An Unexpected Mozart
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Label: Harmonia Mundi
Cat No: HMM90239697
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Release Date: 21st October 2022
Contents
Works
Fantasias (2), Wq202 » no.2 Sein oder Nichtsein (Hamlet)
Variations (12) in G major 'Romance', Wq118/6 H226Flotenuhrstucke (Pieces for a Mechanical Clock), Hob.XIX:1-32
» no.2 in F major
» no.13 in C major
» no.23 in C major
» no.25 March
» no.27 Allegretto
Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546 » I Adagio
Adagio in C major, K356/617aAdagio in D minor, K593a
Andante fur eine Walze in eine Orgel, K616
Church Sonata no.1 in E flat major, K67
Church Sonata no.2 in B flat major, K68
Church Sonata no.3 in D major, K69
Church Sonata no.4 in D major, K144
Church Sonata no.7 in F major, K224
Church Sonata no.10 in F major, K244
Church Sonata no.12 in C major, K263
Church Sonata no.13 in G major, K274
Church Sonata no.14 in C major, K278
Church Sonata no.15 in C major, K328
Church Sonata no.16 in C major, K329
Church Sonata no.17 in C major, K336
Dans un bois solitaire, K308
Die Zufriedenheit, K349
Eine kleine Gigue in G major, K574
Fantasia in F minor, K594
Fantasia in F minor for Mechanical Organ, K608
Fugue in C minor for 2 pianos, K426
Fugue in D minor, K626 (after Mozart's Requiem)
Funeral March in C minor, K453a
Kirchenlieder (2), K343
» no.1 O Gottes Lamm
Komm, liebe Zither, K351Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K307
Prelude fragment, K624 (626a)
Solfeggios (5), K393/385b
» no.2 in F major
Suite in C major, K399 » I Overture
Artists
Marie Perbost (soprano)Marc Mauillon (baritone)
Anna Schivazappa (mandolin)
Thomas Bloch (glass harmonica)
Louis-Noel Bestion de Camboulas (organ, harpsichord, fortepiano)
Ensemble Les Surprises
Conductor
Louis-Noel Bestion de CamboulasWorks
Fantasias (2), Wq202 » no.2 Sein oder Nichtsein (Hamlet)
Variations (12) in G major 'Romance', Wq118/6 H226Flotenuhrstucke (Pieces for a Mechanical Clock), Hob.XIX:1-32
» no.2 in F major
» no.13 in C major
» no.23 in C major
» no.25 March
» no.27 Allegretto
Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546 » I Adagio
Adagio in C major, K356/617aAdagio in D minor, K593a
Andante fur eine Walze in eine Orgel, K616
Church Sonata no.1 in E flat major, K67
Church Sonata no.2 in B flat major, K68
Church Sonata no.3 in D major, K69
Church Sonata no.4 in D major, K144
Church Sonata no.7 in F major, K224
Church Sonata no.10 in F major, K244
Church Sonata no.12 in C major, K263
Church Sonata no.13 in G major, K274
Church Sonata no.14 in C major, K278
Church Sonata no.15 in C major, K328
Church Sonata no.16 in C major, K329
Church Sonata no.17 in C major, K336
Dans un bois solitaire, K308
Die Zufriedenheit, K349
Eine kleine Gigue in G major, K574
Fantasia in F minor, K594
Fantasia in F minor for Mechanical Organ, K608
Fugue in C minor for 2 pianos, K426
Fugue in D minor, K626 (after Mozart's Requiem)
Funeral March in C minor, K453a
Kirchenlieder (2), K343
» no.1 O Gottes Lamm
Komm, liebe Zither, K351Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K307
Prelude fragment, K624 (626a)
Solfeggios (5), K393/385b
» no.2 in F major
Suite in C major, K399 » I Overture
Artists
Marie Perbost (soprano)Marc Mauillon (baritone)
Anna Schivazappa (mandolin)
Thomas Bloch (glass harmonica)
Louis-Noel Bestion de Camboulas (organ, harpsichord, fortepiano)
Ensemble Les Surprises
Conductor
Louis-Noel Bestion de CamboulasAbout
Always curious about unjustly neglected repertoire, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas introduces us here to a Mozart we have not met. Above and beyond his church sonatas, works written on commission, pieces meant to showcase a vocalist or an instrument (such as the rarely heard glass harmonica) or as a mark of friendship with another musician, this is a veritable treasure chest of musical gems that reflect the incredible virtuosity of the Salzburg genius.
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1Mozart: Church Sonata no.13 (16) in C major, K329
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2Mozart: Church Sonata no.1 in E flat major, K67
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3Mozart: Church Sonata no.14 (15) in C major, K328
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4Mozart: Fragment eines Präludiums, K624
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5Mozart: Ariette ‘Oiseaux si tous les ans’, K307
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6Mozart: Gigue in G major, K574
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7Bach, CPE: Romance: 12 Variations on ‘Colin à peine à seize ans’, H226 (Wq.118/6)
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8Mozart: Church Sonata no.9 (10) in F major, K244
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9Haydn: Flötenuhrstücke, Hob. XIX: No.13 in C major – No.2 in F major – No.23 in C major
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10Mozart: Church Sonata no.10 (12) in C major, K263
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11Mozart: Solfeggio no.2 in F major, K393
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12Mozart: Kirchenlied ‘O Gottes Lamm’, K343/1
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13Mozart: Suite for Keyboard, K399: Ouverture
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14Mozart: Kleiner Trauermarsch in C minor, K453a
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15Haydn: Flötenuhrstücke, Hob. XIX: No.27 in G major – No.25 in D major
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16Mozart: Church Sonata no.4 in D major, K144
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17Mozart: Andante in F major, K616
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18Mozart: Church Sonata no.15 (7) in F major, K224
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19Mozart: Adagio in C major, K356
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20Mozart: Church Sonata no.3 in D major, K69
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21Mozart: Adagio and Allegro in F minor, K594
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22Mozart: Church Sonata no.17 in C major, K336
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23Mozart: Adagio, K546 (arr. LN Bestion de Camboulas) and Fugue, K426 in C minor
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24Bach, CPE: Fantasia ‘Sein oder nicht sein’, Wq.202 (Hamlet Fantaisie)
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25Mozart: Lied ‘Komm, liebe Zither’, K351
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26Mozart: Fantasia in F minor, K608
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27Mozart: Church Sonata no.2 in B flat major, K68
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28Mozart: Ariette ‘Dans un bois solitaire’, K308
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29Mozart: Lied Die Zufriedenheit ‘Was frag’ ich viel nach Geld und Gut’, K349
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30Mozart: Adagio, K593a and Fugue (Kyrie arr. LN Bestion de Camboulas from the Requiem, K626) in D minor
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31Mozart: Church Sonata no.11 (13) in G major, K274
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32Mozart: Church Sonata no.12 (14) in C major, K278
Europadisc Review
In his booklet to the new double album ‘An Unexpected Mozart’, the director of Ensemble Les Surprises, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, refers to the works on it as ‘little jewels’, while Harmonia Mundi’s sales notes describe it as ‘a veritable treasure chest of musical gems’. Sometimes such sales puff needs to be taken with a pinch of salt: in this case, however, it’s spot on. With Bestion de Camboulas at the keyboards (of which, more in a moment), Les Surprises, together with singers Marie Perbost and Marc Mauillon, serve up a veritable cornucopia of mostly rare works by Mozart, as well as two of the composers he most admired: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Joseph Haydn.
If the album had only contained a selection of Mozart’s Church (or ‘Epistle’) Sonatas – composed for a range of scorings from trio textures (two violins and continuo), via concertante-style works to opulent sonorities with trumpets and timpani that evoke the world of his larger-scale symphonies – that would have been variety enough. Throw in several charming songs – among them the Lied ‘Komm, liebe Zither’, the ariettes ‘Oiseaux si tous les ans’ and ‘Dans un bois solitaire’ – plus several keyboard works and you have a kind of Mozart paradise, but avoiding all the usual suspects of those endless ‘Best of’ collections. In this respect alone, ‘An Unexpected Mozart’ is most aptly titled. And, visiting many of these works, in some cases perhaps for the first time, the listener experiences unexpected delights, on an unexpected journey.
And then there are the instruments. This album is part of an ongoing partnership between Harmonia Mundi and the Musée de la Musique Paris’s ‘Stradivari’ project, designed to ‘highlight the prestigious collection of historical instruments [and] broaden access to the Philharmonie’s activities’. Here, Bestion de Camboulas plays harpsichords by Jean-Henri Hemsch (1761) and Jean-Claude Goujon (1749), as well three historic-style organs, two of them by Dominique Thomas (in Strasbourg and Wissembourg), another by Jean-François Dupont (Paris Conservatoire). But the pick of the keyboards are two instruments from the very year of Mozart’s death: a marvellous fortepiano by the brothers Gräbner (used to accompany Perbost in the touching church song ‘O Gottes Lamm’) and, most spectacularly, a ‘piano carré organisé – an ‘organised’ square piano including bellows and organ stop, heard in the Ouverture from the Keyboard Suite, K399, and the ‘Little Funeral March’, K453a. Once heard, never forgotten!
Completing the instrumentarium are a 2008 glass harmonica by Gerhard Finkenbeiner, whose mesmerising tones (as played by Thomas Bloch) lift the Adagio in C major, K356, to ethereal spheres, and an 18th-century Cremonese mandolin by Lorenzo Lippi, deftly played by Anna Schivazappa to accompany Mauillon in ‘Komm, lieber Zither’ and the perky, carefree Lied ‘Die Zufriedenheit’, K349. (Mauillon is described as a baritone, but his tone is more akin to a lyric tenor, and he is known for performing in both tessituras in his wide-ranging early music activities.) Bestion de Camboulas uses an organ to play five pieces by Haydn for musical clock (only two of which are attributed to him with certainty).
Highlights? Too many to mention! But the addition of Prebost’s soprano to CPE Bach’s delightful Variations on ‘Colin à peine à seize ans’ is utterly enchanting. Imposing two-harpischord versions of the Adagio and Fugue in C minor (the latter in Mozart’s own arrangement), and the Adagio, K593a, coupled with the Kyrie from the Requiem, are performed by Bestion de Camboulas with Clément Geoffroy. But it’s the Church Sonatas – their musical language ranging from the refined galant style to the lavishly ceremonial, and even including a genuinely concerto-style movement in no.17 in C major, where the organ takes the spotlight – that really steal the show, and their selection whets the appetite for more. Given the fabulously stylish playing of all involved, and the added ‘context’ of the myriad other pieces on display, plus all those instruments (with plenty of colour pictures in the accompanying booklet, and you have a sure-fire winner. As Bestion de Camboulas himself comments, it’s the sort of project that’s only really possible through the medium of the ‘phonograph’...
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