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CDA67386



Recording details: December 2002
All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: October 2003
Total duration: 74 minutes 35 seconds

THE SUNDAY TIMES : CLASSICAL CD OF THE WEEK
CD OF THE WEEK : DAILY TELEGRAPH

'The Gaudier players, drawn from the ranks of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, past and present, treat these urbane works in the spirit in which they were composed: both to delight the untutored ear and to move the hearts and souls of connoisseurs' (The Sunday Times)

'A thoroughly delightful disc' (The Daily Telegraph)

'The playing thoughout is a delight: easy, perceptive, recognizing the subleties with a light touch, fresh and well balanced, with the conversational quality of the best chamber music. A highly enjoyable disc' (International Record Review)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Divertimenti, K247 & K334
The Gaudier Ensemble
Divertimento No 10 in F major, K247
1
Movement 1: Allegro  [8'27]
2
Movement 2: Andante grazioso  [2'59]
3
Movement 3: Menuetto  [3'44]
4
Movement 4: Adagio  [6'50]
5
Movement 5: Menuetto  [3'03]
6
Movement 6: Andante – Allegro assai  [5'51]
Divertimento No 17 in D major, K334
7
Movement 1: Allegro  [9'58]
8
Movement 2: Thema mit Variationen  [8'21]
9
Movement 3: Menuetto  [4'00]
10
Movement 4: Adagio  [6'32]
11
Movement 5: Menuetto  [6'01]
12
Movement 6: Rondo  [8'49]
Two hundred years ago a German musicologist came within an ace of inventing the term 'easy listening', and applied it in his definition of divertimento, a loose term that avoided the more serious connotations of symphony or sonata. It is typical of that impish cheek we now know so well in Mozart, that he was perfectly able to serve his most profound music in the ironic guise of divertimento, as with K.563 (Hyperion CDA67246). The present earlier works [both for two horns and strings] show something of the same disposition, since it is very likely that they were occasion pieces, for occasions - possibly outdoors - at which we can imagine that the audience had other social concerns on their mind; thus he fills the music with quirky turns and shifts as well as moments so beguiling we can imagine a sudden hush descend upon the chatterers! Wonderful music, here in superb performances by The Gaudier Ensemble, that take us back in time and out of our everyday bothers.