Mozart: ’Posthorn’ Serenade K320, Gallimathias Musicum K32

A diverse survey of Mozart’s ‘occasional’ music, including his grandest serenade as well as one of his earliest and strangest works, alongside two late and powerful masterpieces. Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Artists: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice Vahan Mardirossian conductor 🎵 Purchase or streaming (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music): 💎 More Information: 🎬🎮 These tracks are available for sync licensing in videos, films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: The ‘Posthorn’ Serenade of Mozart has been recorded on many occasions, but perhaps never with such stimulating and contrasted couplings as this new recording from the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice under their Armenian music director, Vahan Mardirossian. These forces recently made an attractive album of Mozart’s ‘Lodron’ divertimenti (97307); now they turn to the grandest of the serenades which Mozart composed while still in the service of the Prince Archbishop of Salzburg. The ‘Posthorn’ Serenade dates from 1779, and the harmony of its grand introduction immediately belongs to the richly ambivalent world of mature Mozart. Everything here is calculated to entertain, such as the graceful pairs of minuets, and the extensive ‘concertante’ movement featuring a cadenza for solo winds, but beyond that there is a uniquely Mozartian pathos which emerges most strongly in the D minor Andantino. Little within Mozart’s output could present a stronger contrast than the patchwork of dances and tunes compiled by the 10-year-old composer while convalescing after a serious illness in The Hague. Commissioned for a piece to celebrate the accession of William V as Prince of Orange, he produced this 17-movement ‘Gallimathias Musicum’. No less imposing in its way is the Fugue in C minor which Mozart originally wrote for two pianos in December 1783. Rescoring it for strings in June 1788, he added a stern and prefatory Adagio. Known as the Adagio and Fugue K546, this has been recorded by forces ranging from string quartet to full symphony orchestra; the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra presents a compelling middle way. - Mozart’s Posthorn Serenade, composed in 1779, is one of his best known and most successful Serenades. The serenade’s name is derived from the prominent solo for posthorn, a valveless brass instrument used in postal services during Mozart’s time. Its five movements blend elegance with lively rhythms. From the graceful Andante to the spirited Menuetto, it abounds in melodic richness, charm, infectious brilliance and wit. - Also included in this recording are the lighthearted Gallimatthias musicumKV32, the moving Maurerische Trauermusik KV477 and the Adagio & Fuga KV546. - Played in Historically Informed Performance Practice on modern instruments by the Czech Tracklist: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in D Major, : 00:00:00 I. Adagio maestoso – Allegro con spirito 00:18:20 II. Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio 00:19:38 III. Concertante. Andante grazioso 00:25:42 IV. Rondeau. Allegro ma non troppo 00:32:09 V. Andantino 00:36:18 VI. Menuetto – Trios Nos. 1 & 2 00:40:20 VII. Finale. Presto Gallimathias musicum, : 00:41:53 I. Molto allegro 00:42:27 II. Andante 00:43:35 IV. Allegro finale 00:45:07 V. Pastorella 00:45:44 VI. Allegro – VII. Allegretto 00:46:21 VIII. Allegro 00:46:59 IX. Molto adagio 00:47:45 X. Allegro 00:48:07 XI. Largo – XII. Molto allegro 00:50:22 XIII. Andante – XIV. Allegro 00:51:18 XV. Menuett 00:52:26 XVI. Adagio – XVII. Presto 00:52:56 XVIII. Fuga 00:56:02 Maurerische Trauermusik, 01:01:24 Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, 👉 Social media links: Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: New Classical Releases: The Best of Bach: Most Popular Piano Music: Beautiful Classical Music: Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces by Mozart and more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. #BrilliantClassics #ClassicalMusic #Classical #Mozart #Posthorn