Ensemble Resonanz & Riccardo Minasi - Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41 "Jupiter" (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist:

1. Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543: I. Adagio. Allegro (10:15)
2. Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543: II. Andante con moto (8:07)
3. Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543: III. Menuetto Allegretto. Trio (4:39)
4. Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543: IV. Finale Allegro (8:07)
5. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro (7:15)
6. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: II. Andante (15:15)
7. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: III. Menuetto Allegretto (4:20)
8. Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: VI. Allegro assai (8:45)
9. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": I. Allegro vivace (11:40)
10. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": II. Andante cantabile (10:28)
11. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": III. Menuetto Allegretto. Trio (5:48)
12. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": IV. Molto allegro (11:44)

After the widespread acclaim for their previous recordings of C.P.E. Bach and Haydn, the musicians of the Resonanz Ensemble of Hamburg pursue their explorations on instruments with a ‘modern’ set-up.

Here they tackle Mozart’s last three symphonies which, it is generally agreed, “require no introduction.” And yet Riccardo Minasi does much more than introduce them: he reintroduces them to us.

The rhetorical, if not theatrical, dimension of the celebrated trilogy comes into full focus here and the result is irresistible.