Nicolas Baldeyrou-Mozart Complete Works for Clarinet on Period Instruments, Vol. 1 (2025) [Official Digital Download]

"Mozart always had a special affinity with wind instruments: for him they were essential components of his musical expression," claims French clarinettist Nicolas Baldeyrou, a globally renowned soloist who has performed with some of the greatest conductors and virtuosi: this album is the first volume of a complete set of Mozart's chamber and concertante music involving the clarinet, which he has chosen to record on period instruments, "an authentic and revelatory experience, despite the technical challenges it presents". He has enlisted the help of his musical friends, all of whom are recognised as adept practitioners of modern instruments, but sustain a strong passion for period instruments… The programme of this first release includes the Serenades KV 375 and 388 as well as Mozart's Gran Partita KV 361, a work on an exceptionally grand scale, with it's line-up of thirteen players, it's expansive duration, and it's supreme musical quality, "rising to the level of Mozart's greatest symphonies and operas".

TRACKLIST

1. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in E-Flat Major No. 11, K. 375: I. Allegro maestoso
2. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in E-Flat Major No. 11, K. 375: II. Menuetto
3. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in E-Flat Major No. 11, K. 375: III. Adagio
4. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in E-Flat Major No. 11, K. 375: IV. Menuetto
5. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in E-Flat Major No. 11, K. 375: V. Allegro
6. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in C Minor No. 12, K. 388: I. Allegro
7. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in C Minor No. 12, K. 388: II. Andante
8. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in C Minor No. 12, K. 388: III. Menuetto in canone. Trio in canone in rovescio
9. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in C Minor No. 12, K. 388: IV. Allegro
10. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in B-Flat Major No. 10, K. 361 "Gran Partita": I. Largo. Molto allegro
11. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in B-Flat Major No. 10, K. 361 "Gran Partita": II. Menuetto. Trios I & II
12. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in B-Flat Major No. 10, K. 361 "Gran Partita": III. Adagio
13. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in B-Flat Major No. 10, K. 361 "Gran Partita": IV. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trios I & II
14. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in B-Flat Major No. 10, K. 361 "Gran Partita": V. Romanze. Allegretto
15. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in B-Flat Major No. 10, K. 361 "Gran Partita": VI. Tema con variazioni
16. Nicolas Baldeyrou - Mozart: Serenade in B-Flat Major No. 10, K. 361 "Gran Partita": VII. Finale



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