Dorian Komanoff Bandy, Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: String Duos (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:00 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Leaf Music
Before the advent of recordings, playing duets was a popular social activity. This disc contains what an afternoon of music making between two string players in the 1790s might have included.
The duos for violin and viola K. 423 and K. 424 are two of Mozart’s most brilliant and inventive chamber compositions. Spirited repartee, seamless melodic handoffs, delicate textures, canonic passages, harmonic tensions, and mischievous silences engage the ear and keep the players on their toes. Mozart’s ingenuity is especially apparent in the closing movement of K. 424. A jaunty, duple-metre theme undergoes seven permutations in mood, articulation, and even metre, as the melody unexpectedly transforms into a brisk waltz.
Tracklist:
01. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola, K. 423: I. Allegro (06:59)
02. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola, K. 423: II. Adagio (03:46)
03. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: Duo in G Major for Violin and Viola, K. 423: III. Rondeau. Allegro (05:42)
04. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: Duo in B-Flat Major for Violin and Viola, K. 424: I. Adagio – Allegro (07:26)
05. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: Duo in B-Flat Major for Violin and Viola, K. 424: II. Andante cantabile (03:25)
06. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: Duo in B-Flat Major for Violin and Viola, K. 424: III. Andante grazioso (09:20)
07. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 (Arr. for Two Violins by Johann Christian Stumpf): I. Come ti piace imponi (02:29)
08. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 (Arr. for Two Violins by Johann Christian Stumpf): II. Deh se piacer mi vuoi (04:18)
09. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 (Arr. for Two Violins by Johann Christian Stumpf): III. Deh prendi un dolce amplesso (01:54)
10. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 (Arr. for Two Violins by Johann Christian Stumpf): VII. Parto, ma tu ben mio (04:29)
11. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 (Arr. for Two Violins by Johann Christian Stumpf): VIII. Ah grazie si rendano (03:26)
12. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: Violin Sonata in A Major, K. 305 (Arr. for Two Violins): I. Allegro di molto (05:05)
13. Dorian Komanoff Bandy & Catherine Cosbey – Mozart: Violin Sonata in A Major, K. 305 (Arr. for Two Violins): II. Tema con variazioni. Andante grazioso (07:34)