Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1-4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Nash Ensemble (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Nash Ensemble
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (May 5, 1998)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B00000632H
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,113 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great chamber music with a few minor issues., May 30, 2005

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R. M. Rogers (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart: Flute Quartets Nos. 1-4 (Audio CD)

There is a lot of great chamber music here. The members of the Nash Ensemble sound excellent and perform the music with style and ease. There are a few minor things that bother me about the recording that may or may NOT bother another listener:

Clarinet Trio - brialliant playing by all three instrumentalists. Clarinet tone is especially good and the production is well balanced (unlike other recordings I've heard in which the viola part tends to be dominated by the other two). My only concern is that the piano, although wonderfully played, sounds distant.

Adagio and Rondo - is actually played on piano as opposed to the glass harmonica (the rare instrument for which the piece was originally written). It's a very common substitution in modern times.

Oboe Quartet - very well played by all, no complaints here

Horn Quartet - also well played, beautiful horn tone and ensemble balance is great. The rondo is taken very fast and is quite good. My only complaint is in some of the horn trills prior to cadences which I felt were a little timid for my taste.

Flute Quartets - all four are recorded here and are beautifully played. Tempos are great and style is perfect. One minor concern was the flute tone on some extreme register notes seemed just a tad "pipey", but perhaps this was a creative decision on the part of the artist.

Overall, this is an excellent recording of a great deal of Mozart's best chamber music. My rather picky observations would bring the rating to four and a half stars, but since reviewers cannot use half stars here, I shall do the decent thing and round up. Enjoy the music.