The Taschenphilharmonie (Pocket Philharmonic) is a Munich-based chamber orchestra, consisting of 12-20 hand-picked musicians under the direction of its founder and conductor, Peter Stangel. The group plays reductions of orchestral scores and records on its own label, Edition Taschenphilharmonie, which in 2016 released this CD of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor and the Symphony No. 41 in C major, "Jupiter." These great symphonies have been recorded countless times in a variety of interpretations, and ...
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The Taschenphilharmonie (Pocket Philharmonic) is a Munich-based chamber orchestra, consisting of 12-20 hand-picked musicians under the direction of its founder and conductor, Peter Stangel. The group plays reductions of orchestral scores and records on its own label, Edition Taschenphilharmonie, which in 2016 released this CD of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G minor and the Symphony No. 41 in C major, "Jupiter." These great symphonies have been recorded countless times in a variety of interpretations, and Mozart's originals are required listening before approaching these pared-down arrangements. These lean and utterly exposed live performances give some justification for Stangel's experimentation, because their crisp details make them practical for analysis and study purposes. However, the thinness of tone in the strings throws the ensemble out of balance in the Symphony No. 40, and the comparative strength of the woodwinds, brass, and timpani in the "Jupiter" makes the strings seem...
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