The Ultimate Most Relaxing Mozart in the Universe

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All Music Guide - Blair Sanderson
The Ultimate Most Relaxing Mozart in the Universe is, for the most part, a collection of slow movements extracted from sonatas, chamber works, and concertos, covering a broad range of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's instrumental works. For people who make few demands of their classical recordings, this set of pleasant and melodious excerpts will be serviceable as background music, since the playing in almost all the selections is first-rate and the sound quality high throughout. However, more discriminating listeners will likely object to the presence of two spurious works, the middle movements from the "Violin Concertos No. 6 in E flat major" and "No. 7 in D major," which ...
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All Music Guide - Blair Sanderson
The Ultimate Most Relaxing Mozart in the Universe is, for the most part, a collection of slow movements extracted from sonatas, chamber works, and concertos, covering a broad range of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's instrumental works. For people who make few demands of their classical recordings, this set of pleasant and melodious excerpts will be serviceable as background music, since the playing in almost all the selections is first-rate and the sound quality high throughout. However, more discriminating listeners will likely object to the presence of two spurious works, the middle movements from the "Violin Concertos No. 6 in E flat major" and "No. 7 in D major," which seem odd choices when authentic Mozart is so easy to come by, even in Denon's back catalog. Furthermore, they may note with displeasure the absence of any of the great Andantes from the string quartets or the symphonies, which makes including the above selections even more dubious. But beyond this matter, the program is reasonably varied and balanced, and the roster of performers features some of the label's most distinguished artists, including pianist Maria-João Pires, clarinetist Sabine Meyer, violinist Jean-Jacques Kantorow, and fine ensembles such as the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, the Festival Strings Lucerne, and the English Chamber Orchestra, to name a few.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/14/2007
  • Label: Denon Records
  • UPC: 795041766328
  • Catalog Number: 17663
  • Sales rank: 8,909

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ("Elvira Madigan") K. 467: Andante - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Jean-Jacques Kantorow (5:54)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed byNetherlands Chamber Orchestra
  2. 2 Violin Concerto in E flat major (doubtful, "Concerto No. 6"), K. 268 (K. Anh. C 14.04): 2. Un poco adagio - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Jean-Jacques Kantorow (5:36)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed byNetherlands Chamber Orchestra
  3. 3 Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major ("Alla Turca") K. 331 (K. 300i): 1. Andante grazioso - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & David Alan Kogut (14:40)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. 4 Adagio for violin & orchestra in E major, K. 261 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Leopold Hager (7:51)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted byLeopold Hager
    Performed byLeopold Hager, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
  5. 5 Violin Concerto in D major (doubtful, "Concerto No. 7"), K(2) 271a (K. 271i): 2. Andante - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Jean-Jacques Kantorow (8:00)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performed byNetherlands Chamber Orchestra
  6. 6 Andante for flute & orchestra in C major, K. 315 (K. 285e) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & András Adorján (5:52)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted byHans Stadlmair
    Performed byMünchener Kammerorchester, Hans Stadlmair
  7. 7 Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: 2. Adagio - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & English Chamber Orchestra (7:15)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted byDavid Zinman
    Performed byEnglish Chamber Orchestra, David Zinman
  8. 8 Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 (K. 300d): Andante cantabile - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Ingrid Haebler (9:34)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Disc 2
  1. 1 Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik"), K. 525: Romance - Andante - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Rudolf Baumgartner (5:52)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted byRudolf Baumgartner
    Performed byRudolf Baumgartner
  2. 2 Piano Sonata No. 16 in B flat major, K. 570: 2. Andante - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & David Alan Kogut (4:24)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  3. 3 Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216: 2. Adagio - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Leopold Hager (7:23)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted byLeopold Hager
    Performed byLeopold Hager, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
  4. 4 Clarinet Quintet in A major ("Stadler"), K. 581: 3. Menuetto - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & David Alan Kogut (7:35)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. 5 Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313 (K. 285c): 2. Adagio non troppo - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & András Adorján (9:13)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted byHans Stadlmair
    Performed byMünchener Kammerorchester, Hans Stadlmair
  6. 6 Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491: 2. Larghetto - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Lausanne Chamber Orchestra (7:39)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted byJesus Lopez Cobos
    Performed byLausanne Chamber Orchestra, Jesus Lopez Cobos
  7. 7 Clarinet Quintet in A major ("Stadler"), K. 581: 2. Allegro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & David Alan Kogut (9:09)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  8. 8 Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 314 (K. 285d): 2. Andante ma non troppo - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & András Adorján (6:47)
    Composed byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Conducted byHans Stadlmair
    Performed byMünchener Kammerorchester, Hans Stadlmair
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