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Gemini - Mozart: Wind Concertos / Barenboim

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-02-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 (320d); Concerto for Flute no 1 in G major, K. 313 (K. 285c); Andante for Flute and Orchestra in C major, K 3...
Performers: Bourgue, Maurice; Debost, Michel; Gatt, Martin; Graeme, Peter; James, Ifor; King, Thea
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra members; Orchestre de Paris

"Mozart had an affinity for the varied sonorities that could be conjured from wind instruments, and no group does the sound of this serenade more...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Beethoven, Mozart: Quintets for Piano & Winds / Perahia

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat major, K 452; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn in E flat major, Op. 16
Performers: Black, Neil; Halstead, Anthony; King, Thea; Perahia, Murray; Sheen, Graham

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Clarinet Quintet / Thea King

1 CD / Hyperion / 1983-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581
Performers: King, Thea
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey;
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli String Quartet