Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Double Concertos

Featuring

Zsolt Kalló
László Paulik
Nicholas McGegan
Rita Papp
Capella Savaria
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Recording & Production

This album features a fragment of Mozart's Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra in D major, K.Anh.56/315f, completed by Robert D. Levin, who first undertook the completion in 1968 as part of his undergraduate thesis.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Mozart constructed his movements from complex architectural models, using a large number of themes not for variety, but to clarify structure and create a narrative.

Compositional Technique

In Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, the solo viola part was originally written a semitone lower in D major, with instructions for the soloist to tune the viola a semitone higher to achieve an E-flat sound, a technique called 'scordatura'.

Composition History

Mozart likely encountered the sinfonia concertante genre during his 1777-78 journey to Paris, stopping in Mannheim where composers like Carl Stamitz favored the form.

Performer Biography

Nicholas McGegan, the conductor, has a discography of over a hundred recordings, with more than 50 dedicated to the works of Handel.

Critical Reception

The Canadian Opus Magazine described Capella Savaria, the ensemble on this recording, as 'one of Europe's best ensembles'.

Instruments

Capella Savaria, the chamber orchestra on this recording, was founded in 1981 as Hungary's first period-instrument ensemble, playing authentic 18th-century instruments or their copies.