Mozart composed most of the violin concertos on this album during his teenage years.
Compositional Technique
In the Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364, Mozart splits the violas into two parts, creating a five-part string texture that harks back to early 17th-century viol consort music.
Compositional Technique
Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 1, K.207, from 1773, is considered his first true concerto for any instrument, predating his first piano concerto.
Recording & Production
This album, featuring Mozart's violin concertos, was recorded by Chloe Chua between 2022 and 2023, starting when she was 15 years old.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mozart wrote his violin concertos for his own daily performing needs as a young concertmaster in Salzburg.
Composition History
The Adagio, K. 261, and Rondos, K. 269 and K. 373, were substitute movements Mozart wrote at the request of Italian violinist Antonio Brunetti, who found the original movements not to his liking.
Composition History
Apart from the first, four of Mozart's Violin Concertos were written in 1775, making them over 250 years old.
