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| Mozart: The 5 Violin Concertos | 
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Sales Rank: 90119
Category: Music
Publisher: Archiv
Studio: Archiv
Manufacturer: Archiv
Label: Archiv
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 001134102
UPC: 289477737194
EAN: 0028947773719
ASIN: B001641ZFS
Release Date: July 8, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | 1. Allegro moderato | | • | 2. Adagio | | • | 3. Presto | | • | 1. Allegro moderato | | • | 2. Andante | | • | 3. Rondeau (Allegro) | | • | 1. Allegro | | • | 2. Adagio | | • | 3. Rondo (Allegro) | | • | 1. Allegro | | • | 2. Andante cantabile | | • | 3. Rondeau (Andante grazioso - Allegro ma non troppo) | | • | 1. Allegro aperto | | • | 2. Adagio | | • | 3. Rondeau (Tempo di minuetto) | | • | 1. Allegro maestoso | | • | 2. Andante | | • | 3. Presto |
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Album Description
Renowned period-instrument violinist Giuliano Carmignola makes his first Mozart recording, and internationally acclaimed maestro Claudio Abbado records Mozart for the first time on period instruments! Abbado and Carmignola are long-standing collaborators and have performed Mozart together for some time; the album was born out of their feeling that it was time to commit their interpretations to disc. In addition to the five violin concertos, Carmignola teams with violist Danusha Waskiewicz on another audience favorite, the Sinfonia concertante. One of five releases celebrating Claudio Abbado's 75th birthday, this attractively priced two-disc set promises to be one of the most important Mozart recordings of the year.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Mozart as I like it October 18, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of this violinst . I purchased almost all of his recordings from Amazon. I also purchased his earlier recording of exact composition. This new recrding is exatly I would like to hear Mozart....with personality of a Baroque player. The old recording with another conductor was not very good...dead and boring. In contrast, this recording is colorful, alive and happy. In addition, the recording technology probably is better in the new one (subject of this review)
The sound is clear and the style is conversational. My husband does like it saying that the violinst is not playing the Ramanitc style that Mozart intended, but I like Mozart Barouque style better.
 The elegant Abbado morphs into a clipped, impatient period-style speed freak September 21, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
The two five-star reviews here seem familiar with the career of Giuliano Carmignola, but all I know is that he serves as concertmaster for Abbado's new Italian ensemble, the Orchestra Mozart of Bologna. Presumably these are live concert recordings of th five Mozart violin concertos, plus the sublime Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola (with added soloist Danusha Waskiewicz). This 2-CD set at a bargain price is the companion to a similar twofer of Mozart symphonies from Abbado. But here the style is more period-flavored. I think anyone listening blind, in fact, would assume that the conductor was Gardiner, Norrington, or any number of HIP specialists.
I'm no fan of that style, but these readings are lively and infectious. None of the Mozart violin concertos rises to the tank of his masterpieces for piano, so giving them a brisk, elegant run doesn't strip away the patina of genius. Carmignola also plays like a period soloist; his tone is a bit zingy to my taste, but his intonaiton is dead on pitch. Everything goes along bright and sparkling, which gets tiresome, but that no doubt is a minority opinion. The Sinfonia Concertante is almost off-handed as it zips along, and here I feel a serious loss, becasue this music deserves more. The first movement is nerve-racking in its impatience, and the Finale, conducted one to a bar, disappears before you know it.
In all, I'll give three stars in full recognition that enthusiasts for HIP performances will think that's far too stingy.
Carmignola plays Mozart as does Vivaldi September 15, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The music is tight. Great violin work from Carmignola, Abbado's conducting is always delightful. He gives Mozart's concertos the same intensity he would when performing Vivaldi's concertos. Highly recommended
What a difference July 19, 2008
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
What a difference is this recording to his earlier one (Brilliant Clasics, 1997, Il Quartettone, Carlo de Martini). The earlier was dull and almost boring, so I was a bit worried about this one but since I am a great fan of Carmignola I thought I give it a try. How good that I did. Here the concerti sound refreshingly new, beautifully played and obviously very much in harmony with both, conductor's and artist's view (which seem to go back for a long time according to the booklet). As simple as these concertos sound as difficult it is to play them to sound like this (I tried myself). Here it is beautifully performed by orchestra and soloist(s), sound is very well balanced. Highly recommended.
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