Mozart / Beethoven - Quintets for Piano & Winds
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 93788
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 11th May 2009
Contents
Works
BeethovenQuintet in E flat Op.16 for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Mozart
Quintet in E flat K452 for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Artists
Klara Wurtz (piano)Netherlands Wind Ensemble
Works
BeethovenQuintet in E flat Op.16 for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Mozart
Quintet in E flat K452 for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Artists
Klara Wurtz (piano)Netherlands Wind Ensemble
About
K452 is an undisputed masterpiece. Each instrument is in effect a virtuoso soloist and Mozart’s writing for them all is masterful. It dates from the most intensive creative period in Mozart’s life, 1784–7, between which time he produced twelve piano concertos, a horn concerto, a symphony, five quintets for various combinations of instruments, five string quartets, two piano quartets, three trios, five sonatas, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, plus Der Schauspieldirektor, Eine kleine Nachtmusik and several shorter works – an extraordinary achievement, even by his standards.
Without doubt, the young Beethoven would have been familiar with this work. In 1792 he had arrived in Vienna as a highly praised piano virtuoso and composer for his instrument. Beethoven’s early chamber works (with the exception of the Op.1 trios and the Op.5 cello sonatas) are for winds, and Mozart’s work provided the model for the Piano Quintet Op.16 in the same way as the Second Piano Concerto Op.1 is the most ‘Mozartian’ of his concertos. However, far from being ‘Mozartian’ in sound, Beethoven’s forceful and unique piano-writing and his robust Haydnesque humour (he had recently finished his studies with Haydn) mark this work as one of his early masterpieces. It dates from 1796.
The wind soloists all hold major positions in leading Dutch orchestras such as the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Residentie Orchestra in The Hague and the Netherlands Wind Ensemble. They also hold key posts at the conservatories of The Hague and Rotterdam.
Pianist Klára Würtz was taught by Zoltán Kocsis, and has taken masterclasses with András Schiff. Apart from extensive tours of the US and many appearances on French, Irish, American and Dutch TV, she has a busy concert schedule in the Netherlands where she lives. She has recorded extensively for Brilliant Classics.
Netherlands Wind Ensemble:
- Hans Meijer, oboe
- Henk de Graaf, clarinet
- Martin van de Merwe, horn
- Peter Gaasterland, bassoon
These recordings date from 1997.
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