Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica, K 617

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola and Violoncello, in C minor/major K 617 (1791)

[0:00] Adagio
[4:25] Rondo. Allegretto

[theondes]

I think it is not written but I am the glassharmonica player on this recording taken on my CD published on Naxos (Music for glassharmonica - Thomas Bloch / glassharmonica - Philippe Bernold / flute; Maurice Bourgue / oboe - Jean Sulem / viola - Xavier Gagnepain / cello).

[Observer-wk]

Among all his works, this piece is the one I love most deeply, it's speaking my spirit.

[JeanClaudeWelche]

Un grand plaisir de découvrir la partition de cette oeuvre de Mozart !

[alhfgsp]

Imo this is one of Mozart's finest works. The harmony is incredible and with great tunes sprinkled throughout.

[needleboy]

It sounds like I'm swimming in a sea of mystery.

[nicholasz]

Has anyone noticed that the glass harmonica seems to be an octave higher in this recording compared many (but not all) other recordings? I wonder if that was intentional, and if there are sources that tell us which octave this piece was meant to be played in

[needleboy]

The Rondo part sounds like a carefree little nice tune.

[constellatiocom]

Avec un instrument dont on entend peu le son habituellement ! Merci !

[ezekielthiessen]

Interesting! Mozart writes for it almost as if it's a piano

[omegads]

best performance. Other ones were too thin.

[kimsground]

Came for the Steamed ham, saw the Aurora Borealis.

[RockStarOscarStern]

The music sounds an octave higher than written and yes you can play it on Celesta or even a Piano.

[artdanks]

Rondo is being played way to fast here, making the instrument sound more like circus calliope! Slow down so we can hear the true beauty of the instrument! Listen to Bruno Hoffman!