Glossa: GCD921107Mozart - The Last Concerto 1791 |
Prices shown exclude VAT. (UK tax is not payable for deliveries to United States.)
See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  8424562211070 GCD921107 | Mozart - The Last Concerto 1791
Eric Hoeprich ('original' basset clarinet, basset horn), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Frans Bruggen In 1992, a program for a concert given by Anton Stadler in Riga in March of 1794 was discovered, where he played the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Amazingly, this program includes an engraving of the special 'Inventions Klarinette', or basset clarinet, that Stadler had with him to play Mozart’s music. Up until this time, no one knew what the basset clarinet looked like, and it came as a shock to see a long instrument with a bulbous bell on the end.
This new release on the Glossa label is the first time the work will appear played on an instrument like what Stadler possessed. “We're hardly lacking for pretty-toned mezzo-sopranos these days, but Joyce DiDonato has more than just a lovely voice – she's got what showbiz folks call 'pizzazz'. The electric charge generated by her singing is
powerful enough to make the most jaded opera-goer sit up and listen; it's such a strong charge, in fact, that it jolts even from a recording. Not that she's a scene-stealing scenerychewer, however. She simply invests herself so fully in whatever she's singing that well worn roles like Rosina or Cherubino are given startling new depth.” Gramophone, August, 2006 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
|
|
| |
|
Copyright © 2002-8 Presto Classical, all rights reserved.
Web site design and maintenance by Ferrer Consulting Ltd.
