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Violin Sonatas
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Violin Sonatas

Ulf Schneider & Stephan Imorde

Label: CAvi
Format: CD
Barcode: 4260085533725
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Catalog number: AVI 8553372
Releasedate: 05-05-17
- Ulf Schneider is the primarius of the Jean Paul Trio and the Bartholdy Quintett

- The compilation of those Mozart Sonatas is the base of a concert programme which in concert combines readings from Constanze Mozart’s letters and the respective music

- The readings are not on this CD, but the liner notes explain the connection.
The works on this recording form the basis for a recital featuring readings of Constanze Mozart's letters. The album does not include the readings. ''Helas, j'ai perdu mon amant'' is the title of the project that gave rise to the recordings on this album. What lies behind the title you have chosen? Stephan Imorde: For quite some time we had already wanted to associate text and music on the concert podium in order to place music in a new context. Our idea was to view Mozart from the perspective of his wife Constanze: in our attempt to picture how she must have perceived Wolfgang's life, we embarked on an imaginary journey. Ulf Schneider: Very few letters written by Constanze have been preserved. Nevertheless, from the great number of letters her husband sent her, we can surmise that the two were emotionally very close. On the basis of those letters, music journalist Jurgen Otten has drawn up a fictitious diary. In our project we hold a musical dialogue with acress Fritzi H