Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Anderson, Rick, Notes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Two Mozart Masterpieces in Contemporary Transcription: Gran Partita; String Quintet in G Minor. Malcolm Bilson; Zvi Meniker; Abigail Graham; Mónica Tóth; László Móré; Csilla Vályi. Hungaroton HCD 32414, 2006.
This disc presents two rather radical rearrangements of popular works by Mozart -his Serenade in B-flat Major known as the "Gran Partita" (K. 361) and his String Quintet in G Minor (K. 516). Both arrangements date from shortly after Mozart's death. The first, an arrangement of the "Gran Partita" serenade for oboe, violin, viola, cello, and keyboard, is by Christoph Freidrich Gottlieb Schwencke (1767-1822); the second is a four-hand piano setting of …
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Publication information:
Article title: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Contributors: Anderson, Rick - Author.
Journal title: Notes.
Volume: 63.
Issue: 4
Publication date: June 2007.
Page number: 925.
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