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Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Jack Brymer
Conducted by Neville Marriner
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Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra in C
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Neil Black
Conducted by Neville Marriner
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The cover picture makes it look like a holiday flamenco souvenir, but in fact Quarenta Horas ("40 hours") refers to the lavish three-day ceremony held once a month in honour of the Blessed Sacrament at the Spanish royal court from the middle of the 17th century onwards. This album presents some of music for voices and instruments which would have been heard at this ceremony in its afternoon "siesta" periods of contemplation during the first half of the 18th century, but do not be led by that into thinking that these pieces are in any way sombre or staid. All are unashamedly boisterous in fact, and, despite the fact that Spain was in many ways relatively backward at that time, remarkably modern (which is to say Italianate) in style. The texts are somewhat impenetrable meditations on matters related to the sacrament, but you would never guess it from the music, which is full of life, bounce, rhythmic verve and joy. One piece by Literes is borrowed directly from the theatre, while San Juan's Xacara de reyes is unrestrained knockabout, showing a grumpy old man harumphing his complaints at how the world has gone to the dogs, to the accompaniment of fiercely strummed guitars. The performances are all energy and drive, leaving us with a fascinating and surprising glimpse at a little-known corner of the baroque. --Lindsay Kemp
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