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MOZART
DIVERTIMENTI
Classical Winds on original instruments
MOZART
DIVERTIMENTI
STEREO CD-SAR 25
Classical Winds on original instruments
DIGITAL
RECORDING
on original instruments
CLASSICAL WINDS
Colin Lawson & Margaret Archibald
5-keyed clarinets by Daniel Bangham after Roche, Paris c. 1790
Frances Eustace
5-keyed bassoon ( with later vent key), anon. French, late 18th century
Recorded at Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, Jan 1986 by
Gef Lucena (Amon Ra) and David Wilkins (Valley Recordings)
Co-producer: John Hadden
Photos by Andrew Sydenham (front), Gef Lucena (back)
Recorded and edited using CLUE system, Sony PCM 701 Digital encoder,
Calrec Soundfield stereo microphone
Made in EC
ISRC: GB-AJX-86-025-01 to 20
©1986, Saydisc Records, England
AMON RA RECORDS, THE BARTON, INGLESTONE COMMON,
BADMINTON, S.GLOS. GL9 1BX, ENGLAND
Fax: 01454 299 858
E-mail: Saydisc@aol.com
www.saydisc.com
2
Some of our SAYDISC unusual, traditional & exotic albums and Amon Ra authentic performances on
original instruments. Visit www.saydisc.com or write for more details and suppliers:
CD-SDL 325 Like Waves Against The Sand - trad music from China - pipa, erhu, yanqin, percussion
CD-SDL 327 Enchanted Carols - musical boxes, handbells, handbell choir, street pianos, brass band
CD-SDL 333 Ringing Clear - Handbell tune and change ringing in various styles
CD-SDL 343 On Kielder Side - Northumbrian Pipe music from Kathryn Tickell
CD-SDL 353 Fleur Du Jura - Parisian style cafe music from Danielle Pauly - French accordion Queen
CD-SDL 358 Keep The Home Fires Burning - music of the 1st World War from the original recordings
CD-SDL 360 Under The Greenwood Tree - Carols and dances from Thomas Hardy manuscripts, etc
CD-SDL 367 Kurokami- Traditional music of Japan -koto/shakuhachi/shamisen
CD-SDL 373 Music From The Time Of The Spanish Armada -The York Waits renaissance town band
CD-SDL 374 The Music Of The Hurdy Gurdy - Nigel Eaton & friends—bourreés to Vivaldi
CD-SDL 376 Disappearing World - Unique recordings of music from 17 endangered cultures
CD-SDL 378 Church Bells Of England - 16 famous peals, Cotswolds, Bristol incl. St. Pauls, Westminster
CD-SDL 383 Sing Lustily & With Good Courage - Favourite 18th c. hymns - Maddy Prior/ Carnival Band
CD-SDL 387 Traditional Arabic Music - Hassan Erraji with Arabesque - ud, nay, saz, darbouka, bandir, etc
CD-SDL 388 Music Of the Andes - Caliche - pan-pipes, charango, quena, bombo drum, etc
CD-SDL 391 Traditional Songs of Scotland - Ray Fisher with bagpipe, violin, accordion etc
CD-SDL 393 English Country Dances - The Broadside Band - favourite Playford dances
CD-SDL 396 Vocal Traditions of Bulgaria - exciting music from the Archives of Radio Sofia
CD-SDL 400 English National Songs - Lucie Skeaping & John Potter with The Broadside Band
CD-SDL 402 Traditional Songs of England - Jo Freya with fiddles, concertina, hurdy-gurdy, viols, etc
CD-SDL 403 Spirit of Polynesia - The David Fanshawe trilogy of traditional Pacific music, volume 1
CD-SDL 405 Sea Songs & Shanties - from the last days of sail -Bob Roberts, Cadgwith Fishermen, etc
CD-SDL 406 Traditional Songs of Wales - Siwsann George with Welsh triple harp, crwth, hurdy-gurdy, etc
CD-SDL 408 The Victorian Musical Box - numerous rare disc and cylinder musical boxes
CD-SDL 409 Songs and Dances From Shakespeare - The Broadside Band and singers
CD-SDL 413 Cockney Kings of Music Hall - the original recordings
CD-SDL 417 A Celtic Christmas - from Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Cornwall and Britanny
CD-SDL 419 Old English Nursery Rhymes - Vivien Ellis / Tim Laycock and The Broadside Band
CD-SDL 422 Compline & Other Chant: Latin & English, nuns of Stanbrook/monks of Prinknash Abbeys
CD-SDL 427 Folk Music of Tibet - field recordings of songs and instrumental music
CD-SDL 429 Carillon Bells of Britain - Kilmarnock, Aberdeen, Perth, Bournville, Loughborough
CD-SDL 430 The Celtic Harp - The Celtic heritage of harp music from Wales, Ireland and Scotland
CD-SAR 10
Clarinet Collection - Alan Hacker (historic clarinets) with keyboard, etc
CD-SAR 18
Guitar Collection - Nigel North (historic guitars) with Maggie Cole (keyboards)
CD-SAR 53
Music For Mandolin - Alison Stevens - mandolin duets, mandolin & fortepiano
CD-SAR 62
A Golden Treasury of Elizabethan Music
CD-SAR 63
A Golden Treasury of Medieval Music
CD-SAR 69
A Golden Treasury of Ancient Instruments
7
CLASSICAL WINDS is an ensemble
of flexible disposition which in its fullest
complement consists of pairs of oboes,
clarinets, horns and bassoons. The group
is composed of leading exponents of
baroque and classical wind instruments
who can be found scattered about the
wind sections of all the major baroque
and classical orchestras in England. They
formed CLASSICAL WINDS through
these associations, with the desire to
explore the rich though largely untapped
wind repertoire of the eighteenth century.
With the aid of a grant from the Arts
Council of Great Britain the group has
made a careful study of original sources
and classical style with emphasis on the
musical possibilities suggested by the
sonorities of historic instruments.
Finchcocks is both a museum of
historical instruments and a music centre
of international repute. Founded by
pianist Richard Burnett and first opened
to the public in 1977 the beautiful 18th.
century mansion houses his magnificent
collection of keyboard instruments.
Finchcocks is one of the few museums in
the world where a large proportion of the
instruments are in full playing order.
MOZART DIVERTIMENTI K439b nos. 1-4
Divertimento no. 1
Allegro
Menuetto (Allegretto)
Adagio
Menuetto
Rondo (Allegro)
Divertimento no. 2
Allegro
Menuetto
Larghetto
Menuetto
Rondo (Allegro)
Divertimento no. 3
Allegro
Menuetto
Adagio
Menuetto
Rondo (Allegro assai)
Divertimento no. 4
Allegro
Larghetto
Menuetto
Adagio
Rondo (Allegretto)
[3’48”]
[2’42”]
[2’57”]
[2’24”]
[2’21”]
[2’05”]
[3’52”]
[3’31”]
[3’43”]
[3’45”]
[3’09”]
[4’26”]
[3’25”]
[4’32”]
[4’09”]
[3’25”]
[2’36”]
[2’46”]
[2’27”]
[2’28”]
Total duration :
6
65’05”
3
MOZART DIVERTIMENTI
K439b, nos 1-4
chatted, joked, made music, played
games and had a marvellous time.”
Mozart’s Divertimenti K439b are almost
certainly companion pieces to the six
Notturni for a trio of voices with
accompaniment of clarinets and basset
horns, which were written between 1783
and 1788 during the course of his
friendship with the famous botanist, the
Baron von Jacquin. The cultural
gatherings at the Jacquin home are
described in the memoires (1844) of
another close friend, Caroline Pichler:
“The family had been for 60-70 years a
focus of attention for men of science.
While scientists visited the older Jacquin
and his son Joseph Franz, who followed
in his footsteps, other young intellectuals
gathered around Gottfried, the younger
son, who had a wide range of interests
besides considerable musical talent and a
pleasant voice, and also around his sister
Franzisca. During the Wednesday soirees
scientific topics were discussed in the
father’s rooms while we young people
Unfortunately, Mozart’s autograph of
the Divertimenti disappeared at an early
stage. The only complete source is a
Simrock publication, dated c. 1813 by
Kochel but possibly as early as 1806:
Trois Serenades/pour/deux Clarinettes/et
Basson, composees par/A. Mozart/Livre I
(II) Prix 5 Francs... An important earlier
Breitkopf publication (1803), Petites
Pieces/Pour/Deux Cors de Bassette/et
Basson par/ W.A. Mozart/Livre. I.. has
only movements 2-4 of Divertimento 2,
together with a substitute finale (which
may be the work of the clarinettist Anton
Stadler). In 1804 Artaria published
eleven of the movements as 3 Terzetti
facili for two violins and cello, or flute,
violin and cello. The following year the
same publisher issued two sets of three
Sonatines for piano, comprising 21 of the
movements. The various titles in these
sources raises the question whether
Mozart originally intended a loose
succession of short pieces or a more
4
formal layout (The term ‘Divertimento’
was applied to these works only in the
later nineteenth century). Serenade 6 in
Simrock’s publication may be discounted
as evidence, since it is a later
arrangement of items from Le Nozze di
Figaro and Don Giovanni. The
remaining pieces, numbered 1-25, make
up four serenades of conventional
structure (though with some unusually
short opening movements), and a more
ambiguous fifth, whose movements are
Adagio, Minuet, Adagio, Romance (all in
B flat) and Polonaise (in E flat). Serenade
5 may in fact be the surviving portions of
two final serenades from an original set
of six, though the inferior quality of
material has led Alfred Einstein and
others to question its authenticity.
1800 from Constanze Mozart to the
publisher Andre describes Stadler’s loss
of some Mozart manuscripts from his
suitcase, including “copies of some trios
for basset horns that are still unknown.”
The Divertimenti are performed by
CLASSICAL WINDS in the form in
which they achieved widest currency.
Arrangements of various kinds were
extremely popular in Mozart’s day, and
there are numerous examples from his
own hand, including a transcription of
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail for
Harmonie (mentioned in a letter of July
20 1782) and a recasting of the wind
Serenade in C minor for string quintet.
The combination of two clarinets and
bassoon was cultivated in particular by
prominent performer-composers, such as
the clarinettist Jean Xavier Lefevre and
the flautist/bassoonist Francois Devienne,
who were both closely associated with
the Paris Conservatoire from its
foundation in 1795.
© Colin Lawson
That the Divertimenti were originally
conceived for a trio of basset horns was
first suspected by Michael Whewell, who
cited internal stylistic evidence supported
by the notation of the Breitkopf edition,
which has all three parts at the same
pitch. Furthermore, a letter dated 31 May
5
MOZART DIVERTIMENTI
K439b, nos 1-4
chatted, joked, made music, played
games and had a marvellous time.”
Mozart’s Divertimenti K439b are almost
certainly companion pieces to the six
Notturni for a trio of voices with
accompaniment of clarinets and basset
horns, which were written between 1783
and 1788 during the course of his
friendship with the famous botanist, the
Baron von Jacquin. The cultural
gatherings at the Jacquin home are
described in the memoires (1844) of
another close friend, Caroline Pichler:
“The family had been for 60-70 years a
focus of attention for men of science.
While scientists visited the older Jacquin
and his son Joseph Franz, who followed
in his footsteps, other young intellectuals
gathered around Gottfried, the younger
son, who had a wide range of interests
besides considerable musical talent and a
pleasant voice, and also around his sister
Franzisca. During the Wednesday soirees
scientific topics were discussed in the
father’s rooms while we young people
Unfortunately, Mozart’s autograph of
the Divertimenti disappeared at an early
stage. The only complete source is a
Simrock publication, dated c. 1813 by
Kochel but possibly as early as 1806:
Trois Serenades/pour/deux Clarinettes/et
Basson, composees par/A. Mozart/Livre I
(II) Prix 5 Francs... An important earlier
Breitkopf publication (1803), Petites
Pieces/Pour/Deux Cors de Bassette/et
Basson par/ W.A. Mozart/Livre. I.. has
only movements 2-4 of Divertimento 2,
together with a substitute finale (which
may be the work of the clarinettist Anton
Stadler). In 1804 Artaria published
eleven of the movements as 3 Terzetti
facili for two violins and cello, or flute,
violin and cello. The following year the
same publisher issued two sets of three
Sonatines for piano, comprising 21 of the
movements. The various titles in these
sources raises the question whether
Mozart originally intended a loose
succession of short pieces or a more
4
formal layout (The term ‘Divertimento’
was applied to these works only in the
later nineteenth century). Serenade 6 in
Simrock’s publication may be discounted
as evidence, since it is a later
arrangement of items from Le Nozze di
Figaro and Don Giovanni. The
remaining pieces, numbered 1-25, make
up four serenades of conventional
structure (though with some unusually
short opening movements), and a more
ambiguous fifth, whose movements are
Adagio, Minuet, Adagio, Romance (all in
B flat) and Polonaise (in E flat). Serenade
5 may in fact be the surviving portions of
two final serenades from an original set
of six, though the inferior quality of
material has led Alfred Einstein and
others to question its authenticity.
1800 from Constanze Mozart to the
publisher Andre describes Stadler’s loss
of some Mozart manuscripts from his
suitcase, including “copies of some trios
for basset horns that are still unknown.”
The Divertimenti are performed by
CLASSICAL WINDS in the form in
which they achieved widest currency.
Arrangements of various kinds were
extremely popular in Mozart’s day, and
there are numerous examples from his
own hand, including a transcription of
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail for
Harmonie (mentioned in a letter of July
20 1782) and a recasting of the wind
Serenade in C minor for string quintet.
The combination of two clarinets and
bassoon was cultivated in particular by
prominent performer-composers, such as
the clarinettist Jean Xavier Lefevre and
the flautist/bassoonist Francois Devienne,
who were both closely associated with
the Paris Conservatoire from its
foundation in 1795.
© Colin Lawson
That the Divertimenti were originally
conceived for a trio of basset horns was
first suspected by Michael Whewell, who
cited internal stylistic evidence supported
by the notation of the Breitkopf edition,
which has all three parts at the same
pitch. Furthermore, a letter dated 31 May
5
CLASSICAL WINDS is an ensemble
of flexible disposition which in its fullest
complement consists of pairs of oboes,
clarinets, horns and bassoons. The group
is composed of leading exponents of
baroque and classical wind instruments
who can be found scattered about the
wind sections of all the major baroque
and classical orchestras in England. They
formed CLASSICAL WINDS through
these associations, with the desire to
explore the rich though largely untapped
wind repertoire of the eighteenth century.
With the aid of a grant from the Arts
Council of Great Britain the group has
made a careful study of original sources
and classical style with emphasis on the
musical possibilities suggested by the
sonorities of historic instruments.
Finchcocks is both a museum of
historical instruments and a music centre
of international repute. Founded by
pianist Richard Burnett and first opened
to the public in 1977 the beautiful 18th.
century mansion houses his magnificent
collection of keyboard instruments.
Finchcocks is one of the few museums in
the world where a large proportion of the
instruments are in full playing order.
MOZART DIVERTIMENTI K439b nos. 1-4
Divertimento no. 1
Allegro
Menuetto (Allegretto)
Adagio
Menuetto
Rondo (Allegro)
Divertimento no. 2
Allegro
Menuetto
Larghetto
Menuetto
Rondo (Allegro)
Divertimento no. 3
Allegro
Menuetto
Adagio
Menuetto
Rondo (Allegro assai)
Divertimento no. 4
Allegro
Larghetto
Menuetto
Adagio
Rondo (Allegretto)
[3’48”]
[2’42”]
[2’57”]
[2’24”]
[2’21”]
[2’05”]
[3’52”]
[3’31”]
[3’43”]
[3’45”]
[3’09”]
[4’26”]
[3’25”]
[4’32”]
[4’09”]
[3’25”]
[2’36”]
[2’46”]
[2’27”]
[2’28”]
Total duration :
6
65’05”
3
on original instruments
CLASSICAL WINDS
Colin Lawson & Margaret Archibald
5-keyed clarinets by Daniel Bangham after Roche, Paris c. 1790
Frances Eustace
5-keyed bassoon ( with later vent key), anon. French, late 18th century
Recorded at Finchcocks, Goudhurst, Kent, Jan 1986 by
Gef Lucena (Amon Ra) and David Wilkins (Valley Recordings)
Co-producer: John Hadden
Photos by Andrew Sydenham (front), Gef Lucena (back)
Recorded and edited using CLUE system, Sony PCM 701 Digital encoder,
Calrec Soundfield stereo microphone
Made in EC
ISRC: GB-AJX-86-025-01 to 20
©1986, Saydisc Records, England
AMON RA RECORDS, THE BARTON, INGLESTONE COMMON,
BADMINTON, S.GLOS. GL9 1BX, ENGLAND
Fax: 01454 299 858
E-mail: Saydisc@aol.com
www.saydisc.com
2
Some of our SAYDISC unusual, traditional & exotic albums and Amon Ra authentic performances on
original instruments. Visit www.saydisc.com or write for more details and suppliers:
CD-SDL 325 Like Waves Against The Sand - trad music from China - pipa, erhu, yanqin, percussion
CD-SDL 327 Enchanted Carols - musical boxes, handbells, handbell choir, street pianos, brass band
CD-SDL 333 Ringing Clear - Handbell tune and change ringing in various styles
CD-SDL 343 On Kielder Side - Northumbrian Pipe music from Kathryn Tickell
CD-SDL 353 Fleur Du Jura - Parisian style cafe music from Danielle Pauly - French accordion Queen
CD-SDL 358 Keep The Home Fires Burning - music of the 1st World War from the original recordings
CD-SDL 360 Under The Greenwood Tree - Carols and dances from Thomas Hardy manuscripts, etc
CD-SDL 367 Kurokami- Traditional music of Japan -koto/shakuhachi/shamisen
CD-SDL 373 Music From The Time Of The Spanish Armada -The York Waits renaissance town band
CD-SDL 374 The Music Of The Hurdy Gurdy - Nigel Eaton & friends—bourreés to Vivaldi
CD-SDL 376 Disappearing World - Unique recordings of music from 17 endangered cultures
CD-SDL 378 Church Bells Of England - 16 famous peals, Cotswolds, Bristol incl. St. Pauls, Westminster
CD-SDL 383 Sing Lustily & With Good Courage - Favourite 18th c. hymns - Maddy Prior/ Carnival Band
CD-SDL 387 Traditional Arabic Music - Hassan Erraji with Arabesque - ud, nay, saz, darbouka, bandir, etc
CD-SDL 388 Music Of the Andes - Caliche - pan-pipes, charango, quena, bombo drum, etc
CD-SDL 391 Traditional Songs of Scotland - Ray Fisher with bagpipe, violin, accordion etc
CD-SDL 393 English Country Dances - The Broadside Band - favourite Playford dances
CD-SDL 396 Vocal Traditions of Bulgaria - exciting music from the Archives of Radio Sofia
CD-SDL 400 English National Songs - Lucie Skeaping & John Potter with The Broadside Band
CD-SDL 402 Traditional Songs of England - Jo Freya with fiddles, concertina, hurdy-gurdy, viols, etc
CD-SDL 403 Spirit of Polynesia - The David Fanshawe trilogy of traditional Pacific music, volume 1
CD-SDL 405 Sea Songs & Shanties - from the last days of sail -Bob Roberts, Cadgwith Fishermen, etc
CD-SDL 406 Traditional Songs of Wales - Siwsann George with Welsh triple harp, crwth, hurdy-gurdy, etc
CD-SDL 408 The Victorian Musical Box - numerous rare disc and cylinder musical boxes
CD-SDL 409 Songs and Dances From Shakespeare - The Broadside Band and singers
CD-SDL 413 Cockney Kings of Music Hall - the original recordings
CD-SDL 417 A Celtic Christmas - from Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Cornwall and Britanny
CD-SDL 419 Old English Nursery Rhymes - Vivien Ellis / Tim Laycock and The Broadside Band
CD-SDL 422 Compline & Other Chant: Latin & English, nuns of Stanbrook/monks of Prinknash Abbeys
CD-SDL 427 Folk Music of Tibet - field recordings of songs and instrumental music
CD-SDL 429 Carillon Bells of Britain - Kilmarnock, Aberdeen, Perth, Bournville, Loughborough
CD-SDL 430 The Celtic Harp - The Celtic heritage of harp music from Wales, Ireland and Scotland
CD-SAR 10
Clarinet Collection - Alan Hacker (historic clarinets) with keyboard, etc
CD-SAR 18
Guitar Collection - Nigel North (historic guitars) with Maggie Cole (keyboards)
CD-SAR 53
Music For Mandolin - Alison Stevens - mandolin duets, mandolin & fortepiano
CD-SAR 62
A Golden Treasury of Elizabethan Music
CD-SAR 63
A Golden Treasury of Medieval Music
CD-SAR 69
A Golden Treasury of Ancient Instruments
7
MOZART
DIVERTIMENTI
Classical Winds on original instruments
MOZART
DIVERTIMENTI
STEREO CD-SAR 25
Classical Winds on original instruments
DIGITAL
RECORDING
MOZART
DIVERTIMENTI
Classical Winds on original instruments
[3’48”]
[2’42”]
[2’57”]
[2’24”]
[2’21”]
[2’05”]
[3’52”]
[3’31”]
[3’43”]
[3’45”]
STEREO CD-SAR 25
Divertimento no. 3
11 Allegro
12 Menuetto
13 Adagio
14 Menuetto
15 Rondo (Allegro assai)
Divertimento no. 4
16 Allegro
17 Larghetto
18 Menuetto
19 Adagio
20 Rondo (Allegretto)
Total duration :
[3’09”]
[4’26”]
[3’25”]
[4’32”]
[4’09”]
[3’25”]
[2’36”]
[2’46”]
[2’27”]
[2’28”]
65’05”
Colin Lawson & Margaret Archibald
5-keyed clarinets by Daniel Bangham after Roche, Paris c. 1790
Frances Eustace
5-keyed bassoon ( with later vent key), anon. French, late 18th century
Made in EC
CD-SAR 25
CD-SAR 25
AMON RA is a trade mark of
SAYDISC RECORDS, THE BARTON, INGLESTONE COMMON,
BADMINTON, S.GLOS. GL9 1BX, ENGLAND.
Fax: +(0)1454 299 858 E-Mail: Saydisc@ aol.com Website: www.saydisc.com
MOZART DIVERTIMENTI Classical Winds
MOZART DIVERTIMENTI Classical Winds
Divertimento no. 1
1 Allegro
2 Menuetto (Allegretto)
3 Adagio
4 Menuetto
5 Rondo (Allegro)
Divertimento no. 2
6 Allegro
7 Menuetto
8 Larghetto
9 Menuetto
10 Rondo (Allegro)