Mozart: Complete Flute Quartets

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Published 2021-03-11
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artists: Andrea Manco (flute),Andrea Pecolo (violin), Joël Impérial (viola), Gianluca Muzzolon (cello)

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During the late 18th century, compositions for string trio with a wind instrument were extremely popular in amateur circles; and in keeping with this highly fashionable trend, Mozart composed four quartets for flute and strings while on a tour of France and Germany with his mother. The 22-year-old composer had lately made the acquaintance of a solo flautist, Johann Baptist Wendling, who was in contact with a rich flute-playing patron. A handsome fee was offered for some concertos and quartets – more than Mozart’s annual salary as a court musician back at home in Salzburg – and so he set to work, completing the first quartet, K385, on Christmas Day 1777.

The other works here may have been composed later – perhaps Mozart ran out of enthusiasm for the project – but they all count as examples of refined chamber music conceived for skilled amateur players and domestic consumption, While hardly as complex a showcase of Mozart’s compositional skills as the string quartets he dedicated to Haydn, all four quartets abounding in gentle wit and good humour, and written not as mini-concertos for flute and string trio but as chamber music for equal partners. Every now and then Mozart touches the sublime, as so often he could, such as the slow variation movement of K285b, which recalls the similar movement in the ‘Gran Partita’ wind serenade in its weightless gravity of expression.

This new recording of the quartets offers a substantial bonus, in the shape of the Oboe Quartet K370 arranged for the ensemble at hand. The performances are led by the Italian flautist Andrea Manco, who in 2003, at just 20 years old, became principal flute of the Teatro Regio orchestra in Turin under the directorship of Gianandrea Noseda.

Since then he has played principal flute for many fine orchestras in Europe and farther afield, and in 2014 he took a solo flute post at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He is joined here by a trio of equally experienced, Itallian-based string players. This album marks his debut on Brilliant Classics.

Track list:
00:00:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285: I. Allegro
00:06:51 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285: II. Adagio
00:09:26 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285: III. Rondeau
00:14:01 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in G Major, K. 285a: I. Andante
00:19:36 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in G Major, K. 285a: II. Tempo di minuetto
00:22:06 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370: I. Allegro
00:28:48 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370: II. Adagio
00:32:05 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370: III. Rondeau. Allegro
00:36:21 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in C Major, K. 285b: I. Allegro
00:42:12 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in C Major, K. 285b: II. Andantino. Tema con variazioni
00:52:43 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in A Major, K. 298: I. Andante. Tema con variazioni
00:58:46 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in A Major, K. 298: II. Minuetto – Trio
01:01:05 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartet in A Major, K. 298: III. Rondeau. Allegretto grazioso

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All Comments (21)
  • My father died three weeks ago. He loved Mozart, and listening to this makes me feel he isn't really gone. thank you so much for posting these.
  • All of Mozart’s music is a tranqulizer for the human wandering soul
  • @datetley
    Thanks for sharing these timeless classics. I believe people will be listening to Mozart in one thousand years as well as today.
  • @manlioerta7221
    Con Mozart non si può ascoltare che capolavori. Questo Quartetto per flauto, violino , viola e violoncello è un dialogo fra strumenti che si parlano e si rispondono, con una sonorità solare, come tutta la musica di Mozart che , nell'apparente semplicità, raggiunge la perfezione armonica e contrappuntistica. Linea verticale perfetta, che però non deve farci dimenticare la linea orizzontale della melodia piacevole in tutti i movimenti, non privi di variazioni , non facili, soprattutto per il flauto. Dolce e romantico il secondo movimento , con richiami bucolici , tipici del flauto , strumento ,ab antiquo , dei pastori.( Virgilio , rivolto e Titiro ...meditaris avena).
  • I was feeling melancholic about lost chances and now I feel happy again. AMADEUS, you are much better than any Psychiatrist who talks and talks and wants 💰
  • Mozart music delights all "ears"
  • @forkfick
    I just can’t get enough Mozart in life, but FLUTE QUARTETS? Ahhhhh!!! Perfection
  • @ivaradz9608
    Interesting how people from all over the world react in a similar way, music such as this has no boundaries. Beautiful and divine. Thank you 🎶🙏
  • @yumireyko9272
    I listen to this music every morning. I sing the beautiful melody while listening to it. It lifts my mood before starting the day.
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  • Whatever wrote Mozart either sonatas, chamber music or symphonies, all were definitely of first category compositions. Thanks for uploading
  • So peaceful and inspiring for me as a returning flute player!
  • Exactly what you need to listen at in this long corona period! Hopeful and plenty of sunshine!
  • @Flower.face9
    Ooooh, great Mozart and timeless music🎼🤍.
  • @debbachebachir
    Relaxation dating back four centuries and still relaxing ... ...
  • @missy183
    I love Mozart's music. It's divine.🎶🎶🎶❤❤❤🤩😘
  • @samrose565
    I really hope that this video gets popular because Mozart's Flute Quartets are very underrated! I hope you know that your channel is changing the world by bringing up the number of younger kids listening to an overall underrated music genre! Thank you for all you do!