Mozart: Sonata K454/Violin Concerto No. 5/Adagio K621

The young Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut has been described as “a miracle of musicality”, while Anne-Sophie Mutter has singled her out as “undoubtedly one of the musical hopes of her generation”. For her debut as a Warner Classics recording artist, Noa has chosen a programme of Mozart that combines concertante and chamber works. As she says: “I’m showing two sides of Mozart – and also two sides of myself.

Noa Wildschut, the young Dutch violinist, turned 16 in March 2017, but was just 15 when she signed an exclusive agreement with Warner Classics and recorded her debut album for the label. It is entirely devoted to Mozart: the Violin Concerto No 5 and the Adagio K.261 (with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra under the leadership of Gordan Nikolić), and the Violin Sonata in B flat major, K.454 (with prizewinning pianist and festival director Yoram Ish-Hurwitz – Noa’s uncle).
Mozart’s music has such a feeling of purity,” Noa says. “and the Fifth Violin Concerto is so gorgeous. Of all his violin concertos, this is the one that contains the most humour. It’s almost like a kind of opera, with all those different characters, really, a story is being told.” Noa herself composed the cadenzas she plays in the concerto, with some help from Dutch composer Max Knigge. “Max came up with the concept, and I invented some things around it … it really became something by us together. It has been written in a way that does justice to Mozart, including lots of little jokes.

The album release coincides with the release date of the documentary ‘Zusjes’ (Sisters), about Noa and her family, which will run in cinemas in Holland in autumn 2017. Worldwide release of the documentary is planned for early 2018.

Noa has been a member of ‘Mutter Virtuosi’ since 2014, a string ensemble led by Anne-Sophie Mutter, and since May 2015 Noa has held an official scholarship from the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation – their youngest ever member.

1: I. Allegro Aperto
2: II. Adagio
3: III. Rondeau: Tempo Di Menuetto
4: Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E Major, K261
5: I. Largo - Allegro
6: II. Andante
7: III. Allegretto
8: I. Allegro Aperto (Excerpt)
9: I. Allegro (Excerpt)
10: III. Allegretto (Excerpt)
11: Gordan Nikolic Interview
12: Noa Wildschut Interview

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Conductor: Gordan Nikolic

Number of Discs: 2

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