The Complete Mozart Divertimentos Historic First Recorded Edition CD 3 Like many composers of his time, Mozart often rearranged his works to suit occasions other than those prompting the original compositions. One of his favorite procedures was to create symphonies out of opera overtures and multi-movement serenades. Such transcriptions represented nothing more than a selection of movements in the case of the serenades; but for the opera transcriptions, new music was often required. Mozart’s overtures for his early operas followed the fast-slow-fast model shared by the Italian overture and symphony, but the curtain often went up after the second section of the overture, or even the first. The reworking of such a piece required the elimination of the vocal or choral parts, or the composition of one or more new movements. As Mozart's version of the Il Re Pastore March and Divertimento no longer survives in his own hand, this reconstruction of the aria transcription enables us to make acquaintance with a “new” divertimento by Mozart, in addition to the other unique and original divertimentos also included on this recording. © 2002 Robert Levin Track List: March & Divertimento No. 11 in D, K. 251 for oboe, strings & horns 1. Marcia alla francese 2. Allegro molto 3. Menuetto 4. Andantino—Allegretto 5. Menuetto-Tema con variazioni 6. Rondo: Allegro assai; Marcia alla Francese Divertimento No. 9 in B-flat, K. 240 for six winds 7. Allegro 8. Andante grazioso 9. Menuetto 10. Allegro Divertimento No. 6 in C, K. 188/240b for 2 flutes, 5 trumpets and tympani 11. Andante 12. Allegro 13. Menuetto 14. Andante 15. Menuetto 16. Gavotte March & Divertimento Il Re Pastore, K. 214 for winds & strings 17. Marcia 18. Molto Allegro 19. Andantino 20. Presto assai 21. Marcia Artists: John Wummer, flute Ronald Roseman, oboe Stephen Taylor, oboe Martin Berinbaum, trumpet A. Robert Johnson, horn William Purvis, horn Felix Galimir, violin Isidore Cohen, violin Timothy Eddy, 'cello Richard Beeson, bass Alvin Brehm, bass Recorded in 1974 Total playing time 65:43 New York Philomusica Records NYPm30009 Manufactured by: New York Philomusica Records, 105 West 73rd Street New York, NY 10023 A. Robert Johnson, Executive Producer An Elite Recordings NYC Production: producing - engineering Marc Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz Cover Design: Morton Millen