Mozart: Haffner Serenade & Ein musikalischer Spaß Die Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): March in D Major, K. 249 "Haffner":
• 1 March in D Major, K. 249 "Haffner" 04:03
• Serenade No. 7 in D Major, K. 250 "Haffner":
• 2 Serenade No. 7 in D Major, K. 250 "Haffner": I. Serenata 09:43
• 3 Serenade No. 7 in D Major, K. 250 "Haffner": II. Andante 08:32
• 4 Serenade No. 7 in D Major, K. 250 "Haffner": III. Menuetto - Trio 04:01
• 5 Serenade No. 7 in D Major, K. 250 "Haffner": IV. Rondeau 08:58
• 6 Serenade No. 7 in D Major, K. 250 "Haffner": V. Menuetto galante - Trio 05:45
• 7 Serenade No. 7 in D Major, K. 250 "Haffner": VI. Andante 07:14
• 8 Serenade No. 7 in D Major, K. 250 "Haffner": VII. Menuetto 05:07
• 9 Serenade No. 7 in D Major, K. 250 "Haffner": VIII. Adagio - Allegro assai 10:58
• Ein musikalischer Spaß, K. 522:
• 10 Ein musikalischer Spaß, K. 522: I. Allegro 04:30
• 11 Ein musikalischer Spaß, K. 522: II. Menuetto 06:20
• 12 Ein musikalischer Spaß, K. 522: III. Andante cantabile 05:28
• 13 Ein musikalischer Spaß, K. 522: IV. Presto 04:27
• Total Runtime 01:25:06

Info for Mozart: Haffner Serenade & Ein musikalischer Spaß

Besides an acclaimed series of recordings with Ronald Brautigam of the complete piano concertos by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Beethoven, Kölner Akademie and Michael Alexander Willens are undertaking a survey of Mozart’s serenades and other incidental works. Their first album in this series included the Posthorn Serenade and demonstrated, according to the reviewer on MusicWeb-International, that the ensemble is ‘amongst the best groups in the world of period performance.’ Since then the team has recorded works associated with the Freemasons, and here takes on one of the most famous of the serenades, the ‘Haffner’, named after Sigmund Haffner, who commissioned it for the festivities surrounding his sister’s wedding in 1776. A notable feature of Mozart’s serenades – and the large-scale Haffner is no exception – is the incorporation of virtuosic solo parts, here performed by the violinist Alexander Janiczek. On the amply-filled disc (almost 86 minutes!), the at times quite imposing Haffner is followed by Mozart’s ‘Musical Joke’ – Ein musikalischer Spaß, K. 522. A work in four movements, this is a delightful and very skillfully crafted parody of musical incompetence. It is written for strings and a pair of horns, and its frequent caricatures of the second-rate – whether in composition or performance – are brilliantly observed, by Mozart as well as the present performers.

“…the excellent players of Die Kölner Akademie who demonstrate once again that they are amongst the best groups in the world of period performance.” (Music Web international)

"…an hour and a quarter of pleasurable music in fine performances." (Gramophone)

Alexander Janiczek, violin
Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens, conductor

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