“Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic once again defy the inexorable progress of period performance in exhilarating accounts of Mozart using modern instruments,” opined Gramophone. The new reissue of these recordings from the early 1990s includes several favorite symphonies, the Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola, the Masonic Funeral Music, a serenade and divertimento as well as the C minor Mass, of which “Abbado’s performance is wide-ranging, delivering most satisfyingly on every aspect of this hugely varied score. He has an impressively unified team at his disposal, with a superb quartet of singers: in fact Bonney and Auger are as well matched as you could reasonably expect to find in the impossibly demanding Domine Deus duet” (Music-Web International).
DISC 1 – CD 1
March No. 1 in D Major, K. 335 (320a)
Serenade No. 9 in D Major, K. 320 “Posthorn”
2 I. Adagio maestoso – Allegro con spirito
3 II. Menuetto – Allegretto – Trio
4 III. Concertante – Andante grazioso
5 IV. Rondeau – Allegro ma non troppo
6 V. Andantino
7 VI. Menuetto – Trio I – Trio II
8 VII. Finale – Presto
9 March No. 2 in D Major, K. 335 (320a)
Divertimento No. 11 in D Major, K. 251, “Nannerl Septet”
10 I. Molto allegro
11 II. Menuetto – Trio
12 III. Andantino
13 IV. Menuetto – Tema con variazioni
14 V. Rondeau – Allegro assai
15 VI. Marcia alla francese
DISC 2 – CD Symphony No. 23 in D Major, K.181 (162b)
1 I. Allegro spiritoso
2 II. Andantino grazioso
3 III. Presto assai
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-Flat Major, K. 364 (320d)
4 I. Allegro maestoso
5 II. Andante
6 III. Presto
Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K.425 “Linz”
7 I. Adagio – Allegro spiritoso
8 II. Andante
9 III. Menuetto – Trio
10 IV. Presto
DISC 3 – CD Symphony No. 28 in C Major, K. 200 (189k)
1 I. Allegro spiritoso
2 II. Andante
3 III. Menuetto – Allegretto – Trio
4 IV. Presto
Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201 (186a)
5 I. Allegro moderato
6 II. Andante
7 III. Menuetto – Trio
8 IV. Allegro con spirito
Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 “Haffner”
9 I. Allegro con spirito
10 II. Andante
11 III. Menuetto – Trio
12 IV. Finale – Presto
DISC 4 – CD Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297 (300a) “Paris”
1 I. Allegro assai
2 II. Andante (Second Version)
3 III. Allegro
4 II. Andante (First Version)
5 Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477 (479a): Adagio
Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183 (173dB)
6 I. Allegro con brio
7 II. Andante
8 III. Menuetto – Trio
9 IV. Allegro
Symphony in D Major, K. 320 “The Posthorn”
10 I. Adagio maestoso – Allegro con spirito
11 II. Andantino
12 III. Presto
DISC 5 – CD Great Mass in C Minor, K. 427 (417a)
1 I. Kyrie – Andante Moderato
2 II. Gloria – Allegro vivace
3 II. Gloria – Laudamus te – Allegro aperto
4 II. Gloria – Gratias agimus tibe – Allegro
5 II. Gloria – Domine – Allegro moderato
6 II. Gloria – Qui tollis – Largo
7 II. Gloria – Quoniam – Allegro
8 II. Gloria – Jesu Christe – Adagio
9 III. Credo – Cum sancto spiritu
10 III. Credo – Allegro maestoso
11 III. Credo – Et incarnatus est
12 IV. Sanctus
13 V. Benedictus – Allegro comodo