Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:: Gran Partita - Wind Serenades K. 361 & 375

1. Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat Major, K. 375 - I. Allegro maestoso
2. Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat Major, K. 375 - II. Menuetto - Trio
3. Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat Major, K. 375 - III. Adagio
4. Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat Major, K. 375 - IV. Menuetto - Trio
5. Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat Major, K. 375 - V. Finale. Allegro
6. Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita" - I. Largo - Molto allegro
7. Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita" - II. Menuetto - Trio I - Trio II
8. Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita" - III. Adagio
9. Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita" - IV. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio I - Trio II
10. Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita" - V. Romance. Adagio
11. Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita" - VI. Tema con variazioni. Andante
12. Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran Partita" - VII. Finale. Molto allegro

When Mozart took up the popular genre of the serenade, it was to transcend it and lend it new lustre. A festive masterpiece of simplicity and emotion, his Gran Partitaquickly became a genuine ‘hit’! Thanks to the distinctive, spellbinding timbres of their period instruments, the members of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin give a unique flavour to these two extraordinary serenades, over which there blows –as it were –a tremendous wind of freedom.