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| Disc: 1 |
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| 1. Allegro in Bb major, KV372 |
| 2. 6 Variations in G minor, Helas jai perdu mon amant K.374b |
| 3. Sonata in Eb major, KV 26 |
| 4. Fantasia in C minor for Piano, KV 396 |
| 5. 12 Variations in G major, La Bergere Celimene K.374a |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. London Sonatas, 1764 |
| 2. Sonata in B Flat Major, KV10 |
| 3. Sonata in G Major, KV11 |
| 4. Sonata in A Major, KV12 |
| 5. Sonata in F Major, KV13 |
| 6. Sonata in C Major, KV14 |
| 7. Sonata in B Flat Major, KV15 |
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This double CD completes the series of compete sonatas for keyboard and violin by Rachel Podger and Gary Cooper. The whole series has been an utter delight, with a fresh approach from two now well-established stars of period-instrument performance. I have enthused wholeheartedly about all the previous volumes in the series, and can recommend this, too, but perhaps not with quite such unreserved warmth.
My slight reservations have nothing whatever to do with the performances, which maintain the fantastically high standard of insight, virtuosity and sheer joy in the music that hasn't flagged at all since Volume 1. However, the music presented here does seem like a bit of a mop-up operation in order to justify the "complete" tag. All of the truly great, mature sonatas have been recorded (brilliantly) on previous discs. Volume 7 consists of two sets of very attractive variations, a free-standing allegro completed by Stadler, an early sonata, K26, and a fantasia for piano, composed by Stadler after a fragment Mozart wrote for piano and violin. It's all enjoyable stuff, but to me it lacks the real magic of the music on the previous discs.
Volume 8 consists of six "London" sonatas, composed by Mozart on his visit to London when he was eight years old. Anything Mozart wrote is worth listening to and these works have an idiomatic charm, but again lack the depth which makes the later sonatas so special. The disc is lifted considerably by the fact that Gary Cooper abandons the fortepiano he has played throughout the series for a Kirckman harpsichord of 1766 - "exactly the sort of instrument the youngster would have encountered in England," Cooper writes. The sound that he and Rachel Podger make is delightful, and I like the disc a lot - it's just not in quite the same stellar league as the first six volumes.
If you have earlier volumes you will want this double CD - particularly at this very attractive price. However, if you are looking for somewhere to start with this series, I'd recommend any of volumes 1 - 6 first. My guess is that you'll want the whole of the rest of the series including this one. This is a very good double CD - I just wouldn't start with it.
My slight reservations have nothing whatever to do with the performances, which maintain the fantastically high standard of insight, virtuosity and sheer joy in the music that hasn't flagged at all since Volume 1. However, the music presented here does seem like a bit of a mop-up operation in order to justify the "complete" tag. All of the truly great, mature sonatas have been recorded (brilliantly) on previous discs. Volume 7 consists of two sets of very attractive variations, a free-standing allegro completed by Stadler, an early sonata, K26, and a fantasia for piano, composed by Stadler after a fragment Mozart wrote for piano and violin. It's all enjoyable stuff, but to me it lacks the real magic of the music on the previous discs.
Volume 8 consists of six "London" sonatas, composed by Mozart on his visit to London when he was eight years old. Anything Mozart wrote is worth listening to and these works have an idiomatic charm, but again lack the depth which makes the later sonatas so special. The disc is lifted considerably by the fact that Gary Cooper abandons the fortepiano he has played throughout the series for a Kirckman harpsichord of 1766 - "exactly the sort of instrument the youngster would have encountered in England," Cooper writes. The sound that he and Rachel Podger make is delightful, and I like the disc a lot - it's just not in quite the same stellar league as the first six volumes.
If you have earlier volumes you will want this double CD - particularly at this very attractive price. However, if you are looking for somewhere to start with this series, I'd recommend any of volumes 1 - 6 first. My guess is that you'll want the whole of the rest of the series including this one. This is a very good double CD - I just wouldn't start with it.
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