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Track(s) taken from SIGCD390

Der Liebe himmlisches Gefühl, K119

composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
arranger
Julian Bliss (b1989)

Julian Bliss (clarinet), Royal Northern Sinfonia, Mario Venzago (conductor)
Recording details: April 2014
The Sage, Gateshead, United Kingdom
Produced by Nicholas Parker
Engineered by Andrew Mellor & Robin Hawkins
Release date: September 2014
Total duration: 5 minutes 49 seconds

Cover artwork: Photograph by Ben Wright.
 

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'A youthful addition to the many excellent versions of the Mozart already available, and a fine introduction to the Nielsen for those who are not familiar with it' (Classic FM)» More
The soprano aria ‘Der Liebe himmlisches Gefühl‘ (‘Love’s heavenly feeling‘), K119/K382h, survives only in a piano reduction. The circumstances surrounding the composition of this aria are unknown but it was very possibly intended as an insertion aria, for an opera by another composer; the character of its writing (the poet is also unknown) has echoes of Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail. Julian Bliss has arranged this exquisite aria for clarinet and orchestra, the instrument assuming the melodic line in effortless fashion.

from notes by Robert Matthew-Walker © 2014

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