Living Treasure in 1999 and has composed for films, including 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'.