Mozart Violin Concertos Nos 3 5
Tognetti Richard Australian Chamber Orchestra
Mozart Violin Concertos Nos 3 5
Tognetti Richard Australian Chamber Orchestra
ABC Classic FM CD of the Week: August 2nd 2010
Catalogue # BISSACD1754
Destined to be one of the most popular and accessible classical albums by any Australian artist this year, this is the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s much-anticipated first album dedicated solely to Mozart following a national tour featuring one of the composer’s violin concertos.
It’s set to rival Tognetti’s recordings of Bach which won three consecutive ARIA awards. Mozart’s violin concertante works are amongst his most beautiful, and Richard Tognetti as soloist plays them on one of the world’s finest violins (the extraordinary 10-million-dollar Carrodus crafted by Guarneri in 1743) with rare insight, passion and poetry. This is surely the must-have classical album of 2010.
Review
Phil Richards, Readings Carlton
Mozart’s violin concertos are definitely more difficult to play than they sound, which can lead to all sorts of problems in the hands of lesser musicians. Fortunately, the hands of Richard Tognetti and the ACO are very good.
Their recording begins with Violin Concerto No. 3, an intimate work full of sweet and beautiful melodies. For this reviewer, nothing in the Mozart catalogue touches the listener’s musical soul quite like this piece. Tognetti and the ACO really hit their stride with Violin Concerto No. 5 – a formidable piece, graceful yet technically demanding – delivering a stirring performance.
The final work is the Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola: another inspired performance, with beautiful work on the viola from Christopher Moore. Once again, Tognetti and the ACO prove what valuable assets they are to the classical music world.
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