Until the advent of recordings, the way you got to know the music of the masters was to play them yourself. The expansion of domestic music-making at the beginning of the nineteenth century generated a huge market for arrangements, most of them for piano solo or duet. Mozart was a special favorite, and thisÂ programmeÂ extends the basic premise by arranging some of those pieces for organ as well as presenting some contemporary arrangements and completions, recorded on an organ of Mozart's own day. Zeno Bianchini was born in Verona and grew up in a family of scientists. His great-grandfather's brother was the respected doctor Severino Bianchini, whose patients included Giacomo Puccini and the poet GiovanniÂ Pascoli. Zeno played the organ in Verona Cathedral from an early age. Studies in Baroque organ, harpsichord, historic performing practice, musicology, composition, church music and conducting followed in Verona, Pistoia, Padua,Â TrossingenÂ and FreiburgÂ i'mÂ Breisgau. He also trained as an organ expert. He worked inÂ DonaueschingenÂ from 2003 to 2009, and then moved toÂ StockachÂ on Lake Constance, where he is cantor and organist at the Church of St Oswald. The Swiss musician and musicologist ChristianÂ LambourÂ wasÂ born into a Breton Huguenot family in The Hague, where he began his studies in historic keyboard instruments, which he continued in Vienna. His recitals have featured premieres of works by Fanny Hensel, EusebiusÂ Mandyczewski, Frank Martin and Sir Hubert Parry. His compositions include the cantata Jerusalem,Â TriptychonÂ for Edith Stein for flute and organ, LeÂ TombeauÂ de Jehan Alain for organ, works for piano, a fantasy on the Dutch national anthem 'Wilhelmus' for harpsichord and a recent setting of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's VonÂ gutenÂ MÃ¤chten. His albumÂ AlmostMozartÂ was released by Koch Schwann in 1991 for the Mozart bicentenary celebrations. He lives in Vienna and on Lake Constance.

Tracklist:

Divertimento No. 9 In B-Flat Major, K. 240 (Arr. For 2 Organs): I. Allegro
Divertimento No. 9 In B-Flat Major, K. 240 (Arr. For 2 Organs): II. Andante Grazioso
Divertimento No. 9 In B-Flat Major, K. 240 (Arr. For 2 Organs): III. Menuetto
Divertimento No. 9 In B-Flat Major, K. 240 (Arr. For 2 Organs): IV. Allegro
Adagio In C Major, K. 356 (Arr. For Organ)
Serenade No. 13 In G Major, K. 525 "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" (Arr. Z. Bianchini For Organ): III. Romanze
Molto Allegro In G Major, K. 72a (Arr. & Completed By Z. Bianchini For Organ)
Fugue In G Minor, K. 401 (Completed By M. Stadler)
Contrapuntal Study, K. Anh. 78 (Arr. & Completed By S. Sechter For 2 Organs)
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (Excerpts Arr. C.G. Neefe For 2 Organs): Der Vogelfänger Bin Ich Ja
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (Excerpts Arr. C.G. Neefe For 2 Organs): Das Klinget So Herrlich
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (Excerpts Arr. C.G. Neefe For 2 Organs): Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen
Clarinet Concerto In A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio (Arr. Z. Bianchini For Organ)
Ave Verum Corpus De Mozart, S. 674d
24 Fugues, Op. 53 (Excerpts Arr. For 2 Organs): No. 17, Theme From Mozart's "Don Juan"
24 Fugues, Op. 53 (Excerpts Arr. For 2 Organs): No. 16, Theme From Mozart's "Requiem"
Requiem In D Minor, K. 626: Iiif. Lachrimosa (Excerpts Arr. R. Vilbac For Organ)
Requiem In D Minor, K. 626: II. Kyrie (Excerpts Arr. M. Clementi For 2 Organs)

UPC: 5060113443816
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 4.3.20
Format: CD

Mozart / Bianchini / Lambour - Mozart By Arrangement 3 (CD)