NI 5805

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito, Cosi fan tutte, La nozze di Figaro
In arrangement for flute and string trio by Johann Went (1745 - 1801)
Mozart Ensemble of the Vienna Volksoper
Hansgeorg Schmeiser, flute, Sebastian Gürtler, violin
Peter Sagaischek, viola, Christophe Pantillon, ‘cello

Vienna in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries was home to some of the finest woodwind players of the day - players from far and wide, who had heard of the Viennese reputation for music ...

NI 5806

Zemlinsky, Cello Sonata (1894), World Premiere Recording
Goldmark, Korngold, Works for Cello and Piano
Raphael Wallfisch, cello
John York, piano

The compositions on this disc not only present a wide range of recipes for effective and enjoyable chamber music, they also serve as a study in ethics. Is music for culinary delight or spiritual elevation, food for the body or the soul, stuff for the playhouse or the temple? Over the six decades covered by these six compositions, our three composers vary their stance on this question according to changes of taste, socio-political climate, geographical location - or of sheer necessity.