Mozart Symphonies Nos. 29 & 33, Clarinet Concerto

Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, Ernst Schlader, Bernhard Forck

The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin continues its PENTATONE Mozart series with the
composer’s 29th and 33rd symphonies. These works are coupled with his ravishingly
beautiful Clarinet Concerto, performed by Ernst Schlader in the original edition for
basset clarinet. Schlader, a specialist in historical instruments, has written an essay on
the basset clarinet for the album booklet that includes a rare historical image showing
the original shape of the instrument used in the years after the concerto's premiere. The
first release of this series was longlisted for the Preis der deutschen Schalllplattenkritik.

The Akademie für Alte Musik is generally seen as one of the best period-instruments
ensembles of today, and has a substantial PENTATONE discography, including CANTATA
with Bejun Mehta (2018), Handel’s Concerti grossi Op. 3 and 6 (released in 2019 and
2020), Telemann’s Miriways (2020), Handel’s Messiah (2020), Haydn’s L’isola disabitata
(2021), La Passione with Christina Landshamer (2022), a recording of Mozart's Paris and
Haffner symphonies and Oboe Concerto with Xenia Löffler (2023), and Telemann’s Ino
(2024).