Gli Angeli Genève - Stephan MacLeod
AP449 - 4CD - 242' - Nov 27, 2026
Gli Angeli Genève's newest album dedicated to Mozart's wind concertos.
Works for wind instruments run throughout Mozart’s output and occupy a significant place within it – the clarinet, of course, immediately comes to mind. Mozart treats these instruments as soloists in their own right, in a conversational style akin to theatre or opera, perhaps owing to the variety of their timbres and their affinity with the human voice. Yet these works also grew out of decisive artistic encounters with the great virtuosos of his day: Ramm on the oboe, Leutgeb on the horn and Stadler on the clarinet proved extraordinary sources of inspiration at a time when the design and construction of these instruments were undergoing remarkable developments.
Gli Angeli Genève’s complete recording of Mozart’s wind concertos thus spans almost twenty years of creative life, from the galant style of the young Mozart, on the eve of the revelation that Mannheim and its orchestra would bring, to the incomparable expressive depth of his mature works, which would ultimately serve the Masonic ideals of his final compositions.
CD1
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in B-Flat Major K.191 (1774)
Giorgio Mandolesi bassoon
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Andante ma adagio
3. III. Rondo. Tempo di menuetto
Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in C Major K.314 (1777)
Emmanuel Laporte oboe
4. I. Allegro aperto
5. II. Adagio non troppo
6. III. Rondo. Allegretto
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G Major K.313 (1778)
Alexis Kossenko flute
7. I. Allegro maestoso
8. II. Adagio ma non troppo
9. III. Rondo. Tempo di minuetto
Cadenzas improvised or freely inspired by those of Rachel Brown and Konrad Hünteler
10. Andante in C Major for Flute and Orchestra K.315 (1778)
Alexis Kossenko flute
Cadenzas improvised or freely inspired by those of Rachel Brown and Konrad Hünteler
CD2
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D Major K.314 (1778)
Alexis Kossenko flute
1. I. Allegro aperto
2. II. Adagio non troppo
3. III. Rondo. Allegro
Cadenzas improvised or freely inspired by those of Rachel Brown and Konrad Hünteler
Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra in C Major K.299 (1778)
Alexis Kossenko flute
Valeria Kafelnikov harp
4. I. Allegro
5. II. Andantino
6. III. Rondo. Allegro
Cadenzas by Sylvain Blassel, freely adapted
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E-Flat Major K.417 (1783)
Olivier Picon horn
7. I. Allegro
8. II. Andante
9. III. Rondo. Allegro
CD3
Serenade in B-Flat Major ‘Gran Partita’ K.361 (1783-1784)
1. I. Largo - Molto allegro
2. II. Menuetto - Trio I & II
3. III. Adagio
4. IV. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio I & II
5. V. Romanze. Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio - Coda
6. VI. Tema con variazioni. Andante - Var. 1, Var. 2, Var. 3, Var. 4, Adagio - Var. 5, Allegro - Var. 6
7. VII. Finale. Molto allegro
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E-Flat Major K.495 (1786)
Olivier Picon horn
8. I. Allegro maestoso (cadenza Thomas Müller)
9. II. Andante cantabile
10. III. Rondo. Allegro vivace
11. [Bonus track] I. Allegro maestoso (Liôba cadenza)
CD4
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in E-Flat Major K.447 (1787)
Olivier Picon horn
1. I. Allegro (cadenza Bruno Magnin)
2. II. Romanze. Larghetto
3. III. Allegro
Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in D Major K.412 (1791)
Olivier Picon horn
4. I. Allegro
5. Siciliana for K.412 (Olivier Picon)
6. II. Rondo (reconstr. Henrik Wiese)
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major K.622 (1791)
Nicola Boud basset clarinet
7. I. Allegro
8. II. Adagio
9. III. Rondo. Allegro
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