Mozart: Serenata notturna, 3 Divertimenti & Eine kleine Nachtmusik Camerata Nordica & Terje Tønnesen

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Adagio & Fugue in C Minor, K. 546 "String Quartet No. 27" (Version for String Orchestra):
• 1 Adagio & Fugue in C Minor, K. 546 "String Quartet No. 27" (Version for String Orchestra): Adagio 03:11
• 2 Adagio & Fugue in C Minor, K. 546 "String Quartet No. 27" (Version for String Orchestra): Fugue. Allegro 03:34
• Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik":
• 3 Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": I. Allegro 05:26
• 4 Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": II. Romanze. Andante 04:52
• 5 Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": III. Minuetto. Allegretto 02:10
• 6 Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik": IV. Rondo. Allegro 03:41
• Serenade No. 6 in D Major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna":
• 7 Serenade No. 6 in D Major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna": I. Marcia. Maestoso 02:59
• 8 Serenade No. 6 in D Major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna": II. Minuetto 03:26
• 9 Serenade No. 6 in D Major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna": III. Rondo. Allegretto 04:15
• Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 "Salzburg Symphony No. 1":
• 10 Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 "Salzburg Symphony No. 1": I. Allegro 03:46
• 11 Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 "Salzburg Symphony No. 1": II. Andante 05:08
• 12 Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 "Salzburg Symphony No. 1": III. Presto 02:26
• Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 137 "Salzburg Symphony No. 2":
• 13 Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 137 "Salzburg Symphony No. 2": I. Andante 04:57
• 14 Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 137 "Salzburg Symphony No. 2": II. Allegro di molto 02:10
• 15 Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 137 "Salzburg Symphony No. 2": III. Allegro assai 01:54
• Divertimento in F Major, K. 138 "Salzburg Symphony No. 3":
• 16 Divertimento in F Major, K. 138 "Salzburg Symphony No. 3": I. Allegro 03:31
• 17 Divertimento in F Major, K. 138 "Salzburg Symphony No. 3": II. Andante 03:57
• 18 Divertimento in F Major, K. 138 "Salzburg Symphony No. 3": III. Presto 01:52
• Total Runtime 01:03:15

Info for Mozart: Serenata notturna, 3 Divertimenti & Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Up to and including Mozart, one important task for every composer not employed by the Church was to entertain. Much of Mozart’s best-loved music consists of occasional works intended for receptions and parties, balls and banquets, ceremonies and celebrations. These pieces are known to us under a number of different names: serenades, divertimenti, Nachtmusik and notturni are just some examples.

In so far as these are genres, the distinctions between them are often blurred and many of them seem to have been used more or less interchangeably. But when the music is so fresh and immediate, labelling it becomes less important. In 1778, Leopold Mozart – who never missed an opportunity to impart his wisdom – wrote to his son describing what characterizes a successful piece: ‘Short, easy and popular… written in a natural, flowing and easy style – and at the same time bearing the marks of sound composition.’

That this recipe was something Wolfgang had already mastered six years earlier becomes obvious when one listens to any of the three Divertimentos recorded here, and it’s equally clear that he hadn’t forgotten it when he composed Eine kleine Nachtmusik ten years later. What Leopold doesn’t mention is playfulness, another quality that Mozart had in spades, and which Terje Tønnesen and his Camerata Nordica explore in their performances, allowing a plaintive Swedish nyckelharpa (‘keyed fiddle’) to be heard in the trio section in Eine kleine Nachtmusik and giving the timpanist an opportunity to rock the party in the closing rondo of Serenata notturna.

Camerata Nordica
Terje Tønnesen, conductor

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