Mozart: Flute Concertos - de la Vega
PentaTone Classics PTC 5186723
Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid
Classical - Orchestral
Mozart: Flute Concertos
Myslivecek: Flute Concerto
Ana de la Vega (flute)
English Chamber Orchestra
With sensuous melodies and elegant virtuosity, Mozart’s Flute Concertos in G major (K. 313) and D major (K. 314) are the most cherished pieces composed for the instrument. Here they are brought together with the recently rediscovered Flute Concerto in D major by Josef Mysliveček, Mozart’s esteemed Bohemian contemporary. Released together with the Mozart Concertos, this rare, exciting work is finally on the market again.
The soloist is none other than the actual person who rediscovered Mysliveček’s hidden treasure: flautist Ana de la Vega, who, as a successor of the great French school of Flute playing, possesses that captivating full tone coupled with exquisite legerity. On this PENTATONE release, she teams up with the English Chamber Orchestra, one of the most celebrated Mozart orchestras in the world.
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Comment by hiredfox - June 25, 2018 (1 of 1)
Nice performances as you might expect from this cast but spoilt by a very harsh and shrill recording with a cramped, flat and airless acoustic. So surprising from the Pentatone team. Unusually for them this turns out to have been a PCM recording although the sample rate used is not disclosed. Probably 96kHz but might be even lower. Not really hi res these day although they claim it to be.
The Jury is out on this one, if you have other decent recordings of the Mozart Concertos chances are this will not appeal enough to warrant purchase.
My choice on SACD remains the Boston Baroque (Butterfly) disc but Bezaly captivates on BIS but not alas in DSD