Mozart - Serenades for Wind Ensemble - Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble (Berliner Philharmonisches Bläserensemble) has recorded Mozart’s Serenade in E-flat Major K375 and Serenade in B-flat Major K361 ‘Gran Partita’ for EMI Classics. The recording took place in April 2005 at the historic Jesus-Christus Kirche in Dahlem-Berlin and this CD marks the first appearance of the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble on EMI Classics.
Mozart, whose 250th birthday was celebrated in 2006, composed around a dozen Serenades and Divertimentos for wind instruments, some of them only single movements. He composed the Serenade in E-flat Major in 1781 as a sextet (two clarinets, two horns and two bassoons) for an informal performance at the home of friends on Saint Teresa’s day. In the event, it was performed three times that night, for three different Teresas. Mozart wrote, “As soon as the musicians had finished it at one site, they were led away and paid to play it at another.” The following year, possibly for performance by Emperor Joseph II’s Harmonie (Royal Wind Ensemble), he transformed it into an octet, by adding two oboes, the version performed on the current recording. The five-movement work includes a march-like Allegro maestoso in sonata form, two vigorous minuets, a romantic Adagio and a high-spirited finale.


TRACKLIST:

Mozart - Serenade in B flat, K361 'Gran Partita'
Mozart - Serenade in E flat, K375

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