Credits:

Nicolas BaldeyrouMichael Alexander WillensKlner Akademie

Description:

[The Sounds of the Era Revived with Period Instruments: Mozart Performed by Baldelou and Friends]The long-awaited second volume of Mozart: Complete Clarinet Works by Nicolas Baldelou, one of todays finest clarinetists. This series focuses on vividly reviving the sound Mozart envisioned through a thorough exploration of period instruments.A highlight of this recording is the use of a period-spec basset clarinet in the Clarinet Concerto, a masterpiece from Mozarts late period. Created around 1788 through the collaboration between Anton Stadlerthe renowned clarinetist to whom this work was dedicatedand instrument maker Theodor Lotz, the basset clarinet extends the low register beyond that of the standard clarinet. In contrast to the homogenized tone of modern instruments, it possesses an exceptionally wide sonic palette, ranging from dark, resonant lows