Mozart- Notturno in D major for four orchestras, K. 286 (Savall)

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 Notturno in D major for four orchestras, K. 286  

Notturno in D major for four orchestras, K. 286 (1776-77) 00:00 - Andante 06:33 - Allegretto grazioso 08:56 - Menuetto & Trio Performed by Le Concert des Nations under the direction of Jordi Savall. Recorded by Harmonia Mundi in 2005. "The Notturno for four orchestras, each with horn I/II, violins, viola, and bass (K. 286/269a), with its sequence of Andante, Allegretto grazioso, Menuetto & Trio movements, gives the impression of being a mere fragment handed down to posterity, as the customary final Allegro is absent. As no original manuscript has survived, there can only be conjecture as to the circumstances surrounding the origins and the date of this work. Like the Serenata notturna K. 239, the Notturno K. 286 may have been composed in December 1776 as a New Year's music for performance in a house in Salzburg. However, the title 'Notturno' (Nocturne) rather suggests an open-air performance for some unknown occasion. Despite the unusual instrumentation calling for four orchestras, the composition has a melodic simplicity in the way it achieves an echo-like interweaving of the ensemble. The first movement is in three parts, the second movement is in sonata form (without elaboration of the theme, but with coda), and minuet & trio complete the customary three-part construction." - Gerhard Walterskirchen Painting: The Hunt by Night (detail), Paolo Uccello