Mozart Serenade No. 10 Gran Partita
This work offers a fascinating contrast in the wind family. Written for oboes, clarinets, basset horns and bassoons amongst others, this work contrasts all the different sounds featured in the wind section of the orchestra in a delightful sound. I only listened to the first movement on this occasion due to time constraints and will listen to whole work again sometime in the future.
Krommer – Partita in E Flat Op. 45 No. 1
Franz Krommer (1759-1831) was a Moravian born composer who spent most his musical life in a variety of posts in Vienna and was the last to hold the post of Vienna Court Kapellmeister (from 1818).
This work is very different to the Mozart Gran Partita, but very pleasant music all the same. It is a simpler format using traditional formal ways in each movement, except the second, where a romance gives Krommer more versatility in his music. This work is for purely a wind octet, where Mozart had a larger ensemble to work with including a string bass to play the bass line.
Mozart – Harmoniemusik zu Le Nozze Di Figaro
Le Nozze Di Figaro is one of my favorite operas and I adore the music Mozart wrote for this opera.
This arrangement is very well constructed and a pleasant way for the overture (only had time to listen to the overture part) to be heard. You can hear the basics of the wonderful orchestral overture played by just wind instruments. Oboe, clarinet, flutes and bassoon all play a leading role in this fine arrangement. I will listen to more of this when I have the time.