Special offer. Mozart: Complete Works for Clarinet, Vol. 1
Nicolas Baldeyrou, Alexandre Chabod, Gabriel Pidoux, Hélène Devilleneuve, David Douçot, Thomas Quinquenel, David Guerrier, Hugues Viallon, Yann Dubost, Franck Amet, François Miquel, Antoine Dreyfuss, Anne Broussard
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
Baldeyrou’s soft, bosky tone is a constant joy; Pidoux’s oboe has a citrussy tang, distinctive though not perhaps to all tastes. Both feature the occasional graceful ornamentation on repeats...
Special offer. Mozart: Complete Works for Clarinet, Vol. 1
Nicolas Baldeyrou, Alexandre Chabod, Gabriel Pidoux, Hélène Devilleneuve, David Douçot, Thomas Quinquenel, David Guerrier, Hugues Viallon, Yann Dubost, Franck Amet, François Miquel, Antoine Dreyfuss, Anne Broussard
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Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
Baldeyrou’s soft, bosky tone is a constant joy; Pidoux’s oboe has a citrussy tang, distinctive though not perhaps to all tastes. Both feature the occasional graceful ornamentation on repeats...
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"Mozart always had a special affinity with wind instruments: for him they were essential components of his musical expression," claims French clarinettist Nicolas Baldeyrou, a globally renowned soloist who has performed with some of the greatest conductors and virtuosi: this album is the first volume of a complete set of Mozart's chamber and concertante music involving the clarinet, which he has chosen to record on period instruments, "an authentic and revelatory experience, despite the technical challenges it presents". He has enlisted the help of his musical friends, all of whom are recognised as adept practitioners of modern instruments, but sustain a strong passion for period instruments... The programme of this first release includes the Serenades KV 375 and 388 as well as Mozart's Gran Partita KV 361, a work on an exceptionally grand scale, with its line-up of thirteen players, its expansive duration, and its supreme musical quality, "rising to the level of Mozart's greatest symphonies and operas".
Contents and tracklist
- Alexandre Chabod, Gabriel Pidoux, Hélène Devilleneuve, David Douçot, Thomas Quinquenel, David Guerrier, Hugues Viallon, Yann Dubost, Nicolas Baldeyrou
- Alexandre Chabod, Gabriel Pidoux, Hélène Devilleneuve, David Douçot, Thomas Quinquenel, David Guerrier, Hugues Viallon, Yann Dubost, Nicolas Baldeyrou
- Franck Amet, Gabriel Pidoux, Hélène Devilleneuve, Alexandre Chabod, François Miquel, David Douçot, Thomas Quinquenel, David Guerrier, Hugues Viallon, Antoine Dreyfuss, Anne Broussard, Yann Dubost, Nicolas Baldeyrou
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2025
April 2025
Baldeyrou’s soft, bosky tone is a constant joy; Pidoux’s oboe has a citrussy tang, distinctive though not perhaps to all tastes. Both feature the occasional graceful ornamentation on repeats (strangely, the first repeat in the opening Allegro of K388 is taken, but not the second) and Baldeyrou directs performances that maintain a clear sense of momentum.
The performances of all three works by Baldeyrou’s ensemble are bright toned and crisply characterised; there’s a nice reedy edge to the oboes and bassoons, and an agility to Baldeyrou’s clarinet that makes light of the technical difficulties of playing this music on 18th-century instruments.
