简介：

Graceful, refined and irresistibly charming, the Flute Quartets occupy an exquisite place in Mozart’s incomparable chamber music. This light, airy music with its vivid contrasts, delicious textures and irrepressible wit is brought to life by the soloists of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin in this new release from PENTATONE. Mozart may have disparaged the flute as an instrument but he shows no signs of weariness in these exemplary works which positively overflow with youthful optimism. The young unemployed Mozart wrote three of the flute quartets following a commission from the Dutch amateur flautist Ferdinand Dejean in Mannheim. Around the same time he also started work on his famous Concerto for Flute and Harp. The Flute Quartet in D K285 is a breezy affair written in concertante style which brims with attractive melodies. Its sublimely affecting slow movement was described by the biographer Alfred Einstein as “perhaps the most beautiful accompanied flute solo that has even been written”. The simple, unhurried Flute Quartet in G K285A contains a delightful interplay of instruments, while the Flute Quartet in C K285B has a charming theme and variations with a spirited finale. The playful Flute Quartet in A K298 is a later work perhaps written for a group of friends; it contains borrowings from other composers artfully woven into the engaging and witty score. The result is, of course, utterly winning. Ulf-Dieter Schaaff is the principal flautist with the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, a position he combines with a career as a soloist and as an internationally sought-after teacher. He is joined by his colleagues Philipp Beckert (violin), Andreas Willwohl (viola) and Georg Boge (violoncello). In their first recording for PENTATONE, they chose an unconventional seating arrangement (with violin and flute on the outer flanks) in order to create a novel spatial effect in the music. They play these quartets not as a “Concerto for Flute and String Trio” but as chamber music written for equal partners.

优雅，精致，无法抗拒的长笛四重奏在莫扎特无与伦比的室内音乐中占据了一席之地。这款轻盈，轻快的音乐，其生动的对比，美妙的韵味和无法抑制的机智，PENTATONE的新版本由Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin的独奏家带来生动。莫扎特可能贬低长笛作为一种乐器，但他在这些模范作品中没有显示出疲惫的迹象，这些作品充满了年轻的乐观情绪。在曼海姆的荷兰业余长笛演奏家Ferdinand Dejean的委托下，年轻的失业者莫扎特写了三个长笛四重奏。大约在同一时间，他也开始着手着名的长笛和竖琴协奏曲。 D K285中的长笛四重奏是一种轻快的风格，用连贯的风格写成，充满了迷人的旋律。传记作者阿尔弗雷德·爱因斯坦（Alfred Einstein）将其极度影响缓慢的运动描述为“也许是最美丽的伴奏长笛独奏，甚至已被写成”。 G K285A中简单，不紧不慢的长笛四重奏包含了令人愉悦的乐器相互作用，而C K285B中的长笛四重奏则具有迷人的主题和变化，充满活力的结局。 A K298中俏皮的长笛四重奏是后来的作品，也许是为一群朋友写的;它包含来自其他作曲家的借款巧妙地编织成引人入胜的诙谐乐谱。结果当然是完全赢了。 Ulf-Dieter Schaaff是Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin的主要长笛演奏家，他的职位是作为独奏家和国际上受欢迎的老师。他的同事Philipp Beckert（小提琴），Andreas Willwohl（中提琴）和Georg Boge（大提琴）加入了他的行列。在PENTATONE的首次录音中，他们选择了一种非传统的座椅布置（在外侧面上使用小提琴和长笛），以便在音乐中创造出新颖的空间效果。他们演奏这些四重奏不是作为“长笛和弦乐三重奏协奏曲”，而是作为为平等伙伴写的室内乐。（google 翻译）

  1 Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285: I. Allegro   9:26

  2 Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285: II. Adagio  2:44

  3 Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285: III. Rondeau  4:35

  4 Flute Quartet in G Major, K. 285a: I. Andante  7:45

  5 Flute Quartet in G Major, K. 285a: II. Tempo di menuetto  3:31

  6 Flute Quartet in C Major, K. Anh. 171: I. Allegro  6:30

  7 Flute Quartet in C Major, K. Anh. 171: II. Andantino  2:09

  8 Flute Quartet in A Major, K. 298: I. Andantino  3:06

  9 Flute Quartet in A Major, K. 298: II. Menuetto  8:16

  10 Flute Quartet in A Major, K. 298 III. Rondeau. Allegretto grazioso  9:43