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Mozart and Britten (2006)

The fascinating Third Cello Suite of Britten—the last of six important works composed for the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich (to whom the Suite’s Russian themes pay homage)—testifies to the endless inventiveness of one of the great creative minds of the twentieth century. Like this work, the Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452, of Mozart, which concludes Disc Six, is a singular masterpiece. At the time of its creation, Mozart himself regarded it as “the best work I have ever composed.”
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Selections
Third Suite for Cello, op. 87 (1971) | Benjamin Britten (26:13)
- Colin Carr, Cello
Adagio, Gigue, and Fantasy for solo piano | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (14:40)
- Jeffrey Kahane, Piano
Church Sonatas | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (11:35)
- Ani Kavafian, Violin
- James Welch, Organ
- Peter Wiley, Cello
- Tien-Hsin Wu, Violin
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452 (1784) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (25:14)
- Dennis Godburn, Bassoon
- Gilbert Kalish, Piano
- Anthony McGill, Clarinet
- Richard Todd, Horn
- Allan Vogel, Oboe
Artists
- Colin Carr, Cello
- Dennis Godburn, Bassoon
- Jeffrey Kahane, Piano
- Gilbert Kalish, Piano
- Ani Kavafian, Violin
- Anthony McGill, Clarinet
- Richard Todd, Horn
- Allan Vogel, Oboe
- James Welch, Organ
- Peter Wiley, Cello
- Tien-Hsin Wu, Violin
Music@Menlo LIVE’s Returning to Mozart series commemorates the festival’s fourth season, a celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Total Time: 77:42
Discs: 1
Price: $15.00
Year Recorded: 2006