Mozart: Violin concertos Nos. 3-5

 
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Violin concertos Nos. 3-5
Gottfried von der Goltz (violin) / Freiburger Barockorchester, Kristian Bezuidenhout

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Release Date: Friday 2 June 2023

After Mozart's youth symphonies, the Freiburger Barockorchester returns to the composer with a 'portrait of the artist as a young man': concertante music this time, with the last three violin concertos, composed when he was twenty years old.

Melodically inventive, structurally rich, and showing complexity in the dialogue between the soloist and the orchestra, these works represent important milestones, not only in Mozart's output, but also in the concerto genre in general.

Often recorded, these concertos are presented here in a new version: in accordance with practices of the time, Kristian Bezuidenhout improvises a pianoforte part, while conducting the orchestra, over which the violin of Gottfried von der Goltz, an artist at the height of his powers, soars with great finesse. A totally new and exciting approach to these works.

"Von der Goltz plays with his customary intonational purity, elegance of phrasing, lively articulation, enhanced left-hand clarity and interpretative buoyancy.." BBC Music Concerto Recording of the Month March 2023

"While these may not be the most beautiful accounts of these teenage stirrings of genius, they are never perfunctory and perhaps offer instead a convincing suggestion of the beautiful youth's cheery confidence and energy." Gramophone

Tracks:

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish'