
No way is the Symphonie concertante for flute, oboe, horn, and bassoon K. 297b by Mozart, at least not in its present configuration. It’s not
Vivaldi composed these concertos specifically for the Dresden Hofkapelle, whose 40-plus players made it one of the largest orchestras at the time (circa 1719). It
A number of recent recordings–mostly from the Carus label–have focused long-deserved attention on the music and composers who helped make Dresden and its court orchestra
This is probably Mozart’s least interesting opera–if indeed it is an opera at all. Composed at the end of 1771 in honor of the 50th