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MOZART À PARIS, 1778

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)

Sonata for Piano-Forte K.310 · Sonata for Forté Piano and Violin, K.304 · Variations on the Theme "Lison dormait," K.264 · Variations on the Theme "Au bord d'une fontaine," K.360.

ANTOINE ALBANESE (1728-1803)

Aria "Dans les erreurs d'un songe" · Romance of Rosemonde.

Perrine Devillers, soprano
Jérôme van Waerbeke, violin
Arnaud De Pasquale, pianoforte & conductor

Mozart was 22 years old when he went to Paris in 1778. Although he did not achieve the success he had hoped for, his visit to Paris was a major turning point in his personal life and artistic development. Marked by the disillusionment that led him to despise the Parisian public, his sonatas for fortepiano are tinged with an intense gravity, mirroring the inner turmoil experienced by the young prodigy. At the same time, the castrato Albanese charmed the capital with his muchloved Romances, from which Mozart drew some of his inspiration. Arnaud De Pasquale takes us back to the Paris of the 1770s, where musical practice was in a state of effervescence, and invites us, with grace and sensitivity, into the tormented intimacy of the genius.

Recorded from June 21st to 24th 2022 (pianoforte), August 1st and 2nd 2022 (flutes), and September 11th and 12th 2022 (voice and violin) in Saint-Benoît-du-Sault.

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